Mindy's Non-Adventures

     Morale is improving over all. School is haltingly improving. Thanksgiving was great. It was my first time doing the whole shebang by myself, and I did a pretty awesome job if I do say so myself. We had 12 people total in our little apartment, and it was fun. I don't know if we'll do this every year, but we'll at least start making more of an effort to have people over for dinner. It's one thing I've been wanting to do more of but just haven't.  We also made it to Greenville for part of the holiday weekend. We saw family, played games with friends, and had a really great weekend.       Finally, on Sunday I was able to watch my oldest son be baptized. It's something he's been pushing for months, and I admit I'm the one that kept putting it off. I suppose my personal experience clouded my judgment, and I didn't want him to rush into anything.  It's so common in church circles for kids to want to get baptized for any number of rea...

I thought it would be fun to look through my old facebook notes and resurrect my favorites. Here are my top two! This first one is from June 2010, about a month before we found out about Mr. Inc's new job that required us to sell the house and move. Excellent timing for a forced remodel if I do say so myself! If You Give a Mom a Leaky Bathroom If you give a mom a leaky bathroom, she'll have to redo the floor. With new tile. When she's picking out the tile she'll realize the tile will not match the current sink so she'll buy a beautiful new pedestal sink. After installing the sink she'll notice that the wall mirror is too big for the smaller pedestal sink so she'll shop for a more decorative mirror. Looking in the reflection of the new, decorative mirror, she'll see the walls are bare so she'll search for classic, decorative pieces to go on the wall. While shopping for the wall decor, she will be dismayed to remember her towels wi...

    We've had a busy couple of weeks. Last week we did a Breakfast on the Go event which basically means we get up at 5:30am to hand out breakfast to residents as they go to work. We gave out 48 breakfasts in an hour! Then this past Saturday we had a chili cook-off that actually went very well! Of course, Miss Firecracker picked someone else's chili as her favorite. She has no sense of loyalty.  We also made about 20 visits to residents complete with fresh baked cookies for half of them.  Finally, we're hosting an oyster roast this Saturday.  Once you throw in delivering flyers for the chili cook-off and the oyster roast, you can see we've had a lot going on.     In the midst of all this, we're still supposed to be doing school. I personally haven't been feeling good about the progress we've been making. Not because we're not doing work or because Mr. Logical isn't learning, but because I see that we need more consistency. With all the LIFE ...

These are the precious gems of words that my family has bestowed upon me over the last two days. I'm saving them here so that I can blackmail...I mean so that I can embarrass them...I mean so that I can look back fondly at the sweet things they say.   And yes, they're all in different colors because it's just more fun that way! Miss Firecracker at the dinner table- "I CAN READ MY OWN MIND!"   (Miss F always speaks in ALL CAPS!) Mr. Logical- "Did you and your sister fight more when you watched too much TV when you were little? Did you even HAVE TV when you were little?"    *Good grief! I'm only 30. I'm not ancient! Best Baby Ever- "Balloooooon!" Mr. Incredible- As we were handing out breakfasts this morning for our Breakfast on the Go event, Mr. Inc apparently had epic movies on his mind because this is what he said as he gave someone their bag. "I hope it serves you well." Um....okay. It's just a bagged breakf...

     We've decided to continue the trend of changing everything in our lives by making another BIG decision. This year alone we've already sold a house, started a new job (kind of) with being a CARES Team, moved to a new city, moved again, and I've flown halfway around the world and back. So why not shake things up a little more, right? Honestly, it's been a month since anything major has happened. Something must be wrong!       In all seriousness, here it is. We are not going to our family Thanksgiving. There. I said it. It's on my blog so we can't change our minds.  In the south, family holidays are sacred. You just don't miss them. But this year, we are. We've decided instead to stay in Charleston and invite some friends into our home that can't go home to their families this year. We've met quite a few people that have moved here recently from all over the country, and it just seems like the right thing to do. I've actually been thinking...