so had a great day today with my husband. we went to six flags and went swimming, rode a few rides, went swimming some more and then went to friday's afterwards. the only complaints from today are that i got blisters on my feet from 2 pairs of shoes, sunburn (and I put on sunblock! spf 50!!!) and then when we got home, bud accidentally locked our keys in the car. so after an hour of trying to push a stick through the partially opened window (our house mate patrick helped out!), we were able to get the stick and hook my keys (thank God for happy land and the string key holder i still have from then) and pull them out the window. :) huzzah! thanks patrick! oh and then i played a joke on bud, poured water on him and when he was flinging the water off his hands, his wedding ring (which is too big but cannot be resized because its tungsten) flew off with it. its too dark now, so we'll have to scour the grass for it tomorrow in the daytime. :-/ boooo. so for the most part, had a great day. just a few minor hiccups at the very end. ahh well. time for sleep - work in the a.m. eek. love you all. <3
List of things I did today:
Cleaned bedroom
Cleaned kitchen
Reorganized fridge
Walked the dog
Took a shower
Brushed my teeth
Put away clean clothes
Took vitamins
Went to potbellys
Went to barnes & noble
Went to khols
Went to target
Bought a bathing suit and basal thermometer
Saw Prince of Persia
Came home
Talked to Joni for nearly 2 hours
Ate pizza
Uploaded my new montage the fat away video (bud made it awesome!)
Watched an episode of firefly
Ate ice cream (yes I ate horribly today and some how I only went over my calorie intake by 83 calories!)
Drank water
Brushed my teeth
Made bed
Pet the dog and the cat
Wrote this blog.
Now off to sleep. Six Flags tomorrow!!! Huzzah!!!
Cleaned bedroom
Cleaned kitchen
Reorganized fridge
Walked the dog
Took a shower
Brushed my teeth
Put away clean clothes
Took vitamins
Went to potbellys
Went to barnes & noble
Went to khols
Went to target
Bought a bathing suit and basal thermometer
Saw Prince of Persia
Came home
Talked to Joni for nearly 2 hours
Ate pizza
Uploaded my new montage the fat away video (bud made it awesome!)
Watched an episode of firefly
Ate ice cream (yes I ate horribly today and some how I only went over my calorie intake by 83 calories!)
Drank water
Brushed my teeth
Made bed
Pet the dog and the cat
Wrote this blog.
Now off to sleep. Six Flags tomorrow!!! Huzzah!!!
i know i've been missing in action. i'm trying to get this schedule thing under control. i'm doing a devotional blog for, really, anyone who wants to read. but it started out as a blog for the women of my old church. i really want the women of the body of Christ to grow and mature in their faith, to learn new and amazing things and submit their lives to the service of God. i want that for everyone, really, but since i'm a woman - its appropriate for me to speak to women rather than mixed company. however, i don't think it'd be bad if men read the blog and commented and such. i don't think its the same as leading a church service. hmm... need to ask bud. or maybe he'll just comment.
work was horrible last week, but this week is going much better! so glad its been uneventful, for the most part. leila is getting the "i'll cry so you pick me up" thing going on and her daddy thinks its cute. i, however, see it for what it is, spoiling and creating a bad habit. but if thats what they want to do, thats their own thing. i can't really judge them. different people do different things.
monster truck had her surgery a week ago tomorrow and she is almost completely healed. she still won't jump off the bed, but other than that, she's twirling and dancing and energetic as ever. that makes for a very happy mommy! hehe.
well - i guess thats all. i miss my friends and family back in california but i don't regret at all, moving back to the east coast. driving down the road with the windows down and smelling honeysuckle throughout my entire neighborhood and seeing lightning bugs (or fireflies to everyone but my family) is so wonderful. i love it. and i'm enjoying the humidity, even if my hair grows to be the size of a basketball and i sweat all day. haha. gotta get used to it anyway, hong kong is much more humid! hehe, and a lot more hot!
that is all for now. ZUMBA TOMORROW! huzzah! anyone who goes to the golds gym in crofton - head on out to zumba! 7:30 tomorrow night. fun times. ciao.
work was horrible last week, but this week is going much better! so glad its been uneventful, for the most part. leila is getting the "i'll cry so you pick me up" thing going on and her daddy thinks its cute. i, however, see it for what it is, spoiling and creating a bad habit. but if thats what they want to do, thats their own thing. i can't really judge them. different people do different things.
monster truck had her surgery a week ago tomorrow and she is almost completely healed. she still won't jump off the bed, but other than that, she's twirling and dancing and energetic as ever. that makes for a very happy mommy! hehe.
well - i guess thats all. i miss my friends and family back in california but i don't regret at all, moving back to the east coast. driving down the road with the windows down and smelling honeysuckle throughout my entire neighborhood and seeing lightning bugs (or fireflies to everyone but my family) is so wonderful. i love it. and i'm enjoying the humidity, even if my hair grows to be the size of a basketball and i sweat all day. haha. gotta get used to it anyway, hong kong is much more humid! hehe, and a lot more hot!
that is all for now. ZUMBA TOMORROW! huzzah! anyone who goes to the golds gym in crofton - head on out to zumba! 7:30 tomorrow night. fun times. ciao.
came home early from work today as i was not feeling well and neither was my boss. so i came home around 8:30ish or something and had breakfast and watched some television. bud wasn't feeling well, so he slept till nearly 3pm today. so needless to say it was a lazy day. kind of. i cleaned the kitchen and baked chicken for dinner. dinner was excellent and i think particularly healthy. awesome stuff. baked bbq chicken with rice and asparagus with mushrooms. awesome. anyway - lots going on in my head but sadly i don't have a lot of time to write about it today so it will have to wait. tomorrow we have dinner with a family from our church! huzzah! its nice to get plugged in to a church where we can have sweet fellowship, like we had in california. miss you, my crossweaveans! anywho, time for bed. much later than i had hoped to get to bed. stupid me. love to you all. i'll try to write more tomorrow. goodnight.
i love this time of year. the random 10 minute rain showers. the smell of rain and flowers mixed. the way the air will have a cooling effect right before it rains and after the humidity is there but heat has dissipated. i love it. i love maryland weather in the spring/summer. really - i think after having one season for 7 years, i gained a new appreciation. the cold was a bit hard to handle this winter, but i didn't mind it. i welcomed it! the snow was beautiful and the crisp clean air was so nice for my lungs. love it. huzzah.
