Oh corn!

The title of the post is for my granny and my mom. They say "oh corn" or "oh foot" when something goes wrong, haha. Really, there's nothing wrong minus the fact that I am yet again procrastinating.

Also, I mention corn because Jeff, Sarah, Colin, Tim, and I went to the corn maze/pumpkin patch/farm thing in Shreveport this weekend. I value my friendship with them so very much, this weekend was pleasant! I laugh so hard when we hang out with them...we have many "adventures" even if Sarah does not like being adventurous!


Tim and I are still absolutely clueless about where we need to go to church at. We still don't feel "at home." It's disheartening...it just makes us want to stop church for a while. But, we need the fellowship and family...so that's not okay. Pray that we will find a church home somewhere that we can be loved and used for His work.


I had a traumatic hair cut this weekend. It is uneven and not at all what I wanted...so in an hour I get to go get it fixed, and I am incredibly excited...I have had to wear my hair up in the past few days because of how awful it is. Luckily, my old roommate's mom is a wonderful stylist and she will save the day!


Can I just say that I am really bad at personal relationships? Since I've gotten married, it seems the thing I care about the most is coming home to Tim to hang out and rest...which isn't bad, but I feel like I have neglected other friendships I have made in the past. Luckily, we have married friends, too, which makes it easier to hang out all together at once..but still...sometimes I feel like I isolate myself...and lately it doesn't bother me that I do, and I don't know if that's okay.

Well I hope everyone is having a good, yet cool, week!

Can I just say....

Can I just say that I love my husband? I do. He is wonderful.

We are on the etbu commercial together and we look cute :) .

This is us being our crazy selves this weekend for Homecomming at ETBU.

Number three

Lives can be taken so fast. I was informed that a friend and fellow youth that I used to take home from church almost every Wednesday was killed in a car accident. She was a sweetheart, a youth that I was hoping I could be a good influence for. When I was a youth at University Baptist Church, we had about 15-20 students. Out of those, three have passed away in the past two years. One from an accidental gun shot at a party, one from a weak immune system from leukemia, and one from a car crash (she was present when the one at the party died). It is so hard to fathom what God's intentions are. Why would he take a life so young? Obviously, in His plan there is a reason, but in my totally human mind...I get so frustrated.

In my frustration, most of it stems from knowing how little time we have here. Part of me screams inside begging to God that these young people knew Him...and that I was someone who could have helped or hurt their belief in God.

I guess my big issue is that I was the female youth leader of all three kids that have passed away. Could I have done a better job? Did anything I said help them see the glory of our Majesty? Did my example open their eyes to accept our wonderful Savior? I don't know any of these things for sure, God does. But I want to know...I want to know full well that these students are up celebrating the new life with our Creator.

When we see the God of the Old Testament full of anger and revenge on His people, it's hard to believe that Jesus came from that same creator...gentle, humble, loving, accepting, forgiving. I know God is all of these things, but contrasting that to the wrath he put upon the Nations of Israel, he doesn't seem to be the same God....or atleast until something like this happens. God gives AND He takes away. I just wish I could grasp why.

I sing when I'm alone in my apartment :0)

It has been a while since I've blogged...I'm sorry to have kept you guys waiting.

Life is busy...and while it's busy I sit here and procrastinate. I haven't had time to blog because of school and such. I love being an education major and not writing papers all the time...but project after project gets tedious and time consuming! I am ready to get in that classroom!

In other news, Tim and I have begun praying about our jobs. We figure it's never too early to start praying for direction and clarity. We have thrown around the ideas of living in Mansfield and then I could teach in Arlington or Mansfield...I would love that! We both love that area! But, that's what OUR plan is, haha! God does place desires in our hearts for a reason, and so living back in the metroplex is still realistic! I am excited to see what the next few years will bring! I am scared at the same time, though. When we move, we will not have income yet...so that could be a bit rough. If everything goes as planned, we will be out of debt (minus school loans and a car payment everymonth) next year! It is so nice to be able to say that! When I start teaching and Tim is doing ministry, our income will triple if not quadruple what we are making now! We can finally have a real saving account!!

