"If any of you lacks wisdom (teeth) he should ask God..."
I just thought that was funny. I thought of that verse this morning for some reason and then I put the teeth in there. Good times. It's true, my wisdom teeth are gone. Well, I actually still have one left. A lone reed in the back of my mouth. I hope he survives without his pals around. I think I'll name him to let him know that he's special to me. Let's see.... I think I'll name him Val. There's really no reason why I chose that name, it just popped into my head right now.
The whole ordeal of getting the teeth out was interesting. They gave me valiume which I was actually pretty excited about. In Beetlejuice Lydia tells Adam and Barbara that her mom is "sleeping with prince valiume tonight." Yes, I can even relate my wisdom teeth removal to Beetlejuice. I though, "Man, I can't wait to see what it's like to be on some heavy drugs." Turns out, they didn't do ANYTHING. I took 'em, waited, waited, and didn't feel any different. I was freaking out a little that morning. I had a small thought enter my mind, "What if I just don't go?" I went.
That day was spent sleeping and watching movies. It was pretty nice. I took vicodin and stuff so it didn't really hurt at all. The second day I was getting a little cranky because I was hungry and it started to hurt. The third day I realized that the vicodin made my head hurt and my mouth hurt pretty bad too in spite of it, so I stopped taking it. I was still cranky from not being able to eat tasty food too. The fourth day, I was just mad. I was hungry, bored, and my head and mouth hurt a lot. I'm pretty much back to normal now, which is good. I think I was just hungry.
You know I only write blogs when I really need to be doing something else right? Yeah, I should really be doing some online homework for my hancock class.... Online classes really aren't for me. I don't know how people can do it.
I'm going to give some shout outs to ya'll.
Farah-You are one of the funniest people I know. Hanging out with you last night brought me so much joy. I am so thankful that God prepared you for Michael so that we could be friends. I love you so much! One more thing: 1-Immaturity 2-Age 3-.... You are fabulous. :o)
Michael-I drank one of your diet cokes last night. Thanks. Ok, so I also realized how hilarious you are. I can't imagine actually acting out a scene from Montel in a public place with anyone else. "My soul, my soul must sing...."
Parker-Thanks for the pound of yogurt creations! You are a very giving person and I'm thankful that you're my friend. I'll put a word in with the Chief about you. :o)
Ashli-Tyler is amazing. MAD PROPS to you for the labor. You are incredible. Thanks for giving me the truth about child birth. Now I'm never having sex. Love ya.
Jaz-Thanks for always commenting on my blog. If I ever go to Bako I'm totally going to stop by and say hi. We've had some good memories over the years... Love ya
Steph-Thanks for letting me stay at your place and for getting me all of those gifts. I love them. You're a faithful friend.
Carrie-Thanks for having your future wedding in Minnesota. I'm really excited about going. I've always wanted to see what all the fuss is about. I better see some lakes, that's all I'm saying. Thanks for serving the Lord in Haiti. You inspire me. I love you.
Morgan-Well, I haven't seen you in a while. I don't really know what to shout at you... I still love you though and cherish your friendship. Oh, I thought of something! Shout out to the b-day ride on the Vespa! That was sweet!! I definitely locked that away in my memory vault. Can't wait to hang out sometime soon. PSL (pumpkin spice latte) date soon!
Jesus-You amaze me.

Then you can mash, then you can monster mash
That is probably one of the greatest songs EVER. One time when I was in elementary school, we had this Halloween walk-a-thon thing. They had a DJ there and while we were walking around he played the Monster Mash. That was the first time I ever heard that song. I've loved it ever since.
In other news, I'm taking this class on-line at Hancock called "The Bible as Literature." I kind of love it. I get units for reading the Bible, how sweet is that? Anywho, I had to buy a New Living/King James Bible for the class, and I have pretty much fallen in love with the New Living Translation. Last night I was reading Genesis it said, "And God was sorry He ever made them. It broke His heart." This was in reference to the flood. It reminded me of the robot insurance commercial on SNL, "Why do the scientists even make them?" Or at least in that voice. Fun with scripture.
I can't believe it's not even 10am yet. I hope this day goes faster.... When I get off work on Thursday this coming week, I don't have to come back for 6 days! That is good stuff right there.
Well, that's my life. If anyone wants to, they can bring me a McGriddle at work. That would be nice. Love you guys

Oompa Loopma Doopity Dawsome....
I wrote a new blog and that's totally awesome. Yeah, so pretty much, I'm not really sure what I'm going to write about. I just are some really good potato soup. I love fall. Definitely a soup season. Today, Joy and I went to Oso Flaco. For those of you who don't habla espanol, that means "skinny bear." I'm not a skinny bear after that soup I just had. Oh man. It was incredibly windy. The sand stung our legs and we could have died today. The waves were crazy. I'm not even kidding. It was fun though. Joy is a cool kat.
I got a new Bible. I had to buy it for my class that starts next week. I'm excited because it's the new living translation and I've always wanted to buy it, now I had an excuse to. Good times. Esther the cat is gone. I think she's dead, but Mrs.Hough just thinks she found a new home. If she doesn't come back by next week, I'm going to plan a funeral. I loved that cat. She was so overweight and cuddly.
Work. We decorated for Halloween today. Well, I didn't do it, but my friends did. It's pretty sweet, you guys should come by and see it. By the way, I would really like to receive that raven Michael. You know how much I love that bird.
Well, I think that's all I've got right now. God is good.

The Computer Lab
My class about gangs is getting really old. I decided to come into the computer lab for a while and do all kinds of exciting things like: check my myspace, surf the www, write a new blog, read the latest Creed Thoughts, the list goes on. Good times. Remember the old days in the school computer lab? Oregon Trail rocked my world! Sometimes I would put curse words on the grave sites... oh the good ol' days. Let's see, I'm wasting some good time here, what should I talk about. I'm going to see Tani next weekend in Santa Cruz, very exciting. We're even going to the boardwalk. I hope next week flys by because I can hardly wait for Saturday.
I've been working at a different branch this week and it has been amazing. I want to stay there. I would miss my friends at the other (ghetto) branch, but this branch is so nice and clean and slower. I'm so torn! I'm definitley praying about it, we'll see what God does. I wonder what they're doing in my class right now. I really don't want to go back in there. If they watch a video, I am so leaving.
My nephew says "cookie" now. It's so cute. He's my little cookie monster. It's funny what endearing names we call children: monster, squirt, pumpkin, doll, princess. When you get older, it wouldn't be so nice to call someone a monster or squirt. My dad still calls me pumpkin sometimes, I wonder when that will stop. I don't mind, it's just funny sometimes. I think I'll think of something new to call my kids. That would be fun.
Well, I should get back to class I suppose. I love you guys!

"It's $20, you have to eat it."

Most Dysfunctional Places in Santa Maria
I decided to write this blog while I was wating in the drive-thru line at Taco Bell.....

#1-The Taco Bell by Edwards Theatre
I actually have a lot of stories about this one, therefore I'm naming it the most dysfuntional place in Santa Maria. Here are a couple reasons: one time I wanted to drive-thru before I caught a movie at Edwards but there were police cars surrounding the place so I couldn't. Another time I was eating there with Steven and this guy was standing outside talking to us about the Chumash Casino bus (he was really excited about it). Last time I went there they were out of beans... beans people! And today, I waited in the drive-thru line for about half an hour. Don't get me wrong, I love taco bell, but I have to say, this one just isn't up to par.

#2-The Admin Department at Hancock
What's with the two lines thing guys? You wait in the first line to turn in whatever paperwork you have, then you have to wait in the second line for a really long time to get your receipt. LAME. Why can't they just have one line? Do you guys hear me on this one?

#3-Wal-Mart
Of course. I really don't think this one needs an explanation.

#4-Blockbuster Video by Kohls
I went there one time expecting to pay some late fees and rent "Stranger Than Fiction." When I brought the movie up to rent it they guy asked me for my info because I didn't have my card. I told him and he said, "Is your name Sara?" I said, "No, that's my sister." He pretty much said whatever and checked out the movie under her name. I guess they erased my late fees and my account. Sweet deal for me.... not so much for my sister if I turned the movie in late....

#5-USA Gas Station
That place scares me a little bit. It always crazy busy and they have Subway inside to after people get gas they go inside and get Subway. Meanwhile, I'm waiting for my turn to get gas while that person is standing in the Subway line. They always have the weirdest people working there too. Remind me to tell you guys about the coughing lady...

Well, there you have it. I would have listed my work on there too but I'm not brave enough. Maybe some other day. Love you guys!

The Time Has Come
This blog is just pretty much going to be a recap of my life for the past 3 months or so. Enjoy!
June-That was a great month. I went to Hume with some A-mazing people. I went there to serve my girls... but God did so much more. That week ignited some things in my heart, and the flame is still burning. I feel a Point of Grace song coming on....
July-I said goodbye to my beloved roomie. Took me awhile to get ahold of myself after the wedding, but it's cool now.
August-I went to San Diego for the first time, Reub and Hezza's wedding. It was also my birthday, but we won't talk about that. School began for me once more. Definitely the beginning of the end. woop woop.
It all comes down to the fact that God is just amazing. I'm serious guys, He really rocked my world this summer, and He pretty much always does. I'm really glad I'm His.

Alas, it's almost fall, the season of change. I don't care if Parker doesn't call it, it's fall to me. You know why? Pumpkin Spice Latte is back. My sweet, beautiful, soothing, liquid heaven. I really like fall. You know what else I like right now? Advil. And that's all I have to say about that.

Welp, that's life for now. I love you guys.

What I Did on My Summer Vacation -By: Jennifer Loux
It's coming soon.... I just don't have time to write it right now. :o)

Further
There's this song by Pillar called "Further." It's pretty much my lifesong right now. I know it's kind of cheesy when people say that, but I don't care, I'm saying it. The chorus of the song is: I'm further, further from myself, when I'm next to You, when I run to You. I definitely want to be further from myself and closer to Jesus. Yeah, so I haven't been writing lately. Life is a little crazy, but good. I hope to find time to write a little more soon. I love you guys and please keep praying for me. Thanks!!

