in bloom: 2009

Monday, December 28, 2009

TaCkY ChRiStMaS SwEaTeR PaRtY

TaCkIeSt ChRiStMaS SwEaTeR EVER!

Will and Adam

Rachel Turner

Evan and Rachel

Jeff and Laurie

Rachel B. and Rachel T.

Rachel and Adam

Randi, Emily, and Dan

Me and Cheryl

The Party

THE END

Saturday, December 12, 2009

I'm running a marathon!!!

Hahahahaha! J/K

Why do people run marathons?

Is it the new thing to do? Is it a way to get one motivated to work out and get in shape? Is it really enjoyable and does it symbolize something?

why?

I've never understood it. And it seems lately that so many people I know are doing it.

So I want to know what the deal is with marathons.

Please explain it to me if you know because to me it seems like

absolute self-inflicted torture!

you know kinda like on that one holiday where the muslims walk around all day in the streets slapping their backs with whips till they bleed in order to punish themselves or to purge out their evil, something like that, in hopes of redeeming themselves.

Yep, kinda like that.

People don't you know Jesus took care of that! You don't have to torture yourself. Accept his blood already. He paid the price for you. Stop running those marathons!

No really, why? why?...why

and TRIATHLONS!?!?!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Yarn Ornaments!

At first I thought it was a fun and creative idea to make ornaments out of balls of yarn.

I failed to consider the fact that kitties LOVE to play with yarn...

and climb trees...

Friday, December 4, 2009

This one is for Greg, Kim, Minda, and Pete!

Monday, November 23, 2009

What happens when you don't pay your tickets?

I guess enough time has gone by now that the shock has worn off and I can tell this story without crying.

It all started last Monday night. Scott had borrowed my car and I needed to be at work early the next morning so I "un-politely" asked him if he could put gas in my car.

It was around 6 pm and I decided to hop in the shower. I thought about how I was a tad short with Scott so I hoped nothing bad would happen because I sent him out at night to get gas.

I got out of the shower and Scott still wasn't home. I take about a 15 minute shower.

I went to the kitchen and warmed up some dinner for us and 20 minutes later realized Scott still wasn't home!!!

I started to get worried so I called him. No Answer. I called again. No answer. I called three more times and then I officially started to panic! My heart started racing and I feared he was in a car accident and possibly dead and the last memory he had of me was not really a pleasant or loving one!!!

Oh Lord!

I told my brother I was worried and I was going to go look for him. I had my robe and slippers on and my hair was soaking wet. I started to reverse down the drive-way and was panicking so hard I couldn't breathe. I stopped to catch my breath and my phone rang.

It was Scott.

I exhaled and answered the phone almost in tears.

B: "Where are you? Are you ok?"

S: "Well, um... apparently I had a warrant out for my arrest"

WHAT!?!

Back in 2006 Scott received a citation for an expired registration sticker. He paid it through the mail, but never really confirmed that it was taken care of.

So here we are 3 years later and he's sitting in the back of a cop car... in handcuffs... getting ready to be taken downtown... to jail!

Wow! wow.

Scott said that if we had any money on the credit card that the cop would let me pay over the phone and he could come home tonight. I checked both our credit cards and didn't have enough on either one.

So I called mom and dad.

The cop was nice enough to let them pay over the phone so Scott didn't have to be taken downtown.

Whew!

Scott said that the cop was scanning license plates and had already arrested several people. When he searched our car he noticed my Starbucks aprons and asked Scott why he didn't tell him that he worked at Starbucks!

Scott told him that actually I worked there and the cop said if he had known that he wouldn't have started processing him and he would have let him go.

(For those of you that don't know, Starbucks gives cops free coffee) ;)

Anyway, after much worrying, an hour spent in the back of a cop car, and $551 later, Scott was home free! But not before he gassed up the car.

Thanks mom and dad.

So kids let this be a lesson to you. Whenever you pay via mail, always make sure the payment is received!

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Ridiculous Kitty Snapshots

Scott made these awesome kitty shelves for our beloved babies to perch on.

The top shelf has a hole in it so the kitties can jump through!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Bath Time

Monday, November 9, 2009

Update on Marmalade

Ok, I know mother's usually post about their kids, sharing photos of their birthdays, relaying the funny things they say, and bragging about their accomplishments.

Well today Scott and I could not be more proud to tell you (and show you) that our sweet baby number 3 has just been litter trained!!!!

I was praising God. I have never had trouble litter training a cat before, NEVER. I thought they just knew. They're intelligent creatures. They are born knowing how to use a litter box. Right?

But oh no! All night this kitty slept by our side, on our faces, in Scott's beard. Not once did she use her litter box. And early this morning (6:00 am) I woke up to a warm moist feeling on my leg. Yep, she peed on the bed.

I read up on how to train a kitty. I put her in her litter box about 20 times, showed her how to dig, showed her Sassafrass' poop...I tried everything...and nothing. No potty in the box all day!!!

Finally tonight I set her in the box and starting digging with her. At first she was playing but then she figured it out! She started to dig. She moved the litter all around. And then...she squatted!

Our baby is officially potty trained! Wow. Whew. Now I know what all you mothers are talking about when you say how hard it is to potty train your toddlers (cheryl and jaime).

;) haha