August 28, 2008
August 25, 2008
Gallon Challenge
The Gallon Challenge. Possible or not possilbe?...POSSIBLE! Today Dane Made History, and became the first ever to defeat the Gallon of Milk. Not only did he drink a gallon of milk in less than one hour he did it while eating half a pan of lasagna. I got to admit it...I thought it was kinda hot. I have only heard about this sick tradtion and how it is not humanly possible for the human body to consume a gallon of milk in less than an hour. I've heard stories of guys trying and Blaaaaarfff...yuck! I don't really get it, but Daney I'm so proud of you!
August 23, 2008
August 22, 2008
Thrifty Finds
So, Goodwill just opened up by my house, so on Saturday I went to find my treasure. I was looking for a chair to reapholster, but instead I left with a silver butter dish, books ...and my find! The store was Huge and packed with people so I skimmed the isles not really searching for anything in particular. Then I turned down isle 7and found bliss. My new goal jeans. I love this brand of jeans and they seemed to be smiling at me with their price tag that read $7.99 + 50% off. That's right my new jeans cost me a woppin $4.00! All I could think about was hurry grab them and run for the check out counter before anyone else trys to take them! Bargain shoppers are crazy. I'm one of them, I should know. Every other Saturday Goodwill has their 50% off sale...so go! You may find one man's junk is another man's treasure.
August 11, 2008
My Big Brother Dizzy
There lives a man on Stapley and Main. Is he homeless? Is he insane? He dances around all day long throwing out wierd symbols with his hands that mean what? It would appear as though this man is a wako, a lunitic, the kind of person you never want to see in an alley. But I found out who this man really is and I found out he is actually a very nice guy!
Today I made a new friend. He is a local legened, a man well known to those native to Mesa. My whole life I've known him as the crazy Homless man we call Dizzy. Today for the first time I was able to have Dizzy answere all my life long questions I've had about him. Like What are you doing, What is your name, what is your message and did you really get hit by a bus and now have millions of dollars?
I am so proud to live in Mesa! I'm a native, born and raised right here in the east valley and I have so many stories, memories, and people that have made impressions on me that will last a lifetime. Dizzy is one of those people. C'mon where else will you find a place that has a famous homeless man who's reputation has earned him celebrity rights? The day met him I jumped out of my car ran right over to him and started asking him all sorts of questions. I'm sure he was thinking to himself,"who is this crazy girl"?!
Dizzy's real name is Robert. Robert was born in Conneticut and raised in New York. He joined the US Army and now is fighting for God's army wearing the armor of God.
The New Testiment is his sword and he protected by his shield of faith. He told me that he is a diciple of God and He has been saved by the grace of God. He has an attitude of grattitude and has found much joy in worshiping the Lord. He dosen't belong to any particular church but knows he is Christian. He worships the Lord by symbolic dancing along main street. His message is simple, Jesus loves us and the more we seek God the more we will find God. His favorite scripture is 2nd Corinthians 5:13
"For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober it is for your cause."
I found Robert to be a little extreme, but also an great example for me. He has dedicated many years of his life to the lord. He spends much of his day worshiping the lord out in the 120 degree weather. He may seem crazy but I think he will be blessed for his efforts. God understands our hearts and Dizzy's heart is in the right place. He told me, a stranger, that he is my big brother and that he loves me. he was thrilled to find out that I was religious and that I loved God. He said that he plants the seed of knowledge in those who listen to him and God waters that seed and their spirits grow. I wanted to meet the crazy,homless man Dizzy, but I met Robert, a missionary of God who has found happiness in the simple fact that Jesus loves us!
August 10, 2008
August 3, 2008
Heaps of Pattersons Reunion 2008
We just got home from Dane's Family Reunion. We went camping in Greens Peak, it was so much fun and SoOoOo pretty! We spent most of the week hanging out and riding Quads. Cotter and Quinci loved going for rides, they came running every time they heard the engines start up. As soon as we got off they hoped right back on the quad put their helmets back on and were ready to go again. They even figured out how to start up Uncle Brian's quad. We took our kids for so many rides we finally wore them out, we came back from a ride and noticed that both of them had fallen asleep. It was so fun for all of us to get to know the Pattersons better-Dane has a great family!Here are some pictures of the trip:
Our Trip started out looking like this...it reminded us of "Goofy movie".I still don't know how we fit all that crap on our car!
We even took jazz out on a ride and she ran along side the Quad-we got her going 25mph!
The whole Patterson Family-notice how Quinci is still wearing her helmet.
SoOoOo Cute!
It was such a fun trip, we hope we can go again! Next year we plan to bring our own quads!
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