LAST CHANCE!

My uppercase living party is closing TOMORROW!

If you see anything you want to order, let me know today.

http://simplyinspired.uppercaseliving.net

Love this stuff!

I FORGOT TO ADD...EVERYTHING IS BUY ONE GET ONE HALF OFF RIGHT NOW!



So, you could order 4 letters to make coasters for like $3.80 plus tax and shipping...right around $5 bucks! These coasters make sweet gifts. i can hook you up w/ the tiles for $2.00 (total, for 4 of them - 50 cents each) or if you aren't around here you can pick them up at your local flooring store. Talk about a deal!

It happened again...

This time it was a result of my stupidity...

Remember the last post about the pants?

I thought I could fix them. Yeah, right.

Actually, I did a pretty good job. I patched the hole and also used some sort of fabric glue. I knew I'd never wear them back to work or anywhere important, but around the house would be ok.

Well, I put them on yesterday and tested them out by sitting down and standing up like 50 times and it held! So, I decided to brave it and wear them to Parsons. I was only going to a flea market, what is the worst that can happen?

So, mom and I went and met Audrey and her kids (So good to see you guys by the way!)...we went through the place and everything was just great.

Then, after loading Avery back in the van to head home...I decided to run over to Cato.

I found lots of great deals and headed to the dressing room. I tried on several things and ended up deciding to purchase a few of them...

I then started redressing w/ my original clothes (the patched jeans and a long sleeved t)

I stepped in w/ one foot, got ready to step in with the next and kind of lost my footing and stepped on the front part of the jeans instead. RIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP. Oh my good lord. The patching worked just fine, but there is a huge rip in the FRONT of the jeans beside the zipper. At this point I realize that saving the jeans is HOPELESS and that the fabric is just rotten. Why didn't I realize this BEFORE I put them on and came to cato though? Seriously.

Thankfully my tshirt was almost long enough and there was no one else in that store on a sunday afternoon so I sucked it up, checked out and left. Heck, its not the first time this week I've had this problem. I'm used to everything hanging out by now!

:)

So, the jeans are getting trashed once and for all. Well, maybe.

Stranger Things Have Happened - Julie's Version

So my friend Christi's blog of the same name announced her pregnancy...

Not mine.

Have you ever had a moment that was so humiliating that you just knew God would never make you go though something like that again? Think again.

Let's go back many, many years. I had a pair of cut off jean shorts that were my absolute favorite. I wore them more than I probably should have but they were so comfy and I just LOVED them! One night we were all hanging out at the McClellands like normal and my long time best friend and "brother" Justin A. was giving me a hard time. I don't really remember the story but I know he grabbed the pocket of my favorite shorts (maybe in an effort to depants me, I am not sure) and the pocked ripped RIGHT OFF. I think I had my bathing suit on underneath but it was still pretty embarrising. We still talk about this story to this day.

Well, here we go...

Last night JoeDel, Avery and I went to Ft. Scott for a little adventure. We needed to take some movies back that he had forgotten that morning and we decided to go out to eat and to walmart. We went to the movie store and then to the restaurant. The service was really crappy and the lady NEVER brought our ticket. So, finally I said whatever and got up and went to the counter to just wait to pay.

JoeDel came up and he said something to me and I said "what" and he said "nevermind, i'll tell you in a minute" and he was standing RIGHT behind me, almost ticking me off. After I paid the lady, and turned around he said "julie, dont freak out" I'm like WHAT!!! He said "your pants are ripped all the way out and you can see your underwear" HOLY S%$*#@! What? I felt down. Sure enough. There was a rip down the side of my pocket clear down my leg. These jeans are too big on me too, so the hole is gaping and I am wondering just how long everything has been hanging out. Was it like that at work? At the video store? how am I going to go to walmart?

Argh

I wrapped my reliable derailed jacket around my waist and walked to the van. I HAD to go to walmart so I asked JoeDel to go in and buy me some sweats. HE said "why can't you just keep your coat wrapped around your waist?" Whatever, not worth fighting him for, so I did it. I went shopping knowing that my butt was hanging out underneath the jacket wrapped around my waist like 1986.

The worst thing about this - you guessed it - these were, by far, my favorite jeans.

Dang.

Party time!

Dang it has been a LONG time since I posted!

We went to the State basketball tournament in Salina a couple weekends back. I do have some cute pics from there but I haven't even downloaded them yet so that post will be forthcoming.