tomorrow i hope to get to the grocery store and pick up some good food. i've been given a eating schedule by my personal trainer. yes, i have a personal trainer. i plan to use her as often as i can - but it does cost money sadly. so we'll have to budget that in, once in a while. but if i can get a good feel for what she wants me to do, where she thinks i'll get the optimal results - that will be great. anyway, like i was saying - she gave me an eating schedule and an idea of what i should and can be eating. she advised me to have my starches in the middle of the day (lunch) rather than at night. focus on proteins and steamed veg at night time. so i'm hoping to get into that habit. i need to eat more salads, get more veg in my house and not fry my food. we cook a lot of our chicken in the skillet because its usually faster than baking it, but i need to get it out of my mind that i have to cook things quickly all the time. i need to be more scheduled in my eating and weekly activities. i mean it makes sense. i have the babies i watch on a pretty strict sleep/eat schedule, why shouldn't i do the same for myself. i need the discipline. i need it so i can see results. *sigh*
losing weight is a pain in the tuckus. yes i just said tuckus. its so easy to gain the weight, even harder to lose it.
bud and i were going to go to the eastern shore today but were not feeling up to it. we just didn't feel that great. so sadly i missed out on hanging out with my awesome nieces and nephew, brother and sister-in-law and mom & dad. bah. the time will come again soon.
tomorrow is church! and then... dun dun dun.... the last ever LOST episode. its like 2.5 hours long or something. i can already tell you, and most of you will probably make fun of me, i will be incredibly sad at the end. i've invested a lot into the show by watching it for the past 6 years, i have a lot of memories watching it with my husband and friends. lots of inside jokes regarding the show and everything. it was just a lot of fun to watch and a lot of fun to pick at it and try to figure things out. i don't mind if there are a lot of loose ends at the end. i'm a huge LOST nerd, don't get me wrong. but the one thing that i LOVE about the show that most people can't stand, is that it always has you asking questions and speculating and conversing about it. who cares if answers don't get answered... its fun to watch and ask and think. even after its over, it will be fun to think and question about it. i love that you can infer your own ideas into the show and almost feel like your own director or even a detective.
i've started writing in yet another blog... yes i know... you're thinking. you already write 2. this one and the one to my babies. but this one is a devotional one i did for an entire year before. i've picked it back up to encourage myself and the women of my old church in california to have some conversation about the Lord and allow us to stay in touch and grow together even from a distance. :) so if you're interested in reading it:
notable women's corner
oh and before i wrap this blog up. i mentioned a second video that would be released on my new YouTube channel, GoChristinJoy. well here is the video!!! I hope you enjoy it!
agape.
tomorrow i hope to get to the grocery store and pick up some good food. i've been given a eating schedule by my personal trainer. yes, i have a personal trainer. i plan to use her as often as i can - but it does cost money sadly. so we'll have to budget that in, once in a while. but if i can get a good feel for what she wants me to do, where she thinks i'll get the optimal results - that will be great. anyway, like i was saying - she gave me an eating schedule and an idea of what i should and can be eating. she advised me to have my starches in the middle of the day (lunch) rather than at night. focus on proteins and steamed veg at night time. so i'm hoping to get into that habit. i need to eat more salads, get more veg in my house and not fry my food. we cook a lot of our chicken in the skillet because its usually faster than baking it, but i need to get it out of my mind that i have to cook things quickly all the time. i need to be more scheduled in my eating and weekly activities. i mean it makes sense. i have the babies i watch on a pretty strict sleep/eat schedule, why shouldn't i do the same for myself. i need the discipline. i need it so i can see results. *sigh*
losing weight is a pain in the tuckus. yes i just said tuckus. its so easy to gain the weight, even harder to lose it.
bud and i were going to go to the eastern shore today but were not feeling up to it. we just didn't feel that great. so sadly i missed out on hanging out with my awesome nieces and nephew, brother and sister-in-law and mom & dad. bah. the time will come again soon.
tomorrow is church! and then... dun dun dun.... the last ever LOST episode. its like 2.5 hours long or something. i can already tell you, and most of you will probably make fun of me, i will be incredibly sad at the end. i've invested a lot into the show by watching it for the past 6 years, i have a lot of memories watching it with my husband and friends. lots of inside jokes regarding the show and everything. it was just a lot of fun to watch and a lot of fun to pick at it and try to figure things out. i don't mind if there are a lot of loose ends at the end. i'm a huge LOST nerd, don't get me wrong. but the one thing that i LOVE about the show that most people can't stand, is that it always has you asking questions and speculating and conversing about it. who cares if answers don't get answered... its fun to watch and ask and think. even after its over, it will be fun to think and question about it. i love that you can infer your own ideas into the show and almost feel like your own director or even a detective.
i've started writing in yet another blog... yes i know... you're thinking. you already write 2. this one and the one to my babies. but this one is a devotional one i did for an entire year before. i've picked it back up to encourage myself and the women of my old church in california to have some conversation about the Lord and allow us to stay in touch and grow together even from a distance. :) so if you're interested in reading it:
notable women's corner
oh and before i wrap this blog up. i mentioned a second video that would be released on my new YouTube channel, GoChristinJoy. well here is the video!!! I hope you enjoy it!
agape.
so the past few days have been interesting. i've been suffering from endo a lot lately. it not only made me miss a cycle for a month but now its back with a vengeance and i feel like i'm dying. but i'm not dying. well... technically speaking i am but really i'm not. i'm alive and well (in the grand scheme of things... it could always be worse!) and this week has been full of interesting shtuff.
sunday - missed church because i was feeling so poorly. sad!
my car stopped working. with deductive reasoning, we changed the battery. it now works. next week we'll take it to get the alternator checked and make sure that its keeping the battery charged. hopefully that was the only problem with the car. (other than the big dent in the side where the deer ran into my car!)
all week, bud's been taking me to work. i really prefer it when he takes me as i get to spend a short period of time with him in the morning. its actually quite special.
tuesday, we went to the gym. i met with a personal trainer! instead of writing about it - i thought of a clever thing to do. i'm making a vlog where i will vlog through the process of losing weight. check out the first video that segues into my new YouTube channel. didn't know i had a YouTube channel? get with the times. here are some links for you.
Original YouTube Page
New YouTube Page
here's a link to my new 'bideo'. there will be another one later. bud is still editing it and fixing it up. you will NOT want to miss the one he's working on now... its INTENSE!!! :) :)
tomorrow i have work while bud takes monster truck to get spayed. i'm so nervous for her my poor little one. i know its worth it and best for her in the long run. then in the evening i'm going to the gym with my mom and we're going to ZUMBA! huzzah! that is all for now. talk to you all later. sorry this is a bit of a cheesy update. but i don't want to forget about doing them. ciao.
sunday - missed church because i was feeling so poorly. sad!
my car stopped working. with deductive reasoning, we changed the battery. it now works. next week we'll take it to get the alternator checked and make sure that its keeping the battery charged. hopefully that was the only problem with the car. (other than the big dent in the side where the deer ran into my car!)
all week, bud's been taking me to work. i really prefer it when he takes me as i get to spend a short period of time with him in the morning. its actually quite special.
tuesday, we went to the gym. i met with a personal trainer! instead of writing about it - i thought of a clever thing to do. i'm making a vlog where i will vlog through the process of losing weight. check out the first video that segues into my new YouTube channel. didn't know i had a YouTube channel? get with the times. here are some links for you.
