I have just been informed that there is a correction to a previous post that needs to be made.
Please refer to the Happy Sunday post.
The time that was posted for Nathan's popcorn panic run was 34.04 NOT 34.34.
Please accept my apology. I have been told that this is a BIG mistake.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
visiter in town!
We have had a visiter in town all week...my mom!!! She came up last weekend for the popcorn panic and decided to stay for a while. It sure has been fun having here her!!
I woke up this morning really hoping it was Friday! For some reason it has been a long and exhausting week. School has been long but for the most part the kids are FINALLY getting into the flow of things. Well, except for one poor little guy who I found wandering outside of the school yesterday morning. When I asked him who or what he was looking for he said 'Mrs. Taulman, I can't find my class.' It took everything I had not to laugh. I simply said 'Teddy, maybe we should start by looking inside the building.' He agreed so on we went to find his class.
Yesterday mom and I had fun after school getting our toenails done(although the lady put on the wrong color on my toes) and doing a little TJMax shopping. I have had my eye on this print and yesterday to my surprise it was on sale so I picked up that and they had a great deal on a purse I liked so that was a must too! Nathan got socks :) We finished off the night with dinner at Houlihans.
Tonight when Nathan gets home from work we are going to make homemade pizza, watch a movie and enjoy some popcorn. I am not sure how much of the movie I will make it though but it will be nice to just relax and spend time with my hubby.
I woke up this morning really hoping it was Friday! For some reason it has been a long and exhausting week. School has been long but for the most part the kids are FINALLY getting into the flow of things. Well, except for one poor little guy who I found wandering outside of the school yesterday morning. When I asked him who or what he was looking for he said 'Mrs. Taulman, I can't find my class.' It took everything I had not to laugh. I simply said 'Teddy, maybe we should start by looking inside the building.' He agreed so on we went to find his class.
Yesterday mom and I had fun after school getting our toenails done(although the lady put on the wrong color on my toes) and doing a little TJMax shopping. I have had my eye on this print and yesterday to my surprise it was on sale so I picked up that and they had a great deal on a purse I liked so that was a must too! Nathan got socks :) We finished off the night with dinner at Houlihans.
Tonight when Nathan gets home from work we are going to make homemade pizza, watch a movie and enjoy some popcorn. I am not sure how much of the movie I will make it though but it will be nice to just relax and spend time with my hubby.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday everyone!!!
Yesterday we had a great run at the Popcorn Panic. I was sooo proud of my husband he finished the 5 mile run in 34:34 and in 75th place!!! Yes I know-He is a stud.
Mom, Gavin, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Kris, and I all ran too. Mom did the 3 mile walk and won her age group!! Great Job Mom & Nathan!!!
Today we got up this morning(Nathan went into work before church) and headed to church. We heard a great message about Thriving in tough times. Greg talked from the book of Philippians 4. There were lots of encouraging verses that he reviewed, there were three in particular that stuck with me after I left. Verses 4:4-4:6 Rejoice in the Lord, always. I say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord in near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. There are so many times that I find myself getting anxious about the future and what God has planned for us. This verse tells us it is ok to pray and be specific when we pray but we must Also to Rejoice for all of the blessings that God has given us. These are two things I am going to work hard on this week. I am looking forward to the next two weeks of this series!
After church we came home to enjoy lunch and watch the Colts(since our Boilers played last night and lost). I thought I would be a good wife and back some cookies too.
Don't they look yummy!
If you look closely at that picture you will notice that the oven says CLN. I decided to clean the oven after the cookies were finished. Well...
After a few minutes the house started to fill with a little smoke so I turned on the fan over the oven. The next thing I know...the fire alarm is going off!!!!!!!!
so much for enjoying his cookies...he is trying to figure out how to turn the alarm off!
at least we know they work :)
Have a blessed day and enjoy the beautiful weather!!!
Yesterday we had a great run at the Popcorn Panic. I was sooo proud of my husband he finished the 5 mile run in 34:34 and in 75th place!!! Yes I know-He is a stud.
Mom, Gavin, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Kris, and I all ran too. Mom did the 3 mile walk and won her age group!! Great Job Mom & Nathan!!!
Today we got up this morning(Nathan went into work before church) and headed to church. We heard a great message about Thriving in tough times. Greg talked from the book of Philippians 4. There were lots of encouraging verses that he reviewed, there were three in particular that stuck with me after I left. Verses 4:4-4:6 Rejoice in the Lord, always. I say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord in near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. There are so many times that I find myself getting anxious about the future and what God has planned for us. This verse tells us it is ok to pray and be specific when we pray but we must Also to Rejoice for all of the blessings that God has given us. These are two things I am going to work hard on this week. I am looking forward to the next two weeks of this series!
After church we came home to enjoy lunch and watch the Colts(since our Boilers played last night and lost). I thought I would be a good wife and back some cookies too.
