What's the difference?!

Between white & yellow popcorn? I mean, seriously!


About a month ago, my mom asked me to pick some popcorn up at the store (not microwave). When I got home she was like, "Oh, you got yellow popcorn? Next time be sure and get white."

My dad made it just the other night and the first thing he said to me, "Who got yellow popcorn?"
"Me."
"Next time make sure you get white."



Well, guess what.... they taste the same to me!!!




What do you think makes them different?

I lost a game of settlers tonight :|

This was weekend was a good & busy one... and amazingly enough, I didn’t babysit at all!


Friday I went to Kendra’s and scrapbooked. I stayed all night, and the next morning we went shopping in Bloomington. Kendra didn’t have much luck, but I got few things. We got home kind of late, and rushed around to get ready to serve at the Eureka Benefit Dinner. As usual, we had to wait around forever and then the serving part only lasts 15 or 20 minutes. I went back to Kendra’s and hung out, and then went to U. John & A. Jeanne’s because some of Mom’s cousins were there. We kept one of them(and her daughters and granddaughters) overnight.


Sunday U. Ken & A. Sandy served... so we got to go Eureka! :P Again! But it’s not near as bad when Ernie & Lester are there. :)
We went out to eat at Sol Ez Teca Sunday night and then went to Grandma’s. She had a lot of people visiting her! (great to see ya, Aunt Sandy!)


Monday Laura & John were here all day. Every time I went out of Johnny’s sight, he’d say, “Wendi, Wendi, Wendi!” And my heart melts every time he says it. He doesn't talk much, and he knows "Wendi" out of all those other words! :D


DOG NEWS:
Missy went to a new home on Saturday. My cousin Jared & Sarah took her. They live on a farm and they don’t have kids, so I think it will be a good place. But we still kinda have a problem. Maggie is lonely and all she does is bark at night, so we have to put her in the garage. It gets really annoying.


So Friday I'm going to a cookout and we're suppossed to come in costume. But it also needs to be warm. I really don't want to buy anything... at least not much. If you have any ideas, leave a comment!


Yes, the title is true.... I was very dissapointed.. If anyone would like to play with me, come on over! Nobody ever wants to... :(

JENNA -17!!

Happy Birthday, Jenna! (a week late...)

So yesterday(Friday) I was going babysitting until 7, and I asked Jenna to come along. I picked her up, and when I dropped her off, she told me to come inside. Her dad told her to come up in her room... and when we did........ SURPRISE!!!! All her friends were there. :) She's like, "Wendi, did YOU know about this?" Yep, sure did. That's why I asked to come babysitting with me. :D She was verry surprised, and I'm glad she didn't find out. :)

We did a road rally, and then just hung out and sang High School Musical on the Wii. It was fun.... Hope you had a good SURPRISE birthday, Nenna!

Jenna,

There was so many pictures of us two, I didn't know which one's to use! :)

My turn

So I've been tagged. I really don't know what to share as my facts about myself, but here it goes:

1. I need a lot of sleep... I'm not really a night owl, and I'm def. NOT a morning person. If I had to choose one, I would def. say I'm more of an night owl... but not always. Sometimes I'm the first one to go to bed in our family(besides dad). I need about 10 hours each night to really feel rested up. And I love naps. I guess I'm a Schick. :)

2. I cannot stand pop. It just amazes me that people say how they can't live without their polar pop or whatever. Now, Coffee, I can see! But yeah, I've never been a fan of pop/soda.

3. I love the piano with a passion. I absolutely love going to the music store and getting a new book. I pretty much collect them.... my current count it 61, all in the basket of my bedroom next to my keyboard. :) That's just the books that are my level... I have another basket full of books that are too easy for me.

4. I have naturally curly and wavy hair(comes from my Dad!). I straighten it a lot... but when I'm in a hurry or lazy, I let it go curly.

5. I LOVE hugs! If someone gives me a hug, it pretty much makes my day. I even have a shirt that says, "FREE HUGS." But it seems like not very many people take the shirt seriously. : lol

6. I love kids\babies....and I'm always hauling them around in church or just playing with them. Jessica always tells me I'm gonna be too worn out by the time I have my own. :) Every time my friends see me with a kid\baby, they just roll their eyes.

7. I'm one of those people who make their bed everyday, even though they're going to sleep in it again that night. I haven't always done it, but I think I'm kind of turning into a neat freak. My room is always picked up, too. (it used to never be that way!)

I wanted to come up with some really random and weird facts, but I didn't feel like thinking that long, trying to come up with some. I don't really want to tag people, but I'm going to tag a few: Katie, Linds, & Luke.

Honestly, I'll be surprised if I see them actually do it! :)

Applesauce Day

I am now totally and completly sick of it. Even the smell.

Today Jessica(& kids), Lynette(& kids), Heidi, and us did it this afternoon.


We did 6 bushels of applesauce and we had a total of 115 containers.
With 15 people here.
It only took 6 hours.


