The Pioneer Woman

Look Who I Met!
Look who I made come with me to meet her!

The Story of the Book!

So, the first time she posted her book tour on her website Nashville was not on it, so I of course told her she should consider it. And, of course, she listened to her dear friend Mindy and the next time the list was up, Nashville was on it! Yippeeee! I marked it on my calendar and started thinking of way I could get up there to see her.

With our money situation, I was pretty sure I could not afford a book but I talked to Elizabeth about meeting me up there, us having a little girls night, and me just trying to get a couple of pictures and then go home.

Well, I was telling my mom this plan and how excited I was and she was .... silent. Weird Silent. Finally, mom said "do you want one of your Christmas presents early? I have already gotten the book for you and it was going to be your big surprise for Christmas. I was so proud of this gift!" I told her she should be more proud now because now I can get it autographed! I asked her to ship it and.... walah! I had the book! Yipppeeeeeeeeeee!

The Story of the Number!

So, I go to the bookstore about an hour early and ask when they are going to be giving our group numbers for the book signing. They say, "we started giving out numbers the day the book went on sale." And they look at me.

I am pretty sure I am not crazy - I am just a little uninformed - but he looked at me like I was crazy.

So, I ask for a number and they give me #15. I am in group 15. Wow! I asked how many people are in a group. The answer - 25. Hummmm.... This may be a longer night than expected, but oh well. I tell Elizabeth I am in for the long haul and I will not be offended if she wants to leave. Of course, she doesn't!! Yippppeeeeeeeee!!

FYI: They got thru about 4 groups and hour so I got home at about 11.30pm - WOW! I was tired! (I think Ree got tired of signing all those books - what a sweetheart to stay there so so long!) And I saw some people had group 21 on their paper! Ahhhh!

The Story of the Camera!

So, there really isn't a story. It just flowed with the post. My camera did not like the lighting and, well, it frustrated me. Oh well. At least I got something.

The Story of the Unexpected Present!

Ree brought her sister and her best friend with her to the book signing and they were sweet enough to pass out cute tee-shirts to everyone and I was so excited that I slept in the tee-shirt when I got home! It was very comfy but a little snug! Oh well, it is still cute.

The Story of Our Turn!

Yipppppeeeeee!

Ree was so so nice despite the late hour! What a fun adventure!

PS: don't be too disappointed, but I won't be one of the pictures on her blog. She didn't even take a picture of us. Man, I knew I should have brought Justus! His cutie face would have definitely had her blogging about us! he he!
:-)

Book

I have finished, again, Richard J Foster's Celebration of Discipline. It is wonderful!

I will say, though, that you should have your Bible beside you when you read it. I believe that there were a couple of things that he talked about that were not consistent with what the Bible says, especially in the Confession and the Worship chapters.

I learned a lot, however, and would recommend someone who is willing to put the Bible next to the book to read this one! It can be Great!

Hannah Stories

Yes, that is plural!
She is getting all this Christmas talk mixed up with all of our other regular conversation and it is hilarious.

#1
Background: We talked to Hannah about how Daddy has to go in to the attic to get the Christmas tree and she has since watched him in go into the attic to get things.

We teach on Sunday mornings in the classroom next to hers. We are in the middle of class and Hannah's assistant teacher (a good friend of mine) sticks her head in our classroom and asks "why do you have Jesus in your attic?"

Apparently, they were all talking about Christmas and if everyone had their tree up and letting all the kids talk and then when the Bible lesson started, Hannah was still on the Christmas tree topic.

#2
Background: Here, McDonald's is still doing any size drink for $1 and I go thru the McDonald's drive thru about twice a week and spend a total of $2.18 in change to get me a yummy fountain drink of Diet Coke. Regularly, Hannah will ask for a cheeseburger and an ice cream and I tell her the truth - that we don't have enough money. Also, our tree is up but the ornaments are not yet on it.

