One of my favorite pictures!

This is one of my favorite pictures. It is a picture of Nathan and me when we were on vacation in northern Indiana. I believe I took the picture right after we left the beach or maybe we were actually at the beach. I took it on one of the first ever digital camera's. The kind that you put a floppy disk in to save the pictures on. NO JOKE. We still have it :0)
Yes I held the camera up side down, not on purpose mind you and apparently I forgot to zoom out. It is Nathan's mouth and my eye.
I'm not sure why I love it so much but I totally do. It makes me laugh.

To blog or Not to blog? That is the question.

So I feel like I should blog...but I really don't have anything to say. So do I need to blog or do I not need to blog...
I really thought more people would like the Hands song, it's not necessarily about the video but about the words of the song.
Christmas was great, this was the 1st Christmas that Nathan and I were alone on Christmas morning!
My house is terrible, everything is disorganized right now.
Nathan has a touch of the flu or something related.
I am reading Breaking Dawn for the 2nd time.
We just got some more money for our missions trip!!!!
God has blessed me.
Today I finally realized what an amazing, wonderful, mighty God we serve. We pray and pray and pray and he does not always answer us the way we like but prayers are answered. It hit me today that I love him and worship him even when times are bad. No matter what, it is well.
*I've always known what kind of a God we serve and that no matter what we should praise him, but today I think that some things just fell into place for me*
It is well...

Hands

This song says so much, especially with the way our world is right now. No matter what we CAN do the work of God, our wonderful savior.
Merry Christmas!

I BEAT PK!

Flipping Awesome, I beat PK! He ALWAYS knows who starts a blog before anyone else does. Well except that one time when Pink knew about Sari first...

Angel Silvers is now blogging! Check her out!

zzzzzzzzz....

It is 12:36 AM and I am now officially done with this semester. I missed 4 out of 25 questions giving me a 84% on my final. At first I was irritated but then I realized what time it was and how sleepy I am.
Woohoo to me, but now I am tired so very tired.
Here is to the end of the semester...swa-eeeet!

Just like family

Tonight our growth group had our (I think it might be appropriate to say annual) white elephant gift exchange.
It was mad chaos and tons of fun!
We had it at the Smith's house, Gary deep fried a turkey (YUMMIE) and the rest of us brought side dishes.
*In the words of Shelby "Would you like some side dish?"
The food was great and the presents were well....interesting.
I believe there were 17 adults and 13 kids tonight. Yes everyone showed up! Well everyone except one family but they had family in town that would have put us at 19 adults and 16 kids.
WOW
So we ate and then we drew numbers. Everybody brought stuff from home that we didn't want anymore. Gifts could be stolen twice and the person who had #1 gets to go again when everyone is done. We opened, stole, traded and grumbled at some of the junk we all got. The kids went first and they had a blast and when we were all done with presents we sat around and sang some Christmas songs with Nate C. leading on the guitar.
While enjoying the company of my growth group/church family I thought this must be what it is like when a huge family gets together and celebrates the holidays.
What fun!
Nathan and I are so very blessed to be involved in a growth group. Through up's and down's they have been there. We support each other, guide each other, keep each other on track, and just do life together. Just like a family. It's fun and uplifting.
So yeah this is my random plug for growth groups....
Just Do It!

Life Lesson #231

I went to Ivy Tech today to register for spring semester classes.

Wait hold up let me give you some back story......

I went to 3 different High Schools by my sophomore year. I started in one, my parental units got a divorce so I moved to another school with my dad. In the second school I was taking all AP classes. I passed all of my classes with fantastic grades. End of freshman year I high tailed it to Indiana to be with my mom. What I thought I wanted and what I really wanted were two different things so back to mom I went. *Props to all mom's out there in blog land*
When I got to Indiana they told me that based on the state requirements I would loose all my credits from my freshman year. After much fighting the generous Winchester Community High School decided I could keep my semester credit of Government.
Wasn't that nice?
Anyway they pulled every single credit I had with the exception of Government because at the time in Indiana as a high school student you were REQUIRED to take the basics: Algebra I, Biology I, Earth Space Science, etc... in high school. It did not matter that I had passed the advance placement classes.
*Side Note*
I would just like to point out if someone can pass AP Bio 2 then I am pretty sure they have Bio 1 in the bag. Ya feeling me?
So long story short I crammed 4 years of High School into 3 years and I went from graduating with honors to graduating with a basic diploma (not even a core 40). My guidance counselor wasn't paying attention and 1/2 way through my second semester of my senior year she told me that I was a science credit short of core 40.
And science was my jam yo!
BSU said "NOPE! NO CORE 40 = NO BSU"
They kindly referred me to Ivy Tech.
Went to Ivy Tech and due to my high school scores they let me skip all of my pre-req's. WHICH IS WHAT BSU WANTED ME TO TAKE THERE!
I had a car wreck and took time off of school.

Flash forward to last semester

I decided to go back to school, I got signed up and student affairs would not let me in one of the classes I wanted to take because I had not met the pre-req's. *Yes the same pre-req's that they let me by pass*
She told me "You'll need to get copies of your high school transcripts....."
I said "Um...you have them"
She said "No, not likely"
Me "Yeah, yeah you do"
Her "I'll look but we don't keep them back that far"

I wait patiently until she comes back with MY FOLDER
She fixes it and I am in my classes.

Flash forward to this semester
I am finishing this semester and that means it is time to register for next semester.
Same thing. Student Affairs said I hadn't met the pre-req's and I needed a copy of my .......

Me: "You actually have them in a file back there"
Her (yes the very same person): "No, if we had them then they would have been transferred to our electronic files"
Me: "I had this problem last semester and they were in a file back there"
Her: "NO...if we had them they would...."
Me: "Yeah that was what was supposed to happen last semester..."
Her: "Hold on"

She comes back with MY FOLDER

Her: "I can't believe that they are still back here. Someone didn't do their job last semester. They should have put this in our system. I don't understand....blah blah blah blah"

She basically went on to trash who ever helped me last semester while glaring at me like I did something wrong.

When she finished I smiled ever so sweetly and said "Yeah that's what you said last semester when you helped me"

Her face dropped. She silently got up and went across the room and asked another person to upload me into the electronic filing system. When that was complete she signed off on my classes and I was on my way.

So LIFE LESSON #231 Don't trash other peoples work or lack of, it very well could come back to bite you on the rump!

Compassion

We received our second letter from Brigida today. Brigida is the name of the little girl we sponsor through Compassion International. I must say she is absolutely adorable. She is in kindergarten and she is a genius! She writes her own letters and her printing is near perfect. Of course Compassion has to translate it for us and they print it under her writing. She tells us that her favorite color is red and she likes chicken!
Nathan is reading what she wrote right now, since he took a zillion years of Spanish. It is amazing to me that the little amount of money we give to her has made such an impact on her life and we don't even miss it.
God is good.

Cuz I wanna

Things I want to do soon not in any certain order:

Learn how to play the guitar

Become amazing at playing the piano

Relearn the clarinet

Learn how to play the violin and viola

Become a herbalist

Skydive (Bonzai)

Drive a motorcycle

Be a size 6 (Inside joke)

Belch the ABC's

Become a marathon runner or whatever they are called

Be a Martha Stewart understudy

Be the valedictorian

Hair and makeup artist for movies or famous people in general

Be able to tackle a MAC

Read the entire Bible

Swim with dolphins

Go horse back riding

Star in a movie

Scuba diving

Sky diving

Learn how to paint (really great stuff) not just happy trees

Master the BBQ

Be able to do a handstand out side of the water

Work for a suicide hotline

These are just a few.