I probably won't be blogging again for a while, Homecoming is this week, soccer is starting, and like I said projects are piling. So, this will have to suffice your hunger for now!
Just know that God is good, and we are doing great!

I am quirky, too!

Okay, so I'm not all spiffy and I don't know how to get the little icon....but I know I got tagged by Sarah to name 7 quirky things about myself, SO HERE GOES!

1) I keep chapstick with me at all times. I CANNOT live without it. I have five different kinds in my purse right now!

2) I have to press snooze at least two times in the morning. (Sorry, Tim!)

3) When I use the microwave, I leave the left over time up...and it drives Tim nuts haha!

4) I am obsessed with cleaning my livingroom and kitchen.

5) I have to hang up ALL of my tshirts and hang them in order of color- Black, brown, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, grey, and white.

6) I shower multiple times a day.

7) I never finish what I am drinking...there is always something left in the can or the cup. (and I don't drink my cereal milk)

I know I have tons more, but those are few. Haha

If all my readers could keep my granny in your prayers, that would be wonderful! She has breast cancer, so it's scary, but they caught it early. So, prayers please. AND, granny I heard that you read this so I want you to know that I love you! (you too, Papa!)

This weekend went by way too fast!

Another week come and gone...

I am sitting at work passing the last 10 minutes, and I figured this would be a good way to do so. It is Friday and for that I am incredibly thankful! This was not a bad week at all, but the weekends are always more than welcomed! I am incredibly excited about tonight...Tim and I are going on a DATE! Who says you can't go on dates once you're married??

My husband is the best. We were just laughing together last night remembering that our first meal was at Arby's! We went to Arby's in our mock wedding outfits and a just married car. We were so hungry, we didn't want to wait! I never thought I would love someone so much...God truly created something amazing!

We are visiting another church on Sunday. I am pretty excited, we both have a good feeling about this one...so pray for us! I applied for two scholarships today...so pray for that, too!

Tim has cooked for us twice this week! He is a great cheif, might I add! He made some wonderful chicken and then last night twice baked potatoes! What a catch!!

God keeps blessing us! Life is wonderful :-)

Sleep habits

One of the biggest surprises of marriage has been the sleep habits of my husband, Tim. Before we got married, he swore to me that he layed on his stomach with his hands pulled in and did not move at all (like he would know since he was asleep, right? haha). Well, I have learned that is NOT what happens. He changes positions a lot and talks. Many nights I am awaken and I can't help but laugh at the funny things he does in his sleep. One night he was on a roll! He woke up at one point talking about his feet and when I said "what?" he mumbled something and fell back asleep. Later that night, he rolled over and patted my leg and was still asleep. After that, he rolled over and put his arms around me and said, "no shower." And I asked him, "you don't want ME to take a shower?" and he said, "no" and then I asked, "do you not want to take a shower?" and he mumbled and was out again. He does things like this many nights, but I can't always make out what he says. Last week, he mumbled something about moving rocks. Last night, he mumbled something about food, but I couldn't make out what he said. The funniest thing he has done happened last night as he was falling asleep! I was facing away from him and I heard like a smacking noise. He was kissing his hand! He woke up and was like, 'oh my gosh, that's not you!" It was so funny, somehow he thought he was kissing me...so I kissed him and laughed for a while.
On another note, I woke up myself up last week punching the air...haha I've never done that before, Tim must be rubbing off on me. I was punching this guy in my dream and lo and behold, I awoke taking a cheap shot in thin air!

I have my first test and my first peer teaching today! Wish me luck! This weekend we are coming to Arlington to visit my family, then to Cool to visit the grandparents and then Sunday to Ennis! Busy, busy weekend!

I hope your week is going splendidly!