Merry Christmas

Well, today is Christmas eve, how exciting! all afternoon, my mom has been frantically cleaning the house, not like it was dirty...I made my famous artichoke dip and now my hands will smell like garlic for a while...which is gross...but it will keep the vampires away! :)

Today the family is coming over...margie, granny and me and my mom and then, the rest of the family will be coming over and we shall open a few presents and have some good food and such....THEN...tomorrow morning, we are having brunch...and then...going to my cousins moms sisters house....that shall be good.

Last night was awesome, my mom and her friends went out- so I took a friend, bethany and we went out with my mom to the beach to eat- and then to coldstone creamery for dessert! How fun is that?! :) It was great....

I also got to see my friend Danielle, who has her new baby, Olivia..SO CUTE!! I will post pictures when I get to a computer so I can do just that! This one is real slow....

Fun times...fun times....

florida...babies...beach...

Florida is good- I am trying to post a few pictures of my time here thus far, except my moms computer is real slow- so who knows if I will ever get to complete that process...I am having fun doing lots and seeing lots! Merry Christmas!

Venice

Today was a marvelous day!!! My mom and I got up early and went down to Venice Beach. It was awesome. The sun was coming out most of the day- kinda chilly, but still, wonderful, since no snow was falling. We looked for sharks teeth...shells....put our feet in the water, felt the breeze on my skin. It was awesome. I can't say that enough!!

Then, we went to the downtown area for a little shopping in the cute shops- I bought some stuff and my mom got me a pretty bracelet and I got a necklace for my grandma......then, we came back and stopped in Ellenton cause my mom said the outlet had a shoe store, clarks, that is real good and has big feet shoes, and sure enough, we both got a pair of shoes- and now I have a comfy pair, so I can walk around campus all day long and not get tired!!! :)

PERFETO!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday was a fun day, I metup with my friend Bethany and George, from high school, he is in the Navy now, and we met up for lunch downtown St.Pete- marvelous food and good times catching up! :) We made an appoinment to get our nails (toes and fingers) done on thursday...and last night, my mom and I got REFLEXOLOGY! That was fun, that is just basically a foot rub, but she pushes on different area's and can tell if you are sore or have congestion...stuff like that. I almost fell asleep!!

Then, my mom tried to fake me out and make me eat YAMS. ICK!!! Mom's can be sneaky, but not THAT sneaky!! :)

Oh, tonight we also went to my granny's house and then she needed a lot of things from the grocery store, so we had to do that...and grocery shopping in florida is so different than grocery shopping in Michigan. Florida is just an overcroweded state. it is ridiculous. people EVERYWHERE......

FLORIDA HERE I AM

I am home in florida- it was marvelous to be back - strange to see the left that I don't really have anymore down here! I have stepped back into my childhood and it is just funny to come back and know people but not really know them. I have seen my family already and enjoy life with my mom! :) I do miss the BF - but soon enough I will see him again!

The flight down here was interesting to say the least...i sat next to a 91 year old woman- who had pee'd her pants prior to getting onthe flight. I thought it smelled funny when I first sat down..and then I realized that her pant legs were wet...and the smell was getting worse. THEN the 3 year old girl sitting behind me kept shouting, "someone is using the potty" and that is when I realized that I was smelling old woman urine....so gross. anyways, i helped her and that was nice- but it was very smelly. She later thru conversation was able to verify that yes, indeed she has pee'd her pants upon entry of the airport...so gross. but, she was sweet and after sitting for 1 hour on the tarmack because we exceeded the weight limit....we finally left Detroit....and I finally had air moving the pee filled air around...

:) Last night we went to celebrate my cousins graduation from Grad school- her MBA. That was fun, we had a nice dinner at a pretty fancy shancy rest. and tha twas fun and then finally I was able to come home and relax!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

christmas break

Well, Christmas break is upon me now! Much to do and much to see....florida and coloma! How fun! I haven't blogged in a long time because I have been oh so busy!!! Jamos, my boyfriend, has been finishing his last semester of college on main campus, he has been getting ready to go to Costa Rica and now we are closer than EVER for that! He has been completing his tasks for dental school and we have encountered plenty of issues and problems. The ride has been stressful, but together we have worked hard and made it thru! This morning we were at the infectious disease place, getting SHOTS for him to go to Costa Rica and not die, so that was fun and basically the last thing we needed to do for him besides pack- and that is easy! :) So, I am excited. I look forward to Florida and seeing my friends and their babies and just hanging out!!! I can't wait to hang with my grandma and mom and just be with my family again. I want to read and knit and just get rested before coming back to the snowy north!!

