Saturday, January 26, 2008

anatomy lesson


We went to Saint Louis last week. While there, we went to see Body Worlds 3. For those of you unfamiliar with this, it is an exhibit of real human bodies that have been injected with silicon. The process keeps the bodies in tact so you can see how your body works, moves, fits together. Besides whole intact bodies, there are different body parts that are healthy and unhealthy. I know it sounds really gross, but it is facinating. In 2006, we drove to Denver to see Body Worlds 2. Olympia loved it then, but I was unsure of how she would like it now. Apparently, Olympia might become a doctor or biologist or something along those lines. She loved it. She is still talking about now. With that story, here is a conversation we had today.

O: "When I was a little baby, I was in your tummy?"
J: "Yes you were."
O: "Then you went to the hospital and I was born?" (at this point, I am really worried where this is going.)
J: "Yes, you were born at the hospital."
O: "When I was inside your tummy did I see your bones, like we saw in the bodies?"
J: "I guess you might have seen my bones."
O: "I did see them. It was really neat."

Needless to say, I am glad that conversation didn't turn into a birds and bees conversation. But really isn't it amazing how their minds work.

I won't go into too much detail about the Body Worlds exhibit. But here is a link to the website in case you are interested.
www.bodyworlds.com

Thumbs up!

Friday, January 25, 2008

oh, nevermind

I started this blog 3 times. But I think instead of going on a rant about stupid emails that are totally untrue or twist the truth around, I am going to say thank you to all my wonderful friends. I am so blessed to have a great number of friends both near and far. When talking with a good friend today (in front of TJ Maxx) I mentioned one of my friends. Then immediately said something about another friend. (All good things.) She said to me, "You have a lot of friends." That made me stop and really think. I have so many good friends, sometimes I don't have any time for them all. Wow what a great problem. So if you are reading this, you are probably one of those that make my day and life great. So a big thank you to you all!

Monday, January 7, 2008

a movie, a real movie?


Last night my husband, three friends and I got a babysitter and went to the movies. I had been waiting for Juno to come out. While planning a time to go to Omaha to see it, it came to Lincoln. This is the best movie I have seen in a long time. It is funny, has depth and a great soundtrack. What you get out of it will vary on who you are. We decided that maybe the teenagers would like, but not get it totally. Men will like it and women will love it. It has a lot of soul. So I give this movie two thumbs way up. If I know you, I might even consider babysitting so you can see it. hehehe!

Thumbs way up!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

tutu much!





Olympia loves to dress up! The minute we walk into the house she want to put on dress-up clothes. Her Cinderella dress is normally her favorite. I thought she might like a tutu. However, online they are a little expensive. I thought gosh, I could make those. Here is my attempt at it. A little full, but it kinda adds to the fun. Olympia loves to dance around like a ballerina in it.

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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

yet another post

I have had a few request for info about Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace class that Jeremy and I are teaching. Here is a link to our class. You may also look around Dave's sight, get a feel for what it's about. The class is 13 weeks long. There is childcare provided. Let me know if you have any other questions. You do have to pay $96.00 for the materials, but it is a lifetime membership. You may take the class anytime again for the rest of your life. I thought it seemed a little high for a class, but it has saved us at least 3-4 times that amount of money.

http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/classfinder/index.cfm?fuseAction=dspSignup&intID=121648&selectedTab=2

Two thumbs way up!

a few weeks late...




When you make Christmas cards for everyone else for a living, there is a lot of pressure to have a cute card. Here was ours this year. I actually really like it. It was a square trifold card. I took Olympia outside right after it had snowed, so it was nice a fluffy. She loved it. Colet (the cat) didn't much care for it. Once again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

a few days late...




Here is the official Christmas post. We had a wonderful Christmas. Olympia woke up and wanted to see what Santa brought. She went running out to the living room. For some reason, she went looking under the tree. She kept saying, "I don't think he brought me anything!" (see pouting photo above) Somehow, she missed the huge dollhouse right next to her. Rather funny. When she did find the dollhouse, she was very excited. We pretty much didn't see her for a while. It was quite a nice day. I hope each of your Christmas' were wonderful!