Yea! It's the 4th of July

So the 4th of July means good food, good fun, good people, and a fireworks show! It also mean independence from those jerks who try to hold us down!! We are going to the Smiths and lots of fantastic people are going to be there. We will grill some fantastic food, play some Wii and some cornhole, let off some explosives and then head to the big fireworks display in the sky. Oh yeah it's gonna be a good day.

2:09 A.M.

That's right folks it is 2:09 A.M. and I am still up because I just finished catching up on blogs! woohoo
Technically it is the 4th of July so.........Happy 4th everybody.

I have a lot I want to accomplish but have yet to do it: new blog layout, facebook, update my blog roll, twitter, etc... but the most important thing is telling you about my AMAZING husband.

Nathan went to New Orleans on a missions trip with some cool peeps from FFC. What you need to know is that Nathan has a fantastic ability to write songs, really meaningful songs from experiences. At our wedding reception he surprised me by singing a song he wrote about us. He has one song that I am sure could be a radio hit for secular music. Well he did not disappoint with this trip. I am so proud of him, he stepped out of all of his comfort zones to help others and grow in his relationship with God. From what I have heard from some of the other FFC Mission-goers ( I just made that word up :0) he made some really great friends. Well while meeting with complete strangers and getting to witness to them he came up with what I think is my favorite song of his. Please swing over to his blog and read the lyrics.
Nathan blessed our church last Sunday by singing his song in front of the entire congregation. It was simply wonderful, it brought tears to my eyes. Not just because he is my husband, incredibly sexy, great in so many ways, and fabulous at what he does but because the song was beautiful. He sang it while Nate (kates husband) played the guitar and harmonized. It was the Nate and Nate show. I know... it is just toooo cute they should go on the road. But as we have learned from previous posts I am miserable with out my loving husband. *side note... Nathan if you go the road please take me with you*
Anyway I did not get to stay in church for the whole sermon because it was my week to be in KidZone but I did go in late just so I could see Nathan perform his song. I may have a biased opinion because I love him so much but I personally think he was amazing. He really had God with him while he performed, no selfish self-promotion there just a man loving God and wanting to express all the emotions his mission trip created in him.
WAY TO GO NATHAN,you truly are an inspiration to all. I love you so very much and I am well beyond blessed to be able to call you my husband.

It is now 2:47 A.M. I had a fight with my computer and I have won for the moment so I am logging off fellow bloggers

HUM.....

So -V- and I went to McDonalds today for lunch and this woman ordered a quarter pounder with cheese minus the cheese....


Really? I am pretty sure that they have regular quarter pounder's sans cheese. But hey who am I to judge maybe she likes paying the .40 for cheese that she doesn't get.

The best part....... she took it back to the counter because they put cheese on it! LOL It somehow made my day better.

WOOOHOOO

YEAH! Kate finally stepped out of the blog shadows and now has her own blog. You should so check it out!

Criminal Act

What: 1 opened bag-o- Circus Peanuts
When: Tonight, Thursday July 3, 2008
Approximate Time: 9:32 p.m.
Location: Chateau Apartments, Muncie IN
Number of Suspects: 3

Case: On the coffee table in the living room of the apartment, was an opened bag of Circus Peanuts. The family left around 9:00 pm for a night-o-fun, only to return around 10:30 pm to find the opened bag of Circus Peanuts laying haphazardly in the living room floor approximately 11" away from the coffee table. Miscellaneous Circus Peanuts were strewn about the crime scene.

There are 3 suspects in this case.... Miss Mona: Curvy, happy, yet sticks to the shadows
Winnafrid: AKA Winnie, loves to be combed and loathes dirty drinking water
Tootsie Lou: Just goes by Tootsie, is the boss of the group yet appears sweet and innocent weighing in
at 4lbs.

It was clear after analyzing the crime scene that the only way to ensure who the true criminal was, was to initiate the........SNIFF TEST!!! *insert dramatic music here*

The first and only "alleged" criminal to endure the test was indeed.... TOOTSIE!

After she so lovingly rubbed on our legs in a warm affectionate greeting (no doubt to throw us off of her trail) I scooped her up in a gentle embrace, there we were face to face, no where to run. I lulled her into a false sense of security by rubbing her neck. While she was enjoying what she believed was her "get out of jail free" neck rub I went in for the interrogation....... the SNIFF. That was all the evidence needed. You see the ring leader of the pack was indeed the guilty party of the Circus Peanuts destruction. Tootsie keeps her self prim and proper with a looooong bath every single day. On this evening she smelt deliciously of sugary, sweet goodness with just a hint of orange. With further interrogation (sniffing) from my partner Nathan we discovered that not only did she pull them off of the coffee table and spread them about but she also engaged in a "romp" with the Circus Peanuts, for the suspect you see smelt delicious ALL OVER!

Case Closed Toots, hard evidence don't lie!

What day is it now......

So I have lost track in the miserable days without my husband.
It has not been that bad I am just being over dramatic! I do miss him though. I had the pleasure of having our nephew Devin (Nate's blood nephew) and our cousin Taylor (My blood cousin) who are both 12 staying with me a couple of days! At first I thought "What did I get myself into?" It was a good time though. I cleaned up the house last night "Whew" I had dirty dry soap bubbles in my bathroom, an empty rice crispies box in my cabinet, misc. dishes around the house, gaming things strung about here and there, left over nachos in the fridge! LOL At one point they were horsing around and I looked at -V- and said "Is this what it is going to be like when I have kids?" *Insert giggle here*
Last night was the first night in a VERY long time that I was home all alone, no Nate, no kids, no -V-. Have I ever mentioned that I am afraid of the dark, it is really more of a love hate relationship. Sometimes -V- checks under the bed and in the closet for the boogie man.
So tonight was the first night that I had nothing to do after work, I hung out with some ONB girls and then went and tanned and came home to give my babies some tuna! I couldn't find any can's so I had to bust open a packet. I refuse to give them the crap that people call wet cat food. So as a treat they get Starkiss tuna, man I am a good mom :0)
Checked out my blog roll, Cobi's blog is rocking out a sweet tape! You should check it out.
I left some chocolaty cookies at Pinks.... Tonya said they were broken into....do you think they still exist? :0)

All Alone!

Bed to myself! WOOHOO!
No Husband. BOOHOOO!