Don't they look yummy!
If you look closely at that picture you will notice that the oven says CLN. I decided to clean the oven after the cookies were finished. Well...
After a few minutes the house started to fill with a little smoke so I turned on the fan over the oven. The next thing I know...the fire alarm is going off!!!!!!!!
so much for enjoying his cookies...he is trying to figure out how to turn the alarm off!
at least we know they work :)
Have a blessed day and enjoy the beautiful weather!!!
Friday, September 11, 2009
and now for the pictures
here are the pictures to go along with yesterdays post.
I was sharing this sweet spot with Nathan. Its where Daddy and I spent many of a lake mornings. Reading the sports page, sipping on coffee and enjoying the homemade doughnuts from the Bylers Bakery.
We are off in our little canoe paddling two by two. :) check out my paddle...its a piece of crap!
Nathan 'skinnin' the fish- YUCK!
The 'all organic' meal.It was awesome!
This is The Lake Crew! We spent many of hours on this dock. Times have changed soooo much...there are little ones in the picture now- so crazy!! Gone are the days of flashlight tag and Duran Duran.
Kelly & I before everyone got there! We were having fun with the toys.
Tim(Kelly's hubby) was opening the blinds for Heather...
hugs to the birthday girl.
my love
All of the girls that were at the party.
I was sharing this sweet spot with Nathan. Its where Daddy and I spent many of a lake mornings. Reading the sports page, sipping on coffee and enjoying the homemade doughnuts from the Bylers Bakery.
We are off in our little canoe paddling two by two. :) check out my paddle...its a piece of crap!
Nathan 'skinnin' the fish- YUCK!
The 'all organic' meal.It was awesome!
This is The Lake Crew! We spent many of hours on this dock. Times have changed soooo much...there are little ones in the picture now- so crazy!! Gone are the days of flashlight tag and Duran Duran.
Kelly & I before everyone got there! We were having fun with the toys.
Tim(Kelly's hubby) was opening the blinds for Heather...
hugs to the birthday girl.
my love
All of the girls that were at the party.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
week(end)
This post is a little over-due but I wanted to be sure to blog about our fun weekend and this is the first chance I have had.
Friday night we packed up and meet my mom at the Lake. We enjoyed Gino's pizza, a beer and a beautiful sunset to finish off the work week. Saturday the plan was to stay at the lake till around 4ish and head to Scottsburg for my friend Heathers surprise ??th birthday(I wont post how OLD she is just incase she reads this! haha.). The day was beautiful and we were enjoying relaxing and soaking up some sun. Nathan took the canoe out around noon for a little fishing trip. Well, 4 o'clock came and went and he was still out there(I have no idea how he can do that)! His little fishing trip turned into 36 fish and he decided to come back in with enough for us to have for dinner. So much for leaving by 4- we had fresh fish to eat and the sun was starting to set- we were staying the night! Man, talk about a VERY yummy and organic dinner....lets see- he paddled out, fished with night crawlers, skinned(or whatever you call it) the fish and made homemade batter. To top it off we had fresh MI peaches and homemade red raspberry pie!! Now that is what I call good home cookin'.
We got up early on Sunday and drove to my New Albany to meet up with Kelly and Tim. They were kind enough to let up stay at their VERY CUTE home for the night. The four of us got dressed up and headed to the surprise dinner.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE surprises so I was very giddy before Heather got there. Her husband had set the entire party up and did a great job. I think she had an idea that something was going on HOWEVER she never guessed her college roommate(who lives in Ohio) and Nathan & I would be there(I had told her earlier in the week that we were going to the lake!!). It was so fun- we had a great dinner and enjoyed awesome company! It made me miss southern IN.
Monday we slept in a little and then went to breakfast with Kelly & Tim. After 4 different stops we ended up at Denny's. Not my favorite(IHOP was an hour wait) however, our waitress gave us a good laugh. She randomly joined in on our conversations (a few times) and coughed into our coffee....Kelly was afraid we would get the N1H1 virus! haha
On our drive home we stopped at Nathan's mom and dads for some homemade ice cream!!! It was delicious and I am sure totally fat-free. :)
It was packed weekend full of fun memories. I took lots of pictures to show but.... my camera battery is dead so I will charge it tonight and post them tomorrow for everyones viewing enjoyment.
ps- tomorrow is friday already... YIPPEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday night we packed up and meet my mom at the Lake. We enjoyed Gino's pizza, a beer and a beautiful sunset to finish off the work week. Saturday the plan was to stay at the lake till around 4ish and head to Scottsburg for my friend Heathers surprise ??th birthday(I wont post how OLD she is just incase she reads this! haha.). The day was beautiful and we were enjoying relaxing and soaking up some sun. Nathan took the canoe out around noon for a little fishing trip. Well, 4 o'clock came and went and he was still out there(I have no idea how he can do that)! His little fishing trip turned into 36 fish and he decided to come back in with enough for us to have for dinner. So much for leaving by 4- we had fresh fish to eat and the sun was starting to set- we were staying the night! Man, talk about a VERY yummy and organic dinner....lets see- he paddled out, fished with night crawlers, skinned(or whatever you call it) the fish and made homemade batter. To top it off we had fresh MI peaches and homemade red raspberry pie!! Now that is what I call good home cookin'.
