As you open presents and spend time with family, I hope you are able to slow down and remember the Reason for the season.
Merry Christmas!!!
Dec 25, 2008
Dec 22, 2008
So excited...
I just logged on to my school's portal where I can check my grades, financial aid, etc, and I had a nice surprise waiting for me.
The school owes me.
A lot.
Like, $300+
And that's BEFORE I get my housing deposit back.
Woo hoo!!
Ha. In other news, J and I are almost completely moved in. I say almost because there are still boxes to unpack and my room at my parents' is still in shambles. But it's starting to look like our home. :-)
I had Christmas with my mom's family yesterday and I got the coolest present EVER. My uncle gave me a bass guitar. Well, technically, he's indefinitely loaning me a bass guitar, but still. I'm psyched to play it at rehearsal tonight. :-D
In case you were wondering, there's only 82 days until I get married!!!
The school owes me.
A lot.
Like, $300+
And that's BEFORE I get my housing deposit back.
Woo hoo!!
Ha. In other news, J and I are almost completely moved in. I say almost because there are still boxes to unpack and my room at my parents' is still in shambles. But it's starting to look like our home. :-)
I had Christmas with my mom's family yesterday and I got the coolest present EVER. My uncle gave me a bass guitar. Well, technically, he's indefinitely loaning me a bass guitar, but still. I'm psyched to play it at rehearsal tonight. :-D
In case you were wondering, there's only 82 days until I get married!!!
Dec 18, 2008
Time to Enter Into Adulthood
It's moving day! Today and tomorrow, J and I will be working on moving out of my parents' house and his family's house into our own townhouse. It's all very exciteing and new and scary and all of the above. If you've entered into this phase of life already, you know what I mean.
I'm more excited than ever about Wedding Day. I had three wedding nightmares last night. Yes, three. (I visited some old friends and they had me talking about it for three hours, so I think I had wedding on the brain.) But before I woke from each one, there was a time when J and I would look at each other and call each other "husband" or "wife." in one dream, he picked me up and twirled me afterwards (which is TOTALLY not something J would do) and I just felt so elated.
Sorry, I'm a broken record. I know I've blogged about that before. Hee hee. I'm just soooooo excited!
Anyway, this weekend will be a busy one and we won't have internet at our place for a while (GASP, I know!), so my blogging will probably be few and far between for a while. We're hoping to get internet and cable hooked up by the end of January, once I'm working more and have a more stable income. But don't worry, I will keep you all updated.
For now, MERY CHRISTMAS!!!
I'm more excited than ever about Wedding Day. I had three wedding nightmares last night. Yes, three. (I visited some old friends and they had me talking about it for three hours, so I think I had wedding on the brain.) But before I woke from each one, there was a time when J and I would look at each other and call each other "husband" or "wife." in one dream, he picked me up and twirled me afterwards (which is TOTALLY not something J would do) and I just felt so elated.
Sorry, I'm a broken record. I know I've blogged about that before. Hee hee. I'm just soooooo excited!
Anyway, this weekend will be a busy one and we won't have internet at our place for a while (GASP, I know!), so my blogging will probably be few and far between for a while. We're hoping to get internet and cable hooked up by the end of January, once I'm working more and have a more stable income. But don't worry, I will keep you all updated.
For now, MERY CHRISTMAS!!!
Dec 15, 2008
I'm so Proud of My Kids
I haven't worked with either youth group this semester because of student teaching, so I didn't get to see any of this come about, but check this out:
They pulled this together and performed it this past weekend. They got their inspiration from this video:
They pulled this together and performed it this past weekend. They got their inspiration from this video:
Woo hoo!!
I am officially done with school. I turned in my final paperwork on Friday and I found out that I'll probably be getting a check in January for as much as $329!! My housing deposit should all be returned to me as I have never torn up a room or left it a crazy mess. Woo hoo! I spent most of last week moving out of my campus house. This wasn't hard for me, but it was quite a feat to move out my roommate, best friend, and maid of honor Jen. She and her daughter Makenzie have lived in that house since the end of our sophomore year (2006), and she is a pack rat. Oh, man. That was a lot of packing and a lot of late nights/early mornings trying to get her out of the house by our 4:30 deadline on Friday. She didn't make it. And then she found out that our RD isn't even there this weekend because of a family emergency. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? We stressed out about getting her out on Friday for NOTHING??? Grr... Oh, well. She moved back in with her mom, which means a lot of furniture is currently in storage to be moved into J's and my new townhouse. SHe needs somewhere inexpensive to store her stuff and we need our townhosue to not look freaking empty, so it's a win-win deal.
