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July 13, 2004
Go fish-
I tried and tried to come up with a title to summarize all the ramblings in my brain. No go. Anyway!
I love clean kitchens! It is my favorite chore in the whole house. Monday nights at our house is chore night and I got to clean the kitchen last night. I'm not talking about just doing some dishes and wiping off the table. I'm talking about scrubbing out the microwave, cleaning out the fridge and mopping the floor! Whew! I think it took me a little over an hr-but man that kitchen looked good! I woke up this morning and walked out to get some breakfast and just smiled. Wow. I know I'm weird, but sometimes it doesn't take much to get me to smile. I love things that are clean and look nice!
Moving right along. I'm turing into my mother. (For those of you who just got lost as to how I could go from cleaning kitchens to my mom... well she is a clean freak as well- in fact I think it might be genetic in my case. However the genes missed all my siblings! :) Not that that is a bad thing- I love my mom! And so do many other people. But did you ever have times when you were younger and you swore that you wouldn't do things the way your parents did? I don't mean the big things- I am so happy for the way I was raised. But it is the little things that I do now that makes me very scared. Like last week when I said "Oh, she will be tickled pink!" As soon as I said it, I thought, hey is mom around? I don't normally talk like that. And then to make matters even better my sister jumped in the car on Friday and said "gooshness" - a Cindy Sokoll favorite! And she is only 17! :) But I have come to the conclusion that if I do turn into my mother I am ok with that. I love you mom!
Next: Today a van drove by our office and had DRAIN - RIGHT on the side of it. As it slowly drove away I caught the tag line:
"We come rush'in to get you flush'in!"
Wow.
And last but not least here is a verse that has been on my mind today. I wrote it on a sticky note and posted it to my computer in hopes that I might have it memorized by the end of the day.
"So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady. Always enthusaistic about the Lord's work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is EVER useless." - 1 Corinthians 15:58
Posted by Leah at July 13, 2004 12:03 PM
Comments
"Have some bread with that" (my dad would say when we would grab a hunk of lunch meat and eat it without making a sandwich)
or how about "Knock that look off your face, or I'll knock it off for you"
"You want something to cry about? I'll give you something to cry about"......
Sounds like a rough childhood, huh? It was tough, we laugh about it now...but let me tell you, I eat my share of lunch meat with NO BREAD now, and LOVE IT!
PS..I aspire to be a "Cindy Sokoll" if only to raise awesome kids like your folks have!
Posted by: Terri at July 13, 2004 01:18 PM
Leah, I miss living with you. How can you even stand to spend the night at my house with our kitchen in the state that it's in?
Posted by: Wendy K at July 13, 2004 01:36 PM
korthals--
when i enter certain kitchens i try to find a happy place...
just kidding. it doesn't really bother me THAT much ;) - i just enjoy keeping my house nice and in order, but i get along just fine at other people's houses
Posted by: leah at July 13, 2004 02:30 PM
My grandfather owned a septic tank business at one time. On his truck, with a HUGE tank on the back, it said, "Your S--- Is Our Bread and Butter." Remember, this is the 50's.
On a side note, my uncle Bill picked up his senior prom date in that truck! Proud to be a Jones!
Posted by: Dan at July 13, 2004 05:08 PM