This Week in a Nutshell

I've had some exciting days since I came home Monday night. First of all, my wonderful husband installed a garbage disposal while I was away. He decided not to tell me and see how long it took me to notice it. (I'm not very observant at times.) Tuesday morning he left to go to his meeting and I stayed home. I made myself some lunch and cleaned up all of the dishes. Then, I noticed that the drainers in the sink were switched. When I pulled out the drainer, I saw the disposal! I immediately called Brock.

Tuesday night I shared my testimony with the girls in my village. It went well. One of the girls said that it was good timing for her to hear it. They are such great gals! Wednesday was our last day with the Beth Moore Bible study that I was doing with my friend, Tiffany, in Murfreesboro. I feel very accomplished!

Wednesday night, Brock and I were driving around running errands before we were going to meet some friends for dinner. We were so close to our friends' house that we decided to drop by. It was such good timing! Stephanie was about ready to load up her stuff and get onto the bus for Winter Wonder Slam concert tour. She needed help getting all of her equipment loaded. We took her and her things to the Walmart parking lot to drop her off. Brock helped load her and her band's gear in the storage bays of the bus. Pray for her as she is on this tour for the next several weeks. Also, her new CD is out!

Last night, Brock did a quick show at a benefit for the Christian Academy in Franklin. It was fun! All I had to do was bring him his props as he needed them. It was easy. Now, he is done until the second week of December!

My Grandma

My grandma is so funny! She told me to look for a box of crackers. She said that she put it in a place where she could find it, and she'd been looking it for it ever since. I found it behind the trash can. Then, she told me that she'd drawn a map to her mountain dews. My aunt does not like her to drink it, so she hides them. However, she kept forgetting where she hid it, so she drew a map!

The funniest thing she said last weekend was when she told us a joke. She said that back in the olden days, a man and his wife were in their horse and carriage when the horse stalled. The man said, "That's once!" They continued on for a little while but the horse stalled again. "That's twice!" the man declared. When the horse stalled the third time, the man simply got out of the carriage and shot the horse. His wife said, "Now, why did you do that to the horse?" The man looked at her and said, "That's once!" Then, Grandma said, "The moral of that story is that, Pam (my mom), you've woken me up twice." She was just teasing her of course.

One of the best things about Grandma is that she says, "Thank You, Lord" several times a day. Sometimes she says why she is thanking Him after. It's not necessarily a big thing. She'll thank Him for feeling better than she did earlier. When she says the blessing before the meal, she thanks the Lord for everyone present and more. She really inspired me to be more thankful to the Lord.

Visit in Florida with my Family

I had a great time with my family last weekend. We had lots of the family over to dinner Friday night. Grandma made her famous biscuits.

Grandma's new great-great grandchild was present. The mother kept teasing Grandma about leaving the three month old there for the night and letting Grandma babysit. Grandma was not too keen on the idea. She's too old for infants. So, when everyone was standing around the door getting ready to leave and the baby was sitting in his carrier back on the sofa, Grandma quietly said, "Don't forget your baby." It was so funny because it really did look like we'd forgot about him sleeping there in the other room.
Saturday night we went to see the musical, Jane Eyre, put on by the college there. It was good!

Every morning, we went out for breakfast. Usually we went to Bob Evans. Here's mom and her sisters there.

Grandma put up a "closed" sign in the kitchen. Here's mom breaking the rules.

We had lunch with my aunt and some of her family on Sunday.
Sunday night, on a whim mom wanted to go to Steak n' Shake, so we did! It was fun.

Pray for me tonight. I am going to share my story with the girls in my village.

Favorite Videos

We have all kinds of videos on youtube, but this one has been viewed the most.


This is my favorite video. Brock's birthday was on a Sunday a few years ago, so the people at our table tried to embarass him at the restaurant in a room full of strangers. Little did they know, Brock cannot be embarassed.

Downtown Franklin

I love downtown Franklin! Every time I hang out there, I see so many people I know. We refer to it as the campus. It's so much like a college campus. Merridees is the cafeteria. Starbucks is the union center. It's so fun. Here are some pictures of it.


The square.

Some of the girls.
New place!
It's a frozen yogurt place with tons of toppings.

Taking the Trash

The other day, I had to take the trash to the dump by myself. That's usually Brock's job, but since he was out, I had to do it. So, I drove up to the dump with the whole trash can in the back. I was going to simply pull the bags out of the larger can and place them in the big compactor. When I opened the can, I was taken aback. I cannot explain the level of disgustingness I experienced. I don't usually get grossed out very easily. We have all kinds of bugs around our house living out in the country and all. However, when I saw all of the maggots that had taken residence in there, I dropped the bags.

Luckily, the man who runs the dump came out and removed the bags from the can for me. He must have noticed my distress. Thank God for husbands who can take care of this kind of stuff!

MuteMath

The MuteMath concert was amazing! Here is a little video clip from it.



Here's the drummer. He is so crazy that he has to duct tape his in ears to his head.

This guy often plays the upright base.

The lead guitarist sometimes plays a xylophone.

This is the lead singer, Paul. We did a few shows with him when he was in the band called Earthsuit.

These guys are so talented that they play all different kinds of instruments. This is 3 of them playing the drums at the same time.