It’s a day late, but still sincere! Last week with the Thraps was a blast. Becca and I were in Christmas card mode… which is nothing like scrapbooking mode! We got burnt out quickly lol, but she managed to get quite a few done and I got about 10 done. I think I might forgo Christmas cards this year lol… I’m not sure I have 20 more cards in me! Also this past week at Thraps, for a couple nights Becca and I lost our gift for Canasta and the guys were kicking our cans! Luckily, the last night we got our groove back and killed them by 3000 points lol… not that it’s funny, cause they do NOT like loosing! We also got to take a trip to the Science Center, which we all had fun with. We had a contest at the egg dropping center to see who could design the lightest and best package for an egg that would survive the 20 foot fall. Becca beat me with a rating of 3, but Josh came in late with a reading of 1 for the win! However, Becca will tell you that he was unable to duplicate his low score, so she is not sure that it counts lol. Either way, we all had fun, but since Chris had taken Michael, Audrey, and Cameron early in the afternoon (and by the time we left, had been there for FIVE hours) he was TIRED.
We all came back to this side of the state on Wednesday so that I could take care of my parents horses while they were on vacation. Michael was a HUGE help to me on Wednesday, and then Becca came and spent the night with me Wednesday while the guys kept all the kids at our house. Becca and I sat in the hot tub and then we… went to bed lol. We were tired! Thanksgiving we spent with Chris’s family which was nice. We couldn’t stay too long since I had to get back in time to feed the horses before it got dark.
Now vacation is over and it’s time for HARD work since it’s the end of the semester. I’ve only got two weeks left!
And when I breath I sound like my old gym teacher whistling us out of the locker room. Yay. I am sooooo ready for Saturday! We get to go up to the Thraps for a little vacation where I plan to Rook, Canasta, Scrapbook, and make cards until I can hardly keep my eyes open!
Big hugs to Mipper who has undergone two root canals! I love ya Mip! Keep downing that advil and hopefully it will get better lol! Well, I have to go and respond to my email now before Becca smacks me!
Seriously, I appreciate so much to come here when I’m having such a hard time and see how loved I am and get such great advice and help. Right now I am feeling quite a bit better. Chris and I have made some decisions that, while still make me worry lol, make me feel like we have a much better idea of what we are going to do which in turn, makes me feel a little better. I needed to reschedule my meeting with my professor to start my application, but I go in on Tuesday to do that and I’m looking forward to that as well.
Candace, welcome to my blog… it means a lot to have you here! I can’t wait to see you guys at Thanksgiving! To answer your questions I am studying psychology (should be graduating in May) and I’m applying for grad school here at Iowa at the School of Social Work. I am hoping to get my MSW and work for a couple of years in the field until I can get licensed independently to work as a therapist with individuals and families.
Anyway, thank you for all the love and support (and to Becca and Josh for coming to see us this weekend, I totally needed it and it meant a lot to me to have you all here).
But in reality I’m not.
Last week our dryer stopped drying. It ran just fine, but there wasn’t any heat. So Monday I replaced the heating element. It actually wasn’t too hard, once I knew what I was looking for.
Today I fixed the belt in the vacuum cleaner. It busted the other day. This was simple; done in less than five minutes.
So really, I’m not a handyman, but still, I feel awesome right now.
OK, so I’ve decided to add all of your email addresses to my blog subscription. That means that whenever I post on my blog, YOU get an email about it. That way you can all keep up on what is going on with me. How lucky of you!!!
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Clever huh?
In a [sarcasm] shocking [/sarcasm] turn of events, it appears Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are calling it quits. This comes just two months after Britney gave birth to the couple’s second child in as many years.
I don’t really have anything else to say about this, I just found it semi-amusing. Except for the kids, who will have to suffer with the humiliation of knowing their parents are Britney Spears and Kevin Federline.
UPDATE: Well, I thought I was very clever with the title of my post, but apparently that was too easy. It seems as if all of the new news articles I read regarding this have taken the same route. But I swear, I didn’t steal it.
UPDATE: Apparently she told him via text message. That is hilarious.
I continue to be blessed in many ways and know many things, but still struggle. Why is that? It is so terribly frustrating to feel like you generally just want to hide under the covers and forget you exist. And yet, to put it out here… knowing it will be read. You, yeah, you… reading my blog right now… do you know the answer? Do you know how to erase fear and just live? How do you harness all of your faith to bolster you at a time when things are not too bad, knowing that a time when things will be far worse will come… I would love to know.
Oh how I can’t wait until Wednesday. Wednesday means the 2006 midterm elections will be over.
What this means is no more phone calls. For the past few weeks we have been getting TONS of calls from the likes of President Bush, Laura Bush, Jim Nussle, and whoever else keeps calling. Seriously, we’ve been getting like four or five calls a day, which is probably about triple the amount of calls we normally get.
Wednesday means no more political mail. We’re probably averaging three pieces of mail each day in behalf of different candidates. Chet Culver, Jim Nussle, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee. It all goes in the trash.
Wednesday means no more television ads. I hate political television ads because they’re so negative. Why don’t candidates try telling us why we should vote FOR them instead of AGAINST the other guy? Actually, Wednesday will probably bring no relief in regards to television for the following reason: we DVR most of our television shows to watch later, so anything recorded from now until Tuesday has the potential to be with us for at least a week while we catch up.
Anyways, all of these phone calls and all of this mail we’ve received in the past few weeks is pointless. Why? I voted two weeks ago.
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Seriously, I got nothing! I had a test this week. It’s over, thank goodness. I have a presentation next week, not done yet…eek! I have a test next Thursday… eh, not too worried. UGH! It’s not like there aren’t things going on… I just got nothing I want to talk about… my things are just sooo yuck and I don’t want to talk about them because I don’t know what to do and I just feel sick all the time. Yay, so there you go lol!
Ok, now post! Ummm, now!
So I took Michael and Audrey to last nights Hawkeye Womens Basketball exhibition game and Audrey had to use the facilities, so we went in to the mens restroom and entered the big handicap stall so we could all fit in there. Michael and I turned around while Audrey did her thing, and Michael said, “Dad, f*** Iowa State”. I immediately turned around and yelled “WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!?!!?” He pointed to some writing on the stall wall that said “F*** IOWA STATE”. Then I had to explain to him that that word is not one that we use because it is a bad word, and I told him I wasn’t mad at him about it.
After we left the bathroom and had gone back to our seats, Michael said “I know why somebody wrote that. I think they drank too much alcohol.” I told him he was probably right and again that was something that we don’t say.
After the game, in the car, I told Kate the story, and while we both thought it was kinda funny, we also told him again how that isn’t a word that we use. He said “I won’t say that word anymore. If I need to say it I will just spell the letters.” Now we had to tell him how even that is inappropriate, and not to even spell it because his friends at school would know what it says.
Anyways, I just wanted to share that with you because even though I was mad that it was written on the wall, I still thought it was kinda funny at the same time. I’m not sure if that makes me a crappy father.
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