I karate chopped a spoon in a hole because I'm a Ninja!

So this is a fun email my mom sent to me. You simply follow the directions. Her line was "I had lunch with my neighbor in your bathroom because I'm sexy and I do what I want!" HAHAHA that is hilarious coming from my mom.
Anyone else want to play? My line is in the title of this post. Let me know if you play!

Pick the month you were born:*
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March--------I karate chopped
April----------I licked
May----------I jumped on
June----------I smelled
July-----------I did the Macarena With
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over*

Pick the day (number) you were born on:*
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7-------my mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbor
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------ - a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama


What is the last number of the year you were born**:
1--------- In my car
2 --------- On your car
3 ----------- In a hole
4 ----------- Under your bed
5 ----------- Riding a Motercycle
6 --------- sliding down a hill
7 --------- in an elevator
8---------- at the dinner table
9 -------- In line at the bank
0 -------- in your bathroom

Pick the colour of shirt you are wearing:*
White---------because I'm cool like that
Black---------because that's how I roll.
Pink-----------because I'm NOT crazy.
Red-----------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green---------because I think I need some serious help.
Purple---------because I'm AWESOME!
Gray----------because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow--------because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange--------because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown---------because I can.
Other----------because I'm a Ninja!
None----------because I can't control myself!

Now type out the sentence you made and let everyone see!

So Blessed

Nathan and I are going to Jamaica in January 2009 on a mission’s trip with Farmland Friends Church.
Nathan went to New Orleans this past summer on a mission’s trip and he loved it. He came back on fire for God and ready for another trip.
I am a little more apprehensive.
The Jamaica trip isn't free. We have to raise our funds and I was having trouble not worrying about it. After much prayer and asking someone totally awesome to pray also (They offered to take prayer requests on their blog...how awesome is that!?!) I turned it over to God.
This Sunday while Nathan and I were on stage doing a run through for worship, Pastor Marggy picked up my purse and put an envelope in it. I checked it out later and found some cash in it for our mission’s trip to Jamaica. It was an anonymous donation (not to mention the 1st donation) that still brings tears to my eyes. I put my trust in God and he opened the flood gates. How simple.
We are no where near the amount that we need yet but I have faith that with what we have saved and what donations will be coming in (through the grace of God) that the financial status of this trip will be A-OK!
So I want to say THANK YOU to whomever it was that gave us our first donation. The blessing that you have bestowed upon us has forever touched our hearts.

If any of you blog stalkers would like to contribute to the SEND NATHAN AND KIMBERLY TO JAMAICA FUND just make a cash donation (any amount helps) or make checks payable to CSI Ministries and put our names in the memo line. You can mail it to CSI here in Muncie or you can give it to us personally *we prefer this so we can thank you in person :0)* or if you would like to remain anonymous then pass it on to someone who works at FFC and they will make sure we get it!

So long story wrap up, we were so very blessed this Sunday by someone's generous giving heart. Thank you again whoever you are!

Lyrics?!? What Lyrics???

I bought the Twilight soundtrack before I saw the movie. I wanted to be prepared for the movie you see.

I think most of us have a tendency to make up our own lyrics to some songs. I mean who really needs to know the actual words?

Well there is a song called SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE on the Twilight soundtrack and I was jamming to it in the car the other night and Nate singing along to it sang..."I want to play Whack-A-Mole"

Song: Glaciers melting in the dead of night...Supermassive Black Hole
Nate: "do dooo do do do I want to play whack-a-mole"
Me: ....."What?"
Nate: "I wanna play whack-a-mole"
Me: hahahaha it's SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
Nate: No, I'm pretty sure they say I WANT TO PLAY WHACK-A-MOLE!
Me: hysterical laughter

Tonight I am listening to the soundtrack while doing my online class and on came SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE and I could see the wheels turning in Nate's mind, so I thought I would share it with my wonderful blogging community.

Ashlee Simpson has a song that says "I'll greet you at the door...I'll be your french maid"
I sang "I'll meet you at the door...I'll be your bridgemate"

I always wondered why she sang about playing cards, at least I think that is what bridge is?


Do you have any of your own lyrics to actual songs that you would like to share?

Um Yeah...

Do you ever look at something and think "Um, how did this happen?"

That's where I am at tonight with our linen closet.

We do have a crazy amount of towels, wash rags, sheets and blankets but I am pretty sure that at some point I had that entire thing organized.

I spent 3 hours today at our laundry mat catching up on laundry, at one point a woman who had been in and out said "Your a trooper I'm here to tell ya"

It wasn't just our normal clothes, I had to wash towels and sheets too. We have our own washer and dryer, however our apartment is not equipped to hook them up so boo for us we have to use the laundry mat. A what's with people not cleaning out lint traps? "Um Y.U.C.K I really don't want to touch your lint. You take care of yours and I'll take care of mine. Thanks."

Nate conked out early tonight and I stayed up. I was getting ready to go to bed and I decided to put away the sheets and towels. I opened my linen closet only to stand there confused for an undetermined amount of time going "Um, yeah. How did this happen?"

There were sheets (not folded precisely as they once were) on the towel shelf and the blanket shelf looked pretty skimpy and other misc. things were strewn about here and there. I took out the sheets that were messy, they are going to take more than a minute to fix and reorganized my towel shelves.

Laundry is put away, homework is done and I am going to bed to read some more of New Moon.

So have you ever had some "Um...yeah, how did this happen?" moments?

Oh Winnie...

I have wasted soooo much time today, well only after I got home from taking Winnie to the vet this morning.
She had to fast last night so she could have blood work done to determine if she has diabetes.
I am torn right now because I am not sure what I want the results to be. If it comes back positive for feline diabetes that means she will have to see a new vet and stay for 2 or 3 days to have her insulin adjusted to the correct amount. That means I will be shelling out cash for insulin for my cat! and giving her a shot every day.
If it comes back negative then that means she just likes to urinate on the carpet. The first two places we lived with her the carpet was ruined BEFORE WE MOVED IN by the animals that lived there before us. I chalked her urination up to the smelly carpet, but this apartment had brand new carpet put in before we moved in. I feel like we spend all of our time cleaning it now.
Someone suggested that I just "put her down" :0/
Not funny
She is one of our kids, if I have to shell out the bucks to keep her healthy then that is what I will do, you don't just adopt a pet only to throw it to the curb when they have a few issues. People are so bizarre!
but... we can't be having her pee everywhere when we have children crawling around.
Ugh
What to do what to do?

New Background, You like?

So yeah I actually devoted some time to my blog today. This is not something that I normally do, I feel there are sooooo many other things I could be doing, like reading the Twilight saga!

So what do you think?

I am digging the black and pink but not so much feeling the diamonds on the side. I just don't do round cuts! LOL

small town...BIG impact.: Urgent Prayer Needed!!!

small town...BIG impact.: Urgent Prayer Needed!!!

Doors...Ugh!

