Things you didn't know about me....

1. I don't eat anything that swims. I think it's the smell and texture. And yes, I have tried sea food on multiple occasions because my husband loves it and begs me to. Even very expensive lobster dipped in butter is ewww to me. My husband thinks it tastes like heaven. Opposites sure attract don't they.

2. I love learning about mummy's , burial customs, and ancient Egyptians traditions. As a kid I remember one year in elementary school going over Egyptian History. I was mesmerized! One of my favorite movies is The Mummy I and II. Did y'all hear King Tut's mummified body was found and is now in display in Ciro Egypt!? How cool! I would love to go tour a pyramid someday. Random I know.

3. I love airports. Probably because I was seriously considering being a flight attendant before I met Matt. (have you ever seen "View from the Top" with Gweneth Paltro? Loved it. ) Since I don't get to fly a lot, I often volunteer to pick people up and drop them off because I love just being there. It reminds me of my honeymoon and when Matt and I went to Vegas for our first anniversary. I love to travel but don't really have the money to do it a lot. When I do get a chance to, it's like the biggest deal ever. I can't sleep for days before hand because I'm so excited...

4. I eat while I grocery shop. Ya, I'm one of those shoppers who snacks on food before it's actually paid for! Hehe! Not everything, just a few crackers or a handful of chips etc. It's because I always go after a long day at work and I'm so hungry I can't help it.

I need to think of some more....

$ 737,000

So today during surgery I heard on the radio that Britney Spears earns $ 737,000 monthly. Everyone in the room was talking about what they would do with that kind of money. One doc said he would buy an island in the Bahamas, another doc said he already had one (what!!) so he would buy a castle in Europe or something. I was just thinking what I would do with that much money.

This is what I would seriously do if I got $ 737,000 for some strange reason...
1) I would buy a nice, well-made house big enough to have plenty of family over for holidays and big enough for my children to have their own room, probably with a gigantic kitchen (with a island) a pool and a movie/media room for Matt to watch Lord of the Rings.

2) I would buy my parents and my mother-in-law each a comfortable house as well. (but across town...mama didn't raise no fool)

3) I would give at least $50,000 to my church and I would send my wonderful, humble pastor and his wife on a fantastic vacation where ever they want to go to say thank you for being such a great pastor for 23+ yrs.

4. Matt would definitely invest some money into some stock or something that I know nothing about.

5. Matt and I would go on a big group vacation and pay all our friends way to go (first class) to Europe or something.

After that, I got nothin'.

Side Note:
Even though I can think of all these great things I would want, I would NEVER want to be so filthy rich. Don't get me wrong, it definitely helps when you make a good living but geez. Look at those peoples lives, how unhappy and never satisfied they are. I have really worked on trying to be content with what I have! I would LOVE to be in a house right now, but God has provided a great apartment in a nice location and two new cars that are reliable...I really have nothing to wine about and am learning to be thankful always.

Weekend Rush

So weekends are supposed to be our break from a busy week. Well, we Americans cram all we can into Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday! Then we need a break from the weekend but instead we start everything over again on Monday. This weekend is our womens retreat at church. I'm excited but sometimes I need to just sit and do nothing all weekend. It's tonight and all day on Saturday. I have a ton of laundry and need to wash my car and do some Christmas list making. Oh well. It will have to wait. The weeks go by so fast now. Before I know it, its gonna be mid-November. Crazy. And I think my life is busy....I don't even have kids yet.

My weekend schedule: Friday 5-10 Women Retreat
Saturday 10-5 Womens Retreat
5-10 Make Dinner, laundry, prepare Sunday school lesson,
start scrapbooking christmas gift for mom, spend quality time with Hubby
Sunday 9-12:30 Church
12:30-2 Fellowship over lunch with friends
4:00 -6 Family get-together
6-10 Young Life Planning Meeting/Cowboy game

Ode to the Camera

Well, I have some sad news.... my beloved digital camera that I bring with me everywhere I go has disappeared. I had it at D-Now with a disc full of D-now pictures and now it's no where to be found. I don't know how many times in the past week I have really needed to take a picture of something and couldn't. Matt and I tore up our apartment and both cars looking for it. We figured it would turn up but it's been two weeks and no sign of it.... The worst part is I am not going to be able to add any pictures to my blog, my space or facebook accounts for a while which KILLS me! Hopefully I can figure out a way to get a new camera for Christmas but that's a long time to go without a camera especially for me. Someone out there who found my camera and now has all my D-Now pictures on disc. My cameras battery's were dead because I used it so much so anyone who stole or found my camera can't even use it. I have the base that it sits in to recharge itself. I am depressed. I would take a picture of me looking depressed and put it up if I only had a camera.

Mansfield Bible Church D-Now 2007

2002 D-Now with my girls:



Matt I and Brandon the "pre-lauren" years...hehe.

2007 D-Now:



2007 Theme:

Babies Babies Everywhere!

Jennifer had her baby! Josiah was born on October 15th via emergency c-section!!!!!!



Skyler was born Sept 22nd!


Korin was born October 17th! I don't have a pic yet...

Christmas

So Christmas is only 2 months away!!!!!! My favorite season. I bought hot chocolate (with extra marshmellows) since a cold front hit. I can't wait to decorate for the holidays! The only downfall is this year we don't have a fireplace with makes me really sad. We had a fire all the time last year during the cold months. It was so romantic and cozy. This apartment does not have one and I am definately going to miss it. I grew up with one. My dad gave us the "talk" about how to build the perfect fire and all the different ways to arrange the wood. It was a right of passage to build fires in the Gorrell household. We used to always fight over who got to light the fire. When Matt and I buy a house that will be a requirement.