I'm Still Here!!

I know I've been missing in action lately, but I can assure you I have been in action!

Here it is all in a whirlwind...

1.  God is so Cool... he makes me smile :D  And I've even cried here some too lately :D

2.  We have a new family member named Pickles he came the day before Christmas. He's a Green Cheek Conure.

3.  I never got around to post Christmas photo which is so sad because my computer died and I lost them       all.   I totally regret procrastinating :(  The good new is I have all my photo prior because I back them up!  Yippee for me, however, I was not smart enough to back up my whole computer.

5.  I Learned how to back up my computer this week.

6.  My front loader died and is no longer with us... enough said.

7.  We are on the 21 Day Daniel fast and God is faithful.

8.  I'm spending/setting my life way in front of my computer rebuilding music files and programs.

9.  Leaving Thursday for a Family Winter Crusade in Indiana.

10.  Servant Hands bookings are coming in for Summer 2011.

11.  I worked all of december with my seasonal job.  I love every moment of it and I'm thankful for it, but I'm glad to be a stay at home mom.  I don't see how moms put in 40 hour weeks and still get it all done and then some!

12.  Oh, the Church (faith family) bought us a new plasma flat screen tv for Christmas!  It was nice to go from a 20 inch to a 42 inch.  I'm not joking!!!  We had no idea what we were missing all these years! lol Now were are in the twentieth century with HD TV.   Icarly and Dora the Explorer are so much more fun to watch now!

That's all for now friends back to working on my computer.

Clowning Around

Autumn and Paul and taking a clown class together.  Paul and I have not clowned in 10 years but Autumn is showing some interest so they decided to take this class together.

This was the week where they worked on there hobo face. 

Each week they work on a different type of clown face. (white face, auguste, hobo)

Autumn is learning how to use a stead hand.  It's really hard but in time I'm sure she'll get.

They had their first clown gig at a local park for an easter egg hunt.  They made balloon animals and did some face painting.  Lillie of course had to clown too!  I  gave her my old clown nose and she surprised me by wearing it all day.  I couldn't believe it.  This summer we will work on her costume. We are one strange family! lol  Clown graduation is tomorrow so I'll have more photos tomorrow.

Here is my great spending spree for the day...$1.31 at Kroger.

Did I mention we have kitties! We have four girls and one boy, they were born on Good friday.  They are so sweet but they are all finding a new home.... any takers?

Juggling Life

So here's a quick run down in the life of the Dietzels...

Homefront...  
We got a new D.O.G. today.  He's a Labradoodle named Harley and he's 11 months.  Pictures coming soon.  I sure have been slacking on my photos lately.

Paul and I have made a trade with the YMCA.  They are giving us a membership to the Y and we are giving them inflatable rentals.  I think it's a great deal.  Paul and I have worked out twice now.    Paul has lost 10 pounds since the fast.  He impressed me today by running on the treadmill.   It's nice to workout together.

Autumns grades have been not so great.  Were waiting to hear back from her teacher.  It's likes he gets it or she don't.

Our 21 day Daniel fast is over and my first meal that I made, (lasagna) I burned :D  I wish I could make my mother proud.

I'm working on a new blog design.  I'd like a different name.  Something that represents our family.  Any ideas?  It's hard to find a theme because we are no longer just traveling doing kids program.  Nor are we  just church planters.  We do so many different things.  I don't want it to be to girly,  I want to keep it as our family, not just me.   So, who knows whats gonna happen.

Servant Hands (our Ministry)...
Bookings for summer are coming in!  THANK YOU JESUS!  We are booking all summer but making sure we are home on Sundays for our Church.

We'll be purchasing a few new pieces of equipment in the next two weeks.

Paul and I are heading to Ocean City Maryland in a few weeks.

Faith Family (church plant)...
This Friday we are having a girls night out.  I'm expecting about 10-15 ladies.

I'm excited that the average age of our church is between the ages of 23-35 with almost 1/2 the attendance under the age of 12.

We are planing an "I Can't Believe it's not a Valentines Banquet" the week after Valentine's Day.  Like a spoof of  "I can't believe it's not Butter "  We are trying to get away from the traditional banquet because we have lots of single parents, young, not married and a few older divorced.  We want everyone to come.  We are selling our tickets but if you buy one you get one free.  This way you have to invite others to come.  This should help in bringing in some new families,  in a different kind of atmosphere.

Well that's not all, but for your sake I'll stop! lol

I'm still here!

I'm sure you're all just as busy as we are!

Here is what's happening at home:

- the christmas stuff is down
- Lillie is so excited to be back in school, along with Autumn
- I've made no new year's resolution, I never do.  I work on stuff all year round. Why make it a special  time of the year? 
- sorry my blog is messed up, I'm working on that... as soon as I have time!
-  this month I want to de cutter... Paul claims I don't have much to get rid of!!  I guess that mean I want to organize and do some deep cubbard cleaning.

Here is what's happening with Servant Hands:

-sloooowww,  snowwwww  Can't have inflatable out in the winter.  Booking are few and far between.
- we leave for Columbus Georgia this weekend for a program.  We will be doing kids church while the adults have a special guest speaker name Perry Stone.  Inflatables will be going inside along with our program.
- looking to purchase 2 new pieces of equipment in the next few months.


Here is what's happening with FAith FAmily:

- we are in need of a larger trailer
- we are doing the 21 day Daniel fast (fruits, veggies and water).  We started on January 3rd, my birthday :D  Lot of our church members are fasting for the first time.  So exciting!  Autumn is fasting her Nintendo DS.
- we love seeing new families each week
- we have a special speaker coming in this week because we are in Georgia

There you have it!  Just a little to let you know the Dietzels are still around and are not slacking in any way, shape or form!!

Naeir (Not like the hair remover)

Naeir is a company for non-profits. This place is amazing. It is an 11 acre warehouse full of awesome stuff! Naeir contacts companys and asked them to donate product. Just a few examples of the companies are: American Greeting, 3M, Pier One and Department 56. Paul and I have a Naeir membership. We get 4 catalogs a year along with 4 grab bags. The items cannot be sold, it has be given to children, elderly, poor and the needy. When Faith Family did their outreaches, this is how we got all that wrapping paper and scrapbooking items.

These photos below are not of the wearhouse but of our order that had to be picked up and of our grab bag. You have 2 hours to fill a flat cart that must be able to fit through the door. On your mark, get set, dig!!

You never know what is on the floor, this time there was furniture and carpet, tools... the list goes on. It's the luck of the draw, sometimes its good and others not so much.

Here is our cart. Only two people are allowed into the grab bag. This trip we found some awsome treasures. Photo frames and scrapbooking items, gift wrap, tools, books, desk, carpet...

This was our catalog order that we came to pick up. You can choose to pick up your order or ship it. I thinks it's cheeper to pick up! lol It is definitely worth the 8 hour drive out to Galesburg Illinois.

Now I just need to find a place to store it!!