Wii Bowling Tournament

This past Saturday night we had a Wii bowling tournament over at my friend Billy’s house.  There were five of us that showed up, so to make things equal we bowled five games and we all sat out for one game…luckily we did, my arm is very sore for the four games I did play.  The Wii is a game console that allows the people to get involved and get exercise while playing video games…when I get rich I’m going to buy one.

We had top score and most strikes awards that were handed out at the end of the night.  Brian, who brought the trophies, was both top score and most strikes…so since he wanted someone else to take home a trophy he stepped out of the running which caused me to win top score (I was second), and Billy and Christy came in second with a tie for most strikes.

Here’s a picture of what our trophies look like, they are plastic though.

We had a lot of fun, and I’m looking forward to defending my title…though with a small spelling error, Billy will be defending the ‘Most Stikes’ title in future games.

Later…ERM

Stuff

Basically I wanted to post today because it’s Friday the 13th (of June)…and some people find it ominous when the thirteenth of the month falls on a Friday.  I haven’t seen a black cat or walked under a ladder so far today either.

Last weekend our Sunday school department held their annual bike-a-thon.  The Thursday prior Peyt asked me to take take her around the south end of town (her and her mom had covered the north end the week before).  So we marched around hitting all the businesses and ended up making $200 that day with sponsorships.  She ended up raising the most money out of all the girls and won a new bike.  w00t!!

Kirsten had her tonsils taken out on Tuesday, June 3.  She’s doing really well, she’s also lost some weight because she’s not eating much yet.  Unfortunately for me, I didn’t lose the weight like she is when I had mine out.

My brother made a comic strip of the kids, it’s really cute and funny.  It can be found here.

Well, I must need get off of here.  I have several things I could be getting done before it’s time to go home.

Later,

ERM

GRAUDATIONS AND GOING AWAYS

Is the title grammatically correct…probably not…but it’s what we’re dealing with here in my corner of the world.  Several things are ‘going away’ and we’re taking life one step at a time.

My niece Kirsten graduated from Kindergarten on Tuesday, May 27.  The service was really cute and the kids did great.  I left after graduation, didn’t stick around for the awards ceremony.  They go to a private Christan school, and they have awards for EVERYTHING and it takes FOREVER…so I went and walked instead.  We had a Mexican Fiesta party on Friday, May 30, for Kirsten at my house.  It was a good time!

My cousin, whom I lived with for awhile and babysat off/on while she was growing up, graduated from High School.  We all went up for a party for her on Saturday, May 31.  It was great getting to see everyone, some of the people I hadn’t seen in awhile.  We drove up and back all in one day…but it was worth it.

My niece is getting her tonsils taken out tomorrow.  She asked me about a month ago if it was going to hurt…I said that I couldn’t lie and say no, but that she was younger than I was and it would probably be easier on her than it was on me.  She is plagued with strep throat and since they are getting ready to leave for Ireland they wanted to get this taken care of to make things easier while they are over there.

My brother and his family are wanting to leave by June 24.  They have to wait on their Visa’s and then get their plane tickets, and some other stuff…but as of right now that is the day of departure they are striving for.  I’m o.k. with it as long as I don’t think about it. :)  Life is going to take a drastic change upon their departure date…one of my best friends will be moving to the other side of the world and it’s going to be crazy.

I have a contract on my house…w00t!!  I’m excited about it all.  It’s contingent upon them selling their house, but I know that God will work everything out as He has this past month with everything else.  He’s good like that!!

A Community for Weight Loss…FREE

If any of you out there that may come across this blog or that reads it every once in awhile are like me you’re always looking for a plan that works for you that will help you stay on track and lose weight.  I did Weight Watchers for awhile, and it worked, I won’t say it didn’t, but it was ‘very’ expensive for me to handle at that point in time and to buy all the foods they suggest was getting even more expensive.

To me, the motto of Weight Watchers is the whole thing…it’s a life change.  You have to be willing to change the way you think and eat…but not totally in my opinion.  I think that if you actually excersise and eat sensibly, without totally overhauling your life, it’s all about moderation; that you will lose weight or keep yourself at a happy medium.  I came across the following website on a message forum the other day and have been using it, SparkPeople.  It gives you exercises ideas and videos on how to do them, recipes to keep your meals interesting, they will even go so far as to create a meal plan for you and give you a shopping list for each week.  The BONUS of it all is that it’s FREE!!!  They allow you to track your food and exercise and weight loss all right there.  There are forums with people just like me that are willing to be there to keep me going when I may want to quit.