Day in a Nut Shell

Stayed up waaaay toooo late helping Nate get ready for New Orleans. I MISS HIM ALREADY AND HE IS NOT COMING BACK UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY! Got up on time woke Devin and went to church. Ryan did the sermon today and it was great! I missed PK but everyone needs a break and what not. Nate C. led worship for the first time today and at a few points I felt as though I should pay him for the concert!!! Way to go Nate!!!!
Sold some scrip (COME ON PEOPLE HELP THE YOUTH), did some laundry, took boys to Youth, learned how to shoot a basket, got to attempt to out run a storm, dropped a kid off at his home, successfully dodged fallen trees, attempted to wait out the storm, drove back to Muncie, got home to take in CLEAN laundry and discovered Taylor and Devin who are staying at my house this week so kindly placed the Mexican food in a styrofoam container on top of my WHITE CLEAN laundry. Um,..... white and clean?,..... no more!, kept anger in check, played some Mario Kart, sat on my bed to get on the computer, watched in silence as the BIG mirror *in slow mo* from my vanity fell forward towards the foot of my bed as Lori is standing right next to it and SHATTERED!, Lori screamed, I grabbed a cat to save her, cleaned up glass mess at midnight, made crazed woman below us BANG and BANG and BANG on our floor, wrote a nice note for our next door neighbor to let him know what happened and apologize, wrote a note for crazed woman put it on her door, came back upstairs, turned computer back on, downloaded some music, and blogged! Goodnight fair blogger readers!

This is the week that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends...

So what a day? Hah! Whata week!!! I got off of work at 7:30 tonight. Why you ask? Because I felt the need to chat with my boss. I had reached my breaking point this week so I asked for a chat. She kindly put it off until 5 pm, the bank closes at 5:30 on Friday's and we left at 7:30. I prayed and asked God to give me the strength, wisdom, courage, words, and restraint ;0) he pulled through (was there ever any doubt) I feel better, do I think things will change? No. That is ok too, because I am getting a tolerance built up, I am positive this will help me in the future. Always a silver lining. When I got off my phone was blowing up! I had texts, v-mails, missed calls, the whole 9 yards! Mocash invited us over for some hang out time, we didn't make it. I really wanted to go but by the time things settled down we played phone tag, and it got late so it just didn't work out this time. I made dinner and called a cool chick back, she invited me and Nate to go see a movie with some cool cats here in Muncie! Woohoo, so after dinner at 9:35 Nate and I headed to show place 7 to see a 9:40 showing of IRON MAN. You see that's the best part we live here so we can leave our house at 9:35 and still make it on time.
So rough week or not Cobi helped me end it on a sweet note!
THANKS COBI!

Rated R for violent content

I woke up today out of a dream about my very best friend Marva. It was a really sad dream. I went back to the prosecutors office to demand some answers, get on the list to be notified in the event Justin has a release trial, and see the crime scene pictures. *In reality I do need to go there and get on the list and get some answers but I don't think they would show me the pics* The first thing I got to see was a picture of Marva just laying there with her mouth open. She wasn't swollen or abused just laying there with her mouth open. It took my breath away literally! The prosecutor asked me if I was alright and I couldn't answer him, I tried but I couldn't get it to come out, eventually I whispered "I'll be fine I just need a minute" but they gave me some pictures to look at that they had collected for evidence. They were pictures of Marva when she was little, I am not sure how they got them because she was taken away from her mom at the tender age of 3 and bounced from foster care to children's home the rest of her underage life. So I looked at them and was angry.... where were these people now? So it was time for me to start looking at the crime scene pictures again and my alarm went off.
One of the reasons it was so weird was because I haven't dreamed about my beloved friend in awhile and I was kind of awake while I was dreaming. When I woke up I wasn't sad or overwhelmed but I couldn't breathe. I talked to Nathan about it and he said that he had a dream about Marva as well. I went on my way to work and then broke down in the car. It was uncontrollable.
When I got to work I told my assistant manager what was going on so she would know what was going on and not have to have the awkward "How ya feeling today" conversation, she pointed out that the situation the other night with my Peep may have brought it all back.
BING! *That's the sound of a light coming on*
So I took a break from the bank and ran through the rain to drive to Wal-Marts parking lot and cry hysterically and call my support, she did a great job of calming me down. I had a heavy feeling in my chest and I literally was having trouble breathing, I woke up that way and it steadily got worse. Anxiety attack anyone?

It scares me

What, why, I was doing so good.
Is God trying to help me out? Give me the reminder so I can do what I need to do for others? Is Marva trying to let me know something is going on? Is Justin getting ready to get out because he is such a good boy in jail?

I know I should just turn it over to God and say "Guide me" but what if he is and I am not seeing it? What then? Is this my sign? Is there something I should be doing but am gravely missing?

I often think of Marva, well a lot. I miss her so very much. I used to cry and say "I know it is selfish but I just want her back" but now I am doing better she is much better off and why would she ever even think of leaving paradise with our loving heavenly father to come back to Earth, filled with despair? I know she loved me as much as I loved her but still, I wouldn't come back. I would be saving a seat in heaven for her.
So that is what I like to think, that when it is my time to go she will be there waiting with God for me. Open arms. Hopefully she is taking care of my loved Peadad until I'm there too.


After work I went to JMe's and we worked on MoCash's baby shower, *side note, it is going to rock* and then on the way home I almost ran over and killed a man.
NO JOKE
I was driving on St. Rd. 32 (the 32 as Pink would say) when this joker on a motorcycle cut me off. I passed him as he was getting ready to leave the parking lot of the Winchester bowling alley he pulled out into the middle lane and then got even with me while still riding in the center (turn) lane then he decides he is going to cut me off. He does NOT signal but just starts to get in my lane. His back tire was even with my front tire, so really he wasn't even cutting me off but trying to run me off the road. I swerved into the grass in front of what is now an empty Radio Shack and did a BIG curb check. Luckily I had my wits about me or he would have hit my tire and his bike would have swung into the front of my car and I would have ran over him and his crummy bike but since I was totally in control of my wits I swerved (not too much mind you) and missed an electric pole and only took out some grass and a bit o curb. When I slammed on my brakes my tires squealed and then he looked back! WHAT A LOSER! He kept on going. No helmet, leather, gloves, boots, nothing. Drink much did ya buddy? Have another!
I don't know if you have ever actually came close to running somebody over but it was one of the scariest things in my life. I have had plenty of car wrecks NOT A SINGLE ONE MY FAULT EITHER! SCOUTS HONOR! but to actually come close to mortally injuring or even just running them over is a nightmare. All the blood rushed to my brain when I tensed up so I drove the rest of the way home with a pounding headache! Just an FYI we were the only 2 people on the road and I was in my lane driving the speed limit! I'M JUST SAYING PEOPLE, I'M JUST SAYING...
And here I am blogging about it all, WHAT A DAY WHAT A DAY!

Bloggers Block!

So no post since May 28th! I know what a looooooooser :0) I think I have a severe case of Bloggers Block! Any ideas on how to overcome it are welcomed. Actually people, please help.


