Bad news. The iMac bit the dust. I know you non-mac users are laughing at us mac geeks now! Larry and I are just in total shock. We can't believe this is happening.
He immediately rushed home from working in Dearborn and took the baby to the Apple store. The diagnosis: Bad Motherboard and some other nonsense. This can't be right.
To make matters worse when I called tech support (and if you know me, that is huge for me to do) and the guy in India I talked to was no help at all. It must have been his first day on the job because I knew more about macs than he did. He kept saying hold on I'll go ask somebody that knows and would come back a few mintues later.
My faith in the Apple people has been shaken a little.
Three days without my computer. I had to steal Larry's to write this and check my email.
What will I do? Maybe I can get to the laundry or something.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
How long can she ramble on?
Busy. Busy. Busy.
Friday night we had a teen activity. It was mall Madness. We get people from the church to dress up in disguises and then walk around the mall and the teens break up in groups and try to find them. We do this activity every couple of years and this year's costumes were especially excellent. One man had longish hair and a full beard. He cut his hair short and shaved all but a "Brandon Inge" strip of hair on his chin. No one recognized him. The only bummer was that only three teens showed up. I guess the Tigers beat someone after all. After the mall, they all came over our house for delicious "bloody eyeball stew" and "baked bones" and "graveyard cake". (I can only image who I will get with google searches with those descriptions.) We usually have a trip to the graveyard for a little Ghost in the Graveyard or "scare the teens so they pee their pants", but it was raining so hard we skipped it. We watched Monster House instead, which is a hilarious movie, although demented. I don't recommend it for children under 13.
Saturday, Larry and some guys from church went to the U of M game in Ann Arbor. It rained just about the entire time and then the sun came out when the game was over. Larry, being a geek (a cool geek though) and not a jock, left the game and went and sat in the van after halftime. It wasn't a close game and it was freezing. He really went just to spend some time with the guys. Emma had her first birthday party invitation from her new school. It was a bowling Party. She seemed to have a good time. After I dropped her off, I took the other two girls shoe shopping. Payless had a BOGO sale so it worked out great. Because, as we all know, girls need a lot of shoes. After I picked Emma up from the bowling party, where she said she was the lowest scorer. So a two year old beat her. Whatever. We went home, had dinner and since it was raining the girls took about 35 pictures with my camera. Good thing it is digital. I always forget to check to see what is on the camera before I import the pictures. This time it was posing with books and still shots of their toys. I tried to post a few, but Blogger did not like me today. Maybe in the morning.
Sunday. Ahh. Daylight savings time. We get an extra hour of sleep. Not in my house. My children have little built in clocks that wake them up every morning. And if one of their clocks isn't working her sister will take care of that for her. I'm lucky that they stayed in bed until 6:59. I was surprised they were up because usually the only day those clocks don't work is Sunday when I have to drag their little keisters out of bed. After church, where I left early because some little kid dumped a cup of hot coffee on my lap, we had a baptism dinner. I helped in the back with the food and I think I sat down for about 10 minutes. We came home and of course the girls wanted to do something because we can't just relax and do nothing! So we carved our pumpkins. This was the first year Emma was allowed to carve hers by herself. She did a great job. I highly recommend those pumpkin carving kits with the plastic scooper and little knives. Get one after Halloween cheap and save it for the next year. The best part of the day was eating pizza all together and looking at the clock and seeing it 8:30 (wow! where did the time go?) So I sent the kids to bed. We couldn't figure out why Channel 7 wasn't playing Extreme Makeover home edition. It was supposed to be on 8. Until later, when I realized we hadn't changed the clock in the living room and I had sent the kids to bed at 7:30! I am SO doing that every night!
Like I said Busy! Busy! Busy!