A few prayer requests: Shaun Page, a friend/student at SAU has come down with a form of cancer- so we pray for complete healing of his body. Prayer for Jamos, that he will complete his tasks and that the Lord will just watch over his steps and continue to guide his paths for his future during this transition time.
Prayer for my air and car travel, that I will be safe and that i will just be able to be a blessing to my family.

snowy night

Last night was a full night! I worked out- cleaned the house, did some laundry, the BF finally came over just in time to run outside in the LARGE amounts of snow that fell so we could PLAY together!!! How fun! We made snow angels and ran around and even got thrown in the snow pile- but it turns out that it isn't bad at all to get pushed down in the snow ;)

FUN TIMES!!! I felt like a kid again....it was great!

nice boss!

So, the VP of Enrollment services gave his staff (including myself) a devotional book today in our meeting (that was not at because of other meetings) Anyways, I got a copy and read today- and so far it is just awesome. I have been sitting in on auditions of students for a worship band and hearing how God is moving and working in their life has given me time to reflect upon my own relationship with the Lord. When I was reading thru today's date in the "Teach me to Pray" book by Andrew Murray, there was quite the interesting concept that I hope to act out in my own life as a single, yet dating, christian, 25 year old woman. The title, "alone with God" says it all, but as you can tell, in previous posts, I have discussed how busy I feel my life has been lately and of course, the 1st thing to go out the window- is the time I set aside for the Lord. This text states that "human beings need to be alone with God...We need to be alone with God, to yield ourselves to the presense and power of his holiness. Christ on earth needed it. He could not live the life of a son here in the flesh without at time separating himself entirely from his surroundings and being alone with God....Alone with God, that is the secret of true power in prayer. There is no true holiness, no clothing with the Holy Spririt"

"The time will come when you will be amazed at the thought that one could suggest 5 minutes was enough" HOW TRUE! Sometimes I am like, man, if I could only have 5 minutes that would be great BUT personally, I cannot WAIT for the day I think 5 minutes is not enough.....I struggle to find that now in my life and yet, my heart ACHES for that.

so stinkin busy!!!

Life is sooo busy!!! I can't believe how crazy life has been. I like it- it keeps the brain from thinking too much or stressing out about 1 thing or another- you know what they say about Idle hands...so, life is good, just really busy. I don't really remember being this busy since I have been out of college. And maybe it isnt like, busy..just I have so many things I want to do- and get done and completed and my house is a mess, i have christmas cards to write, scarfs to complete, crafts I need to work on...just so much random stuff- but then, there is the BF going to costa rica and of course, like I have said before, I think abotu that a lot and make sure everything is getting done with that- so I take on his stress...

anyways, we have completed 4 days of wellspring auditions..that is NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my mind is sooo not musical and I have no clue half the time what people are talking about...so I am glad that it is over!

ticket to miami

We bought a ticket last night for the BF to fly to Miami and back when he is on his cross cultural! How fun is that?! It was a great accomplishment, now there is just the DAT test and Dental school to apply for REAL soon for him....it kinda stresses me out...but, I know that he will do a GREAT job accomplishing these tasks!

Anyways, we had a date last night, after I stayed to call, he picked me up and we went to the cougar den- where I got a GREAT little sandwich, not in my diet plan, but great anyways....and then we went to his room and hung out. I loved it! :)

Today at work shall be fun, later tonight we are going as an office to a hockey game in Kalamazoo- that shall be a GREAT time...we are taking our interns to thank them for the GREAT job that they do! :) Go K-WINGS!

Here comes Christmas! :)

This is Jamos and I at the office Christmas party on Friday night and then to the right is us later at Hanging of the Greens at SAU- we are holding candles and waiting for the campus to become illuminated by candle light and christmas lights:) FUN and FREEZING! we also got to go on a mule ride around campus...oh what fun...until the thing started to race the other mule riders and we were racing down the campus sidewalk (concreite pathways for Jamey) and everyone on the left side of the wagon got smacked with a tree branch....:)

chester the cheetah! :)

Above is the CRAZY belt that weighed 20 lbs - with a motor and a battery attached to it...that inflated Chester...(that is a horrible picture of me..)

Here is Chester the Cheetah...the 9ft air-inflated costume that Jamos and I wore at SAMS club for 4 hours on Saturday to earn some extra cash flow....