So today was a great day. I almost was struck by lightning while sitting at my desk, the phone exploded in my ear! But after that the day really was a great day and even the minor set back of almost being struck by lighting was an extra excitement to kick start my day. Nathan and I went to Indy to spend the day at a BBQ birthday party for a relative of mine who turned 50. This person is a super guy, he and his family really mean a lot to us. We ended up visiting a LOT longer than originally planned so we didn't leave Indy until midnight. On the way home I got a call from some friends from work. They were having a party and wanted me to stop by. This is not the kind of party that I would normally frequent! I started out with a no but I caved and I went, I just felt like I NEEDED to make an appearance. I did not "party" but I chilled for about an hour and a half with the "party" animals. Long story short I ended up being able to witness about our AWESOME GOD to one of my peeps and God used me to be a support for another of my peeps who is in a very bad situation. I was able to make a connection to my Marvelous friend Marva Rhea to get a point across. No I did not solve the peep's problem or convince my peep of what the peep should do but I did plant a seed a seed that I feel will grow. Good things are going to happen. I felt the urge and I responded, isn't it funny that God can take you places and help you achieve things that you never thought possible!? My idea of a party is Friends, food, AC, and the Wii! Let me just say... only friends were involved in this party. Thank you God for giving me the strength to answer your call, to be able to travel into an unknown, to have the courage to brag about you, to say no when I know something is wrong or would not glorify you, to be able to be a rock in a hard situation that hits far too close to home, to be able to go to bed at 3:45 am and still wake up and get to church in the morning *side note* maybe not on time :0) THANK YOU GOD! I love you.

I had a great weekend! Movie night on Saturday with the youth what a great time. I really love being around those kids. Sunday was Church time with a fun cookout, there may or may not have been some questionable hotdogs I am just saying people! Then some more youth where we had deep conversations which will be one of my future blogs with a picture! wooohoooo!
My cousin Alyssa stayed Saturday and Sunday night so we had our own Mario Kart 500 going on at home! Scored some baby shower goods for Melissa B's up coming baby shower then some good grub from the grill at Alyssa's hizouse! Skipped the merrymaking of decorating graves so we could go home and school the Black's in Mario Kart online! LOL Well we only schooled them a bit, when we weren't schooling they were schooling us! Who knew MOCASH would pick Bowser! I have no room to talk though because I am normally Yoshi but I strayed and picked baby Peach so I could drive the tiny titan! Yoshi is too big for those super sweet wheels! Went to work today was sooooo busy I didn't have time to respond to any of my emails, I did take a 30 second break to call and harass MoCash for her baby shower invite list, worked out for the first time since November 5th! Whoa! No wonder I was getting curvier! Relax boys and girls the workout was great I really kicked some butt! Actually having a play list I can listen to on the IPod worked wonders. Shopped around and bought a giant baby....... balloon that is! lol Arrived home only to discover my house key was not on my key ring. Might I add that I had absolutely nothing to do with this. So I sat at the top of our stairs until Nate could take a break from work to let me in. Talked to an old friend on the phone while putting A HOUSE KEY on my ring. :0!
Chowed on some grill left overs while watching Buffy, Nate had to work 16 hours today!
The best part....
I received an email from someone who I feel will become a dear friend in the near future. She really opened up to me and expressed her feelings. Feelings that I have been experiencing too lately. I can not explain it but it meant a lot to me. So thank you if you read this blog because I didn't get a chance to respond, you are not a weirdo... I think you are great! Honestly you really are a genuine, great person. Thanks for taking the step of faith.

Fun Times

-V- made a laughing stock out of herself last night hahaha
It really was a good time!

Old Dog...New Tricks?

So today was just a day at work. Nothing too exciting, I did have security training though and now I want to be the security warden at work. Seriously people we work at a bank. We are a TARGET! Please for my safety and everyone else's, greet EVERY customer when they walk in the door. Let them know "Yes, I saw you I made eye contact with you, don't even think about it!" Ok,... so maybe that was a bit dramatic, let's try this again...... to let them know, "Hello Mr./Ms. Customer we do value your business and we will be right with you momentarily".....How was that?

People are just plain and simple lazy nowadays! Those kids! *hahahaha* I may or may not be getting old.
I watch day in and day out, they ignore the customers even when they are not doing anything! They have this philosophy you see. "If I just don't look up and acknowledge them then someone else will and I can still surf the water cooler" Now I must tell you that not everyone does this ya know, there are the amazing employees who do greet every customer and show them the service they deserve or not deserve, however you like to view it.

Now the funny thing is that the ones who do not greet and are lazy.... they are the older ones! They have kids and have been around the block awhile, ya think that they would have caught on to this gig by now. But at last I guess you just can't teach an old dog new tricks!

Toooooo Tired

Well I knew what I was going to blog about tonight however I am too tired! So at last my friends I will blog tomorrow. Growth group was good tonight. Kate made some sweet spaghetti and Isiah loved on me and Sammy let me entertain him. Good lesson too. Ah, life is getting better, but for now to sleep I go.

I found out today that Justin who killed my beloved Marva got beat up in Jail and I smiled. Does this make me sick? He is still living and not eating through a straw or anything.

Um... So sorry

So it's been awhile, but I'm glad you came ;0p (All Britt fans just broke out into a song)
have no fear fellow bloggers and blog stalkers I'M BACK!
Lot's of stuff, apparently I have been tagged so guess what I am going to be doing this week, don't fret if you did tag me I will get to you, PROMISE.
I have received A's in both of my classes, woohoo, I went on a sweet vacation to Chicago, again woohoo, I am on a mini break from school, woohoo, I have went on two double dates with some GREAT people from youth group (1-The Pinkerton's and 2-Eric and Hailey) Great time we MUST do it again sometime darling's, Been watching A LOT of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Playing some Mario Kart, *side note* I would like to know why Mario gets all the glory? Why not Luigi Kart? or Yoshi Kart? I am just saying people, I am just saying. A lot of good stuff.
On the darker side,
I have seemed to have lost my ability to communicate openly with people, why is it I can not just say "No. This is not ok" I used to be able to do it but somehow my voice and backbone are MIA. Please oh please come back. I have felt lonely even in places where I should "fit in" like Growth Group, :0( sad I know. I am struggling to hang out with people that I want to be like (you know the old saying "You are the equivalent of the 5 people you hang out with the most) some how our schedules just are not matching up, maybe this is why I feel lonely. I have not been reading my bible *GASP* no excuses either, I am just being lame!!!! I have learned to loathe being called A Good Friend, I know it sounds weird but if you would like to know why I don't like it then just ask I will be more than happy to tell you, I have gained even more weight! Eeeek it is time to do something about it, first goal 50 lbs. By the way any suggestions on what to make for dinner are more than welcomed! I have developed a case of dinner block :0) Ha Ha, I crack my self up! Yes I said it, someone has to pat ya on the back. I had a terrible nightmare, that left me sobbing in bed (even after I was awake). I still dislike my boss immensely. And a year and a half after losing my very best friend.... well it still kills. No matter what they say the pain never "lessens or goes away" you just learn to deal with it. Put on your happy face boys and girls, it's time to be a good friend"
Any who I can't end this blog on a sour note now can I?
I am getting pretty darn good at Mario Kart but now where near as good as my great little friend Lucas! He even has his Mii riding the karts now! Whoa I am super impressed. I am working on throwing a baby shower for my friend Melissa B! Bring on the diapers people, bring on the diapers" Nathan and I are now the proud sponsors of Brigida through Compassion. Nathan says that she looks like she could be my daughter with her attitude :0) I am developing my "mind powers" and my house is clean the way I WANT IT! A Great BIG woohooo to that one.
If anybody out there has Mario Kart and AINT SCARED (hum hum Pink) then pass on the friend code people and let's get this party started!
By the way lame O's.... For those of you who hate music blogs I have removed my music. Only because I love ya. But I must say poor communication on your part. Help a sister out and let her know if something aint grooving! Sheese! :0p

The Family

Tootsie is sung as a bug in a blanket uh... I mean rug.









