Giving Up

So I changed my template back to the original. I had saved a copy of the HTML code and put it back... Guess what... My comments are still not here.

I GIVE UP!

I'm way too frustrated to even try to fix this anymore.

Any suggestions? Please e-mail me at JessieM2326@aol.com.

Thanks :)

Under Construction

I'm attempting to change my template and I'm having problems with the link for comments so if you are looking for that please be patient..... I'm not being very patient trying to figure it out but I've e-mailed the template author

:-D

Fun Weekend

This weekend was full of fun, fattening foods, and friends!

Saturday we went out to eat for my mother-in-law's birthday. Afterwards we went back to my sister-in-law's house and we learned how to play Texas Hold 'Em (however you spell it). I won't the first whole game and ended up with all the chips! On the second game I think I was the firs out :)... Just beginners luck!

Adam worked on his truck all day Saturday and Sunday. It's back running but there is still something wrong with it :(. I think he's calling around for adivce today.

Sunday we went to my other sister-in-law's house next door to us and watched the Super Bowl. We (as in Adam & I) are not football people but we really got into the game. I didn't understand anything other than touchdowns, field goals, and yards but it was exciting! At one point everyone was outside around the fire and I was inside by myself watching the game HAHA! I could probably really get into it if I watched games more often.

I hope everyone has a great Monday!

Early B-Day Present!

Today is a dreary, cold, rainy day here in E Texas BUT it's a great day. :)

Today I'm going to get caught up on my work here at the office! At least that is my plan. This time of the year is usually busy but with all the new stuff coming in the next couple of weeks it's twice as busy!

Last night I got an early Birthday Present from Adam!

It's a Nikon L100!

AWESOME! I knew about it because I'm the one who ordered it online because he couldn't find it in ANY store. He picked it out and I LOVE IT! My camera that I've had since 2006 which I also dearly love bit the dust last week. I was in the middle of taking pictures and it went dead. After charging it all night it will no longer focus. Nobody repairs cameras in our area and to send it off would be a minimum of $40 for them to look at it and then a couple hundered dollars to fix. Well this camer is last years model and was VERY cheap since it was clearenced!

I've been playing with it this morning figuring it out all the settings. It's so easy! Tonight I'm taking pictures of my brother-in-laws band for their website so hopefully those will turn out great!

I saw on the news yesterday that 5 families in East Texas have been nominated for Extreme Home Makover and one is in Tyler! How cool! They are picking the family next week and I can't wait to see where it is and when they will start shooting the show!

Have an excellent Thursday!

Back To Me

I'm very behind in my blog reading so sorry to my friends that I have not commented on!

Last week was not a good week. Just some things going on that I can't really share because it's not mine to share but it was something really weighing on me so I wasn't in the mood to post and be "fake" happy. I just needed to BE.

We did have a pretty good weekend. We took Adam's truck to the shop Saturday so that they could look at it first thing Monday. It's been acting up again so he decided to go ahead and take it in. They called yesterday and told him some of the things they found wrong with it but never called him back with the price.... I would think the price would be important enough to know up front but hopefully he'll back to Adam about that early today. Adam looked up the parts and we are looking at about $400 - $500 just in parts. After the shop told him it they were going to charge him $150 to change a $15 set of spark plugs I can only imagine what the labor cost will be. He's pretty sure that he can do all the work himself but we'll see ... it depends on if they find anything else today. I'm going to keep praying about it and stay positive.

I'm really hopeful that today will be a great day. Yesterday was just down right bad. I guess I just woke up in a grouchy mood and it just stayed with me all day. I didn't want to be talked to or even looked at LOL. Today is much better though as far as my attitude! :-D

Have a great Tuesday!

Progress

So far this week I have had my menu planned out, groceries bought, and I'm loving getting home early and getting dinner done earlier! Monday I pre-made my chicken before work so when I got home I just threw all the stuff in a pot for Tortilla Soup and got on my treadmill while it cooked. I only made it .57 miles before I was wore out but hey it was better than nothing.... I sorta feel bad now after seeing last nights biggest loser where they were walking and jogging 5 or 6 miles. Oh well.

Yesterday I took off early because I had some things to do at my bank across town and the lobby closes at 4:30. Since I got home so early we decided to go out to eat... Not a good choice... especially since we went to IHOP. :( Today will be better though! Lots of water!

This morning I emptied my dishwasher, washed a couple of pans that have been sitting on my stove, and cleaned off the bar. I think I've figured out a routine that works for me. I'm doing all my "chores" before work so that when I come home it's dinner & work out time. This will only work if my meals are pre-planned. So far so good!!! Gold Star for me this week!

