As Promised

Well I said I would try to have some exciting adventures soon, so as promised, here's some things that have been happening around here lately!

One day this week I was going to reheat some leftover pizza in the oven for lunch, so I put it in and lit the broiler on our gas stove. About 10 minutes later I wasn't smelling any wonderful pizza smells, so I looked and the broiler wasn't lit (but the gas had been on the whole time)! So, what did I do? Well of course I open the oven door and immediately attempted to light it again with the lighter. I blame this on pregnancy brain, ok? All I remember was a loud popping, a whoosing gush of air and flames, screaming, falling on the ground and then looking at my hairless arm. I also singed a little of my hair and eyebrows (thankfully I had my hair back in a ponytail!) I scared poor Caedmon who was sitting at the table eating his lunch, but I kept telling him I was ok and we thanked Jesus for protecting us. I then proceeded to reheat my pizza in the microwave : )

Another day I got a text message from the Marriott hotel saying to take a photo of their logo in the sky during a certain time on a certain day for a photo contest, so I mentioned it to Matthew in case he felt like getting his camera out. He was outside doing some work on that day and heard a little plane flying overhead. So he ran in to get his camera and the plane came back around and flew right over him and he started taking lots of pictures! We looked at them afterwards and each picked our favorite and submitted them by email. A couple of days later I got an email telling me my photo won the contest and we got 2 free nights in a suite at the Dead Sea Marriott Hotel! Of course they emailed me the day before a week long holiday, so we're going to their Amman office this Sunday to find out when we can go. We were really wanting to take a little family vacation, but we knew we couldn't afford it right now, so we were really blessed by this!



The last update may not be quite as exciting to some, but for me it is! Last April I posted about a monumental undertaking that I was embarking on; copying down the entire bible. I'm happy to report that over the past 7 months I have copied from Galatians through Jude and I'm now starting Revelation. I started out strong, writing a chapter every day, then I slowed way down when I got pregnant and was so sick, and then when I was feeling better it was time to pack up and move. Now I'm in a moderate pace, writing a couple of chapters a week. I knew there would be fast times and slow times, but I'm proud that I've finished what I have. I think I'll try some Old Testament books after I finish Revelation. There were several people who commented that this was something they were going to try too. If you have started and have an update I'd love to hear it!