Thursday, May 21, 2009

pictures from my iphone.










What I'm Listening To...

1. Hey Ya - Obadiah Parker
2. You Are Everything - The Stylistics
3. Major Tom - Shiny Toy Guns
4. Never Gonna Let You Go - Sergio Mendes
5. I Told You So- Carrie Underwood
6. Lost - Michael Buble
7. Completely - Ana Laura
8. Into the Night - Benny Mardones

Friday, May 15, 2009

ah...


One of my dreams has always been to take a rainy weekday and sleep in with my husband. Well, today that dream came true! Darrin got off of work early, at 8:30a, and my walk around lake Mayor with April was canceled. It has been raining since late last night. Darrin turned on King of Queens and in a minute was fast asleep. Now instead of getting up and doing whatever it is I needed to do, I took this time to cuddle up next to Darrin, enjoy the feeling of my new crispy white sheets, and pray. When I can't sleep, I find that that is the time when I utter my most thoughtful and heartfelt prayers. So after a lazy morning of sleeping in and enjoying every minute with Darrin, I am finally up, and Darrin is back at work!

I wish I had pictures from last evening. We went out to, oh man, I don't even know what its called. It is a place where people dock their boats, and you can jet ski and stuff. Its like the little lake that leads to the ocean. Anyways, our friends April and Jared have a jet ski and were taking it for the first ride of the year. Jet skiing in itself is a blast, but imagine jet skiing with two dolphins! It was incredible, we think they liked the noise, because they seemed to follow us! I have to admit, I was a little scared, but in awe of these creature nonetheless.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Trying.

As some of you know, right now I am on day 3 of having no job. Not that I am complaining, but I am kind of in a struggle against myself. Since I have the whole day to myself, I want to use the time wisely. Now, yesterday and Monday I was pretty medicated because of my bum finger. But not today. Although I am looking (really hard) for a job, I have decided to also put more time into being a good housewife. My schedule isn't near as tight or disciplined as Summer's, but I am trying :)

TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
10:30a- Make sure whole apartment is clean (CHECK!)
11:10a- Go walking for 40 minutes.
12:00p- Meet Niq for lunch
1:15p- Go pick up groceries for potluck
2:00p-Finish some thank you notes
4:00p- Make salad for potluck
Then after that, I will talk to Darrin, get ready for small group, pick up friend for small group,go to small group, come home and go to bed.

I think this sounds like a productive day :)

Back in the day...
This picture was the day that Darrin left for SCAD for the very first time. It was almost 3 years ago. I can't believe how far we have come since this day! As Kathy would say...PTL! (Praise the Lord :) )

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

ouch!

On Monday morning, I reluctantly rolled out of bed, got ready and drove to work. When I got there, something was not right. Then, Ms. Carol told me they couldn't use me anymore, and so I think I was fired. This is my first job EVER being let go. It was weird, but for some reason I am O.K with it! It wasn't my dream job, and to be honest it all was a little shady.
At about 10:30a I decided that I was hungry, so why not eat lunch? I decided to make a grilled cheese sandwich, so I grabbed my velveeta slices, whipped out the Sarah Lee, and was mad because my butter was so cold (I always have a stick out on the counter, nice and soft! But since we had been out of town, all my butter was solid and cold) anyways, I went to cut my butter, but somehow my finger got in the way! Next thing I know, I have cold water running over my finger, and the blood won't stop flowing. I knew that this was the worst cut I have ever had (and I have had many) so I tried to give the blood time to stop, but it wouldn't. I went through 2 huge band-aids, and thats when I decided to call my nurse, Anna. She said to get some guaze and wrap it up good, but I would need Darrin's help...he was about to start class. I by the time I hung up with Anna, the fat in my finger had started to swell and peek out of my cut. So when Darrin got home, he took me to an Emergency Care and they said I would definitely need stitches. I was kind of excited because with a cut this bad, I better have something to show for it! My cut didn't hurt at all, until they started injecting it with numbing stuff, and literally sewing my skin back together. When it was all done, and I had 8 nasty looking stitches, we went to Target to fill my prescription. Now, a day later, my finger still hurts and throbs. So I take 3 different pills. Strong Ibuprofen, and antibiotic, and if it really hurts, a strong pain killer. Well, it really hurts, so I have now (at the appropriate times) taken them all, but the pain killer makes my whole body go kind of numb. It fogs up my brain, and I wonder if it is a legal drug. :) I hope I don't have to take it for much longer.

Here are some pictures.




Saturday, May 2, 2009

Today Anna graduated from college. I have been thinking of her all day, sad that I couldn't share this very special time with her. Graduating from college, what an accomplishment! While I don't think I will ever experience this, nor do I want to, it certainly is something admirable. Congrats Anneliese! You will make a great teacher!

This picture describes us perfectly. Different in so many ways, yet so similar.

On a different not, per Anna's request, I will write an update on my life.

Work is going great. A new girl, Nikki started 2 weeks ago, and it is so fun to work with her. On Friday both overcame our huge fear and started stepping on the huge cockroaches. Instead of spraying the heck out of them with raid, or trying to try to squish them with an object before they ran away. I can't believe I step on these things, but its really easy. And is saving me from a mini heart attack everytime I spot one. I am bigger than them!

My boss, Roy, has a lot of property. On one of those acres is a garden and a beautiful pond/lake. I have been working in the garden, purely for therapy reasons. I go sometimes when Darrin is at work, it is a rewarding thing. This is why...
-I feel like I can be a good witness to Roy, and Tommy (my black,61 year old, toothless, friend. And we really are becoming friends.).
-The dirt (although rather sandy) takes me back to when I used to garden with my mother. I feel like I am doing something that she would be proud of.
-I secretly smell the tomato plants, and I feel like I am back in Wahoo. Just me and my mom gardening. I think all summer my mom would smell like tomato plants. Yum...
-It is relaxing to listen to the birds, see God's creation, and actually do some hard work.
- Although I come home sweaty and covered in dirt, I get to show Darrin a part of me that he hasn't seen before. And he likes it.

Speaking of Darrin, he is working a lot. Not because we are struggling to make end meet, but because he is genuinely a very hard worker. He feels that if he has spare time on his hands, he should be working! I think with the jobs he is working, the Lord has really used it to humble him (I think everyone should experience on of these jobs, mine was working at Target.) But he is liking it. He works 5a-10a at Panera, goes to class, and then about 2 days he goes out to the car wash until about 8:30. That is just Monday-Friday, on Saturday he works all day at the car wash, and then Sundays he works at either job. It has worked out because when he works on Sunday morning, we are able to have a date night downtown. We eat dinner, and then go to LATEchurch (which meets at a really neat, old theatre) and then we go up to SCAD so he can work on homework.
So we are managing to hang out...we joined a small group that meets on Wednesday nights, and it really is proving to be a huge blessing in our life. We are meeting really cool people.

This weekend we are going home to visit for a few days...I am really excited, but nervous for some reason! I wonder what my emotions will be like, If I will be a crying mess, or if I will be normal. I just never know these days :)

Thats about it for now...we are really loving it here in this city. I grow to like it more and more everyday. I am just loving this stage in my life. Even if my sisters are 1200 miles away. Even if I don't have kids like all my neighbors. I am content with what God is doing in my life...and content to be my husbands helper!