Advents Corner

We are still looking for a new entertainment center to replace the one we have now.  It has glass on the front of it and it is not as much as a problem as it was when Lani was smaller but I was always so afraid she was going to fall into the glass.  We are looking at a lcd mount  I think those are so nice because the equipment is off of the floor and on the wall and you can run the wires behind the wall and you don’t see them.  Maybe with some of our income tax refund we can get them after we get a new vacuum.

My uncle a new car and he was looking at all of the stuff you can add to your car these days.  He was looking at this really neat cool Chrysler 300 accessory.  You put them on the sill of the door and they light up with the name of the car on them.  It was really cool.  He is going to get them in blue because that is his favorite color.

This is too funny but make sure you watch it all the way through and it this has not happened to you at least once then you are missing out on something.

This is so cool. I really don’t care for Valentine’s Day but I know a lot of people celebrate it and think it is so amazing. First of all I don’t believe that the person you love and loves you should tell or show you that only once a year. Number two I don’t like chocolate, never have so it is just a waste to get it for me and I really don’t care for roses. I love daisy. Anyway, if I had to get valentine’s gift this what I would chose. Do you have a favorite picture? You can turn it into a painting, how awesome it that?

Some of you might remember that last year we had our air conditioner replaced.  It was not broken but we knew it was on its last leg and we were afraid after the baby was born it was break in the middle of a

You knew it was only a matter of time before jokes about how sad Ohio State is and how GREAT LSU is started circling the Internet. Here is the first of many. Of course I am also hearing jokes but they are too bad to put up here, right Mom. I tell you that woman’s mouth would make a Marine blush. Love you

Finally, I see an article about a parent taking responsibility for raising their children.  When Jane Hambelton bought her son a car she had two rules: no drinking and keep it locked.  Well 3 weeks after giving her son the car she found alcohol in it.  She placed an ad in the newspaper and sold the car.  Way to go Mom!!!!!!  We must teach these children that even though it was not your fault or it was a stupid mistake there are always consequences for the things that they do.  Here is the ad she placed in the paper and I love it:

“OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don’t love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet.”

We are still looking for people to contribute the Our Precious Gift site.  Please pop over and check it out.  We need everyone’s help on this to get it going.  Our local news station has shown interest in doing a piece on it so hopefully we will get the word out about it faster.  I have also starting emailing the site to some military blogs; hopefully we will get some responses from them real soon.

Interest is growing over the new website Our Precious Gift. A few blogs have picked it up thanks to the kind people over at PayU2blog.  I am hoping this really takes off.  It would be so nice to see how many people will send in stories.  If it takes off well we will put up a forum for them to us so maybe we will be able to reunite some people.  Please take a moment to jump over and look at it.

I have started a new site that I hope you take the time to visit.  I am attempting to create a data base for those who have received medals of distinction through their military career.  Stop by and read the stories or register your own.

Our Precious Gift is the freedom that we sometimes take for granted.

I have seen people wearing dog tags lately as a fashion statement and I decided to get one for Michaela. I selected a purple tag because that is her favorite color and had her school name, her name, a music note and viola player engraved on it. I finally received it in the mail today even after having a dumb moment. I ordered the dog tag and thought I entered my correct address when in reality I entered my work street address with my home city and zip. Of course I did not realize I did this until I received an email from the company asking me if I had moved because the tag was returned to them. I replied and told her that I had not moved and she responded with my shipping address. I felt like such an idiot but she told me not to worry about it and she promptly changed my shipping information and I received the tag today on Christmas Eve. She was so helpful and corrected everything even thought it was my own fault. The tag is beautiful and the service was beyond compare. Thank you Quick Trophy for doing such an excellent job on making me feel like you only customer in the world.

Just a little poll I wanted to throw up here to see if any of you received bonuses this holiday season.   Remember the days when they are so standard that people counted on them for the holidays.  These days some people are lucky to get a free lunch.

When we give of ourselves we give to the world. This is such an inspiring story of a boy with autism who gave of himself to the basketball team and a coach and team that repaid the favor.  In the last game the coach decided to give the boy a chance to see what is was like to wear a uniform.  With only minutes left in the game the coach put McElway in and he amazed everyone.  Please watch this video of him playing in his first game and stealing the show.  He scored 20 points in the final minutes of the game.  You might want to make sure you have some tissues handy, I know I needed them.  Merry Christmas

Thanks to all of the online gamers in the world a new word has been given the top spot in the dictionary…….w00t!!!!!!!  I know I have used the term more times than I care to admit but isn’t it much cooler to say w00t than yay?  You hear it most often used when someone levels in a game along with the famous

Parson is another term for clergyman or pastor.  So Parson Brown is Pastor Brown. They are telling “Pastor Brown” that they are not married but he can marry them when he is in town.

“In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He’ll say ‘Are you married ?’, We’ll say ‘No man,
For you can do the job when you’re in town.’”

This was an amazing gift to receive. The wine lover in your life with thank you forever for this gift pack of one bottle of white and one bottle of red. This is not your ordinary run of the mill wine; this is some of the best wine California has to offer. You are not going to just be able to go down to the local liquor store and pick these up. These wines are made in small quantities and have limited distribution.

Each gift pack includes a newsletter about the wine your received. Giving you the year the wine was born, honors the wine has received, how many cases were produced and a description of what your taste buds are about to experience. You feel like the newsletter was written just for you. You will also find a featured recipe, Gold Medal Spotlight, and the Wine Wizard who answers your wine questions. When you receive your wine if there is a particular bottle you feel you need to have again you can reorder the bottles that you received in your gift package. Send wine of the month to someone you care about and the receiver will be thanking you one cold night while they sit by the fire sipping some of California’s greatest wine.

About 7 years ago Matt and I decided it was time to start thinking about a new car. We had a 1989 Toyota Corolla with a little over 200,000 miles on it. As many of you know Toyota run a long time and she was still in excellent condition. I was insulted to say the least when we went to the dealership and they told us how much they were going to give us for a trade-in. What made me so mad was the fact that I knew they were going to turn right around and sell the car for a couple thousand dollars. So instead of trading it in we did a car donation. We donated to the purple heart foundation but there are so many out there to choose from like Car Angel that uses the money to videos for kids and teens that they give away free of charge to educate them on the importance of staying off of drugs.

This is so funny.  This is the first dance at their wedding and man do they put on a show.  It is so cool to see them have so much fun with it.

My father-in-law sent this to me. It is a haka performed by Gingerbread men. It is so cute. If you do not know what a haka is let me explain. A haka is a traditional dance form of the Maori of New Zealand. It is a posture dance with shouted accompaniment, preformed by a group. It is one of my favorite forms of dance. It just has so much energy and life and they can be quite loud. We saw this type of dance done on your first trip to Hawaii.

For this guy not to have children he really hit the nail on the head.  He must have had a crazy childhood.  Just for the record the Wiggles to creep me out a little too.  Have fun with this one and don’t take it too serious.  I think everyone needs a pill every now and then.  Just laugh for a minute but if you laugh for 10-15 minutes everyday you could lose 4 pounds a year.  Think about it, you laughing right now aren’t you?