IN A TWO WEEK SPAN

From a blizzard to rain. From an earthquake to a tornado. From -8 degrees to 70 degrees. ALL IN A TWO WEEK SPAN. It's no wonder that 1/2 the people I know are sick that live around here. This Ohio weather is ridiculous!
-Jenelle-

Wordless Wednesday

At the time of this video my nephew was just past 2 years old. The fact that he has 4 older siblings must definitely influence his abilities at a young age.

Wordless Wednesday

Works for Me Wednesday

I was inspired by Shannon's post of Karate to include what I do for exercise. Since I live in Ohio, I can never expect to have nice warm, sunny days every morning to take a brisk walk in. One day it's a blizzard and the next it is raining. A few months ago I invested 29.95 (I used a 50% off coupon) for a computer game called Dance Praise. It is amazing. It is like DDR but using popular Christian songs. There is no profanity. On this program you hook up a mat to your USB port in your computer and you're good to go. You dance to the music and score points depending on how many times you step on the right spot at the right time. There are several different ways to play and they even have an exercise program. You can also play against a friend if you get an extra mat. It is a great indoor exercise. To me it works a little like Jazzercise because you're dancing to the music (except you'd have to add your own warmups and cool downs and/or weights). I figure even if I did have to pay the full price it still would equal about one month of any of those exercise gyms (not that they're bad but you do have to drive there). My family and friends love it too!

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Works-For-Me Wednesday

For the special kitchen edition of WFMW I would like to give an alternative way to clean the counters... espcially the wooden cutting boards. Since my hubby likes to stay away from using chemicals, I have discovered from doing research that vinegar cleans surfaces as well and if not better than most anti-bacterial sprays. I just splash a bit over the counters and wipe away. This is a great way to keep chemicals away from our bodies... as well as little ones who might like to get them out of cupboards. The little ones can't get into the chemicals if there aren't any there :)

Works-for-me Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

I saw this on the beach and had to capture a picture of this. Speechless I am!


Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Oh the life it must be for a snow egret in Fort Myers Beach, FL.

Wordless Wednesday

Amazing Grace

Go see the movie Amazing Grace. It was the best movie I've seen in a long time. Good, clean, movie where justice done.

http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/

No more fun & games

Wednesday night I went to the Chris Tomlin concert with Becki and we had awesome seats directly dead center on the floor in front of the stage at a perfect distance.
Thursday night Andy and I went to eat at his parent's house as one of the cousins was in town with his family.
Friday night we went to the Auto Show VIP preview at the IX Center...

Monday my class starts. Hmmmm...
I need to simplify my schedule.

-Jenelle-

Wordless Wednesday

This picture is a little over a year old taken at New Years of my nephew and I. He is quite a ham! He is facinated with digital cameras as he loves to look at pictures immediately after they're taken.
Wordless Wednesday

Works for me Wednesday

Since I have such a busy schedule with working a few different jobs, full time masters student, and a wife, I hardly have any time to relax. There are so many projects that could be finished and so many time sensitive things I need to do. What works best for me is to get the necessities done each day. I do not clean up the kitchen several times during the day but just once a day. I also do not do "work" or "chore" type tasks after 8pm. I set limits that way I'm not exhausted nor do I feel guilty for not having accomplished the bottomless pitt of tasks. Since Sunday is not really a day of rest for hubby and I we try to do something fun together either Friday or Saturday night. I also have one other day off in the week in which I rotate from week to week from either errands (groceries and shopping) or cleaning. Setting limits and knowing that I do not need to be stressed out is very helpful to me. There is no need to overextend my body.

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Youth Group tonight

More storm pictures...

We got more snow again today. It snowed all day today as if we didn't have enough snow. The two above pictures are from Wednesday.

VALENTINES DATE

We went to Olive Garden despite the raging cold winter storm. We ended up spending the night choosing the names for our twelve children that probably have not yet been born:
God willing that there are six guys and six girls the names are as follows:
Katerina Joy Morris
Madeline Faith Morris
Chloe Passion Morris
Nellie Cheerful Morris
Mercedes Charity Morris
Clarissa Grace Morris
James Peace Morris
Stephen Love Morris
Wesley Gentle Morris
Jacob Discerning Morris
Joseph Wise Morris
Johnathon Truth Morris

We are officially claiming these names. If someone else names their baby these first then there will just have to be two with the same name.
Andy

Still snowing at 9 am!

Have a snow day for Valentines Day!

