Horny and more (now that I have you intrigued, you will read!)

I think we all are always in need of a laugh; and well we know that kids seem to pull out some of the best lines, so try this one! My co-worker and I were supervising our kids in the cafeteria while they were eating. She walked by a table of our students and heard one of our normally well-behaved kids say, "I'm not horny!" After the shock of hearing a fifth grader say that, she proceeded with the protocol lecture of what is and isn't appropriate to talk about at school and as a fifth grader. As she halfway through her lecture, she notices the look of absolute bewilderment on his face. She then decides to ask him why he was saying that phrase, to which he replied, "They told me I look like I have horns."

Want another one? Last year, during reading time, one of my girls had her hand raised. She was reading a book about plankton and other microscopic creatures. She didn't understand the paragraph or know all the words. I pronounced phytoplankton for her and she proceeded to read the rest of the paragraph out loud to me. Everything was fine until she got to the parenthesis which said (tiny sea organisms). You can only imagine my shock when what should come out of her sweet mouth but, "tiny sea orgasms." Yes, that is what she said. If you don't get it reread it to make sure you got it right. To my horror, she continued on to read, "These tiny little orgasms....." I finally was able to compose a sentence after using all my energy not to show a terrified look on my face and alarm her. I told her the word was organism, and she of course had one more slip, but after that it was smooth sailing. My praise in both of these situations is that neither one of these two precious children had any clue what they were saying. Praise the lord they still have innocence.

Family and firsts

I went home for a quick trip to see my family this weekend. I went with my mom and grandma to see my cousin's high school basketball game. It was so much fun to watch the social dynamics of high school and junior high. Why walking in and out of a gym 20 times in one evening is so appealing I don't know, but I'm sure I did it too. I also had another first this weekend. I sold my dad's motorcycle. Yep...me, the girl who knows nothing about it! My dad wanted to sell it and told me he'd pay me if I put it on ebay and took care of all of it for him so I said sure. I didn't think anyone would buy it in the next couple weeks. Sure enough though, about 5 days into the listing a guy from said he was interested and wanted to drive up to take a look. I made the appointment and then my dad could make it so he asked me to meet the guy and show him the bike. I showed it to him, but the key wouldn't work.....probably because I brought the spare car key by mistake. In case you didn't know, a motorcycle key is very small. When I brought him the right key he fired it up and looked it over and said he'd take it and he didn't even haggle over the price! Maybe I found a new calling.....but highly unlikely.

Why I love my fiance....

Evan always helps anyone at a moment's notice and doesn't really grumble about it; one reason I really love him. I could learn more from him.

The false orange...look out Whorty!

So my friend Nila has this awesome Korean citrus tea and I decided I wanted to try to make some. Then when I found recipes I discovered it is easy to make...if you have citron. No, it is not an organic gasoline substitute, it is a citrus fruit that is kinda like a cross between a lemon, grapefruit and an orange. We don't have them in Emporia, but they are at some asian markets. I then wiki-ed the fruit and found that:

"While the most popular fruits are peeled in order to consume their pulpy and juicy segments, the citron's pulp is very dry containing only little insipid juice"

This doesn't sound like a big deal, unless you would have been in China and bought an orange and then found that orange to be really dry and not juicy at all.......why, it might not have been an orange at all! It might have been a citron. Yeah, that's all there is to this little detective story. I just got excited because I figured out how my "chinese orange" was dry.

I want to be a tax collector

Today in church we started a series on the 7 deadly sins. Doesn't sound too exciting, but today it was pride and it was really good. I know I have pride. And a lot of it. So today was really good for me. I hadn't thought about something P. Al said. The reasons these sins are truly harmful even though they seem so small compared to murder, adultery or whatever it may be, is because they are usually the root that these others sins stem from. Yikes! It is so true. People usually don't just get up and kill someone. Usually there is a motivator whether it is anger, jealousy, greed or something else that leads people in that direction. These are also not acknowledged as much as what appear to be "bigger" sins, so they are then left to do their work and are also a lot harder to detect because they are happening internally. I look at myself and find the desire to be really awesome. I know it is not necessarily bad to desire people to think good things of you, but they are definitely not the most important in the scheme of things or things that are most worthy of my time. I don't want to be a pharisee that looks good on the outside; I want to be a tax collector that is humble before God and just thankful that he is able to know God. I want to remain so focused on him that I don't think about what others think or what I appear like. Even while writing this it has been so easy for me to think, "what if my friends reading this don't understand this or take things the wrong way and..." yeah, you get the point. I am so grateful for a pride check and need them often. What a good reminder that God is faithful and going to give me what I need, whether earthly things or heart transformation, when I need it most.

Another weekend of firsts

So last weekend my mom came up because the bridal store in Emporia was having an auction. I was super excited to see my mom and go to my first auction that I would participate in. I had been to an auction my grandma had after my grandpa died, but I didn't have to buy anything of course. I wasn't sure I would be able to get some things I wanted, but I got two excellent finds!!! I was able to buy some crystal glasses from a box a lady had bought, so I got 10 glasses that would retail for around $200 for only $20. My next wonderful find I can't describe how cute they are, but they are wooden wine boxes with diagonal dividers that look like an X. I got 3 of them for $30 and can't wait to use them. Yeah for bargain finds! And my mom :) I had a really good time with her and am so glad she was willing to come. I am also so thankful because she got to come to Sunday school and I felt so blessed to have her there and seeing and feeling God's presence. I thank the Lord for her, for she is so important to me!

Happy Birthday to Whorty

Happy birthday dear Whorty,
I hope you like turning forty,
We want to send you something sweet and funny,
But right now we don't have enough money,
We miss having you around,
And hearing your familiar Whorty-sounds,
I hope good friends there will give you a party and surprise,
And who knows, maybe you'll meet some cute m-guys, :)
I'm sad you are so far away,
But we didn't forget your awesome day,
And don't fret because....
We send you lots of love!!!!!!

A moment's thankfulness

Last week was a normal worship service at church. Evan and I were standing and singing along and I noticed the boy and girl in front of me weren't singing. That didn't seem out of the ordinary. They are in or close to junior high and I know I didn't really sing in church much when I was their age. Then I started thinking about the people who I don't usually see sing in church, because you know, that's what worship time in church is for. I thought, hmmm, I think a lot of men don't usually sing along and I looked at the father in the family and he was singing. At that moment I felt a deep sense of thankfulness and started thinking about the other men who I know sing: Garen, Tim, Jason, Steve, Evan and so many others and thought how delighted I am that their daughters and especially sons are able to see them doing this for the Lord. Then during the service I noticed this particular father had gotten a bible from the back of the church and was looking up the passage Pastor Al was talking about and an even bigger sense of thankfulness and praise overwhelmed me because his children were also seeing this. I know a lot of times, especially around college guys, it is easy for me to be like "Where are all the steadfast men?" And at that moment, I felt like God was saying "They are right here." Praise the Lord that he is faithful and that there are men who are faithful and who model a life of Christ likeness in the moments when they may not even think or realize they are.