Aspiring to be a Gardener
Well I started school this week. Today I sat in my car before class contemplating whether or not to go in. I get like that sometimes, it's just one of my "things" I guess. I did go in, with a weird nervousness in the pit of my stomach. The class I had tonight is called "Youth at Risk." God has been doing some things in my heart for a while concerning youth so I thought this would be a good class for me. Thankfully, there were people I knew from previous classes in there and I even made a new friend so that was good. My professor is pretty amazing. She is so calm and has A LOT of knowledge. I look forward to asking her questions and all that good stuff. Anywho, something she said tonight really stuck with me. I think it was from our book, but she brought it to life... She said that we should be gardeners and not mechanics. For the rest of the class I just started thinking about what that really means for me. A gardener works with living things, they nurture and help things grow. A mechanic works with objects and tries to fix those objects.
Sometimes I get this fear in me. Yes I love people. I love my girls from Hume. I care deeply about kids who aren't being nurtured and who don't feel love. But sometimes I just get scared that I don't know enough to do anything about how passionate I am about these things. I guess that I've always just felt that love just isn't enough for me to make a difference.
Then I realize that it isn't me making the difference anyway, it's God. He's the real gardener. Do you know what I'm trying to say here? I'm definitely NOT a mechanic. I understand that I can't fix people. But sometimes I don't know if I'm really a gardener either. Please pray for me friends.
In other news, I don't work tomorrow. What a sweet, sweet day. I love you guys.

Week of Utter Insanity
I have a feeling that this week is going to be c to the razy. I see it in the forecast. It's not a bad crazy though, I just probably won't get very much rest and all that jazz. Let's see, I watched the meteor shower last night. It wasn't really a "shower" of meteors, but I saw enough to keep me satisfied until next year. There was this one (ok, four) that made me cry a little. Sometimes I just get overwhelmed by what God does. Even a little shooting star is amazing. I hope I never lose that.

Cover Me- Bebo Norman

Cover me, cover up my tears
Cover up this man who's covered up in fear
I need a peace of mind, I need a piece of you
To cover all that's gone and everything that's new
You unveil me with your mercy
I want to breathe you in
You unfold me, then you hold me
Cover up my heart, cover up my soul
Cover up this world and everything I know
You cover up the sky, you cover up the sea
Cover up the mountains and every part of me
And every single breath I breathe...Cover me

I am still alive and covered up in years
Covered up in lines as innocence appears
So give me a peace of mind, give me a piece of you
To cover all that's old
with everything that's new
You unveil me with your mercy
I want to breathe you in
And you unfold me, then you hold me
Cover up my heart, cover up my soul
Cover up this world and everything I know
You cover up the sky, you cover up the sea
Cover up the mountains and every part of me
And every single breath I breathe...Cover me

You unveil me with your mercy
I want to breathe you in
You unfold me then you hold me
I want to shed this skin
You unveil me with your mercy
You unfold me, then you hold me
You unbreak me, would you take me home

Cover up my heart, cover up my soul
Cover up this world and everything I know
You cover up the sky, you cover up the sea
Cover up the mountains and every part of me
And every single breath I breathe...Cover me

Sometimes I still swallow my gum.
It's true, I still swallow my gum sometimes. I don't really know if what "they" say about gum staying in your digestive system for a million years is true, but I'll take my chances. Once again, I'm writing this at work, it's bringing a little sunshine to my day. Is it always going to be like this? Will I eventually end up despising every job I ever have? I started thinking about jobs that I think I would like and that I wouldn't get bored with. Here are a few:

1)Professional Nap Taker

2)Hanging out at Hume forever

3)Hanging with my girls from Hume all day

4)Going hiking everyday and getting paid for it

5)Being a DJ sounds kind of exciting

6)Visiting different towns/states/countries

That's all I can think of right now. Please pray that God will change my attitude about my job. Thanks guys. Love you!

Today's Headlines
"Country star Tim McGraw gets groped"

"New underwater pogo stick record set"

"Afghan poppy crop sets a new record"

"Spain hosts largest tomato fight on earth"

"Lohan before DUI arrest: ‘I would not do that’ "

Are the people who write about these things serious? The news is getting pretty ridiculous if you ask me.

I get the news I need from the weather report...
I don't really feel like that, I just like that song. I'm a little frustrated right now. It's 9pm and I could/should be doing a myriad of other things, but I'm on the internet. What is wrong with me? Sometimes I just want to smack me. Ok, enough of that.

Life. It's sweet. Lately I have been so anxious and worried and emotional and God has been so faithful. It's kind of freaking me out a little. I'll pray something, and then literally seconds later, He will do something to relieve my doubts/anxiousness/worry/crazy girl syndrome. Prayer is an interesting thing. I rather like it.

Life at the padre's casa is good. I came wanting to bless him, but I think he's pretty much the one making my life easier. I guess I make the house smell better, I'm sure he appreciates that.

Today, all of the sudden, I got really excited for fall. It's the season of pies, change, thankfulness, and a lot of other great things. I love fall. Oh yeah, I also have this pumpkin pie candle that smells amazing but it only lives in the fall months.

This looks like a really long blog, it's not. I'm going to go and do something meaningful with my life right now. I promise. I love you guys.

AlPhAbEt SoUp

This is my life right now...

A-Amazing. That's what I have to say about that.

B-Brisk Walking. I think I always walk like I'm in a hurry.

C-Car. My check engine light came on in my car last week.

D-Demons. Last night I had a dream about them.

E-Excitement. I think I've had too much of it lately.

F-Fillings. I got 5 yesterday.

G-Grace. Thank God for His grace that covers my ridiculousness.

H-Hilton. When are we going to stop hearing about this crazy kid?

I-In Need. Of Sleep.

J-John Mayer. He was on the radio a little bit ago. I like his music, it's good.

K-Kangaroos. I decided that they're pretty much one of my favorite animals.

L-Love. It's in the air I tell you.

M-Moving. What a chore! I still need to do it.

N-No More Sea. Who remembers that song? Oh man, those were good times.

O-Oprah. I wish I didn't have to work so I could watch Oprah everyday.

P-Plans. This CD by Deathcab for Cutie is one of my favorite CDs ever. I listen to it a lot.

Q-Qudditch-Why wasn't it in the most recent HP movie? Very dissapointed.

R-Raise. I'm getting one soon. Sweet lovin'!

S-Sacramento. I need to go there soon.

T-Theology. This has been very exciting to me lately and at times frustrating.

U-UV Rays. I got some, and now I'm tan. Well, at least my arms are.

V-Valley Song. "I will sing of Your mercy that leads me through valleys of sorrow to rivers of joy."

W-Weddings. I think I'll try to catch the bouquet at the next one. I'm pretty tall, I think I can do it.

X-X? I really need to learn some new vocabulary words that start with x.

Y-Year. A year from now I won't be in school anymore.

Z-Ziti Pasta. I feel like eating some of that goodness right now.

Well, it's actually Saturday July 14th now. It took me a few days to write this blog. Hope you enjoyed my alphabet soup. :o) Love you guys. (I miss you Fauf)

"The Times They Are a-Changin' "
That's a great Bob Dylan song, and it's also the theme of my life this week. Although, it's more the theme of Farah's life, but I claimed it first. Farah is getting married in 52 hours. How exciting is that? How she is sleeping at all will forever be a mystery to me. I am going to miss my dear roomie, but I am glad to pass her off to a worthy fellow. Congrats Michael and Fauf. Please remember your single friends, they're people too! :o)
I'm moving this week, to my dad's. I'm excited, the last time I lived with him was when my parents were still married so I was probably 6 or 7.
The 4th of July celebration(s) were pretty sweet. I don't know why I love fireworks, but I do. They're just magical to me. Last night, after the firesworks festivities, I went over to the Giorgi's to play laser tag, that was good times. While we were playing, there were a ton of fireworks going off in the air, it was like we were in a war zone (at least that's what Carl said it was like, I just thought it was cool).
God is good guys.

IMAX Sadness
Me and my friend Bernie from work had planned on seeing the new Harry Potter movie on opening night at the IMAX in Hollywood. We've been talking and dreaming about it for a month. So, today was pay day, and we went online to buy the tickets. I clicked the button- and all of the sudden, in red, the most depressing words ever popped up: sold out. Am I dreaming right now? This is probably a nightmare, I'm just waiting for some horrible creature to pop up any second now and try to get me. Any time now.... ok it didn't happen, I guess I'm not dreaming. This is a sad reality for me. We decided to get tickets to the midnight showing in AG, I'm happy about that.
Despite this minor sadness right now, my life has been amazing. I can't even believe it. God is really helping me to be content in all circumstances and He has given me joy beyond my understanding lately. Farah moving out and getting married, it was hard for me, and it still is a little, but there has been a lot of comfort too. I go to bed and wake up praising God, He is so good!
4th of July, anyone have anything planned? Remember the block party last year? Oh man, those were good times! My apple pie was a winner, I don't care what anybody says. Well, I gotta get back to work. I hope you all are having a GREAT day! Love you guys!

Ridiculously Amazing
That pretty much sums it up. God did great things last week at camp, and He continues to do them now. I would love to tell all of you about it in person, so just hit me up and ask me about it. :o) Love you guys!

Quack!
Here are some highlights from the Disneyland trip on Monday:
-I went on the canoes for the first time. Our guide's name was Joey and he was pretty much hilarious. At the end of our time rowing Joey told us to bang our paddles on the bottom of the boat. When we all started doing it, Farah did the most hialrious thing she has ever done. She started saying, "Quack, quack, quack." It was classic. Most of the people on the boat joined in too.
-A wave of water came upon me when we went on the rapids ride at CA adventure. It was hilarious because none of us wanted to get wet, but we all pretty much did.
-I got to ride in the front row of Space Mountain. It was AWESOME! I screamed for joy the whole time. I even prayed that I would be able to sit in the front and it happened! Yay God!
-Farah's brother Eric was pretty much obsessed with Buzz Lightyear while we were there. He kept yelling, "Buzz! Buzz!" in this crazy voice and people were staring at us. It cracked me up.
-Tower of Terror picture. Hilarious. I wish you guys could see it. I can re-enact it if you want me to.
-Sunburns all around. Ouch.
Those are just some of the highlights of the wonderful trip that was Disneyland.
In other news, I CAN'T wait to go to camp!!!!! Two new girls just got put in my cabin and they are absolutely hilarious! I'm so excited that God hand picked my cabin for me and that He is going to do something amazing this coming week. 3 more days! Please pray for me, that I don't let my feelings of inadequacy get in the way of letting God use me. Also pray that I can eat and sleep because I have been way to excited to do both lately. Thanks guys, love you.

