Some of you might be surprised by this, but some of your won't. I am a little bit of a Peyton Manning Fan. I love all the commercials. Saw this one and had to post it.
Peyton Manning-MasterCard 1
Last night Bobby Jindal gave the GOP response to Obama's speech. I like Jindal - at least what I know of him. However, last night he was incredibly rehearsed and a little stiff. The way he casually put his hand in his pocket at the end of his speech was lame. Plus his "S's" have a little whistle to them which annoys me. ALTHOUGH the content of what he said was great.
Now, he's catching flack for not supporting the goverment's support (in the stimulus package) of Volcano research by some politican in Washington who lives near Mt. Saint Helens. I get it. We should look into the disaster that was Mt. Saint Helens and try to figure out if it will happen again. Here's the article. Here's the problem: THAT IS NOT WHAT THE STIMULUS BILL IS FOR! Fine Mr. Dude in Washington. You want money to research volcanoes. Fine. Have some. But this money - OUR MONEY - the goverment is giving to you for simply passing Go! is to create jobs that will last and to stimulate the economy. If anyone understands disasters its Jindal. He could ask for money to research hurricanes and how they negatively affect giant cest pools like New Orleans (no offense to NOBTS students). But again, that's not what this bill was for. Back off dude from Washington. Pick your battles a little better because you just sound stupid (I feel that I can use this word "stupid" because Calvin uses it frequently in the Institutes when referring to people from Washington).
*Calvin may not actually refer to people from Washington in the Institutes seeing that Washington was not a state yet. I might have made that part up. You can judge me if you like. But Calvin does use the word "stupid" a lot. Funny.
The Purpose-Driven Paddle from Russell Moore on Vimeo.
This was Dr. Moore's sermon a few weeks back. He is going through a series right now. Amazing. Seriously, take the time to listen or watch this. Life changing.
I am no Oprah so I am unable to give all my favorite things away because I don't have sponsors knocking down my door. Although wouldn't that be stinking awesome. O well. Here are some of my favorite things right now.
1)Wellies - Andy and Caitlin got me a pair for Christmas that were awesome from JCREW, but my legs were to "muscly" for them. I found a pair at Target to replace them, calves fit fine now. I wear these everyday to take the dogs out.
2)Bella Band - Wasn't sure about this at first. I figured if it were so amazing all pregnant people would be saying you have to get this. Saw it on sale at Target, figured if I didn't like it I could take it back. So far, like it lots. Save money on maternity clothes, BONUS!
3)Knee High Socks - Andy, Caitlin, and Judy also got me some of these. LOVE THEM! They are awesome for the cold weather here in KY. I wear them almost everyday with my boots to work.
4)Coca-Cola - lets face it, it just taste so darn good.
5)Josh Stringer - sorry ladies, even if I had a sponsor I am not giving him away. I am so thankful for a husband that loves the Lord, and walks with him everyday. The past year has been amazing for us and our marriage. I have watched the Lord working in my husbands life incredibly and I am privileged to be so close to the action. You make me so proud!
Saturday night we had our first date-night in I don't know how long. Between work, school, school, church, school, and work we just haven't had time. Shana's boss gave her a $50 gift card to The Cheescake Factory for Christmas. Cheesecake Factory is our absolute favorite place to eat. We were saving the gift card for a special occasion and we were going to use it for Valentine's Day but guess what....I had to work. Of course. So Saturday night was free (in between study sessions).
We ended up getting there about 8:00 which is very late for us for dinner. The wait was an hour and a half. Nice. They don't take reservations. As I was parking the car some lady came up to Shana and said, "We've found another table. Do you want our buzzer-thingy? It should go off in about 15-20 min. The name's Crockett." SWEET! 20 min. later we were sitting down ordering our food. I got the Wasabi Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna - you must try this. It's served rare but warm. So good. Shana got her usual - Chicken Stuffed Tortillas with corn cakes. The corn cakes taste just like our friend Ryan Falls' corn souffle. They're super good. The portions there are huge so we go there planning to take half home (two meals for the large price of one). Plus, you have to save room for the cheesecake. I got a special one - White Chocolate Blueberry with blueberry crust. It was good - not great. I mean it was better than any where else, but not the best the Factory has to offer. Shana got a new one too which may be the best ever - Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough. Amazing. Anyway, it was a great night. I came home and started reading again, but it was a nice break. Nice to finally have a date with my babe!
Today at work we had a debate on what is the best music video of all time - at least when music videos were cool and not about naked girls. So here's my submission to the debate:
Artist - Aha
Song - Take On Me
Year - 1985
Video:
Best ever? What's yours? Thriller has to be #1b.
And just for fun...
You know that lady who just had 8 (more) kids? Well, take some advise from a lady who's had 18 kids and wants more on how we should think of Octo-Mom. Here's an awesome article, actually a transcript from the Larry King show (guest hosted by Joy Behar - BOOOOO!) with JimBob and Michelle Duggar. This is a great testimony. Enjoy.
Today I made my first call to my doctor to find out if something was wrong with me. Yep, and I was asked "is this your first." Should have known then that there was no problem. This is what I called about.
For the past couple of days I have had some discomfort in my lower right pelvis area. Almost where my leg creases. It has been sore a lot. I thought this was odd, and definitely not normal. Josh got concerned too, so I call the doctor. Well, this is normal. I am sure I am going to get this a lot. I almost think they should just set up a hot line for first time pregnant people to call into with all our dumb questions.
The nurse said it was normal and that I was feeling my uterus stretching. Interesting. I am fast approaching 16 weeks can hardly believe it. Need to post a new picture of my belly. It isn't huge, but definitely there. I was actually asked yesterday by a stranger if I was pregnant. She said she saw me put my hand on my stomach and thought it looked like a little baby bump. I was kind of flattered. So funny, if she would have asked me that not being pregnant. I think I look like I just have a beer belly (minus the drinking beer part). You get what I mean though right. My stomach had just gotten really flat though before I got pregnant. Which I guess is contributing to my graceful weight gain. Only gained 2 pounds so far, which technically I lost 8 in my first trimester so not sure if you consider me really gaining weight yet.
I am still in the gym, actually have made it back up to my 4 days a week routine. During the first trimester I was having a hard time getting there 4 days a week. Working out my arms and legs now since my middle section is kind of out of commission. My workout has seriously kept me sane. It helps me keep my energy levels high, bathroom visits healthy (I am trying to be discreet here), and stress levels low.
I don't think I have shared this either. Anybody who knows me at all knows that I am (or was) a diet coke fan and splenda-aholic. All I ever drank were diet drinks and I used splenda anytime it called for sugar. Well, I have cut them all out. I am not looking back. It wasn't as hard as I thought. That doesn't mean I don't drinks soda, just not diet soda. New favorite is a good old Coca-Cola. Josh and I have always been pretty healthy with our food choices, but it is funny when you get pregnant you start to really think about what goes into your body. That is the only change food-wise that I have made since being pregnant, but it is going to be a lifestyle change. I am not going back after baby comes out. I probably should elaborate on this more late. This post is already getting to long.
That is all for now. I hope to try and take a picture of the bump this weekend. We'll see. ta-ta for now.
Ok. Frank Langella is nominated for an Oscar this year for playing Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon. I heard it's a good movie. I have no idea. Prolly won't see it. (that's right, I said prolly). He's a good actor. I particularly enjoyed him in Dave - one of the most underrated movies of all time. However, he also played in another slightly underrated movie (*note the sarcasm) - The Masters of the Universe (the live action movie about He-Man). I loved this movie when I was a kid - yeah, when I was a kid. Langella played Skeletor. Here, take a look:
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