So far things have been great. No fighting (except Ben and Maggie), no tension and no stress! We are a family full of love...we should have lived in the 50's! By this time next week half of us will be gone. Kinda a sad thought! I will miss my family so much this summer. I learn to appreciate each of them more and more every day. I can't believe how close we are and what a great time we always have. Some of the things that I found so annoying as a child are now only endearing to me. I can't imagine being in a family different then ours.
If you have never experienced a family life like mine I am truly sorry. I would encourage you to find and "adopt" a family if you have had wounding in that area. I would be happy to offer the use of mine. Only $100 a day! Haha...no, we have lended out the use of our family to as many people as possible. That has definitely been God's blessing on and through this family. We are able to share what God has given us to others. It is amazing the way God blesses different people in different ways so that we can all benefit eachother.
I am truly going to miss my family this summer!!!
I leave on Thursday next week for Georgia. I am excited about seeing some of the "old" friends and hanging out with the family there. Mom and I are staying with Grandma and Grandpa and I am so excited to see them. Mmmhmmm, Grandma's cookin (I should open a restaurant with that name)! I know what you are thinking. You think that your Grandma can cook better than mine but that is where you are wrong my friend. If you have any doubts I am sure that I can arrange for you to sample the little sliver of heaven. Here I am going on about my Grandma but my Grandpa does not fall in her shadow. He can fix ANYTHING and I am sure that he can do it better than you!
All in all...THE BEST FAMILY EVER!!!
May 26, 2006
May 23, 2006
Squished in Like Sardines
Things are really crazy here right now. Imagine... a three bedroom apartment with 10 people from MY family in it all at once. Yeah, I know!!! We are having such a blast...things are a little insane but that is to be expected. The nice thing is that is sorta feels like living in a dorm. The showers are disgusting, the dishes are always dirty, there is always too much noise, the food is forever running in short supply but there is always someone here to do something with. I love living in dorms so for me this, with my fabulous family, is a dream come true. So maybe I am exaggerating a little but, aside from a little tension every now and then, we are all having a great time. If any family could live like this it would definitely be ours.
Noelle, Jon and I went and worked out tonight. I went to the gym and they went running (messed up knee thing). There were two guys at the gym who were clearly not there to work out. As I walked in the were yelling and screaming at the TV because San Antonio had just scored another basket (clearly Dallas fans). Who goes to the gym to watch basketball? Anyway, they were pretty nice aside from the continued yelling and swearing as the game went into overtime. One of the guys asked me out as I was dripping in sweat and about to fall over. Nice!
Noelle, Jon and I went and worked out tonight. I went to the gym and they went running (messed up knee thing). There were two guys at the gym who were clearly not there to work out. As I walked in the were yelling and screaming at the TV because San Antonio had just scored another basket (clearly Dallas fans). Who goes to the gym to watch basketball? Anyway, they were pretty nice aside from the continued yelling and swearing as the game went into overtime. One of the guys asked me out as I was dripping in sweat and about to fall over. Nice!
May 15, 2006
Tired and thinking a lot!
God has been speaking a lot of stuff into my life and it is awesome! I am so grateful for Christian friends who are there to support me and love me when things aren't going as they should (or as I think they should).
I have felt unusually heavy lately. I don't know what is wrong with me but I feel like I am carrying a huge burden. Is it mine? I am not sure! I need to pray about it and see if I am supposed to be praying for someone in particular. I am tired. I do know that! A long vacation is the ticket. Too bad I can't afford that ticket...oh well!!!
Camp! It is just around the corner. Oh but I can't wait. I am so excited to see my girls!!!
I made a B in chemistry!!! I can't believe it myself. I am so glad to be done with that subject never to revisit again! Now I can move on to this fall when I will be taking 21 hours and crying myself to sleep at night! No, it won't be that bad. I will be putting in a whole lot of study hours everyday though!
Have you ever wondered why we surround ourselves with awesome, wise, Christian adults and then don't listen to their wisdom? Why even find those people who we respect and look up to if we do not take their advise and learn from them?
I have never, in my life, heard a married couple say "man, I am so glad that I slept around with all of those people and dated so many individuals when I was younger...it has really helped my marriage!" No, of course they don't say those things! It doesn't even make sense. Every Godly couple that I know will tell you that they wish they had not given little pieces of their hearts to so many people thus not saving everything for his or her spouse.
If a person really believes in love and an everlasting marriage with a "soulmate," how can that same person be attaching soul ties to half of the town?
God can restore someone's heart completely for his or her spouse but there will always be consequences for actions. I can't expect God to restore my heart for my spouse if I am dating everybody I can find up until the day that I meet the person that I am going to marry! That's like planning to steal something and also planning to ask forgiveness afterwards. We, as a society, need to stop being so naive and pretending that we don't know about the baggage carried into marriages because of past relationships!
We do know about it if we surround ourselves with Godly, married couples! So either you know what you are doing and choosing to mess with your heart or you need to find yourself some good adults!!!
I have felt unusually heavy lately. I don't know what is wrong with me but I feel like I am carrying a huge burden. Is it mine? I am not sure! I need to pray about it and see if I am supposed to be praying for someone in particular. I am tired. I do know that! A long vacation is the ticket. Too bad I can't afford that ticket...oh well!!!