I mostly helped with the kids, and didn't help much with the apples... and it was a little crazy at times(especially lunch time!) and the house is kind of a mess... but it was kind of fun. :) Makin' memories, I guess. :)


Johnny can now say my name! :) I feel so honored. :D


So, that's all that is new with me.
The weekend wasn't real exciting... I pretty much just babysat.

Hope you all have a good week!!

lackadaisical

......was one of my vocab words this week. I have never heard of it before (no surprise there, I'm terrible with words), but everyone else has. I think it's such a cool word... so fun to say! Just in case you don't know what it means:
lackadasical - showing little spirit or enthusiasm.

my weekend, ironing & the grandfather's clock

Not a real exciting weekend, but any weekend without school is still really great. :)

Friday night we went to U. John & A. Jeanne's and had supper and spent the evening there with Grandma, because that's where she's staying for the time being.

Saturday morning I did some ironing that DESPERATELY needed to be done. I keep telling Grandma that she better hurry up and get moving around so she can do our ironing! She always did it, and the closet has gotten quite full of clothes this summer. My Mom never irons (I'm not sure why...) so it's all up to me, and I can never keep up with it. I really don't mind it, I just never have the time. :) Anyways, enough about ironing.

Saturday afternoon/evening I babysat for 7 hours. I discovered(and should've known) that giving 4 little boys baths is quite the hassle! Even though I was pretty tired afterward, I had fun with the kids.


Sunday night was Uncle Tom & Aunt Carol's annual Schick wiener roast. It was the usual: hotdogs, smores, hot apple cider, hayrack ride, Lynette's AMAZING pasta salad, and being cold. :)


Monday I had two babysitting jobs. I just love babysitting. LOVE IT! I love the kids. I love getting to know the family. And least of all, there's the money. Seriously, like Lindsay said in her blog... I do it and when they hand me the money... it's like, oh! I get paid!? [I'm being a copycat here :D But it really IS true. ]


Oh, GREAT news! You know our big Grandfather Clock in the foyer that just sits there and doesn't even work? Well, Mom moved it this weekend to clean behind it, and afterwards she wound it. Well, it is now working perfectly! It's the strangest thing... it hasn't worked since we've moved in the house we're in now. I've never seen it work, so it's kinda exciting. :)



One last thing:
Is it just our computer or is my blog messed up? It's all totally pink/orange on my computer. Leave a comment and let me know... cuz I'll fix it if it is.

Love you all, and have a great week!

2 dog too many

It's been dog chaos here lately.



Last Saturday afternoon, Missy was barking viciously at the neighbor right against her invisible fence line (she can't pass it without getting shocked). The neighbor(we'll call him Bob) got really upset at Luke and was like, "I can't even work in my own yard!" and was even cussing at him! Bob came over to our yard and Missy bit him on the leg! Bob was REALLY upset then. Poor Luke! He was the only one outside dealing with all this. I'm not quite sure why Bob came over to our yard when Missy was acting as mean as she was. The vet says that she was scared and was trying to defend herself.... which I think might be true, because Bob hasn't been real nice to Missy lately. Bob then came to our front door and Dad talked to him. He told Dad that Missy's been barking right toward his bedroom window about every night for a long time, and it's driving him and his wife crazy! (don't ask me why he didn't tell us this sooner.) The bite was pretty bad.. he had blood running down his leg and Dad said you could see teeth marks. So, Dad said we need to get rid of Missy and do it right away. That evening we took her over to my Uncle & Aunt's house for the time being. We thought that was that, and all we had to do was find Missy a new permanent home.



On Monday, the Animal Control called and said that we have to take Missy to the vet for an examination, keep her in a garage or pen for 10 days, and take her back to the vet later for another examination. It's the law, and they have to do it for the rabies thing. THANKFULLY, we took Missy to the vet for all her shots just about a month and a half ago. We thought it was so stupid that Bob had called the Animal Control... but he had to go to the doctor for the bite because he has a heart problem and blah blah blah blah..........but the doctors office was going to call the Animal control if Bob wasn't going to.

ANYWHO, we took Missy to the vet, brought her back here, and have been kept her chained up or in the garage. She can't stand it. Poor thing! 6 days down only 4 more to go!!


In other words:



FREE
FEMALE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD
Is very devoted to her owners, but can be snippy with strangers, and is not always real fond of them (although she loves some!)
CALL w/any questions!


We have to sell her if we ever want peace with our neighbors. :( I'm very sad......



On a brighter and not as boring note...
I had another good weekend. I enjoy them soo much more during the school year... it's a great break from school!

Friday night Kendra spent the night. We actually did schoolwork together.... we usually don't accomplish much, but we did this time! And of course, I was shortened on sleep.
Saturday day was not so good, but Saturday night I babysat. Until 12:30. I was dead Sunday morning. But I had to keep going, because after church I played the piano for 2 hours at Katelyn Fehr & Mark Stoller's wedding reception. Then I headed on over to ACYF in Tremont. That was pretty good.

I've been meaning to write this week, but it's now another weekend!! YAY!!!!