10.02.2008

thank you.


thank you for coming this weekend, katherine.
you are a wonderful friend,
the best maid-of-honor ever,
an amazing encouragment,
and a wonderful reminder that I need to rely on the Lord for everything.

i'm so, so, so glad you are here.
(even if we're gonna be studying.)

i need a neti pot.

Ok blog readers:
I want a neti pot. I NEED a neti pot. What is a neti pot?
Well, in my blog followings of all the living hope members, I read about this nifty little gadget called a neti pot (henceforth known on this blog as a neti). This little gizmo looks like a itty bitty tea pot in which you put a mixture of salt and warm water. You then proceed to pour this solution into your nostril and it comes out the other &/or down your throat to be spit out, as shown:

I know, it looks gross, but it's way better looking than what is coming out in my tissues right now.We're talking g-r-o-s-s. First, I have to decide that I'm willing to dump water down my nose. Or, better yet, would I be able to have the gall to go through with it.

10.01.2008

putting into practice

I'm struggling today.
Today I got a phone call from my cs family.
Darrel was out of surgery ok but we had bigger things.

Belinda's mom took a turn for the worst.
We don't know how long there is. 10 minutes? The night?

Pray, blogworld. If living hope-r's read this, we need the body.
We need you to pray for her mom's passing to be peaceful.
We need you to pray for Belinda as she is with her.
Pray for Darrel as he is recovering from shoulder surgery.
Pray for the boys who are losing a grandparent.
Pray for Nache' and Shane, who are coping with the loss and taking care of the babies.
Pray for me. Pray I can be a blessing and I can be helpful in anyway I can.

Updates will follow as soon as I know anything.

9.29.2008

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Lots of things have been going on in the last month or so. Fall semester started (explaining my disapearance from blogworld), I started working in AWANA at the church, wedding plans are underway, and life is rolling on down the road.

Fall semester is going well, but it's definately more work than I thought I would have. Physics is so much busy work, but other than that class, my others are almost enjoyable. My favorite is by far my self defense class. It's semi-empowering, I mean, I'm not going all women's lib or anything... but it's neat to know that if you came up behind me and put me in a choke hold, I can totally throw you over my shoulder and potentially knock the wind out of you. Boo-ya.










Moving on to less violent things, AWANA is back and I'm along for the ride! I'm working with the 2nd year cubbies who are all oh-so-cute-i-want-to-keep-them-all adorable! There is a never ending supply of comments and their prayers are so sweet! The boys can be, well, boys, so they are always funny. So far this year, the crayola tornados have sucked up Cubby Bear, Jesus, and the Cubby Mottos on their pages and whisked them off to somewhere. On a more serious note, these kids are so wonderful at teaching me about child-like faith and what it means to genuinely love our Father in Heaven. It is wonderful to be with them as they plant these little seeds of truth in their hearts and even more wonderful to see them growing and understanding more and more about Christ and what he did for us on that cross. I feel so blessed to be a part of their lives this year!














Wedding planning is also going well. The dress has been bought, the veil made, and we have scheduled our date to take engagement photos! Now, for anyone who knows me at all, you will know how much I love, love, love pictures of me and people I know. So, to get to take a whole lot of pictures with my best friend and future husband!?... it's waay exciting for me! Even more exciting is that our friend Josh Bolwerk will be taking them for us. So, lots of fun to come, and I'll post my favs when we get them done!


Well, blogworld, I think that about sums up everything going on at the moment. As I get more wedding stuff I hope to be able to post so that I can get some feedback on a couple of things.

9.28.2008

cute blog success!

If you want a killer cute blog, check out www.thecutestblogontheblock.com.
It has really cute layouts, although I HATED that little box that advertises its website, so I had to get rid of that. Otherwise, it's great.

I'm in the process of consolidating all of my blogger news into one... this way, no one will have to read the bridezilla and this&that. I'll let you know as I get updated!!