I’m impressed with it.  And if I actually use it to it’s fullest potential I may actually meet my goal.  Check it out sometime if you’re looking for something to help boost you along…it’s at SparkPeople.

Moving, birthdays, and more

Well, we’re back to our original location with the Pharm.  I was so excited about having Saturday, April 19, off…I was turning 31 and I wanted to go do something exciting.  I got to do exciting stuff alright…worked 9 hours (I left at 6:00 to go out and eat with my friends) setting up the office space.  So I spent my birthday weekend working about 20 hours overtime, and moving all our stuff back down to our newly remodeled location.  We’re still not settled and this is the first time I’ve had a computer at my desk table, our counter top desk won’t be in for another month or so.  I’m trying to get organized and set up…but that’s hard to do sometimes without the proper supplies.  But our customer’s are liking the new place and that’s what matters.

For my birthday my mom and dad bought me a rally cool flower pot from Wal-Mart.  Except mine is just stripped…no flowers.  I’m trying to decide what flower/plant I want to put into it.

On Thursday, April 17, I went to a Switchfoot concert.  It was AWESOME!!!  Not only did the concert rock, I ran into some friends of mine (the Brickell’s) and was able to go back stage and meet the band.  They were all really nice and I got their autographs and was able to talk to them.  It was a good early birthday present.  I got major kudos with my friends too…because I was able to take them back with me too.  w00t!!

That covers it for now…I’m starting a weight loss goal this week.  I’ll keep everyone posted if I actually lose something. :)

New Glasses

I got new glasses!!!  I took the plunge a couple of weeks ago (after shopping around then having my sister-in-law shop w/ me too…didn’t want to make a mistake) and purchased some new specs.  They are totally different than anything I’ve ever worn before, but I like them a lot and I’m glad that I did a drastic change.

Me in my new specs (the pic was taken with my cell phone so it’s a little grainy):

Hope everyone is doing well.  We’re hearing reports of more rain…but we’re on track to move back into our permanent location this weekend.  w00t!!  Very excited!

Waiting to get back ‘home’

Well, we’re still waiting to move back to the Pharm’s normal location.  Things are still chaotic and starting to get frustrating (just because there is totally ‘no’ organization ability here).  I don’t have file cabinets, or desk drawers, things are thrown on my desk table, and I have boxes everywhere.  But it’s the same for everyone…not to mention the whole filing system of invoices and stuff being off, my frustrations are just a drop in the bucket.  We’re looking at hopefully being back by next weeks sometime.

I turn another year older this month.  It’s really crazy, growing up I don’t guess I had a plan/vision for what I would be when I was ‘31′…unfortunately I’m still a little confused on that point.  I really need to figure out what I want to be when I grow up and get to work achieving it.

We’re down to about two and a-half months left with my brother and sister-in-law before they leave for Ireland.  I’m trying to spend time with them as much as possible, especially the kids.  It’s going to be a crazy July.  My nephew ~S~ can quote the Old Testament books of the Bible (so can my nieces); it’s so cute with him though.  He’s only four, and when he says the huge names it makes me smile.

Well, I think that about wraps things up for now.  Until later…

ERM

Noah Floated by…

Last week, Missouri (specifically the town I live in) experienced a record flood. The Pharm was flooded, I was called at 5:30 a.m. to go help move items to higher ground and to pull items out into trucks to be moved to a different location.  We were up and running by around 1:00 pm at our new spot, after I got the computers networked and set up…my previous job training came in handy.  We’re still displaced, and will be for a few more days (about another week)…I have a new outlook on the people who had to go through this down in TX, LA, and the other southern states.  It’s crazy!!  We are set up and working, but it’s chaotic at best, and half the time we cannot find what we’re looking for.  Then when we get moved back, it’s going to start all over again until we are set, but at least we were all o.k. and we didn’t lose any merchandise.  They’re calling for more rain tonight and tomorrow…hopefully it’s just a small spring shower and nothing major, the ground is pretty full right now.  A lot of places in town were not as lucky.

