What I'm working on...

So my actual JOB is keeping me very busy these days. As my 'about me' says, I'm an NFP teacher, teacher trainee to be exact, but I'm in the midst of completing my final exam. Its fascinating, incredibly difficult, and really has me in total awe of having NFP in my life. I can't imagine, comprehend our family planning going any other way. I don't say this to be judgmental, I say it because for better or for worse, learning, understanding, and teaching NFP has given me so much awe and wonder for the way that our bodies have been created, the way they work, the way that there are ANSWERS to the things that people (especially our culture's 'modern medicine') ignore, cover up, and destroy. I don't write this to be preachy. I write this because there is an amazing amount of mis-information being fed to our society and it sickens me and makes me hurt for those who believe it and allow it to become a part of their lives. Like I said, I can't imagine living that way because if I found out this TRUTH, I would be heartbroken. That's why I DO what I DO.

Two other things I'm thinking about, toying with, working on for my blog... those living room pictures I promised (maybe husband will help me get the living room clean so that I feel like I can actually share pictures!). I've also been reading two blogs (Mindless Junque and Pioneer Woman)each of which share fascinating stories of how they came to be with the loves of their lives (respectively). I'm enthralled. It has me thinking a lot about my LOVE and how we came to be, so I'm considering spending a little bit of time writing our story. I don't want to lose the details later on in life when my girls are old enough to ask about them. There's so far back that I'm considering needing to go in order to really explain it all, so I've got to figure out the story and edit it down to the message I really want to express.

So... stay tuned.

p.s. has anyone taken notice that one of my all time favorite reality shows, The Mole is about to come back on?! Cannot WAIT!

TeeVee

Well I realized that I rambled on and on about tv yesterday and didn't even explain fully our situation. See, we don't have cable. Yeah I know I'm the only person in America without it, but see, we've got a few reasons...

Once upon a time (when husband and I were newlyweds) we had cable, in fact when we were engaged and I was still finishing school, husband had the super million channel digital cable right when it first came out... he was a super cool bachelor let me tell you! Anywho after we got married we had cable and I was only working part time so I found myself at home lovin' me some TLC and whatnot. But, that's where some of those lazy laundry habits and whatnot came about. I'd watch hours of wedding story, baby story, what not to wear, trading spaces etc. But did I bother to throw a load of laundry in during the commercial breaks? Nosirree! I didn't do dishes either. See that domestic blood does not run strong with me. So, when we realized our budget needed a major overhaul, cable was one of the first things to go. The ol' rabbit ears work surprisingly well and our very favorite shows come on in the evenings on the network stations.

Oh, and what are those favorite shows? They include: Survivor, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Amazing Race, Boston Legal, DWTS, ANTM, Notes from the Underbelly (what happened to that? has it been renewed after the awful writer's strike? Note to self: need to go google that) and we fill in around that with various kid movies (oldest daughter's favorites are: Veggie Tales, Elmo, Blue's Clues, Thomas, and Little People) and PBS (we've been watching an interesting documentary about the life of military personnel on an air craft carrier).

So, no cable for us.

In other news: the 3 loads of laundry are not done, but are getting closer, oldest daughter broke a bottle of nail polish on our tile floor in the dining room (for you domestic types, will bleach get the nail polish out of the grout? because nail polish remover worked for the tile but not the grout), had a continuing battle with ants (we've had Orkin out last week which made said ants leave the kitchen but now they are in: master bathroom, guest bathroom, OLDEST DAUGHTER'S BED!!!) and made a fabulous dinner of goulash.

So, that was my evening.