Who did you wish you were on Gilligan's Island?

So maybe you didn't lay in bed at night and picture yourself on the island with Gilligan, or maybe you did and you were Gilligan? Ok...I was always Marianne! And, as a confession, Marianne and the Professor always got married - after all, who else was she going to end up with? Skipper? Gilligan? Please....

Anyway, we were at lunch today and my boys got to talking with another child about Gilligan's Island...of course, all the adults around the table could carry this conversation! We all remember this group - but watch it today - somehow you missed all the times when the giant spider in the cave really looked like a stuffed animal...and where did they get all those costumes from - I mean I know Ginger carried alot of luggage, but the minnow was only so big! And if they had so many visitors to the island - including ZsaZsa Gabor,what is the likelihood that NO ONE would send help!

Well, I know we have Lost and Survivor and all these other islands to talk about now....but somehow good old Gilligan still makes me laugh!

Michele Everson - aka: Marianne
Proud wife of Pastor Chad Everson (Professor I guess?)
and Proud Mama to two boys who act a whole lot like Gilligan sometimes!

Rubic's Cube makes a comeback?

Anyone see American Idol the other night - the guy with the rubic's cube? Amazing that on a show like that, the rubic's cube is making a comeback! I bet we see it popping up everywhere now - you know, sitcoms, comedy shows...next it will be the survivor's of flight 815 from Lost will suddenly find a rubic's cube that they have to mix up and solve every 108 minutes or the world will be lost....

Who knows where it will pop up next - be watching! You may want to brush up on your skills and find your old cube in the back of the closet or you will be behind the times! By the way, if you go looking at Walmart for these - they are staying sold out!

Michele Everson, Proud Wife of Bro. Chad Everson and
Proud Mama to two boys who don't have rubics cubes - yet!

Eversons live in a Retro House!

When we moved here to Southaven, MS, we decided to rent a home and we found (with the help of a great agent) a WONDERFUL home in Olive Branch! This home is beautiful and has a great layout! The home is about 20 years old and, as we were noticing all the "cool features" in it, we realized that this home was on the cutting edge of technology when it was built. The home has a central vaccuum system and a hard wired alarm system throughout! This home was designed with the future in mind and it is wild to think that it was done so long ago!

We are so thankful for this home and the terrific landlords that have worked with us so well...they have been great. We look forward to spending these FREEZING nights inside this great space!

Michele Everson, Proud wife of Pastor Chad Everson
and proud Mama to two boys who decorated their own rooms!

Retro Christmas Toys? My retro husband, Pastor Chad Everson, put our kids back on the island!

We have Tivo in the Everson household - a wonderful modern invention that allows your family to be incredibly RETRO! Our boys watch only what we Tivo for them and we have them hooked on all the old shows! This year for Christmas, The Eversons went BACK TO THE ISLAND! When asked what they wanted for Christmas - they said the usual, the video games, the legos,etc....but #1 on their list, they want to know how Gilligan gets off the island! Imagine their disappointment when they opened lego set after lego set, but no video of the return from Gilligan's Island!

We had to search Ebay and Google to find it, but on the way to Mississippi our boys will be glued to the dvd player in the van (another modern but wonderful invention!) as they finally find out how Gilligan, Ginger, Marianne, the Professor and all the rest get home from the Island!

Hope your Christmas was wonderful and here's looking at a 2009 full of possibilities!

Michele Everson, Proud wife of Pastor Chad Everson and
Proud Mama to two retro kids!

A little laugh - this one even made Dr. Chad Everson laugh!

Just saw this on a blog of a "blogger friend" of ours! Who knew that there was another "Chad Everson" out there - but his name is Chad "Grizzly" T. Everson and he is a conservative, Republican, homeschooling blogger from up North! We have commented on each other's blogs now that we know about one another - check out his sites if you get a chance!

Anyway, this was on one of his blogs this morning as a comment from another poster - I thought it was hilarious! It was titled: "Dear Friends and Family"

"Dear friends and family,With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week.
Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote ” The Hokie Pokey” died peacefully at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started….

“Shut up.” You know it’s funny.
Thats what its all about!

