New Blog website

Ok guys, since i've been experimenting with my Mac computer, I have created a new blog website. here it is

web.mac.com/ihm10

no www needed ladies and gents. I don't know if that site will be permanent or not, but I seem to like it for now. Check out the different links below the title. Let me know what you think!

A Whole New World

The first Christmas gift of the year!!!

David and I were blessed with a Computer from my grandmother!!
We went and picked it out on wednesday. And, we have converted.

No more PC!!

Yes, we have switched over to the wonderful world of MACS!!

They are AMAZING!!!!!

We are still in shock over everything that they do. It's kind of hard to describe to someone who doesn't own a mac, why owning a mac is so much better. Let's just say, David and I are impressed.
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The obvious things that are better: It's lighter, quieter, and fits much better on your lap than the bulky pc's do.

It's got a built in camera called isight.

It's got a photo booth section, where you and your loved ones can take goofy pics of each other and then put all these different backgrounds on them and stuff.



This is one of the pics we took. It's called swirl. We laughed so hard while we were taking it, simply because we looked really funny. We took a normal pic to.



I took these pics WITH MY COMPUTER.

Well, all we have to say is, THANK YOU GRANDMOTHER!!!!!!!

Change of Plans

Well, so much for having a different schedule!

I guess the manager that was helping us out while we didn't have another manager decided to go MIA, and now he's pretty much done with. Which means michelle had to switch me to all closings this week. So I'm back to my normal routine, but it kind of stinks because David works during the day, so it looks like we are going to have another week of not seeing each other. :(

Some good news though, we paid off our bedroom set!!! We are so proud because it only took us six months to pay it off, and we worked really hard to make sure we were saving up for it. It's nice to have that load off of our shoulders, and now we can focus on other things.

I went over to Jess's house last night to scrapbook. Nathan was being really clingy, so it was hard for me to get any work done. Every time I looked away from what he was doing, he would run back over to me and want to sit on my lap. It's pretty impossible to scrapbook when he's like that. But it was close to his bedtime, so Jess put him down to bed after a little while and I was able to get some things done. I put together my book and got 2 or three pages done, but mostly I just organized all my pics. They are really out of order and just kind of tossed into my carry bag. When we get our new house, I'm going to demand a scrapbooking room all to myself!! That way I can spread out and do what I need to do without worrying about making a mess. That would be amazing!!

Merry Christmas!

Ok, I know it's been a long time, and I'm so sorry!

I've been busy with Christmas shopping and cheer, and I have to admit, the change in schedule has gotten me a little out of loop!

I usually blog at night time when I get home from work. That's when all the creative juices are flowing and I can best collect my thoughts. Well since my schedule has changed a little, I have been working during the days, and when nighttime comes, I am in bed!

But I did want to get on a spread a little christmas cheer!
Here is our Christmas Tree after we first got it all decorated!

Here is an ornament that we got this year. It says Merry Christmas and it's made out of little candy pieces. There is a little gingerbread man in the middle holding it all together. I know this one's hard to see, but it's two bears all ready to get married! At the Bottom by their feet, it says, David and Chrystal, 2006. We are going to get one ornament a year with our names on it. Should be fun! These are the Christmas stockings that David and I decorated last year together. I decorated his, and he decorated mine. :) So we have everyone's gifts now, and that takes a lot of pressure off of me! Now I feel like I can relax and not worry about a thing! Maybe that means more blogging! Tonight I am going over to Jess's house to hang out and me, her and megs are going to scrapbook. It's been nice having a more normal schedule, I have been able to hang out with the girls three or four nights this week.

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I'm trying to think of something newsworthy, but there's really not anything that's been going on. You'd think there would be something newsworthy, since I haven't blogged in so long, but there's really nothing special going on. David's parents are coming in town next week on Christmas day. Hard to believe Christmas is almost here! I can't wait!

Here's wishing you holiday cheer and happiness!

Snow fun

So the snow is still here.

When David and I walked outside, the snow came up to my knees!! I'm not joking either. We got a ton of snow for Tulsa.

I was banned from going anywhere on thursday, because the weather was so bad. So when David got off of work, he came home and took me out. We went to get our Christmas tree and managed to get back right before the weather started to get really bad.

Danny decided to come over since he didn't have anything to do, so we got to hang out with him for a little bit, which was fun. They boys braved the weather to go get us some Thai food from just down the road, since we didn't have anything outside.

When Danny left, he wasn't gone for 10 minutes before he called and said that he was stuck in the snow. He was stuck right down the road! He didn't even get half a mile before he got stuck. I guess he decided to pull over becuase he couldn't see, and he pulled over to far. So we went and helped to bail him out, then followed him home to make sure he was ok. Since there was virtually no one on the road, I asked David if this was a good time to teach me how to drive in the snow. (All the pics are from when we got to Danny's apartment)

Now, I've lived in tulsa for four years now, and it has snowed every year.

But it hasn't snowed like this.

So I got to drive back home, and that is when the adventure started!

David told me to turn onto a road, except for there wasn't a road there. So I turned, and we got stuck in the snow.

A good samaritan stopped and pushed us out, and we were good to go.

Then, going downhill, I started braking, and we spun clear to the other side of the road, and got stuck in the snow again. (Remember there were no cars out, so it was actually pretty safe, well, the snow was our only danger, and that turned out to be pretty soft) We had to wait a couple minutes for another car to drive by, but he stopped and happened to have rope to pull us out. Another good samaritan.

Then we drove by Applebees where David works, and we happened to see his managers cars there. So we stopped just to make sure they were ok, and they were, so we ventured on home. Well we hadn't been in the door for more than two minutes, when David gets a call on his cell phone from his boss, saying they were stuck in the snow!

The funny thing is, we were in David's little Toyota Corolla, and his boss had a big truck, and the other manager had a Jeep! But they needed the manpower, and since we had been helped so many times that night, we decided we had to go back and help them. It was actually kind of fun!

So today David and I started decorating our Christmas tree!

It was perfect out with the snow and everything, it really set the mood. So we sat in front of the tv, watched Polar Express, and started stringing popcorn and cranberries. They are turning out so good! :) We weren't able to finish, because David had to go to work, so we are going to try to finish it tomorrow.
This is me and David all bundled up in teh snow! I didn't realize how silly I looked! But I was in four layers of clothing so I was pretty warm. That picture of David alone up there, that is when he was begging me to go in. I think at that exact moment "PLEEEAAASSEEE!!!" Was the words coming out of his mouth.