I realized today just how many wonderful friends Nathan and I have and we continue to make more wonderful friends. God has truly blessed us with people who love him and can help us keep on track.
Tonight in youth group Pink talked about being thankful. It just hit me that I am THANKFUL to God for the friends he has lined us up with.

It seems weird to me that as one door opens another closes. I sometimes wonder "Why? Why do any of the doors have to close? Can't they just all stay open and we can all wonder round and round?" Obviously some doors need to be closed and sealed forever but others, well why just one door?

Today while thinking about my true friends, (You see I am very picky about those I actually consider a friend. I feel that I have many many many wonderful acquaintances but friends don't usually come in groups, unless you have an amazing growth group like me. I also believe that you can only have 1 best friend. I have never really got the whole "I have 2, 3, 4 etc. very best friends" what really makes them special if there are more than one of them? But hey each person is different so whatever.) I came to the realization that I am losing a friend.
I have been friends with this person for quite awhile now and I have felt over the last several years that our friendship has been crumbling.
Why is it that we sometimes cling to any shred of hope we can grasp, to hang on to something that is one sided, only to be disappointed again and again? Are we gluttons for punishment? We put ourselves out there just to be taken advantage of and absorb more hurt and pain than necessary.
Why?
I am not trying to be a martyr a victim or whatever here. I have in soooo many relationships been a terrible friend and people clung to me when I should have been dropped off like yesterday's trash and not looked back upon.

I realized that with some people it is just easy to be a God loving, caring person around them. With others it is far too easy to have "fun" around them and lose sight of who we really want to be.
I have tried so hard not to be a bible beater with people who do not have a strong faith but looking back I wonder if that is what God wanted me to be. I just kind of feel like at this point no matter what decisions I made, I could not have made the right choices.
Ugh! How frustrating.

So to make a long story longer ;0) at what point do you know what you need to do? Do you keep fighting remembering all the great times? Do you just let yourself fade into the background? Do you take a stand and say "Hey..."?

I believe that God loving people can be friends with those who do not know our loving father, after all someone needs to be their unintentional shining star, so it is not a matter of that. Perhaps as we grow we change and that is why relationships die.

My best friend, Marva Rhea, once disappeared from my life for awhile. We went months with out talking and hanging out. We just let it slip. When we came back together it was like we never missed a beat. At one point she told me that she purposefully avoided hanging out with me during that time. When I asked her "Why" she said it was because I made her want to change her life and give up the bad choices she was making and at that point she did not WANT to give up these things. ~I can respect that, who am I to judge anyone?~
In our conversation she said that I never harassed her about these things I did not agree with or made her feel bad, but just being around me made her desire to be a better person.

Please believe that I am not delusional enough that I believe that I make people want to make positive changes. It is pretty cool that I made her feel that way but we had a very special friendship, that's why we were very best friends! The funny thing is that she made me want to be a better person too!

So I thought "Do I make this person feel bad about the decisions they are making?" I have not tried to and I am not judging them but I didn't with Marva either. We often surround ourselves with people who are making or have made similar decisions as us. It is a natural comfort, they have NO room for judgment at least that is what we think.

I do want better for this person but I am not someone who thinks that I can "fix" people. I am but a mere tool for God and we all have free will. No one can control our actions or our decisions.

So I will be praying about what I should do. At this moment I feel like I should just let myself fade into the background. But who knows perhaps God will lite a fire in me.

Cheese just may make the world go round!

So yeah I like cheese. I mean it is just so good. In lots of forms.
White cheese dip, cheese cubes, blocks of cheese, cheese sticks, shredded cheese, sliced cheese, melted cheese, fondue cheese, cheese on top of stuff, cheese under stuff, cheese that's not really cheese (Velveeta), cheddar cheese, pepper jack cheese, smoked cheese, I mean the list can go on for a while...
Oh and Tonya makes really good shredded cheese when we have tacos!

However I do not like
String cheese. ~I O.D. on it and then jumped on a trampoline when I was like 7, not a good combo~
Generic Cheese
Powdered Cheese
Cheese on veggies
Moz. cheese in pizza crust
or Swiss cheese
Seriously why did they attempt to ruin cheese with these?

Other than these few items cheese is great.

So yeah I like cheese, it kinda makes the world go round.

Oh Me Oh My

I was a poor witness tonight.
Nathan's cousin Collins passed away today. He was only 15.
We went to the family's house because Nathan has a deep history with them.

I should have stayed home.

I am very sorry for their loss but I do not mourn for Collins. He is free now. Free from the crazy that life spun at him. He can walk, talk, run, dance, sing and praise our WONDERFUL God.
He is home.

Collins had a difficult life.
He couldn't move, speak, focus his eyes, eat, etc.... Nothing.
He existed.
His parents thought that they were doing what was best for him and maybe they were. People are entitled to their own opinion and I have one.

Opinions are like buttholes.... everyone's got one :0)

They are older and could not lift Collins and give him the proper care he needed but they could not sacrifice and place him in assisted living or a group home either.
I can't say that I blame them, if I was faced with the same situation I have no clue what I would do. I would like to think that I know what I would do but...

It is easy as an outsider to say "Well if that were me, I would blah blah blah"

Yup easy to say what you would do, but you just never know until you are faced with that particular situation.

Anyway there we were and I remembered exactly why we do not really hang around these people. They are so self absorbed.

There was enough smoke in that house to make it a bar.

Oh and here's a real treat...

Another cousin, is 8 months pregnant with her 2nd baby was SMOKING!
Now if you followed me when I first started twittering I was furious one night because this same person, pregnant with the same baby, was SMOKING and DRINKING.

Yup read it again...

Yet everyone acts like its OK... "Well, she's smoking Marlboro Lites!"
"Oh, excuse me, I guess I didn't see the LITE part above the Surgeon Generals WARNING!"
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Ya know it also kinda bugs me when people say "You have/had nothing to feel guilty about..."

Really?

Hum...if it is necessary for you to point it out, out of the blue mind you then ya know, maybe, just maybe there is a reason to feel guilty....

Perhaps that is just me and my philosophy!?!?

There are a few funny parts, you see with this family here is a basic equation:

Celebration= Fry something up
Tragedy=Fry something up
Rain= Fry something up
Holiday= Fry something up
Sun Shining= Fry something up
Nothing to do= Fry something up

They love to deep fry things, lots of things, well actually ANYTHING.
They deep fried a hotdog for me once :0/
Tonight they were deep frying steaks...WHOLE steaks...
and they were talking about putting syrup over corn chips and baking them.

What? Who does that?

When I stepped out of the vehicle 30ft away from their house I could actually smell the grease from inside the house.
I thought I was gonna hurl on their lawn, yeah for me I kept it in!

These are just a few examples of some of the crap that went on tonight.
I hate when people jump on the TRAGIC BANDWAGON, I am NOT one of those people. Seriously you can touch base with them, feel for them, help them, pray for them but you don't have to immerse yourself in the tragedy and make it your own.
Get a clue people

So yeah, I was a terrible witness, I was negative on Twitter, I could not say a whole lot, there is some rule to life...
"If you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all"
So sorry Tweets that you had to read my complaining.

It is sad that someone passed away, but it is even more sad that people want to make it an event of themselves and the person who passed gets lost in the fight to claim the attention.

Is it in You?

