Playing along with Gretchen...

Okay, I'm playing along with Gretchen and what she had on her blog...

1.What is your occupation right now?

Sales

2.What color are your socks right now?

Black and they're new, and they match. Typically, my socks don't match.

3. What are you listening to right now?

Darlene (Denny's Mom talking at our dining room table)

4. What was the last thing that you ate?

some Tostitos

5. Can you drive a stick shift?

Are you kiddin? I'm a country girl. Yes

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?

Rick Duzan

7. Do you like the person who sent this to you?

Can't stand her. Just kidding. She's one of my very dearest friends.

8. How old are you today?

41

9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?

NFL Football

10.What is your favorite drink?

Sweet tea

11.Have you ever dyed your hair ?

I've never stopped

12.Favorite food?

Mexican

13. last movie you watched?

Quantam of Solace (I slept through part of it)

14.Favorite day of the year?

I like them all.

15.How do you vent anger?

cuss like a sailor. Kick and scream. Pull hair. You won't like me when I'm angry. :-) Actually, I either yell or cry or both

16.What was your favorite toy as a child?

I really don't remember a favorite toy. I do remember locking myself in my room and listening to music for hours on end.

17.What is your favorite season?

anything but winter.

18.Cherries or Blueberries?

Strawberry's

19. Do you want your friends to e-mail or blog you back?

If they want to

20.Who is the most likely to respond??

?????

21. Who is least likely to respond??

?????

22. Living arrangements?

Married/three children/one dog/one cat/one stray cat that we refuse to claim but after a year he's still on our porch.


23. When was the last time you cried?

today, thankful.

24.What is on the floor of your closet?

some shoes

25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to?


26. What did you do last night?

went out to eat and to a movie with my lovey and some friends for his birthday.

27.What are you most afraid of?

getting out of my comfort zone

28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers?

specifically speaking...quarter pounder with cheese

29.Favorite dog breed?

Sheltie

30. Favorite day of the week?

Saturday

31.How many states have you lived in?

1

32.Diamonds or pearls?

Diamonds

Invisaligns

I'm really excited that this is my last day to wear my Invisaligns!! Invisaligns are an invisible kind of braces. I've had them on since November of 07, so a little over a year. I'm so pleased with both the experience and the results.

I'm typing this post because I have about 5 people each week who come to my blog because they have googled "invisaligns". So if you're someone who's trying to find out more information from personal experience...let me just say that I highly recommend them.

I'll have to wear them while I sleep (as retainers) for two more years, but no more during the day time! Woo Hoo!!

If you'd like more information on "invisaligns" you can go to www.invisalign.com

The Strange Things We Do...

The other night as I sat eating my popcorn, I thought, "there are some strange things that we do here at the Milbourn household." Like, for instance, we put Lowry's Seasoning salt on our popcorn. I'm not sure how that got started. We never did it when I was growing up.

Another really strange thing that we do is, typically around 8:30 or 9PM, when all other normal families are getting ready for bed, we Milbourn's all pile in the car and go for a cruise through town. Is that not strange? It doesn't even matter if it's a school night or not, we still do it. Now, we don't do that every night, but I would say we do that at least three nights a week. Weird. But it has become one of my favorite family memories.

So how 'bout you? Is there anything your family does that's sorta strange, or are we the only freaks out there?

Do We Really Look That Much Alike?

In the past three months, I have been mistaken for my Mom three times. Once was at a baby shower. My cousin walked in, glanced over at me, and said, "Hi Aunt Merle." I said, "Lisa...I'm Missy."

Then, we were at the nursing home the other day, and Mavis said cheerfully, "Hi Merle, how's Donnie (my stepdad)?" I said to Mavis, "I'm not Merle, I'm Missy." Of course she couldn't hear me. So I said it again, but louder, and then again, and again, and again. She kept turning her head and looking at me similar to how a dog does when he doesn't "get" it. So I said, "Donnie's fine." :-)

So THEN, we were at Wal-Mart a couple of days ago, and Hazel was our clerk. She looked at me and said, "man, you cannot deny your Mother, I glanced at you when you first came in the door, and thought you were Merle."

