Tuesdays.

I’m still sick. [Lame].

But,

This fun little card came across my email today, and it can speak for both itself and for my day.



pretty much.

Good news though: Tomorrow night is Bible study, and Friday is small group!

xo | cmd

Sick Days

Booooooooo! I decided the reason I was sick today could absolutely be attributed to the fact that I came in contact with about 2,000 people over the course of the weekend, what with visiting the City Museum two days in a row. Lame.

Today consisted of work, and me plowing through just about the entire box of Kleenex on my desk and a whole bag of Ricola’s. *sigh.

That was it, folks. That was the exact content of my day. I just woke up recently from an evening full of sleeping.

Here’s to a better tomorrow.

xo | cmd

Superbowl 2012!



[just some] of the gals of my family ♥



Man oh man! This weekend flew right past me. We woke up this morning to find that Paul had already headed out close to 6:45 to play an early show at one of the churches in St. Louis. Lynn left out homebound for Cincinnati around 8am, and Heidi & Jonathan left to rendezvous with Paul right as we were bound for church. Tim was the last man standing, and joined us for church and lunch afterwards. We were bummed to drop him off for his flight back to Seattle, especially since his next trip is homeland-bound for Taiwan. [We are praying for your safe travel! Have fun back home!!!]



amazing.
simply amazing.



Just as soon as we’d left Tim for his flight, we kicked it into gear again to tidy up around the house, clean where we could, and order pizzas for our Superbowl party. It wasn’t long until Pastor Ron & Debbie, Meagan & Rob, Jimmy & Mo, Adam & Cathy with the girls, and Kyle with Tessa were all gathered around a food-covered table munching away. I promise that every one of the guests that’ve been through our home since we moved into it have all been excellent cooks; we are all benefiting from that. Haha. I would like to note the chocolate drizzled popcorn brought by Mo & Jimmy: It has officially added a little spice to my already avid affinity for popcorn. Good call, guys. J



sydni got some goodies from
back home, thanks to
nana & pappy!



As for the actual Superbowl, I don’t think there was much preference one way or another, and save for Kyle, nobody really seemed all that interested in which team finished victorious, but we did join the ranks of Americans everywhere who probably had a better time watching the commercials. Plus, speculating on the halftime performance is always necessary. Lol.

So yeah, congratulations to the Giants, and to Manning & his new corvette. Haha.

It’s back to it, tomorrow. Briiiiiing it.

xo | cmd

Family & The City Museum [Take 2]

Weekend, weekend, you are blazing right on by!

There was no movement in our house today before 9am. I think the dog was probably up hours before anyone else was stirring. Hah. Once we did get moving, sluggish as that may have been, Joe took Tim & Lynn over to base to tour it. Heidi, Paul, and Jonathan made a stop over at Guitar Center to get some things straightened out for the new guitar that Paul’s been arranging to get for Jonathan. It’ll be his first Martin; we’re all pretty excited for him.

Early afternoon rolled around, and found me in the backseat with Jonathan as Paul drove us and Heidi into St. Louis for their first go at the City Museum [take 2, Cori!]. I was so excited to show them everything, as simple explanation does it very little justice. In no time at all, I was back in the museum’s lobby for the second time in 12 hours. We wasted no time in getting right to it, and spent the next four hours consumed in all of the twists of the interactive playground.

There’s an antiqued piano on the upper level, and Jonathan made himself right at home to entertain some passing patrons. I’m so proud of him and impressed by his musical talents! I thank God constantly for blessing me with the family He has, and for blessing them with the talents they have to develop.

All music aside, we happened by a room inhabited by Marion Nichols, author and craft master. It didn’t take much persuading to lure us into a free craft session. Of the wide span of Ms. Nichols’ genius, she has a whole line of books dedicated specifically to paper snowflakes. She can pretty much translate any object into a design for paper snowflakes. The tutorial we joined today involved us using paper snowflake-specific scissors to cut out the necessary parts on a template to create our own. We didn’t do too bad! Heidi’s was a fairy, Jonathan’s a musical treble clef, Paul’s an acoustic guitar, and mine a seahorse. Yeah, like I said. This lady’s got it all. 



crafty. oh so crafty.





Once we were through with the snowflakes, we decided to stick around for one more session with Ms. Nichols, who moved seamlessly into copper plating. This I’d never really done, so it was a bit interesting. For this one, Heidi landed a tiger, Jonathan a spider, Paul a treble clef, and me a fish. They actually came out pretty neat, in spite of our apparent inabilities to fold straight edges to finish them off before mounting. Haha. Oh, well. Still fun.