Tagged

7 Random Weird Book Facts

1. Twilight. I love them. Every single one of them. I am reading the entire Twilight series again. These are the only books that I have read over again on purpose. I do think that they will be read many many many more times.

2. I worked in my high school library. I always got the best books before anybody else. *muhahaha*

3. Harry Potter Books Rock!

4. I love reading historical romance novels.

5. Getting lost in Gregory Maguire's books is always a complicated good time.

6. The Bible is AWESOME however I need a BIBLE FOR DUMMIES version or maybe a modern day version.

7. Twilight... best book to movie crossover. Don't dispute me I love it ok!?


7 Random Weird Facts about me

1. I love Reading ;0p

2. I love socks, mittens and pillows.

3. I like to balance random things on my head at random times.

4. I hate to give things away, I might need it. But I hate being cluttered. Go Figure!

5. I am an animal lover, however there is a no fur = no go policy in my house. The exception is Kitty and Fido (our gold fish)

6. My vehicle used to be a magnet for accidents. NEVER MY FAULT JUST ASK THE POLICE OR MY INSURANCE AGENT!!

7. I prefer for everything to be neat and organized with the one exception of my purse. Everyone needs chaos somewhere.


So like Milah, I am NOT tagging anybody. I repeat I AM NOT TAGGING ANYBODY.
If you want to play along you can answer 7 random facts or 7 random book facts about yourself and let me know by responding to this post.

What do you do when you feel like you are becoming one of the things that you fear most?

Just a run down of today

So the night before last I slept terribly. At one point I woke up nose to nose with one of our cats Tootsie. She was actually on my pillow and I was nestled on the edge, so yeah we were sharing my pillow. I futilely tried to disturb her enough that she would get up and MOVE but to no avail. Tootsie simply got up and did a circle or two and settle back down in the exact same spot only facing the other direction. When the alarm went off I was disoriented. That was kinda how the whole day went. Well last night I was determined to get some gooooood sleep. I took two sleeping pills and out like a light was I. Nate said he did all kinds of annoying things and I never once hissed at him :0/
~I woke up today at 10:56 am and it felt good!
~I ate left over tacos from last night (hey it was lunch time, who cares if I just woke up)
~Watched a part of Legend of the Falls (for the first time)
~Put the dishes away and reorganized some kitchen stuff
~I got tonight's dinner ready and cooking (pot roast)
~Started thawing out some hamburger to make tomorrow nights dinner (Chili)
~Made the bed
~Took a shower
~Got dressed
~Picked up a few things in the living room and bathroom
~Day dreamed about reading the Twilight Saga again :0)
~Procrastinated starting my research paper on Bipolar Personality Disorder
~Checked some blogs and my internet just stopped working
~Organized my school stuff and started on my paper
~Text Nathan several times while attempting my research paper
~Opened my bedroom window after shutting off the heat that was on 64*
~Watched my neighbors bring home a Family Dollar Cart (yes a real one)
~Worked on my paper
~Twittered
~Emailed my paper to myself
~Put on my makeup
~Ate some of my delicious dinner
~Watched some more Legends of the Falls
~Kissed Nate hello when he got home
~Twisted and pinned my hair up
~Kissed Nate goodbye
~Drove to School
~Dropped off my bag in class
~Printed off the rough draft of my research paper
~Went back to class
~Received my A on my last test
~Listened to some people droan on and on
~Took lots of breaks (so my teacher could talk to us individually)
~Got out of class an hour early while eating a cup cake
~Arrived home
~Checked the mail
~Spent some time with Nathan
~Ate a little left overs
~Finished watching Legends of the Falls
~Cleaned up some kitchen mess
~Changed into bed time clothes
~Sat down on our bed
~Turned on my laptop and saw Edward!
~Did some of my online homework
~Now I am posting about my day!

Thanks for reading

I'm taking the challenge!!

I am taking the challenge!

The 6th folder on my computer is of our honeymoon in Cancun Mexico.

The 6th picture is a picture we took from our balcony over looking a portion of our pool.

Just past the pool you can take stone stairs down to the white sands of the beach and into the crystal blue ocean.

Our hotel was HUGE, if you look to the very right of the picture you can see a section of it, the whole thing was shaped like a giant blockey U with stair step sides. Anyway it was a beautiful, wonderful, romantic time.

So are you gonna take the picture challenge. 6th folder 6th picture....whatcha got?

`Bout to go B-Spears

So it is mid term week and life is a bit of crazy now. Not much coming from me for awhile. I have 2 midterms (1 of them I have neglected to read the book), 1 test over 4 chapters in psych, 1 research paper to get started, 1 black board post, 3 black board responses and 1 social psychological therapy session to come up with and lead. So woohoo for midterms *dripping with sarcasm*

I am in book 4 of the Twilight Saga OMG BECKY it is sooooo good. But at last no fun reading time for me, at least for a little while. Dumb dumb stupid school :0) and stupid responsibilities too!

Pictures will be coming of my Halloween extravaganza! So stay tuned!

TWILIGHT SAGA

Twilight Saga.... need I say more?

Ok, ok I will.

I LOVE these books.

I read a lot and by a lot I mean a TON. I love books large and small, black and white, frontwards and backwards, right side up and up side down. I just simply love books and getting lost in them.

Harry Potter was one I refused to sub-come to until I could not stand it anymore. I finally caved and started the last week of August 2007 and finished all 7 by the first week of November 2007. Those books are so intricately composed you really have to pay attention to understand and keep up. I loved them. At that point I had decided that Harry Potter and J K Rowling were the best things that ever happened to the reading society. Yes folks they are that good.

But then.....

TWILIGHT AND STEPHENIE MEYER (THIS IS A LINK YOU SHOULD CLICK IT)

YES THE TWILIGHT SAGA IS THAT GOOD THAT I MUST NOW WRITE IN ALL CAPS AS I REFER TO IT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DEEPLY SUCKED INTO A BOOK AND THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY. I CAN'T PUT IT DOWN. I STARTED THE SERIES THE END OF THE WEEK BEFORE LAST AND I AM NOW ALMOST DONE WITH THE THIRD BOOK. THERE ARE ONLY 4 BOOKS IN THIS SAGA SO I MAY BE GETTING SAD THAT MY JOURNEY IS COMING TO AN END. AH EDWARD AND BELLA WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?

YES I AM A NERD AND I AM GOING TO PUT UP A WIDGET THAT GIVES THE OFFICIAL COUNT DOWN TO THE TWILIGHT MOVIE PREMIER.

I break for Corn Husks!

So it is fall and harvest time in Indiana and we have a LOT of corn. I feel like I need a bumper sticker on my bumper that reads
"I BREAK FOR CORN HUSKS"

As I am driving down the road, usually "THE 32", I often see something scurrying across the road and I tap my breaks. I love animals, so big or small I don't want to smash one on the road with my tires. This would make me sad :0( so I try to avoid it.

My breaks get a workout during harvest time in Indiana. You see what I am most often breaking for is not natures furry little critters but CORN HUSKS!I know I know I know.

After the combines have whisked the corn out of the fields there are a lot of corn "bits" and what-not left just laying around. Indiana is flat so when the wind blows so does all the "bits" and often times when a single dried corn husk is drifting across the road it resembles something that can scurry and has a heart beat.