We got up early on Sunday and drove to my New Albany to meet up with Kelly and Tim. They were kind enough to let up stay at their VERY CUTE home for the night. The four of us got dressed up and headed to the surprise dinner.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE surprises so I was very giddy before Heather got there. Her husband had set the entire party up and did a great job. I think she had an idea that something was going on HOWEVER she never guessed her college roommate(who lives in Ohio) and Nathan & I would be there(I had told her earlier in the week that we were going to the lake!!). It was so fun- we had a great dinner and enjoyed awesome company! It made me miss southern IN.
Monday we slept in a little and then went to breakfast with Kelly & Tim. After 4 different stops we ended up at Denny's. Not my favorite(IHOP was an hour wait) however, our waitress gave us a good laugh. She randomly joined in on our conversations (a few times) and coughed into our coffee....Kelly was afraid we would get the N1H1 virus! haha
On our drive home we stopped at Nathan's mom and dads for some homemade ice cream!!! It was delicious and I am sure totally fat-free. :)
It was packed weekend full of fun memories. I took lots of pictures to show but.... my camera battery is dead so I will charge it tonight and post them tomorrow for everyones viewing enjoyment.
ps- tomorrow is friday already... YIPPEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, September 03, 2009
texting & driving
texting while driving... we have been hearing ALOT about it on the news and reading about it in the paper. The statistics are scary but we still do it. We do it because we think we are 'saving time' or 'I am safe about it', however that is just not true. Some things are much more important that 'saving time' and no matter how careful we are- we could just as easily be one of the statistics.
I was 'blog-hopping' and saw that Nathans basketball coach has a blog that he has designed for his basketball team called Bulldog Basketball and he recently posted to his players about the dangers of texting and driving. Nathan and I watched the youtube video that he posted and WOW! talk about a good wake-up call.
Please, if you text or chat on your phone while driving, take the 4 minutes to watch the video(just click on his link and look at his For the safety of this family link.
I also found this one that I thought was pretty powerful too. Texting and Driving.
Nathan and I have decided to make a conscious effort to stop texting when driving and using our head sets if we are talking on the phone...its for our safety and those around us. As of today no more texting and driving- maybe that could go for all of us?
I was 'blog-hopping' and saw that Nathans basketball coach has a blog that he has designed for his basketball team called Bulldog Basketball and he recently posted to his players about the dangers of texting and driving. Nathan and I watched the youtube video that he posted and WOW! talk about a good wake-up call.
Please, if you text or chat on your phone while driving, take the 4 minutes to watch the video(just click on his link and look at his For the safety of this family link.
I also found this one that I thought was pretty powerful too. Texting and Driving.
Nathan and I have decided to make a conscious effort to stop texting when driving and using our head sets if we are talking on the phone...its for our safety and those around us. As of today no more texting and driving- maybe that could go for all of us?
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
happy hump day
I am ready for the weekend...anyone else? This week in school I am doing fitness testing with all the kids and if I have to hear one more 'beep' or 'ready, begin' from some annoying woman's voice I might scream!! Thank goodness for this wonderful weather or I might just go crazy(if you ask Nathan I kind-of did last night..opps!).
There has been alot going on in the Taulman house and one of the big things is that Nathan's district got moved again and this time it is not in the best area. Its a really sucky drive(he left this morning and it took him 2 hours to get to his first store!), and its on the streets that you hear about on the Chicago news every night...needless to say I have been VERY worried about him.I know they have put him there because he is so good at what he does but I sure liked it better when he was closer to home!! I have been saying lots of prayers and I know that God will protect him -however, its still scary for his wife.
Tonight we are enjoying a night of relaxing, fish tacos, a run, and a little ESPN. T-3 days until its time to BOILER UP! get excited.
There has been alot going on in the Taulman house and one of the big things is that Nathan's district got moved again and this time it is not in the best area. Its a really sucky drive(he left this morning and it took him 2 hours to get to his first store!), and its on the streets that you hear about on the Chicago news every night...needless to say I have been VERY worried about him.I know they have put him there because he is so good at what he does but I sure liked it better when he was closer to home!! I have been saying lots of prayers and I know that God will protect him -however, its still scary for his wife.
Tonight we are enjoying a night of relaxing, fish tacos, a run, and a little ESPN. T-3 days until its time to BOILER UP! get excited.
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