Out of the Boat
So, you know when Peter saw Jesus walking on water and he got out of the boat because he wanted to do it too? I kind of feel like that right now. Let me just say, there are some scary things in the water. I never really thought about that in relation to the real story. First of all, there were waves. Waves freak me out. I like the ocean and all, but getting pummeled by a wave doesn't seem that exciting. Second of all, there are creatures in the ocean. Piranhas, sharks, eels, and some other scary ones. Getting out of the boat is exciting though, especially when Jesus is there to pick you up if you fall in.

Praise! Aerobics
Yesterday, Tani found the most hilarious workout video in the WORLD. It's called Praise! Aerobics. Now, you can workout to your favorite hymns, only they're a little faster and more peppy. Unfortunately, Farah and I do not own a vhs player so we haven't been able to praise off the pounds, but Micahel promised to buy one just for the amazingness that is this video. This weekend has been great. I slept in until 11am yesterday and just laid there until 11:30. Sometimes I feel guilty for sleeping that late, but yesterday I didn't. I wish I had every Saturday off, I think it would enrich my life.
In other news, the Lord rocks! I have been blown away by Him lately. You think you know a guy and then He goes and just does something totally amazing.. :o) I am so thankful that He is real. Not that He wouldn't be, but sometimes I just forget that He's always there and that I'm not praying into a void. Three cheers for Jesus!
I don't have school this week. What am I going to do with my life?! I'm considering going to Disneyland on Thursday.... we'll see. Welp, my dear friends, I hope all of you are living out your dreams. Love you guys.

My Reality
My reality is that 12 hours ago, I was up writing a paper I should have finished last week. My reality is that in 4 more hours (at 4 pm) the above statement will still be true. I know, I'm a sick person. I don't even know how I... can... type... another...word... Must... go... on... Anyway, I wrote that part above yesterday. My reality has changed since then :o). I got some rest, it's like the world is new. I got so much rest, in fact, that I slept in a little and was late for work! It was ok though, they understood. Let's see... oh yeah, I have Saturday off. I never thought I would say this, but praise God for the rodeo! Our branch is closed because of the rodeo parade so we all get the day off. I am pretty much still in shock. Wow, my eyes just teared up a little because I'm so happy. Ok, I think I ran out of things to say. I love you guys.

A Mess
I have this thing. It happens every once in a while and it make me kind of crazy. It's kind of like tetris. I've been doing pretty good with making the lines dissapear, but now I'm on level 12 and it's going really fast, too fast for my abilities. It's the curse that I have, I want to please all people at all times. And it's just not humanly possible. It's just like drinking a gallon of milk, I can't do it, but I really want to. I have this paper due next week, and yeah I'm going to get it done, but I'm kind of freaking out about it. That's just the beginning, I'm going to have to write a 30 pager next year and I'm already freaking out about it. And this is a really bad time for all of this because I'm having this emotional craziness going on. I can hardly eat or sleep, I just jump around the house. Anyway, I might explode soon, I'm just warning you guys. :o) I'm not sad or anything, just kind of crazy. Jesus take the wheel!
In other news, Farah's wedding countdown continues. We still have a lot of adventures to accomplish together. I miss her already. How many friends must I lose to marriage?! Just kidding.
Let's see, I don't think anything else exciting is going on. This summer is totally packed with excitement, and I can't wait for it to start! I love you guys.

$25="Free" movie tickets
When I heard that if I bought $25 of food I could get 2 free movie tickets for Pirates 3, it was pretty much the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. Farah and I went to Albertsons last night an bought $25 in basically junk to get the tickets. This is what we bought: 3 boxes of pop tarts, peanut butter, 2 boxes of cinnamon toast eggos, fudge stripe cookies, cheeze-its, nutri-grain bars and some other stuff. I felt like a kid going up to the register with all of that junk, but it was well worth it. I mean honestly guys, it was amazing to get those tickets AND come home with all of that food. So, if you want to see Pirates for free, go to Albertsons and buy some junk food. The cinnamon toast eggos are actually pretty tasty.

Red to the lands
I'm exctied to see Redlands today. After all, it is the place that produced my amazing roomie. I wonder what it has in store for me. Hopefully some warm weather, that would be nice. Once again, I am at work. Lately I have been cracking up at work. It's so random. Yesterday, I laughed so hard that I cried. And that's all. I love you guys.

Banana Splits
Today at work, my boss bought us all the fixin's for banana splits. And oh my goodness, they are soooo good! I think the last time I had a banana split was when I lived in Sacramento, I forgot how beautiful they were. Well, it's almost that time, I need to face it, my roomie is getting married. I'm happy and sad. Why Lord, why me? Just kidding. :o) I am not comletely sure what I am going to do when I have to move out, but I'm praying and asking God to show me VERY clearly (because I'm a little dumb sometimes) what He wants me to do. What a concept... You know, I think that's all for today. I'm so captivated by the banana splits that I can't think of anything else to write about. Love you guys!

That One Lifehouse Song is on Right Now
That's what happens when I can't come up with a great title. This could end up being a long blog because it's kind of slow at work and I'm in drive-up, the possibilities of blogging are endless! Speaking of endless, I'm reading "Ender's Game" right now and I LOVE it. It's a beautiful work of science fiction with a little bit of "Brave New World" mixed in. Daft, I should have brought it to work today, I could be reading it right now. Oh well. So, I got this book on Friday night, it's called "This Book Will Change Your Life." It is probably one of the most hilarious books I have EVER seen. It goes through the year and gives the reader a task for each day. The tasks are genius. There's one day that is called "Write a letter to a mass murderer day" and it gives the names and addresses of several mass murderers. Crazy! One of the days tells you to call the White House and pretend that you're someone very important and leave the President a message- it gave a phone number. I called the number in disbelief and sure enough, it was the White House. Now I have the number saved in my cell phone, just in case. :o)
Cherylyn and I made aprons yesterday, that was fun. Her's is way better than mine though, but I'm ok with that. I thought of a great idea for a quilt before I went to sleep last night. It's going to be amazing when I make it. It's top secret info for now though, so don't even try to find out what it is.
I just ate some gummy bears, yum. Well, I think I'm done writing. I guess that wasn't too long. Love you guys.

My Soul Wells Up with Hallelujahs
That's the name of a beautiful song, and yesterday that song came to life. I know it was Easter and all, but seriously, God is alive! I should be celebrating everyday. Anyway, we were singing that song "How Great is our God" and my heart felt like it was going to explode. I just wanted to shout it out and jump up and down and cry all at the same time. God is so so good. That's all I wanted to say. :o)

Things are Lookin' up Kid
Yesterday was the day from Hades. By the end of it, I was ready to collapse. I had stayed up until 2am the night/morning before working on homework that I should have done last weekend. When I got to work, it was insane. And I had a meeting with my advisor and we talked about when I can graduate. At our last meeting she told me I would be done in January, but yesterday... oh boy... I almost broke down in tears in her office. I know I sound a little dramatic, but I feel like I've been working towards this goal for too long! I found out that I had to take 12 more units at Hancock, and that I wasn't graduating until May. I was pretty upset about it.

Well, in my class last night, my professor was talking about getting your degree and how it doesn't mean anything unless you work for it. And you know what? I'm fin with the extra time I have to put into this journey. If it's worth anything to me, I should be willing to put the time and money into it. Besides, I pretty much have very little direction, so maybe I need this time to figure out where I'm supposed to be after I get that piece of paper. Then, my advisor called me today and told me that I only have 9 more units to take and they can be in whatever I want them to be in. Pottery here I come! :o) Then, this morning I found $12 in my pocket! I really think Jesus put it there because I am so broke right now.

And that's my life. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.

Charo
She's coming! Charo, the legendary Latin sensation is coming to the Chumash casino. I'm totally going guys. Remember the surreal life on VH1? She made that show famous! The only thing that would make this night better is if Bridget Neilsen (Red Sonia) was there too. Hilarious. I'm going to Disneyland this weekend. I can't tell you how excited I am. Steph is coming too, it's going to be good times! Only 1 more day. This week felt like it went by really slow... blah.
Lately, I've been having dreams about that show Gilmore Girls. I think I'm going through withdrawals. Like last night I had a dream that Luke got back together with Nicole and Lorelai didn't know and it was a huge mess! When I woke up, I was so worried that it was true. How ridiculous is that?!
The sky walk at the Grand Canyon opens this month. I think I want to go there this summer. That sky walk looks pretty sweet. I think this blog is about plans. Plans are kind of crazy, why do we even make them? I don't even know if I'm going to be alive tomorrow. Hopefully I'm alive until Saturday so I can go to Disneyland. Welp, I think that's all I have. :o) Love you guys.

Life in Abbreviations
So I have this professor who likes to abbreviate words. For itinerary he says "itin", February is "Feb", and there are plenty of other things. At first, it annoyed me, but now, I think I love it. Life is hilarious with abbreviations. Farah has this thing she likes to say, instead of cozy she says maje cos. That has now led to other things being maje, like if you're tired then you're maje tides. And the weather report is even abbreviating! Today, there might be T-Storms. Here's to Feb, what's left of it, being the month of abbreviations! Maje loves for maje friends.

