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Congratulations to my friends Chris & Melissa Hogan on the birth of their b-e-a-utiful little boy, Tyson Andrew.

Congratulations to my friend Melissa & her husband Chris! Proud first-time parents to Tyson Andrew!

Edited to add photo!

Just making sure I have this up and running…. 🙂

I feel like making a post, but don’t really have anything earth-shattering to write about. This weekend we are doing spring cleaning. Ugh. I’m soooo not looking forward to it. I mean, I like to clean, and I like for things to be clean. The problem is I’m a saver. I like to hang on to stuff. I admit it. My husband is not. He loves to get rid of stuff. The more empty/clean/spacious it looks around here, the more he likes it.

You can imagine the rest.

I admit his way is better – I just need to be better about getting rid of stuff. But I am so torn. For example, I have all these clothes that I still can’t fit into since Noelle arrived, but I don’t want to get rid of them, because I want to get back down to that size again someday. However, in the meantime, I rotate between the same two pairs of jeans, two shirts, and an assortment of OLD t-shirts that are unavailable to wear publicly because of miscillaneous stains, spots and holes. My question – do I really need to store 4 Old Navy 4th of July t-shirts from 2001 hoping that I will fit back into them someday?

You see my dilimma.

In other news, I have seen on several sites where folks have started “100 things about themselves” lists. I think I may try doing that – it could eventually turn into a cool scrapbook page . . . and I’ve actually been getting some work done on my scrapbooks – yeah!

What Color is Your Brain?
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At work or in school: I like set routines and organized ways of doing thingsl rules and directions are a great help to me. I prefer to stay on one topic at a time. I need to know what is expected of me, and I always want to know if I am on the right track. I like subjects that are useful and traditional, such as business, accounting, history and government.
With friends: I prefer people who are careful with their money and who make plans ahead of time. I like my friends to be loyal, dependable and on time. I am serious about love and show it in many practical ways.
With family: I like stability and security and enjoy traditions and frequent celebrations. I like to spend holidays with family members, and I plan ahead for such gatherings.

Thank goodness American Idol is finally over. For someone that doesn’t watch tv at home, I seem to have wasted a lot of time being caught up in it. And, yes, now I admit the time is wasted. Hmm, I wonder if that is because my personal favorite did not win.

Yesterday I heard that my women’s Bible study (we are currently off for the summer), is going to have 4 get-together’s over the next three months to study the 4 chapters of the book of Ruth. I’m very excited. Ruth is one of my favorite Old Testament books, one of the few that I have read several times. In the recent study of Judges that we just completed, one thing I learned is that the events of the book of Ruth took place at the same time as the events of the book of Judges. If you’ve read Judges, you know parts of it are icky. People are into all sorts of sin and continually turning their back on the Lord. However, God, in His graciousness, takes the time to have someone write out for us this short, sweet, little love story found in the book of Ruth. And, knowing God, he probably has something more for me to get out of this study that just the girl gets the boy and lives happily ever after.

Gotta go . . . we’re going to the zoo today!