The 411 on the 911

Y’all, I’m so excited. I got to call 911 this weekend.

Don’t worry. There were no injuries except to my ego after my beloved Dawgs lost to Nick Satan Saban. We went to my friend Karri’s to watch the big game with a bunch of church people who took much pleasure in rubbing our faces in the fact we lost and St. Richt cussed at half-time.

Oh, yes he did. The quadruple replay on TiVo confirmed it.

We got home semi-late and I accidentally crashed in Son Three’s bed after saying his prayers. I woke up about 3 a.m. to the sound of Daisy the Beagle barking her fool head off. I went in the backyard to check on her and thought I saw people in the front lawn of the church.

I ran to look out the bedroom window and saw two figures next to our sign. Being the brave girl I am, I woke Luke up and shoved him out the door to check things out. On his way he told me to call the police because we’ve had a couple of problems around the church as of late.

So I called, gave the info, and hung up. That’s when it hit me.

What if the people messing with the sign were our church friends (some of whom were deacons) putting some obnoxious Go Bama sign out for our benefit Sunday morning? I ran to the phone to cancel the 911 call.

And then thought better of it.

Cause really. How awesome would it be if they ended up scolded by the PoPo (that is Poe as in Edgar Allan – not the other) to get them back for messing with us? And it’s not every church member who can say they their preacher’s wife called the cops on them.

And did I mention I wasn’t always a preacher’s wife? Let’s say the mischievous streak still shows up from time to time.

About then, Luke came back in the house and I could not wait for him to tell me the cops had busted a deacon or two. Turns out, it wasn’t the deacons.

It was two dudes on horseback.

Seriously. Where do I live?

I tried so hard to wrap this up in a pretty little bow with some witty one-liner about why two dudes would be on horseback at 3 am on the front lawn of a church but it escapes me.

At least anything appropriate escapes me. There’s still the issue of the cowboy movie set on a mountain of broken back that I can’t quite get out of my head.

And heavens no I didn’t watch it.

Oh goodness. This post took a terrible turn.

Tomorrow I’ll try to post something Jesus might be proud of…

September 29, 2008 | Filed Under Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, My Homies | 33 Comments 

The Masterpiece

UPDATE: CAN Y’ALL BELIEVE WE DIDN’T EVEN PLACE IN THE CONTEST? I’m not sure how offended I am or if I should just be glad we didn’t place worst of the best. I really don’t want to know if we were 4th. Best of the worst doesn’t sound so great either.

Wendy, I smell foul play.

I’m going to go pout now.

I know y’all have been refreshing my page all day today ’cause you just couldn’t wait to see what the Homecoming Door looked like. Behold, the work of art.

What can not be done justice in the photo is the shiny brilliance of the gold glitter. It was an inspired move on my part even if I do say so myself. Luke agreed it looked fab even if he does look like Liberace on steroids. I personally think our guy is a rockstar.

Full view. My friend Wendy is the mastermind behind the door. She took pictures of all the kids in class with scared faces. The text says, “Did someone say Tigers? Never fear, The Hornets are here!” The expressions of the kids are downright hilarious.

The Girl couldn’t wait until Friday to wear her Homecoming get-up. Just realized I went through the trouble of blacking out our town name and yet told you who our mascot is. Oh well. I figure if y’all want to know where I live you’ve figured it out by now.

The Girl in front of her door. She is so proud that her daddy (YES MY DADDY DID THAT AND HE EVEN HELPED WITH THE GLITTER!) drew the picture.

And I am too. Thanks for bailing me out, honey.

Again.

On Friday, the elementary will be having a wagon parade (think Radio Flyer) which thankfully, I’m not in charge of making. The classes pull their wagon down the hallway and are judged at the end.

What do you girls do during Homecoming? Do you have any cute ideas to tell us about? I need to stock up for next year but I’m thinking there are many of you who may need some themes for your own class projects. Share away!

September 23, 2008 | Filed Under My Homies, Parenting or Lack Thereof | 28 Comments 

We’ve Got Spirit! Yes We Do!

This is Homecoming Week at school and I’ve been recruited to help decorate The Girl’s classroom door. My first plan was to get Eldest to draw a picture that would represent our football player and the other team’s demoralized mascot but soon realized between football practice and homework there would be no way he could get the job done.
So I did what I always do in situations where I’ve over committed myself. I cried out to one I knew could help me.
“Luuuukkkkkeeee!!!?”

(The wonderful husband gene in him can’t resist the annoying, whiny, pleading tone of my desperation.)

And y’all, all I can say is that Luke is a stinkin‘ Genius.
He took our Homecoming t-shirts, made a copy at the church, made a transparency of the copy, borrowed an overhead projector from the school, blew up the transparency, and then traced the entire figure onto poster board. And finally, last night he and I colored like school children for two hours.
It was truly fun.

I’m not kidding.

So this is what we have so far. Today, I am going to gold glitter the jersey and gloves of the player and then try to cut it out without massacring the entire thing. The boys protested loudly over our football player having glitter but I think it will give him some pop and make the door stand out. And besides, it’s Kindergarten, people! They love glitter!

Okay, so I’m off to work…I’ll show you the finished door when we get done today!

Lisa

September 23, 2008 | Filed Under Parenting or Lack Thereof | 11 Comments 

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