We had a great turnout Saturday for our BigHouse workday! My parents and Luc were even able to come down and help out a little bit and get the big tour from Micah. I was glad they came. We had a loooong list of things to get done, and made a pretty good dent in it. We got the left side of the shed torn down, the right side of the remaining shed fixed, a place for the wall dug out, started the gaga pit, got some raking done, cleaned BigHouse, and got a lot of clothes sorted and turned over for summer in our clothes closet. It was a fun and productful day from my standpoint. Im hoping with the volunteers we get throughout the week we can finish up some of these projects pretty soon, the large stack of wood in our backyard makes it hard for the kids to be outside much.
I thought Sunday was a good day. After the workday on Saturday Blake, Micah, Anderson, and I went to my house in Trussville. On Sunday morning Micah spoke to all three services and several sunday school classes at my church about the swimsuit and towel drive, she is a pretty solid speaker! Everyone seemed excited about it, and between two sunday school classes we already got $400 in donations towards the drive.
It wasnt though. God answers prayers, He humbled me.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Its official!
I am officially a BigHouse employee now! woot, woot. To celebrate, we are having a Chick-fil-A night tonight, Monday February 14, 2011!! Hope everyone can come out and celebrate with me!! or just come out and eat and donate your receipt in the little bin... besides whats sweeter than taking your sweetheart on a date to Chick-fil-A for Valentines Day? (For all of my northern followers, Chick-fil-A is a top notch fast food chain down here) If you cant come tonight, or if you can and want to celebrate even more..., Saturday is going to be a BigHouse workday!! We need as many people as can come to help us with some stuff around here. Bring whatever tools you have! Our big project is going to be tearing down part of a shed in the back, but we will also be building a gaga pit and doing a little landscaping/building a brick wall and stairs!
Thats really all the news for now. I have been thinking of a getting a new hobby.. I need something to get out and do. Joy thought I should take up cooking, which is sort of already a hobby, however, I dont really want nor have the money to be cooking all the time.. its not healthy. So, I need other suggestions people! Thanks, Joe
Thats really all the news for now. I have been thinking of a getting a new hobby.. I need something to get out and do. Joy thought I should take up cooking, which is sort of already a hobby, however, I dont really want nor have the money to be cooking all the time.. its not healthy. So, I need other suggestions people! Thanks, Joe
Monday, February 7, 2011
BigHouse
So, the main purpose of this post is to try and get BigHouse to pop up on the first page of a google search. If you want to know more about BigHouse, go to the website or copy and paste www.ourbighouse.org into your browser. Also, for all of you that follow me, or read me, please put a link on your blog and facebook!
Here at BigHouse we are gearing up for the Swimsuit and Towel Drive. Its gonna be crazy, but awesome! I am working on my fear of calling people. Well, its not really a fear, I just do not enjoy it at all. I realized I really am not a good talker, and I dont just mean because I have been known to mumble a time or two. I have always wanted to be more like Granddaddy, the way he can captivate everyone and tell a story so well. Oh well, practice makes perfect, so, I suppose calling these corporate sponsors will be good practice!
In other news... I need a haircut. Im starting to look like wolverine! I saw The King's Speech the other day. It is a quality film. It got me interested in knowing more about the real life characters its based upon, so I did a little research. From what I could find, the movie was fairly accurate, even throwing in little pieces of dialogue that appeared to be just filler, but actually revealed alot more about the characters real life personas than you realize while watching. I always like smart films like that.
I havent posted in a while, but Joy came down for about ten days a couple of weeks ago. It was so good to see her, especially before she leaves for Ecuador for five months!!. I am excited for her to go, though slightly jealous. I love to travel and know she is gonna have so many amazing times and tales to tell. We had a great time while she was here though. I took her to her first Alabama gymnastics meet!! My entire family went which was really awesome, and I think Joy really got into it. It is rather hard not to when you actually go and see how fun it is. The rest of the time she helped me so, so, so much at BigHouse and we spend just hanging out and seeing friends. I had a ton of fun with her. I miss her already, but I know God will take care of us and really am happy she gets to travel abroad for a while.
At the movies the other night, and then again during the Super Bowl (Go Pack Go), I saw several previews for new super hero movies. I am a big fan so I am pretty excited for them to come out. There is going to be a new Green Lantern, Thor, and Captain America that I have seen so far. I am pretty sure they plan to do an Avengers movie soon after with Hulk and Iron Man too, and I hope with the Green Lantern film coming out, that means they want to make a Justice League movie also. That would be so cool.
Anyways, I am hungry, so I am wrapping this up and going to eat. Peace!
Here at BigHouse we are gearing up for the Swimsuit and Towel Drive. Its gonna be crazy, but awesome! I am working on my fear of calling people. Well, its not really a fear, I just do not enjoy it at all. I realized I really am not a good talker, and I dont just mean because I have been known to mumble a time or two. I have always wanted to be more like Granddaddy, the way he can captivate everyone and tell a story so well. Oh well, practice makes perfect, so, I suppose calling these corporate sponsors will be good practice!
In other news... I need a haircut. Im starting to look like wolverine! I saw The King's Speech the other day. It is a quality film. It got me interested in knowing more about the real life characters its based upon, so I did a little research. From what I could find, the movie was fairly accurate, even throwing in little pieces of dialogue that appeared to be just filler, but actually revealed alot more about the characters real life personas than you realize while watching. I always like smart films like that.
I havent posted in a while, but Joy came down for about ten days a couple of weeks ago. It was so good to see her, especially before she leaves for Ecuador for five months!!. I am excited for her to go, though slightly jealous. I love to travel and know she is gonna have so many amazing times and tales to tell. We had a great time while she was here though. I took her to her first Alabama gymnastics meet!! My entire family went which was really awesome, and I think Joy really got into it. It is rather hard not to when you actually go and see how fun it is. The rest of the time she helped me so, so, so much at BigHouse and we spend just hanging out and seeing friends. I had a ton of fun with her. I miss her already, but I know God will take care of us and really am happy she gets to travel abroad for a while.
At the movies the other night, and then again during the Super Bowl (Go Pack Go), I saw several previews for new super hero movies. I am a big fan so I am pretty excited for them to come out. There is going to be a new Green Lantern, Thor, and Captain America that I have seen so far. I am pretty sure they plan to do an Avengers movie soon after with Hulk and Iron Man too, and I hope with the Green Lantern film coming out, that means they want to make a Justice League movie also. That would be so cool.
Anyways, I am hungry, so I am wrapping this up and going to eat. Peace!
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