Original YouTube Page
New YouTube Page
here's a link to my new 'bideo'. there will be another one later. bud is still editing it and fixing it up. you will NOT want to miss the one he's working on now... its INTENSE!!! :) :)
tomorrow i have work while bud takes monster truck to get spayed. i'm so nervous for her my poor little one. i know its worth it and best for her in the long run. then in the evening i'm going to the gym with my mom and we're going to ZUMBA! huzzah! that is all for now. talk to you all later. sorry this is a bit of a cheesy update. but i don't want to forget about doing them. ciao.
i'm so sick of health insurance and all the talk about it. i will not get into what i think of the "health care reform" and all that because i try very hard not to be too political. at least not on my blog. really it depends on the topic but health insurance is not one of them. but right now i want to vent about what the asinine system is putting me through.
***warning*** i'm going to be talking about my menstrual cycle. if its TMI then don't read any further! you've been forewarned.***
i have endometriosis. i think i've talked about it before. anyway here's the short of what it is. every month a woman has a menstrual period where the inner lining of the uterus sheds. endometriosis occurs when tissue like that which lines the inside of the uterus grows outside the utuerus, usually on the surfaces of organs in the pelvic and abdominal areas, in places it should not and is not supposed to grow. it causes lesions and cysts and other things to happen within her body. it can also form a "cobweb" like mess inside as well. endometriosis has been linked to uterine cancer/endometrial cancer and the lining has been found in random places of a womens body, including the nose! its rare for that to happen but it has happened. it is also among the leading causes for infertility in woman. i think its like 30-40% of woman who have endo will have fertility issues.
anyway - i suffer from this. i was diagnosed with it 6ish years ago and i'm almost wishing i had never been diagnosed with it. the reason being, i now am considered in the eyes of the health insurance world as a "pre-existing condition." God forbid they see me as an actual woman who has a need and needs help to live a semi-normal life. i'm a woman who wants to have children, wants to not hurt every month almost all month. yes - the pain i feel is constant. i always have twinges or a sort of discomfort or pain, it just depends on the severity. if its very painful, then i speak up about it, other times, i don't think my husband even knows that i'm in pain. i'm a woman who wants to not have to think about things like uterine cancer and cysts and other things that are brought on by my condition. i don't want to have to think about fertility issues, especially when my husband and i long to have a family of our own. it must be far beyond them to see me as a human being rather than a statistic and an expense to them.
from the research i've done - i don't qualify for maryland medicaid because i'm not pregnant. oh hmm... let me think. that may be a problem because I HAVE ENDOMETRIOSIS AND NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR! BUT I CAN'T SEE ONE BECAUSE OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS. BUT IF I SAW A DOCTOR MAYBE THEN I COULD GET PREGNANT AND FIT YOUR REQUIREMENTS... UGH! then the insurance that MIGHT accept me want to charge me between $600-800 a month and the other ones won't accept me.
don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to put out a "pity me" story or whatever, i'm just so frustrated. hopefully when bud is able to find a job they'll give him insurance that would cover his wife too. i don't know though. who knows. i'm sorry for complaining and venting, but i rarely do. i've been struggling with my endo the past 6 months more so than normal and i'm pretty fed up with it. well, i guess this is all for now. i've calmed down and i'm ready to go to sleep. goodnight. live long and prosper.
***warning*** i'm going to be talking about my menstrual cycle. if its TMI then don't read any further! you've been forewarned.***
i have endometriosis. i think i've talked about it before. anyway here's the short of what it is. every month a woman has a menstrual period where the inner lining of the uterus sheds. endometriosis occurs when tissue like that which lines the inside of the uterus grows outside the utuerus, usually on the surfaces of organs in the pelvic and abdominal areas, in places it should not and is not supposed to grow. it causes lesions and cysts and other things to happen within her body. it can also form a "cobweb" like mess inside as well. endometriosis has been linked to uterine cancer/endometrial cancer and the lining has been found in random places of a womens body, including the nose! its rare for that to happen but it has happened. it is also among the leading causes for infertility in woman. i think its like 30-40% of woman who have endo will have fertility issues.
anyway - i suffer from this. i was diagnosed with it 6ish years ago and i'm almost wishing i had never been diagnosed with it. the reason being, i now am considered in the eyes of the health insurance world as a "pre-existing condition." God forbid they see me as an actual woman who has a need and needs help to live a semi-normal life. i'm a woman who wants to have children, wants to not hurt every month almost all month. yes - the pain i feel is constant. i always have twinges or a sort of discomfort or pain, it just depends on the severity. if its very painful, then i speak up about it, other times, i don't think my husband even knows that i'm in pain. i'm a woman who wants to not have to think about things like uterine cancer and cysts and other things that are brought on by my condition. i don't want to have to think about fertility issues, especially when my husband and i long to have a family of our own. it must be far beyond them to see me as a human being rather than a statistic and an expense to them.
from the research i've done - i don't qualify for maryland medicaid because i'm not pregnant. oh hmm... let me think. that may be a problem because I HAVE ENDOMETRIOSIS AND NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR! BUT I CAN'T SEE ONE BECAUSE OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS. BUT IF I SAW A DOCTOR MAYBE THEN I COULD GET PREGNANT AND FIT YOUR REQUIREMENTS... UGH! then the insurance that MIGHT accept me want to charge me between $600-800 a month and the other ones won't accept me.
don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to put out a "pity me" story or whatever, i'm just so frustrated. hopefully when bud is able to find a job they'll give him insurance that would cover his wife too. i don't know though. who knows. i'm sorry for complaining and venting, but i rarely do. i've been struggling with my endo the past 6 months more so than normal and i'm pretty fed up with it. well, i guess this is all for now. i've calmed down and i'm ready to go to sleep. goodnight. live long and prosper.
so let me see - what have i done since the last time i wrote...
monday - had an okay day at work. came home and had homemade sushi. it was horrible because the crab meat was not fresh. then i went to the gym in the evening. i tried out a class - bodypump. it was a really neat class. it's a weight lifting full body tone class. who knew that lifting a 2 pounds for an hour would cause so much pain all over. i seriously worked out muscles i don't think i've moved ever in my entire life!
tuesday - had a good day at work. rhonda and i went out. took the babies to the doctor for a checkup. ailia bumped her head and acted funky so we were getting that checked out to make sure everything was kosher. she's fine. praise God! then we did some shopping and had some lunch at brios in annapolis. that place rules. finished the day off with some tv with my husband.
wednesday - horrible day at work. leila was inconsolable and would NOT take a nap all day. she was absolutely off her rocker. here's a picture for proof!
