My Life as Mama Jodi

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WEEK IN REVIEW

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Week’s Weather It was rainy most of the week, and very gloomy.

Sunday Sermon “Time - Luke 12:13-30
To
Invest
Myself
Eternally

Life lessons Keep pressing in.

Favorite Meal(s) grilled cheese and tomato soup

Treasured Moment(s) Spending some time with the ladies from church.

Simple Pleasures Hot cocoa made with love by Trent

Talked with Robyn, Leona, Kali, Brianna, Betsy and Chris

Impacting News

World

National .

Local Studio 28 is closing.

Personal

Things I Read I am in between books right now

Movies We Watched no movies this week

Interesting Internet myspace and facebook - Trent now has accounts, so I am showing him different things

Places We Went The usual, grocery store, school, church… it was a boring week this week

Budget Savers/Busters Savers - GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its down to $1.86

Blessings My family and friends

Challenges

Accomplishments Finished my scarf, did a towel topper

Family Happenings not much going on

Tried Something New

Photos
Some appetizers that were made in my cooking class yesterday

artichoke dip, stuffed mushrooms, spinach roll ups, apricot/cranberry brie cheese pastry

crab dip

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Week’s Weather We had some really nice weather last week, our “Indian Summer”.

Sunday Sermon  John 4:30-38 Its time for a harvest.

Life lessons Don’t sweat the small things.

Favorite Meal(s) fajitas and rice

Treasured Moment(s)  Vegging with my hubby to some old movies.

Simple Pleasures  Holding a new baby girl

Talked with Robyn, Cary, Cari, Tina, & Shannon

Impacting News

World

National We elected a new president.

Local

Personal

Things I Read  I finished the Twilight books

Movies We Watched   I watched some old Clint Eastwood movies with my hubby this week.

Interesting Internet  just the same ole sites

Places We Went  school, the hospital to see a new baby

Budget Savers/Busters  Savers - GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are down to $1.98, I am soooooo thankful! Its nice filling up the tank for lest than $50!!

Blessings  My family and friends

Challenges  coding

Accomplishments figuring out some of the coding (still have a long way to go!)

Family Happenings  not much going on

Tried Something New

Photos
Me with my friends new baby girl

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WEEK IN REVIEW

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Week’s Weather  The week started off cold and rainy, but ended with some beautiful fall weather!

Sunday Sermon I have nursery duty, so I will be missing the sermon this week

Life lessons In the end you know who is loyal.

Favorite Meal(s) Chicken, mashed taters/gravy, cole slaw and rolls

Treasured Moment(s)  Devotion time with my hubby

Simple Pleasures Curling up with a good book.

Talked with Robyn, Erica, Tina, Shannon

Impacting News I am not paying attention to the news lately…. I can’t take all the election stuff, so I keep the news stations off.

World

National

Local

Personal

Things I Read  I am engrossed in the Twilight books! I am on book 3.

Movies We Watched   none this week

Interesting Internet  just my usual online hangouts

Places We Went  no place special this week

Budget Savers/Busters  Gas is now down to $2.33! The Salvation Army was my saver! I got 10 pieces of clothing for $5.19 (lots of sweaters!!) I did some Christmas shopping via my points from National City (bank) and from mypoints.com, I got lots of gift cards, and they didn’t cost me a penny!! I am saving us $230!! So cool!

Blessings  family and friends

Challenges  figuring out upgrades with a friend

Accomplishments doing the upgrades with a friend

Family Happenings

Tried Something New

Photos Halloween photos
Trent as a zombie

Cohen as a bat

Aden as a pirate

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Week’s Weather Our weather for last week. Cold and rainy (again).

Sunday Sermon “Fruit” Matthew 7:13-29.   Our Assoc. Pastor talked on this this week.  He used an orchard as an example, how the farmer has to prune his trees to get them to continue to produce good fruit.   God is continually pruning us.

Life lessons Don’t take your loved ones for granted.

Favorite Meal(s) steak, baked tater, corn and rolls

Treasured Moment(s) Going to a movie with my hubby this weekend.

Simple Pleasures Shopping with friends

Talked with  Robyn, Erica, Becki, Shannon, Tara, Anna, and Darci

Impacting News

World

Personal

Things I Read Twilight and Growing Pains (Kirk Cameron)

Movies We Watched  Fireproof - excellent movie!

