Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Kristina Movies!!!!

GodSpell!

God's way of saying 'Have a nice day!'

Pranks and Heart Attacks

Oh, the mess-ups that turn into the best practical jokes ever!!!

 

So....shipping closes in 10 minutes and there was an order they were looking for to that HAD to ship today. I was looking for it in our system but couldn’t find it...for multiple reasons. Come to find out, the order isn’t even entered yet!

 

I enter the order in a rush and get it printed for shipping, but they tell me I ordered the wrong product! To correct the problem, I backorder the wrong product, enter the right product, print that and get it out to shipping. A little stressful, as the printer doesn’t like me, but it all gets fixed!

 

Come to find out, the product is out of stock so the lab had to make it and the shipping guy decided to pull our QC chemist’s leg (he is the one who made the product for this order). The QC chemist was told that he made the wrong product and that he had 10 minutes to make and package the correct product to ship!!

 

He about dropped from a heart attack on the spot. After he recovered he went hunting for the production manager to yell at him for telling him to make the wrong product. I told the QC chemist that what he had made was right and the order was right and all that, but he didn’t believe me because the shipping guy had showed him the pick slip with the wrong product listed!!!

 

Oh, it was the highlight of my day! J It is not often that something like that gets pulled without anyone really trying!

Our Favorite Trip Moments!!

Seeing Kristina!

REVIEW! (you'll need a visual on this one)

Do the Deer Dog Dance...(another visual memory!)

Being Sneaky!

Seeing Kristina!!

Cows with Lollipops (don't ask)

'Gourmet' dinner at the hotel

Exit 16 - Where the Penguins Reign

Seeing Kristina!!!

Driving thru 'Penguin Falls' (I think it's really Pigeon Falls)

Stopping at 95% of the Flying J's along the way.

Flying J's steak buffet. (We seem to be able to find THE BEST steak buffets while on trips...)

Seeing Kristina!!!!

The play at Calvin was quite awesome.

Meeting Kristina's friends.

The wonderful, nice, helpful, wonderful, smart ladies at Whole Foods who get us back on track to get home!

Fog Bog Log Nog Sog....basically, any 'og' word!! (The Fog in the Bog driving over the Log while drinking Egg Nog.......)

Seeing Kristina!!!!!

Demon's - New Kid Menu (um...that was read wrong, it was really Damon's - New Kids Menu)

Finding a new super power - Driving while Sleeping.

Becoming 'Asleep At The Wheel'!!

Being pretty much Asleep At The Wheel and looking up to see a Deer in the middle of the road...but really it was dead and stuck on the back of someone's car...splat.

Seeing the LIVE deer by the side of the road - it kept me awake for about 30 seconds!

Shopping at Salvo's (just wait until you see the neat things we found!!)

 

Oh - and our FAVORITE part of the trip???

 

Seeing Kristina!!!!!!

(how'd you guess?)

 

Our Least Favorite Trip Moments

Janesville Visitors Center is Closed Until May

Missing the first toll on the Chicago Skyway...and now waiting for the ticket to come in the mail.

Sour milk for breakfast at the hotel (and sick all day)

Getting lost in Gary, IN. four times...

Seemingly being stuck forever in Gary, IN

Almost getting killed by that crazy driver in Chicago with the government plate at 12:33pm on the Chicago Skyway...he was driving on the shoulder and whizzed into our lane, almost totaling the car and us. That guy needs some driving lessons!

Finding a new super power - Driving while Sleeping

Driving Asleep At The Wheel in the Fog.......

 

Grand Rapids Trip Commercial

PRICELESS

Trip Tips

Tips For When You Find it Necessary to Drive Thru Indiana...

Ø      Never, I repeat NEVER! trust a toll booth person's directions to getting off the toll way and finding a gas station without having to pay tolls again.

Ø      Never stop in Gary, IN.

Ø      Make sure your gas tank is full before entering.

Ø      Don't drink anything, bathrooms are hard to find!

Ø      If you should need to stop, plan on losing at least an hour trying to find a gas station and bathroom. Then another hour to find your way back to the toll way.

Ø      Have plenty of loose change on hand for paying all the tolls getting on and off the toll way.

Ø      If you get lost, go to Cline and 169th St and stop at the Live Gospel McDonalds (but don't be hankering for McDonaldLand cookies, they don't have them). If you want to hear the 'Live Gospel' go to the bathroom! That's where the gospel music is.

Ø      Per our favorite Indiana boy, do not judge all of Indiana by troubles in Gary.

 

10 Ways to Ruin Your Trip to Grand Rapids to See Kristina

1.      Stop in Gary, IN

2.      Try to buy gas in Gary, IN

3.      Tollbooth directions for Gary, IN

4.      Drivers from Gary, IN

5.      Drivers in Gary, IN

6.      All the tollbooths in Gary, IN

7.      Unmarked roads in Gary, IN

8.      Badly marked roads everywhere we had to go.

9.      Take the wrong highway in Chicago

10. Almost get killed in Chicago by a government vehicle (with no flashing light or anything)

***(Thankfully, these all happened on our way back home! And they did not really ruin our trip to see Kristina, just the trip home to our beds...)***

 

Happy Day

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.