thankfully after work, i was able to go to the gym and work out a lot of my frustration. katie and i did bodyjam - a dance class and it was super fun! then afterwards, katie treated bud and i to dinner and to workout shoes. lol. don't ask. i'm sure one day bud will post a picture of his awesome grandpa shoes. to make it short, hanging out with katie was awesome and i'm so glad to have been able to. we're watching her doggy this weekend while she's in pa for a graduation.
today - went to work. the day was much better. leila was feeling MUCH better. i rearranged a nap time for her so hopefully it will work out. see - happy baby time:
came home, bud and i went out and got dinner and now we're home. gonna watch some house and then head to bed, earlier than 10:30 i hope.
i know this is a very generic update but theres not much else for me to say. tomorrow is friday, thank GOD! whoa, do you remember watching TGIF??? it was like family matters and step by step and something else. oh man, every friday. awesome! looking forward to hitting the gym either tomorrow night or saturday during the day and relaxing afterward. i'm really loving our gym, its pretty phenomenal. the staff for the most part are incredibly nice. i haven't met anyone mean, just kind of intimidating. anyway - that is all for now. much love to you all. agape.
monday - had an okay day at work. came home and had homemade sushi. it was horrible because the crab meat was not fresh. then i went to the gym in the evening. i tried out a class - bodypump. it was a really neat class. it's a weight lifting full body tone class. who knew that lifting a 2 pounds for an hour would cause so much pain all over. i seriously worked out muscles i don't think i've moved ever in my entire life!
tuesday - had a good day at work. rhonda and i went out. took the babies to the doctor for a checkup. ailia bumped her head and acted funky so we were getting that checked out to make sure everything was kosher. she's fine. praise God! then we did some shopping and had some lunch at brios in annapolis. that place rules. finished the day off with some tv with my husband.
wednesday - horrible day at work. leila was inconsolable and would NOT take a nap all day. she was absolutely off her rocker. here's a picture for proof!
thankfully after work, i was able to go to the gym and work out a lot of my frustration. katie and i did bodyjam - a dance class and it was super fun! then afterwards, katie treated bud and i to dinner and to workout shoes. lol. don't ask. i'm sure one day bud will post a picture of his awesome grandpa shoes. to make it short, hanging out with katie was awesome and i'm so glad to have been able to. we're watching her doggy this weekend while she's in pa for a graduation.
today - went to work. the day was much better. leila was feeling MUCH better. i rearranged a nap time for her so hopefully it will work out. see - happy baby time:
came home, bud and i went out and got dinner and now we're home. gonna watch some house and then head to bed, earlier than 10:30 i hope.
i know this is a very generic update but theres not much else for me to say. tomorrow is friday, thank GOD! whoa, do you remember watching TGIF??? it was like family matters and step by step and something else. oh man, every friday. awesome! looking forward to hitting the gym either tomorrow night or saturday during the day and relaxing afterward. i'm really loving our gym, its pretty phenomenal. the staff for the most part are incredibly nice. i haven't met anyone mean, just kind of intimidating. anyway - that is all for now. much love to you all. agape.
can you believe that if hope had survived, i'd have a 5 year old (well... if she had gone to full term, she'd be turning 5 shortly). she'd be beautiful and wonderful and probably starting school in the fall! wow. life would be so different. i can't help but think about it. a lot of things happened today and this one is on my mind the most. at the end of this entry, i'll fill you in on what happened today. but first how i'm feeling. i haven't posted a blog on how i'm feeling in a while. most of them have just been updates and little blurbs here and there. so here comes one of my up close and personal entries.
today - may 9, 2010. mother's day.
i woke up and the first thing i did was read a devotional. then i had a few minutes before i had to get out of bed to get ready for church. i checked my facebook on my iPhone. everyone had plastered "happy mother's day" everywhere. now if you know me, you know that my mom is one of my best friends. i cherish her and she has been pretty much one of my only constants in my ever changing life. she has stuck by me through thick and thin and i love her more and more each day. i am so thankful to have a mother like her. unfortunately - my first thought was a selfish one. not a great way to start off the morning, i know. my heart was already being prepared having read a devotional, but i allowed myself to get me-centered and thats all it took. instead of thinking - HOORAY!!! HAPPY MOMMY'S DAY! i thought... another mother's day and i have no child to hold in my arms.
to add to my longing and pain, 2 friends of mine came out today that they are having a baby. let me count real fast how many of my friends are having children or JUST had a child: i have 18 friends currently that i can count that have just had a child or just found out they were pregnant. and i am happy and envious at the same time. i wish i could just be happy for them. and truly, i am happy for them. any child that is brought into this world is a blessing to those around him/her and is an important part of our society. but i long to have the joy that they have. i long to have a child that was made from love and respect and made by the hand of God. i want this so badly. and i know that the longer that i try to take control of this, the more i will be waiting for it to happen, if God wants it to happen at all. i just need to trust God knows best. and I DO know that... and i know that my hearts desire should be one thing and one thing only - to have God, to see Him glorified in and through my life. and i do long for that. i need to focus on that. i was reminded of that today at church. "God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him." i must decrease and He must increase. i need that and i need to remember these things. but that doesn't make it easier right now. and i know God understands my longing. but really i need to get my priorities straight. started my period today... of all days... theres few days where i can start my period and it not affect me but today is one of those days where it does. sorry if thats TMI, but its the truth.
anyway - my heart is longing to hold a child of my own. i love watching other people's children. i love children in general. but sometimes, its like salt in a wound. the babies i watch love me. i love them. we have a great time and they trust me and know that i care for them. they feel secure with me. BUT. i am not their mommy and its very obvious. and thats the way it should be. i will NEVER EVER try to creep in on someone else's child. thats just ridiculous. but every now and then it stings... because i still don't know what it feels like to walk into a room with a child that is mine and see them so happy to see me that they instantly reach out to hold me and me hold them. bah. anyway - thats how i'm feeling. and i know a few people in my life would suggest things like "surrogacy" and "in-vetro" but i don't agree with either of those things. if you want to ask me about it, i'll explain. but i don't feel like touching that here. i do believe in adoption though, and that is a viable option for me one day, i hope.
so anyway, on to something not depressing. went to church. it was awesome. the missionaries from Northern China were there and it was awesome to hear of the work they are doing! God is very much moving and doing great things. it did drive my heart into overdrive on wanting to be back in Hong Kong. after church we came home. church lasted from 11am-3:30. 2 services. one was a normal service and the second was a demonstration of whats going on in china. awesome to hear. so once we were home, i was so tired bud made me tacos in bed and went to the store while i watched reruns of the big bang theory. when he got home, we got ourselves caught up on heroes. we're starting to really get caught up on all the shows that we missed out on watching when we were apart for 3 months! hooray for getting caught up. i don't know when we'll be caught up with our anime though. bleach will take a while i think. anyhow... that is that. now i must get to bed before i stay up way too late again and end up hating life in the morning. work tomorrow. then a night at the gym while bud is out at a show. it will be fun i'm sure. i'm praying that I will decrease and God will increase and that He will be glorified through my life this week. praying that He will bless me with a little one soon and that bud and i can start to add to our little family we already have. until another time - i'm off to bed. goodnight all. much love!
