I borrowed these from another bridesmaid off of Facebook. They will have to do for now!
Life Lately - This Fall
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Ah, Pictures!
I borrowed these from another bridesmaid off of Facebook. They will have to do for now!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Meredith's Wedding
I'm sitting with my feet propped up after a long day of heels and endless picture taking and trying to wrap my mind around the fact that my "little sister" Meredith is married!! Wow! The wedding was nice and relaxed...not too fancy schmancy so that everyone could focus on what the day was REALLY about instead of stressing over crazy details. Meredith was a beautiful bride of course. I would post pictures BUT...
I finally figured out that my camera had been stolen off my desk from school a couple of weeks ago. I've been very distraught about that because I loved that camera. One good thing was that my memory card was in my laptop at the time so at least I didn't lose that or all of my pictures. (FYI--This is my second camera to be stolen by the way...my first digital camera was stolen the day after Brandon and Amanda's wedding when my apartment was broken into a couple years ago.)Anyways, I've been trying to figure out all week how I could get my hands on a camera to be able to take pictures of this weekend, but after a picture-less rehearsal last night, I finally concluded I was just going to have to buy another one right now. I have a couple of graduations that I wanted to be able to document as well so I figured now was as good a time as any to fork over the money I shouldn't have to be spending again. So this morning I went to Wal-mart before my hair appointment to pick one out. I was running late so it was a rushed selection. Then I realized that I left my memory card at home so I had to drive all the way back to get that and drive back across town to the hair place...trying so hard not to miss anything or be late. Meredith's hair lady did my hair (and did a bee-you-ti-ful job if I do say so) and then we went to the church to get ready. I had to search everywhere for a pair of scissors to open the package and ended up shredding the pacakge trying to get the camera out. I excitedly put in the batteries and began to peel off the sticker covering the LCD screen just as Meredith was starting to get ready...and....the stinkin' screen was broken!!! ARGGHHHHHH!!!! Still no pictures!! I was so sad!! Of course there were a million other people taking zillions of pictures so hopefully they will share some with me, but there's nothing like being able to take your own.
The whole wedding weekend has been really nice. Last night at the rehearsal dinner (which was On the Border....my absolute favorite!!!!) everyone just stood up and shared really sweet things about Brandon and Meredith. It was such a random mix of people there but it was neat to see how we could all come together for one special purpose. Probably the thing I loved the most is that after the rehearsal dinner last night we all went back to the Campbells along with all their college friends who were here for the wedding and just had a devotional and prayer time for a couple of hours. We just sang and people took turns praying for Brandon and Meredith. I've been in and around a ton of weddings but I really admired their determination to maintain a spiritual focus and to put aside all the details to just enjoy their friends and family and worship together. It was really beautiful.
Meredith is just really special to me. She's always been way more wise and mature than me, even though I'm seven years older, and she has always been a great listening ear and advice giver! :-) There have been many times that I have not been a good friend or "big sis" but she never gave up on me and she fought to keep our friendship intact. She is one of the handful of people in the world that i know truly cares about me no matter what.
So anyways hopefully I can mooch some pictures off of someone so you all can see my beautiful hair do...and oh yeah, Meredith! ;-)
I finally figured out that my camera had been stolen off my desk from school a couple of weeks ago. I've been very distraught about that because I loved that camera. One good thing was that my memory card was in my laptop at the time so at least I didn't lose that or all of my pictures. (FYI--This is my second camera to be stolen by the way...my first digital camera was stolen the day after Brandon and Amanda's wedding when my apartment was broken into a couple years ago.)Anyways, I've been trying to figure out all week how I could get my hands on a camera to be able to take pictures of this weekend, but after a picture-less rehearsal last night, I finally concluded I was just going to have to buy another one right now. I have a couple of graduations that I wanted to be able to document as well so I figured now was as good a time as any to fork over the money I shouldn't have to be spending again. So this morning I went to Wal-mart before my hair appointment to pick one out. I was running late so it was a rushed selection. Then I realized that I left my memory card at home so I had to drive all the way back to get that and drive back across town to the hair place...trying so hard not to miss anything or be late. Meredith's hair lady did my hair (and did a bee-you-ti-ful job if I do say so) and then we went to the church to get ready. I had to search everywhere for a pair of scissors to open the package and ended up shredding the pacakge trying to get the camera out. I excitedly put in the batteries and began to peel off the sticker covering the LCD screen just as Meredith was starting to get ready...and....the stinkin' screen was broken!!! ARGGHHHHHH!!!! Still no pictures!! I was so sad!! Of course there were a million other people taking zillions of pictures so hopefully they will share some with me, but there's nothing like being able to take your own.
