FIRE!

this is a house (actually 2 houses, some sheds, and a barn) 2 houses down from us. our poor neighbors lost EVERYTHING today. since we rely on a volunteer fire department out here, it took 45 minutes for anyone to arrive at the fire... and by that time, everything was gone. it took them a couple hours to put all the fire out and it was very scary for us- i'm actually standing in front of our house taking this picture....

God blessed us today. Now may He pour his blessings out to the poor families who lost everything they own.

by the way, when we were driving home from church, we saw the smoke and actually thought it was OUR house cuz there aren't a whole lot of houses out here. we were totally freaking out and thought that WE had lost everything. it was an unbelievable feeling. and an even better feeling when we drove up and realized that our home was ok! ...it was a scary day...

TWO years...

today, scott and i have been married 2 years. wow.

we agreed not to spend much money on each other... so i made him this

it's his favorite kind of cake... i just made it look cute... i'm quite proud of it!

it's HUGE... i had a REALLY hard time finding a pan or tray it would fit on.... it's on an oven liner lol... the red trim is sprinkles :) ...cute, i know.

counting down..... 7 days till my birthday. oh heck yes.

Happy VD, everyone!

VD.... mmm....

yeah so i think valentine's day is quite silly. i think it is an unnecessary use of money. especially when you don't have much of it! so i told scott not to get me anything.... because our anniversary is 7 days after VD and my birthday is 14 days after VD.... but he buys me something anyway. a card (which i was actually glad he got me a card) and chocolate.... seriously? CHOCOLATE? i mean, i love candy.... but i can buy that whenever i want. i would rather have flowers. because i would feel plain silly buying myself flowers. but i am SO allowed to buy myself candy. oh well. it's not like i'm not gonna EAT the chocolate :)

ok guys there is some definite need for celebration... we now have the internet IN OUR HOME! i didn't realize how much i truly missed it.... we just got hooked up yesterday and already i am spending way too much time on it. i really should be doing dishes or laundry or something... but why the hell would i do those things when i can sit here and type for all of you? EXACTLY.

i feel like there is a lot going on that i should be typing about... but now that i try to actually sit down and type it all out.... and i can't think of a damn thing. SHEESH!

umm.... um....

thank any and all of you who have had my scottie in your thoughts and prayers... his new job is going really well and he ACTUALLY LIKES IT! like, he comes home in a good mood and totally has an optimistic outlook about it. it's been so good for all of us. what a blessing!

i'm really excited about birtheversary coming up (birthday/anniversary celebration rolled into one)... i don't know what the plan is yet.... but it's always fun. hmm... i'm really wondering what my gift from my husband will be.... he says he already knows... i wonder.

GEE WHIZ where am i today? i promise i really had stuff to talk about and it's like someone vacuumed out my head.

the few of you who aren't my myspace friends haven't heard about MADONNA going on tour this summer. we're all crossing our fingers (and toes and eyes) that she will come to Texas. we're going to party like there's no tomorrow if she comes... but if she doesn't, man, will we be DISAPPOINTED!

i've had the hiccups for about a year.... ok, 45 minutes. still- i'm deriously struggling with my concentration, patience, and pissiness about them. i don't like them so PLEASE GO AWAY. i seriously have violent hiccups. they drive scott crazy. i used to get griped at about them in school... they're so loud. and i cannot control them. yes, yes. i know. obnoxious.

i hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week and has bought me a birthday present.

au revoir~
Melanie

countdown...

ladies and gentlemen.....

it is 23 days until my birthday.

i like expensive stuff.

i accept american express.

thank you for your time.

Date Night with Scottie

i would just like veryone to know that scott and i went bowling tonight and i got the first STRIKE of MY LIFE!

yeah, i'm quite proud of myself...
for your information, i have only been bowling like twice in the past and not since i was like 11.
by the way, i actually got THREE strikes.... and FOUR spares.... i was way proud.

then we went to chili's and i had the best thing i've ever gotten there....seriously.... now i'm stuffed and extrememly sleepy and i REEK of cigarette smoke (bowling alleys are stinky)

i would LOVE a shower.

ta-ta!

What happens when...

This is what happens when you take your toddler to the local "Suck E Cheese".

MUCHO VOMiT.

lincoln got sick. and by sick, i mean SICK!about 12:45 one night, i heard a cough.... a choke.... another cough... and "MOMMY!!!" i ran in the room, and lo and behold...... VOMIT. LOTS OF IT. BROCCOLI VOMIT. SMELLY BROCCOLI VOMIT. so i yelled for scott and he came in and grabbed lincoln (then link puked more ON scott). after each time he threw up he would say "i'm SORRRRRY! i'm SORRRY!" (because that is what we were saying to him... it was so sad) we stripped his clothes off, took off his sheets and grabbed his blankies, threw them all in the wash, then proceeded to toss Link in the tub. so by now he's acting like he feels just fine so we're thinking "great, it was just something he ate and now he's fine". we put new PJs on him, new sheets on the bed, and gave him a clean blankie.... scott took a shower, and then we got in bed (about 30 minutes after the ordeal began)............... 7 minutes later......... "MOOOOMMMMY!!!!!" yes. again with the throw up. so scott and i get up, strip his clothes off, take off the sheets, get the blankie, and start a second load of laundry.... by this time, i decided that we would just turn the heat way up and that lincoln would sleep in just a diaper. AND, we're down to our last clean sheet. he didn't get it all over him this time, so we were able to wipe off his face and just put him back to bed. (this all takes about 20 mintues) scott and i crawl into bed................... 10 minutes later............... "MOOOOOMMMMMMY!" yes. again. i'm not kidding. so, um, THAT was our last clean sheet. we take off the sheet, wipe the kid off (there wasn't much left in his stomach so he didn't get nasty), and cover his matress with a TOWEL. lincoln is crying, rubbing his eyes, and saying "tired." but he just can't go to sleep.... we can blame this on the dry heaving. so Scott decides that he won't go to work the next day and that the two of us will take shifts taking care of Lincoln so that we can both at least get a little sleep. i took the first shift (it is now 2:15 am). i left Lincoln in the port-a-crib and turned on a Baby Einstein video.... i laid on the couch so that he could see me and the TV at the same time.... that kept him happy. i rewound the video i don't know how many times.... i was able to close my eyes and relax, but not sleep- because every few minutes Link would say "Mommy!" expecting me to say "Lincoln!" at about 3:15, he threw up more, so i got up to change the towel and to wipe him off. at 4:15, the little guy started crying out "tired! tired!" and laid down in the bed crying.... with all the lights on AND the video going, my child FINALLY fell asleep. HALLELUIAH!!!! so scott never had to take a shift but oh well i took one for the team.... i got off the couch and went to bed and was able to sleep for 5 hours which was SPECTACULAR~ i never thought he'd sleep that long being as sick as he was. and now he's just fine. :)

we've had the Scott Family Christmas (my husband Scott's mother's maiden name is Scott- hence his FIRST name) so all of my husband's aunts, uncles, cousins, and cousins' kids were there....

after a week, we finally got our heat fixed and were able to move BACK into our house. it was a miracle.

i am through with my Christmas shopping. i waited entirely too late to shop this year. but now it is done. amen.

oh, today in church we talked about how Mary was between the ages of 13 and 15 when Jesus was born and Joseph was between 15 and 18..... so creepy. i have cousins that age. it's amazing how God uses inexperienced, unqualified people to do some of His biggest jobs. He is truly amazing. Praise God!