Feb 23

Yesterday was my little bubba's 2nd birthday! I couldnt post because the internet didnt want to work for me for some reason...but I gave him a haircut..AND A MOHAWK!! hahaha its so awesome.

housechurch

after many disheartening failed attempts to find an already established house church in our area, I gave up completely. then I met a couple in which the wife was homeschooled and housechurched just like me! and the husband was public schooled and traditionally churched like Mike. quite the coincidence. so she and I of course struck up a friendship...and after knowing them a few months...my brain came out of hiding long enough to say, "hey, why dont we just have our own?"
so far we have had three meetings...three really good, although quick, meals. theres so few of us, conversation doesnt flow as easy so we just sort of eat, joke around, and then get down to the only thing I have come up with to do! we listen to Beresford's traditions cds. the first one was the one that had to set the stage, so it was a bit dry..and hard for the non housechurchers to get into. but now that we've gotten to the second and third...those were fun! and those were the ones that dove right into the interesting things. and theres more to come. :D
I'm the only one that plays an instrument..and I have to do the cooking, cleaning, childcare, and praying for our little church so I dont have the energy to step out on the music limb yet. everyone is willing to participate, (thankfully) they just dont want to have to help me clean up or sort of guide the thing. I hate being a female making all the suggestions but its either that or we have no church. and we all are really enjoying Beresford right now.
any suggestions on what to do next? books? cds? something someone could send me to give me ideas?
please pray for my husband to start taking initiative. we dont do alot of in-church praying because if we do, I have to lead...no one joins. everyone is very shy and we are all in the 21 and under age group...so its a slow start. and I dont know where the line is between appropriate female participation and feminist tyranny so I am treading carefully and trying to let it just flow as is except for when we listen to the cds.
something exciting though is that when some of these marines crash at our place after hanging out with us all weekend, they all choose to stay for church if they are still here. and they look forward to it. one of them said he felt he needed to stay because being involved in church again would make him feel better about his life. he also said he needed some F#%@ing Jesus in his life. dont we all. :P

Mustang

well here is the latest Jones family update...I finally got to pick a car for once. and I finally have a mustang...which I have wished for a very long time! and how cool is it that its a convertable and we live in southern california! I'm very excited about it. and I love to drive it!

climbing

my little baby girl shocked me yesterday by taking off like a little fat rocket....up all eighteen of my stairs without a pause. I was not even aware that she could! and she didnt dally long after she got to the top, she crawled super speedy into the room she and her "brubber" share to join him in playing with their toys and generally trashing the place.

babies and weeds, twinsies indeed.

I'm a little late but Feb 5 was lil A-rose"s birthday! and this is what she was doing on that day. making a mess!!! she sure looks happy about it though doesnt she?

and here is an updated picture of M-dog too. he was making faces everytime he took a drink because he wasnt used to that amount of carbonation!
the guy who is renting a room from us, dennis the menace, got internet and cable tv set up. boy is that a good way to waste time with almost no self control! thankfully there arent that many great shows to watch.

Get up, get up and go!

I cant seem to get moving. my mind is still happy...im just happy to be lazy! lol.
well lots going on, hubby's step-sister's boyfriend was almost out on the street 2 weeks ago, so now he is living here and finishing school online. he's a nice kid and a big help with my little ones.
I desperately need to grocery shop...but oh man do i hate it. i dont wanna go! but we almost have nothing to eat. its good for weight loss though.
speaking of which! i have been on antidepressants for two weeks. now in the past, the most weight i have been able to drop was 1 pound in five months...which i was excited about! but at my two week follow up on the meds yesterday i weighed in four pounds lighter than i had exactly two weeks before. i am certainly pleased!

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