It was mid evening when we finally rolled back into our driveway. Paul & Heidi took off for a date night dinner, and I whipped up some Italian for all of us here. Once P&H returned, we took to some DIY and light guitar jam sessions before calling it a night. Here’s another Pinterest pin. Love love love.



old shirt = new scarf :)



Church tomorrow!

xo | cmd

Company & The City Museum [Take 1]

Happy Friday!

I was greeted by Joe, Tim, & Lynn when I got home from work. I had every intention of cooking dinner, but by unanimous vote, we decided on a more relaxed option of Eckert’s. Off we were to enjoy Joe’s favorite fried biscuits and some good country food. Taking visitors there has always been a favorite of ours, and it was no surprise that everyone enjoyed the experience.

now that's coffee!

Back at the house, it wasn’t long before my sister and nephew rolled in from Ohio, bringing with them all kinds of delectable edibles from either Mom or the farmer’s market. Tim had brought with him some authentic coffee beans, complete with manual grinder. I never thought I’d regret having traded our traditional coffee maker for our Kuering [and I still don’t], but now would be an excellent time to have both, as selfish as that sort of seems. It’s funny how the upgrade in technology can almost be, at times, inconveniencing. Hah. In any regard, while we were forced to momentarily postpone fresh coffee, we weren’t hindered at all in terms of regular eating. No sir, we were entirely prepared for all of that. J

 



fun @ the city museum



We’d already decided to take Tim & Lynn into St. Louis, specifically to the City Museum downtown. For the natives here, I don’t believe it’s considered much of a new relic, but we’re still enamored by its creative intensity, so naturally we show it off to our friends whenever possible. To our disappointment, we didn’t realize until after we got there that my 14-year-old nephew could’ve easily gone with us, as the rule for 18yrs+ doesn’t apply if you’re there with someone who is 18+. Oh, well. It’s probably for the better, so that Paul wouldn’t be excluded in the trip, and was there at our house when we returned anyway. At the museum, Tim & Lynn were beside themselves taking in the child-like visualizations brought to fruition on adult-sized scales. Joe and I had only been there once before, so it was a refresher of what was to be offered. We climbed, crawled, ascended, descended, and slid down the 10-story spiral slide, loving every minute of watching each other maneuver through tiny tunnels and crawlspaces.

It’s now almost 1am; we just got back moments ago, and I… [aside from post-dating...] am… beat.

Gooooood Night!

xo | cmd

The Reprise of Someecards

One of the great assets of Pinterest is the vast variety of material that people pin and re-pin. For those of you who are still unfamiliar with Pinterest, I would suggest you exploring that at your own risk: I’m warning you now that it really is worth it, but it’ll sucker up all your time if you let it! Some of the newest things in my house are pinspired things.



one of the many.. :)



Within my work alone, Meagan and I are both avid pinners. Today, she showed me one she’d found a pin from an old Someecard. It sent me into déjà vu to my days at Clearchannel, when Kim, Catie, and I would shoot those busters back and forth nearly twice a day. I was instantly reminded of how funny they can be [though, admittedly, some take it a bit too far]. We took a few minutes and scanned through the workplace cards for some good laughs.

Work aside, we spent the evening tidying up for the next round of out-of-town visitors. Joe’s friend Lynn drives in from Cincinnati tomorrow, and his friend Tim will fly in from Seattle. Plus, Heidi, Jonathan, and Paul will be here at some point tomorrow evening, too. They’ll all be here for the weekend.

It’s gonna be a busy one!

Headin’ to rest up….

xo | cmd

Babysitting :)

Kyle & Amy are one of the couples we know from base; Kyle works with Joe, and they were the two we initially hung out with as soon as we moved to Scott. Their daughter and Sydni always have a blast together, so it was our pleasure when Kyle asked us to keep an eye on Sydni while he and Amy went in to the hospital to await the birth of their second baby. Joe texted me at work to let me know that Tessa was already at our house, and that the two little girls were taking the afternoon by storm. 



welcome baby liam!



As soon as I got back to the house, I relieved Joe of babysitting duty and took the girls to church. It was quite the production getting them both into agreeable clothing; each of course had to have her own ensemble: cartoon character shirt, skirt, leggings, pigtails, backpack, stuffed animal, blankie, and juice cup. When I finally got them out the door and loaded into the car, I was forbidden to leave the garage until I got the Veggie Tales’ Hairbrush song running.

We made it through church with very little fuss, and for being such good little girls, I treated them out for some dinner together before heading back to our house. Since I’m editing this entry to backdate it, Tessa spent the night last night and her baby brother Liam was born this morning at 12:30AM!

We’re so excited to see him!

I’m a bit tired… Ciao for now J

xo | cmd