Last night we were at Mom's house, and we both had on our new FCC hoodies. She bought me mine for Christmas, and bought herself one too. So, We snapped a photo. Do we really look that much alike or is everyone else just getting old and losing there sight? :-)

A Few of My Favorite Things...

Though it's impossible to capture or even mention them all, I decided to at least post a few of my favorite memories from 2008!

The praise team was honored to have the opportunity to lead worship at the 2008 Ladies Unity Night. The real Anita was busy taking pictures with everyone else, so we grabbed this "stand up" Anita to get a photo with!

We also had a great time ministering with Renee and Wendy from P31. We didn't get a pic with Renee, but here is the planning committee with Wendy at the FCC Women's retreat!

Of all my memories of 2008, I have to say that the one below is still the one that "gets" me the most. I'm still amazed by the various things that God taught me through this ordeal. From face to face in a dream to face to face in reality. If you'd like to read the "Celery" story click here, and here

The next picture is a fun memory for us. We were in Florida, and Joshua had never seen a bar of soap before. Really. (we use liquid soap). So, for whatever reason, the bars of soap seemed to fascinate him. So unbeknownst to us, he opened every bar, and stacked them high. We were tickled that he was so fascinated by bars of soap. :-)

One of the first nice days of Spring 2008, I MADE the kids go outside and play. They had to go out for 30 minutes. With five minutes left, Will headed down the driveway on his skateboard, only to have an accident...and broke his leg. (of course it was my fault because I made them go outside) :-)

Besides the ambulance coming to our house, one of my most vivid memories is being in the hospital with Will when the first earthquake of the year hit. It was about 5:30 in the morning, and we were both between asleep and awake, when the whole hospital shook. So frightening. It was only seconds, but seemed to last forever. If I recall correctly, it happened during a commercial break on TV (only an ad salesman would remember that) and I was SO proud and thankful for our news team, 'cause as soon as the break was over and the news came back on, Dave W. was quick to confirm, that we had indeed just had an earthquake. The news team was quick to go into action discovering and delivering information on all that surrounded that event. Which was quite comforting in that situation.

Will ended up having two surgeries to fix his leg. The boy was AMAZING through it all. I don't know that I would have handled things as well as he did. His attitude was incredible. The below pic was taken on vacation in Florida. We left for Florida two days after the flood. Wish I had some pictures of that!

We also enjoyed watching Maren pitch again this year. She improved greatly, thanks to our friend, Stephanie, taking some extra time to work with her.
The last week of September we went to Mexico with the Beltz's. Woo hoo! That was a great time of food, fun and relaxation!

Over Thanksgiving weekend, we went to Nashville with the Wood Family to see our friends Matt and Christy in the Louise Mandrell Christmas Show. There was alot of drama in the circumstances surrounding meeting Louise, for just as I was walking up to shake her hand, Josh ran out the doors of the hotel to throw up. Thankfully, he never did. He had just got too hot from running around the hotel with the Wood boys, and when he settled down he was fine. As you'll see below, he (and Denny) ran back in JUST IN TIME to get in the picture!

As we walked back out to our car, we got caught in a down pour, that helped to cool Josh off! We were all SOAKED! I snapped this pic of Josh wearing his Daddy's jacket!

One of my other very, FAVORITE things of 2008 has been watching God work in the heart my husband in regards to Compassion International. It's been fun to see God's call on Denny's life, and to walk with Denny as he's "processed" all of that. First the call to sponsor a child, Felix, pictured below. Then God's call for him to become a Children's Advocate for Compassion International. And then God's call for Denny to actually make a trip to Uganda, to see Felix, and to gain a better understanding of what he's been called to. He'll be making that trip next July. It's fun watching God work in the life of any ONE, but it's especially neat to see Him at work in the lives of those that we are most close to.

and finally, Here are our other three sponsored children...