today - may 9, 2010. mother's day.
i woke up and the first thing i did was read a devotional. then i had a few minutes before i had to get out of bed to get ready for church. i checked my facebook on my iPhone. everyone had plastered "happy mother's day" everywhere. now if you know me, you know that my mom is one of my best friends. i cherish her and she has been pretty much one of my only constants in my ever changing life. she has stuck by me through thick and thin and i love her more and more each day. i am so thankful to have a mother like her. unfortunately - my first thought was a selfish one. not a great way to start off the morning, i know. my heart was already being prepared having read a devotional, but i allowed myself to get me-centered and thats all it took. instead of thinking - HOORAY!!! HAPPY MOMMY'S DAY! i thought... another mother's day and i have no child to hold in my arms.
to add to my longing and pain, 2 friends of mine came out today that they are having a baby. let me count real fast how many of my friends are having children or JUST had a child: i have 18 friends currently that i can count that have just had a child or just found out they were pregnant. and i am happy and envious at the same time. i wish i could just be happy for them. and truly, i am happy for them. any child that is brought into this world is a blessing to those around him/her and is an important part of our society. but i long to have the joy that they have. i long to have a child that was made from love and respect and made by the hand of God. i want this so badly. and i know that the longer that i try to take control of this, the more i will be waiting for it to happen, if God wants it to happen at all. i just need to trust God knows best. and I DO know that... and i know that my hearts desire should be one thing and one thing only - to have God, to see Him glorified in and through my life. and i do long for that. i need to focus on that. i was reminded of that today at church. "God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him." i must decrease and He must increase. i need that and i need to remember these things. but that doesn't make it easier right now. and i know God understands my longing. but really i need to get my priorities straight. started my period today... of all days... theres few days where i can start my period and it not affect me but today is one of those days where it does. sorry if thats TMI, but its the truth.
anyway - my heart is longing to hold a child of my own. i love watching other people's children. i love children in general. but sometimes, its like salt in a wound. the babies i watch love me. i love them. we have a great time and they trust me and know that i care for them. they feel secure with me. BUT. i am not their mommy and its very obvious. and thats the way it should be. i will NEVER EVER try to creep in on someone else's child. thats just ridiculous. but every now and then it stings... because i still don't know what it feels like to walk into a room with a child that is mine and see them so happy to see me that they instantly reach out to hold me and me hold them. bah. anyway - thats how i'm feeling. and i know a few people in my life would suggest things like "surrogacy" and "in-vetro" but i don't agree with either of those things. if you want to ask me about it, i'll explain. but i don't feel like touching that here. i do believe in adoption though, and that is a viable option for me one day, i hope.
so anyway, on to something not depressing. went to church. it was awesome. the missionaries from Northern China were there and it was awesome to hear of the work they are doing! God is very much moving and doing great things. it did drive my heart into overdrive on wanting to be back in Hong Kong. after church we came home. church lasted from 11am-3:30. 2 services. one was a normal service and the second was a demonstration of whats going on in china. awesome to hear. so once we were home, i was so tired bud made me tacos in bed and went to the store while i watched reruns of the big bang theory. when he got home, we got ourselves caught up on heroes. we're starting to really get caught up on all the shows that we missed out on watching when we were apart for 3 months! hooray for getting caught up. i don't know when we'll be caught up with our anime though. bleach will take a while i think. anyhow... that is that. now i must get to bed before i stay up way too late again and end up hating life in the morning. work tomorrow. then a night at the gym while bud is out at a show. it will be fun i'm sure. i'm praying that I will decrease and God will increase and that He will be glorified through my life this week. praying that He will bless me with a little one soon and that bud and i can start to add to our little family we already have. until another time - i'm off to bed. goodnight all. much love!
whoa, blast from the past. i'm listening to thursday. crazy!
okay so i'm a failure and i apologize to anyone who reads my blogs and actually cares if i update everyday or not. it's been another few days since i've updated. i've been a bit busy and really, all week i went to bed at like 11pm or later and it took its toll on me during work. i found myself wanting to fall asleep or being a little more on edge. it doesn't help that the babies were pretty much little devils all week (with regards to their nap schedules...). i know i wrote about it earlier this week so i won't rehash it. thankfully, friday i only had one major meltdown with leila so that was fortunate. so let me see... i guess i'll catch you up on what has happened the past 3ish days.
thursday my parents came over for dinner! it was nice to have them over. there seems a large lack of stress between my dad and bud which is so nice for me. i don't know where the change came from but i won't argue with it. its been a nice change of pace, being able to relax when they are in the same room as one another. anyway - i made tacos for them and by the end of the night we all had full happy tummy's. full of yummy tacos! afterwards, once my parents had left, my best friend katie (she and i are going on 23 years of being best friends!) and i talked about her gym and how bud and i should join it. we had been in the market for a little while for a gym. so we met up with her and her boyfriend and went over to gold's gym of crofton. that place is intense. it was a lot of fun and after some haggling and number's being thrown around all over paper, we got an incredible deal on our gym membership! so stoked to be able to hang out with katie at the gym and for bud and i to hang out at the gym. i really have been trying on my food change. i've started counting calories again. but this time it seems easier because i just put it in a little data thing on my phone (thank God for technology) so its easier to keep track of how many calories i'm taking in. i have a free meeting with a personal trainer on may 18. i am sure i'll be thoroughly depressed afterward, but i need to remember to keep my head up and know that its a step in the right direction. its a step towards shedding the pounds and keeping them off. and a step towards living a healthier lifestyle.
anyway - friday i worked ALL day. from 8:45 to 10:00. thats how many hours? nearly 14 hours. i was thrashed after that. caught up on the big bang theory and started catching ourselves up on heroes. ando became a lot cooler.
today - saturday - we did a bunch of things! i feel like we accomplished A LOT today and i'm very happy with it. i woke up and put away the clean clothes, had breakfast, took my vitamins, cleaned the kitchen, washed the dishes and put them away, put together a gym bag (which later i realized i left out 2 important articles of clothing for myself so it was kind of laaaaaame), made breakfast for bud, brushed my teeth. that was all before 11am! after all that, we went to the gym! we worked out for an hour, showered at the gym and headed over to the mall where we had lunch and saw iron man 2! i really enjoyed it!!! it has inspired me to read comics and such. :) after iron man we went to my brothers house on the eastern shore where we watched silly shows on the disney channel, watched night at the museum 2 (which i think is on par with the first one) and saw the nieces and nephew and bob's wife donna for about 20 minutes at the end of the night. all in all it was a day packed with awesome stuff and although i'm worn out, i do feel very accomplished.