Interesting Internet

Places We Went Holland for Trent’s last soccer game, Wal-Mart, Qudoba

Budget Savers/Busters Savers ~ Gas is finally more bearable for me; Christopher has been bringing home lots of meat from work, either free, of discounted greatly! This has saved me lots on my grocery bill! Busters ~ John needed to get a sway bar for his car, that now has us set back a bit, thankfully he knows a thing a two about cars and was able to do this work himself… so this saved us tons! *whew*

Blessings family and friends

Challenges none this week

Accomplishments Finished some more hats

Family Happenings 

Tried Something New Qudoba - never been there, it was pretty good!

Photos  Took some pics of Trent, and a friends children. A few hats (I forgot to take one of the Detroit Tigers one… waiting on the one my friend will take with her little boy wearing it.

Trent

Chain Chomp hat (from the game Mario)

My friends children

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Week’s Weather It wasn’t a bad week, cool in the mornings, warming up some in the afternoons.

Sunday Sermon Jeremiah 29:11,12.

Life lessons Take it one day at a time.

Favorite Meal(s) baked ziti, garlic bread and a salad

Treasured Moment(s) Going to the apple orchard.

Simple Pleasures Sunday afternoon naps

Talked with Robyn

Impacting News

World

Personal

Things I Read When the Soul Mends by Cindy Woodsmall (finished this), started “Twilight”

Movies We Watched The Happening and Cleaner

Interesting Internet facebook… found some cousins on there

Places We Went Trent’s soccer game, & Under the Pines for apples

Budget Savers/Busters Gas! We are dropping!!! It didn’t cost me an arm and a leg to fill up this week!

Blessings family and friends

Challenges

Accomplishments finished some really cute hats this week

Family Happenings

Tried Something New

Photos Some of the hats I finished this week
The pumpkin hat

Gooma hat (from the Mario game)

Trent’s Michigan hat

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Week’s Weather We started out on the cool side, but ended up with a very nice weekend!

Sunday Sermon Today we had a special pre-concert with Pam Thum and Steven Marshall. We then had our chili cook off - harvest celebration. I am hoping my chili wins! We find out next week.

Life lessons

Favorite Meal(s) my chili from today

Treasured Moment(s) Seeing the joy on Trent’s face when they won their soccer game.

Simple Pleasures Sunday afternoon naps

Talked with Robyn

Impacting News

World

Personal

Things I Read When the Soul Mends by Cindy Woodsmall

Movies We Watched no movies this week

Interesting Internet

Places We Went Trent’s soccer game, and McD’s for lunch with Robyn

Budget Savers/Busters Gas! We are dropping!!! It didn’t cost me an arm and a leg to fill up this week!

Blessings family and friends

Challenges

Accomplishments

Family Happenings Trent’s team won another soccer game!

Tried Something New

Photos Trent at our Harvest Celebration at church

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Week’s Weather Our weather for last week. Cold and rainy.

Sunday Sermon I had nursery duty today.

Life lessons Grin and bear it.

Favorite Meal(s) ravioli from Olive Garden

Treasured Moment(s) Spending time with friends at the baby shower.

Simple Pleasures Sipping on hot caramel apple cider from Biggby’s

Talked with  Robyn, Kellie, Tina

Impacting News

World Al-Qaida: US Economy Crisis Equals Muslim Vict

Personal

Things I Read The Longing by Beverly Lewis

Movies We Watched  no movies this week

Interesting Internet 

Places We Went Target

Budget Savers/Busters Gas, it is starting to come down, but not fast enough for me.. we are still at $3.57.

Blessings family and friends

Challenges

Accomplishments Finished the dishcloths and towel toppers for the shower gift.

Family Happenings  Trent won his first soccer game!!!

Tried Something New not that I can think of

Photos  Baby shower fun
Cari ~ mom to be

The yummy cake!!

Jen

Sherry

Erica and Robyn

Cari and I

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Week’s Weather We had gorgeous weather this week. The days started out cool, then warmed up in the afternoon. The cooler weather is coming tho…

Sunday Sermon I didn’t go this week, as I had company from out of town.