And what you can't see in this picture is the big pile of snow I had in my hand ready to throw at him. I didn't do it of course, mostly becuase he was threatening me! :) What a great beginning to the winter season!

Baby it's cold outside!

Ok, so ONE day ago, I was outside, playing with a bouncy ball with Nathan. Today I'm inside, watching the snow fall.

Well I wouldn't call it snow just yet.

It's more like freezing rain, or sleet. Actually, I don't really know what it's supposed to be classified as, I was raised in Florida!

But the weather people have promised us that by morning, it should be snow.

A part of me is sad.

This fall has been beautiful! It's been between 70 and 80 degrees about all fall, and just gorgeous out!

But a part of me is happy!

Winter is here, my favorite time of the year! I dont mind the cold as much now that I've been living here for so long. It's really not that bad. It's the wind that really kills it. And we are supposed to get 10 inches of snow! We'll see if that happens. i never trust the weather men here.

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We didn't get to go and get our Christmas Tree on tuesday because David ended up having to work from nine to five, and then we went out to eat at Olive Garden, and then the mall. Poor baby was so tired that we decided to go home and let him sleep. He fell asleep at 8pm! He was so tired. I was a little dissapointed, but I understood that he had to work.

So today, we went out to get some decorations, and I got the cutest ornaments!! We were going to get our tree, but it started pouring rain and then we didn't get a chance. So instead we went home and David got ready to go to work, and I got ready to go to Jess's. Me, Jess, Megs, Ashley, and Jess C were having a girls night out, but all the boys ended up being there anyways, so it just turned out to be a really fun get together.

I cooked chicken parmesan for everybody, and everyone seemed to like it. It was a lot of fun and just a good time of fellowship. We definately don't get together often enough like that with our busy schedules.

Well maybe tomorrow we will have a tree to decorate. I'll let you know!!! :)

It's Christmas Time!!!

Whew! I've been working now for eight days straight and I need a day off! I work on monday and then I get a nice four day break, so it was well worth it.

I have lots of plans for my four days off, so I'll be sure to write and take some pics as well. David and I are planning on doing our Christmas decorating on tuesday. I'm so excited! We are going to get a tree and decorate it as well. We have had to compromise on how our tree is going to be decorated, since we have come from two different backgrounds and ways of doing things. For instance his family always decorated in white lights, and we did whatever we felt in the mood to do each year. Sometimes multicolored, red, blue, or green, and often times we would string popcorn and cranberries to add to the decorations. So we compromised and are doing the popcorn and cranberries, as well as white lights. I still don't know what kind of ornaments we are going to get, but we'll figure that out when we go shopping. We have stockings that we made last year. I bought two stockings from the dollar store (where I bought all my christmas decorations, but they are so cute!) We decorated the stockings last year, with puffy paint and glitter and such. I decorated his and he decorated mine. They turned out so cute, so this year we decided we are going to continue the tradition. We are going to try to decorate something every year together. I think this year we are going to do ornaments, or maybe picture frames. It'll be fun.

It's fun to think that now we will be starting our own christmas traditions and ways of doing things as a family. What makes it so fun is that it's a blend of how we both were raised and grew up. I'm sure some things will stick with us forever, and some things we will drop. It'll sure be fun to find out!!

A thanksgiving to remember

So I know I'm a little late with wishing a happy thanksgiving, but for good reason!

David and I spent our first thanksgiving together working at Mimi's Cafe. Michelle let him work as a food runner, because we needed an extra person. It was so much fun! That did make me his boss for the day, but you wouldn't have even known it. We worked so well together and it really did make the day go by quicker.
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Funny story - I do have to admit, when I was bending over to put some plates in the bustub, and I felt a hand go briskly across my tooshie, I was abit taken back!!! Only to blush to realize it was my husband! Then I went over and whispered, you better be careful, that's sexual harrassment! We both giggled and went our seperate ways.
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We ended up doing 21,415 dollars!!!!! That is an insane amount of money! Just to give you a picture... on a monday, we do about 4,000 dollars. On a friday, we do about 11,000 dollars, and on a sunday, we do about 13,000 dollars. So a 21,000 dollar day was just insane! We went to work at 10am, and we left at 9:45pm. At the end of the shift, Michelle had the cooks put all the leftover food in the slide, so we could all get something to eat, and she gave everybody who worked a double a whole pie to take home that was leftover. So Dave and I scarfed some food down and then went home and took a nice, long, hot bubble bath. I think we went to bed earlier than we have ever gone to bed before, 11:30. We were exhausted and slept like little babies!

It was definately not a traditional thanksgiving, and probably not how we would have wanted to celebrate it, but in the end, we were thankful for being able to spend it together and not apart.

We have a lot to be thankful for this thanksgiving, and we hope you are counting your blessings to. :)

Praise the LORD!!!

HALELUJAH!!!

I don't know what else to say, every time I think of the Lord's faithfulness I am overwhelmed that I just want to cry!

It's funny how things work out in HIS timing, only when He knows it will be good for us.

I have been doing management shifts for... well I went into training in January, but before that had done management shifts to help out here and there. It was explained to me that there was not a salary spot open, but she definately wanted me on her team, and once a position became available, it would be given to me.

So I worked.

And I worked.

I put all my effort into becoming a good manager. Learning how to listen to people better (cause people like to vent a lot if something went wrong) learning how to multitask better, learning how to be a better leader. I even learned things I didn't want to know, like how much ketchup we actually put into our meatloaf (and boy is it a lot!) and how much hidden fat is in a lot of products. Let's just say i know what to eat and what not to eat!

Well if you've been doing your math, January to now would make 11 months of being a manager, but not on salary.

That's a long eleven months.

A lot of people told me that I should leave, or that my manager was pulling one over on me, or that if I hadn't gotten it by now, I probably was never going to get it.

Read that again. What does it make you think of?

Bitterness.

There was a lot of opportunities to get bitter. But I refused! I kept thinking "don't despise the day of small beginnings." "trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him and he would direct your paths"

It was hard at times. I didn't want to be bitter! I love my job, and I have one of the greatest managers in the world. The Lord really guided me during these past eleven months.