Friday night we had a teen activity. It was mall Madness. We get people from the church to dress up in disguises and then walk around the mall and the teens break up in groups and try to find them. We do this activity every couple of years and this year's costumes were especially excellent. One man had longish hair and a full beard. He cut his hair short and shaved all but a "Brandon Inge" strip of hair on his chin. No one recognized him. The only bummer was that only three teens showed up. I guess the Tigers beat someone after all. After the mall, they all came over our house for delicious "bloody eyeball stew" and "baked bones" and "graveyard cake". (I can only image who I will get with google searches with those descriptions.) We usually have a trip to the graveyard for a little Ghost in the Graveyard or "scare the teens so they pee their pants", but it was raining so hard we skipped it. We watched Monster House instead, which is a hilarious movie, although demented. I don't recommend it for children under 13.
Saturday, Larry and some guys from church went to the U of M game in Ann Arbor. It rained just about the entire time and then the sun came out when the game was over. Larry, being a geek (a cool geek though) and not a jock, left the game and went and sat in the van after halftime. It wasn't a close game and it was freezing. He really went just to spend some time with the guys. Emma had her first birthday party invitation from her new school. It was a bowling Party. She seemed to have a good time. After I dropped her off, I took the other two girls shoe shopping. Payless had a BOGO sale so it worked out great. Because, as we all know, girls need a lot of shoes. After I picked Emma up from the bowling party, where she said she was the lowest scorer. So a two year old beat her. Whatever. We went home, had dinner and since it was raining the girls took about 35 pictures with my camera. Good thing it is digital. I always forget to check to see what is on the camera before I import the pictures. This time it was posing with books and still shots of their toys. I tried to post a few, but Blogger did not like me today. Maybe in the morning.
Sunday. Ahh. Daylight savings time. We get an extra hour of sleep. Not in my house. My children have little built in clocks that wake them up every morning. And if one of their clocks isn't working her sister will take care of that for her. I'm lucky that they stayed in bed until 6:59. I was surprised they were up because usually the only day those clocks don't work is Sunday when I have to drag their little keisters out of bed. After church, where I left early because some little kid dumped a cup of hot coffee on my lap, we had a baptism dinner. I helped in the back with the food and I think I sat down for about 10 minutes. We came home and of course the girls wanted to do something because we can't just relax and do nothing! So we carved our pumpkins. This was the first year Emma was allowed to carve hers by herself. She did a great job. I highly recommend those pumpkin carving kits with the plastic scooper and little knives. Get one after Halloween cheap and save it for the next year. The best part of the day was eating pizza all together and looking at the clock and seeing it 8:30 (wow! where did the time go?) So I sent the kids to bed. We couldn't figure out why Channel 7 wasn't playing Extreme Makeover home edition. It was supposed to be on 8. Until later, when I realized we hadn't changed the clock in the living room and I had sent the kids to bed at 7:30! I am SO doing that every night!
Like I said Busy! Busy! Busy!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
I'm not a morning person
Overheard this morning:
Larry singing How Great is our God at the top of his lungs.
Claire: Dad! Stop that awful racket!
Larry singing How Great is our God at the top of his lungs.
Claire: Dad! Stop that awful racket!
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Birthday Memories
It was my oldest daughter's birthday the other day. She turned nine. Nine? I thought to myself. I remember my ninth birthday. It was a sleep over with my cousin, a friend from my new Christian school and old friend from down the street. I remember it being an awkward night of me trying to play with these three girls that had never met.
I remember my tenth birthday. I had a party after school with some of my friends. I got a Strawberry Shortcake comb and brush set. My mom still has it to this day.
I remember when I turned 12 and we went to Chuck E. Cheese's. I was terrified of the person dressed up in that costume and I hid under the tablefrom him. I made my friend, also named Julie, go to the front to get the birthday spanking from Chuck.
When I was 13, Mrs. Greene made a cake shaped like a telephone for me. It was so cool. It was pink just like the pink phone my parents gave me. We had a concert that night at school and we had to hurry.
I remember my sixteenth birthday party. It was a double party with my boyfriend at the time. Our birthdays were just 2 days apart. His mom gave me a necklace from Avon. I just recently sold it at a garage sale.
Some birthdays I just don't remember at all. What happened on my fourteenth birthday? I know my mom did something to make it special, but I can't remember what.