Camp! It is just around the corner. Oh but I can't wait. I am so excited to see my girls!!!
I made a B in chemistry!!! I can't believe it myself. I am so glad to be done with that subject never to revisit again! Now I can move on to this fall when I will be taking 21 hours and crying myself to sleep at night! No, it won't be that bad. I will be putting in a whole lot of study hours everyday though!
Have you ever wondered why we surround ourselves with awesome, wise, Christian adults and then don't listen to their wisdom? Why even find those people who we respect and look up to if we do not take their advise and learn from them?
I have never, in my life, heard a married couple say "man, I am so glad that I slept around with all of those people and dated so many individuals when I was younger...it has really helped my marriage!" No, of course they don't say those things! It doesn't even make sense. Every Godly couple that I know will tell you that they wish they had not given little pieces of their hearts to so many people thus not saving everything for his or her spouse.
If a person really believes in love and an everlasting marriage with a "soulmate," how can that same person be attaching soul ties to half of the town?
God can restore someone's heart completely for his or her spouse but there will always be consequences for actions. I can't expect God to restore my heart for my spouse if I am dating everybody I can find up until the day that I meet the person that I am going to marry! That's like planning to steal something and also planning to ask forgiveness afterwards. We, as a society, need to stop being so naive and pretending that we don't know about the baggage carried into marriages because of past relationships!
We do know about it if we surround ourselves with Godly, married couples! So either you know what you are doing and choosing to mess with your heart or you need to find yourself some good adults!!!
May 10, 2006
I'm ill!
I am finally done with my chemistry class. I think that I made a bad grade but oh well...I did my best! I am just so glad that it is over. I figured once school was done that I could relax, smell the roses, but as soon as I was done with finals (last night) I got sick (this morning). I am very ill and I should probably be in bed! Oh well!!!
This week I plan to start concentrating on my new home based business! I am doing very well so far and might even promote two levels before I leave for camp! Keep your fingers crossed. I can't wait until I can devote more time to the business. Unfortunately I leave for camp in a few weeks! Don't get me wrong...I LOVE camp but this is just not good timing for starting a business that needs some of my attention! God has everything all worked out so I will just trust Him and I know that everything will work out!
I leave for Georgia in three weeks! I am so excited to see all of my friends that I have not seen in ages! My mom and I are getting certified the first two weekends so that will be kinda crazy but other than that I dont have any set plans. Thats nice!!!
This week I plan to start concentrating on my new home based business! I am doing very well so far and might even promote two levels before I leave for camp! Keep your fingers crossed. I can't wait until I can devote more time to the business. Unfortunately I leave for camp in a few weeks! Don't get me wrong...I LOVE camp but this is just not good timing for starting a business that needs some of my attention! God has everything all worked out so I will just trust Him and I know that everything will work out!
I leave for Georgia in three weeks! I am so excited to see all of my friends that I have not seen in ages! My mom and I are getting certified the first two weekends so that will be kinda crazy but other than that I dont have any set plans. Thats nice!!!
May 02, 2006
Hair
Tragically, my straightening iron has officially decided that it is out of commission. This means that I am now Shirley Temple (yet not quite as young, cute or curly)!!! In other words, my hair has returned to it's original state of having many disulfide bonds thus causing my hair to be...curly!
One would probably ask "why don't you go and buy a new straightening iron?" Well, I just can't seem to have the desire to go and spend money for the iron when I have bills, a trip coming up and gas ($3.00-$3.10 out here) to pay for.
I will take pictures in the next few days so that you can see what it looks like. My hair is now more curly that Jeny's was in high school.
We are having a blast with the girls!!! They are so wonderful and such a joy to be around. We will have them all week while Noelle goes to her conference. Because Noelle is leaving for four days we were going to hang out tonight. Yeah....didn't work out! Oh well!!!
Finals are coming up within the next week. The only one that I am worried about is Chemistry but my teacher loves me and I have worked really hard so hopefully I will pull the grade that I need!
One would probably ask "why don't you go and buy a new straightening iron?" Well, I just can't seem to have the desire to go and spend money for the iron when I have bills, a trip coming up and gas ($3.00-$3.10 out here) to pay for.
I will take pictures in the next few days so that you can see what it looks like. My hair is now more curly that Jeny's was in high school.
We are having a blast with the girls!!! They are so wonderful and such a joy to be around. We will have them all week while Noelle goes to her conference. Because Noelle is leaving for four days we were going to hang out tonight. Yeah....didn't work out! Oh well!!!
Finals are coming up within the next week. The only one that I am worried about is Chemistry but my teacher loves me and I have worked really hard so hopefully I will pull the grade that I need!
May 01, 2006
Lately
I am soo excited...Noelle is on her way here right now. I will get to hang out with a bf and see my two favorite nieces (they are my only nieces but you know)!!! Today is a crazy day and I can't believe that I am taking the time to blog. I have a trillion things to do!!! I can't wait until next Tuesday night when I will be finished with everything...and I mean everything. All I will have to do before I leave for the summer is teach at Clariden, work, get tan, work out to hopefully drop a few pounds and lay around. I have an odd feeling that I won't actually lay around because I was born a Sutton and that's not how we roll...haha!
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