Better to be safe than sorry so after a quick glance at all of my mirrors I tap the breaks to avoid crushing what appears to be some sort of a furry creature out for a jaunt across the road. More often than not it is a corn husk I avoided hitting :0)

They are not just flat pieces of dried up leafy stuff that is easily recognizable as a husk. No no no they are sometimes curled or bent so when the wind blows it looks like something hopping or running or whatever.

So yeah, I am doing my part to keep Indiana's Corn Husks safe folks, are you?
I BREAK FOR CORN HUSKS.

I'm fired!

So I am totally fired! Yup that's right I am firing myself. I did not successfully predict the future. Nathan and I switched like we normally do and to top it all off... I did not take a nap at all, not one single nap.
Now to some of you that may seem like no big deal but, I sleep in the car if I am not driving. That is just what I do. The calm lull of the passing stuff on the road, the gentle rock of the vehicle as it takes me to my destination. I always fall asleep on long trips I just can't help it. Not this time though. Who knew I was so terrible at predicting the future!?!? So yeah, I fired myself.

We arrived around 11:15 pm and chilled for a couple of hours and then went to sleep in my brothers bed and it was AWESOME! His bed is so comfortable it puts ours to shame and I love ours. So good sleep time.

I also started reading Twilight last night and it rocks! I am only on page 79 but I am digging it already.

My nieces were estactic to see us, and we chilled all day. Now Nathan and I are getting ready to head to my other brother, Allen's house.

What time is it?

So it is now 3:36 am yup AM! Nathan and I were planning on leaving for Tennessee tomorrow at 9 am sharp. HA!
Nate has an exam he has to do on campus and I am gonna sleep in a bit.

I had class tonight and took an exam in Psych that I studied and studied and studied for and then I took notes and rewrote the notes on index cards I could use in class. So needless to say I knew the info frontwards and backwards or so I thought. Apparently my teacher has an affinity for wording tests just so,... just so she can mess with your mind :0)
I am hoping for an A but since I did the best I could possibly do I will settle.

I came home and Nate's mom was here and she took us out for a late dinner. It was nice getting to spend time with her. Then we had to do laundry while doing more school work. Then it was home to put away laundry and pack for tomorrow (for me at least) Nate had to finish school work to turn in tomorrow at 9 am so he can take his final. The final touches for tonight, straighten up the house and now at 3:42 am I am going to do my last bit of homework before sleeping.

So since I am ready and he has some stuff to do tomorrow that I can't help with I get to sleep in! WOOHOOOO!

By the way did you know I can predict the future? Here read on and I will predict tomorrow and you can check back in a day or two and see if I was correct....
In our future I see us taking more driving breaks and switching off drivers far more often than normal for us.

Don't forget to check back on my next post to see if I have a future in fortune telling.

Must not forget the neck pillow oh and my handles to adjust my seat backs were fixed so yipee to us because we can now recline to nap in the passenger side and when Nate drives he does not have to sit up freakishly tall (that is how I drive, the back of my seat is almost straight up, HEY, don't judge it is what feels right to me) he likes a bit of an angle. So woohoo the trip should go well.

Back home again in Muncieania

So we are back home for a day and a few hours and then off to the south.
I decided to pick out a book from my book shelf to read, but I still have Twlight to read so I picked a book that I could put down for weeks at a time if need be.

Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is a twisted, in depth, complicated story weaver. He takes the original fairy tales and reworks them from another point of view. Wicked is the story of The Wizard of Oz from the wicked witch's point of view, Confessions of an Ugly Step Sister is Cinderella from one of the step sister's point of view, etc...

I am now reading Mirror Mirror which is Snow White but I am not sure who's point of view, we shall see.

There are a few quotes in the first few chapters from the priest that I want to share with all of my fellow bloggers.

"I've never been persuaded you had much of a soul. More like a little damp anchovy stuck between your breasts, trying to breathe. That's what you smell like anyway"

Also from the priest...

"I'm a priest, I know better than most when a lie is permitted"

and last but not least from the priest, a prayer...

"May you choke on your godless superstitions and spend eternity in coals up to your squid marks. Amen"

I like reading Gregory Maguire's books. They are exceedingly complicated and when you think you have it figured out BAM he hits you with another twist. His book Wicked is a Broadway Musical and Nate and I went to Chicago last may and saw it. It was fantastic. When I first start one of his books I feel stupid because they are so complicated but after words I am like "Oh" so I continue to read. It is a plus that you can put it down for weeks or months even and come right back to them.

So I foresee it taking me awhile to get through this book since I have the Twlight series to start!

Chi-Town

So -V-, Nate and I went to Chicago today. It was an exciting and fun trip! We took a train from Hammond Indiana into downtown Chicago.We hit Navy Pier and then the Magnificent Mile. While heading down to the pier someone said "Hey, I know you people" We all turned and saw an acquaintance from High School who now lives in Chicago.
Small World, really small world.
This happened on our Honey Moon in Cancun. We didn't know the people but they were from Muncie and recognized Nate's Ball State sweat shirt.
Small world indeed
Anyway we snapped lots of photos on -V-'s camera (ours likes to eat batteries so they were dead) and did some shopping.I like to get lost in bookstores so we hit Borders, *side note, I really wish we had one of these in the big city of Muncie* and I caved and finally bought the first book in the Twilight series and also bought my dad a book by Bill Cosby since we are heading down to visit him. Nate hit up Express and got some great deals. They just happened to be having a BUY 1 GET 1 50% OFF the ENTIRE store. Then it was a mad dash back down the Magnificent Mile (which I might add I think is WAY longer than a mile) to make sure we made it to the Millennium train stop to go back home. If we had not made it we would have waited 2 more hours to go home.I took this photo of a random downtown Chicago Pigeon. I love them, seriously, they are like the Mafia of Chicago. They just don't care and I imagine if you make them mad....
Back on the train where we had some.....interesting males sitting in front of us.
Home and to the pool. 1 of 4 on grounds, seriously yo!
Back home, shower, drop off a movie and back for taco's!
Now it is time for TERMINATOR 2.... night all!

Who wrote this????

So I am confessing, but only to those of you who read my blog so don't tell. I have slacked majorly in the reading aspect of all of my classes. Financial Aid was crazy this semester and I was in to class for 4 weeks (yes 4 weeks) with out any books. Luckily the teachers were all aware of the financial aid issues so life was good.
Well I finally got my books and I was like "yuck!" that is a LOT of reading if you put it all together. I love reading but text book reading falls in a complete other category and it is not on my top 10 list.
I have been doing great! I have a perfect score in all of my classes. Don't ask I am just good like that sometimes :0) *just kidding just kidding, but I do have improve skillz*

Well it caught up with me. I took a quiz in Behavior Modification and got 100%. Now it is time for the first test over EVERYTHING we have read.

Sooooooooo now I MUST read 103 pages by Thursday so I can take the test. Not a big deal really but I am skipping class a different class tomorrow to attend growth group (for the 1st time this semester) and a meeting at my fantastico church. So I will not have a lot of time tomorrow and it is now 11:33 PM so.... get my drift.

Anyway to make a long story longer....

I was reading in my Behavior Modification Basic Principles by David L. Lee and Saul Axelrod Third Edition and I came across something I found humorous on pg 17.