Yesterday Hannah was talking to her Maw Maw and she asked Hannah if she liked all her Christmas ornaments. Hannah told Maw Maw that we didn't have enough money for Christmas ornaments because Mommy gets her drinks at McDonalds.

I was so embarrassed and couldn't help but laugh.

Our Sunday Pictures

Be Still My Heart.
I have a lot of pictures this week.
I just can't help it.
I have the BEST friends ever. And they give the BEST hand-me-downs ever!

Just be patient with me.

Menu Plan Monday

So, I am a little tired of grilled cheese and ramen and eggs and ...... well, I wanted to "cook" some. This month we have a week where we will not need any meals so I thought I would try something different.

I think I have talked about these before .... Kraft Foods has a "line" of recipes that are called "1 Bag, 5 Dinners." Chris and I have done a couple in the past but I thought I would try one again this week and see how much more my grocery bill was. The only problem with these is that I don't always have the basics in the pantry that they think I should have. But the good thing is that when you buy some ingredients you will have some left over and to do that recipe again, there will not be nearly as much to buy.

We spent $79 in all this week. I was actually surprised. I thought it would be more. ((We are trying 4 new recipes this week - wish us luck!))

Here is the menu:

Monday - Tuna Cakes, Mac-n-Cheese
Tuesday - Pizza, Chips (for Chris and the kids) I will be meeting The Pioneer Woman at Davis Kidd!
Wednesday - Velveeta Egg & Veggie Bake, Green Beans
Thursday - Pasta Primavera Alfredo
Friday - Ravioli Bake, Garlic Bread
Saturday - Christmas Party!
Sunday - Leftovers and Sandwiches

To see other's menu plans check out Org Junkie! (There are lots of ideas there!)

Justine Justine

So, if you know me well, you may know that I think The Cosby Show is the best sitcom that has ever been on TV.

Well, I was watching it the other day (I hadn't seen it in a while) and this is the scene that I was almost crying in, laughing so hard.

Theo's girl (Justine) saw him kissing another girl and Cliff finds him in the living room trying to write her a poem to say he is sorry and this is Cliff's advice to him.

It's Great! (By the way, the next day, Theo really does go and beg!)

Completely Our Child

Justus.


Well, do you see how happy he is?



It really is because he is at the table eating. He is happy other times but...



He really does like to eat and.....

well....

he gets it honest.

Even though I am a little quieter about my love for food, both his mommy and his daddy (especially his daddy) love to eat! And, he's got the love.

Definitely.

Thanksgiving Program

Hannah had a fun day planned at school right before Thanksgiving. A program for all the parents to watch and then a FEAST for everyone. Here is Hannah and Reese before school. They are so cute!Hannah's group was the youngest to sing. They were Turkeys. Their songs were very cute but Hannah said she got beside a "loud boy" and it scared her so she started crying after the first note of the first song and never went back up on stage. She says that now that she knows what is going on, she is going to stay up on stage and sing her songs for her Christmas program. I hope so - we will see.
My class was the next youngest and they were pilgrims. Our class only has one girl in it so the lead teacher thought her and I should make sure she was not alone and dress up like the girl pilgrims too.

The oldest group (PreK) were Indians. They were so adorable. This is a picture of one of my good friend's little girl who did a Wonderful job of being an Indian!

The program was great and very sweet!!!

The food was, of course, really great too!! Yummmy!

2 Chronicles 7:14

"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

Menu Plan Monday

This week we spent $46. I can handle that!

Here is the menu:

Monday - Thanksgiving leftover. Tired of it but we might as well eat it!
Tuesday - Grilled Cheese, Ramen Noodles
Wednesday - Turkey Tetrazzini, Green Beans
Thursday - Pizza, Chips
Friday - Sandwiches on our way to the church building to help set up for our giveaway!
Saturday - Eggs, Waffles
Sunday - Roast, Mac-n-Cheese

To see other's menu plans check out Org Junkie! (There are lots of ideas there!)