A Visit to Kristina!!!

Haha, I took your picture too!

I sense a theme in Kristina's space....
Jordan, family, Jordan, friends, Jordan...and then there's...Jordan...


ACK! Kristina's Head!

Now there's two of her!!

Now, to find a space large enough to hang it up!

Awww...ain't we cute?

Tired Girl

Um...that's creepy. Thread was being pulled out of the puppy's ear.

Salt and Pepper packets in the Salt and Pepper shakers.

I can't believe this!

It smells...funny.

Awesome play! Videos going up...sometime.


Eating Fred on the way home.
Poor, poor left-over Fred who was rejected and thrown
about and almost forgotten in the freezer. brrrrrrrr.

Goodbye for now, Kristina! See ya soon!


More pictures here. :-)

Caught in the Act

These two were caught...

Shocking!!!

They were together in the house.

Just the two of them.

It was a cold, dark, stormy night. The storm had come quickly and each time the thunder boomed he watched her jump.

She looked across the room and admired his strong appearance...and wished that he would take her in his arms, comfort her and protect her from the storm.

Suddenly, with a pop, the power went out.

She screamed.

He raced to the sofa where she was cowering.

He didn't hesitate to pull her into his arms.

He knew this was a forbidden union and expected her to pull back.

He was surprised when she didn't resist but instead clung to him.

The storm raged on.

They knew it was wrong.

Their families would never understand.

So consumed were they in their FEAR that they heard no opening of doors.

Just the faint click of a camera...

Jeff Foxworthy is now picking on Michigan

1. If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Michigan.

2. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Pellston is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Michigan.

3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Michigan.

4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Michigan.

5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Michigan.

6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, (or at the top of his ankles) you might live in Michigan.

7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might live in Michigan.

8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Michigan.

9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Michigan.

 

Part 2 - You know you're a true MICHIGANDER when...

1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75

2. You measure distance in hours.

3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.

6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.

9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

11.  You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.

12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.

14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

15. Down South to you means Ohio.

16. A brat is something you eat.

17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.

18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.

19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."

22.  You drink pop and bake with soda.

23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not medicine.

24. You can actually drink Vernors without coughing.

25. You know what a Yooper is.

26. You think owning a Honda is Un-American.

27. You know that UP is a place, not a direction.

28. You know it's possible to live in a thumb.

29. You understand that when visiting Detroit, the best thing to wear is a Kevlar vest.

30. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them t o all your Michigan friends.

 

Have a Nice Day, and a Better tomorrow.....

Jordan

Such a cutie!!

Naughty or Nice?

Take the Naughty or Nice Quiz - Are You Naughty or Nice? at QuizRocket.com!

Home Again

Well, for those of you who care, Janet and I are home again. We drove a total of 1286.7 miles this weekend. (There would've been fewer miles, but we got lost trying to get out of Gary, IN and Chicago on the way home...) WOWSERS! Can we please sleep now?

Rivers, call Janet. She's holding something of yours hostage...please contact her ASAP for details.

Good night, and good luck.

Psychiatry

Tho I feel no real reason to laugh today, here is a good joke...

(I cannot even think of a fake reason to laugh.)

Jerry went to a psychiatrist.  "Doc," he said, "I've got trouble.  Every time I get into bed, I think there's somebody under it.  I'm going crazy!"
"Just put yourself in my hands for one year," said the shrink.  "Come to  me three times a week, and I'll cure your fears."
"How much do you charge?"
"A hundred dollars per visit."
"I'll sleep on it," said Jerry.
Six months later the doctor met Jerry on the street."  Why didn't you ever come to see me again?" asked the psychiatrist.
"For a hundred bucks a visit?  A bartender cured me for $10."
"Is that so!   How?"
"He told me to cut the legs off the bed!  Ain't nobody under there now!"

Where are you, Keith??? Please come home.

Farewell, Angela

Jordan Movies

Also see pictures here.

November Calendar

OH STINK

so, it was decided that we should re-paint the bathroom. a nice green color. (hmmmm...sound like a pattern?) and after a few weeks of bugging dad to get one thing done, suddenly he's gone gung-ho on the whole project and now it is necessary to paint it this weekend, as we are getting less and less of a working bathroom.

first, it was the border coming down. well, then the cabinets got pulled out and the new light fixture appeared one day when i came home form work. and the next day gone were the hooks for towels and now the mirror has gone missing. oh - and the newly installed light fixture is hanging over the middle of the room...by a string. it's s'posed to be on the wall!!

sigh...i was looking forward to an actual weekend of doing nothing. too bad, so sad! none of that for me!!!!

hopefully the sink, toilet and shower will stay intact until we actually do paint, as it would be annoying to have to go upstairs every morning to silently get ready for work. (in the master bathroom. attached to mom and dad's bedroom. where they sleep soundly until janet and i are at work!)

now i must go to bed and dream of the greens to put in the bathroom!

in other news, i'm getting 5 new christmas cds!! yay! if only i could find the rest of my collection....my ipod is waiting impatiently for them!

and i have found a christmas cd that i actually do not like.

let me now change the above statement...i have actually found a relient k cd that i like...their new christmas cd. the last half anyway! i find it quite hard to dislike any christmas cd...

sun ~ stars ~ moon

Do you believe it's true
It all depends on you?
If you were to fall down
We wouldn't know what to do?