The whole wedding weekend has been really nice. Last night at the rehearsal dinner (which was On the Border....my absolute favorite!!!!) everyone just stood up and shared really sweet things about Brandon and Meredith. It was such a random mix of people there but it was neat to see how we could all come together for one special purpose. Probably the thing I loved the most is that after the rehearsal dinner last night we all went back to the Campbells along with all their college friends who were here for the wedding and just had a devotional and prayer time for a couple of hours. We just sang and people took turns praying for Brandon and Meredith. I've been in and around a ton of weddings but I really admired their determination to maintain a spiritual focus and to put aside all the details to just enjoy their friends and family and worship together. It was really beautiful.
Meredith is just really special to me. She's always been way more wise and mature than me, even though I'm seven years older, and she has always been a great listening ear and advice giver! :-) There have been many times that I have not been a good friend or "big sis" but she never gave up on me and she fought to keep our friendship intact. She is one of the handful of people in the world that i know truly cares about me no matter what.
So anyways hopefully I can mooch some pictures off of someone so you all can see my beautiful hair do...and oh yeah, Meredith! ;-)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Exhausting Weekend!
While most people were relaxing beside barbecue grills or swimming pools this weekend, I spent the past three days in round-the-clock strenuous manual labor. I moved to another apartment this weekend and it was quite the ordeal. I think packing and moving is one of the most difficult and frustrating things we have to endure in life...it makes me wish I were my grandparents who have lived in the same house for over 50 years. It never seems like you have that much stuff until you start opening all the cabinets and closets and putting things into boxes. Then it's just embarrassing to have to ask anyone to help you. However, it must be done..ugh, ugh, UGH!!!
Saturday morning started off with our rescheduled car wash to raise money for the Wilderness Trek trip. We didn't have very many cars come through, but there were only a few of us so it was probably all we could handle. It seemed like every vehicle that came through was either a huge SUV or pickup truck...which they deserve to have their cars washed as well, but goodness!!...very tiring! After the car wash it was off for more packing. I couldn't pick up the keys until 5pm and the moving truck until early Sunday morning, so Sunday was actually the big moving day. T.A. helped me load the truck with everything except the big furniture and heavy stuff. Then he had things to do, so I recruited some kids to help me unload. The plan was to hire the moving helpers that helped me last time for the heavy stuff. (They were awesome...one of the guys carried a whole couch on his back by himself like it was a backpack). They were supposed to meet us at 3pm. The plan was to have all the boxes unloaded so they could just do the furniture. Dezeray, Raiven, Kearwon, and Rosco did an wonderful job unloading the truck (that took T.A. and I at least 4 hours to load) in about 30 minutes. They were so great!! So we took a break and sat around waiting...and waiting...and waiting for the moving helpers. Strangely, he wasn't picking up the phone and the voicemail was full. This was so baffling to me because in all my other dealings with these people, they have been very professional. Well, I finally realized that I was getting stood up and had to quickly figure out plan B. The kids didn't balk at tackling the big stuff. I have to say that Kearwon was a beast. He loaded the bed, the couches, etc. almost by himself. T.A. came back over and he and Kearwon handled the TV and a few other large things. It wasn't easy but we finally got everything in except the washer and dryer. We are going to need a big dolly (how do you spell that anyway?) and a couple of really strong people for those, so I'm still figuring that out right now. Last time the moving help handled it like it was something a kindergartner could do. How I missed those guys!!! Still don't know what happened to them. I ended up splitting the money I was going to pay the moving help between the kids because they got a lot more work put on them than they bargained for! They were really great...they never complained and just made the day fun. We also feasted our weary bodies at CiCi's before I took them home (after Pizza Hut was going to charge me almost $40 for three medium pizzas...ridiculous!!)