I thought it was important you all knew…"

Michele Everson
Proud wife of Pastor Chad Everson and
Proud Mama of two hokey pokey dancin little boys!

Merry Christmas from Bro. Chad and Michele Everson

Merry Christmas - no retro news here, just some fun! Enjoy this video of the kids, our boys and our nephews/niece. We love them alot and we thought this video was funny!



Michele Everson, Proud wife of Pastor Chad Everson
and Proud Mama to two wonderful boys!

The Everson Home - Retro? Not this week!

Ok....so I have always wanted to "go back" to the "good old days" of when I was growing up - but not this week! I am so thankful for all of the modern conveniences - I am thankful for computers, email, cell phones and all of the other wonderful technologies! If it were not for cell phones - I don't know what I would do this week as we are getting ready for this move! Retro movies, toys and games - great! But give me my cell phone!

Michele Everson
Proud wife of Pastor Chad Everson and
Proud Mama to two wonderful boys!

The Everson Family Road Trip!

Road Trips are not the same as I remember them!



We recently took a road trip with our two boys - both of whom no sooner hit the seats than they have their headphones on and they are ready to watch! Road trips are no longer what we remember them to be! Remember when you got the floorboard, the older sibling got to lay across the seats and the youngest had the back window? I remember leaving at 2:30 am because my parents were praying that we would sleep most of the way! The real "good old days" were when we had the wood paneled station wagon and we could lay in the back and watch the stars as we travelled! Now, good luck getting a word out of them while you travel - the only times we get the headphones off are when they need to switch their movies or when mom and dad ask them to - wait for it - oh no, - Heaven forbid we ask them to TALK TO US! Aarghhhh!

Retro Girl Wants to Know...Does Pastor Chad Everson use Encyclopedias?

Ok...There is a segment on the Georgia Bulldogs weekly show called "Water Girl Wants to Know" and it is Mark Richt's wife (the water girl for the team), who asks him a question about the team that most people think of, but would never get to ask. I love the segment and, for some reason it was on my mind when I was writing this - so you get my ramblings and nonsense!

But, the question remains - Encyclopedias....how many of you have them? We were doing our school work the other day and the boys needed information on something dealing with early American history - so, what did we do? We went to the encyclopedia - NOT! We immediately went and googled our topic and spent the next hour fishing through all that it pulled up - more information than we could have ever needed! What about you - got an encyclopedia hanging around the house? (The boys asked if that was a book that you actually had to buy when we were little...I explained that it was a 26 volume set that held a fraction of the information that is currently online today. They were amazed and then, again - that familiar look of pity came over their face where they are actually feeling sorry for me having to grow up in such lowly conditions!)....Who knows, maybe I'll talk to them about a thesaurus tomorrow just for fun!

Michele Everson
Proud Wife of Pastor Chad Everson and
Proud Mama of Two Wonderful Boys!

The Everson Family Wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving!

The Everson family would like to wish each and every one of you a wonderful Thanksgiving! I hope that your family, like ours, is taking time to simply be together and to remember just how bessed we truly are....the Lord has truly been good to us!

Happy Thanksgiving,
Michele Everson, Proud wife of Pastor Chad Everson and
Proud Mama of Two Wonderful Boys!

Retro Hair! Yikes!

Like everything else, hairstyles come back around...sooner or later we will see it all again! In some cases, this is not a bad thing - but lest we forget...

And men, don't think that you got away with perfect hair during the 80's - remember this look? You know, the pictures you hide from your kids now?


Before we laugh and claim that it was "not me", remember, there are pictures of all of us that our kids will someday find and use against us! Ok...you may not have sported the "rocker look", but how many of you tried the "wings" or men, the "mullet" or center part (affectionately called the "butt cut")? Yeah...I thought so...


Michele Everson
"Still living in the 80's style" wife of Pastor Chad Everson
and "my kids laugh at me" Mom of two wonderful boys!

Those Happy Days!

Remember this?...

"Happy days was filmed in front of a live audience" - it all started in 1974 and continues on late night schedules even today!

