I got nothin'...

So, I've been reminded by two of my loyal 7 followers that it's been awhile. And, I agree. I'm wondering how being so very busy has left me with absolutely nothing to blog about! In an effort to re-enter the blogosphere, I thought I'd go ahead and share some of the stuff I thought about sharing but never did!

I thought about blogging about my favorite "Little G" spending the night on Friday. But, as laziness would have it, I didn't take ONE picture. Despite that fact, we had a blast hanging out with Glory and I'm pretty sure she did too! At one point, she grabbed my hand and said, "Mone LeeLee, let's go shoppin!" (Have you met her mother?!!) She slept with "Ju Ju" in the big girl bed and was so crazy excited when she woke up Saturday morning...AT 7:30! Jordan brought her straight to me where she literally went nuts in my bed squealing and kicking and rolling from one side to the other. Too cute! (Here's a picture of me and my girl from New Year's Eve!)

I also thought about blogging about this:
At some point on Friday, a blog link to a blog link to a blog link led me to this blog where there was a "10 minutes to a room you'll love" party going on. As I read through her tips on how to do a 10 minute makeover in your living room, master bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen, I was inspired to re-arrange my living room and make it more loveable! (And if you know me well, you know it doesn't take much to inspire me to re-arrange or re-paint or re-apolster something! We've lived here a little over 5 years and I have arranged my living room approximately 5,203 ways; and, even though I've really liked some of the arrangements, I can't say that I've ever loved any of them!) So, I took "The Nester's" (as she is affectionately known) advice and started re-arranging...and re-arranging...and re-arranging. At one point, a friend of Abbee's who was over hanging out said, "Mrs. Shellee, what are you doing?" Ten hours later...



Okay, so you can't really tell anything from these photos...except perhaps what cute furniture models my girls are! But, come on over and see for yourself. It's cozy and inviting and I absolutely love it! (for now anyway!)

And, finally, I probably could have blogged about spending Saturday evening with Chris Tomlin and a few of my friends! While Stacey shot a decent group photo, all I managed to come away with were these:

Don't be jealous of my mad photography skillz. You can read about what a great time we had here or here!

And finally, to my loyal fans, I warned you in the title!

It just might be Monday

Yesterday morning, JW awoke and spoke these words, "Momma, when I went to bed last night, I didn't feel so good." I looked at his little rosy cheeks and glazed over eyes and asked him how he felt right now to which he replied, "Not so good."

I took his temp and sure enough, he had a fever. We made it through the morning with the help of a DVD player and the couch in my office (and Jordan's and Abbee's overly eager willingness to keep an eye on him for me during service!!). He slept all afternoon and woke up still running a temp until he went to bed at 7:00 PM!

This morning, I assumed he wouldn't be any better so I didn't bother waking him. I decided to email his teacher and see if she knew of any outbreaks of any kind of epizoodies from her class that I should be concerned about and that's when life as I knew it came to a screeching halt!

I have replayed the moment over and over in my mind and I STILL don't know what happened; but, somehow, my freshly poured cup of coffee ended up landing upside down on my laptop. THE. ENTIRE. CUP. And I don't drink coffee from a regular sized mug...it's the half-ton variety and did I mentioned I had just FILLED IT UP???

COMPLETE AND UTTER PANICK ENSUED as I tried to determine the best means of laptop rescue.

I sent a panick-filled text to Wes telling him of my woes and then continued drying, unscrewing tiny screws, and drying some more. Once I felt confident that I had dried up any and all coffee residue, I plugged her in and cranked her up and low and behold, SHE WORKED!! for about 10 seconds. Then, my screen started turning beautiful shades of blue, green, gray, black, and red. I quickly turned her back off and looked for anything else I could unscrew and take apart in hopes of saving her life!

Several screws, q-tips, and hairdryer cycles later (at one point while I was drying out my laptop with my hairdryer, JW asked, "Are you trying to make your computer's hair curly?" That kid's a riot!), I turned her on again. This time? N.O.T.H.I.N.G.--NOTHING!

Sadly, I screwed her all back together and began to let the reality that my relationship with my beloved laptop might indeed be over start to sink in. I sat down with some stuff I'd brought home from work and decided I'd try to do as much as I could without my laptop. Then, I'd re-evaluate the situation.

After a while, my cell phone rang. My heart jumped with delight when I saw who was calling. It was my bonus-son Jake who just happens to be a computer genius. The conversation went something like this:
Jake: So, Dad told me you drowned your laptop.
Me: Yea.
Jake: So, tell me again what it's doing.
Me: Well, blah blah blah (I explained it all from the beginning to the point of nothingness where we were now!).
Jake: (very calmly without intonation) Yea, you probalbly shouldn't have turned it on.
Me: (a little less calm with lots of intonation!) I know but I panicked!
Jake: Yea, I probably would've done the same thing. (He lied to make me feel better because Jake Powell would have never turned his computer on after spilling a half a pot of coffee on it because Jake Powell is NOT AN IDIOT!)

He went on to give me my options and told me my best bet for healing was to put my computer in front of a fan and leave it alone for at least an hour or two. But, he was afraid I might have fried the motherboard by turning it on.

So, I followed his instructions carefully, annointed my laptop with oil, laid on my hands and ask for a Divine healing!!

Two hours later: SHE'S ALIVE!! My laptop is healed! She's a little hyped up on caffeine, but other than that, she seems to be working properly!

THANK YOU, JAKE! Not only for being a genius, but also for not rubbing it in that I am an idiot! YOU ARE THE BEST COMPUTER FIXER EVER!