Monday was spent taming the chaos. My new apartment has a garage so my "crew" had just dumped a lot of stuff in there. My apartment is upstairs on top of the garage so a few zillion trips up and down between the garage and apartment have my calves mooing today. I think it will be a few days before I can actually park in there! I really like the new apartment except that the closets are TINY!! Practically non-existent. So I spent most of the day finagling my stuff trying to get it all tucked away somewhere....the garage helped with this hugely! Khris, Kearwon, and T.A. came over to try to deal with the washer and dryer and they managed to get it into the garage, but not up the stairs. I also had to go back to the old apartment and give it a through cleaning, which is never fun. Finally...after about 3 days of nonstop physical labor, I crashed in a nice, neat, super clean apartment!
I say this every time but....I'm NEVER moving again!!! ;-)
P.S. I just realized that I don't think I ever posted about the fact that I was never able to find a house/townhouse/or condo in the price range, area, or condition that I was looking for. Because I had to make a decision with the end of my apartment lease, I decided to postpone the house search for the time being. Thus...apartment life continues!
Saturday morning started off with our rescheduled car wash to raise money for the Wilderness Trek trip. We didn't have very many cars come through, but there were only a few of us so it was probably all we could handle. It seemed like every vehicle that came through was either a huge SUV or pickup truck...which they deserve to have their cars washed as well, but goodness!!...very tiring! After the car wash it was off for more packing. I couldn't pick up the keys until 5pm and the moving truck until early Sunday morning, so Sunday was actually the big moving day. T.A. helped me load the truck with everything except the big furniture and heavy stuff. Then he had things to do, so I recruited some kids to help me unload. The plan was to hire the moving helpers that helped me last time for the heavy stuff. (They were awesome...one of the guys carried a whole couch on his back by himself like it was a backpack). They were supposed to meet us at 3pm. The plan was to have all the boxes unloaded so they could just do the furniture. Dezeray, Raiven, Kearwon, and Rosco did an wonderful job unloading the truck (that took T.A. and I at least 4 hours to load) in about 30 minutes. They were so great!! So we took a break and sat around waiting...and waiting...and waiting for the moving helpers. Strangely, he wasn't picking up the phone and the voicemail was full. This was so baffling to me because in all my other dealings with these people, they have been very professional. Well, I finally realized that I was getting stood up and had to quickly figure out plan B. The kids didn't balk at tackling the big stuff. I have to say that Kearwon was a beast. He loaded the bed, the couches, etc. almost by himself. T.A. came back over and he and Kearwon handled the TV and a few other large things. It wasn't easy but we finally got everything in except the washer and dryer. We are going to need a big dolly (how do you spell that anyway?) and a couple of really strong people for those, so I'm still figuring that out right now. Last time the moving help handled it like it was something a kindergartner could do. How I missed those guys!!! Still don't know what happened to them. I ended up splitting the money I was going to pay the moving help between the kids because they got a lot more work put on them than they bargained for! They were really great...they never complained and just made the day fun. We also feasted our weary bodies at CiCi's before I took them home (after Pizza Hut was going to charge me almost $40 for three medium pizzas...ridiculous!!)
Monday was spent taming the chaos. My new apartment has a garage so my "crew" had just dumped a lot of stuff in there. My apartment is upstairs on top of the garage so a few zillion trips up and down between the garage and apartment have my calves mooing today. I think it will be a few days before I can actually park in there! I really like the new apartment except that the closets are TINY!! Practically non-existent. So I spent most of the day finagling my stuff trying to get it all tucked away somewhere....the garage helped with this hugely! Khris, Kearwon, and T.A. came over to try to deal with the washer and dryer and they managed to get it into the garage, but not up the stairs. I also had to go back to the old apartment and give it a through cleaning, which is never fun. Finally...after about 3 days of nonstop physical labor, I crashed in a nice, neat, super clean apartment!