Maybe Emma will remember her ninth birthday . I wonder if she will remember the good parts or the bad. Will she remember the presents? The Cake? Or the fact that some family members didn't show up for the party? Will she remember shopping with Grandma and Papa? Or the fit she had in the morning and got in trouble for. Maybe she will remember Claire lost her tooth.
In 25 years she will be my age. I hope she can look back on her birthdays and remember not just the cake and the presents. But that she will remember, like I do, all the fun times and love that her family has for her.
Happy birthday, Emma.
I remember my tenth birthday. I had a party after school with some of my friends. I got a Strawberry Shortcake comb and brush set. My mom still has it to this day.
I remember when I turned 12 and we went to Chuck E. Cheese's. I was terrified of the person dressed up in that costume and I hid under the tablefrom him. I made my friend, also named Julie, go to the front to get the birthday spanking from Chuck.
When I was 13, Mrs. Greene made a cake shaped like a telephone for me. It was so cool. It was pink just like the pink phone my parents gave me. We had a concert that night at school and we had to hurry.
I remember my sixteenth birthday party. It was a double party with my boyfriend at the time. Our birthdays were just 2 days apart. His mom gave me a necklace from Avon. I just recently sold it at a garage sale.
Some birthdays I just don't remember at all. What happened on my fourteenth birthday? I know my mom did something to make it special, but I can't remember what.
Maybe Emma will remember her ninth birthday . I wonder if she will remember the good parts or the bad. Will she remember the presents? The Cake? Or the fact that some family members didn't show up for the party? Will she remember shopping with Grandma and Papa? Or the fit she had in the morning and got in trouble for. Maybe she will remember Claire lost her tooth.
In 25 years she will be my age. I hope she can look back on her birthdays and remember not just the cake and the presents. But that she will remember, like I do, all the fun times and love that her family has for her.
Happy birthday, Emma.
Friday, October 20, 2006
The Frost is on the Apples
Pictures from last week's apple orchard trip.
Susy and her teacher. She is very nice.
Notice the hats, coats, mittens and scarves.
Susy in the warm refrigerator. 45 degrees.
Susy and her little friend eating apples on the way home.
Susy and her teacher. She is very nice.
Notice the hats, coats, mittens and scarves.
Susy in the warm refrigerator. 45 degrees.
Susy and her little friend eating apples on the way home.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Light
No, we have not fallen off the edge of the world. We are still here. Busy as usual. You would think that once we put the kids in school we would have more time, but it seems as if life has sped up. Those 35 free hours a week go fast.
It seems that when I am quiet on the blog front I am usually thinking about a lot of things. Too many to write about. And I am not talented enough to put into words those thoughts. Who knew I was thinking at all?
So, some thoughts for the day.
We had an excellent lesson from God's Word today at Church. Pastor is preaching through the New Testament. He gives a word for the day and today's word was light. Christ is the Light and we are to be reflecting His light to others.
Perfect timing for me to hear this. I had just been on a field trip with Susy's class on Friday. And I was trying to be that light. The difference between Christian schools and homeschool and public schools is great. At a Christian school you have that common bond of Christ that brings you together. Homeschoolers basically get to pick who their kids hang out with. But public school is a whole 'nother game. Every kind of kid is there. Rich, poor, goofy, cute, clean, dirty, tired and hyper. There were 40 of these kids on the 40 minute bus ride to the apple orchard. (That's right. We were outside in the 30 degree weather picking apples. The refrigerator that holds all the apples felt warm.)
There were also about 10 parents and 2 teachers on the bus. Two of the parents just didn't show up that day. Wimps.
As I sat there on the bus inhaling fumes and taking in all the chaos, a sadness came over me. I thought about the parents across the aisle who were talking at each other about their kids. Neither of them was really listening to each other. I thought about the kids who were just wearing sweatshirts and were freezing cold. What were their moms and dads thinking? I thought about the little boy that fell asleep on the way home. He was tired to start the day. I wondered what time he went to bed.
And most importantly I thought about how many of them didn't know about the Hope that I have in Jesus. And how God can use me, who can barely put two words together when I first meet people, to be a light in their dark world.
