My Life as Mama Jodi

I need to look at the coffee makers tomorrow when I head out to get groceries, ours is dieing a slow death. I don’t know if it will even work in the morning. This won’t be good for my hubby. Today it took just about 20 minutes to brew a 4 cup pot of coffee. While I am not a coffee drinker, I love to look at all the new styles out there. I would like to get him one that has a timer on it, so I can set it the night before and not have to rush down to get it going in the morning. Anything to make my mornings a little less hectic is a plus. Why is it that things always start to break right before the holidays?

Appetizer
What is your favorite carnival/amusement park ride? I like the ferris wheel

Soup
How do you react in uncomfortable social situations? I try to just be myself and pray the situation ends soon.

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy discussing deep, philosophical topics? 6 or so.

Main Course
Did you get a flu shot this year? If not, do you plan to? Nope. The last time I got one I got really, really sick, so never again!

Dessert
Approximately how many hours per week do you spend watching television? way to much

My turn for our garage to be broken into.  All 3 bikes were stolen last night!

In the 11 years living here, we have never had a lock on our garage door (side door, the big door, is jimmy rigged shut/locked), and nothing has ever been taken… EVER. Just 2 weeks ago hubby and FIL put on a new side door with a lock and now this happens. Granted Trent forgot to lock it, but the damn thing was shut!

I am so pissed. They were there as of 5pm last night, as Trent went to ride his bike for a bit yesterday after school. I called and reported it to the cops, they came out and took a report, not much they can do, as the bikes weren’t worth much, and can’t turn it into our home owners as they didn’t cost us more than our deductible.

This just sucks. So much for saving up for a new camera… I am going to have to save up for at least 2 bikes for John/Trent as they ride theirs more than I ride mine.

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…will it ever end? Probably not. No matter what I do, the weight creeps back on. I have tried limiting my calories, use supplements, shakes and even diet pills, but nothing seems to work. I am not much into exercising, but I am thinking this might be my next move. I want to lose these last 10 pounds once and for all! I have so many clothes tucked away in my closet just waiting to be worn. I will be ready for swimsuit season!

… digital picture frame. I have been hearing lots about digital frames lately. I want a few of them! You can choose from either a 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15 inch frames. They have built in speakers, MP3 music for background sound… so how cool is that? This would make a great gift for grandparents! I like how easy it is transfer your pictures from camera to frame, my mother in law could handle this!

So if you are looking for a unique gift, why not get a digtal frame for a loved one this holiday season. Ordering online is getting easier and easier to do, this site even offers paypal as an option for payments, I like that!

Christmas is less than a month away! We are trying to decide on either a mp3 player or an iPod Shuffle to get Trent for Christmas. I had mentioned to my hubby that I would get him an iPod so he could download the music he likes, as he is always complaining about what the radio stations play. In doing this, Trent pipes up that he wants one so when he is out running for Cross Country he can listen to music. So I have been browsing sites, getting info on both to see which item I want to get him. This will be his big ticket item for Christmas. We have told friends and relatives to get him itunes gift cards to go with this. Decisions, decisions!

I got this from Annie’s blog.

TEN THINGS I DID THIS WEEKEND
1. Went to a craft show.
2. Went on a date with my hubby.
3. Went to church.
4. Figured out my Christmas cards.
5. Watched a movie with my youngest.
6. Took a nap.
7. Made Breakfast for the guys.
8. Made my own turkey dinner.
9. Cleaned the bathroom.
10. Crocheted some kitchen towel toppers!!

9 things on my agenda this week:
1. Get the Christmas stuff brought up from the basement.
2. Put up Christmas tree.
3. Return a few items.
4. Laundry.
5. Go to the bank.
6. Do some bloggin
7. Scrapbook
8. Knitting.
9. Clean the house.

8 shows I’ve watched (last week):
1. Survivor
2. Amazing Race
3. Biggest Loser
4. Dancing with the Stars
5. The Bachelor
6. Live with Regis and Kelly
7. Judge Judy
8. Paula Deen

7 things I cooked last week:
1. Green bean casserole
2. sweet taters
3. turkey
4. dressing
5. gravy
6. mashed taters
7. cinnamon rolls

6 things I read this week
1. bible
2. email
3. Going Home by Wanda E. Brunstetter
4. Woman’s World
5. The Grand Rapids Press
6. Church bulletin

5 Reasons to be happy today (in no particular order)
1. payday
2. Christmas music is playing on the radio
3. God loves me.
4. my son is home
5. I have great friends.

4 things I need to buy:
1. Christmas wreath
2. and ornament for an exchange I am in
3. hubby’s Christmas present
4. a drink from Beaner’s!

3 people I saw this weekend:
1. Robyn
2. Cohen
3. Aden

2 things I am thankful for right now:
1. God’s love and forgiveness.
2. that my son came home

If you haven’t done this yet, consider yourself tagged! (If you do it, please let me know.

… market research on items you are wanting to buy. My hubby will surf the internet for hours until he decides on which type of wood he wants to use for the latest guitar he is building. I know the one wood he is forbidden to purchase tho, Cocobolo. He is allergic to this, we found out the hard way too! He broke out into this awful rash on his arms the spread up to this neck. He scratched so much I thought he might start bleeding. We went through lots of Benedryl.

It’s Monday again. Time to get your menus planned. Stop on over at Laura’s and see if you can find some tasty new ideas for dinner.

Sunday ~ homemade macaroni and cheese, green beans and rolls

Monday ~ spaghetti and garlic bread

Tuesday ~ pork chops, mashed taters/gravy, corn and rolls

Wednesday ~ leftovers from above meals

Thursday ~ pizza

Friday ~ chips and cheese deluxe (with tomates/lettuce/sour cream)