What an Adventure!
I don't even know how to say it or express it, but God is so good. How could I go through life and not give Him glory? He's just amazing! And yes, I said it in the voice AMAZING! Lately I've been waking up and I just can't wait to talk to Him. Really exciting.
Today is V-Day, I love it. This is one of my favorite holidays. People are so, well, loving. Plus, we have treat bags at work, and mine is pretty much overflowing! I'm not eating anything from it because I want it to keep getting full. It's awesome.
Camp was great. It was nothing that I expected. And that's good! I wish I could be a youth pastor, that would be sweet. I love seeing hearts soften.
Well, I think that's all I have for today. Love you guys, happy Valentine's Day!

Fine, A New Blog!
Ok, here's a new blog kids. I'm sorry I haven't posted lately, life has been crazy and it doesn't look like it's going to let up anytime soon. So I'm going to winter camp tomorrow with the Jr.highers. I am pretty excited about it. I haven't been in 4 years, that's a long time. I could barely sleep last night because I was so excited. I'm getting over the plague. Farah had it too. If you came to our house last week, you might have it.
I went on a blind date. I'm glad I went, it was awkward but I'm glad I went. Nothing came of it. I'm sure there are more dates in my future though, so I'm not worried about it. I'm really thirsty right now, I wish I had some tea. Steph, can you bring me some tea? Remember that one time you dropped that candy bar off at my house after I wrote on my blog that I wanted it? That was amazing! I miss you.
I hope it snows this weekend. I love snow. I can't believe that Farah and I aren't going to be roommates in 6 months. Sad times. I think God has someone lined up though, but it's still going to be sad to leave Lady Fauf.
I started my application for the Peace Corps. I don't know what will become of it, but I like having the option. It's a good option I think. I might get homesick though. I might have the experience of a lifetime and never want to leave. We'll just have to wait and see.
Well, I think that's all I have to say. God is good.

LiFe
I feel drained. I don't even know why. Right now I would love to be sleeping underneath my amazing electric blanket with no worries or cares. Praise the Lord that I don't have to work on Saturday! I can't wait to sleep in and veg. I'm not too sure if I'm going to the wedding, but don't tell Randy and Chelsea that I didn't go because I was tired. Haha, that would be sad. I read an article yesterday about January 22nd being the most depressing day of the year. And I'll admit it, I've had some pretty horrible January 22nds. But I've come to the conclusion that I can make the day whatever I want it to be, even in tough circumstances. I'm still tired though. :o) Can't change that much.
Tonight I have a class called "Social Movements of the 60's" pretty exciting. I bet it's going to be out of control! I can't wait, and I'm not being sarcastic at all. Seriously.

Spontaneous Driving and Other Stuff
On Sunday I didn't have anything to do. Well, actually, I have plenty of things I should have done, but nothing I really wanted to do. When I was driving home from O-town, I looked out and admired the mountains (to Farah, hills) that surround Santa Maria and thought, "I wonder what's out there." So I decided to go and see. I called up my partner in adventure, Tani, and asked if she wanted to go with me. She gave in to my crazy idea and came. It was awesome! I just started driving and had no idea where exactly I was going, or even where I was going to end up. After a couple of hours, we decided to take a detour onto this dirt road to see where it went. We had to drive kind of slow because we were in the Jett, and I didn't want to ruin it. It was pretty amazing because as we drove higher and higher, the sun was setting. It started to get dark so I decided to turn around, we didn't have any cell reception and we were pretty much in the middle on nowhere. It was a great experience. On the way home we listened to Boyz 2 Men and sang all the words to "I'll make love to you" at least Tani did... I didn't remember all of them.
So when I woke up yesterday and went out to my car I had a flat tire. You know what I did about it? I changed it all by myself! Well, actually, some guy from Volkswagen had to come and take off an anti-theft bolt because I didn't have the part, but that's all he did I promise! I felt pretty good about it. Yes men, I am single. :o) Anyway, I had a great weekend, I even saw my nephew, he's growing so much! Hope you guys have a good week! Much love.

One
I had lunch with mother hen today. It was good, we went to Stinky's Grill. We talked about life and such, she always cuts deep into my heart when we talk. I was thinking, am I going to be happy in one job? I love my job now, but I know I wouldn't want to make it my "career." Am I really going to find one job that I will want to do for the rest of my working life? Am I really going to find one man who I will love and who will love me for the rest of my life? Am I going to find one cause to live for (besides Jesus)? I'm just wondering about this stuff. I know I shouldn't be worried, and I'm not, I'm just wondering. In other news, the party at the Swenson's rocked! I played dance dance and pretty much ruled supreme. 80's music is on at work right now and I'm loving it! "We belong to the city..." Happy weekend my friends.

Pottery and such
I had a day off yesterday. It was nice. Me, Mother Hen, Niner, and Hezza, had a girls day out. I made the "iten" the night before, and we did a pretty good job of sticking to it, except the times were a little off. We started off the morning by going to Kay's Country Kitchen in Orcutt. It was beautifully amazing. I LOVE that place. Not only that, but we got our meals for free because the server forgot about us and it took a long time to get our food. After that, we went back to the Hough's and watched the Price is Right and some judge show that was pretty much ridiculous. After that, we went to the outlets and San Luis where we went to California Pizza Kitchen and painted some pottery. I made a pretty sweet plate, and if you come to my house, I might let you eat off of it. :o)
So, I'm really emotional today, I feel like I should sing that Whitney Houston song, "I get so emotional baby... " Don't worry, I won't.... yet... I guess you could say that I'm pretty excited about Christmas. I wasn't before, but I guess I am now. Farah got me a sweet stocking filled with endless delights! And I've been reflecting on what Christmas really means, but the Christmas music is kind of overwhelming. :o)
One last thing. Enough with the cold weather already!!!! Geez, my electric blanket is at the highest setting and that's still not hot enough. I was thinking, I could go to the Grand Canyon again during new year's. Just a thought... maybe it can become a tradition.
If I don't post again before Christmas, I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas and that you celebrate Jesus, your family, and all that jazz. :o) God bless us everyone! Love you guys.

It's the besssst!
I would just like to announce that I have a 3, yes 3, day weekend! It all starts at 5:30pm today. The best part is, I don't have anything planned. Well, except for babysitting my nephew tonight, but that doesn't count. What day am I most excited about you ask? Monday. I'm no sure why, but I know that it's going to be magical. It might even be the day that I magically get all of my homework done on :o). Let's see, what else is going on.... Oh, Gilmore Girls. That show is amazing. I always used to make fun of people who watched it, but I am happy to say, it's a great show. It's even funny! I just thought of something I can do on Monday! Get my haircut. Don't judge me, but it has almost been a year since I last cut it, I think it's about time. Well, looks like that's all I have for today. Hope you guys are doing great and that this season is filling you with wonder and magic. :o) Shalom!

I Smell Good
Seriously, I do. Ok, enough of that. The coolest thing happened to me last night, I went to the grocery store and decided that I should only spend $23.00. When I went to pay for them, it came out to $23.16! Those were the Lord's groceries! :o) We rearranged our living room this weekend. Farah wasn't very excited about it at first, but she caught on. It looks amazing. I pretty much never want to leave it now. Especially today because it's so cold outside. Bleck. I started school. It's pretty much random. I have this one class that is just crazy. Last week was about science, this week is about something else. It's a shmorgus board (I know I didn't spell that right) of learning. I just hope this year goes by fast! Maybe I'll do some shout outs....
Ashli-You have constantly been on my mind and in my prayers. I hope this tragedy will make you cling to God and Jason. I love you!
Farah-Yeah, you're pretty much the best thing ever.
Shaw-I watched the music video for smelly cat today, hilarious! You're a good bf to the bff, I'm glad you're in my life in this season of friendship.
Tani-It was refreshing to spend time with you on Sunday. I love you!
Parker-No ring, no wedding.
Jaz-I miss the good ol' days of the living Christmas tree, remember when you fainted? That was scary! Hope all is well in Bako. :o)
A-Bomb-When are you going to come home and get some afternoon delight? It better be soon!
Hef-I never realized that you have something in common with Hugh Hefner... I miss you! You were in my dream last night, you made me a cake. Do dreams come true? :o)

Happy Saturday!
This morning I woke up and forgot what day it was. When I realized it was Saturday, I pretty much freaked out because I had to get ready for work. That's how my day started. Did you know that they make rockstar energy drinks with guava juice in them? They do, and I'm drinking one right now. Yum. I started school, good times. I think I'm going to like it. I even get my very own career counselor! It's a pretty sweet deal. For one of my classes, we have to read this book called "A Gift From the Sea". I'm pretty excited about it, I think I'll go read it at the beach. Maybe the sea will give me a gift too. :o) Hopefully it's not a rip tide! It's almost time for Thanksgiving!!!! Have you guys seen that SNL skit with the Thanksgiving time song? It's hilarious! Lately, I've been thinking about what it would be like to sell everything I "own" and just travel for a while. I would probably never do it, but it's an exciting thought. I wish I were more daring and risky. Just a thought.

5 Years
Last night, I was inspired to open up a box from my past. Farah told me she used to twirl baton, and I did too, so I had to show her my old hot pink jacket from my "squad". When I opened up the box, I found a ton of memories! It was crazy to look at old stuff from so long ago and to remember the person I was. Out of all of the things I found, I think the craziest was my application for the CALEB program at Hume Lake. On it, I had to put where I thought I would be in 5yrs, 10yrs, 30yrs, etc. I wrote the application 5 years ago, and according to what I wrote, I should be married by now. 5 years from now, I'm going to be a stay at home mom.... I think I need to get busy! But seriously, I am thankful that my plans didn't work out. I just thought it was funny.

Secret Santa
At work we are going to draw names for secret santa next week. I know it's early, but I'm really excited about it! Not only that, but we started planning a pot luck today. I am going to make beef stew. I can't even wait. You know what I've always wanted to do? Register for gifts. If I'm not married by the time I'm 30, I am going to register for gifts for my 30th birthday. It's my right! :o)

Adventure in the Mundane
Ok, so I decided that I need to start finding adventure everyday. Last night, Farah and I were commenting on how work ruins adventure. And today, I have changed my mind. Why can't work be an adventure? Like today, for instance, I am in dirve-up. I have watched the sky turn from sunny to grey and it's beautiful. And just now, it started raining! Even though I'm not a huge fan of rain, it seems magical today. I wish you guys could see what I am seeing right now. Now, the real adventure would be if I were out in it... :o)
So LOST last night? Geez!!! I am so confused! It seems there has been a lot of that in my life lately.... But seriously, did anyone watch it? If you did, what are your predictions, because frankly, I am lost!