Go light Your World By Chris Rice
There is a candle in every soul
Some brightly burning, some dark and cold
There is a spirit who brings a fire
Egnites a candle, and makes his home
Carry your candle
Run to the darkness
Seek out the helpless, confused and torn
And hold out your candle
For all to see it
Take your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
Frustrated brother, see how he's tried to
Light his own candle some other way
See now your sister she's been robbed and lied to
Still holds a candle, without a flame
Carry your candle
Run to the darkness
Seek out the lonely, the tired and worn
And hold out your candle
For all to see it
Take your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
Cuz we are a family
Whose hearts are blazing
So lets raise our candles and light up the sky
Prayin to our Father in the name of Jesus
Make us a beacon in darkest times
Carry your candle
Run to the darkness
Seek out the hopeless, deceived and
Hold out your candle
For all to see it
Take your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
Hold our your candle
For all to see it
Take out your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
It seems that when I am quiet on the blog front I am usually thinking about a lot of things. Too many to write about. And I am not talented enough to put into words those thoughts. Who knew I was thinking at all?
So, some thoughts for the day.
We had an excellent lesson from God's Word today at Church. Pastor is preaching through the New Testament. He gives a word for the day and today's word was light. Christ is the Light and we are to be reflecting His light to others.
Perfect timing for me to hear this. I had just been on a field trip with Susy's class on Friday. And I was trying to be that light. The difference between Christian schools and homeschool and public schools is great. At a Christian school you have that common bond of Christ that brings you together. Homeschoolers basically get to pick who their kids hang out with. But public school is a whole 'nother game. Every kind of kid is there. Rich, poor, goofy, cute, clean, dirty, tired and hyper. There were 40 of these kids on the 40 minute bus ride to the apple orchard. (That's right. We were outside in the 30 degree weather picking apples. The refrigerator that holds all the apples felt warm.)
There were also about 10 parents and 2 teachers on the bus. Two of the parents just didn't show up that day. Wimps.
As I sat there on the bus inhaling fumes and taking in all the chaos, a sadness came over me. I thought about the parents across the aisle who were talking at each other about their kids. Neither of them was really listening to each other. I thought about the kids who were just wearing sweatshirts and were freezing cold. What were their moms and dads thinking? I thought about the little boy that fell asleep on the way home. He was tired to start the day. I wondered what time he went to bed.
And most importantly I thought about how many of them didn't know about the Hope that I have in Jesus. And how God can use me, who can barely put two words together when I first meet people, to be a light in their dark world.
Go light Your World By Chris Rice
There is a candle in every soul
Some brightly burning, some dark and cold
There is a spirit who brings a fire
Egnites a candle, and makes his home
Carry your candle
Run to the darkness
Seek out the helpless, confused and torn
And hold out your candle
For all to see it
Take your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
Frustrated brother, see how he's tried to
Light his own candle some other way
See now your sister she's been robbed and lied to
Still holds a candle, without a flame
Carry your candle
Run to the darkness
Seek out the lonely, the tired and worn
And hold out your candle
For all to see it
Take your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
Cuz we are a family
Whose hearts are blazing
So lets raise our candles and light up the sky
Prayin to our Father in the name of Jesus
Make us a beacon in darkest times
Carry your candle
Run to the darkness
Seek out the hopeless, deceived and
Hold out your candle
For all to see it
Take your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
Hold our your candle
For all to see it
Take out your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
Take your candle and go light your world
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Get Your Own Blog
All right. It is time for the Jewels to take the blog back over. We all know I married a geek and if you didn't believe me before now there is documented proof. What is with those videos, people? You know you were all thinking it. I'm just stating it out loud. You think he would have put a cute one of the girls up? Nooo. Sheep and crazy advertising talk and FLUFFY.
I love that man.
I love that man.
Fluffy: The Lost Footage
I found this video on my PDA when I synced it today. I forgot that I even recorded it. I took it when we took Fluffy to the field and let her go. WARNING: this is not for the faint of heart - Roll'em!
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