Josh & Shana

Tomorrow and Friday look like this. Yipee!! I wish I was in Georgia where its a balmy 25 degrees. It snowed a little today. I wish it would actually snow enough to look good. They say it may get below zero for a good bit of the night tomorrow. I really can't remember the last time I was in cold like this. Can't wait to take the dogs out!

This was a very exciting week for me. Last week I was sick, you know sick, on Tuesday and after that was really a lot better for me through out the week. Normally I am in bed by 8pm to subside the sickness, but I was able to get to bed a little later 10ish. Still feeling charged for the day. I was nervous cause I had a shift by myself Thursday at Sunglass Hut, to close the store. I was afraid I would get sick and be in the bathroom throwing up while everybody stole our merchandise. That would have been marvelous, but I was good all night. I know Danielle was happy, I am pretty sure she was nervous too. Saturday was my first day in a while that I had nothing to do. I cleaned the entire house, minus Josh's bathroom. That is his job for now. I had a ton of laundry to do. I was exhausted at the end though. Well, Saturday night I had my first craving I guess you could say. I really wanted Outback.

Josh came home from work and I preceded for about an hour trying to convince him to take me to Outback. I haven't had or desired red meat for over a month. So, needless to say I really wanted to fill this craving. I begged and pleaded, but no give. I have to say he is pretty awesome for not, that would have cost half our food budget for the week. He is the man. Well, you are probably wondering if I got my Outback. I did! We compromised to order it take-out style so we didn't have to pay the full 20% tip on top of the food, along with drinks etc. Josh didn't order anything either, he just let me get what I wanted. So, what did I order. Outback special, 6 oz with french fries and a side of their fabulous honey mustard, salad w/tangy tomato dressing, and potato soup, extra bread with honey butter. YUMMO!!! I ate it all!!!! I could hardly believe it myself. I saved some bread and the soup for the next day, but still that was a lot of food for me too eat. It was so good, did I say that already. It was good.

So, last night I wanted Chinese food. Josh didn't budge on that one. We had tacos instead at home. It was still good.

Ok, I have to give tons of praise to my husband for something he did this morning. I woke up almost an hour late. I have no clue why, I never heard my alarm go off. So, that meant I had one hour to get up and get ready to get out the door. That is tight. I bolted out of bed and let the dogs out of their kennels. I left Josh in the bed and shut the door quietly behind me, today was the first time he was going to get to sleep in a bit cause he didn't have to work till 12:30. I fed the dogs, and jumped in the shower. When I got out of the shower, Josh was up and dressed taking the dogs out. He had already made the bed. I thought I would almost cry, baby hormones I am sure. He said, "don't worry, don't stress I will take care of the dogs just get ready for work you'll have time, you just won't be able to sit around a little like you like to." Which is true. I like to ease into my morning. I like to sit in front of Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts,Chris Como, and Sam Champion in the morning while eating breakfast, putting on my make-up, and my clothes as they warm up from my space heater. Well, not so much today. I am sure the gang missed me. Josh, you are my favorite husband. (that is an endearing saying we have for each other) I would have never asked you to get up and help me out this morning. Thank you for sacrificing your sleep-in time(which is precious, I know).

P.S. Today is our first doctors appointment. We are really excited.

I just got off the phone with our friend Jenny Estepp and the crowd has already formed of 100 and has been formed for some time. We didn't think ahead that well I guess or realize that we would need to be there that early. Who knew the world loved chic-fil-a as much as us to camp out for a years worth of free stuff. Well, I have been informed that there will be another one in New Albany in March. I guess you could say better luck next time. I am crushed, now I will have to pay full price whenever we go. That obviously won't keep us away. We are super excited that they are putting one in closer to us. Josh was right when he said chic-fil-a is my super safe food for this trimester of pregnancy. Thinking about it now makes me want some, must stop talking about it.

Dealing with cravings on a budget is super hard. Especially when half the time nothing sounds good.

A few random thoughts...