I say this every time but....I'm NEVER moving again!!! ;-)
P.S. I just realized that I don't think I ever posted about the fact that I was never able to find a house/townhouse/or condo in the price range, area, or condition that I was looking for. Because I had to make a decision with the end of my apartment lease, I decided to postpone the house search for the time being. Thus...apartment life continues!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Another Quote....
"Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."- Mother Teresa
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Plugging Away!
Well, another semester of graduate school has successfully come to a close. Grades were posted today and I was pleased to see that I came out with A's in both my classes. I was reviewing my transcript and was sort of excited to realize that I have now completed 33 hours towards my Master's and only have 9 hours left!!! When I started back in Fall 2007, I originally started with a major in Reading, so I lost about 9 hours when I changed to the library thing. (I call it the library thing because the official name of my degree is a Master of Education in Library Technology and Information Science with a Major in Library and Information Science...whew!! What a mouthful! And very redundant. I can never remember the whole thing and have to look it up every time!)
However, I recently decided that I would go ahead and take two additional classes in order to qualify to take the Master Reading Teacher certification test. The MRT program requires 3 specific graduate level reading classes and passing the certification test. I already completed one of the required classes when I was still in the Reading program, so I figured that two more classes won't kill me. I can take one of them this fall and one next summer.
SO...the plan is to take 6 hours this summer, 3 hours for Library and 3 hours for Reading this fall, take my school librarian certification test, graduate with the Master's in December, then take the remaining Reading class next summer, take the MRT test and then BE DONE!!!!
So I'll have a reading/language arts/social studies certification, school librarian certification, Master Reading Teacher certification, and a Master's degree! Surely I'll be able to keep a job in the state of Texas! :-)
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me being anti-social for the past two years. Although the programs haven't been extremely difficult, I have taken 6 hours every semester and it is quite a bit of time and work to squeeze into a full-time work schedule. I'm really looking forward to December and having weekends to spend as I please again!
The end is sight, thank goodness!!!!
However, I recently decided that I would go ahead and take two additional classes in order to qualify to take the Master Reading Teacher certification test. The MRT program requires 3 specific graduate level reading classes and passing the certification test. I already completed one of the required classes when I was still in the Reading program, so I figured that two more classes won't kill me. I can take one of them this fall and one next summer.
SO...the plan is to take 6 hours this summer, 3 hours for Library and 3 hours for Reading this fall, take my school librarian certification test, graduate with the Master's in December, then take the remaining Reading class next summer, take the MRT test and then BE DONE!!!!
So I'll have a reading/language arts/social studies certification, school librarian certification, Master Reading Teacher certification, and a Master's degree! Surely I'll be able to keep a job in the state of Texas! :-)
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me being anti-social for the past two years. Although the programs haven't been extremely difficult, I have taken 6 hours every semester and it is quite a bit of time and work to squeeze into a full-time work schedule. I'm really looking forward to December and having weekends to spend as I please again!
The end is sight, thank goodness!!!!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Quote of the Day
"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."--Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
Friday, May 15, 2009
Scrapblog
Well, after three hours of trial and error, I managed to create the little header thing for my blog that you see above. I did have an entire background but it was a little too much for my taste so I just stuck with the header. It was a combination of a template off of www.thecutestblogontheblock.com and some editing I did using www.scrapblog.com. Now, I'm kinda excited about my Scrapblog discovery. It is free and you can create some pretty cute little photo layouts and whatnot...if you're into the whole digital scrapbooking thing, I think this is a user-friendly site to start with.
Of course, without a camera my photo blogging attempts might be at a standstill for awhile. :-(
Of course, without a camera my photo blogging attempts might be at a standstill for awhile. :-(
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