Monday, November 16, 2009

What Would You Ask If You Had Just One Question...

PROJECT 365: Day 88
I lead such an exciting life, don't I? ;)

Today has been chilly and very long. I woke up a little late this morning since my bed felt so comfortable. Also, I stayed up to watch "Fireproof" again. It was totally worth it though! Anyways, I was about 5 minutes late to class, but half of my class were in the hallway, gathered around a table. I asked a girl if it was a class field trip and she said he was giving a bonus point to anyone who donated $2 to the Invisible Children booth. If you don't know anything about Invisible Children, go here. It's a really important cause and very eye-opening. Thankfully, with this little bonus point scramble, it didn't matter I was late :)

I went by the grocery store to buy some lunch. When I was there, I decided I really wanted some Fig Newtons. I always get the strawberry kind... yum! So here I am at work... doing easy crossword puzzles online and eating Fig Newtons. It's a hard life, isn't it? lol Tonight Phil and I are going grocery shopping then watching our two new DVDs from Netflix. We have to watch them quickly so we can finish all the scary movies by Christmas! I can't believe Christmas and Thanksgiving are so close... where has this year gone?! Ah well... that's they way the cookie crumbles.

Happy Monday everyone!

Peace to you,

"What If God Was One Of Us" by Joan Osbourne

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Just Remember Me When...

PROJECT 365: Day 86
Went back to Weight Watchers for the first time in three weeks. Despite everything that's happened, I still lost 1.4 pounds which brings me to a total weight loss of 14 pounds! I know that's not much in the amount of time I've been a member, but I'm pretty proud :)

After the meeting, I made a grocery shopping list and then I decided I needed to get my CHI back from Annette. You see, Annette had borrowed my straightener at OIL and accidently took it home to Tulsa. So I had a mini-road trip and hung out with one of my BFFs for a few hours. We talked, walked around Hobby Lobby and had a nice time :) I got my straightener back and she also gave me the first book in the True Blood series. She really really likes the book and is a fan of the tv show as well. I told her I'd read the book, so here goes nothing.

I won't start tonight though! I have 48ish hours to watch the last 8 episodes of Veronica Mars online before it rotates back to season 1.

Hope y'all had a great day!

Peace to you,



"We Used To Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols (Veronica Mars theme song)

Friday, November 13, 2009

I'm Hooked So Toss Me Over...

PROJECT 365: Day 85

Today was not a super great day for me. A few minor things started to feel like big things by the end of the day. Things didn't even get better once I got home. Phil and I got in a silly fight and I felt even worse. However, being the great husband he is, he still offered to take me to a movie tonight. We went to see "A Christmas Carol" in 3D! That was fun and the movie was pretty good. It did have some jumpy/kinda scary for a children's movie moments, but overall I enjoyed it. It's always nice to be in a better mood by bed time. It makes sleep much more peaceful and enjoyable! Now I'm ready to decorate for Christmas! Anyone else? :)

Happy Friday all!

Peace to you,


"The Bird and the Worm" by Owl City

Thursday, November 12, 2009

It Doesn't Matter What You've Heard...

In honor of our future move to this area, I felt it was important to enlighten my husband as to why Reading is the perfect town in Pennsylvania for us :) Enjoy!

Reasons to love Reading
  1. Good real estate market
  2. Good school districts
  3. Commute to Philadelphia is within the range requested by Phil (no more than an hour)
  4. Several job opportunities for both of us
  5. Community initiative to lower crime rates
  6. Nice weather :)
  7. Snow!! ( aka more white Christmases!)
  8. They have a local hockey AND baseball team! (w00t!)
  9. Lots of activities the family can go to together
  10. A community theater/respect for the arts in general
Those were my top 10 things to love about Reading, PA. There are a few other reasons I'm excited about moving there (such as easy travel to NYC, I already know some awesome people in that area, etc). I won't lie, it's still a little scary to know I'll be moving so far from everything I know. However, I'm not letting my fear stop Phil from persuing his dreams. It'll be a grand adventure that we will face together, hand in hand. At least I won't have to do it alone :)
Peace to you,

"What Faith Can Do" by Kutless

I'll Be Looking At The Moon, But I'll Be Seeing You...

PROJECT 365: Day 84

I'm around again. As I mentioned before, when life-changing events happen to me, I tend to disappear while I deal. Luckily this was a little more expected so I haven't been gone real long. You see, I was officially diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) on Tuesday. This effects more than just my fertility, it also means I don't utilize insulin as well as I should. However, I am not diabetic and my cholesterol looks good as well. This is not life threatening and it doesn't mean I can never have children. However, it was hard to hear that it would be difficult. Plus, I'm taking a pill to help me out a little that makes me nauceous, but I'm slowly adjusting. I'm such a blessed person since I have this unbelievable support system with my family. They're not only being there for me when I need someone to talk/cry to, they're also learning all they can about PCOS so they can better understand what it is. God is so good!!

Other than this, I'm happy to have a fairly quiet week in terms of school, work and social activities. I've been missing my parents a lot lately, but I know it's only because I'll be seeing them soon. It's good just to hear their voice sometimes :)

Tonight, Phil and I are watching "Night of the Living Dead". Even with Halloween over, we still have several horror films on our Netflix queue. I'll be so glad to move on with these Xb Is it Christmas yet?

After this post, I made a list of "Reasons to love Reading" mostly for Phil to see and I thought I'd share it with y'all! Since there is a high chance we'll be moving there after we're both done with school so I wanted him to know what some of the best things about it were!

I hope God is blessing you this week!

Peace to you,


"I'll Be Seeing You" by Billie Holiday

Monday, November 9, 2009

Feels Like I'll Never Be The Same...

*le sigh*

Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE being in OIL. However, sleeping 21 hours over the past 4 nights does not appeal to me very much :-/ Luckily I now get to sleep in my own bed with my husband :) That does brighten things up a bit. OIL was fun, but I also feeling like we had one of the best freshmen classes this session hands down! I really hope next session is just as inspiring and just a tad bit smoother sailing than this one ;) Can't wait for post mortem though!! I know it's in two weeks, but nobody has really decided where it's going to be. Hmm...

I know I've been laxed on my Project 365 pictures, but now that I don't have a conference that requires my utmost attention 24/5 (since it's only 5 days long), I will be back in the grind of things starting tonight.

For now, I decided to share something with you that I heard on the radio during one of my commutes over the past 5 days. This is technically a picture from Project 365, but since it's not for today, I won't name it as such.

I was listening to KLOVE on my way to the capitol after running to work for a little meeting. They had some woman come on to give a little blurb about marriage. Here's what I got out of it. Marriage is defined by some as always being in that "head-over-heels", "madly in love" phase that many relationships eventually grow out of. To some, when this goes away, they contemplate if they are truly in love anymore. The truth is, anything worth having is worth working on. Marriage is not an answer to a troubled relationship nor is it something that comes easy to some and hard to others. Some days you may wake up next to your spouse and wonder why you got married in the first place. However, your commitment to your marriage is like tying a shoe. If you make the conscience decision to retie your shoe every morning, you are not just putting another article of clothing on. Instead, you are making the choice to ensure a stronger hold in your knot as well as a longer-lasting shoe. If you were to just tie your shoe once and slip it on and off, your shoe will wear out faster and the laces will eventually break. The bottom line being: you may not always have that gooey feeling of love all the time, but by choosing to live out your commitment with your spouse, your love will grow deeper and stronger with each and every day :)

Peace to you,

"Like A Star" by Corinne Bailey Rae

But I Know What It Feels Like

This post is going to be awfully vulnerable and hard for me, but I really want to finally say it out loud. I got permission for my daughter ...