tomorrow is church. we're going to make it this week! then i think we're going to come home and veg the remainder of the day. maybe i'll even take a nap! who knows. so although busy - it was a lot of fun, these past few days. thats all for now, i'll write more tomorrow i hope. love you all. grace&peace.
okay so i'm a failure and i apologize to anyone who reads my blogs and actually cares if i update everyday or not. it's been another few days since i've updated. i've been a bit busy and really, all week i went to bed at like 11pm or later and it took its toll on me during work. i found myself wanting to fall asleep or being a little more on edge. it doesn't help that the babies were pretty much little devils all week (with regards to their nap schedules...). i know i wrote about it earlier this week so i won't rehash it. thankfully, friday i only had one major meltdown with leila so that was fortunate. so let me see... i guess i'll catch you up on what has happened the past 3ish days.
thursday my parents came over for dinner! it was nice to have them over. there seems a large lack of stress between my dad and bud which is so nice for me. i don't know where the change came from but i won't argue with it. its been a nice change of pace, being able to relax when they are in the same room as one another. anyway - i made tacos for them and by the end of the night we all had full happy tummy's. full of yummy tacos! afterwards, once my parents had left, my best friend katie (she and i are going on 23 years of being best friends!) and i talked about her gym and how bud and i should join it. we had been in the market for a little while for a gym. so we met up with her and her boyfriend and went over to gold's gym of crofton. that place is intense. it was a lot of fun and after some haggling and number's being thrown around all over paper, we got an incredible deal on our gym membership! so stoked to be able to hang out with katie at the gym and for bud and i to hang out at the gym. i really have been trying on my food change. i've started counting calories again. but this time it seems easier because i just put it in a little data thing on my phone (thank God for technology) so its easier to keep track of how many calories i'm taking in. i have a free meeting with a personal trainer on may 18. i am sure i'll be thoroughly depressed afterward, but i need to remember to keep my head up and know that its a step in the right direction. its a step towards shedding the pounds and keeping them off. and a step towards living a healthier lifestyle.
anyway - friday i worked ALL day. from 8:45 to 10:00. thats how many hours? nearly 14 hours. i was thrashed after that. caught up on the big bang theory and started catching ourselves up on heroes. ando became a lot cooler.
today - saturday - we did a bunch of things! i feel like we accomplished A LOT today and i'm very happy with it. i woke up and put away the clean clothes, had breakfast, took my vitamins, cleaned the kitchen, washed the dishes and put them away, put together a gym bag (which later i realized i left out 2 important articles of clothing for myself so it was kind of laaaaaame), made breakfast for bud, brushed my teeth. that was all before 11am! after all that, we went to the gym! we worked out for an hour, showered at the gym and headed over to the mall where we had lunch and saw iron man 2! i really enjoyed it!!! it has inspired me to read comics and such. :) after iron man we went to my brothers house on the eastern shore where we watched silly shows on the disney channel, watched night at the museum 2 (which i think is on par with the first one) and saw the nieces and nephew and bob's wife donna for about 20 minutes at the end of the night. all in all it was a day packed with awesome stuff and although i'm worn out, i do feel very accomplished.
tomorrow is church. we're going to make it this week! then i think we're going to come home and veg the remainder of the day. maybe i'll even take a nap! who knows. so although busy - it was a lot of fun, these past few days. thats all for now, i'll write more tomorrow i hope. love you all. grace&peace.
so i started counting calories and writing down what i eat. today i failed but thats okay. i spoke with a friend of mine who has recently been successful as "taking off the weight." she told me a few things that really made sense to me and i think i am going to try and adopt the things she suggested to me, in my own life. so i'm going to track what i eat, try to stay below my suggested caloric intake, drink LOTS of water and exercise. but on top of that, i'm going to be praying my way through this. i'm not in control of the food i put in my tummy and i'm letting food control me. i am not letting God take control of this area of my life and its showing. i don't think i've gained any of the weight i recently shed - i recently took off 20+ pounds and thats a great accomplishment. what i need to do from this point on is not get down on myself for having an off day on my calorie intake and lack of exercise. for instance, today i ate a high amount of calories. they are still within my limit, but its at the higher end. but thankfully, my husband was wonderful and suggested we take a walk. even though i didn't want to, it felt good to get out and do some exercise so that will help against the extra calories. so hooray for a walk at sunset! (side note: on our walk we came across some neighbors with a newfoundland... i want one like WHOA! but i don't think it'd do well in hong kong when we finally move there... hmm...)
today work was good. leila was again, stubborn and not wanting to take an afternoon nap. any ideas or suggestions on how to get an 11month old girl to take an afternoon nap. i'd say she can just stay up but she is SO cranky in the afternoon/evening when she doesn't. she's just not ready to go to 1 nap a day, unless i give her and ailia different schedules. its a possibility. leila has always been better with less sleep, but i dunno. i have to do some research i think and get some advice from some mommies and daddies. halp!~ other than that, she was great. but i'm realizing i'm a little high strung the past few days... the slightest thing frustrates me and thats not good. this is where my eating comes in. i eat to calm down (bad) but overeating makes people cranky. i need to drink more water, get more sleep, more exercise, eat less, and most importantly - i need to pray and be in the word more. i love my new bible because it gives me SO Much information on almost any given topic in the bible. i need to read it more!
i think i've ALMOST mastered "halo" by beyoncé.
i think i may have bud record me as he's getting much better at recording and editing and such. not sure what i'll record... maybe a few church songs and a few secular songs. like i did on my previous cd. which i realize i haven't sent to like ANYONE and i'm really sorry for that. please forgive me. i will try to do that this weekend. but anyway - i need to keep singing. now that i'm not singing every weekend at church, i need to keep my instrument tuned and properly cared for.
i guess thats all for now. my parents are coming over tomorrow which is exciting! they leave for a vacation to our old summer vacation spot - melbourne, florida. i wish i was going. i'd love to visit the old stomping grounds. go on an east coast beach! we'll see i guess. maybe bud and i can go there when we visit florida to go to the wizarding world of harry potter! i'm SO excited to go. anyway - that is all. i'm going to bed. for real this time, i'm getting in bed before 11. (i've been doing that lately and its been horrible every morning waking up). so till next time, goodnight. ciao.
today work was good. leila was again, stubborn and not wanting to take an afternoon nap. any ideas or suggestions on how to get an 11month old girl to take an afternoon nap. i'd say she can just stay up but she is SO cranky in the afternoon/evening when she doesn't. she's just not ready to go to 1 nap a day, unless i give her and ailia different schedules. its a possibility. leila has always been better with less sleep, but i dunno. i have to do some research i think and get some advice from some mommies and daddies. halp!~ other than that, she was great. but i'm realizing i'm a little high strung the past few days... the slightest thing frustrates me and thats not good. this is where my eating comes in. i eat to calm down (bad) but overeating makes people cranky. i need to drink more water, get more sleep, more exercise, eat less, and most importantly - i need to pray and be in the word more. i love my new bible because it gives me SO Much information on almost any given topic in the bible. i need to read it more!
