Ugghh! I hate CBS

Why can't they put their shows online like the other networks do? I mean REALLY!! And if they can't put them on line then could they please transfer The Mentalist and Criminal Minds to a different network who does show their shows online. I am aggravated today because there was a new Mentalist on last night and I really wanted to watch it but without risking a virus from some skeevy download source I can't because CBS doesn't have ANY full episodes of the Mentalist on their site.

We decided to do away with our tv service a while ago (which is GREAT!) but there are a handful of shows that I still like to watch and it irks me to no end that 2 of them are on CBS (okay so 3 of them are on CBS but for whatever reason The Unit gets full episodes uploaded to playback and my other two do not!) WAH!

Okay, I am down whining ... just had to vent there for a second.

I am going to ABC.com to watch the latest episode of Castle (Love to ABC!) and finish doing my homework now.

Until later,

Just a Quickie

Kenzie, Parker and I did a little scrapbooking earlier today and this is what I accomplished. Just thought I would share quickly. Jason and I are getting ready to watch tv (on the computer - more on this later).

So until then, God bless...

Boy oh boy ...

I have been busy. I haven't even been able to get over here and post any sort of updates. I started school during the week that my parents were here and have been heavy into my history class for the past week and a half. My parents visit was lovely. The kids had a great time and it snowed a little here and there but the weather was mostly good. We have had a couple of "blizzards" since they left which I think are fun but that is mostly because I like freaky deaky weather (and have never really been the victim of any severe weather).

Kindergarten registration for Parker is this week. I am dragging my feet on that. I just think he is too little and young to start school yet. Plus what will I do with myself all day if he is not here to play with me? I stil have at least a year left of school so he will be in the first grade before I start teaching. We will figure it out and of course we will depend upon God for guidance and strength.

I don't have a lot of time tonight either but I wanted to post about my parents coming and going and nobody losing their cool (too much).

Until next time, God bless ...

This is the day!

My parents are on their way here. They are turning in Utah this morning and then will cross into Wyoming and make their way down into Colorado to visit us! YAY (remind me of how happy I am about them visiting when they have been here a few days!)

Makenzie and I have been doing a little scrapbooking this weekend and will be heading back up to the office shortly to do some more. I am actually participating in a crop at The Mosy Scrapper this weekend which is fun and inspiring. It gives me a starting off point to get back in the swing of things.

I better get back ...

Ouch!

I have an abscess in my lower right wisdom tooth. I had an ouch there on Sunday and Jason said I should use the waterpik to clean it out. I did and then Monday the gum was all swollen so I used the waterpik again. Anyway, I did this for 3 days (using oragel to try and dull the pain) and last night I didn't sleep a wink because my mouth hurt so bad so today I went to the dentist and found out I have an abscess. What is funny is that it hurts like heck and it is the littlest little infection I have ever seen. (The dentist showed me on the x-ray). The solution is to have my wisdom tooth pulled. This is actually the 2nd wisdom tooth this has happened to. The first time was about 7 years ago and I had the tooth pulled and problem solved. The dentist today said that I needed to have the rest of my wisdom teeth pulled (3) or this would just keep happening with them individually. I was just going to have him pull the sore one today but then I saw the bill ($364) and with rent due I said no thanks. I will schedule something with the oral surgeon to have the last 3 pulled at some future time. He sent me home with a RX for antibiotic(to kill the infection and thus make the swelling go down and the pain stop) and a pain killer (until the antibiotic has the desired effect). Well I am still in a lot of pain (which is just so whimpy!) but at least I can know that tomorrow I will be feeling better and the day after that even better and by the time my parents show up I will be all good and back to normal :)

Okay that is it for now. I don't think anything substantial will be accomplished today as I am far too tired and also a little high.

Until then, God bless!

I am having too much fun ...

I started creating sketches 2 days ago and now I just love it so much, it is all I want to do. Here are 2 more sketches that I created. Maybe I will use these as a source of inspiration in the office later.

Thanks for looking! Until then, God bless!

Okay the update ...

Makenzie is on spring break this week and yesterday was so lovely. I didn't go to sleep until 5:00 a.m. because I was too involved in a book (just trashy chick lit stuff! :)) so the kids let me sleep until noon. And then we watched HSM2 & HSM3. I love those movies (probably as much if not more than Makenzie does!). I think it is so sweet to see the highschool sweethearts love each other and their friends. Just so cute. Anyway, I wanted to mention The Shack. A book that my mom sent me that I read last week.