Classy
Ok, so on sunday, I get to go to an appreciation dinner for this thing at work. I even get to bring a date, Farah. Anyway, it's at the Madonna Inn and we can order whatever we want! One of my friends said that she is going to order Lobster. I wish I liked seafood, it's times like these where I am sad that I don't. I'm pretty excited though, it could quite possibly be the nicest meal I will ever eat, well except for when I get to heaven.
In other news, I start school at the end of the month. I feel horrible for saying it, but I am not looking forward to it. I mean, I'm sure I'll love it once it starts, but it's going to be hard to be disciplined. And I'm pretty much committed to my job, so that makes it tough too. I just want to be done with it already! (I should be done with it by now)
I love fall. I can't wait for all of the leaves to change, and for Thanksgiving. What a great holiday. Today was a beautiful fall day. It's warm outside with a little wind, and it has that fall feeling. Ok, enough about seasons.
I really want to go on an adventure. I know, I know, my whole life is an adventure... :o) But seriously, a real adventure. Like going for a drive but not knowing where I am going. Or building a raft or a house. (ok the house is unrealistic) I don't know when it will be, but soon, you will hear about my adventure.
Well, it looks like it's time to get back to work. I hope all of my dear friends are having an adventure today. Aloha.

Candy!
Can you believe it's almost Halloween?! You know what that means right? Candy!!!!! Here are my top 10 favorite things to get while trick or treating:
10-money
9-fun dip
8-pixi stix
7-shock tarts (remember those?)
6-smarties
5-nerds
4-snickers
3-rolos
2-milky way
And the number one.... always number one in my heart.... REESES!

Caffeine
Lately, I have been a caffeine maniac. I don't really know why either. I just get thirsty and don't want water, so I drink tea, or coffee, or coke. Needless to say, I've been pretty talkative and crazy. My drive to sacramento tonight will be spent consuming caffeine. It's pretty much my life now. I'll probably get over it soon though, hopefully. This morning, I got up an hour earlier than I was planning, so I got my oil changed. I even got a new air freshener and it smells amazing! I feel like I'm on some exotic island when I'm in my car now, pretty nice. Then, on my lunch break I got my car washed for $5! That's right, washed and hand dried for only $5! Can you believe it? Can you tell I've had too much (caffeine) to drink? Guys, seriously, today is the last day of summer? Isn't it sad? Ok, I'm over it, because my favorite holiday is in the fall..... Thanksgiving!!! I LOVE Thanksgiving. You can probably guess why, because I love to give thanks, and I'll admit, I do love all of the delicious food. Or as we like to say in spanish, comida. Ok, I need to stop writing. I suppose I'll get to work. Have a happy last day of summer everyone!

Rested
I went to sleep at 9:30 last night, it was beautiful. I'm glad we don't have cable or internet at our place. If we did, I think I would stay up a lot later. Sometimes I wish I were amish. But I'm not, so yeah, too bad. I'm going to sacramento this weekend, good times. I finally finished Crystal's quilt, and now I don't want to give it away, it's really cozy! Ok, I'm taking this spanish class for 6 weeks every Tuesday, and yesterday I learned how to say the date in spanish. Here's today's date: Miercoles, veinte de septiembre de dos mil seis. Pretty sweet huh?
My nepehew is pretty much adorable. I love him a lot! Wow, I guess I don't really have much to say. Sorry. :o) Have a good week my friends!

My Roomie
Two blogs in one day!!! Yes, it's slow at work.... I just wanted to say that I have an amazing roomie. Farah, I am so glad we moved in together! I always look forward to seeing you and laughing with you. Horray for God who brought you and Michael together. I've been practicing that toast.... :o) I love you Farah!!!!

What to Say?
I guess I'll start out this blog like so many others are being started on this day.... Mrs.Elder died yesterday. I am sad because she's not present in my life anymore, but I rejoice that she is home. I have never been more at peace with death before. What an amazing woman, my folk friend. She will be missed, and her life will continue to be celebrated. If you are reading this, please take a second to pray for her husband and family who will feel the void more than any of us. I am pretty excited about heaven. I think that's all I have to say about that.

Hips Don't Lie
There's really no meaning behind the title of this blog. I just didn't have a good one. You guys should ask Farah to sing it for you, she's pretty good at it, probably the best that I know of. My sister had her baby! It was an amazing experience. She did such a good job too, I couldn't believe it. Afterwards, I told her that I was really proud of her and she said, "It wasn't that hard." Can you even believe it?! Anywho, my nephew is beautiful, I pretty much started sobbing the moment I saw him. I'll put a pic up on my myspace soon. His name is Anthony Jadon Loux. Yay, there's another Loux in the world!
In other news, I went to Kickback with the High Schoolers this weekend. It was great! Kari Way and I tried to pull a "joke" on the campers by putting goldfish in some pitchers of water. It didn't work out because someone spoiled it! Yesterday we had a ceremony and released the fish into the creek. I said a few words and then Kari and I watched as they adapted to their new world.
To top off the kickback weekend, Kaleb and I did the most hilarious skit ever! I don't feel like writing about it, but if you ask me, I'll tell you about it.
Well, I think that's all. Time for some shout outs?
Fauf-Thanks for putting up with my craziness. Sorry I kept trying to talk to you while you were reading last night. :o) You are an amzing friend and roomie. I love you!
M. Shaw-Sorry I tried to take the cookies, I just get really posessive about food. I'm glad we're friends.
Parkman-I'm glad you watched Zoolander. I was afraid you didn't like it because it's so funny. Maybe you'll start liking friends too, then we can be friends again. Just kidding, I love ya parker and I'm glad you and the shaw live together.
Carrie-Thanks for writing me into your will last night and for giving me my inheritance early. I'm just like the prodigal son! I had a blast with you this weekend!
Ashli-I'm glad we're on the same page... I've never seen worship quite like that. :o) I'm excited about you bundle of joy, love you.
Hef-I'm sorry I haven't talked to you in a while! You are still dear to me, and I hope everything is going great! You can breakdance fight me if you want.
Bottelsen Buddies-I drove down McCoy today and thought about the good times we had. I hope you all are doing well and that you still have your sanity. :o)
Tani-I don't even know if you read this anymore. If you do, I hope your semester goes well and that you haven't completely forgotten about me. If you don't, I will call on Tom Cruise to destroy you with his witchcraft.
Lt.Tews-Hope you're enjoying your vacation!
Jaz-Thanks for reading my blog. :o) Hope teaching is going well! Love you.

Bambino
I am going to be an auntie any day now! I am so excited! I hope he's cute, I'm sure he will be. You guys better lie and tell me he is even if he isn't. I didn't have to work yesterday, it was beautiful. Today, this lady at my work told me that I'm single because I sing all of the time! That's a lie, I don't sing that much. Haha. But seriously, I'm looking for a guy that I adore more than food. So, if you can make me happier than a warm chocolate chip cookie, hit me up, we'll talk. Don't think that this is going to be easy, I really love food. I bet my nephew is going to love food too. I should start feeding him a meatball sub as soon as he exits the womb. Haha. The flying duchess is still afloat. In fact, thar be a garden sproutin soon on the deck. We wenches know how to make a ship a home. :o) Have a happy labor day all! Hey, maybe my sister will have her baby on labor day! That would be hilarious!

Craziness at Work
Ok, so just now, like 10 minutes ago, this guy came in to cash his check. No problem, I make my living by cashing people's checks. :o) Then, he started rambling on about how he has to pay bills and how he hates it (don't we all). Then, he started telling me that he got in an accident and he can't work, etc. I count his money out to him and he says, "What's your name?" I told him my name and he reached out to shake my hand, I shook his hand and then he took my hand and kissed it!!!!! WTH?!!!! Then, he starts telling me how beautiful I am (of course I am nodding my head in agreement) and tells me that next time he comes he is going to take me out to dinner and such. Then, he makes me count his money back to him AGAIN, tells me I'm beautiful AGAIN, and hands me 5 dollars! I gave the 5 back to him, and he tells me that I'm breaking his heart, but there was NO WAY I was taking that 5. So, I gave it back to him about 4 times, he finally took it and made sure I knew that next time he came in, he was going to take me out. What the heck?! I pretty much drenched my hand in sanitizer after that. Kind of a creepy 10 minutes....

Vacation Adventures
I'm sitting here at work after a week of beautiful r&r. I kind of like it though, I feel like it's my first day again, it's nice. I have a new found respect for life.... :o) Ok, I had an awesome vacation! Are you guys ready for this?
Monday-I went with Mother Hen to drop Harry off at camp in the morning. When I got home, Farah and I headed off to Morro Bay for some kayaking. Kayaking was so sweet! I thought I was going to be a little scared, but I wasn't. Good times. That night, Farah made me a birthday dinner and then we watched friends.
Tuesday-My aunt who lives in Oregon called me because she was in town with my cousin and wanted to hang out with me. We went to Santa Barbara and had a good time. Rose came over and gave me a bday gift of a plant. We potted it together, it was nice. Michael and Parker came over for a bit and Parker gave me an amazing cd for my b-day! It was delightful.
Wednesday-I woke up and packed for Sacramento, then went over to the Hough's to say goodbye. Mother Hen made me some b-day toast. Yummy. I left for Sac around 11 and got there at about 4:30. That night I went out to dinner with all my old friends, it was nice.
Thursday-I just hung out in Sacramento with Steph and then went to Sonic where I had some tots.
Friday-I headed off to a wonderful weekend in the wilderness. It was full of beautiful adventures, along with some clumsy falls and scary climbing. I had a really good time.