Winafrid (Winnie) just loves reading & Harry Potter is her FAV! She also enjoys electronic gaming or surfing the net w/ Mom




Mona is not a fan of sharing the camera! Hello? Where is her close up Mr. Nate (Dad)????

Earth quake anyone?

So earth quake here in Indiana! Who knew? I mean really, Who knew?
I don't know why but in my mind I just assumed that we wouldn't ever have one. I was sound asleep in my bed with the cold AC blowing on me and never missed a beat of sleep. Other people woke up and thought the world was coming to an end. How does this happen? Rumor is that the 5.4 earth quake was felt in 5 states! And I slept through it! HA

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see so clearly

Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believe

Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing Your praise
Than when we first begun

Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away

Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away

Crap!

Holy crap I just had someone who knows nothing about me JUDGE me on their blog and yes she threw down the God Card! Who does that?
We have a mutual friend who has a problem, a problem that most of us have experienced at one time or another, some people are late bloomers. Instead of reaching out to us to help or just talking to our friend about the issue, she spits trash to an acquaintance pretending to be "concerned" (you know what I am talking about)! Then she throws in her blog... "some people who are supposed to be good God fearing people encourage this behavior"
WHAT????
1. We have NEVER encouraged bad behavior out of this individual, might I add ever.
2. I have never been a "cloud Christan", never claimed to be perfect, never have thrown down the God card, (I admit there have been a few times I have wanted too), and I have never claimed to be good.
3. I work really hard at trying not to judge people and yet this week I have been judged on my Christianity twice (out loud anyway)! What the crap dude, what the crap?
4. Why do I let ignorant comments get to me? I know who I am and I know my relationship with my heavenly father, what does it matter what dumb dumb :0) people think?

The worst part of this whole thing is that I fell and I fell far. Things came out of my mouth that haven't came out in LONG time, I judged and I wanted to hurt her (emotionally) I became the person that people who judge wanted me to be. Fortunately it was in the privacy of my own home and I did not take out my hurt and anger on those who I felt at the time deserved it. Now I hurt and it is not because silly people make snide remarks but because I said things that I know made my father hurt. Somehow an apology doesn't do it. Why am I so weak in times like this, I should be a stronger Christan and wait just wait and turn it over to God, let him guide me?
Right now I feel like I am struggling with things that new Christan's struggle with, things that they don't understand yet. Why why why do I have such a hard time sometimes?
Think before you speak,
Think before you react,
Just stop to think,
and WAIT,
Wait for guidance from God,
Wait for him to take the pain,
Wait before you make a rash decision.
So simple, yet so hard to apply.

Answered Prayer

So they can't fix the AC until next week :0(
But there is an answered prayer... the weather is cooler! Wooohooo Praise Jesus!
Silver lining in every cloud and what not!!!!!

Torture!

So had English class last night and it was torture.
I did get my poetry explication done but no research paper. I did have an outline though so I'm good.
It was peer editing night... need I say more?
I love being able to help people out, reading papers is not a big deal making a few marks and suggestions here and there, but reading 20 something papers ranging from 1 to 7 pages each, Ow!
I was reading and I thought "Really?, are you really thinking about turning this in? There is no paragraphs it is just one giant run-on sentence, Yes you need punctuation, No every sentence can not start with the same word, yes there is spelled correctly however you mean their, Can I get some chronological order here?, We have an outline for this paper....whadda ya think about using it?, The war in America today has absolutely nothing to do with oranges in Britain!!! WHAT? No you can not plagiarize someones work".....etc.
Normally I would not judge and be critical of other people but COME ON BECKY! This is college. So if it was just a few papers it may have been funny "Hahaha oops you forgot your quotes"
I developed a headache it was not pretty.
Some of the papers were really good just needed a tweaking here and there, that is what I expected for peer editing, just some tweaking.
I sound like a hag, really I'm not I just want people to actually put forth an effort before they bombard people with junk!

Wooohooo I updated my music thingy to the right! I added Ingrid Michaelson, you should click on her song, she is super cool! I really like her style of music.

So HaHa guess who overslept today? Me! Which means Nathan over slept too. I will blog about why I wake him up at a later date, it is for my own benefit. So we have a fan in our bedroom window, normally this time of year the air is on and blasting however it isn't working. :0( Nathan and I HATE to be hot it is usually 66 degrees in our house year round and today it was 82 degrees. I was talking to Nathan on the phone and he said "Is it really 82 or is it more like 76?" God bless him for trying to be positive. :0) But no I looked and it was 82 on our thermostat. There is no coolant in our AC and they somehow didn't make it back yesterday or today to put some in. Side disclaimer... if our heat breaks "Who cares" throw on some extra clothes/blankets we won't complain, get to it when you can but the AC needs fixed STAT! So anyway back to oversleeping, it was freezing in our room this morning and I turned off my alarm and threw back the covers only to throw them right back on and tucked under my chin. I thought I will just lay here a minute and brace my self for the frigid blast. OOPS I woke up at 8:47 which is when I should be walking out the door...... so Haha I blogged about jumping right out of bed every morning and it came home to me. I can not even remember when the last time was that I overslept.
Moral of the story... Be careful what you blog!

Yea and Boo

So wooohooo I got my poetry explication done but I don't have a start on my research outline but.. I can do that tomorrow on my lunch besides peer editing is over rated :0)
After my shower I got back on the computer to email my paper to myself at work (our printer is on the fritz and I haven't had time to figure it out) and I logged on to blogger to update my blog and one of my songs started playing. I really like it and was listening to it when Nathan said "Can you turn it down a little bit hunny?" BOO! I playfully asked "Why you aren't sleeping yet :0) and he said "No but I am in my night time mode" :0( Night time mode??? Who has that? EVERYBODY, everybody except me that is. I apparently don't have a morning mode either. Nate says I go from 0 to 60 and from 60 to 0, nothing in between! Then he chuckled and said our kids are going to be like me, wake up and jump out of bed ready to go!
At night when I lay down if I am not reading I usually fall asleep in 1 minute and 37 seconds according to my husband! God just gave me the ability to get right down to business, no "beating around the bush" if you will. I also refuse to snooze. My alarm goes off and it's down to business as usual no pounding the snooze 6,7,8 times. After work I go and go and go until it is time for a shower and bed, no stopping. Unless I am reading, there should always be time for reading, ALWAYS! One day Nathan and I were in the mall and he stopped and looked at me, I turned around and was like "Whatta ya dooing?" He said "Do you ever stop?" HUM.... that is a thought, I shall think on it over some tasks that I am sure need to get done. :0)
So at last I want to know.....
What are you modes? Do you go from 0 to 60 or do ya got some spots in between? And what about this morning and night time business???