It is a very good book but very thought provoking also. It is a story about a man who loses faith in God and the circumstances that bring him back to God. It portrays God in the trinity as 3 separate beings and really makes you question your own believes in who God is and how you relate to God. It has made me change the way I feel about Jason and the way I look at and treat him. The book talks about love (real love from God) and how we are so self serving even in love as humans (which is SO TRUE!). How we view good and evil as how it relates to us ... something is good if it made us happy, something is evil if it made us hurt. Love doesn't even consider your personal feelings, just the feelings of those around you. Real love can not come from anywhere but God. It is really a great book. Not only because it is so thought provoking but also because it is a really great story. It is the kind of book that you want to stay up all night to finish because you can't bear to wait to see the ending. I was reading on Focus on the Family the reviews and they are controversial but let me just say that (having been an open minded person before the book) after reading The Shack I am even more convinced of God's desire for us to be open minded to "non believers" and I think that Focus on the Family really misses the mark in their spreading the good news about Jesus. I don't want to go off totally on a tangent so I will just say that if you study Jesus' life you will see that he actually witnessed, befriended and lived among "non believers". He didn't have judgment or dismissive words, he loved unconditionally. I think that we should focus on this more than on the right and wrong of others.

So getting off that subject (before I completely alienate everyone) Jason and I have been trying to find a church in Colorado Springs. We have visited 4 churches. It is such a trial to find a "home church". We have all these ideas about what we want in a church and while some we are willing to bend on others we are firm about. For example, the church MUST have an organized and active children's program. The first church that we went to ended up being Assembly of God (which is totally fine). It freaked me out at first because I had never attended an AG church but once I found out that their doctrine is the same as mine (mainly the Bible is God's word, Jesus is the Son of God and our savior, there is only 1 true and living God) then I was cool. The problem is that they have no ministry to the adults in the congregation. GREAT children's program, no adult program. So we tried the Nazarene church. This church was so friendly and welcoming. They seem to have a lot of opportunities for fellowship among adults but their children's program was really disorganized and lacking. So we tried another AG church (they have Awanas on Wed nights which my kids LOVE). This church was great in fellowship among adults and children but they were a bit more charismatic than we were comfortable with. So last Sunday we tried a Baptist church. Aahhh. I think we found it. The perfect blend for all of us. We will go again to see if the level of comfortability continues but I really do think this might be the church for us. I am so relieved. Now we can stop focusing on finding a church and instead focus on becoming involved in the church. I need friends desperately (and frankly so does Makenzie).

I guess the Kuhns' boys are more lone rangers than the Kuhns' girls but I think all Kuhns' family members will benefit immensely from having other people in their lives. I know that I love Colorado Springs (the city, the climate, the neighborhoods, the school) but I miss my Corpus friends like crazy. I miss laughing and gossiping and sharing and just being together. The sooner I can get some of this in my life the better!

4 more days until my parents are here! I am really excited. I hate living somewhere that my parents have never been so I am excited just for that reason alone. Also, the lacking fellowship (mentioned above) will be softened by my parents visit and my children need to see their grandparents. These are all the reasons that will make next week a great one!

Okay I have probably bored everyone enough. I really need to get back into my office and get creative again. I am enjoying the simplicity of sitting on the sofa and watching All My Children but I can't be lazy forever so maybe I will get some creative time in later.

Until then, God bless :)

I did it ...

I accomplished a layout. Makenzie and Parker were in the office scrapping right along beside me ... in fact I will try to take pictures of their work tonight and post them (so cute). I used one of my sketches and came up with this layout about Makenzie starting another new school. The tab under the big picture holds a tab that pulls out for the journaling. The strip across the layout is painted (with a sharpie making the edge border). The chipboard letters (school) and the center brad are painted so that they match. Over all I think it is okay. I had so much fun getting back in there and getting my hands dirty (with paint :))

So much fun!!! Until next time, God bless!

The last 2 layouts I completed (a year ago)

So I realized that since I hadn't been posting on my blog for a year I also had uploaded my last 2 recent (well as recent as it gets) layouts. These were both created last summer(ish) but I still wanted to share. Anyway, hope you enjoy :)

Confession ...

I still haven't done any physical, tangible scrapbooking. I don't know if I am too lazy, overwhelmed by the process, intimidated because it has been so long or what but what I have done is create two sketches. And guess what? It is my first time ever creating a sketch. It was fun and thought provoking. That is good, right?

My daughter says that I am not going to get any scrapbooking done by playing on my computer and that I just need to get up to my office and start working (HA!). Well at least now I have an idea to scrap ... I can use my own sketch to make a layout!

So just wanted to share my new sketches. Until then, God bless :)