All in all, my vacation was awesome. When I got home I had a note on my bed from Farah that told me she missed me, and a book on my toilet from Michael about starting your period. Haha. And now I'm back at work. Vacation lives on in my heart. :o)

Last Night
My closet was so messy last night, so I decided to clean it. In the heat of my cleaning frenzy I found a couple papers I had written at Sac State. I couldn't believe I wrote them. They were filled with so much passion! What happened? I remember the first day I realized how big this world was, and how great the measure of suffering in so many places was. Everyday I thought about selling everything I had, or getting on a plane to go help people in need. It's not that I am apathetic about it now, I'm just more reluctant to do anything about it. Is that bad? I don't know.

My Alaphabet
A-Awake. It's exciting to wake up in the Flying Duchess.
B-Bundt. This weekend I learned how to make a punch ring with a bundt cake pan.
C-Coast Hills. I love working there.
D-Dust. My old room is pretty dusty and I need to clean it.
E-Excitement. I have pretty much had excitement overload lately.
F-Friends. Making new ones, marrying off old ones, having secret animosity towards some of them... :o) friends are great.
G-Goals. I feel like I am slowly accomplishing them.
H-Heaven. All this talk about it is making me anxious to get there.
I-Illiad. I need to read that book.
J-Jumping. Last night I literally (haha) jumped for joy because my vacation in in 11 days!
K-Kindness. The Flying Duchess is a wonderful display of so many people's kindness towards Farah and I.
L-Lamaze. I'm done with it. Hopefully I can remember it in the future.
M-Michael Scott. What a role model. He is pretty much my hero today. (watch the office!)
N-North. That's where I will be heading in 11 days or so! My dear Sacramentans, how I miss you.
O-Oil. It costs too much.
P-Party. I went to one. Not my cup of tea.
Q-Quiet. It's definitely a quiet day at the credit union today, the reason I am writing this ridiculous blog.
R-Rest. I need some of that.
S-Soccer. I played it last night with 30 jr highers. Wow. I think I could have died.
T-Talladega Nights. It comes out this week. I can't wait to see it. "Help me Jesus! Help me Tom Cruise!"
U-Ugly. Mel Gibson's drunken comments. Seriously.
V-Venti White Mocha. This would be delightful right about now.
W-Win. I really want to win the weight loss challenge at work. I'm doing good so far.
X-Yesterday, this lady at work gave me one of those handi-snack things. Remember those? I always got the in elementary school. Good times.
Y-Yellow. The color of a lot of things in my living room, and a great coldplay song.
Z-Zagnut. I still have two candy bars in my glove box, compliments of Steph.

Change of Thinking
Farah and I are offically roomies! I pretty much love her. Last night we stayed up and talked about, yes Michael, life, love and other mysteries. I really don't want to go back to work tomorrow! Today has been such a good day, this whole weekend has just been amazing! I think I've had excitement overload. :o) I'm pretty sure I'll crash soon. The Hough's are on vacation, I really miss them. They come back on Friday. Crystal is married, totally crazy. The wedding was pretty sweet. I don't have much else to say, I'm just really happy right now. Life is good.

The Last
Ok, here's what's going on. I wrote this letter tonight to let go of this "thing" that has just been tormenting me for too long. I'm not suicidal, I'm not depressed, I am fine. I pray that this really is it.

To the man who has broken me more than anyone else,

If my heart were a book, your name would appear on many of the pages. How I wish those pages were written in pencil so I could erase them. It wasn't right for you to use me in an effort to hide your feelings for men. For that, I feel betrayed in so many ways. From the night that I stayed awake in my bed too excited to sleep because of you, I thought we would most likely end up together. Even when we weren't acting on our friendship, I still held hope in my heart for us. The night you called me to apologize for not giving me the time and attention I was worth when we were dating, what was that? Was that really what you were apologizing for? Why didn't you just apologize for dating me? To say that I was always just a good friend, is that true? Tell me what is really true! HPI. Here are some truths: you have broken my heart more times than you know- tonight is the last time, I didn't reject you- you rejected me, the letters that I gave you were the most personal and treasured thing I have ever given anyone, so treasured and personal that I was waiting for our wedding day to give them to you- I wish I had never written them, I put an effort into our friendship- you threw it away, you lied to me. I suppose I could have looked a little deeper into the situation. I could have taken a hint when you made no effort to see or talk to the girl you said you "really liked too." I could have kept you in my mind as the mold for my future husband and left it at that, but I didn't. This letter is the result of that, among other things. I don't know how you can erase me so easily, without even talking to me, without even apologizing, and I remain tortured. I don't want to think about this anymore. I don't want to cry over this anymore. I don't want to wonder if I did something wrong anymore. I just want it to be gone, so now it is. I've realized that I have nothing to be sorry for in this disaster, so I'm not. I have nothing left to say, nothing left to ask.

May my heart never be troubled or swayed by this again,
Jennifer

Ice Hockey and Such
I decided today that I am going to go to an ice hockey game this year. How fun would that be? To get in the spirit, I am going to watch the Mighty Ducks and Miracle. Who's with me? In other news, this is the week that Farah and I say ahoy to The Flying Dutchess. We will board our ship on Thursday and hide our plunder sometime thereafter. I hear the Black Pearl will be arriving soon, we wouldn't want the slimey souls on that wretched ship to find our treasure. Pirate Drazin and I will have to find a suitable place for our valuable jewels and such. Dread pirates Parker and Shaw have shown no mercy in the villages they have ravaged in the past. Contrary to popular belief (Pirate Shaw), I attack my villages with grace, and I don't use items such as: sardines, potatoes, tortillas, processed meats, etc. If ye pirates want to accuse me, you will surely walk the plank for your horribly false accusations. That is all.

Living on a Pirate Ship
It's true, Farah and I are still searching for a name for our love shack. And wouldn't you know, the Michael's are naming their place after a pirate ship, what a great idea! So, I have generated some possible pirate ship names for F n J's place...
The Cruel Manta
The Gold Lightning
The Poison Cry
The Gold Thunder
The Vile Cannon
The Swashbuckler

What do you guys think? Farah?

I Cheated
I totally screwed up my diet guys. Not only did I eat ice cream last night, I had Wendy's for lunch today, and I am about to consume yet another bad substance. Somebody needs to get over here and slap me! Ok I think I'm done.
You guys are pretty much hilarious. I assure you all that I am fine. I wrote that poem because it was just something I have held onto in my heart for a while, and now in my eyes, the letters are gone. I'm over it. I don't feel like writing it all out so if you want to know about it all, just ask. I don't have to work tomorrow, this is a very exciting fact. My plans? Nothing really, which is great. Tonight was my last lamaze class with my sister. It ended pretty good, I think all of the future parents learned a lot, I was pretty much just scared out of having kids.
Last night I bought a couple of episodes of The Office off of ITunes. If you haven't seen that show, you need to. It is pretty amazingly funny. Here's a quote from it: "I can raise and lower my cholesterol at will." "Why would you want to raise your cholesterol?" "So I can lower it."
Here's another one, just in case you're not completely convinced: "Statistics show that most office gossip happens around the water cooler. That has me at a disadvantage because, I bring my own waster to work." Come on, that's some funny stuff and you know it!
Ok, I think I have said enough about stuff. Have a good week my friends!

Letters and Words
Ok, I realize that this might be a little lame, but I've been thinking about some things lately and tonight I wrote a poem. Don't judge me. Here we go...

Letters and Words

I gave you a part,
a piece of myself.
You didn't want it,
maybe you never did.
Was I worth anything?

My heart written down,
in letters and words.
I gave them to you,
but you didn't want them.
Were they worth anything?

I wish I had thrown them away,
my letters to you.
My words in the trash,
better there than in your hands.

If I would have known,
I would have thrown them away!
They are more worthy there,
than in your hands.

Please throw them away,
my letters and words.

Dyno-Mighty
So yesterday was the Fourth of July, pretty exciting. I pretty much love fireworks, even though they pollute the air and people don't pick up their their remains afterwards. Ok, I had been looking forward to the church block party ever since I heard about it. And I'll admit that it started out a little lame, but it definitely ended up being a blast. Haha, get it? I was very happy to see all of my beloved friends there, even Morgan came! Michael totally almost had an asthma attack, which was a little scary. I even went on a walk with my vintage buddies Rose and Michael, that was pretty exciting. The only sad part was that it was a potluck and I ate a lot more than I should have. Oh yeah, I also entered into the apple pie cook off, I really thought I had a chance at winning. But alas, somebody with more experience won! Blasted age discrimination. :o) Just kidding. Anyway, all in all I had a great fourth, hope all of you guys and gals did too.

Weight Loss Challenge
Yesterday, my co-workers and I got on a scale (seperately) to see how much we weighed. Did we do this for fun? No. You see, we all decided that it was time to shed some pounds, but this time, it's going to be different... because it's for cold hard cash. Sure I want to lose some weight, but nothing motivates like the crisp feel of Jefferson, Abe, or Johnson. I would also like to fit into my favorite pair of jeans again too, don't juge me guys. I must say, dieting is really hard! The exercising part is much easier. I suppose it will be worth it in the end though.
Ok, next topic. One more month until Farah and I move in together!! I am very excited about this. I've been trying to think of names for our place. Anyone have any suggestions? A few that I have thought of are: Serenity, The Haven, The Love Nest, and that's about it. Farah, what do you think?
Alright, I really don't have anything else to say. Hope to see most of you at the 4th of July Block Party, you better vote for my apple pie!
Shout Outs:
Michael: Your blog about us and the x-men/women was fantastic! I give it five stars. :o)
Farah:I can't believe there's only one short month until we are together everyday!! Our place is going to be so great, I am so thankful that we became friends.
Tani:You better get me something from that booth you're always working at. I like explosions, that's all I'm gonna say. Call me.
Parker:Does it scare you that I'm planning our future? If it does, I'm sorry. I just have all of these ideas about what the roomies can do together! The picnic/bike ride one is pretty great, don't you think so?
Zach:Your deck looks amazing. And I've decided that I am going to agree with Michael, you are pretty much Angel. Glad we got back in touch, come visit soon because we all miss you.
Lauren:You crack me up everyday! I am really thankful that we work together, it's gorgeous!!!
Carrie:How about a free tour eh? Seriously, we need to find time for each other, I still have your bonfire blanket if you want to go to the beach sometime... with me. :o)
Ashli:Remember 2 summers ago when you lived in old orcutt and we had the bbq where we kidnapped Kevin? That was fun. We should do it again soon, maybe w/o the kidnap though.
Austen:If you don't bring me back something from Sonic, I will fight you. And that's no lie.
Steph:You are a great photographer. That sunset was incredible. I can't wait until I come to Sacramento again, old skool.
Reuben:"Guns don't kill people, I kill people."
And to everyone else out there in blog land, forgive me for not giving you a shout out. Happy Canada Day my friends, Happy Canada Day.