i think i've ALMOST mastered "halo" by beyoncé.
i think i may have bud record me as he's getting much better at recording and editing and such. not sure what i'll record... maybe a few church songs and a few secular songs. like i did on my previous cd. which i realize i haven't sent to like ANYONE and i'm really sorry for that. please forgive me. i will try to do that this weekend. but anyway - i need to keep singing. now that i'm not singing every weekend at church, i need to keep my instrument tuned and properly cared for.
i guess thats all for now. my parents are coming over tomorrow which is exciting! they leave for a vacation to our old summer vacation spot - melbourne, florida. i wish i was going. i'd love to visit the old stomping grounds. go on an east coast beach! we'll see i guess. maybe bud and i can go there when we visit florida to go to the wizarding world of harry potter! i'm SO excited to go. anyway - that is all. i'm going to bed. for real this time, i'm getting in bed before 11. (i've been doing that lately and its been horrible every morning waking up). so till next time, goodnight. ciao.
just a short update while a song downloads and such. i'm making a video for my boss for mother's day and for the babies birthday that's coming up next month. i can't believe i've been with them for nearly 6 months!!! the babies are growing up and its awesome but sad! speaking of the babies. they were delightful today, for the most part. little ailia is not feeling well. there's something thats just off with her. she's not eating well. hmm... hopefully its just that she is teething and she will feel better soon. sadly i can't give her any motrin because it was RECALLED! that is just so scary!
anyway - bud and i had a lame fight but all is well in the world now. i cooked dinner and it was not that great - it wasn't bad, but i'm just better at cooking when i'm not stressed out and upset. then i came in here and started making this video thingy for rhonda. i'm excited by it. i hope it makes her smile and i hope it means a lot to her. we'll see how it goes. i hope to give it to her on Friday. :) fun fun. anyway - gonna go. gonna try to finish this up by 10 and get in bed earlier than last night.
oh bud and i are caught up on the big bang theory... so now we can watch it on tv. and we can start getting caught up on our other shows (heroes, house & bleach). yep.
i guess thats all for now. i'm so tired today and wishing i was pregnant... oh the day can't come soon enough but my patience must be put into practice and i must trust the Lord's timing. okay, i shall depart now. grace&peace.
anyway - bud and i had a lame fight but all is well in the world now. i cooked dinner and it was not that great - it wasn't bad, but i'm just better at cooking when i'm not stressed out and upset. then i came in here and started making this video thingy for rhonda. i'm excited by it. i hope it makes her smile and i hope it means a lot to her. we'll see how it goes. i hope to give it to her on Friday. :) fun fun. anyway - gonna go. gonna try to finish this up by 10 and get in bed earlier than last night.
oh bud and i are caught up on the big bang theory... so now we can watch it on tv. and we can start getting caught up on our other shows (heroes, house & bleach). yep.
i guess thats all for now. i'm so tired today and wishing i was pregnant... oh the day can't come soon enough but my patience must be put into practice and i must trust the Lord's timing. okay, i shall depart now. grace&peace.
so this weekend has oddly busy but seemed semi-long which is a nice change of pace. friday at work, rhonda and i drove around and got a lot of things accomplished while hanging out. she wanted to spend time with the babies and its always easier to do that when you have a second person with you. we went to whole foods for lunch, went to the optometrist, went to Home Depot, went to the pharmacy, got gas, went to saigon palace to pick up dinner for her and richard and came home. all that with twins is rather exhausting. then when i got home i went with my neighbor friend katy (who is a new friend of mine and i'm enjoying getting to know her) to my best friend katie's cookie lee party she was hosting. it was fun. had a few drinks, joked about old times, reminisced and such. katy bought a few things and i got a few things for free. we came home and bud and i had a good night watching the big bang theory. i realize i talk about it in almost every one of my posts now, but i just can't help it. i'm absolutely enamored by this show. it is phenomenal.
saturday - i was unable to sleep in again. i REALLY want to be able to sleep in past 8am on a day when i don't have to be up! so bud woke up and mowed the lawn (the little lawn that we do have at our house) and i drove over to my parents house to give them our extra picture of us at Medieval Times. i took monster truck with me. i don't get to have quality time with my pupper's often enough so a car ride and a walk around my parents house was a nice outing. unfortunately my parents weren't home so i had to leave it with a note telling them i had been there. when we came home, bud and i decided to go to a movie and have a date. we hadn't been on a date in a while. so we went to Dragon House (the chinese restaurant that we frequent), then to Rita's, then to Lush and then to the movie. (oh yeah, we went to hot topic where i got the most amazing iPhone cover EVER!!
we saw "Hot Tub Time Machine" with john cusack. its a really funny movie that is pretty ridiculous and just out there. i do not recommend it though as there is a bit of excessive sex jokes and raunchiness to it. which was the downside. but the other jokes were really funny. after the movie we came home and relaxed a bit. we spent some time together and then around midnight we both got hungry. we thought it was a good idea to go to taco bell and have a "fourth meal" if you will. we ate taco bell and continued getting caught up on our show and afterwards... the good idea of taco bell turned into a horrible idea. we both had taco gut. we felt like we were going to throw up and pretty much went into a taco bell comatose state of mind.
today - sunday, we decided to take a week off church. i just wanted a weekend where i didn't have ANY plans at all. so i went to my parents house and got some mail, picked up a bag full of old pictures (soon i will scan them and upload them... talk about classic pictures and memories of old times. CRAZY) and hung out talking with my parentals. it was a nice time. i took monster truck with me again and my mom took her for a walk. if theres anything my mom wants more than anything in this world, that is a physical possession, its a dog. so i'm glad she's able to play with mine. i came home and bud and i realized we hadn't eaten yet. so we went out, had some pizza at Rocco's Pizzeria (the pizza is NYC style and very good!), drove around eastport and downtown annapolis looking at houses and seeing the weekend festivities. it was fun but man let me tell you - i forgot how crappy a lot of maryland drivers are. actually, i think in general, most drivers are crappy. and not just in maryland, everywhere. because i sure came across my fair share of unqualified drivers in california and don't get me started on how they drive in hong kong! (but i must say our friend winson is a good driver!) anyhow... we went to the mall because bud wanted dairy queen. we walked around and got some exercise in and looked at some stuff in some places and whatnot. i love how vague i can be at times. its a gift, although it drives certain people nuts. oh well.
