Peanut Butter Please

I love peanut butter!

My biggest craving currently has been a peanut butter, chocolate chip cookie.


Best- Homemade!


But it's too dang hot to bake!

And if I make a batch of cookies, I'll eat all of them. No can do!


Okay- Bakery!



Too bad the bakery didn't have any. Apparently, not EVERYTHING is better.

Bad- Nabisco!



What's a girl to do? Do I eat these with a handful of chocolate chips?

What a bummer!

Old Person Purchase

Today I bought my first ever box of moth balls.

I always think of an attic when I smell those.

That and old people.

Well we needed to purchase because we have a rodent.

There is a possum under our deck.

True Story!

Mopac was just nuts about being outside on Sunday. I now know why. It wasn't the great weather. Austin broke a record on Sunday with it's 112 degree heat. (As one of my seventh graders told me today, it feels like a blow dryer is on when you are walking. Well said!)

She was doing her hunting tricks. She goes absolutely insane when she's on a smell lead. Well at night Randy got out the flashlight and shined through the cracks of our deck boards.

We think it's a possum. This animal had course grayish black hair...SICK!

Randy called my dad, and we ruled out a raccoon and a cat. He was poking it with a stick, and it barely was moving. It was playing possum. Ha!

My dad told us to get some moth balls and throw them under the deck. They apparently hate the smell (who knew?) and will leave.

Well of course, my mom's main concern was her baby. Not me, but Mopac. "Penny, you better not let Mopac outside. She'll crawl under that deck and get bitten. Larry, who can they call to get rid of it?"

My dad in the background, "Mary, it'll leave. It's cool and dark under the deck."

My mom: "Penny, call the fire department. They'll come out."

Umm maybe if I still lived in Weimar. The volunteer fire department would love to come out and help. I don't see them being as eager here though.

Mom: "Well shoot it."
Penny: "Mom, I'm pretty sure we can't shoot it. The neighbors will call the cops."
Mom to my dad: "Larry, is it going to get Mopac?"
Dad: "Mary, it's playing dead right now."
Mom: "Well, what if it plays alive?"

Hahaha! I love my crazy parents!

Well, I had a pregnancy brain moment tonight when I purchased them. We can't put moth balls under the deck. The possum apparently crawled under the deck, which Mopac can too as well. Moth balls are lethal for domestic pets. What a waste of 2 bucks!

Any other ideas?

Just What I Needed!

Can You take me by the hand?
Can You use me as I am?
Break me into who You want me to be.
When the time is finally right, will You open up my eyes?
Show me everything You want me to see.
This life is not my own.


To God alone be the glory.
To God alone be the praise.
Everything I say and do, let it be all for You.
The glory is Yours alone
Yours alone


Take the offering I bring.
You want more than what I sing.
Can I give You every part of me?
Turn these pennies into gold.
Take this life I call my own,
Until I’m running after Your heart.
I’m needing to let go.


We will rise and we will fall,
But You remain after all.
You’re glorious and beauti-ful.
You’re beautiful.
The glory is Yours alone, Yours alone, Yours alone.

This came on the radio on my way home from work today, and it totally made my day!

(That and my free Spicy Chicken Biscuit for breakfast from Chick Fil A. Check it out! There's a new breakfast item each day. I'm only allowing myself one pass through the most friendly drive through in America, and today I worked extra hard on the elliptical to make up for the best breakfast I'll have all week.)

But back to the post...

To God alone be the glory! Amen!
I think that every time I feel Little Lueders move. I shoot my "thank you Lord" prayer up each time I feel our love bug.

Not surprising

Penny: "Randy, how would you feel if our child doesn't want to go to UT for college? What would you do?"

Randy: "I don't know. I guess they could always get a loan."


bahahahaha

O' Happy Day

It happened!

It finally happened!

A complete stranger asked about the baby!

A stranger as in I've never seen her before.

It was incredible!!!!

I was standing in line at HEB checking out, and this sweet lady behind me asked, "So when is that baby due?"

I was just standing there. I mean I did happen to maybe, sorta, kinda touch my stomach. Oops, that means there was an assist. I couldn't help it. I want someone to ask me!!! This lady looked like she just needed a little prodding.

So I did that annoying thing pregnant ladies do, I touched my stomach.

No worries, we're still counting this as THE first time I was asked even with the little hint I dropped.

After the question was posed, my face lit up! I turned to her and said, "You're the first person to ask me that!!" I left out the "congrats" part. But I did go on to tell her how she made my day, and how I couldn't wait to tell my husband when I got home.

She said "well I could tell you are pregnant with your cute little bump."

Oh stop it! Or else I might just offer to buy your groceries sweet little, new favorite person on the planet!

Yah, she thought I was a loon.

But who cares, I've been asked!

Texas Swagger and my boyfriend!

Wow! I love this video!

It makes me want to sing "The Eyes of Texas."

Is this video extremely cocky?
Yah, I'll give all the anti-longhorns that one. In fact, it's extremely arrogant.

See, you either love us or you hate us. No one is on the fence about UT.

But I absolutely love that Texas swagger.

Not a fan? Least we all got to hear the sexiest voice on the planet!

Hook'em! and you're welcome!

Registry Fun

Well we did it! We finally finished the baby registry. Wow, was that stressful!

The wedding registry was fun! I loved picking out dishes, soft towels, and serving platters.

But this registry was different. It wasn't that we thought it was un-fun. It was just so much more important. Put me in front of an aisle of Fiesta dishes any day over a 100 brands of bottles.

It was extremely overwhelming. Every beep of the hand held scanner (which Randy had way too much fun with by the way) made me gasp.

"Was that right?"
"Will we use that?"
"Is that brand durable? safe?"

Randy always asked, "Is there something cheaper?"

But the registries are done! Knock that off the list of things-to-do.
And we did have fun doing it. Especially because Randy was with me.


The Target Adventure:

Penny: "I think we need one of those little seat things. You know, there not bimbos, but kinda sound like it. What are those called?"

Randy: "Wait did you say bimbo? I think we missed that aisle! Maybe we should go back!"

hardy har har... it's a bumbo! And I just had a pregnancy brain moment.

Randy: "Hey this looks cool. I don't know what it does, but it looks cool!"

We also have a football toy and a blue bumbo on this registry. Hmmm...

The Babies R Us Adventure:

We get home from scanning, and I sign in online to review all the stuff that I have no idea if we need/will use/etc.

Wait, why are there skittles on our registry?

Penny: "Randy, did you scan skittles at the store?"
Randy: "What are you talking about?" (with a big grin on his face)
Penny: "Well we have a "concession" category on our registry with skittles under it."
Randy: "What, I like Skittles. They're good!"

I guess he thought he should get something too, since everything was for the baby."

We also have a set of boy bibs on the registry. Okay, okay, I know I should have put my foot down. But you should have seen Randy's face light up when he saw these.

Randy: "Look Penny! These bibs have concrete trucks, cranes, and bridges on them."
Penny: "Randy, those are for little boys."
Randy: in mid scan "I know plenty of girl civil engineers."

Well there you have it! You certainly don't want to discourage an engineering profession from solid foods and on, do you?