Addict

Recently i have had a touch of the stomach bug…when i say a touch i mean i cant stop vomiting and that is no fun! SOO in my free time stuck in bed i have become addicted to this game…the game is soooo simple that one would think after say two hours of playing it per night i would be bored with it…but no…the shapes haunt me in my sleep!!! the game is tetris…good old tetris…..the oldest game ever except from the website i play from it is updated and cheats! it shows you where the piece will fit before it falls…and you get points for curtain tricks… and i just cant get enough!! dont ask me why. but i thought i would share this nifty website with everyone to spread my addiction. So here it is and enjoy! Watch out…it will get ya!

http://www.tetrisfriends.com/

Our Niche

Recently Brian and I have been looking for a ministry were we felt we belong.  We looked at the kids ministries but decided they were not for us and elevation is the service (at New life Church) that we go to regularly but to us about to get married it just didnt fit anymore….especially to Brian being older than most elevationers…so we started looking at the Foundry…its New life Church’s middle ground is what we call it… mostly newly weds married people and small starting out families and singles that just dont belong in the family groups yet but not belonging to elevation anymore either..its the middle spot..a melting pot.. For me …this is nerve wrecking because i have known nothing but elevation for almost four years now….i love everything elevation… but it was time for us to move on.. i hate moving out of my already soo comfortable zone!!! or at least i thought i would hate it…i even protested…refused to go…but then i started talking to Hannah Bridges and a few others about the Foundry and it really started to sound like where Brian and I were at… so i saught out info about their small groups and found one thats about to start up called Fit to be Tied.. for engaged and wed couples…and then we went to connect night with the Foundry leaders….IT WAS A BLAST!!! Brian felt much more in place than he did in elevation (tho we are going to continue to go to elevation and the foundry). He connected with so many or the guys and i connected really well with some newly weds , some who have been married for years and some who are just starting families of their own…We got to hear about all the up coming events and are even signed up for their ski trip in Dec.  Hearing all the stuff to get involved in and do with them and the new stuff coming our way with this new turn in life got me FINALLY excited about moving out of the singles bracket into the married old folks bracket bc it is really NOT that bad in fact its great once your connected with some one the other side as well..(and it helps to know that eventually your single friends will wander over to that side as well:) ) Anyways needless to say we have finally after a month or two or searching found our niche in the ministries of New Life Church and with the outreach team of the Foundry and all the work they do with the community we feel so much more purposed at this time in our lives. I guess it just took me a while to see the bigger picture for us as a couple moving into married life and that there is just as much excitement on the other side.

Funny

during my search for lauries birthday video below i found this…i could NOT pass it up!

Birthday!

This week Laurie had her 23rd brithday while she was in MEXICO! i might have found a few funny happy birthday songs but this was my fav.

Jitters

Recently the AMAZING family that i nanny for during the week found out that they (and by they i mean he as in the husband) was going to be laid off work….with that being said, who needs a nanny when they are jobless and staying home?? so whats a nanny to do but find another job right?? well easier said then done! anyways i found a job in greenbrier as a receptionist with great pay and good hours. i interviewed once for the job and they have called me back for a final interview..more like a interigation! the interview is today at 6:30pm (after hours) with their entire staff!!!! ok yes there is fewer then ten people working there but i am going to be sitting infront of a panel of strangers who get to ask me questions….its like facing a firing squad!! never in my life have i had a interview like this! i even think the janitor will be there….now thats serious.. right now its only 2pm and I’m more nervous than when Ali had me go first when we got our tattoos! That was painless compared to this! i hate the waiting…jobs have always presented themselves to me. only once did i ever have to go interview formally with anyone. so to me waiting two hours in line to get tattooed or sitting in a waiting room waiting to have your wisdom teeth pulled would be better if not easier than waiting to find out if you have a job or if your on the hunt again. Seriously i dont know how people do it…i guess it wouldnt be as bad if i didnt have a lot riding on this..by that i mean my bank account is down to o about 19 dollars and i’m supposed to be helping pay for a wedding and honeymoon. on top of that my cell phone has decided that this is its last dying breaths and it only works when it decides is a good time….BUT that goodness God always provides and had always taken great care of his children! The past two jobless weeks the song in my head and heart as been the one i will leave you with below. i may even add a video.

All of my life in every season you are still God, I have a reason to sing, I have a reason to worship  

I know I’m filled to be emptied again

Sometimes I just NEED to laugh!

so wedding planning and in-laws can be very VERY stressful …sometimes i just need a laugh, so i google randomly on youtube.

