It's Saturday

Saturday - ahhhhhh ... my only day to sleep in now that I'm a workin' girl. Dearest Jeremy decides we need to get up and start the day at 9:30 a.m. Yeah, I know that's late for some of you. But in my opinion I had until at least 11:00 if I so desired. So, being the lovely wife that I am, I obey with a small, insignificant complaint. And we actually get something accomplished. Woohoo for me. So, now it's 3:00 p.m. J is off to work (don't feel sorry for him - he makes the most of his days off and the mornings when he doesn't have court!), and I know I should get busy. What have I been doing? Reading blogs and looking to see if anyone loves me and has commented on mine. What tells me I should get busy? 1. The fact that my husband is wearing things he only wears when he has nothing else to wear 2. I am getting to the place where I don't want to walk across my kitchen floor without socks 3. I'd be embarrassed if my mother-in-law came to visit me right now 4. My fridge needs a fill-up or we'll be eating out every night next week (and that's not exactly in the budget). Ok, think I'll get up and get something done. Ready....1, 2, 3 ... Still thinking about it.

Prayer for Baby Kallie

Please pray for Jenn (Jeremy's sister) and Paul's baby girl. She is to have surgery tomorrow morning to correct a problem with her aorta. She is in Children's Hospital and will remain there until Tuesday, if everything goes as planned. This has been especially hard on Katrin, the 2-yr old big sister, who doesn't understand what's going on. Thank you, in advance, for lifting the whole family up to God. We are all thankful that Kallie has done so well this far. The Lord is so gracious to us!

Since Last Time....

1. My beautiful niece Kallie Renee' was born! Jenn and Paul are the proud parents of this darling baby girl, and I'm so happy for them! Jeremy and I make a terrible uncle and aunt - we forgot to take our camera to the hospital. Goes to show how pathetic a blogger I am!

2. Jeremy and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary :-) Jeremy had chosen one of his vacation weeks to include our special day. We traveled to Columbus and spent three days, where we enjoyed COSI, the Ohio State Fair (pictures to follow - hopefully soon!), and the outlet stores. We went to the Creation Museum, which is a very interesting and educational place! And best of all, it was free since we used Bro. Hyatt's passes! ** Drumroll, please.... This is "brag time" on my husband - All on his own, Jeremy went to the bakery that made our wedding cake and ordered a small one for our anniversary. I thought that was the sweetest thing...

3. I officially began my new job as Music Division Office Manager at GBS! After two weeks of training (which was so invaluable, I can't imagine what this past week would have been like without it) and a week on my own under my belt, I now look New Student Orientation week and registration in the face and say, "Let me at 'em!" Well, ok, not exactly... It's more like I'm getting ready to suck in my breath and take the plunge.

4. Our church picnic was today, and it was the perfect day for a picnic, let me tell you!! We had plenty of food, and as you can see from the facial expressions in the picture below, it is a very serious thing to get exactly what you want on your hamburger.

Adriona makes sure her first bite is going to be worth all the effort!

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We had a water balloon toss for the kids, a cornhole tournament (Jeremy and I didn't do so well this year in spite of all our concentration and crazy body contortions) and a game of softball that will make me unable to get out of bed in the morning. I might as well set a bottle of Advil and a glass of water by my bed right now..... All in all it was a very pleasant day that I think everyone enjoyed!!

Melissa and Ruthanne

Jeremy and Jerry man the grills

Abigail and Isabelle

Colin

Donald and Susan (kidless for the day and enjoying it!)

My mom trying her hand at cornhole

Had a couple of wet casualties... When you're 3 years old, sometimes it's hard to get over the fact that a balloon has been so mean as to break on you!

Think these girls can stretch this balloon any farther so they get away with not having to actually toss it and increase the chances of getting drenched?

Faithful cheering section

Jeremy and I played Roy and Helen, who I was told practiced last night just for today's tournament! It paid off - they creamed us!

Joel - our youngest "tosser"

Tryin' hard - maybe we should just break down and by a set of our own so we can practice!

Don't ask... I had no idea I looked so ridiculous following a toss! If we'd won, I'd have said it was all in the kicked backed leg. Really, I'm trying to be a flamingo.

The object of the game, or so it would seem

Check out the focus and concentration! Too bad it's not like that when I'm trying to tell him something!

Helen, the other half who whipped us

Phew!! What Is That Smell?!!

