So here is the latest question Meg asked me while she was helping me put some books on the shelf in our office: By the way the book pictured is "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris and it is a GREAT book for youth!

Megan: "Mom, is that Michael Jackson?"
Mom: (Chin dropped, eyes wide, small chuckle) "Ummm, no. How do you know who Michael Jackson is?!?" No answer.

She is THREE people THRRREEE! Wow.

So the renovations are still ALMOST all done! Since beginning and almost completing the basement, we have now started on the upstairs bathroom. A man who is new to the Church is renovating it for us...On that note, in the beginning we couldn't find a contractor in town to help, now we have TWO attending the church who are SOOO willing to help out. Anyhow back to the bathroom. You know how the story goes...We were ONLY getting the tub replaced HA! Now we are getting a new floor AND vanity! It really needs it. After all taking care of the quarters (house) is part of good stewardship. It has been fun yet tough to make decisions that will be good for future Officers and their family's. I am glad that we can do this. We also have plans for the church! God give us wisdom!!

The basement is so close to being completed and it is super exciting! Don't worry, I will post before and after photos once we have it all done. We are planning to get new furniture and finish decorating first before we share the outcome. Anyhow, that is what we are up too. We are excited to have some dear friends from Lloydminster come and visit us. We have not seen them since we officiated their wedding last October. I am looking forward to a nice long weekend! Have a great weekend!! What are you doing this weekend?

Trading one Wave for the Next

Today marks a certain day of change. My family and I traded one wave for another. We have finally put away our microwave. I have wanted to do this for a couple of years now. Some right now would be thinking I am crazy and some may be asking WHY on earth would you do THAT??? Well for me it is simple. The main reason I put it away is because I hardly ever use it. The second and most important reason is because it just doesn't seem healthy to be cooking with the microwave. I can't really explain it well. The only way to explain it is to say that every time I used the microwave, it just felt unhealthy...I felt unhealthy. Plus I noticed that when recipes offered the convenience of using the microwave, I generally took the other route (stove or kettle). The only thing I think I may miss is quickly heating my butter up for my popcorn. BUT Like I mentioned we traded one wave in for another today so I am sure my new wave will do the trick with the right dish. For quite a while now we have been looking into getting an infra wave oven. The infrared technology uses light to cook rather than microwave radiation so it cooks the food much like a conventional oven does without the "microwave taste". With this system the cooking times are cut in half but the taste of the food is not. So far I am impressed. We have only had it so far for one meal but it really did cook fast and even!! I cooked chicken in it and it took MUCH less time and it was done just the way I like it. Yummy!!! Another HUGE bonus and part of the reason we made the decision to buy today was that this counter top model was $75 off the original price. So we paid $65 which is a great price! So this begins our journey with no microwave. I know it has only been one day but so far so good. If it can cook chicken the way we like it and in half the time...I am game! I feel better. Especially because my family's food is not being cooked with microwave radiation. That just sounds bad, cooking with radiation I mean. Anyhow, so begins another kitchen adventure! I will let you know a little later how I make out with this new wave of cooking. Take care my friends!!

New Look

Well...After much time and finally asking my husband to help me put this together... Here is my new blog look for now anyways. I really like it! I really like the whole "Life is Beautiful" thing...I actually have 2 shirts that say that!

Thank you for your input and I hope you like the new look as well. I do have some stuff to share with you but it is late and I will leave that for another day. Until then take care! :)

I Need Help.

So...I am so tired of the way my blog looks...I need a facelift but don't know how or where to go to do that. I see so many pretty blogs some you should check out on my list...To those friends with the pretty blogs, help me! How can I make mine more personal? More me? Links would be helpful! :)

An Off Day.

The only way I can describe today as is "off". Not because I was overly busy today. Not busy like the previous two weeks anyway. My day started out by going on a field trip with 16 preschoolers. Can you believe I survived?!! I volunteered to drive our 15 passenger van out to a farm so the kids at Megan's daycare could enjoy a horse drawn hayride, see some baby calves and colts, pet some newborn kittens and play with the goats. So after loading up many carseats off we went for some hot fresh air. It was so nice. After that I went back to the office where Mike filled me in on his morning meeting with a man who is a retired pastor, drug councellor and who worked in finances...He wants to volunteer with us to teach basic budgeting courses for our clients! That is answered prayer. After I was filled in, I went downstairs to make up some hampers for our appointments tomorrow. In the process of that I forgot about my hair appointment that was scheduled for 3pm. BOOOO! I was looking forward to my haircut. It was at about 3:30 when I realized I had missed it. THEN I realized that today is dance day not only is it dance day but it is her final class before the recital! Dance begins at 4pm so Mike rushed off home to get Meg's dance gear but on the way realized that the car seat was still in the van...GRRR...So he had to come back and get that. I told him he should have taken the van but he already had the seat out....See? Off. While getting Megan ready for dance apparently she had a massive fit in the washroom. Mike called to tell me about Megan's real "melt down" and it just seemed to add to the craziness. SO...Mike and Megan finally came to pick me up at the office and while we were in the car Megan said, "Mommy, today I had a real "milk out" at dance." I looked at Mike and smiled. Suddenly the day didn't seem so "off".