Mama On The Move

Well, this was a bad day.  Sit back and let me tell you about it. Last night on the way to church, I heard a funny vibrating sound in the engine of the van.  I mentioned it to one of the men at our table and decided I should take it somewhere the next day to have it looked at. Today, I decided to wait until after Katie's piano lesson to take it anywhere because I figured if they had to keep it for a while, I'd rather not be scrambling around trying to find a way to get her there. So at the appointed time, I dropped Emily off at the library and then took Katie to her lesson and then ran back to the library to get Emily. The car vibrated off and on the entire way, but just before arriving back at the library it got remarkably worse and every light on the dash came on.  I couldn't just abandon Emily, but I told Katie we would be heading to the auto place immediately after picking her up. We ran inside to get Emily and when we came back out......the van wouldn't ...

Yesterday we were fortunate enough to attend Winter Jam 2013, a giant Christian worship concert.  Because we attended with the base chapel, we were able to go in early before the general crowd, attend   a "meet and greet" with some of the singers before the concert started, get seats right down on the floor instead of up in the bleachers.....  .....and we were given free tee shirts! Normally tickets are only $10 per person but they aren't sold ahead of time and the seating is not assigned.  In order to get in, you have to go stand in line for hours and hope to get a ticket.  If you aren't near the front of the line, you take your chances about where you sit.  We were very blessed through the military to get in so early and get good seats.  We were getting some burgers before they allowed the general public in and they announced to the folks outside that it was almost time to enter and the roar that erupted, shook the whole building.  We...

Every move you make, Every bite you take, I'll be watching you....

I have a couple of happy girls. Emily is particularly happy because for the first time EVER in the history of her dairy allergy, I managed to find a plethora of dairy-free candy bars for her.  In the past, we've only ever found two and she only liked one of them. A few weeks ago, I ran by Whole Foods while I was in St Louis and I couldn't find her one candy bar. I asked a sales clerk where they had put the dairy-free candy bars and he led me to a whole row of dairy free chocolate.  I was in shock as he picked up each one and told me, "This one is like an Almond Joy, this one is like a Reece Cup, this one is like a Milky Way, etc."  Some of them, I figured she still wouldn't like as she is not a fan of peanut butter or coconut, but I bought one of each anyway just so she could try them.  You never know. Rigger was not as happy.  He wanted some chocolate too, but of course, it's bad for dogs. He does know how to make a person feel guilty.

What's a girl to do when she has all this cool duct tape and a plain old boring guitar?

Katie can play this song perfectly - until I point a camera at her.  She's been laughing all morning about how well she can play it until she knows it's being recorded.