~When someone turns on a light, for example, is that person adding light (positive reinforcement) or removing darkness (negative reinforcement)? The answer is unclear and unimportant.

WHAT?

Can someone please explain to me why if it was soooooo UNIMPORTANT then why in the world is that little diddy even in the book? Seriously yo! Did they have a word quota they had to meet or what?

hahaha David and Saul (;0) had a sense of humor

Nothing new

Nothing new to say, sorry.

Vacation next week though!

Can't sleep must watch HEROES

So school is going well, perfect scores in every class. A great big YIPEEEE TO ME!
How did I do on my GIGANTIC test you ask?

Well we will just have to see...but I only guessed on a few and left one question blank. Hey hey hey don't judge me I had to write the 6 thingamabobbers of some scientist for psychological social dilemmas. Yup that's right try saying that fast three times :0)

Went to class tonight and I was the only student who showed up for 30 minutes. All of the others went to our normal meeting place for class but at last they did not pay attention last class. South Side was having an Open House so our classes were moved back to Ivy Tech.
I tried to bargain for bonus points since I paid attention. You just never know til you try, ya know!?
Our class is 3 hours long. We spent the first 2 "fighting" because there is always one, no matter what there is always one. The last hour of class was fun! We had a list of people and they all had descriptions. We had to narrow the list down to 6 people we would want to take into our bomb shelter (we had to pretend the world was getting nuked and we were going to survive along with 6 peeps of our choosing from this list and start the world over again)
One of the girls in our class decided she would not vote because you can't put a value on one persons life over another.
I kindly asked if she was going to offer up her position in the shelter so we could get on with business, I mean after all we are talking about being the only survivors who have to reproduce and rebuild the world here!
Everyone wanted the Catholic Priest to be in with us. I was like "Um why? I can talk to God on my own thank you. How about the guy who knows all about planting and harvesting vegetation and stuff? I mean he can do a lot of good to rebuild the food supply for the world?"
Needless to say it was interesting! I had a good time. After all it was hypothetical.

Then I came home and Nathan and I watched the end of Season or Volume 1 HEROES.

Oh my goodness if you have not seen this show you are seriously missing out. After reading the rule book of life (because we carry one in our back pocket) we realized that it was required that we go out and immediately purchase HEROES Season/Volume 2.

So tomorrow night after I have dinner with a previous coworker and after Nathan gets back from worship practice we will be starting Volume 2. WOOOHOOO "HELLO NEW YORK" if you watched the show you would totally know what I am talking about :0) any takers, any?

Ho hum ho hum

I should be...

-writing a paper

-reading a LOT of school stuff

-taking a quiz

-taking a test, a really really long test

-catching up on more reading

-preparing for tomorrows meeting

but instead I am blogging :0)

Ho hum Ho hum there is always more that needs done

Fool me once....

Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me!

Do you ever have expectations for people only to be let down? I do. Not often but more than I should. I don't have expectations for everybody just a few. And it is a hard pill to swallow when they let you down.
I have often wondered if they would have let me down if I didn't have those expectations? After much thinking the answer is yes. You see we all have expectations of people even if we don't realize it. We expect mutual respect, it is just one of those things that is a given. You don't have to mention it "Oh by the way I expect you to respect me and I will respect you. Agreed?"
When your homies don't show you the mutual respect it stings.

And it may just be me but it seems to me that the people who let you down the most are the ones sucking up God's blessings. That sometimes makes me bitter. HEY LEAVE SOME FOR ME WOULD YA?
But the bible says in (my words) "Why should you care what blessing I am giving others? You should be happy for them.

So at last, you let me down big time but WWJD? God love ya- soak up those blessings! After all fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me.

INNOVATE 20008

So we are at Granger Community Church for the Innovate 2008 Conference. This church is so cool that it is ridiculous. I love it!
I was a little disappointed though because the youth info stuff was yesterday.
B U M M E R
But I did get to go to a breakout session on Growth groups and I learned a lot.
Pastor Tonya would love the kids facilities here. The have slides to get your kids where they need to go!!!! Not wimpy slides either! I wanna take a ride.
There are fun crazy posters that say fun crazy things all over the church, lots and lots of snack breaks, cool videos, neat structure, etc......
Nathan and I got up at 3:37 AM this morning to get here by 8:00 AM with Pk and Brian, I didn't go to bed until around midnight and Nate didn't get to bed until after 1:30 AM, so needless to say after very little sleep and lots of fun info today I am beat.
So beloved bloggers it is off to sleep for me so I can get up tomorrow for another fun info packed day!!!!!
Wooohooo Innovate 2008

Thank you

This is a THANK YOU to everybody that has ever served or is going to serve our country.

9-11 is a day that just may live in our lives forever, I can remember it like it was today. How sad, how simply sad.

The worst part is knowing that there is always more to the story than what "we" know.
People pop off at the mouth thinking they have it all figured out, ignorance. Ignorance is sad. People died that day, sometimes I just want to scream "SHOW SOME RESPECT AND KEEP YOUR TRAP SHUT!" but because we have people fighting for our right for freedom of speech, there is only so much we can do. It seems kind of like an oxymoron, people, good people have fought and still fight for our right to trash talk them.

I normally steer away from political and war talk. I am a born and raised Army brat and that is something that I am proud of. So I know that I tend to have a bit more passion about some of these issues than others and that is ok. If we all thought the same the world would be a boring place.

WOOOOHOOOOO

Woohooo for me! I got a promotion. I am now the Assistant Branch Manager for the Muncie South Madison Old National Bank.
Not sure when I start though because my boss has her talons in me and doesn't want to let go :0)

This process was part of the emotional week. I interviewed 3 weeks ago. They finally made an offer to me last Friday around 4:30 pm! I said "I'll let you know on Monday"

I prayed, talked to Nathan and a few other people seeking guidance, then I prayed some more. At that point I really didn't know if this was what God wanted for me. In my frequent chats with "The big guy" before I even applied, I came up with a magic number. This number was it. Well they didn't offer me my magic number. So after the weekend of chatter and prayers I countered on Monday. Now you see this is the first time I have ever experienced being in a position where it truly did not matter if I did or did not get the promotion. So I had a bit of freedom. Don't get me wrong it is a sweet deal (I think) but life would not have been over had it not worked out. I actually put it all in God's hands and did not worry about it, until Sunday night. I had a minor freak out about countering. It was brief though because I gave it back to God.

So anyway, when I countered I countered for more, thinking they would come back with a lower offer but NO THEY MET MY COUNTER!

Praise Jesus!

Fun filled weekend
Back to work, it started off ok but it quickly became overwhelming emotionally for me.

WHAM

Tomorrow is a new day...

I'm a JERK

So I love God, I believe in The Father, The Son, Jesus died on the cross, The way to the father... yada yada yada...
I dislike "Churchie people" you know the ones I'm talking about, quick to judge, say one thing then do another, gossip fools, etc....

Well I am one.

Not normally, only at work and only with one person.

I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW

I am ASHAMED.

This one person just knows how to hurt people, she plays nice while she is stabbing you with a 10" blade, then when you turn to her with horror and pain on your face to ask "Why" she feigns innocents. She is quick to toot her own horn and even quicker to kick you . She doesn't do her job and she likes to stir ......poo!
It has been like this FOREVER, everybody in the company KNOWS her and they shudder at her name.
NO JOKE
I like a challenge, I normally try to rise up and understand why people do what they do.