Yesterday Lady Antebellum's CD came out! I went to wal-mart before work to get it because I'm just not patient enough to wait until after work. I'm so glad I did though because it showed $11.88 but it rang up $7.97! Awesome! I'm so glad that I didn't pre-order at $9.99! Anyways this CD is GREAT! I love every single song!

Have a great Wednesday!

Weekend Recap

Adam did end up working 12 hours Saturday but I was able to get some stuff done around the house.

I got up fairly early for a Saturday (6:30), ate some breakfast of scrambled eggs & toast, and watched last weeks Grey's Anatomy & Private Practice. Then about 8 I headed out for a walk. I'm not sure how far I walked because my pedometer is messed up. It said I walked .18 miles and I know that my drive way alone is that long! I did walk for about 20 minutes so I'm thinking less than a mile but it was up hill, down hills, rocky, sandy, and paved so I think I got a good work out.

After getting home and stretching I made out my grocery list for the week and headed to the grocery store. ..... Yes in my work out clothes. I threw on a cap and off I went. :) I just knew I was going to run into someone I knew but thankfully did not.

When I got home I made some YUMMY homemade bread. This was my first attempt and it was awesome! The only thing I need to adjust is the amount of time I kneeded it in my stand mixer. I think I over did that as it's a little more dense and chewy than normal bread. Or maybe it was the recipe ... I'm not sure... it was from the '69 Betty Crocker cook book. I said some prayers before I began and just went with the flow. Some of my best meals have been results of prayers :-D.

Yesterday Adam worked on his truck some and figured out there is more wrong with it so we may end up getting a loan like I said before to get it fixed. I really hope our money situation stays good and we can afford it. Staying positive and prayerful on that.

The remainder of our weekend was pretty uneventful and just normal which is good. Adam was too thrilled about only 1 day off but hopefully this week will go by quick and he'll be off next weekend.

Happy Monday!!!

Happy Friday!

I'm SO glad that today is Friday!!!!! It's has been a really really long week and we were off on Monday (mostly). We had planned to head over to Dallas tomorrow and go to Joe's Crab Shack! Adam loves that place, but I eat chicken strips from the kids menu so I'm not that excited about that part... lol. I'm excited about going shopping! I love Malls and I love to window shope. I want to go to the mall in Arlington but they have a Cheesecake Factory! Must stay away from that place! Anyways, I believe Adam will be working tomorrow so we probably will not be going until next weekend.

Today is weigh in day! I've lost 4lbs since the first. I would like for that to be a lot more but I've lost, gained, and lost again since then so I'm happy with anything. Last night while Adam was at band practice I walked a mile on my treadmill! I did it in 24 minutes. Not sure if that is good but it wasn't easy so I felt I pushed myself as I should have. Since Adam is working (probably) I plan on walking outside if it's nice. I don't rember how far down our road is a mile but I'll take my pedometer/radio and hopefully just zone out and walk!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Happy Friday!

Scary Weather!

Last night we had some major weather scares. There were 10 reported tornados in our area. At one point I was at my in-laws because our immediate area was under a warning and Adam was on his way home from Lindale. Very scary! Tornados scare me more than any other weather related thing. I guess because they are so unpredictable and random. I just have to remember that God is controling them so they really aren't so unpredictable after all.... hard to remember sometimes though.

There was 2 or 3 possible funnel clouds near where I work and the majority of our customers are so I was really worried that they had touched down. So far only 1 was a touchdown and it was more West of us. So far no claims have been called in. I'm really thankful that nobody was seriously injured in any of the tornados. In one town a couple of houses were leveled but I don't believe there were injuries. In another town a tornado hit a gas station, hotel, and a couple of businesses but again no injuries. Thank you Lord for watching out for us!

Prayers Needed Please

Today has been a very hectic hair pulling kind of day. Our internet was down until about Noon and so we are playing catch up. Mainly the reason I wanted to post though was to ask for your prayers.

We have had 6 churches in East Texas set on fire since Friday. Somebody has been breaking into churches and setting them on fire. This is so sad and upsetting. Please pray that these people are caught and that nobody gets hurt. So far 2 or 3 churches have been a total loss. One was set this morning but it was put out very quickly. It's sad that churches have had to hire armed security guards and the churches that can't afford that have been taking shifts watching their churches.

Why would someone do this? I just don't understand.

Please keep these congregations in your prayers.

Also I heard that Haiti was hit with another aftershock this morning. Please continue to keep them in your prayers as well!