My brother is coming!

I'm soo excited for my brother to come, he'll come next year in Aug. but I'm starting to think about things to do. He's the only one that hasn't been here yet. He has had no life since he started med school.
Well, I want to enroll Jake in music lessons, I want him to learn to play guitar. Maybe I'll learn with him.
We also had a closet make over while my mom was here. Her and my aunt organized Mr. Rider's messy closet (I'll post pics later) unfortunately it's starting to look like before! already!
I couldn't get out of the lady's Bible study either! As I was walking by the door going towards the auditorium the leader saw me and said "I'm glad you made it, I have your book here!" (I had signed up for it) so to make matters worse I was in her small group, she's probably the worst at crying and all of that... maybe God is trying to teach me a lesson or just punishing me for something...:)
I almost forgot, Mr. Rider informed me that there will be a bible study on saturday mornings, I asked if I could come (he's a great teacher and I know it'll be good) but apparently girls aren't invited so I want to express my discontentment (if that's a word). I just may declare myself on strike. (ok that probably wouldn't be the submissive wife thing to do, and I'm the epidemy of submission, u can ask Mr. Rider.)

Bold lady

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of working at 3rd St. Books while Mr. Rider was gone. A normal looking lady came in and asked me a few questions about some books. She later came to checkout and asked me if I went to church anywhere, I told her I went to Seminole, and she then said "so you're baptist" I said yes and then she looked at me again and said "do you know Jesus as your Savior?" at first I was a little offended, couldn't she see the reflection of God's holiness glowing thru me!!! hello! of course I know Jesus! I quickly said yes, and she seemed satisfied with my answer. After she left I thought about it, she had a look of urgency and concern. I should have told her thank you for caring. That's what really made me think, not only was she bold but she seemed like she really cared. When I think about witnessing I think about something I'm commanded to do as a christian, and I want to do it to please and obey Him. But many times I forget about the love and compassion, and the urgency we should feel.

SAD DAY

My mom left today, there's always such emptiness and sadness after they leave. I enjoy having somebody to talk to all the time. It's hard for the boys too, having their grandma so far away is no fun. But I won't miss the spanish channels, we only have 2 and they're terrible!

We went to St. Louis to drop them off and on the way back we stopped in a little town called Bourbon, I think, after eating, we went to the gas station which had a car wash, and with huge big green letters they had 5 cents off on Monday, yes, 5 cents off, almost worth staying over night just to get our car washed!!!

Bible study

During the fall and winter Seminole does electives on Wednesday nights, we haven't been attending faithfully for the last year because Mr. Rider doesn't like to go to the men's bible study, but I decided to start this fall (actually Jake has Children's choir practice on wed nite so I want to take him so he can be in the Christmas program). Besides the electives, the preacher will teach like a regular service and he's a great preacher. So I'm really leaning towards going to the main service instead of the women's bible study. I love a good Bible study, but I can't stand the women that cry every week and then the ones that never know when to stop talking!!! I may sound a little insensitive, Am I the only one? I don't mind if somebody cries one time, but every week!! And I want to cry when we have prayer request, I'm not going to pray for somebody's cat, or somebody's neighbor neighbor's job. I thought I had the gift of mercy but I'm starting to wonder if I really do...

How bad is it?

One of my favorite things about my house are the his and hers closets so I don't have to see Mr. Rider's mess. I'm sure there's worse, but I want to know how bad do you think it is? Coacher you can abstain from commenting, no offense but your standard might be even lower than Mr. Riders.

Okay Mr. Rider, I know I have a problem with the word butt, booty, butting, buddy, it's all a little confusing...

To wipe or not to wipe...

Let me start by saying I love my mom, she really is a great woman, and I love having her here. Now, she can really drive me crazy. She continually tells me what I'm doing wrong, what I need to do and why. Some times she's right, and sometimes she is wrong (I can say that cause she can't read this in english!) But today she said that I shouldn't wipe Jake anymore, he's too old. A part of me would love not having to wipe Jake's little butty anymore, but I don't think I can let go yet, just the thought of him not doing a good job drives me crazy. So, is he really too old???

butt?

okay, I was informed by my beloved Mr. Rider that I made several mistakes in my blog, he said it was too long, I wrote bud instead of butt, etc, whatever, I learned english 10 years ago, so I should get a break. A little discouraged, I was really close to giving up my short blogging career but I don't want to be a quitter. Besides, I do it more for me than anybody else, so don't panic, I'm not quitting yet.