Perfectly preposterous pork problems!

So I just got finished with a project that should have taken 10 minutes tops. I am making BBQ pork brisket for dinner tonight and it has to go in the slow cooker all day. I chopped the onions, that was easy, and then I got out the 6 pound...yes I said 6 pound pork shoulder I got from the store. All I needed was 3 pounds for the recipe. I put it in my biggest mixing bowl so I could work with it without getting pork goop all over the counters. I had to cut the plastic off from around it. That took me forever because I used a knife instead of scissors. I didn't want to get the scissors all gross from the pork because I used them for many things. I soon realized I should have used them. Then I finally got the plastic off, and now there was string wrapped all around it in all different directions. Did I use the scissors? No. I figured I already got the knife all contaminated, I might as well keep using it. So cutting the string off took me a while too. As I was cutting, tiny drops of pig juice kept splattering on my shirt and arms, and the floor. After I got it out of the stinking string, it was time to cut it in half. I was delighted to find out that it was already cut in half by the butcher. They probably figured that 6 pounds of pork was a little too much for one meal! So great! Now I just had to get it in the crock pot! Easy? No. That sucker was so slippery! It was more slippery than my little naked Logan in the bath tub! (Yeah, I just compared my baby to pork meat.) At this point it was getting ridiculous. It all should have been in the crock pot 15 minutes earlier. One thing that I can say is a good quality I posses is that I can laugh at myself. So, I did. And my kids came in the kitchen and asked what was so funny, and I couldn't even get the words out. I was laughing even harder now, just thinking what they must have thought about their mom. Needless to say I did get it in the pot and put the onions and BBQ sauce on top and it is all good to go. At least I didn't drop it on the floor like my mom did with the Thanksgiving turkey one year ( and we still ate it)! That must be where I got it from...my mom. I could have let this whole thing just make me angry, but it turned out to make the start of my day pretty great.

My 10

So, I am going to copy 2 of my friends' and create a list of 10 things I am thankful for...or things that make me happy etc. I am feeling a little weepy today for some reason, so I need to list some of the good things in my life.
1. Spending last night with my husband cuddling on the couch watching a movie
2. Beth Moore Bible study
3. My band of sisters
4. Double decker tacos from Taco Bell
5. Lucas ALWAYS telling me he loves me
6. Logan giggling when I talk to him
7. Friends who understand me
8. My mom being so happy about her new puppy
9. Going to Petco to look at animals
10. Ethan giving sloppy kisses

Caleb and Crystal's wedding

I just wanted to post a few pictures from the wedding we were all in (except Logan) on the 29th of August. Josh was a groomsman, I was doing some of the music, and Lucas and Ethan were ring bearers. It was a very beautiful wedding.



Josh and the boys getting ready






The cutest ring bearers ever!








I think this is such a cool pic of Lucas

during the wedding...he got tired








I got to sing "Brides Prayer", a song I wrote

for someone elses wedding a long time ago!

Caleb and Crystal praying during their

communion...so beautiful

Made it!!!

So, I found this out last Tuesday, but haven't gotten the chance to post anything yet. I tried out for the CSO choir last Monday night. There were a lot of people there trying out and I started to get really nervous! I haven't had an audition for something in a loooong time! And I thought that might count against me when it came time for them to decide who they wanted in the choir. We had to fill out a sheet about what solos we have done in the past, which choirs we were with, and what, if any, musicals or performances we were in. It has been so long that I couldn't remember most of the things I needed to put down on the paper! Oh yeah, and they wanted the dates as well. LOL, all of my "most current" dates were in 1998 that I did stuff! So, I really thought this would count against me. BUT, as it turns out, they called me on Tuesday and said they would be honored for me to participate in the choir! I was so excited!! I will be an alto, (which I have never been in my life) because my voice has changed so much and they said they really liked my lower register. Sooooo, yeah. I made it! I cannot wait to start practices. They will start this coming Tuesday the 16th of September.

Tribute to my two favorite artists

I absolutely love Josh Groban. I think his talent is such a gift, and he uses it so well. I am feeling really artsy right now, so I thought I'd put up a video of him singing about my favorite artist, Vincent Van Gogh. This song is so beautuful and it pulls you in...just listen. So good.

Not leaving...

So, we aren't cancelling our Internet just yet. We are going to take it month by month. We can't do without it!! I didn't realize how much I use the computer! Besides checking my email and facebook, I use it to find things, and use Google maps ALL of the time! So yeah, we are still here.

My audition is coming up quickly! I am so excited! I will let you know what happens!!

My Brother's Video

Hide and Seek With Noah

This is a video Ryan made a while ago. I love it so much I thought I'd put it on my blog. It is him and his son Noah. It also has a pretty good message in it!