bud and i drove an extremely long way home. but when we finally came home, what do you think we did? yes, you are correct if you guessed that we continued to watch our show and get caught up. i think we have only 2 more episodes until we're officially caught up with season 3. what in the world am i going to do with myself??? THIS IS A DISASTER!!!! CRISIS!!! okay. i'm better now. had some waffles for dinner and now i really should be getting into bed and heading off to dreamland. i think i will in a bit. but i just want to say a few things first...
i need a devotional that i can follow through daily to help me stay in the word each day. i try to just open a area of scripture and read but it doesn't help me retain anything that i read. i almost need to do devotionals as if they were school work. when i have something to listen to or to read, i take notes while at work and the babies are sleeping. i write tons of notes at church because the message is structured and consistent within itself. (trust me, if the sermon is not, and its not biblically based and its just a bunch of fluff... i lose interest and my notes are scarce) so i really need to get a decent devotional that i can write in, follow along with and dive deep into the word. my new bible is awesome and i want to use it to my fullest capabilities!
i love my husband.
i love my job. but can't wait to take a vacation soon... lets see what happens. france? maybe. hawaii? possibly. who knows really. but i MUST say... 6 flags will happen this summer. and so will the wizarding world of harry potter in orlando, florida. yes. it will happen. it will happen and it will be glorious.
okay now i'm off to bed. this is much longer than i had anticipated. i can be a bit long winded i suppose. but then again, i'm updating for numerous days again. i will try my best to keep up to date this week, for those of you who read my blog. love you! oh real quick... go to this website and vote for bud's rap song. it features me too! we're trying to get on the 2010 hip hop census mix tape. check it:
vote!!
this is what you do: at the bottom of the page (past all the comments) fill out your name, email, etc. and in the comment section do the following:
1. Leave the name of the track (1 only) of your choice in the comments section of this blog entry. Remember to include the youtube link.
Our title to the song is: "That King" and the link to the video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h_Q7oLkLTQ and bud's youtube name is fecklessman.
2. Include a breakdown/explanation (2 sentence minimum) of why you chose this track.
3. Votes must include #1 and #2 to be counted as a valid vote.
4. If you don’t see your comment posted, that means it probably wasn’t counted as a valid vote.
happy voting all. love you all. ciao.
saturday - i was unable to sleep in again. i REALLY want to be able to sleep in past 8am on a day when i don't have to be up! so bud woke up and mowed the lawn (the little lawn that we do have at our house) and i drove over to my parents house to give them our extra picture of us at Medieval Times. i took monster truck with me. i don't get to have quality time with my pupper's often enough so a car ride and a walk around my parents house was a nice outing. unfortunately my parents weren't home so i had to leave it with a note telling them i had been there. when we came home, bud and i decided to go to a movie and have a date. we hadn't been on a date in a while. so we went to Dragon House (the chinese restaurant that we frequent), then to Rita's, then to Lush and then to the movie. (oh yeah, we went to hot topic where i got the most amazing iPhone cover EVER!!
we saw "Hot Tub Time Machine" with john cusack. its a really funny movie that is pretty ridiculous and just out there. i do not recommend it though as there is a bit of excessive sex jokes and raunchiness to it. which was the downside. but the other jokes were really funny. after the movie we came home and relaxed a bit. we spent some time together and then around midnight we both got hungry. we thought it was a good idea to go to taco bell and have a "fourth meal" if you will. we ate taco bell and continued getting caught up on our show and afterwards... the good idea of taco bell turned into a horrible idea. we both had taco gut. we felt like we were going to throw up and pretty much went into a taco bell comatose state of mind.
today - sunday, we decided to take a week off church. i just wanted a weekend where i didn't have ANY plans at all. so i went to my parents house and got some mail, picked up a bag full of old pictures (soon i will scan them and upload them... talk about classic pictures and memories of old times. CRAZY) and hung out talking with my parentals. it was a nice time. i took monster truck with me again and my mom took her for a walk. if theres anything my mom wants more than anything in this world, that is a physical possession, its a dog. so i'm glad she's able to play with mine. i came home and bud and i realized we hadn't eaten yet. so we went out, had some pizza at Rocco's Pizzeria (the pizza is NYC style and very good!), drove around eastport and downtown annapolis looking at houses and seeing the weekend festivities. it was fun but man let me tell you - i forgot how crappy a lot of maryland drivers are. actually, i think in general, most drivers are crappy. and not just in maryland, everywhere. because i sure came across my fair share of unqualified drivers in california and don't get me started on how they drive in hong kong! (but i must say our friend winson is a good driver!) anyhow... we went to the mall because bud wanted dairy queen. we walked around and got some exercise in and looked at some stuff in some places and whatnot. i love how vague i can be at times. its a gift, although it drives certain people nuts. oh well.
bud and i drove an extremely long way home. but when we finally came home, what do you think we did? yes, you are correct if you guessed that we continued to watch our show and get caught up. i think we have only 2 more episodes until we're officially caught up with season 3. what in the world am i going to do with myself??? THIS IS A DISASTER!!!! CRISIS!!! okay. i'm better now. had some waffles for dinner and now i really should be getting into bed and heading off to dreamland. i think i will in a bit. but i just want to say a few things first...
i need a devotional that i can follow through daily to help me stay in the word each day. i try to just open a area of scripture and read but it doesn't help me retain anything that i read. i almost need to do devotionals as if they were school work. when i have something to listen to or to read, i take notes while at work and the babies are sleeping. i write tons of notes at church because the message is structured and consistent within itself. (trust me, if the sermon is not, and its not biblically based and its just a bunch of fluff... i lose interest and my notes are scarce) so i really need to get a decent devotional that i can write in, follow along with and dive deep into the word. my new bible is awesome and i want to use it to my fullest capabilities!
i love my husband.
i love my job. but can't wait to take a vacation soon... lets see what happens. france? maybe. hawaii? possibly. who knows really. but i MUST say... 6 flags will happen this summer. and so will the wizarding world of harry potter in orlando, florida. yes. it will happen. it will happen and it will be glorious.
okay now i'm off to bed. this is much longer than i had anticipated. i can be a bit long winded i suppose. but then again, i'm updating for numerous days again. i will try my best to keep up to date this week, for those of you who read my blog. love you! oh real quick... go to this website and vote for bud's rap song. it features me too! we're trying to get on the 2010 hip hop census mix tape. check it:
vote!!
this is what you do: at the bottom of the page (past all the comments) fill out your name, email, etc. and in the comment section do the following:
1. Leave the name of the track (1 only) of your choice in the comments section of this blog entry. Remember to include the youtube link.
Our title to the song is: "That King" and the link to the video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h_Q7oLkLTQ and bud's youtube name is fecklessman.
2. Include a breakdown/explanation (2 sentence minimum) of why you chose this track.
3. Votes must include #1 and #2 to be counted as a valid vote.
4. If you don’t see your comment posted, that means it probably wasn’t counted as a valid vote.
happy voting all. love you all. ciao.
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