emma's latest thing...

groaners...

I just couldn't resist passing these on...
My favorite is #7

1. Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry,gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

2. Did you hear that NASA recently put a bunch of Holsteins into low earth orbit? They called it the herd shot 'round the world.

3. Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind inthe cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.

4. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.

5. A three legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He slides up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."

6. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocaine during a root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication.

7. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

8. A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Amal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, "They're twins!If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal."

9. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went backand begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that: Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars.

10. And finally, There was a man who sent ten different puns to friends, in the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

HA!

the time has come...

Okay, It is time!
We are turning off the house phone and internet tomorrow! AAAcckkkk!!!
I'll be okay, really I will.
:)
I realized yesterday that I can even write posts on Word and then just copy and paste them when I get a hi-fi signal. So that made me feel better.
And I can also post from my cell phone as a text message...wierd.
I can tell you those won't be long posts... Can't you just see me clicking away on that little phone:
44 444 # 33 888 33 777 999 666 66 33 1111 (that says "Hi Everyone!") yeah...short posts I think.
Anyway,
The old house phone number(706)678-2954 will be GONE TOMORROW!

Here is the new phone information:
HOME cell phone # (706) 401-4005 (Verizon)
JEN's cell phone # (706) 401-2578- (Verizon) this is still the same as it has been...
Tim will be getting a new Verizon work phone in the next month or so, but his current phone number is Nextel : # (706)215-5023

Our new e-mail address is:
allthebaileys@gmail.com

any mail going to the old one will be lost, so please update your address book ASAP!

one down, about eight to go... :)

We finished a room!!!! I spent last week doing the following:

repaint walls

learn to use mitering box and saw

measure 1/4 round and trim for wainscoting

cut, prime and paint aforementioned 1/4 round and trim

learn how to use compressor and nail gun

install 1/4 round and trim

caulk all cracks

touch-up all caulked areas with corresponding paint color!

paint window frames

tim: fix all electrical problems...

CLEAN UP

replace pretty stuff...

cross room off of TO DO list!!!

take picture

post picture!!!

HERE IT IS:

Random Chloe Quote #492 and #493

We picked blackberries out at Deanne and Aaron's the other day and when we got home I made a cobbler...
Chloe said,"When can I have some popubler?" that's pronounced paw-pub-ler... so cute... we didn't correct her and just let her keep saying it the whole night... "Is the popubler ready?"... "I love popubler!"...."Can I have more popubler?" ...

Today, as I was making dinner, she overheard Tim say that we still had some okra in the freezer, and she came running into the kitchen and said,
"Where's the yokra?"
"The what?", I said.
"The yokra, the fried yokra!!" she exclaimed!
After seeing our snickers, she proceeded...
"The pokra, tokra, vokra, bokra.....oh, whatever it's called!"

Oh the joys of motherhood...truly.

NY Times article: "Breast-Feed or Else..."

My friend Tiffany posted an incredible article about breastfeeding from the NY Times...

It was sooo informative, anyone who wanted to know some in depth information about the benefits of breastfeeding vs. formula would be smart to check it out...

I always say that the best advice for new parents (and even grandparents) is to be educated FIRSTHAND...check things out yourself, don't just take everyone else's word to be truth... Things may not be as the average Joe believes them to be... BE SMART, BE EDUCATED!

Here's the link:
http://endlessrhetoric.blogspot.com/2006/06/breast-feed-or-else.html

Take the time to read it all...it really is a wonderful article, very factual and not judgemental.

trophy night...

Short but sweet:

Pictures fromTimmy's Trophy night for baseball.

random chloe conversation...

Scene:
Front porch, Me sitting on porch chair in the sun...Chloe halfway up the ladder that was left out from working on house... All is quiet and calm...
Chloe:(very quietly) "I wish the world would start over again..."
Me:(slightly confused, perhaps I heard wrong) "What?"
Chloe: (slightly louder) "I said, I wish the world would start over again..."
Me:(very confused, I didn't hear wrong) "What do you mean?"
Chloe: "Like, do everything over again from the beginning"
Me: "Would you do something different, or just do it all again?"
Chloe: "No, not different, do the same stuff, just all over again..."
Me: "Okay, WHY would you want to do that?
Chloe: "Because I forgot to do something and I wanted to do it"
Me: (Okay, we're making more sense now, I think) " I see... and what did you forget to do?"
Chloe: "I forgot"
Me: (holding back the laughter, there goes the sense...) "Sooo, you forgot what you forgot to do? And you want to start the world over, to do what you forgot that you forgot??"
Chloe: (kinda sheepishly) "Yeah..."

Hello Reader's Digest... although, could the general public even keep up with Chloe's mind?
Go figure.
:)

meghan coffee at eddie's attic...

Morgan, the lovely, sweet, wonderful girl she is, decided to send Tim and I off on a much needed date...as a thank you for, well...lots of different things, as she says. She took the kids out to eat and rented a movie for them and well, they had a blast. She even gave us the moola for our night out!!! What a gal, huh?
We found out that our friend Meghan Coffee (see link on right) was to be playing at Eddie's Attic in Atlanta! So...truly hungry for some nightlife outside of little 'ol Washington, we high-tailed it to downtown Decatur (Atlanta) for the show. Meghan couldn't believe we drove so far to see her, but we would do it more if we weren't getting so old!! (ha, ha!) We had an incredible time and made it home at 3 AM!!! We were soooo tired today, it was crazy.

