New Couch! :~D

Yesterday, Jamey was looking at an office chair for church at this new thrift store close to our house when he thought to look at the couches that they have there. Jamey's been wanting to get a new couch for a while, but we couldn't find one that we liked. He saw one that looked pretty good and it came with all of its pillows. Jamey came back to the house to get me so I could look at it... I liked it, and the price was right, so we went ahead and got it! :~)

Today Jamey and one of the guys from church went and got it... It took a little coercing to get the new couch in but it finally got in the house. I wiped it down with upholstery cleaner then washed the pillows in the washing machine... After I saw that the washing machine worked to wash the pillows I washed the couch cushion cover! :~) It worked really well!

Here are some pics of the new couch!

Two weeks till Christmas... :~o

The title says it all... Except for the screaming at the end of that sentence! :~) Yes, it's that time again when I wonder exactly where the year went and look forward to staring a new year in the face! I am really looking forward to seeing my family this New Years and to see what the new year brings. :~)

I've been proud of myself the last couple of nights... I spent on average 2 hours in the kitchen every evening fixing supper! Yes, I know I wasn't all that interested in cooking when I was home and to be honest haven't been very interested in it since I've been married! I don't know exactly what came over me, but I hope to keep it up! :~) I know that I've enjoyed having something different from the norm every night and I know that Jamey really has been liking the change in menu... The menu for this week was; Monday: Chicken Alfredo Stromboli, Tuesday: Lasagna, and yesterday I made Sweet and Sour Pork! Friday will be Chicken Cordon Bleu... I actually enjoy pretending I'm a chef and cooking up really yummy dinners... Who'd have guessed! :~)

Tonight we have a dinner with the church... They go out to eat every year around Christmas. It'll be nice to go out to eat. We haven't been out in a while... To eat anyway! :~) We're having dinner then going back to the church for a gift exchange and dessert! I'm making Chocolate delight... I think it's the same thing that Jamey's Mom makes every now and then with the four layers, but this one that I'm making just has a different name. It has a buttery crust with pecans in it, cream cheese and sugar on top of that, chocolate pudding, and whipped topping on top with pecans. Right now I'm waiting for the crust to cool! :~)

Jamey and I finally got Christmas pictures done! We're sending out Christmas cards this year and in them will be a picture and a letter... I've never done this before, but my Mommy has always done it and I think it's a great idea! :~)

Well, better go and finish that dessert... The crust should be done cooling! Before I go though, here are a few more pics of the house all decorated...

A rare glimpse into my brain... Be afraid!

OK, I admit... I've changed my views somewhat as I've aged. Something that I have on my brain right now is the question of clothing in Church. Now, I went to a Baptist church for Sunday school for about 9 years... I'm not a Baptist by any standards we just had some friends there since my sister and I both went to private school there for a few years. Now in that particular church you didn't come to church on Sunday morning in anything less than a shirt and tie if you're a guy or less than a shirt and skirt if you're a girl. You were told the dress code and expected to follow it. They had a VERY strict dress code...

This is how I grew up thinking that if you went to church you had on your best clothes... Nothing wrong with that at all. However, there was something inherently wrong with my attitude about it over the years. After a while of that I would look at the people that weren't dressed as nice as me and think they should have dressed better. I didn't realize at the time that my attitude towards these people was wrong.

Fast forward a few years... I met Jamey. At that point I had started to get to know the people behind the casual clothing, but still had those thoughts about dress. When I went down to Memphis to visit with Jamey and his family - I can't remember how it all happened - one Sunday night I wore my jeans to Sunday night service! I felt uncomfortable to be dressed so casual in church... To make a long story short, I realized after a while that while man does look on the outside which is why we should dress modestly... God doesn't. He looks on the inside and if I'm thinking about the person that I think should dress better to church and not giving God my all during service then the person dressed casual isn't the problem... I am.

Now I still dress up for Sunday morning service but my attitude is totally different. I no longer think that those people should dress better, as long as it's modest I'm just glad to see them at church! :~)