Happy Days was a part of my daily life! I would race through whatever things my mom had for me to do after school to make sure that I could watch Happy Days, The Love Boat (Hey - I'm a girl! I am allowed to like that show - it's all you guys out there that watched it faithfully that I'm worried about!),Fantasy Island, Remmington Steele, oh...the list goes on! What great days of television! I could glue myself to the TV and never get tired of Laverne and Shirley or Mork and Mindy...

We were doing something on the internet the other day (I was blogging for another site) and pulled up a happy days video on you tube. My boys loved it...they laughed at "the fonze" and I told them they were not allowed to laugh at him - he was "cool"! There is another one to record now! I am thankful for TIVO so we can actually find and record some of these shows for them to watch - we have made our kids into retro kids by recording all the older shows - you know, the ones you did not have to worry about bad language, drug scenes, homosexual agendas or mysticism junk - those shows! We have them hooked on The Andy Griffith show, Gilligan's Island, the Three Stooges (yeah - violence is ok in our household) and now, Happy Days will be added to the list...It's great to be retro!

Michele Everson
Proud Wife of Pastor Chad Everson and
Retro Mom to two wonderful boys!

Women's Roles...and Sarah Palin!

What a great "awakening" for our society and the role of women in it! In my last blog I wrote about the changing roles of women and how it all began, in the media at least, with that loveable Lucille Ball! While I am more in line and love the June Cleaver side of the road, I can't help but think that June would have had some trouble using the internet!



I think the answer lies somewhere in between! I believe women can be feminine and demure, while still being strong in character and integrity and handle whatever life throws at them. Submission to a husband and being a "stay at home mom" is a choice that is made, not a life of servitude that is forced! More and more women are choosing to be with their kids, enjoy taking care of their house and having the energy to spend "quality time" with their husbands when they get home in the evenings - by choice. (Wow, I'm beginning to sound like pro-choice - got to be careful on that one!) I choose this life of putting my family first because I believe that this is what the Bible teaches - 1. that women should be keepers of the home because we are uniquely gifted with an innate care and nurturing for children and we are by nature more relationship oriented than men. 2. That women should be submissive to husbands because while we have great ideas and intellectually we can come to great conclusions, we must guard the emotions that we bring to the table. By sharing with our husbands our insights/ideas, etc. and then allowing him to filter through the heart strings we also present, he can make a well-rounded decision. Most marriages are in trouble because we have fallen for the 50%-50% line instead of realizing that we are both in this 100% and someone has to give when we don't agree! If we respect our husbands (also in the Bible - his greatest need), then submission to him will cause him to walk a little smarter, thoughtful and keep him closer in tune with God. 3. That women should care for their children - not allowing some daycare center (amazing that "schools" start at 1 year old now huh?) to raise our children for us. Clearly, no one will love and care for YOUR child more than YOU...but yet we are satisfied with allowing someone else to teach them what they should believe in, stand more, develop their character, build their self-confidence and self-image, teach them social skills and guide them as they learn how to handle conflict. When kids start spending 6 - 8 hours a day with strangers and other kids at 6 weeks old, how can we expect them to grow up with convictions and a healthy idea of what family stands for! "Here's a radical thought: most of the perceptions we have as adults actually develop when we're children." (taken from http://www.syl.com/articles/theinfluenceofmediaongenderperceptions.html Moms...the call goes out to you! Parent your children - teach them when they rise up, when they walk through the day, when they face difficulty and when they lie down at night - you gotta be there! BY CHOICE! Ladies, I like Sarah Palin - she is strong in character, knows who she is and what she stands for and, while she is not perfect and I certainly don't know her well enough to assume that she is the model of a Christian wife/mom, at least in the media she presents herself as a lady...much different than the women we see everywhere today. What's the difference? Feminity? Class? Well, all of those things - but a lady is also someone who is comfortable saying "I'm a wife and a mom and I'm proud of it" and someone who is comfortable being feminine without seeing it as a sign of weakness...Let's bring back feminity - not feminism! By the way, read the book..."Feminine Appeal" by Carolyn Mahaney if you want to study this subject a little more... Michele Everson Proud wife of Pastor Chad Everson and Proud mom of two wonderful boys