My Life as Mama Jodi

My hubby, who is the biggest procrastinator is now wanting to desgin our own house.  I have to laugh, as it is like pulling teeth to get him to finish up the projects he needs to in our house now so we can get it on the market.  He has only wanted to sell this house for oh lets say, 3 years.  Ey-yi-yi.

So anyways, he and Trent were busy over on the desktop designing a house on autocad while I browsed the net on the laptop and found this house:

They kept asking for my input, so I said, well this is what I want.  They just rolled their eyes at me, and said, you can’t copy someone else’s design, we have to do it ourselves.  So I said, “Well then just incorporate this design into your drawing and it will be ours, cause this is what I want!”

Will this happen, probably not, as I said, my hubby is a procrastinator! But its fun to dream.

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This week its all about high school (again)…

1. Can you sing the fight song? Uhhh… I think I can remember it.

2. Who was your favorite teacher? Mr. Woodhull, he was my account teacher, and alot of fun.

3. What was your school mascot? an Eagle

4. Did you go to the Prom? yep ~ I went with one of my guy friends, and had the best time.

5. If you could go back, would you? no

6. What do you remember most about graduation? the night before camping out on the school lawn.

7. Where were you on Senior Skip Day? at the beach with the majority of my class (we have a very small graduating class).

8. Did you have a job your senior year? yep, I worked at McDonald’s

9. Where did you go most often for lunch? the school cafeteria - we had a closed campus.

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~Designer’s Choice~~

1. My home would be in the style of? - I want a ranch style home. Like this one

2. My kind of furniture style is? - Comfy/cozy… I am not big into furniture styles

3. My floors would be covered with? - I would have carpet and tile throughout th house.

4. My landscaping would look like? lots of flowers and shrubs, kinda like the pic above. I would have some lilacs to add to the scene as well.

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1. For me a mental block is the opposite of creativity.

2. Redemption by Karen Kingsbury was the last excellent book I read.

3. I like fill-ins because they are fun!!

4. In nature I like looking at flowers.

5. I plead the 5th should win the US elections.

6. The last time I laughed with all my belly was Sunday night at Robyn’s.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to making cookies for church, tomorrow my plans include finishing up the cookies, and maybe a shopping trip with the girls and Sunday, I want to go to church and them home to veg!

Now that I am back into Pampered Chef, I want to get some custom magnets as my business cards. I have seen this done for other home base business’ and thought it was a clever idea. I need to get a new stamp so I can stamp all my catalogs and order forms to save me time and writers cramp.

I love that Vista print dot com has awesome deals, or free items, and that you only have to pay for shipping. I have a lot of things I want to get from this company. You can get so many cool things from this website. I will be all set for a small fee, business cards (on magnets), pens, note paper, thank you notes, stationary, return address labels. You can even get clothing and hats with your own designs on them.

So if you are looking for a great company to get some business supplies, head on over to vista print dot com. You won’t be disappointed in anything you purchase. I know that I have been pleased in the past and will continue to do business with this company.

I am off to make some purchases of my own.  Happy Shopping!

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It’s that time a week again! Know and Tell Friday. Here are the questions!

1. What achievement are you most proud of? My relationship with my hubby, while we have been married for 12 years, we have been together for almost 18 years this November.

2. Do you like your spouse’s/significant other’s name? John ~ yep

3. What is the most unique name you’ve ever heard a person have? Asher

4. Which would you rather be: divinely beautiful, dazzlingly clever, or angelically good? (From Anne of Green Gables!) Divinely beautiful

5. What is it about your wardrobe that is your trademark, uniquely you? anything purple and that is comfy/casual

6. Which is worse: no tv or no music? no music for sure. I could *gasp* live without my TV, but couldn’t without my music.

7. You’re stranded on a deserted island and you can have with you: 1 friend or family member, 1 item from your kitchen and 1 public figure (politician/actor/author). Who/what would you choose? I would have to have my hubby, a ton of the individual packets of the Crystal Light to go, and Karen Kingsbury so she can keep me entertained with any books she dreams up.

What a scary situation for everyone at the hospital and surrounding area this morning. The following article is from WZZM 13 website:

Grand Rapids - A news conference was held this afternoon to discuss the details of a helicopter crash at Spectrum Butterworth. It happened a little after 11:08 a.m.

Matt VanVranken, President of Spectrum Health, confirms the helicopter crashed on the helipad located on the 11th floor of the hospital. VanVranken says there was a pilot and one passenger on board when the helicopter crashed on the helipad. They were able to escape before the helicopter caught on fire. The FAA says the helicopter was on a training mission, practicing approaches to the hospital.

An eyewitness said the helicopter landed, then lifted off and got to about 100 feet. According to the witness, it looked like the rear rotor clipped an antenna and the helicopter crashed down onto the helipad and rolled on its side. There is not much left of the helicopter.

Patients and staff have been evacuated from the top floors of the hospital. Those who were on the 8th floor or below are now back in their rooms. Surgeries scheduled today have been postponed and ambulances were the only vehicles given access to the hospital. At one point, there was a loss of power. But it has since been restored.

Emergency crews are responding from all across the city. Some of the main roads around the hospital are being re-opened. The Grand Rapids Police Department reports that some side roads will remain closed to allow investigators to search for debris.

Spectrum Health Emergency is closed. All emergencies are being routed to St. Mary’s Hospital.

This scene isn’t to far from my house.

Thankfully there were no fatalities from this accident.

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Trista over at The Pumpkin Patch has started a Tasty Thursday meme that I think is a great idea! Now grab the button and share one of your “Tried and True” recipes with us.

Broccoli Tortellini Salad
4 cups broccoli florets
2 pkgs (9 oz) refrigerated cheese tortellini
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
3 TBSP sugar
1 TBSP cider vinegar
5 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
1/4 cup unsalted sunflower kernels

Preparation
In a large saucepan, cook broccoli in 6 cups boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain immediately rince in cold water. In same saucepan, cook tortellini according to package directions. Drain and immediately rinse in cold water. In a large bowl, combine the red onion, raisins, broccoli and tortellini. Combine the mayonise, sugar and vinegar. Pour over tortellini mixture: toss to coat. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, stir in the bacon and sunflower kernels.

I had an awesome time with my friend Shannon on Saturday with our trip to Amish Country. She introduced me to her pen pal, V. She is really nice. We toured the country sides, snapping pictures left and right. I took over 100 pictures. There were these two cute little boys, that had the rounded faces that we saw walking to the road, to make their way some where. You will see them in the slide show that will follow this post.

We got the opportunity to sit in one of the buggies, now we are itching to get our chance to actually ride in one! Just visiting for the day, made all the books I have read, come to life, per say. We would love to visit again, on a Sunday when it is their church day, just to see all the buggies in one place. I was amazed at how many school houses they had in such a small area, and at one we had to chuckle when we saw the outhouse, they had it in one huge one with two door, marked “girls, boys”.

I am waiting for her to find me a pen pal to write to. Oh Shannon…. step on it *wink*.

Enjoy the slide show.