Fried brain anyone???

So last night I finally settled down and fried my brain. Haha not with drugs, drugs are bad! But with homework. I typed and I typed and I typed. I was going to blog about how my brain was shutting down but it shut down before I could blog about it. The funny thing is that I didn't even do the papers that I have been writing about, ya know my dead chick! I did my monday night homework so `voila I am doing my tuesday night homework tonight (monday) I work well under pressure! So once again I am settled down and am going to fry my brain again!

Sucker

So I wanna know... What makes you a sucker?
For me it is music. I love music but it gets me. ALL THE TIME
When listening to a sermon I always feel connected to God but in worship I weep because the connection is so strong. It used to bother me because I thought "What is everybody thinking of me as I stand her in worship to our Marvelous God and cry uncontrollably" The tears are unrestrained as they run down my cheeks silently. It is usually the slow songs, you know the ones I am talking about! During the more upbeat times like The Enemy has been defeated song I am PUMPED and ready to take on the world with Jesus at my side. But slow it down and I'm a sucker, I just can't help it. Now I give in to it because that is what worship is about right? Who says you can't cry like a baby or jump and shout in jubilee for our great and wonderful savior. I dance my own jig to my own tune. Why? Because I can!
So at last I'm a sucker when it comes to music, What makes you a sucker?

Ok I changed my mind again

So I changed my mind yet again, I decided to read a book for some inspiration to do my papers, then Nathan, Lori and I went to her mom's to watch Sweeny Todd and eat some Papa John's. It is now 1:03 am and I have not started my papers. I have a plan though...
Tomorrow we will skip doing laundry, and come home and I will work on my papers after church. After all what gives you more inspiration than Jesus? :0)

Ok Already Ok

So it has been almost 1 hour since my last blog post.....are you wondering why I am posting again so soon?
An hour ago I sat out to start my papers (yes that is multiple) but I thought "Oh I'll do the blog thing first" so I did then I checked all my peeps blogs and now it is one hour later and I have yet to start my papers let alone finish them.
So here I go... one 3 page explication coming up on poetry and one 10 page paper coming up on some dead chick from the 1800's who only wrote one book.

So it was time for Nathan and I to upgrade our cell phones. Nathan opted for a black chocolate because it was free for him. I have really been wanting the new LG Envy in orange but it was $50.00 if I upgraded last week. I decided to wait because maybe a better deal would come along. And `Voila it did! I checked one week later and lo and behold the LG Envy in Orange was FREE!
I did not let my greed get the best of me, I waited and let God sort it out. So now thanks to waiting I scored a super sweet phone for free! It doesn't get much better than that.
Now I know that this is a fun silly example of things God does for us but just think, he helped me score a great phone for nothing except my patience. If he takes the time to do something that simple what is in store for us if we really do wait and put all things in God's hands?

To My Homies

This post is to my homies because they both read my blog....I love you guys but.....
Clean the house! Wash your own cereal bowls and glasses, vacuum once in a while contrary to popular belief it will not hurt you.

Bigger and Better

Have you ever had that feeling that you really want to upgrade something but when you do it just never seems to be enough, it could always be bigger and better???
I have a HUGE goldfish who is swimming in a tiny 10 gallon tank and someone -Joe- gave us a 20/25 gallon(we are not sure) tank. SWEET! But I set it up tonight to let it filter so I could bring Kitty home (that is my fishes name) :0) and I thought "aw man, I wish I could have scored the 40 gallon!"
How crude am I?
I am sure Kitty won't be complaining... so why am I?
I thought about it and I am thrilled with the tank, I guess I can chalk my thoughts up to greed.... or wishful thinking if ya want to put a positive spin on it.
To top it all off the tank is really too big to have it where it is now but... there really is no where else we would like it, ya know we would like to be able to see it on a regular basis!
LOL what funny creatures we are.

Lessons of Life

So it happened! Last night in class I got knocked down a few notches.
I have had a blessed semester this school year. I am the top student in both of my classes and in my Interviewing and Assessment class we are doing interviews with each other like we are actually interviewing a client for counseling. The first interview we did in class I was the shining star! The only thing I did wrong was ask too many closed ended questions. We had an extreme midterm that took me 4 hours to do and I asked the teacher to grade on a curve because it was so brutal. Well we got back our midterm and guess who screwed up the curve???? Me! I got a 98 out of 100 on the midterm, so yeah I set the curve at 98! Everyone wanted to share their grades and I stuffed my midterm away and when they were like "Hey I got a 75 and she got a 86 and blah blah blah, what did you get?" I was like "Um ya know I'm not really sure I will look later" I was saved by the bell because we had to start our interviews so no one knows that I set the curve. *whew*
Well I went first on our second interviews last night and I bombed it. Bill (my teacher) ripped me apart it seems like I did EVERYTHING wrong. The only thing I did great was my SOLER -Square facing the client, Open posture, Lean forward, Eye contact, Relaxed-
I can take constructive criticism but geezee come one people you don't pick someone apart and call it "constructive" I wanted to cry, but I was a champ and I held it in.
After class I talked to Bill and he said "You remember the 2 steps forward 1 step back theory?" and I was like "Yes but that does not apply to me" Don't get me wrong I am not conceited and I have not let my head get big just because I got some skillz this semester.
Anyway I called my dad who is usually not graceful with making you feel better but he hit a home run last night. He gave me his famous speech "Successful people are only successful because they failed many times and learned from their mistakes"
I felt much better after talking to him, I realize that I can't be the best at everything I do but it is still hard to swallow.
So pick your moral of the story/life....
Ya can't win them all
The higher you are the farther you fall
If at first you don't succeed then try try again
When one door closes another opens.....

Do you have any insightful life morals you live by and would like to share??????

Disgusted

I am disgusted! I went to playlist and they show play lists that are currently being updated. There was a boy. He was like 12!, and he had this crazy I'm so cool picture. I clicked on it out of curiosity for you see he most certainly was not old enough to be acting like this. His profile said I like girlz. And his most recent blog said I'm bored over and over again it was an entire paragraph. The things he wrote and the pictures were just too much for me. I clicked on his "friends" list and OMG Becky! There was a girl with WAY too much make-up on taking a "sexy" picture of herself. She was like 12 too!
Now I ask...
What is going on with these children?
Where are their parents?
Is there anybody monitoring their computer time?
What possessed them to act out this way?
I was thoroughly disgusted. It sickens me that we have kids out there playing on the Internet trying to be "kewl" and they have no idea what kind of risks they are exposing to themselves.
It is so sad that they are trying to force growing up and will never know the joys of childhood.

Busy Day

It was busy today! :0)

Y.U.C.K.

