More on Light Bulbs

How do you propose one gets a light bulb in their laundry?!? First your husband demands that some of the light bulbs be changed out with the stupid energy efficient ones. The rest is questionable. Scott blames it on Ami. I'm not so sure.



The other day I did a load of laundry. To my surprise when I opened the drier door a broken light bulb fell out. What the? I hate laundry to begin with and then add a broken light bulb in the equation and it ruined my day. Scott finished it up, since I was grouchy about it.

A Light Bulb Conversation

Yesterday as we were walking through Walmart we ran into the energy saving light bulbs that Scott has been wanting me to switch to for the past couple years. Yes, they may save us a little money and help the environment, but I really don't like the light from them. Everytime we run out of light bulbs Scott tries to sell me on this stinkin' light bulbs. Well, yesterday was no different but he actually threw some in the cart and told me that they were going to go in his lamps.



We walked a little further and this is our conversation:



Scott: Why don't you like these light bulbs?



Me: I don't like the light from them.



Scott: You can't even tell any difference.



Me: I can. You know how you like to eat with a large spoon except for sweets. You know how you don't care for chili unless you have corn bread. That's how I feel about regular light bulbs.



Then, he just chuckled.

Blessings

In the past week or so our testimony of paying tithing and fast offering has really increased. In July during the family reunion we ended up taking Ami to the emergency room in Gallup, since there was no other medical options. Needless to say this was way more expensive then a doctor's visit. I'd been waiting for a bill to come, but hadn't received anything. Last week I called to go ahead and pay and they took 25% off just for paying it in full!! I hung up the phone in shock.



Then, yesterday we had to call the plumber. Our plumbing problems came back. The same tech came that worked on our house four years ago. He remembered where the clean out was and realized he didn't have to take his machine apart and take it on the roof. This cut our bill in half from the last time. We were so thankful that immediately after he left we knelt down and prayed.



I wonder if Heavenly Father can talk to PNM, Comcast, and Verizon for me. Seriously, we have been very blessed. We have always been able to meet our needs and eventually our wants. We have been well taken care of.

It's State Fair Time

We made our annual trip to the State Fair yesterday. We mainly go for the food. This year was a little different with Ami being older. At least she reacted to everything we showed her.



First things first. We had to swing by and grab a turkey leg, since the pregnant lady was starving. (I saved my appetite for this very occasion.) Then we were off for a pony ride and the petting zoo. Ami was excited to see the ponies but not the ride. The petting zoo went much better. She was very happy when the goats ate out of her hand. After that we stumbled upon an animal show and watched a few wild animals do tricks. We couldn't leave the fair with just eating a turkey leg so we wandered from food booth to food booth grazing on some good grub. We ended our visit by watching a model train exhibit. Ami learned that a train goes choo choo!!



See the photo section for pictures of our adventure.

Humans

Lately I've been wondering why humans do what they do. Why do we do things that we know aren't good for us, whether it be physical or spiritual? I'm guilty of not always making the best choices for myself. For instance I know exercising makes you feel better and look better, but yet every Monday I lie in bed and tell myself I will start exercising next week. Or that I'm going to cut back to one soda a week. These may seem like little things, but could actually have big effects on other parts of my life. I wish I had the determination to always make the right decisions, but life has a lot of guiltless pleasures. Like chocolate. Mmm...



I've heard to try to change one thing at a time. To me it seems like you will never get everything done that way. I guess my way isn't working either of worrying about all of it and not doing any of it because of feeling overwhelmed.



A little peek into what is going on in my head lately.

Is it a Boy or a Girl?

Yesterday we went for an ultrasound. The baby performed well and we were able to get some pretty nice pictures of it.



The first is a 3-D image







Here's the face







Here's the Gender







Can you guess what it is? If we called you, you can't comment.

Lake Morphy

We survived the effects of Hurricane Gustav's rainfall in New Mexico while camping. We arrived at Lake Morphy on Friday afternoon to nice temperatures and beautiful scenery. The boys couldn't wait to go canoeing and fishing, so shortly after we had our tent up we all headed down to the lake. While the boys were on the lake, Erin, Ami, and I walked around the lake. Ami learned that throwing rocks in the water is fun. She wasn't so sure about the little creek we crossed. Later of course we had a camp fire and she thought that was pretty neat and hot. She did this weird walk or dance around the fire. I think she was secretly doing a rain dance since later that night it rained bears and tigers. Cats and dogs doesn't describe it, especially when you are in a tent getting a mist in your face while trying to sleep. However, Ami slept right through it, thank goodness.

Saturday we did a little more canoeing. Tyler finally convinced Erin to trust him in the canoe. Erin and Tyler headed back to Albuquerque that afternoon to go to the UNM game. (I'm convinced Scott will have him a true Lobo fan by the end of the season.) We tried to catch up on some ZZZZs but the lake was pretty busy. We decided to go try to find a geocache, but had no luck. It did get us to walk around the complete lake. We would have been too lazy otherwise. Scott made us a dutch oven meal, complete with desert. Maybe we ought to go camping more often so I don't have to cook!! It rained a little bit Saturday night, but nothing like Friday.

Sunday afternoon we headed home just in time before the rain started with a very tired Ami. She loved every minute of our first camping trip as a family.

See additional pictures in the photo section.