So, if you haven't been able to tell already, she offered me salary this week!!

YEE HAW!!!! (that's Oklahoman for "i'm excited")

So I haven't even gotten to the really cool part yet.

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I have this wonderful, hardworking husband who was raised to believe that the man should be the provider and the breadwinner for the family. (isn't he great?) It's scriptural, and I believe it as well.

But that belief has put a little bit of strain on us. Maybe strain is the wrong word. It wasn't a bad thing, you could just tell how hurt he was that my paychecks were more than his, and that my job was the job that was bringing in the most income.

I didn't care, I mean, we have no children, we're both working and saving money, it's not like he had no job! But that little voice in the back of his head kept telling him otherwise.

So here's the cool thing: after working really hard, and in a very short amount of time, he was offered a salary management position on tuesday!!!

Why is this so cool to us?

No it's not the money. It's the fact that he got it before me. It's almost like the Lord knew it would be a blow if I was on salary making even more than I was before. So we rejoiced when he got salary, and I know the rejoicing when I got salary was genuine from him. (he picked me up and spun me around a couple times while I screamed and kicked my feet) And let me tell you something else. All the pressure I had before about going to work, getting enough hours, bringing home enough money... BYE BYE!!!

What a relief!!

Needless to say we had a lot to be thankful for this Sunday at church, and we both shed a couple of tears, and cheerfully and thankfully put our tithe in the offering bucket. The Lord really has "thrown open the floodgates of heaven and poured out so much blessing that we haven't room to contain it all"

Lately my prayer has been that he would show me how to be a good manager. I remind myself that he had 12 people under him, to lead, guide, delegate, manage, and encourage. He did the same job I have!!! :)

God is good, and so faithful. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

It's my Mom's birthday!!! If your reading this, it was probably her birthday yesterday, on Nov. 17th, and no, I didn't forget. I just didn't have time to blog!!! I was looking over some pictures I have of my mom and I, and I couldn't help but remember all the good memories we have had together over the years. Here is us with Renee, my SIL, and her little boy Benjamin. It was actually taken at a family reunion. The next one is my mom and I. This is kind of a funny story. She had come to visit me in Tulsa and we were in a store shopping, and I saw these great pink cowgirl hats. So I grabbed one, put it on, stuck one on my mom and said, quick, lets take a pic! And we did! Right there in the store, then we ran away and giggled like little girls!
My mom was a huge help in my wedding to. I don't think i could have done it without her. She was the one thing that kept me going. She let me talk out all the problems with her, and devoted a considerable amount of time to making sure things went off without a hitch. And they did! Our wedding was so beautiful, and I will always be thankful for the role she played in it, even though she had to be so far away for much of it.
It's been hard to live far away from her and the rest of my family, but I know she is only a phone call away if I need her! I love you mom! Happy birthday!!!

Freedom is not free

I consider myself to be pretty patriotic. My grandfather served in the United States Air Force for twenty years and retired as a lieutenant Colonel. My brother served in the United States Marine Corps and fought in both Iraq and Afghanistan. But having family members in the service don't necisarily make you patriotic, but it does help in instilling patriotism in you.
One of the big things that made me really thankful for America was when I went on a missions trip to Ghana, West Africa. They were thankful for clothes on their back, for the little food that they got to eat every day, for shoes that didn't have holes in them, and what joy they still had! No tv's, no cell phones, only radios, and not digital ones. Dirt roads, cars that looked like they were from the fifties. They had nothing and yet had everything. I mean, when they bought a coke at the store, they had to bring the bottle back! People don't realize the freedoms we have, and often times they get taken for granted. I mean, how many people in this election voted? Do they realize that just this year Iraq got to vote for the first time? Women's rights? We have SO MANY rights. Women in Iraq can't even show their face, or leave their house without a man. They only recently were able to start attending school. We can go to school or get a job. We are free to ride bikes in the street and to play sports. Americans have so much freedom. I mean, in mexico, they aren't even allowed to protest, yet they can come to America and do it, because that's their right.
How did we get these rights?

WE FOUGHT FOR IT.

We fought for our independence, we fought to keep it, and we fought to be able to practice our own religion. Everything we have now is a cumilation of years of men fighting for what they believed in.

We are free because they put their life on the line. Someone once said that their are only two men who were ever willing to die for you, Jesus, and the soldier.

My friend sent this to me, and I thought it would be appropriate for this veterans day. Pray for the peace and safety of our soldiers, as well as their families here in America.


Your alarm goes off, you hit the snooze and sleep for another 10 minutes.
He stays up for days on end.
You take a warm shower to help you wake up.
He goes days or weeks without running water
You complain of a "headache", and call in sick.
He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward
You put on your anti war/don't support the troops shirt, and go meet up with your friends.
He still fights for your right to wear that shirt
You make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket.
He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags
You talk trash about your "buddies" that aren't with you.
He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.
You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.
He walks the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists.
You complain about how hot it is.
He wears his heavy gear, not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his brow.
You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong.
He doesn't get to eat today.
Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes.
He wears the same things for weeks, but makes sure his weapons are clean.
You go to the mall and get your hair redone.
He doesn't have time to brush his teeth today.
You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over.
He's told he will be held over an extra 2 months.
You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight.
He waits for the mail to see if there is a letter from home.
You hug and kiss your girlfriend, like you do everyday.
He holds his letter close and smells his love's perfume.
You roll your eyes as a baby cries.
He gets a letter with pictures of his new child, and wonders if they'll ever meet
You criticize your government, and say that war never solves anything.
He sees the innocent tortured and killed by their own people and remembers why he is fighting.
You hear the jokes about the war, and make fun of men like him.
He hears the gunfire, bombs and screams of the wounded.
You see only what the media wants you to see.
He sees the broken bodies lying around him.
You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don't.
He does exactly what he is told.
You stay at home and watch TV.
He takes whatever time he is given to call, write home, sleep, and eat.
You crawl into your soft bed, with down pillows, and get comfortable.
He crawls under a tank for shade and a 5 minute nap, only to be awakened by gunfire.
You sit there and judge him, saying the world is probably a worse place because of men like him.
If only there were more men like him!

