The Pillow Pet Fiasco

The Sheets family (namely, Ella) recently acquired a Pillow Pet (style: Lady Bug). This was a significant purchase in our household and most of the ordeal was captured by various video-recording devices for archive-sake.

Enjoy:

AUGUST 15, 8:13PM | “Frustrated”

AUGUST 15, 8:17PM | “Pillow Pets Jingle”

AUGUST 15, 8:36PM | “Commercial Quoting”

AUGUST 15, 8:42PM | “Counting her pennies”

AUGUST 21, 9AM | “Pillow Pet Arrives & Is Unboxed”

I am a blessed man!

I am overwhelmed tonight realizing how blessed I am! I am so thankful for my family, my church, and my home! Thank you, Lord!

Making a house a home…

I am updating my blog from the comfort of my bed and some borrowed WiFi from someone in the neighborhood (thanks, by the way) on our third night in Shippensburg, PA.

The last few weeks and especially days have been extremely busy, exciting, emotional, and even overwhelming. We thank the Lord for a safe and timely move from New Stanton to Shippensburg and plenty of help on both ends to make the move possible.

My mother-in-law left on Wednesday morning just after my parents arrived and we all enjoyed breakfast together. Her help over the days before our move and her one day with us here was incredible. We wouldn’t have wanted to do this move without her help!

When we arrived in the neighborhood late Tuesday afternoon you can imagine our surprise to find out that our new address was 317 Shepherd lane instead of 316 as we were previously told by our rental community manager. We are still working through the issues associated forwarding our mail to the WRONG address and then re-forwarding it to the right address. We pray we haven’t lost anything too important!

When I took my Ford Ranger pickup truck off of the trailer we found that I had two broken brake lines! What a mess. Nearly 5-hours of make-your-hands-change-colors labor and I have brakes again! Thanks to Allen Gamblin and his 40+ years of auto mechanic expertise the job was done in-house and saved me a lot of money! I’m thankful to have a guy like Allen in our church!

Sunday is just around the corner and I’m thankful that I don’t have to preach this weekend. I’m thankful that Rev. Swope will be filling in for me as we enjoy the worship experience from the pew this Sunday.

Next week will be overwhelmingly busy, I’m sure. Keep praying for the Sheets family as we continue to adjust to our new surroundings, life and ministry here in Shippensburg!

Ella’s first trout!

Jess captured the catch in all its HD-glory today!

Shippensburg, PA

I’m enjoying reading anything I can get my eyes on about our new city of residence: Shippensburg, PA.

Found some of the standard-stuff tonight -

Distances from nearby places of interest:
Harrisburg – 1 hr.
Frederick – 1 hr.
Baltimore – 2 hrs.
Washington DC – 2 hrs.
Philadelphia – 3 hrs.
Pittsburgh – 4 hrs.
New York City – 4 hrs.

Average yearly rainfall: 39.78 inches.
Average snowfall: 30.9 inches.
Altitude: 700 feet above sea level.
Founded: July, 1730
Name Origin: Named after Edward Shippen, who got a grant for the land from the heirs of William Penn.
Population: 5,586 (2000 Census)

Brief history:
Shippensburg is the oldest community of the Cumberland Valley, and the second oldest west of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. In July, 1730, 12 Scoth-Irish families came to the site of the present day Shippensburg and built cabin homes along Burd’s Run. Shippensburg began as the western outpost of colonial settlement.

Just found the Rails-to-Trails path that runs from Shippensburg to Newville. (11-miles!) I will be riding this trail!