Will Ferrell Quotes
Here's the deal. I'm at work right now, and I need to occupy my time with something, so I am going to do a little Will Ferrell trivia. I have enabled anonymous comments on my blog, so everyone can play. Here is goes....
1) "Are you not aware that I get farty and bloated with a foamy latte?"
2) "And son of a vondruke, if I didn't lose your baby."
3) "I'm a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am. You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It's science."
4) "What I thought we were in the trust tree in the nest, were we not?"
5) "It's just like Santa's workshop! Except it smells like mushrooms... and everyone looks like they wanna hurt me..."
I think I'll just do five for now.... Let's see how much you kids love the funniest man alive!

Forrest Gump
Ok, that man definitely lived the dream. Today I was watching a little bit of the movie over at Michael's and remembered how great it was. If I were alone, I would have totally cried. Let's consider this thought that the character Forrest Gump had a great life. Here are the reasons:
-He wasn't a smart man, but he knew what love was.
-He totally rocked at Ping Pong
-The love of his life (although she died and that sucked) realized how great he was and that she loved him too.
-He made a fortune by keeping his word.
-He followed his heart in every situation.
-He made an impact on the world.
I'm sure there are many more reasons. If you have any, feel free to share them. My point is, why do we make life so complicated? It really shouldn't be. If you love someone, you should tell them. If you make a promise, you should keep it. If you have a debt, you should pay it. If you feel like dancing, you should dance. Ok, that last one was just for fun. But seriously, why not? Alright, I think I'm being a little too hippie for some of you, just my thoughts for the day. :o)
Happy Sunday folks.

The Horror of Childbirth
How many of you out there have heard,"Sure it's painful to give birth, but once the baby is born, you forget about the pain." Ok, so I'm taking lamaze classes with my sister, and yeah, that's a total lie. Childbirth is painful!!!! Spoiler alert.... if you don't want to know the cold hard truth about childbirth, quit reading now. Here is a list of painful and just plain gross things that women have to go through during childbirth:
1)Let's face it, pregnant women gain weight. And after they have the baby, it's hard to take the weight off.
2)Not only do you have to give birth to a child, you have to give birth to the placenta too! Who knew?
3)You know when you're trying to fit a water balloon around a faucet that's kind of big, and the water balloon is too small so it rips? Yeah..... get my drift?
4)Sometimes you push too hard and poop in front of everyone.
5)Two words: Mucus Plug
6)If the baby isn't head first, the doctor will fix that by moving him to that position. Ouch!
7)Contractions.
8)Hemroids.
9)Loss of bladder control.
10)Awkward positions.
Ok, that's pretty much all I can say right now. Sure, babies are miracles, but let's not deny that they are also painful, and pretty gross, and kind of ugly when they come out. Lord help me if I get pregnant!

Afternoon Delight
Funny story: yesterday I went out to lunch with my dear friends Debbie and Lauren. We went to the wonderful world of Wendy's (or as I like to call it "Wednesday's). When we were ordering our food, Lauren asked the lady if they sing happy birthday there, because it was Debbie's birthday. The lady just laughed, and Lauren said, "That's okay, we'll just have to give her a little afternoon delight." The lady that was taking our orders gave us the funniest look and then said,"Ok....." The literal meaning for the term "afternoon delight" is in fact daytime love making. Hilarious. I still like singing that song though, it's delightful. I'm totally at work right now, good times. It's a pretty quiet day, great day for some shout outs!
Lauren-You are totally going to be the first one to read this because you're sitting right next to me. Shout out to you for not being ashamed of the greatest song ever, afternoon delight.
Tani- I can't wait to hang out with you tonight. You better stay up this time, I even went to bed early last night so I could stay up longer tonight. Love ya.
Farah- A month and a half until you move here! Horray, I am so excited to live with you, it's going to be fantabulous.
Michael- I told my friends at work about the old school words you use, they laughed. I commend you for your word usage.
Parker- I promise I'll sit next to you in Sunday School because we're practically best friends and you know it. If I get a new TV, can you install it for me?
Steph- Hope you have a good weekend. When are you gonna come visit? You can bring your man candy if you want.... :o)
Carrie- Hurry up and come home! I miss you.
Everyone Else-Thanks for reading! Sorry I didn't give you an individual shout out....

Setting Goals
It's definitely not what you think. Today I set a goal that I would beat solitare at least once, and wouldn't you know it, I think I have beat it about 6 times already, and the day isn't over yet! Kind of a big deal....
Only a couple more months until the lovely Farah and I move in together. I'm pretty excited about it, I think we'll have some good times together, pretty much like everyday. Farah, what do you think about Mason jars for drinking glasses? Be honest. My little sister is graduating on Friday, weird. I remember when she was just a wee babe... my how time flies. Well, this day of work is almost over, maybe I can win one more time. Oh and that movie "The Breakup", horrible. The only thing that remotely redeemed it was the brother who had an acapella group "The Tone Rangers", other than that, the movie stunk, don't go see it. Happy Tuesday!

Week O' Fun
What a crazy week it has been! First of all, Ric and his friend Steve came and stayed from Monday night until Saturday. It was a great time. I miss living in the same city as Ric. :o(
Let's see.... I saw X3 on Thursday night, that was pretty exciting. I'm going to have to say that my favorite was the 2nd one, that one just rocked. The third one was good, but not as good as the second. Anyway, enough of that. Sacramento was a blast. My favorite thing was soccer and seeing all of my old peeps. Good times. Hopefully I can go back this summer for a little backpacking action/bodega bay. I can't believe my sister is going to have a baby in a few months! I am totally going to lamaze classes with her. Fun fun. Hopefully it will help me get over my fear of child birth. Because yikes, it looks pretty rough. I'm pretty excited right now because today is Wendy's Wednesday and Tani is celebrating with me. Horray!

Come and get your love
I don't know why I was compelled to make that the title of my blog, I just like that song.
So, I sent to Sacramento last weekend, good times. I had a blast spening time with old friends, adn I even made some new ones too. Buca Di Beppo is an amazing place to eat at, especially if you have a big group of people, I felt like I was in Italy. To top it all off, not only did I get to hang with Rickory this weekend, he also came to Santa Maria on Monday night. He brought a friend from Kentucky with him, Steve. He's pretty cool, he went to In and Out for the first time yesterday. Sadly, he compared it to McDonalds even after Ric and I explained that it's basically blasphemy to compare In and Out to McDonalds, we'll see if he goes to Heaven. :o) Summer is almost here! I am very excited about this because that means: I move in with Farah, my sister has a baby, it's warm, and lots of other things too. Let me just say that I can't wait for tonight- season finale of LOST. The suspense is killing me people! I really hope they get rid of Michael soon, he is way too evil now. Welp, I suppose it's time for me to stop writing.... kepp it real my friends.

MCoram Deo and all that jazz
The theme for college retreat this year was Coram Deo which means before the face of God. The main thing I took away from it was- How do I live my life everyday before God's face? So that's the practical question that I am going to ask myself everyday. Good times.
Two more days until Sacramento! I even made some cd's for the road. I guess I don't really have anything else to say. More shout outs? Ok, I suppose......
Tani- Thanks for finally getting your triple barrell out of my car. :o)
Michael- Thanks for awakening my heart to crunchy peanut butter.
Farah- I LOVED your blog about the kids day lie. I commend you for unmasking the lie that everyday is kid's day.
Steph-Thanks for changing the sushi plans. Seriously, it means a lot. I really hate sushi and sushi bars.
Ashli-Sorry I'm not going to be a yg tonight to laugh with you. :o( Good job for going back to school, I think it's a greeeat idea (in Tony the Tiger's voice).
My dear Bottelsen Friends-I think about you guys all the time and remember the good times we had working together. I still don't know where the stick of big red is!

That's all for now, once again- I'm sorry if I left anyone out.

I Wish I could Sleep in Like Tani
It's just not fair! :o) Oh well, I suppose I'll get over it. I am very excited about these next few weeks. Let me just tell you guys about it...
This weekend is college retreat, and it is going to be way fun! Not only that, but I'm sure there will be some relaxing involved too. Then, next Thursday night, Crystal and I are heading up to Sacramento to see our dear friend Rickory graduate, we also get to see some other wonderful people too (like you Steph). I am just really excited I guess. Plus, today this lady at work brought quiche! And this other girl brought mexican sweet bread, yummy. I love working at my job, the people are great. You know, I think I want to give shout outs too. Here it goes, my first attempt....
Farah- Shout out to you, my future roomie! I am so excited about living/decorating/having fun with you. I can't wait 'til you arrive in the 805 for good.
Tani- How I've missed you. I am really glad you're home, thanks for having lunch with me yesterday, and for spending the night on Saturday, even though you didn't even stay up with me. I love you.
Michael- Good times at Klondike. Next time, we should have a pac man duel. I'm stoked to get to see more of you as I am the honorary bff of the gf.
Ashli- You were cracking me up at youth group! Thanks for making me laugh everytime I see you. :o)
Steph- One more week! Thanks for letting me stay at your casa, I can't wait to see you.
Carrie- Congratulations on the degree my friend! Oh the places you will go. I love you.

Sorry if I forgot anyone....