It's been a great two days off! On Thursday, I went over to Jess's house to hang out with her and the little boys. We rented a chick flick, because the boys won't watch chick flicks with us, and I got to hold little baby Jacob and roughhouse with Nathan. I think he only loves me so much cause I throw him up in the air and make his toys tackle him. He just gets back up for more every time. When Jacob woke up, I decided I didn't have any pictures of him with his eyes open, so I should take some while I could. Well Nathan has this little Elmo chair that he sits in, so I propped the baby up in that and snapped a quick pic: Isn't he just so precious?? Elmo's pretty happy to! Well Nathan, not missing a beat, ran over and as soon as I picked up Jacob, he sat in the Elmo chair to and gave me this big grin, like "look at me, i'm cute to" So I gave up Jacob so I could snap a pic of Nathan. Well Nathan wasn't as patient with me and wanted my camera more than he wanted me to take a pic, but I got a pretty cute one. I almost didn't post this next one, cause I look so horrible. I think I just rolled out of bed and went to Jess's house... but the baby is cute, so I figure I will sacrifice my bad looks for a cute baby. Dave had his meeting on thursday with his manager, his final meeting before he actually gets the job. It looks like everything is going great, and his manager told him to expect a call from him sometime around tuesday or wednesday with the good news!
I suppose this is a great time to dote on my wonderful husband! I am so proud of him for accomplishing something he set out to do. In the beginning, we said that if he didn't have a management position by January, then he would leave the company. It's November ,and it's looking good. But it hasn't always looked this good. He's had to stick through some hard times, and put in a lot of extra hours. :) The great thing is to know he did it all for us. I'm so lucky to have a husband who believes he should be the provider of the family, and to work as hard as he can to make that happen. I love you hunny! KISSES!!!
Danny called us today and invited us to go out to lunch with him and his girlfriend. We went to Mimi's (where else?) Danny seems really happy and his girlfriend is sooo nice. She was really easy to talk to and to get along with, and she has a really good personality. We really enjoyed ourselves and we hope to get together with them sometime soon!

Oh, and this is just an FYI... almost six or seven people recently have asked me about David and I having kids, and I just have three words...

no

No

NO

:) Not until we're ready, and that's not now. When we are prego, I plan to let everybody know in some fun inventive way. :)

Where are we heading?

What is wrong with the world?

I don't like to be a negative person, but seriously.

Why in the world would people vote for people who support gay marriage, abortion, and more government? I think we have enough government as it is.

And where are all the real women out there?

Why is it all the women we hear about in the government are bent on promoting pro choice, women's rights, and a bunch of other crazy stuff out there?

Will the real women please stand up?

The dems hold the house now, and the senate is doing a balancing act for the time being. We just have to pray that the Lords hand will stay on our government and our nation.

I honestly think that the only reason that America is still standing strong is our alliance and support of Israel. Think about it. We are only what, 230 years old? And in 230 years our country is steeped in more sin than sodom and gomorrah.

*sigh*

Just have to keep praying I guess.

Fork in the Road

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And being one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

On the first morning that David and I were in New Hampshire, we woke up super early (before the parents were up, it was like 6:30am!) We quickly dressed and set out for a walk in the crisp cool morning air. How gorgeous it was! It was really my first impression of New England. I wasn't in a plane or a car, and I could walk and look at different things slowly and closely. We ended up at a Dunkin Donuts to get some coffee, and then continued on our walk. We got to look at all the different houses and talked about what it would have been like to live back then. We talked about the foliage and the changing leaves, what it would be like to have that all year round. We walked on forever! All of a sudden we came to a fork in the road...we were on a dirt path and you could clearly take one path or another. The leaves were sprayed all over the ground, and leaves were slowly falling from the trees.

I stopped in mid sentence.

Dave noticed, and squeezed my hand a little.

I looked at him and said, "what does that remind you of?"

Without missing a beat, he said, "Robert Frosts poem"

Ok, so for the both of us to look at one thing and see think the exact same thing, you know it has to depict the poem pretty well.

I love this poem.

I could go on forever analyzing it, it's a lot deeper than most people look into.

Come to find out, Robert Frost was from New England, and lived in New Hampshire for much of his life. Wonder if he was looking at the same thing we were? :) Kind of fun to think about, if only I could come up with a poem like that from looking at a fork in the road!

He's Here!!

So it's been very hectic around here lately, mainly because Jacob decided to make his grand entrance into the world!! On wednesday, we got word that Jess's water had broke and she was starting to have contractions. They weren't strong, and Adam decided to still go to school, so I went over to her house to be with her. She was fine, and I just gave a hand with Nathan, he can be a handful sometimes!
At 1:30am Adam called and said they went to the hospital because her contractions were stronger and closer together. How exciting! When I woke up in the morning the first thing I did was call Megs to see what was going on. I knew she would know cause she was the one who stayed the night with Nathan while Mommy and Daddy went to the hospital.

Turns out he was just born at about 7:30 am! So I rushed to the hospital to see the new little bundle of joy! He is so different than Nathan was. He is much quieter, and definately has more of Jess's disposition I think. He has dark hair, which is what we were all hoping for, and I think his skin is more like Adams to, a little darker. He is so precious. I only got to see his eyes once, and for like two seconds, after he yawned.

Jess and Adam are staying at the hospital tonight, so Nathan is spending the night at our house. I've had him all day, and for the most part he has been very good for me. It'll be interesting to see how he is when he wakes up in the morning and realizes mommy and daddy aren't there!

Here is Jacob Andrew taking a little nap

Here is the happy new family of four... well, one was a little cranky!

Nathan wanted to crawl up on my lap while I was holding Jacob, it was just getting him to stay there for the pic that was the hard part!

Just like any other day

So David and I don't celebrate Halloween.

It's pretty much a no brainer for us. I don't even like this time of the year. Everybody displays ghosts and witches and icky stuff outside their houses and it just creeps me out.

Seriously, I think it's just another holiday for retailers to make money off of.

Not to mention, that it's like the biggest holiday for Satanists.

CREEPY.

So it brings up interesting conversations with people.

"Hey, what are you guys doing for Halloween?"

"David and I don't celebrate Halloween."

"Why not?"

"Because the Bible says that God hates sorcery, witchcraft and spiritists, and that's basically what Halloween is glorifying"

"Oh..."

"Well I'm dressing up as a dead zombie"

*ackward silence*

Yea....

So what are David and I doing on Halloween?

Working, and not getting chunky from all the halloween candy!