Tomorrow is Friday, YUCK!
I know I know most people LOVE Fridays however NOT ME!
Friday for me means I have to be at work early and leave really late. When I get home I am tired and want to do nothing because... Fridays d r a g on forever. And Friday does not always mean Friday to me sometimes it means Thursday. When I have to work on Saturday then Saturday becomes my Friday and so on. How do you feel about Fridays?

Today

I am enjoying my 1/2 day of work since I have to work on Saturday!
Today's List
Lunch with a Handsome Man
Upgrade Nathan's phone to a Black Chocolate (ooohhh and aaahhhh)
Dermatologist @ 3
Call Lane Bryant and figure out the exchange policy (Pants too big :0)!)
Go and sign our amended lease at 5:30
Listen to Made to Love by Toby Mac
Finish cleaning my house
Cut JMe and her sisters hair when they get here
Update blog
Try to work on some homework
Determine what I want to do with the rest of my life
Take a shower
Moisturize and get some sleep

What about you? What does your Thursday look like????

The Adventures of Miley

Happy Birthday to ME! 8 day's ago

My wonderful husband and super great friend -V- decorated Carlos O Kellys for my birthday we had great food and I got some flipping sweet presents, oh yeah and some good cake too :0)

Aaaawww look at the baby duck! I love it! I want a baby duck. They are only $5.00 and who says you can't keep a duck in your apartment? Nathan took me to Rural King to see baby ducks and baby chicks for the first time EVER in my life. They were amazing. I loved the baby chicks so cute....until I saw the baby ducks! OMG they blew me away. I just couldn't believe that they are so adorable. I have really been missing out, did you know that I never ever saw a black and white cow until 3 years ago? Honest! As kids we moved a lot because my dad was in the military, so we never really settled down, no 4H or any farming activities for us. But ya know what? I can make a bed so tight you can bounce a quarter off of it!

Ren and Stimpy

I NEVER thought that I would be able to relate to this cartoon. That was until the other day... and let's just say I was most certainly not the Stimpy out of the two! :0)

Open Mouth Insert Foot

So I am NOT one of those people who say "I'm just a really honest person" to me those are the people who lie the most. I must say though that I am brutally honest sometimes, not all the time but sometimes. I feel that sometimes it just NEEDS to come out and there is no sugar coating it. This is where I usually open mouth and insert foot.
I was talking to a friend last night and I said "Don't take this the way it sounds but...." Now I do feel like it was something she needed to hear. It was how I felt and yes it sounded crude but it really wasn't at all. I had to call her today to say "So... what I said I meant, BUT.... I need you to understand it in whole"
This made me wonder how many times we say something to someone thinking "Well it's the truth" or "Oh they knew what I really meant"? In reality they probably did NOT know what we meant, they could have been on the sensitive side and it hit them like a wrecking ball, instead of the gentle encouragement you meant. We could be responsible for killing someone's spirit with our words when it was never our intention.
I am not sorry that I said what I said because I still feel like it needed to be said. I do feel better knowing that she understands the context now after I called her back to explain.
Moral of the story... Even if you think before you speak, you may need to go back and do some damage control.

So much to blog so little time

I have so much to catch you up on! And yet so little time to do it! Keep coming back I will have it updated as soon as I can.
There is chicks and baby ducks, Film Analysis, My BIRTHDAY, People I look up too.... to fill you in on!
Sometime soon my friend sometime soon!

Easter!

Growth group was GREAT tonight. We are studying Dummies of the Bible and tonight was supposed to be about Jezebel. Brent Smith was leading and he didn't get the book so he could prepare. It actually worked out way better. We ended up learning about Easter with Resurrection Eggs!!!
I have always said that Easter was one of my least favorite holidays. Everybody gets together and does the awkward Easter dinner, children get tons of candy and praise the Easter Bunny, People go out and spend a ton on "Easter" clothes and I am usually sick, hugging the toilet while everyone else gorges themselves. Now don't go judging me! I like the "reason behind the season" but to most it is just a formality.
I loved getting to learn about the real story about Jesus and the promises he gave to us.
If you have kids I strongly recommend purchasing these fabulous eggs or being creative and making them on your own.

Insightful

My super cool husband Nathan has a insightful blog today. You should check it out. Look to the side bar and you will see FFC Crew blog links his is SUPER HUSBAND or something like that! :0)

New post coming soon!

Posion Anyone?

Picture this....
A Muncie Apartment #16G, your laying there WIDE awake and wanting to cry because it is 4 A.M., now mind you time changed so you are missing an hour which adds to your distress. Work is steadily gaining on you, it is only a few short hours away before you have to arrive pristine and ready for action for 9 very l o n g hours.
Now I bet you are wondering why you are WIDE awake at 4 A.M.? Let me tell you. The yapping dog next door! No, not in the next apartment, next door as in these people live next to the complex. The hillbilly jacks live in a house with a fenced in yard and they keep their little dog on a chain in the back yard ALL THE TIME. I get up in my frustration to see if by some chance of God there is something this little demon may be barking at that I could extinguish for him, so he may sleep in peace in his plastic wrapped cage while Nathan and I lull back to dream land. And...... NOTHING. He is standing there barking at the back door. I think maybe he is cold and is tried of playing kum bi ya. Who knows!? So I lay back down and try to drown him out. It is now 4:22 A.M. and Nathan is also wanting to cry. It is not as if he is just barking down the street, oh no it sounded like he was standing at the foot of our bed. At this point I am contemplating feeding him a poison filled hotdog. Nathan said "If I don't get to sleep by 5 I am getting up and going to work" I cringed. I was determined to get some sleep. Nathan looks up the non-emergency phone number for the Muncie police and I give them a call. Hey if I'm not sleeping I might as well give someone a call. They send a police officer out to "talk" to the owners and don't ya know those suckers did not answer their door! The cop even shined her car spot light in their windows! After the cop left the horrendous barking stopped. Imagine that it must have been magic. By this time Nathan was in the shower getting ready for work, so I had the entire bed to myself. Here is to another night, hopefully full of great rest. If not I will be chatting with the grand Muncie Police Department again tonight. And by the way I was just joking about the poison. I would never do that, I really love animals. HONEST. There was a point where Nathan yelled out QUIET! I was belly laughing on that it was hilarious! In case you don't know Nathan he has a very deep voice so him yelling is a riot! LOL

So Sad

So Nathan my super amazing husband is away at a conference learning how to be even more fantastic at his job. This means we are not getting to see each other :0( I hate it. Sure some would say wow the entire bed by yourself! and yes that part is AHHHHMAZZZING! but I would rather share it with him and complain because I have no room for monster! And yes others would say "suck it up you baby" but ya know what???? "I don't wanna" So tonight I went to a meeting at the Y and found out that through our new insurance my membership is free! Wahoo, maybe I will start going since I don't have to pay for it... Wait a minute isn't is supposed to be the other way around? I should go because I am paying for it?
Anyway I came home all alone *insert tears* and watched a bit of TROY but I kept getting interrupted by the phone. So I took a shower and now am heading to bed, that glorious bed mmmmmmm.
All I need now (other than Nathan home) is someone to check in my closet and under my bed for the Boogie Man, because I may or may not be afraid of the dark.