For a few days this past week, Jeremy and I had noticed a not-so-pleasant smell in our house. Thinking it might just be the trash can that sometimes doesn't get taken out on a daily basis, we quickly became more diligent in getting it emptied. That wasn't quite doing the trick, however; and so frequent trips through each room of the house became routine upon walking in the front door. Yesterday, during my commute home, Jeremy called and announced that he had discovered the source of the ever-present odor - our indisposed deep freeze chest in the basement.... Lovely. It had decided it was done putting in time freezing our food. All my good deals from the local Walmart's meat section were decomposing in my basement, turning into something just shy of hazardous material. To make a very long and smelly story short, we had to call in help in the form of "Extreme Resolutions." Too bad "Extreme Home Makeover" didn't come with them.... Yes, my dear friends and family, you can have the freezer cleanup of your dreams if you are willing to pay through the nose (no pun intended)! Thankfully the drama is all over, even if the odor still lingers! The moral of the story is - don't plan on visiting the Robisons anytime in the near future AND check in on your freezer every now and again (more "now" than again!").

Summer Days....

Pics from our 2008 family reunion:

My sister Angie, yours truly, and my cousin Lisa

What we did on the way back home :-)

My grandmother and I

Former students of mine that invited me to be a part of their Little Miami River canoe trip:

My wonderfully fun and ingenious husband!

A little more on my birthday... My beloved sister Angie decided it was time that I got up to speed technologically. So, she gave me an Ipod for my b-day!! As you can see in the picture, I couldn't quite believe that I could be loved that much. I guess she thought if I enjoyed hers as much as I do, I would enjoy one of my own even more. She even spent countless hours putting bunches of my favorite songs on it! Thanks, sis!

This next b-day gift was extra special - Years ago, my grandmother began creating star patterns out of regular gingham material, simply by putting "chicken scratch" in certain places. This is an incredible pattern! She worked on this project a lot in the car while she and Grandpa traveled (this quilt has seen many miles and many places). When all the stars were stitched, my mother put the squares together and added a prairie point edge, creating a simply lovely quilt that I will treasure for the rest of my life!

The extremely small pictures are due to having gotten them from a shared Snapfish album.... Sorry :-(

Little Bit of This and That

No pictures, again..... :-(

THIS: This week is Vacation Bible School, complete with Kool-aid mustaches, cookie-crumb faces, energetic kids, and grown-ups trying to keep up! This time around I'm part of the transportation caravan, and I'm having a rootin' tootin' time hauling kids back and forth! Tonight I had a kid come running back out of his house telling me to stop - his dad wanted to speak with me. I'll be honest - all I could think of was some big ol' hulk of a guy coming out and letting me have it for an unknown wrong. Nothing but the opposite was true. I was thanked profusely for bringing his kids home, and he even invited me to come over sometime to "get to know the family." "Whew and wow," all at the same time! How exciting to be touching someone for Jesus!

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THAT: As of this past week, I've joined the ranks of those 30 and above.... sigh, sniffle.... Hasn't anyone found some loophole that gets you out of having your 30th birthday?! More sighs and sniffles....

Oh, Where Is My Contact?

This is what I was saying, crying, wailing Friday night after getting home from church camp. Jenn and I had just taken in all my luggage, when I realized that I wasn't seeing the way I should be. It wasn't because my eyes were dry or my contact had shifted; it was due to NO contact being in my eye at all! Just great. That thing could be anywhere - in the van, on the concrete driveway or sidewalk, in the house, on any part of my mounding camp luggage... Jeremy was going to kill me (not really, but panic will have strange effects on you); to replace my hard contact would be at least $100, if not more. My wonderful sister-in-law did not let the impossible lead her to despair; she just got to lookin'. After searching for a while, I prayed out loud to the Lord, who would be the only reason we were ever going to find it. Deciding to check the van one more time, I opened the door only to find that silly contact peacefully lying on the carpet beside my seat, acting as if I should have known it was there all the time. I just about had a shouting time right there in my driveway thanking the Lord for the discovery! Isn't it just like Him to bring relief in a moment of chaotic crisis?!!

News bulletin: It's official! GBS has employed me as Office Manager of the Music Division! Bro. Wolf called to see if I would be interested in taking the position, and how can you say "no" to Bro. Wolf? In short, you don't! :-) Jeremy and I will most likely be moving there soon. Fortunately, it will bring Jeremy closer to his station, which is worth a lot when you consider gas prices. I'll be saying "goodbye" to my home of twenty-nine years (I've already informed Jeremy that there will be an inevitable meltdown before this transition is completely over). I'm excited, though, to be working with Bro. Wolf and to be near some of my favorite people!