P.S. I thought this pic was cool... it's light fragments reflecting

Working out works

Benefits of working out and eating healthy:

Complexion - in the one week that I have been eating differently, more than one person has commented that my skin looks healthier and I have sort of a "glow" to me...I think it's cause David left and then came back, and now I'm much happier. :) .....Then again, it could be because of my diet.

Circadian Rythme- ok, so I read about this one, but it's true! Once you start working out a certain time of the day, your body begins to crave it. I know it sounds crazy, but when I first started working out, I dreaded going out and have to exert more energy that I wanted to save up for work. But after working out for so many days, I actually wake up and my body is begging me to go work out! Kinda funny huh?

It's quality time with the Lord - Sometimes I take my worship music with me and sing to myself, other times I go without it and just pray and thank God for the many blessings David and I have. I get to look around at the beauty of His creation and be reminded of His love.

Sleep - In the time that I have been working out, my sleep has been so peaceful and restful. I have no problem going to bed, I sleep through the night (except for when David kicks me) and I wake up feeling refreshed and ready for the day.

So what's the verdict after week one?

Drumroll please! So far, 8 pounds lost!! Now remember, I've been working out twice a day and I drastically cut my diet to 1200-1400 calories a day...mostly just been following the diet and exercise program on sparkpeople.com. :) One week down, 11 weeks to go!

Rainy days

Today was such a gloomy day.

I woke up, and unlike the other day, there were no birds chirping or no sun shining.

It was raining.

Not a heavy rain, but just enough of a pitter patter/drizzle to make you not want to go outside.

So I stayed inside, made some healthy food for lunch which I had fun doing, and watched Top chef for three hours. I LOVE that show. I never would have watched it if David had not showed it to me or showed any interest in it. He loves cooking, and I always learn something from him when he cooks.

Speaking of David....

He comes home tomorrow!!! (Thurs)

Thanks for everyones encouragement...sure helps :)

I've felt kind of lost without him. When I was cooking today, I guess I just thought he was at work, cause I looked at the time and thought, oh, he'll be home soon, I wonder what he wants to eat for lunch.

then I realized he wasn't coming home.

:(

And David always does dishes for me. I can't stand doing dishes. My hands get all wet and pruny and I just can't do it. It's the one thing I just won't do.

So the dishes are piling up.

I actually thought about doing them tomorrow so he wouldn't have to do them when he got home.

I'm still thinking.

Lonely and in Love

So i'm trying to keep from tearing up right now.

No hubby for the night.

Or the next two nights.

NO WORRIES!!! We are doing great!

He actually has a business meeting in Oklahoma City. He had to leave tonight (tues) to attend workshops that start tomorow (wed). He'll be gone till thursday night, in which he promised me he was going to take me on a date. (and I didn't even ask, he came up with that all by himself)

Except for I don't want to go to bed.

I have a hard time sleeping without him. I know it sounds crazy, we've only been married just short of five months, but I always fall asleep on his chest with his arm around me. I think his breathing makes me calm and peaceful.

So I was trying to remember what I did before I was married, and decided that I was going to come home, take a bubble bath, and read a book.

And I did.

And oh do I feel soooo relaxed. :) It was enjoyable and I never do that when David is home, because I always want to be hanging out with him.

Now for the sleeping part.

I might go drag out my teddy bear, or cuddle up with a pillow. :( not the same by far. But it will have to suffice. :)

Biggest Loser

Soooo,

:)

We are doing this thing at work called the biggest loser. You might have seen the tv show. Well we have 12 girls who are doing this, and it's 8 dollars a week, but if you win then you get 1000 dollars! So it's this huge motivation. So i'm going hardcore!! I found this really cool website, called sparkpeople.com. You join for free and then you have access to all these different materials and workout ideas, a calorie counter and an aerobic counter. It helps you set goals and stuff to. Seriously, I mean, it's a win-win situation. I workout and win, I get a 100 dollars, and a good figure, but if I lose, I still get the good figure.
So this morning, using the calorie counter on the website, I planned out everything I was going to eat for the day, so when i went to work I knew exactly what I was going to eat.

Then i went and worked out.

Ok, I used to run like three miles a day. Whatever happened to that, i don't know. But I went out today and started to run, and I don't even think I made it a half a mile before I was a huffin and a puffin. I decided that I"m going to start by walking for a couple of weeks and build up some stamina before I bust out the running.

Oooh, my hubby just got home, bye bye!

NH Part 2

So I woke up this morning unusually happy. I just couldn't stop smiling!! It may have had something to do with the beautiful sunshine coming in the window and the birds chirping (seriously, that's how it was when I woke up) My first thought was, "this is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it." I decided to let David sleep a little bit and came out to start trying to figure out what to make him for breakfast. I couldn't take it anymore, and went to wake him up. I jumped all over him and gave him kisses and started tickling him. :) My favorite part of the day!
I made breakfast, which consisted of some potatoes with onions, some scrambled eggs, and some turkey bacon. I love cooking for Dave, definately the way to his heart! Megan and I went to see a movie "One night with the King" It's actually modeled after a book by Tommy Tenney called "Hadassah". It is the story about Esther and how she saved the Jewish people from extinction. I read the book on the plane ride to and from NH, and was very excited to see the movie.

The movie was a total flop.

I got really mad, because it wasn't even biblically sound. It portrayed her in a different light, and many of the things that were done were not scriptural. It was very commercialized, and besides that, it was really slow. I don't know why I see movies after I read the book, because I am always dissappointed.

Megs and I went out shopping and then went to Jess's house to scrapbook. I think I have enough material to scrapbook for months! I've been having a lot of fun with it.

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Back to Nh.

This is a picture of Dave and I at Fanueil Hall (sp) We got to go inside and see where a lot of historical happenings took place during the beginings of the United States. It was awesome and again, I could have spent all day there. Boston was a lot of fun for me. I wish my dad was there, I know he would have appreciated it as much as I did.

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This is a pic of Dave and I at something called the Flume Gorge. It's kind of hard to explain, but it is a natural gorge in the mountains that people in olden times used to send logs to travel down the mountain, so they could make their log houses and such. Here we are not actually in it, it was quite a hike to get to the place where it actually was. The next day our legs were sore! It was worth it though, to see and hear the water. It was a deafening sound and made me think of certain scriptures in the Bible that compare the sound of rushing waters to the voice of the Lord.

