If its not one thing...its another!

My mom use to always tell me that. "Remember Megan, if its not one thing then it'll be another." And boy has that proven to be true these last few weeks. But it has only involved one thing in our lives: David's Truck. David's Truck is named Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a 1990 Chevy. She's a good truck, but she's been around the block a few times. Sadly we must admit Elizabeth is getting old. A lot of things have been replaced on Elizabeth, she has been through a lot, but here is the most recent Elizabeth story.

David had rented a van for church from Searcy so he left his truck at the rental place. The next day he went to return the van and pick up his truck...she wouldn't start. After a very long process, he was able to get his truck to a mechanic and not have to pay towing fees. So David leaves Elizabeth there to be fixed and waits to see what the problem is. It was the distributor (i have no idea if that is spell correctly) cap. So they fix that but also notice that all the plugs and wires really need to be replaced. We decided to go ahead and do that as well. They call later in the week and she is all fixed so we go get her. Well David doesn't lock his steering wheel because it has a really hard time becoming unlocked and well the mechanic locked it so after 10 minutes of trying to get the steering wheel unlocked we were on our way. Good its done, or so we thought about a half a mile down the road it is acting funny. So we take it back. We end up leaving it there because they don't know what was wrong. It was a bad spark plug, they call it is ready again so we go and get it. Lovely, it is all working. Finally.
Well, then yesterday came. Someone needed a jump so David so kindly popped the hood of his truck to give this person a jump. It looked funny, as if it was missing something. It was! It was missing a hose. The one that is attached to the air filter or something (shows how much i know). Basically the truck isn't getting air because there is no hose. So, David calls the mechanic. And this is how the conversation goes. "Hi this is David McFerron you worked on my truck a few days ago." "Oh yes! Hi David everything OK?" "Actually no sir, i popped my hood for the first time since i got it back from ya'll and i am missing a hose...happen to have one laying around there?" "Uhhh....yes its right here under the table."

WHAT?!? You didn't notice that you didn't put the hose on this truck and that some random hose was laying under the table? What? So there is the most recent story of Elizabeth...if its not one thing its another!

The Cooper Chronicles

You may remember this sweet precious dog from a previous post when we first got him. Sorry for the old picture. I have new ones but don't have access to them right now so you'll have to just look at the puppy one.

David and I don't have kids yet, but we do have Cooper. He is a little bundle of joy. One of the most loving, tender hearted dogs I've ever met. But as much as he is adorable he is also rotten. I have a ton of crazy stories on him but I'll just post a my favorite below, and tell the others later.

-Not too long ago David was out fishing with one of our youth all night long. So Cooper and I hung out inside for most of the night, but when it got time for bed time i decided instead of putting him in his pen i would just put in him in the fenced in back yard. We have done this occasionally and it had never been a problem. Plus since i was alone i thought it would make me feel more protected. Cooper went out and i went to bed like normal. It is important to note here that David and i were without air conditioner so we had a window unit in the living room and one in the bed room. So bed like normal, around 3:00am i hear Cooper running up and down the porch. I didn't think too much of it since he's an active puppy. I went back to sleep and about 30 minutes later that sweet puppy is licking me in the face. I sat straight up in a panic and yelled "Cooper! How did you get in here?" He of course was so excited that he was in the house and that i was up. I frantically ran to the bedroom door...it was closed...i opened it checked the outside doors, they were locked. I was confused, David wasn't home yet, how did this dog get into the house. Then i turned to the window: If you know what an air conditioner unit looks like you know that if it doesn't fill up the whole window it has little expandable sides to fill up the space, well Cooper had discovered he could fit through it! The little stinker! I was laughing to hard to get him in trouble, and too tired to take him out...so he slept with me that night. Needless to say he didn't leave that air conditioner alone, it was he entrance into the house and he knew it. A few days later we came home from church, we had left Cooper in the yard...we couldn't find him...where was he? Laying on our bed...he broke in while we weren't there! We had put a board across the space and duct taped it all up...we were sure he wouldn't try to get in. But Cooper while laying on our bed had duct tape stuck all over his paws. So, after that little incident Daddy David punished Cooper with a whoopin' and he hasn't touched it since!

The Cooper Chronicles....more to come!

I'm Still Here!

I realize it has been a little while since I last posted. It has been so busy! I do realize i say that every time, but it is the truth. Anyways, so let me see if I can recap what has been going on in the McFerron world.

-Team Impact. Our church had a big revival with Team Impact, pretty much its a bunch of big ex football, ex body builder guys who break bricks, and do feats of strength for Jesus. It was very cool. We had over 500 people each night. (yes in Mount Vernon). And we have over 120 decisions for Christ. It was a great week, i got some awesome pictures that i will share soon. Promise!

-David and I did have our 1 year anniversary. And we went to the Razorback game to celebrate. I have some pictures of that to share as well.