We had our annual state Youth Convention last week.  We went to Kansas City for three days.  I had a lot of fun, it’s the last one that R and T will be going to, they are leaving in June for Ireland.  Not sure if I will go next year or not, depending on who they get to run the DVD sales and if they need me or not.

That about covers it for now…until later,

ERM

Snow, Life, and a few other things

Hey!  How’s everyone in web-land doing?  Good here…been a little busy the past couple of weeks, but good.  To start things off, my house came off the market yesterday (March 11); we ended up having a few people call on it and one guy came and looked at it the last open house we did…but he decided he didn’t want steps.  Though the ad said story and 1/2…I guess they thought we had an escalator or something.  So, I still own my house and will go a few different routs in the next few weeks and see what happens.

Internet.  Whew…how slow can you go, that’s the motto of the dial-up where I live.  A few weeks ago the company I have net through was displaying the fact that they made communication history with their purchase of an OC3.  Yes, I’m a cheap-o by having dial-up (I’m trying to save money); and I even have just a 2/$5 account — two hours for five dollars — but sometimes it feels like my whole two hours will be spent waiting for my page to load.  For things to be easier routing and faster service, I would hate to have been on dial-up prior to the OC3 purchase.  The story also mentions that the line was purchased through AT&T, and that they are the ‘only’ ones to have one…I wonder what AT&T (SBC) supplies their DSL through here in Southeast MO?  Something that I would need to look into, I’m sure they (being the company that is supplying my net company) would also have the best for their own Internet service as well.  Who knows…things to ponder.

SNOW!!!  We have had more snow the last part of February and first of March than we did all winter.  If the old adage ‘in like a lion, out like a lamb’ rings true for the month of March…we are going to have an AWESOME first couple of weeks of spring.  All the kids are upset because they have to go some extra days of school…I feel really bad for them, NOT.  They will eventually have to work all year at some point in their lives (unless they become a teacher, or go into the educational profession on some level).

Life.  Last night I came face to face with the possibility of how quick a life can be on the verge of being snuffed out.  I was over at a friend’s house and her dad said he didn’t feel good.  The next minute he was passed out and unresponsive for about 10 minutes.  We have no idea what happened, the doctors said he was fine and that it may have been caused by stress and the fact that he had surgery two weeks ago.  All very crazy.  I helped by praying and meeting the ambulance at the end of the road to lead them down to the house.  I also went to the hospital for awhile.  But he’s doing fine now.  But it makes one stop and take stock of a few things.

Well, I think that about wraps it up here.  I’m heading to KC next week for our annual Youth Convention.  I’m really excited.  I’ve also purchased some new glasses, totally different than what I usually get, I hope they come in for convention.

Later…take care…

Eleisha

Laughing Till I Cried…

When was the last time that you can honestly say that you laughed so hard your cried?  It had been awhile for me, until about a week ago when my dad supplied me with a grand opportunity to laugh till I cried…my side even started hurting.

If you know my dad really well, you know that he’s the type of guy that enjoys having his hair in place.  He combs it before going to bed, and I cannot count the number of times growing up he would ask if I had a brush in my purse.  Now if you know me, you know that I probably NEVER had a brush in my purse due to the fact that I have natural curly hair and once it was fixed there was no changing it until I washed it again…due to the Bozo factor that would in-sue if I combed/brushed my mass of curls out.  Anyway…back to my dad.  About a week ago my mom and I went to PB to do a Wal-Mart run, and on the way home she was talking about how she had to cut my dad’s hair before leaving for STL the next day (he had been out of town working for two weeks and was in need of a trim).  When we got home I went in to talk to Dad while Mom put all the groceries and stuff away, I wasn’t paying close attention to his hair or anything.  Mom walked in and took one look at him and was like ‘WHO CUT YOUR HAIR’.  Then I took a close up look at it…and started laughing.  My dad decided to take his hair into his own hands, and used the electric razor/clippers on it.  Well, his hand slipped.  He had this huge ‘dip’ going on the left side of his head (almost bald); and then the right side was still puffy because he gave up when he ’slipped’.  It was great!!!  Needless to say, my mom had to do some major care giving to the hairdo, and my dad ended up with almost a flattop (one fashion he has never had).  It will be awhile before he needs a trim.  I got a good laugh out of it.

To all you men out there…beware if you attempt to cut your own hair, unless you actually want a flattop.

Later…ERM