"and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was
like the roar of rushing waters..." Ezekiel 43:2

" ...his voice was like the sound of rushing waters." Rev. 1:15

It was so loud and overbearing, I couldn't hear Dave talking to me from a foot away! If he was behind me he would have to tap me on the shoulder to first to get my attention.

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After the flume gorge, we went to Mt. Cannon. Right next to Mt. Cannon is where the Old Man on the Mountain was. It was a natural rock formation,that if viewed from the side looked like the profile of a man. It slide down the side of the mountain in 2003, and is no longer there. It was kind of sad to see the empty space.

We went up Mt. Cannon in a tram car... I don't know if thats the right word. It was kind of like how a ski lift would be, only it could fit 80 people in it on the way up. On top of the mountain, it as 30 degrees out! That would explain the snow, the hats, and the gloves (thanks mom). The snow was so beautiful, and I don't think I had ever seen snow that was as untouched as this snow was. The snow looked like it was freshly fallen on the pine trees, and it was just gorgeous. I'm telling you, the whole trip was like right out of a picture book.

We went up to the top of this watchtower, and it was so beautiful, you could see forever. There was literally a ninety mile visibility. You could see mountains in Vermont and Maine, just everywhere. I'm thankful Dave knows how cold I get up on top of the mountain. He kept me very warm and let me hold on to his arm the whole way up and down the mountaintop. When my little nose was bright red he put his hands over it to try to warm it up. It was so cute! :)

One of the days that we were there, we went to the beach. Dave's uncle has a beach house and we went there and were able to walk right up to the water. It reminded me a lot of Florida, and again, the sound of the water just gave me so much peace! I miss hearing that sound almost every day. It was kind of weird being at the beach and having it be so cold. I don't think I have ever been to the beach and have worn a sweater. But it was comfortable and was actually a pretty beautiful day out. We went to a little town called Newberry port, which was a cute little town with shops that you could walk to. We went to a place called Newicks for dinner, and it was all seafood. I'm not to fond of seafood, but what I had was pretty good.

After that we went to a hockey game, University of New Hampshire vs. Team USA. It was an exhibition game ,and UNH killed them. It was fun to go to though, sure made Dave happy!

This is a pic of David and his Dad... the second one was a charm! :)

This is a pic of Dave's mom and me!! Can you tell it was a little windy out? :)

Because He Loves me

I found this tonight while I was straightening up the house before David comes home... it brought tears to my eyes. I haven't seen it since highschool, and I don't know how it popped up... kind of funny....

Because...

I made her. She's different. she's unique. With love I formed her in her mother's womb. I fashioned her with great joy. I remember with great pleasure the days I created her.

To me she's beautiful-I love her. I love her smile, I love her ways. I love hearing her laugh and seeing the silly things she does. She is herself and no one else-this is how I made her.

I made her pretty but not beautiful, because I know her heart and knew she would be vain. I wanted her to search her heart, and learn that it would be me in her that would draw friends near.

I made her in such a way that she would need Me. I made her a litle more lonesome than she would like to be, only because I want her to turn to Me in her loneliness. I made her a little more dependent than she would like to be, only because I want her to depend on me.

I know her heart. I know that if I had not made her like this, she would go her chosen way, and forget about Me-her creator. I have given her many good and happy things because I love her.

I have seen her broken heart and the tears she has cried all alone. I have been with her and have had a broken heart too.

Many times, she has stumbled and fallen alone, only because she would not take My hand. So many lessons she has learned the hard way, because she would not listen to My voice. So many times, I have sat back, and sadly watched her go her merry way alone, only to watch her return to my arms, sad and broken.

And now, she is Mine again. I made her and then bought her. I paid a high price for her, because I love her. I have had to reshape and remold her to renew her to what I had planned for her to be. It has not been easy for her, or for Me. I want her to be conformed to My image. This high goal I have set for her, because...

I LOVE HER.
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*sigh* :) It's good to know that sometimes when you aren't sure why things are happening the way they are, that He knows, He is in control, and He loves you. Let the Joy of the Lord be your strength.... :)

Trip to NH!

Pictures are working! This means that I get to write about NH!!!

This is the house that David's parents live in, and the house that he lived in for four years before he left for college. It was fun to see where he grew up. He kept saying things like, "here's where I paced the street when you told me you got a tattoo" (I didn't, it was a big joke between Danielle and I) He kept reminiscing about times we had talked and where he was sitting, it was really cute, and gave me a glimpse into our past as well. :) I love historical things, things that are really old. His mom told me that the house was 115 years old, which I thought was just amazing. Now it is a two family home, split right down the middle. That's how most of the houses are in Manchester, since all the houses are massive.




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The day after we got to NH, we went to an apple orchard and did some apple picking. It was so much fun, and it was neat to see all the different types of apples you can grow. The way you pick apples is that you get this long pole, and on the end of it is a bag with little claws all over it. You just stick the bag up there next to an apples, twist a little bit, and the apples falls right into the bag! Dave climbed up into the tree and started grabbing some as well. After we picked the apples there was a little watchtower sort of thing, and we climbed up there, and you could see mountains forever! It was really beautiful because the foliage was surounding the mountains as well. The place that we went to was kind of like a farm. They had all these animals, like billy goats, roosters, bunnies. They were so funny. When you walked up to the billy goats they would start bleeting because they wanted you to throw them an apple core. The bunny had a weird ear, one went straight up, and one went straight down, he kind of looked like a helicopter.
After the farm, we went to this place called the shaker village. This is where the shakers lived for 200 years. They were very skilled craftsman, and pretty much lived seperated from society. Unfortunately, they weren't that smart, because they believed in Celibacy. Which means that the last shaker died in 1992. I thought this was so funny, because wouldn't they realize that their race was going to die off!? We at at a restaurant called the shaker table restaurant. This food was SOOOO good. I had mac n cheese, but it was made with sharp vermont cheddar and had garlic in it, with penne pasta. They gave you fresh homemade bread with it and the best apple crumb stuffing. It was so much food, and we were sharing, because the food was so unique. Davids parents got these sandwiches that had the bread dipped in eggs and grilled, and then there was turkey and tomotoes in the sandwich. But the twist was that they gave you a side of real maple syrup to dip the sanwich into. Who would have ever thought that would be good? But it was, and it was so much better with the syrup than without. Afterwards we drove to a really big lake, called Lake Winnipausekee. It was very New Englandish and had a little shopping area that we had fun walking around and Mom and I got some ICE CREAM!!!! Yummy!