I am sometimes too honest, I don't believe in "candy coating" things, I am not rude but when it needs to be said I normally say it. In a very polite way that can help us all start to solve the problem.

We were sitting at the break room table last January and I said ...well I said a lot of stuff very nicely and we decided together to bury the hatchet.

Alls good now RIGHT?

WRONG.

She moved on to the next victim, our entire branch is in constant turmoil when she is there and she is FULL time :0(

Well I had enough, I snipped, I snapped, I may have even been rude *oops*

Here is the trouble..... I don't feel bad about it.....I know I should but I don't....
I became the "churchie" person that makes people frown at God's house and his people, that's not what I want out of life it is just her...

Last night I was complaining about her and Nathan said "Do you love her"
WHAT?
I said "Well I don't hate her, isn't that enough?"
Nate: "Maybe God put her in your life so you could be a witness to her"
Me (exasperated): NO! He wouldn't do that to me.....SHA!

>0p YUCK WHY MEEEEEEE?

How do I start over with her A G A I N? I don't wanna... I don't I don't I don't
I feel that my bridge has been burnt and I was totally fine with that TOTALLY
I sometimes smile when I know that I "stuck it to her that day" (not literally, just not putting up with her poo that day and letting her know that I was on to her and her game) she had it coming right?!?!? Right?... No... no, no one "has it coming"

UGH.... why daddy why? Why do I let her affect me this way? I need to turn to God.

I know I know I know believe me I know

Maybe I am missing GG for a reason

So class was good tonight (Group Processing and Skills)
We had a girl join tonight that missed last week and she is a recovering Crystal Meth addict. She has an interesting story and her beliefs in God is, well interesting. So while she was talking I thought "Hum...we should talk" ...."Maybe this is the reason I am having to skip growth group on Wednesdays"
She is not a "case" I need to fix but merely a person I would like to get to know and engage in discussions about spiritual beliefs. After all if there is a Heaven then there is a Hell

Where am I headed again?

So yesterday Nate was saying that he would take the laundry to his parents house and be getting home right when I was getting home from school.
KIMBERLY "Oh hunny that is so sweet but I don't have school tomorrow night so we can do it here"
NATHAN "You don't!?"
KIMBERLY "No hun only on Tuesday's and Wednesday's" (I was thinking Come on babe it is only 2 nights a week! Keep up here, shees!)
NATHAN "Tomorrow IS Tuesday"
KIMBERLY "Oh" :0(

Today I left work to head straight to school and while I was driving I thought "Oh crap! where is my class tonight?"

Tomorrow my class is not at IVY TECH but at South Side High School so tomorrow may be a bit of a challenge come 5 :15 p.m.....

What paper is due when in what class again??????? Oh yes I can't forget must be at work early tomorrow to run the place......

Lunch date this Friday (woohooo)

Skating par`ta this weekend... I thought Sunday but Nate says Saturday...hummmm

Dinner to the Black's on Saturday time depends on skating (must find that out soon)

Can't forget...Chruch early on Sunday for KidZone...I was late last Sunday...oops!

Baby Shower coming up not this weekend but the next...hopefully...because I RSVP'd yes!

Thursday, Thursday, Thursday....why are you so elusive?

I GOT THIS... i think....maybe....

Disclaimer: Normally I am an extreme, organized, know what's going on type of person. If you find her please send her home!

My Loving Peadad!

This holiday weekend was bittersweet. We had a great time with Cobi and the Pinkerton's but this holiday weekend also marked the 1st year anniversary of the death of my dog Peadad.
He passed away in my arms as I was rushing to the vehicle to take him to the emergency vet because he was having trouble breathing. I sat in my mothers drive way holding his limp body crying "Please please don't die"

I loved him so very much. I got him my freshman year while living with my dad in Tennessee. We rescued him from death row, literally, he was just a few short hours away from the dark abyss. He was my rock, the only love I felt I had that very long year. My parents were divorced my 8th grade year so I was going through a lot. Peadad made it bearable.

When Nathan and I got together he learned to love Peadad too. When we moved in together Nathan quickly learned where Peadad's status was in our house. He was my son, our son. So after 10 brief years Peadad died. It was horrible. I still cry because I loved him so very much. Some may think I am silly but until you experience that unconditional love that an animal can provide you will never know what it feels like. So silly or not here is a slide show of just a few pictures of my beloved Peadad. Please take a moment to see them.

Good day today!

Got to hang with the Black family and their newest addition to the family! They are awesome parents and baby Braylon is so very lucky to have been born in that family.

Then on to the Pinkerton's for some sweet grill action and fun Wii time. Pink may hold an Olympic record or two in one or two events but Tonya kicked his butt in the 100 meter hurdles at one point!

Oh yeah I even rocked out to Hannah Montana and danced in the Pinkerton living room. When you play the game you have to bust a move so Hannah can dance in her tour and gain fans so you are totally awesome! I am pretty sure Nate got it on video maybe you can check out his blog for a sneak peak!

Templates

I just want to figure out how to do a new template for blogger. I don't like Bloggers templates.

Awwww

My husband just dubbed me with a hanger.

He said "I now dub thee Queen of my heart"

AWWWW he is sooooo sweet.

Duck Tape EXTRAVAGANZA!

Tonight at the Teshuva we had a Duck Tape Extravaganza!
Totally awesome, you see Pink bought 50 NIV bibles for the youth to go mad crazy with multi colored duck tape on. And it worked. At the start of both the slam and crash I gave a brief "teaching of the tape" if you will and then they jumped in. The kids really got into it and had a blast! Our hope is that they will actually start bringing their bibles to youth. HINT HINT ;0)

Earlier in the day Nathan accompanied me to my family reunion picnic. *snooze fest* We had some good food but then it was like....."Now what? We don't really know these people!" HAHA... I know that we are supposed to get to know them at THE FAMILY REUNION but seriously!? We have nothing in common with these people except a FEW genes. So after a bit o time outside visiting with the ones we know Nate and I bolted to Youth. Sure we were an hour early but I was pretty content with chilling in the AC of my car. The longer I sat outside the more my allergies progressed. It wasn't long before I was talking through my nose (unavoidable) so the AC in my sweet Aztek hit the spot. No more pollen.

Then the DUCK TAPE EXTRAVAGANZA

Then we went to see Aaron and Melissa Black and BABY BRAYLON! YEAH! CONGRATULATIONS AARON, MELISSA AND AUDREY!! Baby Braylon is adorable and he has some fantastic hair and some cheeks!
When we got there Audrey said "Hey Kimmie" how simply cute! Then she promptly asked "Is that your bag? What's in it?" So I got to give her the good news that Nate and I brought them some snacks. Man o man I know how to score some points with the kids :0)

I had a proud moment when I was holding Braylon, he started to get fussy and I stood up and did the butt pat while swaying and he calmed right down.... you know this may be a sign that I may have some skills. :0)

It's official

It's official... Summer is finally over.

1-The other morning I was on my way to my car and the air was actually chilly.

