June 29, 2007

• Thank you all for your very kind comments and thoughtful advice.  I really do appreciate it.  I feel embarrassed that I was complaining about a day that wasn't THAT bad, but like I said I was feeling a bit overwhelmed.  I prayed, rested and re-charged while the girls were napping.  God is our refuge and strength.  I felt so much better after that.  Josh came home and helped me out a lot.  I finished the church bulletins and the VBS flyers, both things I had to get done before we left.  We got all of the clothes packed and a lot of other things ready to go as well.  We are going to places that have no baby or children items or toys, so we have to pack A LOT.  I still have to get a few things ready to go, make a run to the store and get some more things clean in the house... then I will feel ready to go.
  
  I thought it would be fun today to post some things about me that some of you may not know.  I have made many new friends on xanga, so here's some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts about me... 
  
  1.  I have lived in Michigan, Minnesota, several places in Illinois, Virginia, South Carolina and Connecticut.
  2.  I have never had a cup of coffee.  I just know I wouldn't like it.  My husband doesn't drink it either, but we do have a coffee pot in our house... for guests.
  3.  I was engaged at 19 and married at 20.  We will celebrate our 8th anniversary this year.
  4.  My husband is 6'7" tall.  I am 5'3".
  5.  I hate to drink milk.
  6.  I enjoy playing sports although it's been a long time since I've played them. 
  7.  I love newswriting, (was a journalism major in college) but hate creative writing.  Give me some facts, I can write you a story.  I can not make up a story on my own.  The worst grade I got in college was in Creative Writing.
  8.  I color my hair.  I have lots of gray already.  (Thanks mom )
  9.  I have a bit of an obsession with names.  I love learning about them, their derivation, their meanings, etc.  By the way, Ainsley is Scottish and means meadow.  Lorelei is German and means alluring.  (It's actually from a German poem that isn't so nice.)
  10.  My great-grandfather was in Al Capone's gang in Chicago.  It's true.  (This one needs more explanation, but I'll save it for a future blog.  That will keep you reading, right??)

  As for our trip... we will be going to Pennsylvania tomorrow to hit Sesame Place.  It's an amusement park for the kiddos with all the Sesame Street characters.  We'll be heading to Josh's brother's house in Virginia on Sunday, but just for the night. We will then be going to Greenville, South Carolina.  My grandparents live there, we went to college there and we lived there until 2003.  We haven't been back since we moved four years ago.  It's time for a trip to the south.  We'll be heading back to Josh's brother's house on Thursday for a few days, and then back home. 
  
  Please pray for our safety and sanity.
  
  I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

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