Wes was in my office recently and told me he was interested in asking a girl out. My reply to him was "why??? I thought you didn't like people." He sort of chuckled and continued to tell me the person and the plans. He wanted to go bowling and out for food. The girl he intended to ask out works with him, so he does know her, which is a good thing.
I gave him a date to shoot for to ask her out and said that I would call the following day and ask him if he did it. Well instead of calling, I went in to where he worked and asked him if he asked her out. He told me that it didn't work out. My reply to Wes at this point was that if he didn't ask her out in the next hour, I would find her and ask her out for him. He looked at me and said "I know you aren't kidding!"
So... He asked her out she said yes and the plans were made. The problem is that 4 days before the date, Wes totalled his car. Fortunately it was a group date so there were others that would drive.
The date went well according to Wes (it was a couple of weeks ago). I asked him what was the best part of the date and he replied with "feeling like I was a normal high school kid."
How far he has come... 6 months ago he would not have wanted to even be thought of as a normal high school kid. Now he like the feeling it has.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Mom's complaining...
My mom is complaining that I haven't written much in a while, so I better.
My two kids both had birthdays this month. Emma turned nine and Sadie turned twelve.
For Emma, birthdays are a huge deal... HUGE. She can barely stand it and we have to let her open at least one present before school if we are to have any peace during the day. Soooo she opened a present and got a pair of heely's for her birthday. She was so excited to have shoes you can roller skate in. But the best part of her birthday was at night singing to her. You see, we had small group and at our small group we celebrated Emma's birthday for our desert time. Everyone in our group gathered around Emma, singing happy birthday while yours truly held the "Dairy Queen Ice Cream cake" in front of her. She blew out the candle and within a blink of an eye.... you guessed it.... I lost balance of the cake, it slid of the plate and fell on the floor. Emma's glee turned south instantly. Everyone was trying not to laugh because Emma has an idiot for a dad, but they all held it together. It took a lot of talking on my part to get Emma to forgive me.
The only saving grace in all of this is that the cake was still frozen enough that it didn't fall apart at all. It just got a little smashed on one side. Yes... it was delicious and everything worked out.
Sadie. Well for her Birthday we took her to see the "Phantom of the Opera" in Des Moines in early February. I think it was one of the best showings I have seen. The only problem is that about 15 minutes before the play ended I heard a ruckus in the row behind me. I looked back just in time to see some guy stand up and vomit about five seats away. He scurried down the row and did it again. Rene' leaned over to me and said "that is a first," which means a lot coming from a woman that has been in a lot of theater. Fortunately, Sadie's eyes never left the stage and she barely know what was going on. Yes, she LOVES phantom. She has seen every youtube clip and everything. If you want to see something funny, watch the Will Ferrell clip on youtube of him sining "music of the night" it is really funny.
My two kids both had birthdays this month. Emma turned nine and Sadie turned twelve.
For Emma, birthdays are a huge deal... HUGE. She can barely stand it and we have to let her open at least one present before school if we are to have any peace during the day. Soooo she opened a present and got a pair of heely's for her birthday. She was so excited to have shoes you can roller skate in. But the best part of her birthday was at night singing to her. You see, we had small group and at our small group we celebrated Emma's birthday for our desert time. Everyone in our group gathered around Emma, singing happy birthday while yours truly held the "Dairy Queen Ice Cream cake" in front of her. She blew out the candle and within a blink of an eye.... you guessed it.... I lost balance of the cake, it slid of the plate and fell on the floor. Emma's glee turned south instantly. Everyone was trying not to laugh because Emma has an idiot for a dad, but they all held it together. It took a lot of talking on my part to get Emma to forgive me.
The only saving grace in all of this is that the cake was still frozen enough that it didn't fall apart at all. It just got a little smashed on one side. Yes... it was delicious and everything worked out.
Sadie. Well for her Birthday we took her to see the "Phantom of the Opera" in Des Moines in early February. I think it was one of the best showings I have seen. The only problem is that about 15 minutes before the play ended I heard a ruckus in the row behind me. I looked back just in time to see some guy stand up and vomit about five seats away. He scurried down the row and did it again. Rene' leaned over to me and said "that is a first," which means a lot coming from a woman that has been in a lot of theater. Fortunately, Sadie's eyes never left the stage and she barely know what was going on. Yes, she LOVES phantom. She has seen every youtube clip and everything. If you want to see something funny, watch the Will Ferrell clip on youtube of him sining "music of the night" it is really funny.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Long Time
I can't believe that it has been this long since I last wrote in my blog... Basically, I don't think I have that exciting of a life, but I know that my mom likes to read about it. Mom's will always be moms....