God is funny. I stayed up late last night to make sure I cranked out a great paper. And `voila a master piece was born. This really was one of the best papers I have done in awhile, I worked out some big words. Only to receive 2 more weeks to do it. The beautiful mess as The Preachers Wife would call it, wreaked havock on east central Indiana. School was canceled and spring break is next week. Ha ha. I have already had my paper "graded" by a grad student who GRADES papers, so I basically get 2 weeks off :0) I did have a momentary freak out. I had not offically heard on the radio or tv that school had been cancelled. I was on the phone with school and they said that all night classes were cancelled. I asked if there was somewhere that I could verify this information because I did not want to miss school. She laughed and said "Well the Dean just told us they were canceled and I think that she knows what she is talking about." FAIR POINT! However I did some more investigation just to make sure. You see I will not miss class. My English teacher does not give extra credit, but if we have perfect attendance he will add 2% of our final grade to our final grade. It is imperative that I have all the points I can possibly get. ONE DAY PINKY I WILL RULE THE WORLD!!!!!! MUWHAAAAAAA

No time! I'm late, I'm late, I'm very very late!!!!!

No time to blog today, perhaps tomorrow although it is looking pretty slim. It is 10:08 p.m right this very minute and I have another 5 page paper to finish tonight. Now one would logically think "hum... when was this assigned" well the answer is last Tuesday and no I have not had a chance to do it yet.... I think. Either way I am doing it right now so Goodbye my dear friends... in the words of the White Rabbit I'm late, I'm late, No time to chat I've got to go, I'm very very late. By the way Kris I am very glad you found your postie! Now list me on your blog you, you, you, not listing all of the FFC blogger people on your blog you!

Check us out, High School BABY! Today is our 9 year anniversary. I remember it vividly, Nathan and I had been on the phone ALL day and it was getting time to wrap it up and head to bed because we had school the next day. That's when the magic happened! Nathan asked me if I would be his girlfriend, I told him I would have to call him back. Like any reasonable girl I hung up and called by best girlfriend. Lindsay Tingley said in a crazy excited high pitched voice "OMG! You have to call him back and tell him you changed your mind, besides you will have started dating on March 1st that is WAY better than March 2nd! Realizing she knew what she was talking about I did what any girl would have done and I called him back and told him I had changed my mind and that he should ask me again.... so it wouldn't be "weird" tomorrow at school. So he did and I said yes and `Voila the rest is history, we got married October 21, 2006 and we are living happily ever after! And no I did not have him ask me to marry him twice! :0)

AAAAHHHHH!

So much is going on and NO I am not going to work for the Colts! However if I did I bet there would be a lot more people who added me to their blog links! lol I am in school and involved with church and have started working a LOT more and on and on and on. But this is life, everyone lives this way... don't they!??? Any who my English teacher "Dave" told us at the beginning of this semester that "School is not a competitive sport" Ya know what I say? HA! He must have not been very good at school, maybe SKOOL MADE HIM SOOOPER SMART? Who knows. He is a cool teacher but seriously, it is a competitive sport. He handed back our first "real" paper, after we had an hour lesson on grammar and punctuation. YES I am in college, but apparently we are not writing at the college level. Dave handed them to us on our way out the door at 9 p.m. and I could not wait to tear it apart to find out my grade and..... there was NO grade! "This can not be for you see this is 5 pages of gloryisnessssss" I desperately ruffled through each page in search of my GIANT red A! Until at last I came across that beautiful A on the very back page in black (who grades in black? hello the standard is red), now mind you I did have to cringe through 5 pages of "corrected mistakes" to get to it but in the end all that mattered was my A. Now I am sure that some of you may be thinking that I am a lunatic and you are right. I have a deep bond with accountability and if I am not competitive with myself and always strive to go beyond what I think is my very best and achieve what I thought impossible then I have let myself down. I have to hold my self accountable in everything I do and if I don't, I rely on my accountability partner to point out what I need to fix. I believe that God wired me to be an overachiever! Yes I believe this because somebody has to do it. I think he is going to use my quirks like this to do something great, I don't know what but he will. After all he has a plan for everything! So long story short YES SCHOOL IS A COMPETITIVE SPORT, I may not be competing with others but I am competing with myself. God did not create us to be lazy, he created us to do great things. Granted he did give some people a little more get up and go than others in some areas. By the way he forgot to give me some get up and go in the exercise department. :0p

To do or not to do...... THAT is the question!!!!

How many of you have tried to find deep guidance from the all mighty magic 8 ball?? During my childhood I relied on the wisdom of the magic 8 ball a lot, well at least until I kept getting "Ask again later" What was that all about anyway???? I had dinner with a friend tonight who works at "another" institution and for some time she has been trying to get me to convert to the blue side and I always think about it however I never take any action, until tonight! I am actually thinking about taking a "CLOSER" look into what team blue can offer me. It just seems too good to be true. I like being a big fish in my current pond and the thought of being just a wee fish in a great big pond makes me weezy. However Change is Good For You :0) For the first time I am going to place this particular issue in God's hands. He will give me the guidance I seek, unlike the magic 8 ball. How often do we seek guidance and comfort from the wrong thing, instead of seeking it from God? It is clear where we should get it from but why do we make it so hard to do sometimes?

The Wonderful World of ALF

Come on people you know you love it! Nathan and I just moved back to Muncie and I have learned to be how do you say....... um.... well anyhow we don't want to pay for cable. At Christmas our cats bought us ALF seasons 1-4 on DVD and YOWZA IT IS AWESOME. Don't be shy you know you love him too. Seriously though if you have not relived ALF recently you really should invest some time in it. "HA HA" you would get it if you watched it!

Back in Action

I'm back in action people! I am so pumped that I have internet access again! Woohoooooo!!!!! God bless my neighbors who don't mind sharing the net! :0) And by the way that is my eye and Nathan's smile. How cute are we!

