Cue Rocky Music....

My man returned to his long neglected weight bench this morning. After months of sitting idle while Dusty studied his brains out for his certification, the weights were going in full force this morning. Hopefully he will be able to walk tomorrow.

Meanwhile I busted out some fierce arm curls while heaving dirty dishes into the dishwasher. Feel the burn! Feel the burn! --Happy Weekend!

Prayer Request

My Hope Community blogging friends are already aware of this, but for all my other blogging friends I have a request of you tonight. Please be praying for the Archer family. They are members in our church and our friends. Their 14 year old son Kyle is having surgery tomorrow morning (Aug. 29th) at 10:30 AM to remove an adrenal gland that they found a tumor on. I know that they will appreciate your prayers. --Thanks

**Update - the surgery was successful! The tumor appears to be completely contained and had not affected the kidney or spleen. The doctors said that to the best of their knowledge it appeared to be benign, but they will know for sure when test results come back. Praise the Lord!

It's Awana Time

The kickoff to the 08-09 Awana year was tonight. There was a magic show by Daniel, food, water slides, prizes. All the stuff you need to kick off another Awana year. :) Dusty and I have been in Cubbies for the past 3 years. This year we traded in our blue Cubbie shirts for new duds. Dusty will be with the T&T boys (3-5 grades). I will be in Puggles (2-3 year olds). I must say that my Puggles shirt was a big hit. Who can resist a cute platypus!

Rachel decided that the blue snow cone was a bit hit

Tonight after walking into the kitchen, looking around and coming to terms with the fact that I had not planned ahead and thawed out anything, I checked my computer. "Uncle Daniel's at Chick-fil-a tonight! Saddle up." And off we went to see our favorite magician. Ran into Heather P. and the boys. So we spent the evening with some chicken, waffle fries, and a table-side trick from Uncle Daniel. If anyone needs a magician in the Indy area - www.daniellusk.com :)

More Colts

A montage of the evening in jerky vertigo inducing video clips. :)

Birthday Trippin'

Sarah, Heather, and I always go out for each other's birthdays. Tonight for my birthday it was a trip to the Colts game. A pre-season game, but special in that it was the first game in the new Lucas Oil Stadium. The Colts are not really know for their wonderful preseaon play. And when Jim Sorgi, the back-up quarterback didn't even start, you know you may be in for a long evening!

Heather and Sarah are just thrilled to make it up the escalator! See that mass of people in the lower left corner. Thousands of people entering the north gate - 2 escalators!

Hey! It's Peyton (blue shirt) So what if he's fuzzy, barely recognizable from our seats and isn't wearing his jersey. That's our quarterback!

Before the game they made a big hoopla and opened up the roof and the north wall of windows. It really was neat especially while the sun was setting. Frankly with how the Colts played, the open north windows were one of the most spectacular things that happened.

Heather demonstrating how tiny the players looked with her fingers.

Final score: Bills 20, Colts 7. The real winner with 2 great friends and 1 memorable evening: ME! I will try to post some video later. You won't want to miss Heather's dance moves!

Important Service Announcement

FYI - OxyClean laundry stain remover and Arm & Hammer Shower cleaner with OxyAction are not one and the same. One gets pesky stains out of your clothes. The other gets nasty soap scum out of the shower. If you mix them up, your shower will smell laundry clean fresh, but will be a soapy mess! I'm just saying.

I need a vacation....oops....I just got back from one. Maybe that's the problem!