Not going anywhere anytime soon...

photo of our car at 10pm tonight (or what's left of it)

Winter in Ohio...

Unfortunately this weather caused me to have to drive an extra 1.5 hours today to and from work. This is just the beginning of the storm. It is the worst since 1993 according to news channel 5. It is to continue until tomorrow night or later.

-Jenelle-

I know, it has been close to a month since I've last posted. A new job, a new nephew, another couple of birthdays later and it is today. I am pretty busy and need to simplify. Stress is present most definitely as Wednesday was my day off last week and I didn't even go to Bible study. Yikes! Pray for me as I have decisions to make.
-Jenelle-

Sam the Man!

It was a fun visit... that is for sure. I thought I would share some of the joyous times that occurred between Christmas and New Years :)

Operation nosering

So today I finally bought my first nosering assessories. Unfortunately all I wanted was an invisible one but happily there was a deal 5 for $25 and the young girl was so nice that she talked herself into giving me 2 extra for free just because the mall was dead today. Anyway... our first unsuccessful attempt to take it out for the first time was before prayer meeting. I say "our" because I halfway want and also don't want Andy to do it. He decided it was getting red and said we probably shouldn't irritate it any further. After prayer meeting I decided that enough was enough. I wanted to switch it out. I could only get it out partway and decided to start putting saltwater on it just in case. This thing is bent 3 different angles and I really didn't know how I would get it out. Thankfully Andy started and got it out further. All of a sudden I got lightheaded... I felt like I could pass out. I needed to sit down and get rid of the sweatshirt. It was getting so hot. After a breather, Andy was manuevering it out again. Finally I felt it freed from my nose. Wow! What a feeling. I cleaned my nose more while the nosering was out and put something on my nose to stop it from swelling as it was very red. We decided to put another nosering in right away just in case it does swell. I could hardly find the hole though. All the noserings that I got are similar to earrings in that they do not have bent corners on the stud. They are just straight studs with a tiny ball in the back so that it does not come out. It was very easy to put one of these in. There is no way I'll be putting that other one back in. I'm not sure how the guy at the piercing place got it in to begin with. So I suppose this operation was successful!
-Jenelle-

I am so overwhelmed!

On a quick break here I thought I'd finally post something here. I haven't been home for 2 weeks now. Andy, I, Bryan, & Faith all rode down together to my sister's in North Carolina. We spent a lovely fun few days together. I was able to also visit with my Aunt & Uncle who met us there from the Carolinas also. Saturday after breakfast a crew of us went up to shoot. We had a great time and I hit the target on my third shot. Not bad! I hit many targets this day. After lunch everyone depart. The 3 that came with me rode back home with my parents. I stayed with the Hyltons over the New Year. We played games through the new year and I got some sleep. I crammed in more work that had to be completed before my class which started Tuesday morning at 8:30am. Right around 3:30pm I departed from my sisters and headed to Liberty University. Thankfully I made it and found where I'm staying alright.
The first class: Tuesday - Saturday 8:30am-5pm
We did intense counseling sessions. In groups of 3 we took turns being (1) the counselor (2) the client (3) the observer. We practiced with the same person and the same topics that we wanted to work on. Sometimes we wouldn't get done with our practice sessions until 9:30 at night. Then after that we would have homework to do. I'd be up until midnight and sometimes up to work before class. It is the most emotionally and physically drained that I have ever been in my entire life. My body was sore all over and I knew I was on the edge of getting sick. We made great friends and colleagues. We all went out to dinner together even with the professor one evening along with eating together in smaller groups throughout the week. Saturday night I started preparing for the next week's class. All day Sunday I worked on the workbook for this class. Right now I'm in another intensive class from Monday - Friday again. My head is spinning and actually I was 2 1/2 hours late my first morning of class this week because my sickness did come. I think I have pink eye along with a cold. Ewwww. There is no way that I'm going to not go to my class now. I'm all the way here in Virginia so I need to push through.
I also found a buddy who will ride home with me who lives only 25 minutes from my house. Supposedly we're going to get out at noon on Friday so maybe we'll drive then. Hopefully I won't still be exhausted. It seems as if I will have the evenings free this week in contrast to last week. Wow!
Oh, and also last week I finally agreed to go back and work at National City Bank (but a new branch).
What a life changing experience it has been so far. Please pray for me as I am approaching the end of the two weeks that I'll be rested, get healthy, and be able to stay focused!
-Jenelle-