I will write more in the next few days and speak:
My recent house remodel
My recent trip to Guatemala
Wes' happenings
and whatever else may come to my head (which shouldn't be much)
I will write more in the next few days and speak:
My recent house remodel
My recent trip to Guatemala
Wes' happenings
and whatever else may come to my head (which shouldn't be much)
Monday, November 27, 2006
Wes... again....
Wes knows that I write about him, so he reads this now from time to time. He recently gave me his Senior picture and I will try and scan it and post it on Flickr.
My answer to Wes regarding Noah was this. "Who says that the laws God puts out for us are the same laws that He abides by." When God gave the 10 commandments to Moses, He said "you shall not," but never included himself as a person for whom the laws are for. Wes is still stewing on this.
We is starting a forum of devil's advocates here in town at a local bookstore. I am really proud of him and the investigating he does to find truth on his own terms. He is a great kid and I know that one day he will claim God's kingdom as his own.
I have requested with his school that he continue to come in next semester as well. They are very open to it and I think it will be great. We have fun together.
I think he is getting tired of debating me. I have got him frustrated a lot lately, not that I am trying to, but some of his ideas about life are a little too one sided from just his point of view. I try and balance him out a little.
Today we were talking about gaining credibility. I have told him that whether or not he likes it, that a college degree will give him credibility to those who don't know him. He doesn't like to hear things like that. Let's just put it this way, when he left me today he told me he probably wouldn't sleep much tonight... too much to think about.
Wes also turned a corner the other week. He confronted me about something I said to him and that it wounded him a little. In other words, he said I hurt his feelings. I replied with, "I thought you had no feelings." He laughed. What happened was that he said something about Christianity that was completely off base. I told him that if he believed that about Christianity (I can't recall specifically what the debate was about) then he has a shallow view of Christianity. Wes came back to me the next week and said that any time I say that he has a shallow view of anything, that is a wounding comment. I asked him if he truly knew what I meant, and he replied with his usual "oh, yes." His point to me was that he thinks about so much and tries to get below the surface of stuff that for someone to think he is shallow is very hurtful. I apologized and made sure that he didn't feel picked on. He didn't. We are still tight. I have even moved up in Wes' eyes. He recently referred to me as his "friend type thing." Life is good.
My answer to Wes regarding Noah was this. "Who says that the laws God puts out for us are the same laws that He abides by." When God gave the 10 commandments to Moses, He said "you shall not," but never included himself as a person for whom the laws are for. Wes is still stewing on this.
We is starting a forum of devil's advocates here in town at a local bookstore. I am really proud of him and the investigating he does to find truth on his own terms. He is a great kid and I know that one day he will claim God's kingdom as his own.
I have requested with his school that he continue to come in next semester as well. They are very open to it and I think it will be great. We have fun together.
I think he is getting tired of debating me. I have got him frustrated a lot lately, not that I am trying to, but some of his ideas about life are a little too one sided from just his point of view. I try and balance him out a little.
Today we were talking about gaining credibility. I have told him that whether or not he likes it, that a college degree will give him credibility to those who don't know him. He doesn't like to hear things like that. Let's just put it this way, when he left me today he told me he probably wouldn't sleep much tonight... too much to think about.
Wes also turned a corner the other week. He confronted me about something I said to him and that it wounded him a little. In other words, he said I hurt his feelings. I replied with, "I thought you had no feelings." He laughed. What happened was that he said something about Christianity that was completely off base. I told him that if he believed that about Christianity (I can't recall specifically what the debate was about) then he has a shallow view of Christianity. Wes came back to me the next week and said that any time I say that he has a shallow view of anything, that is a wounding comment. I asked him if he truly knew what I meant, and he replied with his usual "oh, yes." His point to me was that he thinks about so much and tries to get below the surface of stuff that for someone to think he is shallow is very hurtful. I apologized and made sure that he didn't feel picked on. He didn't. We are still tight. I have even moved up in Wes' eyes. He recently referred to me as his "friend type thing." Life is good.
I will never....
Things I think I will never do again...
(I say "I think" because you can really never say never, and, I may change my mind)
Remodel a house
Have kids
Move East
Buy a big old house
Go to school
Root for WSU
Eat a lot of fried food
I'm sure the list could go on... but that is all I have for now.
(I say "I think" because you can really never say never, and, I may change my mind)
Remodel a house
Have kids
Move East
Buy a big old house
Go to school
Root for WSU
Eat a lot of fried food
I'm sure the list could go on... but that is all I have for now.
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