Anyway, I have some pics AND some video for you(need to check with meg on that first, but will add it later if she's okay with it)... and if you like what you hear, then click on her link to the right (under "random links") and check her out. She is in the process of signing her first label VERY soon... She is absolutely incredible and has such a unique sound that is refreshing compared to today's artists...

PS: I have a new digital camera, but I am not allowed to say who it's from....so, ummmm....yeah.

A composite thingee that my camera can do...

Emma took a nice little nap during Meghan's set...Way to go Meg...Maybe Jeremy Camp can be replaced...hmmmm.

She enjoyed most of the night awake though...but happy, I will say...

Tim and I, so glad to have a night together...

This is Meg.

And again with the band.

I grabbed her for a quick pic after the show

This is Erin, Meghan's sister, also a good friend.

The waitress did a quick caricature of Emma...pretty good for 5 minutes in the dark.

The following are just some cool pics that I took with my new camera. Still learning.

Downtown Washington, the square, 3 AM

Tail lights on I-20, believe it or not.

WILD.

i like this one the best.

Tim and I goofing with the camera in the van...

Thanks Morgan and Meghan for an AWESOME date night.

for noelle...

Noelle:

Here's the new light fixture...

and the exercise equipment that Brian gave us!!!

And here is Emma's pitiful crying from when we were talking last night....

For those that don't know, she has been sick AGAIN!!! another ear infection...

phones, internet, and TEXAS!!!

Some changes imminent...

We are making some changes around here... We have been trying to be faithful with our money to finish our house and get out of debt.
Our latest decision involves cutting back the cost of our land phone line and our internet access...
I will still have some internet access, because we have a laptop and wireless capabilities...so I can go to the library or a friend's house and post. But the posting will be less frequent for awhile.
Our regular e-mail at nu-z.net will be disconnected and we will have a web-based e-mail, soon to be announced.
We have had some help from my dad, in reducing some of our debts, but truly want to be extra frugal for a time, so that we can be completely debt-free. This will all be temporary, for a season, so bear with us...
We will have a second cell phone that will replace our home phone. It will be kept at home. And for the record, even if we do not have a landline hooked up, we can still dial 911 and be connected...so if there was an emergency, and the cell phone didn't work for some reason, we could still reach emergency services...
We will let you all know as soon as everything changes over...



Also, an update on our future plans...
For those who haven't heard through the rumor grapevine :)...
We are planning to move to Texas when we sell the house.
I know, I know....some of you are saying....of course you are...that's where Jon and Noelle are...
BUT, hear me out now... :)
We had already received a word from the Lord about being with Jim and Debbie, before even THEY knew they were moving...which was long before Jon and Noelle considered moving.
I didn't even tell Noelle for a while, because I was afraid that she would be upset about us possible moving away....Turns out she was feeling the exact same thing about them moving and didn't want to tell me!...
So who's following who?
If anything, we are following Jim and Debbie, as we feel the Lord has pointed us...
He has a purpose in our relationship with them that has yet to be fulfilled... We are very excited about finding out what it is.
And as far as the comments regarding "following" people, I'm fairly certain that scripture, specifically the old testament, speaks many times of people following other people...by direction of God himself...so no, I don't believe that there is anything wrong with us "following" Jim and Deb to Texas.
We sought counsel from several people in our lives that have always pointed us in the Lord's direction, including Tim's parents, and truly feel that this plan is right for us.
So... our goals right now involve finishing this house, so that we can make the most profit, so that we can get out of debt, so that we can move to Texas, so that we can find out what the Lord has in store for us there with the Suttons... a perk of the deal is that my best friend moved there too.
So, there...it's all out.
If anyone has any questions, please ask ME... I would like to hear opinions about my life firsthand...
I guess that's all...
Jen

ps. I write this all in love...really.

emma's first word???

MAMA or DADA???????

one more bang!!!

I cut Emma's bangs too...

Memorial Day

So we went to Watson Mill Bridge for Memorial Day...We grilled chicken at home and made homeade pasta salad and then took it with us. We really had a good time, although Emma wasn't real thrilled about the cold water and hot sun...

Here are the pics...

Timmy really did have fun, he just hates having his picture taken... :)

Nini in her new bathing suit...

Chloe with her frog floatie...

Me

Chloe throwing the ball. Later in the day it unexplicably popped!!!

Chloe and Daddy looking for Timmy and Nicole.

They were sliding on the rocks! That's Timmy about to dive onto the rock slide...

And Nicole on her tummy about to slide...

Daddy and Chloe crossing the waters...





Emma in her bathing suit...that suit has been through Brennah, Chloe, Maggie and now Emma!!!

Chloe insisted on bringing her tea set to the park...go figure.

Her highness has high tea...

Emma is not too happy...

She gets a smooch from Mommy...

And it's all better now!





On the way home, Chloe was eating chips from a cup, and fell asleep mid-chip...Tim said that when we drove into the driveway at home, she woke up and put a chip right in her mouth and kept eating.... :)

Wiped out...

Timmy pretending to be asleep too...

Emma was exhausted!!!!

Great day.