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Schooling two active boys has never been more... interesting. That's the word I'm looking for! I love my boys! God has given them the blessing of strong, active bodies and minds. We continually pray the first will remain intact, and the second will remain engaged with Him first, and then the school work. You'll meet my sweet sons, both entirely different, but both loving God to the best of their ability in the way He made them. I lovingly refer to them as my Bell Pepper Boy and my Habanero or Hambone. That should say it all! This blog is an eclectic mix. The events, conversations, and the thoughts behind it all will be in here. Every once in a while I'll try to capture something I don't want to forget. I hope you find things you enjoy. Please let me know if you do! Blessings!




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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
A Blessing and "The Wonderful Things About My Husband"

Posted in Wife Things
I was talking out loud this morning, I guess. Dearest husband overheard me say I didn't know what to write about this morning. He, of course, was more than willing to suggest a solution to my little problem.

"Write about your journey to finding a television, and then write about the wonderful things about your husband," he suggested.

So, here we go friends. . .

Many of you know that we've had some interesting little "challenges" in the last month or so. We are currently celebrating a dry basement. *grin*  This left our other little issue: a dying television in the middle of American Idol 7. (I apologize to those of you who are TV-Free or AI-Free zones. We've never made it to that point as a family.) We were seeing David Archuletta in lovely shades of green...and the numbers at the bottom of the screen were unreadable. We knew the television wouldn't change the talent, song choice, or Simon, but we had to do something! *lol*

My normal response to such things is to check the stores. One nano-second later I realized we weren't going to be buying a new television with the prices. So, a used one it would be. I always check the Free-Cycle-like lists, but there wasn't anything there. I resorted to Craigslist next. There I found two things: people selling televisions very cheaply for a reason and people selling very expensive televisions for a reason.  *sigh*

After contacting a few people with decent listings in our price range that were pretty far away, one popped up. I was shocked! It was bigger than anything I had seen, a good television, and less expensive than anything I had thought about. (I checked reviews on a used television...that will make some of you laugh.)

Yay, God!!!! We picked up a 36" flat screen tube television a couple hours later from three minutes away!!! It's only two years old, and it was pretty cheap!
And there was much rejoicing!  (Insert British accent here.)

Now, as to the wonderful things about my husband. . .

He was the super spouse who was on the receiving end of all my carbon-copied e-mails, ponderings, almost-deals, cancellations, and scheduled time to look at a television. He did not complain. He went to look at it on a break, loaded the behemoth technology in the car, brought it home, and hooked it up. (And it WORKED!)

My husband is awesome! Even when I am hair-brained and half-baked, he manages to roll with it and pull off the near impossible: show me love, honor, respect, and physical strength! Thanks to God for giving me a man who is so wonderful!

He's just so wonderful!  :')

And, God is soooooo good!

Now, I wonder what the kids' games would look like on a screen that size. Hmmm. Lego StarWars might be interesting...and there are no boys here right now. *Imagines huge explosions!*
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Sawickis
Congrats on your new TV.

We are a TV watching family too. We have a big screen TV that started dancing a couple of months ago. Unfortunately we didn't really have the money to get it fixed. So right now it sits like a giant statue waiting to be fixed.

A relative did give us an oh so small TV (at least in comparison to the enormous size of the other one.) And we are happy to use it for now.

Oh, and we do watch American Idol whenever we are home and it is on.

*Kristie*
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - Hooray!

Posted by Anonymous
I know I'm not the only one who watches. ;') (Where's Kellieann?)

I love to watch AI once it's past all the really rude stuff in the beginning. Poor sports have always annoyed me, ever since I began playing sports forever ago. Why they have to throw tantrums is beyond me...other than it makes "good" television. I wait for Hollywood, usually.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by JADsmama3
LOL! Yes, the Lord is awesome..He provides everything we need. (even a TV...we aren't TVless either...but we try to only allow the kids to watch videos since we haven't found much "wholesome" things on regular programming...my dh and I, though, watch TruTV or Oxygen after the kids go to bed (for Snapped! Cops. Forensic Files ...I have issues, I know LOL) I am so glad you found a good TV for a decent price. And 3 minutes away, who would have known?!?!?! :0) Blessings
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by lahbluebonnet
That's wonderful! We have a perfectly good smaller one sitting in the garage that dh insists on selling, but no one wants it!
Blessings,
Laurie
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by kimalita
LOL on your wonderful story telling ability! You made me smile!! We too are AI watchers! So glad the Lord blessed you with a good one!

And praise the Lord for a wonderful hubby! Aren't we blessed to have men like ours?! Hmmmm I wonder if mine is on his way, I miss him more today --- and reading your sweet comments about your dh reminded me that I was missing him!! :))

And that green forest in a small container....whoo weee, gonna be fun sorting through all those vines for the ripened 'maters!
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by CrossView
They both sound like great deals! LOL!
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by lcourtneymom
Yea!!! for a new tv, and for husbands that put up with us. :-)
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Saturday, April 19, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by ilovemy3angelbabies
COOL deal! We have a wide screen too. It was so funny the first time Kiddo went from small-to-big screen playing his video games. Mario went from being an inch tall to about six inches. Scared him to death when it came on the screen he "SCREAMED" and dropped the controller. ROFLOL

Just think how blessed you are to have not only a great hubby, but a flat screen as well. My sister would have traded her hubby to GET the bigger tv. lol

May God richly bless you and your family~
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