Orthopedic Inserts are for 26 Year Olds

I wish I had a really cool story about how I hurt my foot. I could say "Well, I was training for another marathon..." or maybe even "I was rock climbing with my very toned arms and butt and then my foot just slipped off of the foot-holder-thing and that's how it happened!"..... but none of that is true.

Especially the toned arms and butt part.

All I know is that I was walking around like normal, and then I stood up and I was not walking normal.

True story.

Anyways, I'm not using the crutches because they are cumbersome. I did buy some super comfy Dr. Scholl's inserts for my shoes and they are rocking my world.

I've got a lot planned today. I have some business meetings this afternoon but first and foremost this morning I am going to go get myself an ever-loving pedicure and an ever-loving eyebrow wax, because, let me tell you WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE NECESSARY.

Also, I plan on stopping by Target to buy this mascara because I'm pretty sure my eyelashes will be voluminous and there will be one million of them.

They will look just like Eva Longoria's and Jennifer Lopez's from the commercials. I'll let you know how it works out.

Jen is a Hot Mess

Highlights from the last few days:

1. I went to the Emergency Room.

2. They put me on crutches.

3. They gave me pain meds.

4. The above referenced pain meds put me in a coma.

5. On the drive to New Orleans this weekend, I threw up in a Whataburger bag.

6. SINUS INFECTION.

7. I'm hobbling around.

8. Grant calls me "Gimpy".

9. I took some allergy meds.

10. The above referenced allergy meds made me really snippy and mean.

I'M A MESS.

Quotable

"Lieutenant Dan, ice cream!" - Forrest Gump

"Oh, lavender. You get on my head." - Hater

"Let me tell you, God used those corn dogs mightily" - Katherine Mach

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." - Ken Olsen, president of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977.

"If God were small enough to be understood, He wouldn't be big enough to be worshipped." - Evelyn Underhill

"What a joy it is to obey this Lord, who provides us with His Spirit to counsel and empower us and who ensures that everything that happens to us, even the cyclone that brings nothing but destruction, has come through the hedge of His love before it reaches us." - Elisabeth Elliot

"Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end." - Jerry Seinfeld

"Rice is really great if you're hungry and you want to eat two thousand of something." - Mitch Hedberg

"I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." - Harry Burns, When Harry Met Sally.


"I ran to Target, and I ran back. And did I get a cramp? NO!" - Lindsee


"Hey sweet girl..." - Grant

I Burnt the Cookies

Grant kindly asked me if I would make cookies.

I did. And I put them in the oven.

And then I left the room.

And then half an hour later, I came back into the kitchen.

And then I smelled them.

OOPS.

My kitchen stinks.

They are a lovely shade of black.

I'm just glad I ate a little bit of dough before I put them in the oven.

Maybe I subconsciously burned the cookies on purpose because I did a lot of exercising  today and I knew the cookies would ruin it all my hard work.

Poor cookies.

Poor husband.

Long and Lean

My freshman year of college, I took a ballet class three days a week for a dance credit. That's what happens when you're a Musical Theater major :)

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I would change into pink tights and a leotard and spend my morning at the barre in my tiny pink ballet shoes. I remember leaving there always feeling very exhausted, but like I had just had a great stretch!

If I look at pictures from my freshman year of college, it's one of those "MAN, I wish I still looked like that!". I didn't look so short and squatty.  Not so many curves. Longer lines. I miss it...

I really think it was the ballet. All the leaping and stretching made me very toned. Do they have adult ballet classes? I mean, I'm not looking to become the world's best ballet dancer (and let me tell you, that is the world's largest improbability) but I am thinking I'd like to take ballet again at a beginner level but with the adult folk. Not so much with the 3 year olds.

I just wanna be lean and not squatty.

Anybody wanna take a ballet class with me? ;)

Move That Bus!

Well, the night started out rough.

Our van got broken into AGAIN. The battery was stolen from it AGAIN. And the bus wasn't cooperating.

AGAIN.

But, by the power of prayer (and some muscle men) we got things rollin' and got the kiddos home safely.

We get by with a little help from our friends :)

Ten O'Clock Tacos

We've been doing Houston Project every night this week. It's been GREAT, but let me tell you.... when we get home we are TIRED and we are HUNGRY.

When I type in ALL CAPS I am hoping that you will get that I am speaking EMPHATICALLY but I am not YELLING AT YOU.

Anyhoo, when we get home it is after 9:30 and I try to whip up a quick meal for me and my darling, handsome husband.

Tonight, we ate tacos.

I believe that tacos at 10:00 at night is the best time to eat a taco. It takes me back to the nights at Taco C with my friends at 2 in the morning. (Tortillas and queso, anyone?)

Anyways, tonight was great. We had some major hiccups with transportation. We pick kids up from various apartment complexes in the area. Problem was, our bus broke down tonight, and someone clipped the battery out of the van. So we were a little perplexed. But seriously, by the power of prayer, we got the bus up and running and we got over 50 kids to VBS! They are so cute.

I lead opening assemblies. I do cool dance moved. Like the robot. It's legit.