Back to High School
Today Michael and I were discussing what it would be like to return to high school as the people we are now. If I had the chance, I definitely wouldn't want to go back to high school, but if I absolutely had to- here's what I would do differently....
-ditch class at least twice a week
-have more confidence
-pay attention more in Spanish
-participate in PE
-not have a job
-do crazy things all the time
-go to every dance
That's all I can think of right now. Anyone else have anything they would do different?

I Love Sundays
I really do. I mean, first of all there's church to look forward to. You get to see all of your friends, and meet your hug quota for the week all in one day, you get to sing great songs/hymns with the family of God, sometimes you get to go out to lunch with your family, or even better, there's a bbq going on for some charitable organization and you can buy chicken or tri tip at a reasonable price, you can take naps, play games, play sports, watch movies, clean your room, do laundry, blog, and many other things that I can't think of right now. But I just love the Sunday mood. You know what I mean?
Happy Easter by the way. The Lord is indeed risen. Pastor's sermon was great this morning. I love the way he talked about the day we will stand before the throne of God to hear our "sentence", and He will say, "How do you plan to pay for all of these offenses?" And Jesus will stand up as my defendant and say, "I paid the price for her." How amazing. I will forever keep that picture in my head.
Since it is Sunday, and I really don't have much to do right now, I think I'll write about something I was thinking about last night. If I may use the word, I was thinking about how my reationship with the Lord has evolved over these past few years. And one big thing that I really thought of was the way I thought He looked at me. I realized that I had always looked at God as a judge, I guess like a police officer. If I was reading my Bible, and following His laws, He would be happy with me and love me, but if I wasn't doing those things, I felt like He would judge me and maybe even love me less. And that led to me obeying Him in order to, I guess, earn more of His love. As I have grown in these past few years I have realized that He fully loves me all of the time. Whether I obey Him or not. Whether I am faithfully reading His word, or not. Whether I am ministering to His sheep, or not. I don't need to do anything to earn His favor, I already have it. And knowing that motivates me to serve Him, follow Him, obey Him, and love Him. It's so much easier to have a realtionship with Him when He's not Officer God. I feel so much more free now that I can look at Him in this light, as a Father who loves me dearly whether I am sinning or not. I am so thankful that He is new everyday.
Happy Sunday everyone!

Santa Maria: The Windy City
It is so windy today guys! At least it's not raining again. :o) Here's the scoop folks, I might be trading in my car. I'm totally serious right now, the X might be ancient history starting tomorrow. I know, it's a little sad. I mean we've been through so much together, and those nights at the driv-in, but she's paid her dues, and I think she might be going to a new home. I can't say for sure, but the outlook for the X doesn't look so good right about now. I'll let you know the final decision. What could possible replace her you ask? A beautiful 2003 VW Jetta. It's pretty amazing, almost too amazing.... Anywho, I better get back to work! Have a fabulous day folks!

Crazy Article
Ok, I have some more grief to talk about. Today I was reading an article on Yahoo about the 9/11 911 calls from the trade towers. And one of the relatives of a victim in the towers said that the 911 dispatchers didn't handle the calls properly and that they weren't prepared. OK, seriously! Who was prepared for that? What were they supposed to say to those hundreds of people who called 911? All they could do was stay on the line and try to give them some comfort. I think people need to stop blaming and move on because there's no way in Hades that we could have expected/predicted/prepared for/prevented an attack like that. It was definitely a horrible, horrible thing that happened, done by people with pure evil running through their viens. And as much as we try to think of ways to prevent attacks, they think of ways to carry them out. It's sick. So for heaven's sake, don't tell a 911 operator that their words weren't good enough. Those people have a job that I would never want. They have to stay calm in hopeless situations, if that isn't enough, they have to try to keep the caller calm and get information out of histerical people. Ok, now I'm starting to ramble. Anywho, that's my political opinion for the day. Don't judge me. :o)

What the Heck?
On my way home from AG today I was listening to Radio U. For those of you who don't know what Radio U is, it's a Christian radio station that plays hard Christian stuff. Anywho, after one of the songs, the dj came on and said, "Some news out of Pismo Beach, a man in Denny's shot two people and then killed himself." Pretty sad. I listened on thinking he would give the listeners some more info about it. Instead, he turned it into a joke. He went on to say that the thing that makes him sad about this whole situation is that no one should ever be afraid to eat at Denny's except for if they're going to get a grand slam breakfast. It was something like that. Then he talked about how much he likes to eat at denny's, and then he said, "Let's take a moment of silence for Denny's, and the grand slam breakfast, and those people that got hurt." I was completely shocked. How could he turn that into something funny? 3 people were killed in that shooting. Those people could have been husbands, wives, children, mothers, fathers, they were important. I felt compelled to call in to the station and tell the dj that what he said sounded disrespectful to the people involved as well as to their families. I expected to get an apology, or some sense of remorse from the dj, but I got something totally different. The conversation went a little something like this:
DJ-"Hello, Radio U"
Me-"Hi, I was just listening to you talk about the shooting in Pismo and I think you came across as disrespectful to the people that were involved."
D-"So?"
M-"I live there, and it's a serious tragedy. I think you made it sound like a joke."
D-"Well, I live in America."
M-"You don't think it was wrong to turn it into a joke?"
D-"People are going to get offended no matter what."
M-"Well, I just wanted to let you know how you may have sounded to the listeners."
D-"Have fun if you eat at Denny's."

Ok, I would have NEVER expected that out of a Christian radio station. I will never listen to that station by choice ever again. It was like he was trying to argue like a child would. I am totally baffled. Just because we have the "freedom" to say whatever we want in America, doesn't mean we should. Well, that's my grief for today.

New Week
Another week is over, wow. In theory, I'm a well trained "teller". I get to put my practice into action next week. I'm pretty excited about it. It's literally raining cats and dogs right now. (ok, maybe not literally, but I just like using that word when it's just ridiculous to use) There's a pile of hail outside that looks like snow, it's crazy! I even went outside and played in it for a bit. I'm glad I got to spend some time with visitors this week. I scrapbooked with Harry, went out to coffee with Tani, and saw a movie with Carrie. Good times. Carrie and I saw Failure to Launch last night. It was great. I think everyone who reads this should go see that movie, it will make you laugh A LOT. My plan this morning was to sleep in until 10. Sadly, I woke up at 7:30. At least I'm not tired. Well, I guess I don't have anything very exciting happening right now. HAve a good weekend friends!

A Week at Work
Well, it was my first 40 hour week in a long while, and my first time working in 2 and a half months. I'm tired. I know I sound like such a baby right now, but I just wanted to be honest. I had training this week for Coast Hills, it has involved a LOT of videos, some internet class/test things, lecturing, playing hangman, and some other stuff. I get to start at the real deal next week. Very exciting. Anywho, that's enough about that. Tonight I went over to my grandma's and quilted. It was very fulfilling. A nice close to a busy week. Two special people are in town this week, lets give it up for Carrie and Tani. I would definitely like to spend some time with both of you. Well, I think that's all I've got. Tata.

Life is Fun Again
Ok, so I'm just going to say that I am very relieved right now. Number one, I got a job. Yay! It's at Coast Hills. I am very excited about it, and I start training this coming Monday. Number two, I am working on my second quilt which is turning out beautifully and I have all of the squares completed so it won't be long before the whole thing is done. Number three, I got to visit some great people in Oregon. These people included: Reuben Rawk Hough, Greg, and,my aunt and uncle and cousins. That was good times. Number four, a magical bill fairy paid my cell phone bill so that it didn't get turned off. Thank you magic fairy, you are truly wonderful. Number five, I get to go to a cal poly baseball game for FREE tonight and sit in box seats! I've always wanted to sit in those, and now I get to, for free! Number six, my dad is going to buy me new clothes for my new job tomorrow. Oh yeah! Ok, I think that's about all the excitement I can write about for now. Oh wait, there's one more.... a magical grocery fairy filled up my refrigerator with vanilla soymilk (my fav), it's a beautiful sight. :o)

After I write this I am going to eat some oreos
Well, maybe I won't eat oreos, but I will eat something because I am sooo hungry! I guess what i am really saying right now is that writing on my blog is more important that food. Hmmm. Anywho, I had a great weekend. Steph and Lori came down from Sactown to visit. We did a lot of fun things like: go to the zoo, go to the beach in SB, go to church, eat at the olive garden, go to Pismo, make ice cream, watch office space, walk to Kay's country kitchen and eat brunch, it was nice to have them here in my hood. Although I liked living in Sacramento, and I made a lot of good friends there, I never really felt at home. I feel at home here. It's nice. I finished my quilt. It's amazing. Well, at least I think it's amazing because I worked really hard on it. If anyone tells me otherwise, I don't think I can be friends with them. My next project will be more ambitious... I'll let you guys know when I start it. I had 2 job interviews on Friday, at Midstate bank, and Coast Hills. They both went well, I think, but we'll have to see if I get called back.
On Thursday morning, around 415am, I will be heading to SLO to get on plane to go to Oregon. I am very excited about this trip because not only do i get to see and hang with Reuben and his new friends, I get to see my aunt whom I haven't seen in about 7 years. I also really like flying, especially when they give you warm cookies. Well, my stomach is complaining I'm afraid I have to answer it's call. Peace to all. :o) Oh and happy valentine's day!

La Vida Loca
Just kidding. Tonight, I successfully watched 4 and a half hours of television. Here is what I watched in order: Seinfeld, Jeopardy, Seinfeld, Skating with Celebs/Wife Swap, The Bachelor Paris. I feel a little guilty about it, but I'll get over it. I don't know if I've ever been this hooked on TV before. I mean there's Lost, American Idol, Skating with Celebs, The Bachelor, Survivor, I just can't quit watching. And I should probably go to bed right now, but I just drank a coke (sorry Michael) so I am kind of wired. In other news, I am making a quilt. It's not very big, just a baby quilt, but still. When I am working on it I never want to stop, but my grandma convinces me to so that's good. I'm glad I'm learning how to quilt, it's really relaxing and fun. Anywho, I'm pretty excited that some friends from Sac are coming down this weekend, it's going to be great. And then maybe on Valentine's Day, we'll order a heart shaped pizza.... yum. I just had to throw that in there. Good night y'all.