Who is this man?

Last night we were doing what we normally do at 6:15 on a Sunday night, sitting in church, in our normal seats about mid way down the auditorium, listening to the sermon. You ask why after all these months, of not posting, why I would post about our typical Sunday night. Oh but friends, it was no typical Sunday night. Around 6:15, which is mid way through the church service, a man enters. Not just any man. Bono. Yes, you heard me correctly…Bono…U2, Bono…entered the church. As he passed our row, I sarcastically said to John…that guy thinks he’s Bon... but before the phrase came out of my mouth, my jaw dropped as I saw everyone in our area of the auditorium do the exact same thing..stare. There was a quiet murmur throughout the back half of the church as people silently mouthed to their neighbor…’Is that Bono???’. I watched in amazement. I was curious. I looked at people’s faces as the stared, shared puzzled looks, peeked around those in front of them to get a glimpse.

He sat 4 rows directly in front of us. He listened, he worshiped, he prayed, he distracted all those that sat around him. The red glasses, the jacket, the earrings, the pinky ring, the hair, the rough face. As everyone tried unsuccessfully to focus back on the sermon, my mind raced. Would our reaction to Jesus himself entering the church evoke the same reaction? Would we stop and gawk, without asking who he really was? Would our hearts pound and murmurs of excitement surround us? Would I know it was Jesus?

It has not been confirmed if the man that ‘snuck’ into the church service last night was actually ‘Bono’. There has been mixed reports, and I have to admit that I really have no idea. If I had to guess, it was most likely NOT him but was definitely someone wanting to be him. After the service he went directly to the elders before leaving about 15 minutes later, no entourage, no security, no hoopla...and as quick as he came, he was gone.

We’re Expecting!

The newest member of the family will arrive later today. Our Mac Book Pro is currently in the hands of the FedEx man or woman and will be arriving shortly. Although a little nervous of switch to the Mac world, we anxiously await the arrival.
Tips on how to handle the newest Mitchell are appreciated.

Our Church's Little Devil

A funny e-mail came out today from our church's childrens ministry...

During the 5:30 service yesterday at church, some people might have noticed the Nursery pager flashing "666" repeatedly, we couldn't get it to stop. Please be advised, this was not a spiritual warfare situation, I was paging 999.....Thanks go out to Aaron, who eventually realized the display was mounted upside down this week!

The Mitchell's Weekend

We had a very busy weekend and much of it was documented so I thought I would share...

Our car got pooped on...


We saw the Jewish Mitzvah Tank...



I ran in the Chicago Marathon...


We baked some pumpkin seeds...


And we carved some fun pumpkins.

8 minutes to early

The Chicago Bears played Monday night football against a not so good team this week. John and I were fairly excited to sit down and watch the game but after the poor showing in the first half we were down by 20 and hadn't seen a good play by the Bears yet! We continued to watch the 3rd quarter...time after time, passes getting intercepted, fumbles...we were starting to looking like the bad news Bears again. 9 minutes left in the 4th quarter and we were down by 2 touchdowns...we decided to watch the Bears take offense one more time before turning in as the game was really long and we were tired and embarrassed for the Bears at this point. And that is when it happened...Rex Grossman got the ball knocked out of his hands one last time....and we were done. Too disgusted to watch any more we turned off the TV and went to bed.

As I was getting ready the next morning I was listening to Good Morning America and I hear 'The biggest upset in football history' ...and I begin to think to myself...wow it was bad, the Bears played terrible but the 'biggest upset' I think that's a little extreme. And then I hear...Coming from a 20 point deficit, the Bears win late in the 4th quarter'...Wait...what? Did I hear that correctly? It couldn't be, we watched everything but 8 minutes. I yell down to John who was eating breakfast that they just said the Bears won. In disbelief we turn on Sports Center to find out that what they were saying was true. We went to bed 8 minutes to early, and missed what they some around here are calling the 'Game of the Century....' What kind of fans are we?

I got my license!

After 5 years of living in the state of IL I finally got my drivers license! All in all the process was not to painful. It took about an hour, I had to take a vision and written test and I left with my new license! Hurray!

gone and done it...

John and I tied the knot on August 26th and had an AWESOME time in the process. We had so much fun. Thank you to all who were able to make it. We also had a great honeymoon in Belize and can't belize we are back already...hee hee.







If any of you have pictures to share we have set up 2 websites :
Shutterfly
Snapfish
or email us at johnandemilymitchell@yahoo.com

The Calm Before the Storm?

Well here we are...I decided I would sneak at least one more blog in before August 26th. I know I have been MIA the last 6 months (only 6 posts). Since I was pretty surprised by the engagement, I don't think I had any idea how my life would change so quickly overnight. With work being quite busy, evenings have been filled with planning, printing, folding, stuffing, ordering, calling and so on. As the days dwindle always, my stress level is pretty good. I am just excited for things to get here. I am excited for friends to show up, to see how everything is going to look once it has all been pulled together, and to finally go to Belize. A few things I've been particularly savoring from my singleness the last few weeks...

1) Writing Homrich, although I'm not necessarily sad to be losing my last name, it seems strange that I will no longer sign 'Homrich' or perhaps be called 'Homrich' as I am often referred to by friends.
2) Staying up really late on work nights...Mr. Mitchell is a bit of an early bird during the week b/c he goes into the office early...where as I go into the office later, and enjoy staying up. So the past few weeks I've made sure to stay up exceptionally late. With the layout of our Condo...staying up late may be hindered in a few weeks.
3) Watching Oprah late at night.
4) Hogging the Bed...laying vertical, diagonally, and spreading out as much as possible.
5) Using all the covers for myself

That being said, I am really really excited to be married. I know that we will still want to kill each other some days...and some day he'll be the last person I probably will ever want to see laying next to me...in the end I can't imagine anyone else. What a year!

Quite a difference from last year...Or 2 years ago today when the title of my post was "Why I will be Single for Ever"

Once in hundreds of life times...

Wenesday, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00, the time and date will be: 01:02:03 04/05/06. That won't ever happen again in your lifetime. The next time will be in the year 3006.

Play Ball!

We went to the Nanti this weekend to get away, visit the Jones and John's friend Kyle, and to enjoy the first game of the Season. Picture are below.

The Kite Show

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Lincoln and giving John a head massage...click on the picture to see the invasion of the kites.

Opening Day Parade

W makes an appearance at the game.

God Bless America.