-We've also taken a couple of visits home. Got to hang out with his parents for the weekend and went to this really cool corn maze. It was awesome, we also bought some sweet corn that was fabulous. We went to see my parents as well and have caught a couple of Nick's home football games. It has been good to get to hang with our families, we miss them.

- And of course Grad School. That keeps me busy for the most part, i did make a 97% on my Human Behavior and the Social Environment Mid Term. I am proud of myself for that. I've also had a group presentation, turned in a 15 page paper, and am studying for another Mid Term. I'll let you know how that goes. I stay busy with it but i am enjoying it, i will not lie though, i am looking forward to a new semester of classes already. :)

So for now, that is the McFerron world, i will get pictures up at some point.

Story of the Month...or Maybe Year!

I've seemed to discover that the longer you are married the more you become like your spouse. The following story is exactly something that would have happened to me. Thanks to my sweet husband for taking the role for a little while.

Friday night was Nick's (my little brother) first home football game. David and I along with some Mount Vernon Youth (who had never seen a high school football game) loaded up the church van to go watch the game. Around the 3rd quarter David comes running up in the stands to me saying "Megan, you'll never guess what i just did." I guessed "Did you fall in the mud again?" (I must point out here that David had already lost his shoe in the mud and got his sock all muddy). David replied "No!" Then i said, "David did you go potty in the girls bathroom?" He exclaimed"Yes!"

David had decided he had to "go" and by "go" i mean not number 1 but number 2. (Side note: To David's defense we did have Taco Bell for dinner and my dad asked him to eat a Joe dog: a hot dog with cheese and jalapenos) Ok So back to the story David had to "go" and on his way to the bathroom he was carrying on a conversation with one of our youth, so not looking he just quickly jumps into the first bathroom he sees. No one is in there and he goes into the stall to take care of business. While taking care of business some women enter the bathroom. They were talking so at this point David realizes he is in the women's bathroom. One lady goes to the stall next him to take care of her business. David tucked his feet as far in as his could and waited for them to leave. Once they left he quickly exited the restroom only to be caught by a little girl who gave him the "Did you just come out of the girls bathroom? Because if you did that is creepy" look.

I almost wet my pants laughing so hard at him. I guess life is never a dull moment. I'm just glad that little girl didn't point out David while getting into the church van and say "Mommy that was the man in the girls bathroom." That could have been really bad. lol. I've decided David and I need to have a session on identifying the signs on the doors as people with little skirts and the people with pants. Hope you enjoy as much as i did!

As Promised....

As I promised a while back, here are a few pictures of our new home! All I have right now are the ones of the living/dinning room. We like that it is all open and very spacious. The walls were white to begin with and because I was so tired of white walls I went a little color crazy. I was nervous at first but once I got all our stuff in there I loved it! Sorry for the dog, Cooper wanted in the pictures. :)
Hope you enjoy these! Maybe soon I'll get pics of the rest of the house up.

First Day of School

I know i have been horrible with my blogging. It has just been so crazy with everything going on. So to quickly fill you in here are the new things happening in the McFerron world.

I started Grad School on the 24th. It is different than undergrad but I'm really enjoying it so far, however i might have complaints in about a month. I talked to my 15 year old brother on my orientation day and i told him i felt a little nervous because i was back on the bottom again and this was at a much bigger place than CBC. His response was "Oh just get you a Hello Kittie back pack and you'll be fine." lol he's funny however, i did reply that i didn't think that Hello Kittie was very professional looking.

I also started a new job. As many of you know i have been working at CBC for the past year as an Admissions Counselor. Well, when i got into grad school a position came up through Americorps at Conway Interfaith Clinic which is a part of United Way. After much much prayer, it just seemed like the best option for now and the future. It'll be great for a resume and a great start on my Social Work career.

So beyond all of that we have the normal crazy youth group activities, so need needless to say I've been busy. Sorry for the lack of updates. Here are a couple of pictures that I asked David to take on my first day of school. Don't laugh you know you did it when you were in elementary, and well honestly i wanted to keep on the tradition and see how much I've changed in three years when i graduate (see if i still have all my hair!) :-)

Country French Chicken Skillet

Man, where have I been? It has been so crazy and I do promise to get pics of things up soon. Until then I wanted to leave you with this wonderful new recipe i tried the other night. It was very yummy and so easy!

Country French Chicken Skillet

2 T of butter
Boneless skinless chicken breast
1 cup water
1 package of KNORR vegetable soup mix
1/2 cup of sour cream.

Melt butter in skillet and brown chicken on both sides on medium heat. Add water and soup mix and place on low for about 20 mins or until chicken is no longer pink. Remove chicken and stir in sour cream to make sauce.
Serve over egg noodles.

This was very easy and tasty. It also looked pretty, i hate i didn't get a picture of it. Anyways, i hope you enjoy! :)