Tuesday, November 3, 2009

A Little Pep...A Little Love

So, I didn't waste much time....

Since I'm not doing the "coffee thing" in the morning, I needed a little extra pep this morning!

What is my most absolute FAVORITE thing in the world?? CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!!

YES, right now, as I sit at my desk and work on property tax spreadsheets (FUN!), I have beautiful Christmas music softly playing in the background.

Heavenly!!! It's never too early to begin enjoying the loveliness of the holiday seasons!!

Friday, October 30, 2009

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Again, my department did it!! No, I didn't have time to dress-up (I'm kind of a Halloween party-pooper!), but I did help in throwing virus' at the firewall!!!! Don't ask...

Below is my wonderful department. If our skit gets posted on line, I will link it...it was quite halarious and MUCH deserving of the "Best Skit Reward!"

Everyone dressed up as superheros who "save the day" by functioning as their role in the office. Since we are the Finance/IT/HR/Water/Customer Service department, we pretty much serve, both internally and externally, in every way possible...WE ARE SUPERHEROES to many!!

Way to go team!



Not only did we win for best skit, but we also won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for best costume! We have Mr. California (Peter...dressed as Calif and a thief) who tries to steal our revenue (Robyn). Mr. Robot (Pat) came over and shot Mr. California and frees our Revenue! Then we have Ms. Sprinkler Head who represents the water conservation team.


The classic Saturday Night Live department. They won for "Best Group Costume," a much deserving win! Their skit was halarious too! haha...we even had a visit from Michael Jackson...CLASSIC!


Hope you all have a very fun filled and safe Halloween! I think our plan is to head downtown and "people watch"...that should be interesting!

What are your plans for Halloween??

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Christ Centered Christmas Planning


Last year I came across a post by one of my favorite bloggers Lindsey. She's so gifted at bringing Christ into everything she does around her home...it is so inspiring to me. Last year she blogged about this Christmas Advent story written by Ann Voskamp over at www.theholyexperience.com called "The Jesse Tree." Unfortunately I came across it too late, but I vowed to integrate it into my Christmas this year. SINCE it is that time of year...I thought I would share the link with you so you all too, can add something extra special and new to your holiday traditions.

I've read through the daily devotions, and they are beautiful! I takes you from the beginning to the end. I'm so excited to present the Christmas Story to my children in this fashion because if it wasn't for all the "beginning" stuff, there would have been no need for Baby Jesus to be born, thus, no need for a Christmas celebration, right? That is the REAL reason for the season, correct?

The Jesse Tree advent is based on Isaiah 11:1 that says:


"A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots."

So instead of opening little flaps with candies or toys everyday, Ann came up with this daily devotional idea of a Jesse Tree where you decorate a tree branch and hang it with little paper ornaments that represents the story every day. I thought it was such a cute and interactive way to involve children into the time of advent. I'm so excited to start these devotions this year!

I decided to take it one step further. Instead of finding a branch from outside or drawing one on paper and hanging it on the wall, I decided to either buy a small real or fake Christmas tree (I'm thinking fake at this point since I found the perfect size at Michaels for $3! And it is cheaper to recycle/reuse each year!). Over the years I am going to collect real ornaments to replace the paper ones provided in the devotions. It's going to be tricky since they need to be mini ornaments, but I've decided to make some myself!

Let me know if you are going to join me in this adventure! I'll post the ornaments I find (I already have about 5 of them!) and some other tips...I'm so excited! I hope you join me in this new Christmas tradition!!

Monday, October 26, 2009

New Bibs!!

I had a bunch or ready to go posts prepared for this summer (including this one) and then I got pregnant and all I had time for was working and sleeping and trying to fit in food if I had a chance. So instead of deleting all my posts, I decided to go ahead and share them.

These were some cute little bibs I made for a baby shower at work. I am in love with them. I wish I had made another set for myself!

Enjoy!! :)









Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Where Have I Been?????


HMMM...Was September 3rd really the last day I posted something??

Again...I PROMISE I have a VERY GOOD REASON!!!

This little one has been keeping me pretty busy...and stickin' close to the bathroom!!!

Come April 21st, the Shermanators will be growing to THREE!!! YIPPEE!!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Cute Pillow Idea!

Someone at my work made this pillow out of old ties...what a GREAT and creative way to recycle!


Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Judas Asparagus

I had to share this adorable email I received with you all. I have no idea where this originated...but it was not from me!!! Enjoy!!

Judas Asparagus

If you need a laugh today, then this should do it! A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible. This is amazing and brought tears of laughter to my eyes. I wonder how often we take for granted that children understand what we are teaching???

Through the eyes of a child: The Children's Bible in a Nutshell

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that.

Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did.

Then God made the world. He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.

Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.....Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.

Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.

Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast.

Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston.

Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable.

God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include: don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's stuff.
Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.

One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.

After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.

After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore.

There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.

After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.')

During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats.

Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.

Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount.

But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.

Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.