New Years Resolutions

#1 Do not agree to puppy sit for a week within days of baby's due date.

#2 Give my immediate family more kisses

#3 Save money in a savings account

#4 Update our OS so I can post pictures of the growing family

#5 Lose at least 10 lbs (I like to be able to check things off my list and this one should be pretty easy so long as I don't have the baby today, tomorrow, Saturday or Sunday.)

#6 Be able to do addition in my head more quickly

#7 Print and label more pictures

#8 Join a church

#9 Accessorize

#10 Finish a book (not by Doctor Seuss) in a timely manner


I'll post the rest as I come up with them. 2007 is going to be great!

Fun facts about being Great with child

On Thursday, I will be 36 weeks pregnant. I wonder how many weeks Mary was when she gave birth to little baby Jesus. Maybe Jesus was born around the same time our baby will. Mary and I have this in common: we both are/were likely deliver early (she because of her likely young age, and I for having had a delivery within 18 months).

At my doctors visit today, I told the nurse I didn't want to know how much weight I had gained because I didn't want to feel guilty for eating fudge or other Christmas foods. She asked if I wanted to know if I had lost any weight. I thought she was kidding so I said sure, cause then I could know how many extra cookies I could eat. She said, "OK, well you lost half a pound. It's probably from holiday stress so I wouldn't worry about it."

Worry about it? The baby is growing fine so that was music to my ears.
Bring on the holiday cheer!

For Hire

I burned my index finger, part of my middle finger and thumb on my left hand. My index finger currently only has a partial print. If anyone has any crimes they need committing, let me know and I'll quote you a price because I'm pretty sure I could get away with it.

Update on divinity

It's gone. But I'll make some more. Here's a few more important updates.

There's a huge pile of Christmas cookies in the kitchen that need to be decorated. I could sure use some help...

Silas has really started to enjoy reading books. Since I'm not up for too many fun and games on the floor, he likes to bring me books to read to him. This morning, we've read a book about dump trucks three times. He is better at walking all the time and has now mastered going down the stairs. The other day we went to Target AND Walmart. At Target SIlas was really shy when people talked to him, but at Walmart, he yelled at everyone in the produce dept and in the check out line.

Yesterday was the last day of my Bible study for the semester. THe speaker was one of the singers of "point of grace". She's been one of three ladies leading music the whole time and I never knew she was once famous. Point of Grace broke up in 2004.

A group of pirahnnas and deskeletanize a cow in 8 minutes. I learned this over Thanksgiving vacation with the Fankhausers (this is pre-divinity post, I know). We really had a great time them though there's some question as to the TRUE story behind the Arkansas Hacksaw Massacre. The only fact is this: Matt had the hacksaw in his hand when Joel's thumb started bleeding profusely during the initial stages of cutting off the bottom of the Christmas tree.

Master of Divinity

I finished 45 out of 60 hours towards my master of arts in cross-cultural ministries before I became a mom. But it took only one painstaking hour to make divinity. It's light and delicious, almost like a home made marshmellow. If you hurry over, you can have a piece before it's all gone.