No time in my bottle

Since i was a kid all i ever wanted to do was write….. i used to write short story after short story and my dad always said that one day…if i could ever finish just one book he would help me publish it….that for me was it…from then til now it was on! i tried so hard but ever time i got into one story i was working on another would come and i would quickly lose interest in the present one to start a new one…recently dad handed me a folder he kept of a few of my stories…one says age 8 the other age 11 the other age 13 ….for more than half my life thats all i wanted and tried to do is write……. recently i started on a new book idea that i was determined to work on until it was done… i figured if a great amazing movie /book like ps. i love you can be written by a 21 year old in college so could mine!! but then work happened and i got busy and it sits there across the room on by book case just collecting dust…. havent touched it in almost two months now…. but when i mean work i really mean work..right now im working as a nanny for one family four days a week from 9am to 3 pm and for another the other one day a week same hours… but to add to it i work 4pm-9pm at night at a coffee shop three to four nights a week so every day except sunday i work…(o bc saturdays i work at a shoe shop) why you might ask am i so insane to take on so many jobs with my asthma inhaler in hand??? because i recently discovered that my family did not have the cash flow to keep me in school (college) so now im paying for school myself. since i already had a 3,000 $ dept with the school they will not let me back into classes until it is paid…so i will work this crazy insane schedule of a workaholic until December or maybe Feb. to pay for my bill to get back in class by Jan. second semester and then pay for that semester as i go…. tonight i sit at 2:06am wanting to seize my book and work until time to go to work at 9 am but i know that once i open it up the creative juices will start and never stop! so ill leave it until tomorrow but even that i know to be false.

Male or Female???

So in May of this year my boyfriend and i decided to get a kitten from my best friends mother who raises or well no raises but attracts lots of cats…. she has sooooo many but she takes very good care of them and gives them away freely.  When we committed and got the kitten Katy’s mother told us how old SHE was and all about getting shots and such…. we have loved on her taken care of her and took her places with us all over town.  She is such a fun kitten…very active and playful loves to cuddle and snuggle.  She has grown a lot and is very fritsy right now biting everything and everyone! THEN tonight Brian and i went to his house to feed and check on her on our way to dinner…..turns out ..our SHE is a HE!!! i was so shocked and confused that i am still calling her a she by mistake… she i mean HE even looks like  a SHE…. but to our great suprise she is definately a HE…. so now our cat is confused on his sex and name and we have decided she i mean he is just going to be a confused HeShe cat.

Don’t say goodbye say hello!!!

I am a firm believer that you can never have to many best friends, personally i have several…each have been there for me in different times in different ways and in differetn situations.  Recently one has been on my mind a lot because she is moving to Dallas.  Now personally i have nothing against Dallas but now ive formed a grudge….My friend Ali and her husband Zach have decided to move to Dallas so that he can go to school there…but Dallas is very very far from Conway where we are now.  The past two years Ali and i have been through a lot together…we met when both of the men in our lives (at the time) were going into a internship at our church (NLC) called 24.7 where neither could date.  So we bonded as the “outside girlfriends” and helped eachother get through missing them in ruff times during the year.  We took roadtrips, walks, bike rides, photo shoots, stadium break ins at UCA at night and anything we could get our hands on….we had art nights together and sewing nights too. And of course we named the things we made. (we even went sleding in the fall with no snow…down my homes flight of stairs.ya we are that awesum)    We paint and doodle together and her art always inspires me!  We she and Zach finally got married and the program was over not only did we remain friends,  i was the maid of honor and the romantic designer for their first night stay in their new apartment.  We grew and grew in our walks with God together and in our friendship more and more each day and we became the best of friends.  i could never have made it through the past two years of my life without Ali and the council she has given me.  She has helped me become the strong woman she always knew i could be.  Every woman needs an Ali i think.  Now even though i am sad to see them go, Ali and Zach i know are going to thrive in Dallas and i’m sure to visit too.  This last week Brian and i went on a double date with them and talked afterwards about what double date we could do in Dallas! I hate that they have to leave but i know mine and Ali’s journey is not over by far!! God has much in store for her and her hubby just as he does for our friendship.  So i refuse to say goodbye (like that new cingular commercial) but instead i say hello!!!

i love you Ali -best of wishes in Dallas -may you set it on fire with your love for our Savior

Hello!!

here are some pics to reflect my journey thus far with my beautiful friend

our trip to scranton where we stayed in a nice hotel with comfy beds

At the top of UCA stadium which became our tradition to once or twice a semester break in climb to the top and discuss life!!! My birthday party last year...Ali is one cool cat in that hat

At Al's house in Scranton

Ali jumping the fence to a field where i later lost my earring but we had a fun time on some hay bails

 

These are my faves they are from our 80′s night photo shoot!!!

He loves us……if that don’t make you want to jump up and dance i don’t know what will!

this makes my day happy…..i played it for baby jade today and she asleep happy. she loved it and you should too.