Hate`n on Yourself

I find that I always put way more pressure of myself than necessary. I often jump to conclusions and then dig an emotional hole deep down in myself. One would think after I have observed this that I would think rationally and put a stop to it. However I can't. I guess you could say I am a prisoner of myself. How very very sad that is. If my absolute best friend Marva Rhea were still here today she would make everything all better, but you see she's not. Her boyfriend the father of her beautiful child murdered her December 23, 2006. Nothing anyone can do will bring my Marvelous Marva back to me. I believe she's in heaven right now with our Awesome God singing Glory. I'm sure she wouldn't want to come back down to the crummy misfortune of earth but I KNOW she would want to spend sister time with me, for you see we were sisters from another mother and father...LOL...We always made each other feel better no matter what, we could sit in a silent room doing nothing with out the uncomfortable`ness that most people get. We could finish each others sentences and thoughts and we could laugh for hours about nothing. If we got mad at each other we just said so and then all was well. We were true friends to the end, I suspect I will never have a BEST friend again because I won't ever let anyone live up to Marva. No one will/could ever come close to the AWESOMENESS THAT WAS MARVA RHEA! Don't get me wrong I have amazing friends that have helped me tremendously through this tragedy but as much as I love em and need em they are just no Marva. My marvalous Marva. Ya know I want to get a tattoo that says Marvalous I suppose everyone would say "Did you know that Marvelous is spelled wrong on you tattoo?" Oh the irony of it. She would get a kick out of that, a real kick. I know Marva is not sitting on the other side of the screen reading this (I like to think she is looking over my shoulder right now as I type) but I just want to tell her soooooo much "how I love her, and how I am so sorry I did not answer my phone. The biggest regret of my life. And no matter what I will always be there for Jackson even though evil has snatched him from us...One day he will want answers and I will be there. I will be there to tell him how MARVELOUS you were, how I have never seen a mother love her child the way you loved Jackson. I will tell him that your speciality was Pork Chops and Cheese Broccoli. MMMMMMMMMM!, and that you loved -fear and loathing in La's Vegas- (which I never understood) and how you thought Puerta Vallarta had the best taquitos and pico d giao. Oh and I won't forget the eyebrow thing. Aunt KimmyKat will be there to put all the pieces back together for him. I tried Marva I really tried and I am so sorry I let you down, but I love you a miss you terribly. Save me a spot in heaven I should defiantly be your neighbor. "
My husband, mother, and small group have have been a true God send. They have helped me through this whole thing. God is amazing he truly is. For the first time in my life I honestly believe "your will god" Now I also tell him I don't understand his will but I know he has a reason for all things. I am not supposed to understand it now but........ well I trust in him. My God is my rock, it helps that I know he is with Marva and letting her know just how awesome she is. I believe she was his favorite daughter, of course I am a close second ;0)
Marva went to Farmland Friends Church with me, if you are reading this and have never been there then you should definitely check it out. You can wear your jeans and worship the late great JC (as Marva would say) on Saturday night and sleep in on Sunday if ya want. It rocks and you will (in my opinion) find no better REAL pastor. If you do check it out leave me a post and let me know what ya think!!!!! Peace out Jive Turkeys.

No Internet!

So right now I do not have the internet. However when I can I surf all my friends pages. None of them have posted on my page so I am putting this here to see just how long it does take them to even notice I have a blog............however I don't have internet so they could get away with not noticing it for a long time.

1 year!

Today is the one year anniversary of when Nathan proposed to me. If you view down a little way on my blog the story of how romatic he is, is there. To be honest I forgot that today was the day until Nathan just called me from work to say happy anniversary. He is truly amazing. I love him so very much. This is us on our honeymoon in CANCUN at the myan ruins. (sp)

THANK YOU CARDS

I am starting to think that thankyou cards were invented by the devil himself. My hand is cramping! I am almost done now I have to address them! Why daddy why?

This is me and my wonderful husband Nathan. Some of our engagement pictures.

My brother Allen and his wife Shannon on their wedding day. October 5, 2004

All together now "Ahhhhh" Peadad is the only one who would cooperate.

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Have I said lately just how much I love Nathan Samuel Harris!
oh by the way his mom gave us a super cute christmas ornament that has a snow girl and snow man on top of a bell and the bell says "Congrats on your engagement" it is way cute!

Engagement part 2

I am sorry for the blurry picture it was taken on a camera phone right after the carriage ride. Not the best picture of Nathan and I but it is the only one I have of us on the day he proposed. When we were comming in to town we saw the two horse drawn carriages and Nathan pointed to the one with a single horse pulling it and said "I want to ride in that one" and as fate would have it we rode in that one!! The other carriage was bigger and had two horses pulling it. Nathans proposal was the most romantic proposal ever and it couldn't have been better. WOW I LOVE HIM!

ENGAGEMENT

Wow On Thursday December 1, 2005 Nathan and I went to the Winchester Christmas walk in downtown Winchester. We went to see my mom she was dressed up as Mrs. Clause and was reading books to the children that stopped in. My brother Mick called me on my phone and told me to tell Nathan that he called him and left him a message and that Nathan needed to call him back. I was curious because Mick usually doesn't call to make small talk. After we arrived at the christmas walk Nathan excused himself and went outside to call Mick, he was out there for a while!!! When he came in I asked him what Mick wanted and he said "It's Christmas time and you don't need to know" Well I assumed that Mick and the family were comming up for Christmas and were trying to keep it a surprise. Nathan then said "I am going to get in line for the Carriage ride you sould come out in a little bit." Well almost immedatley he called me and said "come on out" (the line was shorter than we thought) So I joined him and we waited on the sidewalk for the single horse drawn carriage to pull up, we chatted and were enjoying the evening. When we got on the carriage the driver started talking to me non stop!!!! Finally I got to turn to Nathan, and I kissed him and he said "Are you having a good time"
I said yes I was having a wonderful time and he pulled a box out of his coat pocket while saying "I have a question to ask you" as soon as I saw the box he said "Will you marry me?" while opening it. As soon as I saw the shine from the ring my eyes teared up and I just stared at him for like 10 sec and then I said "are you serious?" (YOU SEE WE HAVE BEEN DATING FOR 6 YRS AND 9 MO. AND WE KNEW WE WOULD GET MARRIED BUT I WAS NOT EXPECTING IT right then ) He laughed and said "no i'm kidding....Yes I'm serious) I said Yes and he slipped the ring on my finger then I kissed him, He asked me if I liked it and I said "yes I haven't even seen it" My eyes blurred up and I had not got a good look at it yet. It wouldnt have mattered though it could of been a ring made of grass and I would have loved it. I love Nathan, I'm in love with Nathan, and after almost 7 years together I still get butterflies in my stomach when I know I am getting ready to see him. He is my one true love. I want to grow old with him. DISCLAIMER: WHEN i ASKED IF HE WAS SERIOUS i WAS IN A GREAT DEAL OF SHOCK! i REALLY KNEW HE WAS SERIOUS BUT I WAS IN SHOCK. THE MAN I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITH JUST ASKED ME TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH HIM!!! Any the rest of the carriage ride was kisses, tears and hugs. Of course all of my family and his knew he was going to do it they just didnt know when. Mick was calling to ask him why he only asked Dad's permission and not his and Allens! My family loves him and of course they were happy I believe I heard a few "It's about time" `s. Needless to say I am on cloud 9. I didn't think I could be happier than I already was! I LOVE YOU NATHAN!!!

Lori

By the way Lori is really tall and Nathan says that she is freakishly tall because she was trying to grow away from the smell of her feet! hahahaha Her feet really do NOT smell....that bad! just kidding.

This is Lori my best friend. We were going to a wedding of a friend of ours.

This is Nathan and our Awesome nephew Devin. They were playing with the camera phone, kids I tellya!