KBull 93 Rocks!

A few nights ago Karl called in to our radio station and won some tickets to a concert. We were excited because it's a free concert, even though they aren't our favorite singers. However, he also qualified to win tickets to another concert. This one in San Diego.
So this morning at 7:15 we were listening to the radio on the off chance that they would actually say his name. And they did!!!! So we get to go to San Diego and see Toby Keith and Trace Adkins!!!!! We're WAY excited!

Thank You

I was thinking a lot over the weekend about those who have gone before us, especially the veterans. On Saturday I was listening to the radio and they had a tribute to our troops. It talked about the many wars that have happened that involved American soldiers and all those who sacrificed. By the time the tribute was over I was crying and thinking about how grateful I am.
Thank you to all who have served, are serving, or have supported those who serve. I'm very grateful for you! Here are pictures of some of the great soldiers from our country. I only had a picture of 1 in uniform.

My New Toy

I got a new toy! For any of you who don't recognize it by the picture, I'll explain what it is. This is a Machine Quilter. Mom has wanted one of these for a long time, but didn't want one enough to learn how to use it. I learned how to use my friend's and this week she asked if I wanted to buy it.
Mom and Dad picked it up today and reassembled it in my sewing room/baby room. We only have it set up to do quilts up to 60" long, but have the parts to add to the frame when we want to.

I'm very excited about it! Hopefully quilting Mom's quilts this way will end up saving her money because she won't have to send them out to be done.
Thanks Mom and Dad!

Stick Figure Family

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I found a solution to having little energy!

So I found a solution. If you're tired all the time, all you have to do is get your abdomen to start hurting. This automatically tells you to lay down and when you're laying down instead of being up and doing stuff you end up falling asleep a lot more than you would have before.
There are only a few negatives about this:
Abdomen pains are not good when you're pregnant.
Your house gets really messy (although not as bad as it would be if Jordan hadn't come over to help me)
A lot of worry goes along with that stupid pain, especially for Karl.

I should clarify that I did go see my doctor and he said for now we won't worry. He just gave instructions to lay down as much as possible to reduce the pains. In 2 weeks I'll go in again and we'll see if I need to do an early ultrasound to look for a cause.

What's the deal?

So a few posts ago I talked about how my energy was coming back. I was so excited! Unfortunately it wasn't back for long. I had quite a bit of energy for about a week, then it went down again. So I'm back to my "I need more sleep" thing. For example: on Saturday I woke up feeling great. I went outside and mowed the lawn, which wasn't hard work at all because we have a self-propelled mower, it just took an hour. When I was done mowing I was starting to feel tired. I showered, and then, even though I had been awake less than 2 hours, I took a nap. When I woke up I felt better again, but only for another hour, then I was tired again.
Sunday a similar thing happened. By the time church was over I was exhausted and wanted a nap really bad, but I couldn't take one until about 3:00. When I woke up after 6:00 I felt a lot better though...
Hopefully this is just a short relapse and I'll get energy back again soon....I think I'll go take a nap.

Adventures in Cooking

This week has been an interesting cooking week.
Monday I made Steak and Pasta for dinner, the noodles had a weird texture to them, and I attempted making Pesto sauce. Karl and I each ate a few bites of the noodles before deciding I probably shouldn't make it again. The steak was one of the toughest pieces of meat I've ever eaten. I think I chewed my first piece for 2 minutes before giving up.
So I took Kaleb on a drive with me and got hamburgers from Rocky Mountain.

Tuesday I made a roast in the crockpot. It was ok, but not as tender as I was hoping. Next time I'll put in it a little earlier.

Last night was Enrichment. I had signed up to bring soup. So I made Chicken Noodle soup. My goal was to have it be like Brick Oven's. That didn't happen, but it was pretty good. I even used my Kitchenaid slicer to slice the celery and carrots. The carrots worked fine, the celery, not so much. It was really nice as I was going through the line to hear people say: ohhh that one looks really good and see that they were talking about mine. Karl agreed that it was good and told me to remember how to make it for next time.

Yesterday I finally bought butter so I can make cookies!!!

Mother's Day

This was a pretty good Mother's Day. We did the usual visit everyone that we do on holidays. Yesterday I went shopping with Karl's Mom, while Karl and his brother made the weeds in the backyard shorter and then sprayed them with weed killer. Hopefully we'll get it tilled and some sod in before too much longer.
After the work was done we had a barbecue and just enjoyed being together.
Today after church we went to have lunch with my Mom and Dad, and Emily and girls. Then we went to visit Karl's Step-mom and Grandma.
It made for a long day, but we enjoyed it anyway. And when we got home Karl gave me my Mother's Day gift:

Karl has wanted to get me one for awhile, but we never had enough room for it. Now I finally have room for it, so I got one!! I'm really excited, if I wasn't so tired I'd use it tonight. The question is: Is this just a ploy to get more cookies?

Grades are in

Well, the semester has been over a couple weeks and grades are in. I have an A in my Africa class (whoohoooo!!!) and an A- in my Research Methods class. That gives me a GPA of 3.85 for the term and an overall GPA of 3.74.
We learned about getting rid of negative thoughts at Weight Watchers today so instead of focusing on that stupid little - sign I'll focus on the A's and tell myself that a 3.85 is really good and most people would be thrilled with it.
Hopefully I can keep my grades in that same range for the next year and a half so I can graduate with honors. I think as long as I can call my free tutor (Thanks Drew) whenever I need help I'll be able to do it. :)

Funny Terminology

Here's a copy of an email I got. I thought it was funny. But of couse I would NEVER use these phrases...

(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the
game before helping around the house.

(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

(5) Loud Sigh: This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer
back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)

(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're
welcome'. that will bring on a 'whatever').

(8) Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying DANG YOU!

(9) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.

Energy

Kaleb wants me to say that Von is silly.
I am finally getting my energy back! I've been slowly feeling better and am slowly getting things done. Karl and I had some really grand plans for our yard, but after pricing them all out we decided not to do them all right now. Instead we're doing the things that really need to get done, and eventually we'll get around to the other stuff.
The first thing to tackle was storage. We were planning on getting a Tuff Shed, but in order to do that we needed to level out a spot big enough, pour concrete and then put up the shed. So instead we decided to buy a cheaper shed that we could put on the level ground next to the carport and that doesn't need concrete underneath. Because of this decision we won't be able to store boxes in the shed, it will only be for garden tools. So I needed shelves to put some of the stuff I was going to put in the shed.
Yesterday Dad and I put up some shelves in my laundry room. That means that I watched him and told him that they were level. There's just not much the second person can do when you only have one drill. I've put some stuff on them already and I'm excited about them.
We also bought the shed, which is waiting in the carport for me to put it together. Hopefully I can have that done by the time Karl gets home today so we can go pick up the lawn mower we bought a week+ ago.
While I was tired last night, I wasn't as exhausted as I have been in the past few weeks. Hopefully this energy sticks around for awhile, I like getting stuff done.