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The next day we went to Boston, MA. I had a field day here. It had tons of historical sites and readings, and I could have spent forever in this city. It was really busy and bustling, which I didn't like as much, but the historical things were really neat to see. There is no way you could see all of boston in one day, so next time we go, I already know the things I want to see. But we saw a lot. There is this thing called the Freedom Trail. It is a red line that goes all throughout the city, and you just follow it and it takes you to all these historical sites. It was really neat. We ate at this replica of the Cheers tv show, we ended up sitting outside though since it was such a beautiful day out.

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Ok, so i've only gotten to the second or third day of our trip, and we were there for seven, so stay tuned for part two!

A little about me

My pics are having a hard time uploading right now for some reason. I was going to blog about our trip to NH, but I figure if I wait a little bit, then the pics will be back up and running, and I can write about our trip with the pics to go along with it. So for now, I'll do a question and answer.
1.Things that scare me:
Bugs
hospitals
when i can't get a hold of someone on the phone.
2. People who make me laugh:
My hubby
Megan
I guess I'll laugh at pretty much everything now that I think of it
3. Things I dislike the most:
Chocolate (for good reasons)
Rude people
Tulsa
4. Things I don't understand:
Why my husband feels the need to sleep till 1pm
Why some people can eat as much as they want and never gain weight
Why people can look around and see the beauty of the world, and now believe in a Creator
5. Things I'm doing right now:
Cuddling with my hubby
Blogging
Getting tickled by my hubby
6. Things I want to do before I die:
Does seeing Jesus come back count? I know that's not really something I do.
Have children and raise a family
Go to Austrailia and see the great barrier reef.
7. Things I can do:
I like to make people smile :)
I can play sports pretty well
I can read a book in a day
8. Ways to describe my personality:
Fun, Charismatic, friendly(my hubby came up with those)
9. Things I can't do:
Kill a bug
eat chocolate
be artistic
10. Things I think you should listen to:
The Word of God
The rain falling down and splattering down against the ground
Your parents and grandparents, they have a wealth of information, wisdom, and knowledge that you don't have because of life experience and age.
11. Things you should never listen to:
Liberals
Democrats
Left wingers
12. Things I'd like to learn:
how to speak spanish more fluently
Anything about history
Why I get headaches so often. ever since i was a kid I got headaches
13. Favorite foods:
Chicken! Yummy!
Ice Cream!
Italian
14. Beverages I drink regularly:
Diet Dr. Pepper,
Coffee,
Juice
15. Shows I watched as a kid:
Full house
Quantem Leap
Boy meets world

A quick little review...

Ok, I have just been dying to get on here and blog, and I don't want to say to much because I want to be able to post my pics with my stories, so I'll try to just give a quick rundown of the events.
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Foliage:
It is SOOO Beautiful here! I can't believe how many different colors are on the trees. I have never seen such a spectacular display of oranges, reds, greens, and yellows in all my life!
Mountains:
Breathtaking... I have only seen one mountain before, and it was a baby mountain compared to these mountains. We went all the way to the top and I got to see snow!! In october!! You could see for 90 miles, literally. Mountains in Vermont, maine, everywhere. The Bible gives references to the mountains rejoicing and praising God. I always just bypassed that cause I never understood it. Now I know. WOW.
Boston:
Big city, not something this semi country girl is used to, but intriguing all the same. Lots of historical sites, which I LOVED. I could have spent another day there with everything there was to see. Down side... Yankee Haters.
Beach:
Living on the gulf side of the ocean, I rarely get to see the big waves of the atlantic. The crashing sound is music to my soul, and probably the place I am most at peace. The coastline was very different from Florida's coastline. It was very cute and had quaint little beach houses lined up all down the road.
Lake Winnipesaukee:
Reminded me of my grandmothers lake in Florida, except ten times bigger. But the trees that lined the coastline were amazing. We stopped at a little shopping area right on the coastline, it was very new englandish.
Family:
:) It's been great to see Dave's parents, and they have treated us great. (Plentiful supplies of coffee..) We really missed them. You never realize what you have till you don't have it!
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Well, today is our last full day here *tear* so we are going to make the best of it! :) Hope everyone is having a blessed week and I'll see you in Tulsa!!!!

Excitement is in the air!!!

Ok, so just a quick rundown before I attempt to go to bed for four hours.
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Work dragged on F O R E V E R. I was so excited to come home and go to sleep so it can be tomorrow that it felt like eternity passed. Dave felt the same way. But finally, it's three in the morning, we are done packing, and the house is ready to go.

I know, I said three.

We have to be up at seven. You do the math.

It's not that we had so much to do that we have been running around like crazy since we got home. It's just that we never go to bed till three or four. So we're not tired.

I'm gonna try to sleep though. :) I might be a little excited.

Dave and I went to Barnes and Nobles today to get him a comic book to read on the plane. While there I found a book about New Hampshire. It made me even more excited to go!!! I can't wait!!

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Whoever thinks that nothing earth shattering can happen in five minutes...

Bucs are leading 21-17, against the NO Saints. only five minutes left.

Tick...

Tock...

There's the kickoff to the saints...

tick...

tock..

he's running downfield...

tick....

tock....

EVERY BUC IN THE WORLD TRIES TO TACKLE HIM...

tick...

tock...

He could go all the way.....

He does. Bucs lose.

0-5. I don't think we have this bad of a record since we were wearing orange and had a feather coming out of our hats. Bucs... all I have to say is...

AARGH!!!! (like a pirate)

HOWEVER!!! I am no bandwagon fan. I PROUDLY packed my Bucs long sleeve shirt and bucs skull cap to take to NH. :) I think I'll wear it on sunday :)

Well, I decided not to take my computer to NH, so that means no blogging. If I blog I will want to post pics, and I won't be able to do that unless I have my computer. I might drop by and say hi, but don't expect anything for a week. :) Sorry! Ok, that bed is calling my name. :) BYE BYE TULSA!!!!

I just want to scream!!! (for joy that is)

Wow...

I'm speechless.

Absolutely blown away.

I guess I shouldn't be.

I guess I should have had a little more faith than I did.