Life lessons Take time to smell the roses!

Favorite Meal(s) Grilled pork chops, mashed taters/gravy, corn and rolls

Treasured Moment(s) Spending the weekend with Debbie, her daughter and grand daughter.

Simple Pleasures Getting a voicemail from my hubby saying he misses me.

Talked with Debbie

Impacting News

World China Tainted Milk Crisis Hits More Global Companies

National FBI Investigating Companies at Heart of Meltdown, Senate Passes Big Spending Bill (not the bail out one either), Lawmakers Cite Progress on Bail Out Talks

Local Grand Rapids Race For the Cure Exceeds Goal, High School Trying to Cope with Murder of Student

Personal My long time friend Debbie came out for a visit this weekend.

Things I Read The Longing by Beverly Lewis. I just started this book last night, and am half way through it. I love her books!

Movies We Watched No movies this week. I do want to go see Fireproof tho!

Interesting Internet Just my usual, mom message boards, facebook, myspace, blogging, game playing…

Places We Went Binder Park Zoo

Budget Savers/Busters Busters - gas, but thankfully its coming down in price!! I hope it continues to drop!! ~ Savers - garage sales, found a toy organizer for $20, 8 Little Golden books for $2, and a cute doll for $3. I am slowly getting my daycare area back in an organized order.

Blessings Family and Friends

Challenges Getting through to the State, so I can get my direct deposit figured out for my daycare!

Accomplishments Completing the knitted project for the baby shower gift!

Family Happenings Trent lost his 2nd soccer game, he is bummed. We are celebrating some birthday’s later today.

Tried Something New nothing to share this week

Photos
Trent and Jewell (my friends grand daughter)

Debbie and I

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WEEK IN REVIEW

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Week’s Weather  It was a beautiful week. The mornings were a little chilly, but other than that, I didn’t complain!

Sunday Sermon  Where is God when it hurts? - Job 42:5-6, 2 Corinthians 1:3-6

Life lessons Be still and know He is God. He always come through right on time!

Favorite Meal(s)  Chili, corn bread and apple crisp

Treasured Moment(s) Spending time with some precious ladies from church yesterday at our cooking class.

Simple Pleasures  Laughing with friends until it hurts…

Talked with Robyn and Cary

Impacting News

World

National

Local

Personal I reopened my daycare and have 2 new kids starting tomorrow!

Things I Read  White Christmas Pie by Wanda Brunstetter

Movies We Watched  No movies this week

Interesting Internet  I found this site called Birth Verse that was neat, check it out

Places We Went  The mall, Wal-mart and Target

Budget Savers/Busters Buster - is still the gas. Savers - garage sales.. found a stroller for $3

Blessings  God’s timing

Challenges

Accomplishments  I finished a knitting project, not liking the end result, but it will do I hope.

Family Happenings  Trent has his first soccer game, they lost.

Tried Something New I tried to understand how to play soccer…. I was so lost!

Photos  Just a few of Trent

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WEEK IN REVIEW

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Week’s Weather It rained most of the week and was very muggy.

Sunday Sermon “Generousity” - Genesis 24:10-33

Life lessons Live for today, as tomorrow may never come.

Favorite Meal(s) Steak, red skin cheesy potatoes, corn and corn bread

Treasured Moment(s) spending some time with John after his very long work week

Simple Pleasures  my kitty curled up on my lap

Talked with Robyn mostly this week

Impacting News

World

National  Ike pounds Texas

Local  Parts of West Michigan Flood After Nearly 24 Hours of Rain

Personal

Things I Read  Where the Heart Leads by Kim Vogel Sawyer

Movies We Watched Ace of Hearts never heard about this movie, but had to rent it as it had Dean Cain in it. It was a very good family movie!!!

Interesting Internet facebook, I am getting addicted again to some of the apps they have on there, but I don’t like the new format of facebook, I want the old back!!

Places We Went  school, the gym, grocery store and church

Budget Savers/Busters gas is still our buster, no saver this week

Blessings  my family and friends

Challenges trying to keep the basement from flooding

Accomplishments I figured out the directions to a knitting pattern, and just about have the purse done!!

Family Happenings Trent will be having his first soccer game soon!

Tried Something New

Photos
Took some pics of my friends little boy this week