Staying Warm

This weeks weather has been crazy, but not unusual for Tennessee. Was in the 70's early in the week and now it is 20, go figure. This is the time of year around here you have to have summer and winter wardrobe available, because you never know what the temps are going to be. Now they are calling for a chance of snow on Saturday. We hear that a lot around here but just never seems to develop. Once it gets warm like it did earlier this week, it is hard to adjust back to the cold. But, then again in a couple of months we will be complaining about it being too hot.

Wednesday night Reggie Dabbs was speaking at our church. He is an amazing motivational speaker. He has been going around to local schools this week. Yesterday, he went to Trousdale County High School, which is where John (my son-in-law) teaches. He said that Reggie was a hit and that everyone loved him. At the schools Reggie isn't allowed to speak of religion in any way but John said through what he talked about he still got the point across. Last night our church had a youth only service with him and about 20 from John's High School were there. They said the church was packed. If anyone that reads this gets the chance to hear him, please don't miss it. http://www.reggiedabbsonline.com/Cindy said that several of the adults that were there had to go out in the hall and watch it on the TVs in the hallway.

The family all came over again last night. John had to eat and leave to go to church to meet with his kids from school. Glad Trevor was able to make it. He went to school yesterday and they called and said he had a fever. Jamie took him to the Dr. and he had an ear infection. Poor guy has had it rough this winter. He just wasn't himself last night. Jeremy called from from the Air Force base and we were all excited to get to talk to him. He sounded really good. He has graduated from boot camp and is now in Techincal School. Gets through around 5 p.m. and has free weekends, unlike it was before. After dinner (beef roast, roasted chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes, roasted mixed veggies, Parmesan herb bubble bread & homemade cinnamon rolls) we played bingo. Mom bought a new fancy bingo set and just had to play. Dad & Mom go down to the Senior Center during the week for lunch and they usually play bingo. She is hooked. The prize last night was a $10 gift certificate for Outback Steakhouse (contributed by Dad) Mom won, so she put it back in the pot. Next game, we did a cover all and Dad won. He was sitting by Craig and they tried to pull a fast one on the rest of us and switched cards, making it look like Craig had one. So they fessed up and we played again, since dad put the gift card back in the pot also. On the last game, it was also a cover all and Buddy won, and it was a close game. It was fun, but kind of hard to do, with Trevor not feeling so good and Mitchell was his rowdy self, with the commotion it was kind of hard to hear. Nolen was the ball turner, so that kept him busy. They are used to getting to play.

One other funny note. Kristin had a lot of work on Wednesday, so I went to pick Mitchell up at school. His teacher (Ms. Dorothy) was telling him bye. I told her to ask Mitchell if he was going to have a brother or sister. His response "Sitter" that's how he says it. Then she asked what her name was going to be. He said "Dinosaur Rex" Then she said "What if it is a brother, what will his name be?" He said, "Ming, Ming" Whewy are we in trouble or what. :)

Mitchell, Nolen, and Mom staying warm by the fire. Not sure why the fire isn't showing up but there was one going. :)