I am tired and it is late. We just finished watching the Contender finale. Can’t believe I am into that show. I use to HATE boxing. I am sure my man will blog about it and he will sound much more educated in his re-cap of the night than I ever could.
Anyways. God is beginning to shed some light on some areas in my life that need re-fining. I am excited about it. I will write more later but it is how, to whom, and to what I run to when I need to “escape”. I crave food, TV, computer and other things over Him. This all might not make sense. My eyes are blurry I am so tired. The point is, I sense Him calling me out on some things and I hope I can be disciplined enough to obey.
okay, so since my vacuum cleaner died, my dishwasher has now risen to the top of my doo-doo list of appliances. It can’t wash but half the dishes in there. No matter how hard I try to rearrange things, put less items in, change dishwashing detergent, nothing gets it cleaning like it used to. OH, and the thing is only 2 & 1/2 years old. So finally I am giving up. I went a full week of not using it. Hand washing everything. It went better than I thought. The problem was my man kept putting things into the dishwasher. He was refusing to give it up. So I reverted back. Same thing happened. Begin my day with breakfast and unloading the dishwasher and “dad-gum-it” all my silver ware has white detergent caked on it. Things on the top rack look only rinsed. UGH! So I am cutting ties with the white loud monster in my kitchen and my drying rack is my new best friend. I honestly do not think it takes me any longer to do the dishes. Plus everything is always clean. I can use my favorite paring knife all day long. I like that.
OH- American Idol -Taylor Hicks. What do you think? It really did not matter to me who won after Chris got the boot.
I know what you must be thinking. She is a TV freak. I promise there is more to my life than the tube. :)
okay, so 24 is over until January. I have to admit I was bummed at how everything ended. I mean COME ON! Jack deserves a bit of a fairy tale life just for a moment. I mean give the guy at least 24 hours to be in La-LA land of love with his girl. Poor Audrey. Last 24 she her husband died, which they were in the process of a divorce, and she was led to believe her lover Jack died. So during this 24 she discovers her long lost love Jack really isn’t dead and he’s alive, and isn’t it sweet they are still in love. Now at the end of this 24, Jack and Audrey are embracing and Jack goes inside a warehouse to take a call. BAM he is kidnapped and Audrey again loses her man. My man being a typically male of course loved the way the season ended. Me the female, needed more love and less action. Oh well. It is still the best show ever.
So summer is here at our house. It is hot. The kids have spent the past two days in the yard hosing each other down. The outdoors are a perfect babysitter for a homeschool family. I get so much done and they get worn out. Here is a pic of them cooling off with a “pops-c-sickle” (that is what #2 used to call them).
There was no celebration in our home last night as the final vote was read on Survivor. Aras. So what. Next to Big Dog Terry, I mean, come on. I was so upset when Terry didn’t win the last immunity. Man. I really thought he’d win the whole thing. So when it came down to Danielle and Aras, I did not care who took home the million. Now I have to comment about Shane (Can you believe he smoked at least 3 packs a day and quick cold turkey the day he left to go on the show!?). He was so stinkin Psycho. There were many nights I yelled … vote that crazy man off, but in the end, his final statements to D & Aras will forever go down in Survioir history as some of the best. I hope after a few seasons another Survivor Allstar will come into play and Terry will come back and dominate again.
We are caught up on all our shows. The main ones we watch are: 24 Prison Break Lost
oh, and not to forget American Idol (shocker tonight, I am sad!)
I just don’t think it is possible for 24 and Prison Break to get more intense. OH my GOODNESS. I am so on the edge of my seat. Like I feel physically exhausted after watching them. That’s not healthy is it? I really do get into them a tad bit too much. I am so glad the season is coming to an end. I just want to finish them. The suspense is Killing me.
Oh, and Hale, you said they should kill Jack off on 24, what are you thinkin? I would be so ticked if they did. He is the man
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It took sleeping late, reading a chapter in my Bible Study book, eating breakfast, sending a few emails and snuggling with the kids as we watched The Sound of Music to get me motivated enough to tackle cleaning the house. Call me a dork, I don’t care, but I absolutely love that movie. It had been YEARS since I watched it. I was so into it. When I was younger I loved the music and that they fell in love in the end. Now that I am a few years older, I actually got the whole plot. The kids sort of liked it. After the odd morning I finally got a lot accomplished. It still never feels like enough. But when I came home from bible study tonight it felt so good walking into a super clean kitchen. I have got to get on Fly Lady to get a better pace for housework.
I love our TIVO machine. We record the most random shows to watch. We love specials like …. Our 80 year old children, The smallest People in the World, and Little People Big World. The other night we asked the kids to watch Little People Big World since #2 spotted a Dwarf at Walmart and chose to publicly point her out.
Any way. We used to watch Dog the Bounty Hunter. Well for whatever reason it’s been awhile since we’ve joined in on one of their bounties. Last night the episode we watched took them from Hawaii to San Francisco. I was so caught up in the drama. I felt kinda silly. But in the end the bad guy got what was coming and Beth, Dog’s wife, was crying b/c she didn’t have to pay his $75,000 bail bond.
This Dog Chapman and his crew really baffle me. They love the Lord. They love to pray. They cuss like sailors (not just to the bad guys but to each other as well). Dog loves to have kids (he has got I think 9). Beth’s boobs are bigger than Dolly Parton’s. They called people “bra” instead of bro. Dog still hasn’t made enough money to get his teeth fixed. He never wears anything but workout clothes or JUST a black leather vest. His hair is an amazing wonder (no telling how long it takes him to fix it). Dog likes his woman Beth to dress on the dirty side (which she does whether he likes it or not). Dog vacuums his house daily, side note: he used to sell vacuum cleaners.
Although Dog’s appearance really grosses me out, I still love to watch the show. I admire the love that He and his “posse” share. I like that they are honest and real with one another. But my most favorite part about the show is after the capture. When they take a man down, they’re cussing him out. Threatening him to behave. Once they got the bad guy in the car, they give him a cigarette. They talk to him about the choices he has made. They let him use their phone to call a mom or wife. In their own unique way they share God’s love to the criminal. I like it. It’s so not the picture that I would paint of Christianity, but what do I know. I am just a sheltered Georgia girl who was raised in the Bible belt where almost every and anyone knows how to pretend to be a Christian.
Okay, I just can’t wrap my brain around this. We just watched a show on TLC (we had previously recorded) about the Duggar Family. This lady has 16 kids. They may have more. I can’t imagine what it would be like to live like that. I am not saying it is wrong, it is just so unusual. I know a family of 10, and a few with 8. We even used to be baby sitters for a foster home of 12. I just don’t know anyone who has given birth once a year for 17 years straight. It’s a really cool story of how they built their own home. If you get a chance, exercise your brain and watch it.