Things have been going good. My house is CLEAN! Why? B/c I am having an Uppercase Living party on Thursday!! I am so excited, this stuff is AWESOME. Check out the site simplyinspired.uppercaseliving.net

If you see anything you like, EVERYTHING is buy one get one 1/2 off so just let me know or show up at my house this Thursday starting at 6:30 pm! I will have a cute cake (maybe if it works out) and FRESH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! What more could you ask for? :)

Thats all for now. Hopefully I'll be updating w/ something more exciting soon.

Julie

Bowlers Beware!

This blog is in honor of my friend Larry.

We all went bowling on Monday night as a part of the Managers Meeting. I cheated a little bit when drawing teams so that Wanda, Terri and I could all be on the same team. We, along w/ our other teamies Sandi and Craig, had a freaking BLAST! I bowled really bad the first game but in the second game I got THREE STRIKES IN A ROW!!! I then got a ton of gutterballs and barely broke 100 but THREE STRIKES IN A ROW!

Anyway, about halfway through our first game there was an accident. One of our managers lost his balance and fell down. Long story but he ended up breaking his hip and having to have a full hip replacement. Talk about bad luck.

That kind of put a damper on things but I knew Larry would want us to have a good time in spite of it all, so I did my best to do just that...and I have been paying for it all week long.

Happy Birthday, Baby!

I love you, JoeDel.

I am beyond blessed that you came into my life and have forever changed it for the better. You are my best friend and I love spending my life with you. You know I am not perfect and you love me just the same. I hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday.

Oh, I was wanting to get you a personal happy birthday message from kathy but it isnt going to work out. Here you go instead.


My husband is having a Birthday today!

Cakes & Such

Ok I am finally posting the clown cake. I happened to smash my clown before I took a picture (actually I smashed it as soon as I put it in the box. blah).




Anyway, I also made my first "real" birthday cake for JoeDel! His birthday is Wednesday but we had his bday dinner last night at Marys. Here's the cake - definitely not wonderful but not too darn bad for my 1st one!







I'm in KC today & tomorrow for meetings. FUN! :)

Stay Tuned

Cake class is tonight. I'm supposed to be making something like this only on a sheet cake instead of a round cake....



Check back to see what mine looks like. I dont think it will be very good considering the first cake I baked last night was burnt on one side and still gooey in the middle. I had to use 2 more cake mixes (and 6 more eggs) but the second cake did turn out better. We'll see how it handles the clowns...

So Sweet

Oh how I love this picture.

My sweet "Sugar" is showing one of the reasons she has this nickname! She loves cookies that is for sure.

Tres is one of her best friends. How fitting, since his mommy will always be one of my best friends.

Both of the kids are looking up at Audrey and I. How in the world did we end up with such cute kids!

Here's the link to the entire article regarding the 40th anniversary at our church...

Girard Press

The cake - take 1...

Well here's the first cake. It is not at all good but I am posting this photo in hopes that in a few weeks you will have seen some definite improvement.

:)

Ridiculously Homesick

The weekend has come and gone and now I am homesick. You may think I'm crazy since there is really no reason for me to be homesick. I'm not away on business, I live in the little town I grew up in, and I see my mom almost everyday. So what is my problem?

I am homesick for my friends.

This past Saturday night came and went in a flash. There we were - most of us together again just like the old times. Jenny, Amy, Christi, Audrey, Rachel - some of my long lost besties all together ror a short time. So many things have changed (including the fact that our kids outnumber us for sure), but it is always so nice to have that time together.

What was really special to me was our church anniversary program. It was beyond awesome to have Christi back with us and even more special that she sang with her dad. Oh how I miss hearing Christi sing. Maybe you could record a little tape for us? Please?

JoeDel looked over at me during her song and wanted to know why in the world I was crying. I forget that he hasn't been around all that long and he didn't know that I ALWAYS cry when Christi sings. This time, of course, even more-so b/c of the last 3 years and how God has blessed her and what He's brought her through and what He's brought to her life.

So I think that all of you guys should move back to Girard and we could do this again every weekend. What do you think? :)

In other news, ... well ... I guess I don't have any other news. Avery is healthy again and my cake decorating class is going well. I have been labeled the "problem child" of the class but that doesnt really bother me a whole lot. This is a crazy busy week at work so I will close for now. :)

Have a great week!