Some STAGGERING Figures

Baby kept me up all night so I grabbed my credit card statements (we pay it off each month.) Mind you, this is just on the credit card. I also use the checkbook, debit card, and once in a while cash.


Gas stations for 2007--$3,667.86

Out to eat for 2007 (This WILL come down!)--$1,043.48
Mike wants me to compare it to 2006 because he thinks it's less.
My problem is that I LOVE going out to eat because I don't have to listen to kids complaining. Anyway...

Grocery stores for 2007--$2,742.71

I'm scared to look through the checking statements, but I may need to do that. It'll boost my grocery numbers up by a LOT.

Jason Came Home

My son visited Grandma all week. As soon as he transfered from Grandma's car to ours, he started talking about Chuck E. Cheese. Grandma took him and his cousin there while they were visiting. He did mention other things that happened, but that was definitely the highlight.
Not much has been happening here today. I did all the dishes and then found one more after everything was done. :) I got some chicken off the bones for a salad or something and got the roast ready for a stew. I'll have to peel and cook a couple carrots before I make that; the carrots are what the kids enjoy most in a pot roast meal so they eat the whole two pounds I put in.
Only two of the kids are asleep and the daddy is too. I suppose we all should head to bed. Good night and have a great weekend!

Ephesians 2:1-10

1. And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
2. in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
3. among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
4. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5. even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6. and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7. that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9. not of works, lest anyone should boast.
10. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before-hand that we should walk in them.

Here are the Cookies

Here are the pictures of the cookie tray I promised. I noticed that most of what was left was the crispy rice things and sugar cookies. Oh well. I made a pan of fudge that Tracy and Aaron have been enjoying today but forgot to send with Mike.
We're having pizzas for supper. They were supposed to be homemade, but the dough didn't turn out. I added some water and am running it through the bread machine again. It looks better now. We'll have to make "dessert" pizza.
I've been working on my scrapbooking today.

AWANA

Tonight we went to AWANA. As we drove into town, we washed the van (which we had just washed Sunday on our way home) because it got terribly salty driving the icy roads yesterday morning. We dropped Melissa off at Cubbies where the three and four year olds and some five year olds who haven't started kindergarten go. She said her verse very well because she has a star in her book, I noticed. Tracy took Aaron with her because they were having popcorn and it was a good bribe. Emily's learning more and more verses and can out-say me now, I'm sure. I'll have to work on that...
I didn't get the picture card loaded onto the computer before Mike shut his off so I'll have to try to do that tomorrow. I took a picture of the tray of cookies when it came home too because there were several left; usually the tray gets wiped out. (Normally there's more chocolate stuff though.)
Thanks for visiting, and have a great evening!

Cookies

I survived my jury duty; the case resolved on its own. The judge called us in anyway and thanked us for coming. I'm wiped out from getting up so early and driving on icy roads.

Tonight I'm making several cookies for Mike to take to work tomorrow and share. If I remember, I'll snap a picture of the tray and post it in the morning.

A Castle

Tracy received this puzzle from a friend, and she, Aaron, and Mike completed it this evening. Melissa had to join the fun.