I'm a lonely soul
I'm a lonely soul
When I think I'm alone

I want to be the moon 'cause it reflects the sun
Don't want to be the star that shines on everyone
I want to be with you 'cause you're the only one
Who heals my lonely soul

Have you ever got
Everything you want?
Did you fake a grin
And feel you lose when you win?

~ Paul Colman ~

Oh The Huge Manatee

Oh Barbra Manatee (Manatee!), You are the one for me (one for me!)

Mmmmm, Good

My, how I love Voortman Windmill cookies! They changed the shape, tho, which is a little sad, but they still taste just as good!!

 

Body Facts

The human body is a machine that is full of wonder.

- Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.

- The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.

- You use 200 muscles to take one step.

- The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.

- Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.

- A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.

- A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.

- The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.

- The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.

- It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.

- The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.

- At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell.

- There is about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.

- Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.

- The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.

- Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.

- When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.

- Your thumb is the same length of your nose.

At this very moment I know full well you are putting this last fact to the test...now remove your thumb from your nose and pass this on to the friends you think might be interested in comparing their thumbs to their noses as well!

How Do You Get To Heaven?

I was testing the children in my Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting to heaven.

 

I asked them, "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?"

 

"NO!" the children answered.

 

"If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into Heaven?"

 

Again, the answer was, "NO!"

 

By now I was starting to smile.

 

Hey, this was fun!

 

"Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into Heaven?" I asked them again.

 

Again, they all answered, "NO!"

 

I was just bursting with pride for them.

 

"Well," I continued, "then how can I get into Heaven?"

 

A five-year-old boy shouted out,

 

"YOU GOTTA BE DEAD."

Christmas Music

I love Christmas. The giving of gifts, the good food, the music....

I listen to Christmas songs year-round. They are good!! I have 446 Christmas songs on my iPod. That is about half my collection. I was going to add the rest of my songs, but I came upon one tiny little problem.

Alright, so it's actually quite a BIG problem...

All my Christmas music CDs are missing.

It is a sad sad day in my life.

I will have to look for them sometime when I actually have more than 5 minutes to search and I will be buying more CDs this season! Smitty just came out with another AWESOME Christmas CD, and Josh Groban finally released one!! There are also several others on my wish list. :-) Now just to fit them into my budget.............

Pity my co-workers. It is now the season to start playing Christmas music quite regularly at work. :-D And soon, it will be playing 24/7!!!!!

Every Fan's Nightmare

Christmas Time Already!

Our Family Christmas party.
Jordan and Kristina ruled the party. And the food rocked. :-)

no one understands me

Ha

What Really Happened

LOL

RO8O makes ma laugh....

When all else fails, burn the directions.

Now you really have to figure it out on your own.

She Laughs

i'm a special snowflake

Charlie

IQ TEST

Here's a one-question IQ Test to help you decide how you should spend the rest of your day......
  
There is a mute who wants to buy a toothbrush.
  
By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth, he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
  
Now, if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?
  
Think about it first before scrolling down for the answer... 





























He opens his mouth and says. "I would like to buy a pair of Sunglasses".
If you got this wrong -- please turn off your computer and call it a day.

I've got mine shutting down right now.

(You know you missed it too, so shut down your computer)

I Wish

New Legislation in California

Last week in California they banned elephants from the beach.

 

 

 

 

‘Why??’ you may ask....

 

 

 

 

 

 

...because the elephants walk around with their trunks down all the time.

Bad Memory

It's Raining, It's Pouring. The Old Man is Snoring...

And the rain, rain, rain

Came down, down, down

A rushing, rising, rivulet

Til the river crept out of its bed

And crept right into Piglet’s.

 

Poor Piglet he was frightened,

With quit a rightful fright!

And so in desperation,

A message he did write.

 

He placed it in a bottle

And it floated out of sight.

And the rain, rain, rain

Came down, down, down

So Piglet started bailing.

 

He was unaware, atop his chair

While bailing he was sailing

And the rain, rain, rain

Came down, down, down

And the flood rose up all over!

 

Pooh too was caught,

And so he thought

“I must rescue my supper”

Ten honey pots he rescued

Enough to see him through.

 

But as he sopped up his supper,

The river sopped up Pooh.

And the water twirled and tossed him

In a honey pot!

 

When the rain, rain, rain

Came down, down, down...

 

When the rain, rain, rain

Came down, down, down...

 

When the rain, rain, rain

Came down, down, down...