This weekend...

It's only Saturday night, and I feel so blessed already!

I made a kinda major decision yesterday (the kind that family may not understand but just have to trust that you're following God on it). I've had mixed reviews from the fam, but great responses from my friends who see and agree with my point of view. So now because of that, I get to go to Texas for Thanksgiving and Christmas... And then today my dad calls and asks me to come at Thanksgiving and stay through Christmas. So that's a fun possiblity. I've got to pray it through though. I don't want to be in Texas if someone calls and wants to interview me for a job. Plus I would miss the Christmas things I wanted to do with my friends here. BUT it's not like I have a job, and I could help my parents move into their new house... and when am I ever going to be able to spend time like this with them. So please pray that I make the best decision all around.

Last night I hung out with the girls. We had dinner then met up with my sister (and friends) who were in town for the night. My friends hadn't really met my sister, so that was fun. And it was cool for my friends here to meet some of my friends from d-ville. Then we came back to my place and we just hung out. It ended up being a sleepover. =-) And it's been forever since I've had one of those.
Then today I went to a financial seminar at my church. It lasted ALL DAY... but it was good. And one of my friends went with, so we laughed a lot.

Tonight some friends that I hadn't talked to in a long time called and we all met up for dinner and went and played games at their house. They have a soon to be one year old and he's so big!! It's weird to me that so many of my friends have had babies in the past year and a half. It kinda freaks me out!
But it was so good to catch up with them and laugh and crack jokes on each other. It was a blast.

Tomorrow it's off to church then home to chill for the rest of the day. I'm looking forward to that.

It's weekends like this that make me see how blessed I am to live where I live and have the friends that I have. I mean I miss my parents, but I'm an adult and need to be on my own right now. I'm so thankful for the way God shows us things. Fun!

time with friends=good weekends

This past weekend was a very "chill" weekend. It was wonderful to have nothing major planned.

On Fri night I met some good friends for dinner before they headed out of town for the weekend. Then I babysat for my dear friends who had a son 5 weeks ago. Jeremiah is the cutest, sweetest, calmest baby ever. He slept on my chest for a while. He ate, I changed 3 DIRTY diapers, it was HEAVEN. The entire time with him, I kept praying, "Lord, I pray that my kids are this great." I'll have the screaming ones I'm sure, but there's nothing wrong with praying that right?

Sat I woke up early and went to the Community Market with Faith. It was terrible to be up that early on a Saturday morning (6:30am to be exact), but it was wonderful. I bought fresh strawberries, veggies, etc. I can't wait to go when everything is super fresh! I'm thinking of having a plate of veggies for dinner tonight. =-)
Then it was home to nap and chill. Watched some of Brothers and Sisters Season 1... my newest TV addiction.

Sunday I hit up church, ran some errands then had lunch with Faith and caught up on computer things. On the way home, there was an accident and I had to go through the country to get home... I had never been this way before and it had just rained and the sun was out. It appeared that everything was shining it's glory. I was driving by the river for a while. It was the PERFECT ending to a good weekend. I can't wait to go riding down that road again. Who knows what's down there.

Nothing major happened, and it was good. Now I'm back at work. BOO!!! Miami, could you come soon?

MIAMI

At the end of the month, I'm headed to Miami with some friends. We're celebrating J's 30th b-day. How fun to be able to celebrate a big b-day like that in Miami! I'm sitting at work right now... just thinking about how nice it's going to be to sit out on the beach and relax... to get away from life here in the burg. Oh goodness!!! How I can't wait!

I've never been to Miami, and I think that I'm going to be in for a surprise. I'm not generally a "big city" girl. I like being in the city sometimes, but I don't want to live there. I have had a crazy feeling of needing to go explore a "big city" so hopefully this will fill that desire and I can settle back to where I am more comfortable... more at home.

My computer is down right now... I can't check my personal e-mail, get on facebook, or anything that my company has blocked. Thankfully I'm still able to access most of my life

Crankypants No More

Today turned out better than I thought it would. It started out with me not feeling so well (sinuses), to me being cranky at work, and this afternoon after work I was fine. Being a woman is so weird sometimes.

I am blessed with some great friends. Tonight we decided to have dinner and a movie at my place... and it was wonderful. We had pancakes and turkey wraps. (I wasn't planning on this, it was a spur of the moment, so we raided the fridge.) It was fun. We watched an episode of The Office, then popped in a movie. And now everyone is gone and I'm off to bed. I'm thinking the crankiness is because I haven't caught up on my sleep from the weekend. If not... maybe I can take my friends to work with me tomorrow?!?! Now THAT would be fun.