With me taking wo days off of work, we were a little tense about our financial situation. We're fine, but we need to work to live comfortable like we are now, and with us going on our trip to NH, it just wasn't a good time for me to not be able to work.

But the Lord was watching. :)

I went in to work today, and asked Michelle if I could maybe work six days a week for two weeks so I could make up the time that I missed. She said no, that it would be way to much overtime. I didn't press her about the issue, and let it drop.

About an hour later, she came up to me and asked me if she paid me vacation pay for going on my honeymoon. I responded yes, she gave me a week. She then said that she was just going to give me another week so that we didn't have to worry while we were on vacation.

Yea...

:) Doesn't that just make you think someone cares for you? :)

In His arms

Today was really relaxing, and just a constant reminder that God is good.


* I have health and happiness "But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD. Jeremiah 30:17

*I have an amazing husband and learned more about him in the past two days than I ever thought I could. "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it.." Ephesians 5:25

*God cares about the little things in life "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths." prov. 3:5

*The Lord is our provider, a constant source of income regardless if I am working or not. "But God shall supply all your needs according to HIS riches in glory in Christ Jesus" Phil 4:19

*Peace has no price... " Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, him whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee," Isaiah 26:3

*The power of prayer cannot be measured "Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication and thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

" He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God, many shall see it and fear, and put their trust in the LORD. "

:) Smile, God is good!

Nothing new

I'm on day five of 10 days straight of working. Just the way things worked out, I had two days off, and then work ten days straight till I go on vacation. But of course it will be worth it once I get seven days off in beautiful New Hampshire!! (at least that's what they tell me)

Yankees are in the playoffs... :)

Dave and I are getting ready to go to NH. He is having to help out a little more with cleaning and house chores lately since I have to work everyday. I came home today and he had done all the laundry and the house looked spotless! The bed was even made! :) I brought him home some food from Mimi's as a little treat for him since he worked so hard. Food definately is the way to a man's heart!

News from Florida, Kevin and Renee are having a girl!! Which means I'm going to have a Niece! I'm so excited for them, and I'm sure my mom and Dad will be excited to have another girl around. Boys tend to run in our family, even boy cousins outweigh girl cousins ( i think there are about 33 cousins now)

Nothing real newsworthy going on, hope everyone is having a blessed day!

I got Tagged!

So my mom tagged me for this, so I'm gonna do it... here goes.

1)Five Minutes to yourself. How would you spend them ideally?
I would sit outside with a cup of coffee and read the Word. Even five minutes can sometimes be enough to fill you for the whole day. :)
2)Five Dollars to spend right now. How and where would you spend it?
I would probably buy some sappy love card for Dave to read, one that brings him on the verge of tears, and lets me get a big huge hug and kiss after he reads it. that's only like two dollars, so with the rest of it, I would buy him some oreo cookies so he had something to dip in his milk.

3)Five Items in your house you could part with right now.- The TV's. I do not like tv, I think it's a time stealer and a waste of money. (and yet I absolutely couldn't part with my full house reruns.) The Futon - it just takes up space in our spare bedroom, and i would MUCH rather get my old bedroom furniture. (*wink, wink* mom) Dave's old towels... i think he used the same five for all four years of college...yeah.... These magazines that we found while cleaning...I must have got them in the mail, and they don't have the best content in them, and yet, they just sit on the shelf, unread, untouched, if I remembered I would throw them away! Our dining room table - it suits us, but it's small and I'm bored with it. If we had room, we would get a bigger one.

4)Five Items in your house you positively, absolutely could never part with.- My BIBLE!! I feel lost without it. I got it in 2002, and it has been pretty much the only bible I have ever read. Every fourth book is highlighted a different color. If you tell me a scripture I can find it better by remembering what color it's in and what side of the page it's on rather than the reference. (i'm extremely visual) My fan- Ever since I was a little girl, I had to have a fan blowing right on my face when I sleep. So without my fan, I would sleep horrible! A wedding picture of David and I. It's my favorite picture and one of the happiest times in my life. It always makes me smile when I see it. A quilt that my mom gave us for our wedding. It is beautiful, and has pictures of us and our families all over it. I hope to pass it on to our children one day. A Gold, one dollar coin....just a silly thing between me and my Dad, but everytime I see it I know he loves me.

5)Five Words you love.-Jesus(no word is more beautiful in the entire worldwide language) (ditto mom) -Dave(or baby, or honey, or sweety) -it's funny how much a word can mean, my whole life is wrapped up in this one. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (sp) Enough said! Mary Poppins goes down as the greatest movie EVER!!! I watched it over and over as a kid. Chaparita - ok, this is kind of mean. The cooks, bussers and dishwashers all call me this at work in spanish. I never knew what it meant, and never bothered to ask, I just knew that when they said it, they were talking to me. One day, I was on my tippy toes reaching for something, and I asked Ramon for help, and he said "ah chaparita" I then realized, it means short one!!! I went to a cook who could speak good english and asked him, and he just laughed and laughed. But it's a term of endearment for them, and I love em. Caden - this is the name I want to name our baby boy (not that we have one, or have planned one ,just whenever we have one :)

Thanks mom! That was a lot of fun!

Chop chop

I chopped it all off!!! :)

I've had long hair for as long as I remember. I mean LONG. I only ever got it trimmed just to make it look presentable and keep the split ends away. It was only when I came to college that I started experimenting with the length of it a little bit.

My hair is the envy of all my friends, but I can't stand it! (isn't that usually how it goes?) My hair is curly, when it gets wet, it just curls up in little ringlets. Only, if I don't do anything to it, like blow dry it, or put product in it, then the next day it is POOF!! I can look like bozo the clown.

And it's thick. It takes me almost an hour to blow dry it. That's not fun, and my neck and back hurt after bending over for so long. (I have to throw my head forward and blowdry it straight... doesn't work as well if I just stand up.)

And since I've been married it has caused me considerable pain. I think my hubby doesn't realize it's attached. He'll have his arm around me while we are sitting down, and then he will move his arm, and take with him my whole head. There are numerous incidences where I have to yell "ow ow ow, my hair" He just says that I have a sensitive head. Um, no. :)

Not to mention how heavy it was, and hot it was. My head feels so much lighter now. And my neck can breathe.

How short is it?

Don't worry, it's just below my shoulders. :) I'll post a pic later!