Now that school is over, Jen and I can actually sit down and start planning my bridal shower. She keeps asking me questions about what I want to do and a lot of my answers are, "I don't care." Ha ha. I'm pretty easy going. She's throwing me a recipe shower, where everyone prepares a dish and then brings it, the recipe, and something you need to make it (as the gift). I got the idea off of STLWed a few months back and I thought it was genius. J and I have an astonishing amount of those little gadgets on our registry, so people don't have to buy us our pots or whatever right off the bat. Like, if the recipe calls for a baster or whatever they can get us that. I'm getting real excited, though, especially because the color scheme is what I wanted for the wedding but didn't do 'cause that was one of the things J expressed an opinion on, so I caved. :-) I'm such a good fiancee, aren't I??
I can't believe how fast time is flying by. My school countdown is over, I have 3 days till moving day, and we get married in 2 months and 29 days. Ha. I only know that last one because yesterday was exactly 3 months. :-D
J and I drove down to Memphis this weekend to spend some time with my stepfamily. I haven't been down there in about 6 years and I can't believe how big my youngest cousin has gotten! SHe's 13 now. Holy moly. J and I went to a HUUUUUUGE church on Sunday morning and heard a nice sermon about slowing down and remembering time to reflect on Jesus and rememberring time to enjoy with our families. Slow down amidst all your planning and shopping and just enjoy everryone's company. He used the story of Mary and Martha to illustrate the point, and I loved that correlation. We heard our own pastor preach on Mary and Martha a few months back and I enjoyed hearing the story again from a different approach.
I guess that is all for now. I should post again before CHristmas, but just in case it isn't a substantial one, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Now that school is over, Jen and I can actually sit down and start planning my bridal shower. She keeps asking me questions about what I want to do and a lot of my answers are, "I don't care." Ha ha. I'm pretty easy going. She's throwing me a recipe shower, where everyone prepares a dish and then brings it, the recipe, and something you need to make it (as the gift). I got the idea off of STLWed a few months back and I thought it was genius. J and I have an astonishing amount of those little gadgets on our registry, so people don't have to buy us our pots or whatever right off the bat. Like, if the recipe calls for a baster or whatever they can get us that. I'm getting real excited, though, especially because the color scheme is what I wanted for the wedding but didn't do 'cause that was one of the things J expressed an opinion on, so I caved. :-) I'm such a good fiancee, aren't I??
I can't believe how fast time is flying by. My school countdown is over, I have 3 days till moving day, and we get married in 2 months and 29 days. Ha. I only know that last one because yesterday was exactly 3 months. :-D
J and I drove down to Memphis this weekend to spend some time with my stepfamily. I haven't been down there in about 6 years and I can't believe how big my youngest cousin has gotten! SHe's 13 now. Holy moly. J and I went to a HUUUUUUGE church on Sunday morning and heard a nice sermon about slowing down and remembering time to reflect on Jesus and rememberring time to enjoy with our families. Slow down amidst all your planning and shopping and just enjoy everryone's company. He used the story of Mary and Martha to illustrate the point, and I loved that correlation. We heard our own pastor preach on Mary and Martha a few months back and I enjoyed hearing the story again from a different approach.
I guess that is all for now. I should post again before CHristmas, but just in case it isn't a substantial one, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Dec 10, 2008
Message Board
Most of you know that I'm on a local wedding board here in St. Louis. I love it and all of the girls on it.
Well, there are alwayss those posts after the wedding is over that are like, "What am I going to do now?" This woman dramatizes what those on HER board said. It's way too funny. Thanks to Trisha for digging this up!!
Well, there are alwayss those posts after the wedding is over that are like, "What am I going to do now?" This woman dramatizes what those on HER board said. It's way too funny. Thanks to Trisha for digging this up!!
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