Thanks guys for a great night.

Happy V-Day

I'm almost done with work and am off to a game night with some friends. I've never been big on Valentine's Day. My thought is that when you love someone... you show them all year long, not just one day. But I'm looking forward to hanging out with some girls and just having fun. I'm sure there'll be laughing all night long!

I smell with my nose...

Today I has been all about smells for me. At least tonight has been.

Today was a good day. I spent the morning finishing up my mom's b-day gift. Her b-day was on Thursday, but I had to put some finishing touches on it today so it'll go out first thing Monday morning. I promise mom... it'll be worth the wait! This is unlike any gift I've ever given. It's so great to give something to someone and be so excited about it.

Then this afternoon I went to a movie with my good friend Crystal. We saw 27 Dresses... it was very cute and girlie. Exactly what I was in the mood for. James Marsden was a nice treat! Then we met her husband for dinner... and had the best dinner ever! Ruby Tuesdays' Avocado Turkey Burger is the best burger ever. And we split chocolate cake with strawberries for desert. We laughed a lot. We talked a lot. It was a lot of fun. I love them! God has blessed me with great friends!

We went our separate ways and I ended up at Target. This isn't that big of a surprise. I love to walk the aisles and look at things. While I was there... I kept getting distracted by smells. I found some lotion that is amazing! It had the little red sticker... so of course I had to get it. (No I didn't need it, but It was a good buy so I'm happy.) Then I went to pick out some dryer sheets (random I know...) and found the best smelling ones. I wanted to buy them to put around my apartment just to smell good but I didn't. I can't wait for Tuesday to use them on my laundry.

Now I'm at home with soft, good smelling skin... getting ready to read my book and go to bed.

Words from God through Emily

I went home (or to the home that I am house-sitting right now) for lunch... I'm having some issues with my new phone and had to go get the paperwork so I can return it for a new one... only to learn that all the alltel stores are closed for MLK. Wonderful!!!

I logged onto my e-mail to see that my friend Emily had written on my facebook wall. (Terrible, but wonderful addiction.) She's a friend through a friend, and I love her... I just don't see her often. It had been probably a year or so since I saw her before this last time over the holidays... so that tells you about our relationship. We live in the same town, but have different lives. Kinda sad when put that way...

Anyways... this is what she wrote me...

Just wanted to encourage you with a verse that's meant a lot to me this week!
Lamentations 3:22-25
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
Love you!

That was her note. We're friends... and I share my heart freely with her when we're together, but we don't have a lot of moments together. But she has no idea what God has been doing in my heart. She has no idea how much I needed to read this today. She didn't... but God did. (I also cheated/stalked and looked to see if she wrote it on other people's walls... and nope.. just me!)

Isn't it cool how God does things like that!!!

I need to work on my schedule and make time for this friend. I love her!

Crazy Weekend with Friends

This past weekend was a fun filled weekend... one of those that you look forward to when you have nothing to do, but makes you thankful for the ones where you nothing to do also. It also made me realize how blessed I am to have certain friends in my life. One in particular... I spent quite a lot of time with her because her husband has been out of town... but I am just so blessed to have friends that know me... really know me (the good and the bad stuff) and love me still. She is one of those people.

On Friday I went to see Juno with this friend... I have some mixed emotions about this movie. I think in some ways they tried to hard to make it an indie movie. And I can't decide if it glorified teenage pregnancies... So I guess the jury is still out on this one.

Saturday I had the pleasure to see one of my good friends marry the person that God created her for. I mean they are so perfect for each other it's almost sick. But cute at the same time. It was a small wedding.. and she only invited a small amount of people, so it was an honor just to be invited.

Here are some pics of the wedding.

The happy couple.

The first dance.



Some of the group...
Andy, Andy, Me and Jess


Crys, Liz and Me.
I love those girls!

Jaden with his Auntie Sundi.
~He melts my heart.

Today after church we had a b-day party for another friend who turned 25. It was fun. Her husband planned this game where we had to draw or act out 25 of her favorite places, and when she guessed them, she got a gift card from the place. Great idea and a lot of fun!

The birthday girl and her hubby... too cute.

I also got to talk to a couple of good friends that I hadn't talked to in a while. One of them (Steph) had just gotten back from New Zealand, so it was good to hear about her time there. It made me wanna go back so bad though. I was able to share my heart with PJ... and it is so good when God speaks to you through a friend. He shared with me something that God gave him... and it really spoke to me.
"Don’t be ok with where you are with God… Be ok with where God has you."
So true... and what I really needed to hear tonight.

Not ready to go back to work... but hey... gotta make a living somehow right?!?!