Its snowing outside (again). I don't think it will snow for very long or accumulate very much, but here's the dilemma... Tonight, across from the St. Matthews Mall, a new Chic-Fil-A is opening. Actually it opens tomorrow morning. It will be managed by our good friends Darrell and Jenny Estep. Tomorrow morning the 1st 100 customers get free Chic-Fil-A for a year. That's right. Free goodness for a year. They say you must camp out to be one of the first because so many people desire the goodness. We desire the goodness too. One reason is because its one of the only foods that doesn't cause a barf-fest with the pregnant wife. Another reason is because we don't have much money and never eat out. So this will be a nice thing for us to have to boost quality of life - because Chic-Fil-A always boosts quality of life. So back to the dilemma...It's snowing outside and supposed to be really cold tonight and we don't have much cold gear. And did I mention Shana is pregnant? We do have Andy's (my bro) tent. I think we could do it, but it'll be a tough journey to gain the goodness.

I caught a bit of a radio commercial on the way to class this morning. It was sponsored by the Ad Council (like all public service commercials in Louisville). It was promoting an awareness to end underage drinking. Here was their pitch, "it's dangerous and can cause teenagers to use bad judgment." Right. I agree. Not to mention it is illegal. But here's the thing. How is it different for adults? More adults kill people because of alcohol related bad judgment and being dangerous than anything else. It just sounds like a bad argument that any teenager could turn around to the adult and say, "how is it different for you?" I guess being an adult either makes you immune to bad decisions when it comes to alcohol or makes it ok for you to make bad decisions when under the influence.

That's all.

Ok, so as of right now we have 43 views on our blog today. Only one response to my Israel question - big thanks to Dr. Baise. I know that more of you must have an opinion on this....right?

oh - Shana's throwing up again right now.

I am going to start compiling a wish list of baby stuff. I would really like any feedback from anybody out there on your must haves and maybe things you have learned through your research of an item.

I am amazed at how God created the human body. It really has transformed my worship being pregnant. I have been pondering this. The first trimester is like the most important part of the pregnancy, this is when the baby is forming all those really important systems. I am amazed at how babies come out OK when I am fighting every bit to eat anything at all regardless if it is something that the baby needs. How great is our God!

I have lost 5 pounds in the past couple weeks being pregnant. Although I couldn't tell you where I lost it from. My tummy has already done its changing. My abs have softened up and it has gotten hard underneath. I equate it to a playground ball, with not much give to it. I feel like I have a little pudge too, but that could be my bad self-esteem kicking in. I am definitely blooming in other areas as well. All you pregos and former pregos know what I mean. So, all that to say I don't know where I am loosing it from. That only leaves my arms, butt, and legs.

Ok I tried to be as discrete as possible in this post, I sure hope I succeeded.

Here's a question I've been batting around for the past week or so. As a Christian should I support Israel simply because they're Israel? I am inclined to think not. However, I'm not convinced of this. I haven't had time to research the question properly. We refer to Israel as "the Holy Land." I understand why we do this. The major events of our faith took place there, although there is nothing intrinsically "holy" about the land. However, the land is different than the current governmental state that occupies that land. I think some of this bombing that Israel is responsible for is rather horrific. I know Hamas is a terrorist group, but Israel is bombing schools and other civilian targets. I'm pretty sure this isn't the same situation when God told the Israelites to destroy ALL of Jericho. I just don't see it in scripture where Israel should still be considered God's chosen nation. Again, I haven't done my homework on this and am not close-fisted about it. I know some of you out there must have an opinion on this. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. It would be greatly appreciated.

I just started my J-term class: History of the Baptists. I think its going to be a great class. However, I'm sitting next to Nalgene-guy (reference a past video for my opinion on guys like him), except now he's Gatorade guy. He nervously drinks his Gatorade over and over throughout class, unscrewing, gulping, closing, repeat. Over and over. He's also cell phone guy. He has his phone on vibrate yet has it on the table. Hence when he gets a text message, it's loud and obnoxious. C'mon Nalgene Cell Guy!

Here's the video everyone has been asking about. (to watch it in high quality click on the video and watch it from the youtube website directly)

This Christmas Shana and I surprised my parents with the news that they will be grandparents for the first time. To pull this off we kept the news from them for over a month. We got them grandma and grandpa sweatshirts for Christmas and had them open them at the same time. Shana's dad was also there with his shirt to match. My mom's face is classic. Enjoy!