2- School Started

3- When I got out of class at 8:50 pm it was dark :0( I remember summer days, still daylight at 9:30 pm

4- People are staring to wear jackets and sweatshirts (weirdo's) ;0p

5- Summer clothing is now on the clearance rack

6-Tammy is pumped for some fall cooking

So school.... I think it is going to be good but please don't quote me on this, for you see later in the semester I may change my mind. I had GROUP PROCESS AND PRACTICES (How to Group Therapy) tonight. It is a small class. Eight people were signed up and only five of us showed up. We are all pretty laid back, except for one. THERE IS ALWAYS ONE! Tell me why? I really want to know. We were discussing with our teacher her grading scale. She says a 93-100 is an A. Ivy Techs grading scale is 90-100 is an A. So casually I bring it up and we engage in discussion. I showed her the syllabus from my Tuesday night class which clearly states Ivy Techs grading scale is 90 not 93. She said "Oh well I have been using this one for years I did not realize it changed"
`VOILA
So we all thought....
He decides to say that some of his professors use 93% "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH"
My thoughts are "So stinking what! This is not your other professors from years past this is 2008 and the grading scale is 90% not 93% She is going to make the switch so shut your piehole :0) Of course I did not say that and I should probably ask for forgiveness but COME ON! If it isn't broke DON'T FIX IT. Really what it boils down to is that he just likes to talk and be the center of attention. No I am not being mean, he admitted it.
One of those people that always has a comment on everything...yuck.
I did like the class, when she was teaching it was very informative.
I am still worried about my schedule though so please keep me in your prayers.
*side note he is a nice guy he just needs to relax and realize people can get to know him better if he stops trying so hard
P.s. have I ever told you guys how much I love the fall? Cuz I do!

Baptism anyone?

So Nathan and I have been enjoying FFC for 3 years now! Can you believe it?
The time has literally flown by. I love FFC and all the wonderful people I have grown closer to in these 3 years.
Now when we were little Nathan and I were both were baptized, but that was when we were little. So our first year at FFC I remember PK talking about the church picnic and baptism. I really wanted to proclaim my love and commitment to Jesus Christ but at the time I was still at a job that I had to work on Sunday's so I could not go that year.
Last year I think we were out of town....
This year we made it.
It was such a special moment for Nathan and I. I got to be baptized by PK who I consider a good friend and Pastor Jeff who I am growing closer to every week. As I was leaving the lake PK asked if I wanted to join Nathan for his baptism. So we headed back into the water together and then PK offered to let us do something he has never done before. He and Jeff baptized Nathan and I together. It truly was an unbelievable experience to get to share with my husband.
You see PK married Nathan and I on October 21, 2006 at FFC and he was the one to baptize us on August 24, 2008, maybe in 2010 he can do our baby dedication? I guess we will just have to wait and see ;0)
So I kind of feel like Nathan and I were married again by being baptized together. Thanks PK for another great ceremony!

Apology

This is my public apology to Tammy. I got my Kid Zone and Coffee Shop schedules mixed up. When we got home late Sunday Night I looked at it and said "Crap". So I am sooooooo SORRY! I promise I will do better about keeping up with my schedule for church activities.

A Good day indeed

After some blogging time I logged online to pay bills since payday is tomorrow and don't ya know everyone I tried to pay does not need paid! Woohoo I paid them all last payday so it is a good day indeed

Yea! Skool!

So I went to Ivy Tech on my lunch break yesterday to meet with my advisor and 2 hours later I made it back to work!
I apparently am at the point in my schooling that it is getting harder for classes to be scheduled due to the fact that they are only offered during the day. Well I work at a bank and there is NO chance that they would let me have a few hours off one day a week for school. Nope sorry NO WAY. So it took awhile but we found 3 classes that I need that we could work into my work schedule.
I now have class Tuesday night, Wednesday Night and 1 online class. I was really bummed about the Wednesday night class since my Growth Group meets Wednesdays. It is only for 1 semester, it is only for 1 semester, it is only for 1 semester, it is only for 1 semester, it is......
Oh sorry I just have to keep reminding myself IT IS ONLY FOR 1 SEMESTER
I am only slightly freaking out about the 3 class thing. I know that a LOT of people have worked full time and went to school full time but last semester I did it with 2 classes and it was a handful with everything else but it is only for 1 semester.
So Behavior Modification, Intro to Psych, and Group something or another HERE I COME!

Come on B!

B... I can't see your blog. Please fix this. I mean sure I haven't been faithful but come on! I will harass you tomorrow at Growth Group.

1st time for everything

So there is a first time for everything....
I have always had issues with letting things go, not in the sense that I can't drop an argument or can't forgive but in the sense that I harbor things on the inside. I worry about things I can not control or change. I don't focus on other people's problems or their potential to be better but just on me.
So there is a first time for everything. There is some "stuff" going on at work. I have a couple of opportunities and I was feeling really good about one. Almost a little too confident. Well I found out today that I have competition....*insert dramatic music here*
Normally I would freak about this and worry worry worry worry worry worry worry worry worry .... you get the picture?
But this time I actually did what I should do, I took every opportunity I had and did the right things. The rest I am leaving up to God..... I KNOW RIGHT! I almost couldn't believe it either.
You see I was on lunch the other day and I thought about the situation and.....nothing.... yup nothing. I realized that the enormity of the situation was not bothering me in the least.
"How can this be? Our futures are on the line here?" but I handled it correct from the start by giving it to God.
You see I believe that when one door closes a few more open, Always a silver lining in EVERY cloud, When life gives you a lemon you make lemonade, Don't sweat the small stuff and well it is all small stuff, and the most important one Give it all to God, who's better to handle your problems?
So I did and no worries. It was as simple as that. What ever happens will happen and it will be Ok. God has a plan.

New Addition to the family!

Nathan and I had a very relaxing day. The first one in a long long time. It seems that we always have something to do. We finally moseyed out of the apartment around 7 p.m. We went to Pet Smart and used our Scrip card we bought for there. We were very wise shoppers tonight. We had $25 to spend. Our current fish "Kitty" is large and in charge, we recently upgraded his tank to a bigger size but we have yet to purchase any friends to keep him company since he is so large we thought it would be nice for him to have some room to him self. Well since we have been busy we have neglected his tank for a bit. I have 2 magnetic scrappers and can not find either one so tonight we bought a new magnetic scraper with a fancy handle and a bubble stone that is round and super sweet to liven up his environment and a new friend for him. We were worried about kitty eating a new fish since Kitty is so LARGE. The pet smart guy said "Well it is possible you just have to try it and see" So I picked out a cute goldfish that is white with bits of orange and we brought him home. Throw in a jug of cat nip and we still have $1.52 left on our card.
I get home and clean and spruce up the tank with the new additions while letting the new fish adjust to the tank temp in his bag. Kitty was fine he never showed any signs of aggression to the new kid. So after a bit, hoping I was not going to be an accomplice to murder, I released "Fido" in the tank. It was touch and go for a minute as kitty was getting to know Fido. His mouth is bigger than Fido. But they are getting along splendidly. We will see in the morning if we still have a new addition to the family or if he disappears!?!? I did feed Kitty first just in case.....
To give some of you an idea of the size of Kitty and Fido
Kitty is bigger than a cash bill like a $5 and Fido is smaller than a quarter! Here's a picture, notice the itty bitty fish in the background that would be the new addition Fido!