Almost Christmas!

Sorry that I haven't actually posted a real update lately... it's just that time of the year when it gets really busy!! Actually, most of the year is usually busy for me. Will it ever slow down? Seems like I am doing something every night! And I still don't have enough time to fit everything in!

School is finally almost over for the semester. Next week is finals week and the only thing I have to do is put my projects on a CD and turn them in on Thursday. So basically, I don't have school next week! But like that's really going to free up some time...

I am also working for my dad's tax lady doing some graphics for her husbands new spice company. She has a lot of project for me to do...and the best thing is, I get paid!

And Christmas is almost here! I'm not even going to be in Amarillo for half of December... I'm going to Las Vegas with my dad the 15th-18th and then going to Springfield the 20th through the 27th. I am read to get away for a while. But I am not looking forward to flying to Vegas by myself!! Yuck. Oh well, I will be ok...

I opened the refridgerator the other day to get out the butter and I noticed that the expiration date is May 27th, 2008. That is three days after the wedding! Ah! Expiration dates are passing our wedding, which means its getting closer!! It kind of freaked me out. But I am SO EXCITED! We are going to be planning a lot during Christmas break. I got the invitations in so that means I am also going to be addressing those too. Not looking forward to that so much.

This is one of the paintings I did in my class.

Gots ta go now!

Kisses!
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The 12 Pains of Christmas

Weird Al Yankovich's Version of 12 Days of Christmas. FUNNY!

The first thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Is finding a Christmas tree

The second thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Rigging up the lights

and finding a Christmas tree

The third thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Hangovers

Rigging up the lights

and finding a Christmas tree

The fourth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Sending Christmas cards

Hangovers

Rigging up the lights

and finding a Christmas tree

The fifth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Five month of bills

Sending Christmas cards

Hangovers

Rigging up the lights

and finding a Christmas tree

The sixth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Facing my in-laws

Five months of bills

I hate those Christmas cards

Hangovers

Rigging up these lights

and finding a Christmas tree

The seventh thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

The Salvation Army

Facing my in-laws

Five months of bills

Sending Christmas cards

ohhh geeez

I'm tryin to rig up these lights!

and finding a Christmas tree

The eighth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

I want a transformer for Christmas

Charities and what do you mean your in-laws?

Five months of bills

uh makin up these cards

please get me a beer huh

What we have no extension cords?

and finding a Christmas tree

The ninth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Finding parking spaces,

"Daddy I want some candy"

Donations

Facing my in-laws

Five months of bills

Writing out those Christmas cards

Hangovers

Now why the heck are they blinking?

and finding a Christmas tree

The tenth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Batteries not included

No parking spaces

"Buy me something!"

Get a job you bum

Facing my in-laws

Five months of bills

Yo-ho sending Christmas cards

Oh-geez look at this

One light goes out they all go out

and finding a Christmas tree

The eleventh thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Stale T.V. specials

Batteries not included

No parking spaces

"Mom I gotta go bathroom"

Charites

She's a witch I hate her

Five months of bills

I dont even know half these people

Oh who has the toilet paper

Turn the flashlight on I blew a fuse

and finding a Christmas tree

The twelfth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me

Singing Christmas carols,

Stale T.V. specials

Batteries not included

No parking

"WAAAAHHHHHH"

Charities

Gonna make em dinner

Five months of bills

I'm not sending em

Mister that's it

Shut up you, you're so smart you rig up the lights

and finding a christmas tree.

Real Life Fairytale

You ran around inside my head.
When you passed out, I felt dead.
And I realized you make me live.
And when my world starts to cave in,
you jump inside and take my hand.
No matter where, you are there.

Will I ever see, what you could see in me?
I do, I just believe that we will always be and dream, yeah.
Well, I will never be the sign that we must see,
that you and me were meant to be so just believe
why we are together.

You are my light, you are my star,
you are my sunshine and my dark.
You are the everything I dreamed about.
You are the guy who stole my heart.
I am the girl you're always smiling for.
We have a love people dream about.
A real life fairytale.

I thought that I would be alone.
You caught my eye and I was home.
And I realized that this was love.
I see the world through different eyes.
I look at you by my side.
No matter where, you're always there.

You are my light, you are my star.
You are my sunshine and my dark.
You are the everything I dreamed about.
You are the guy who stole my heart.
I am the girl you're always smiling for.
We have a love people dream about.
Dream with me, make me believe that this is a real life fairytale!

Kisses!
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Registries

Ok, so I know it's been a whlie since I have written anything. But it's been busy! I am writing today to put up the places that Ryan and I have registered so that people know if they wanna get us anything for Christmas. That's what we want for Christmas... stuff from our registry!!

Anyway, here are the websites you can go to to find what we registered for.

Walmart - http://www.walmart.com/giftregistry/

Target - http://www.target.com/b/601-8644190-5044151?ie=UTF8&node=306498011

Bed, Bath and Beyondhttp://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/regHome.asp?order_num=-1

JcPenney's - http://www5.jcpenney.com/jcp/GR2_RegistryHome.aspx?deptid=21476&pcatid=21476&catid=21492&cattyp=DEP&dep=Gift+Registry&pcat=Gift+Registry&cat=Wedding&refpagename=GiftCenter%252Easpx&refdeptid=7232&refcatid=7232&cmAMS_T=T18&cmAMS_C=C3&CmCatId=7232

Alright, now I have to go. But I promise I will write more soon!

Kisses!
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East to West

It's funny how I have listened to this song over and over and never really listened to the lyrics until today. I really love this song... and now I love the lyrics too! They are very inspirational.

Here I am, Lord, and I'm drowning in your sea of forgetfulness

The chains of yesterday surround me I yearn for peace and rest

I don't want to end up where You found me

And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight

I know You've cast my sin as far as the east is from the west

And I stand before You now as though I've never sinned

But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

Jesus can You show me just how far the east is from the west

'Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been come rising up in me again

In the arms of Your mercy I find rest

'Cause You know just how far the east is from the west

From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day, the war begins, endless reminding of my sin

Time and time again Your truth is drowned out by the storm I'm in

Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

Jesus can You show me just how far the east is from the west
'Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been come rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
'Cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other

Kisses!

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New Hair Time!

I think it's easier for people to understand what's going on in my life when they can see pictures of it! And pictures are a lot more interesting than just plain ol' words... so here you go!

This is my new hair! Edwina's masterpiece!
It is brown, blonde and red in the back.
See that little bit of red there?
WOOT! Lots of red! Fun stuff. Haha...

I guess that is what's going on for now. Ryan and I are going on a Wesley leadership retreat in Ceta Canyon tonight. It's going to be fun! Sleeping with the bugs!! :D

Kisses!

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Some Pictures for You

Here is a picture of my pink hair! It isn't like that anymore... it's faded a lot. Haha.. It was fun while it lasted!

And this is a pic of my third painting! I should have cropped the pic cuz it looks funny with everything around it. Oh well!

Kisses!

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the rain

Hello world!

I can't believe it's already the 11th of October! Thanksgiving and Christmas are gonna be here before we know it!

The same ol' boring stuff is going on in my life... except for now my hair is pink! It isn't going to stay that way very long, though, because it is already fading a lot. I have an appointment next Friday and I'm gonna dye it brown and try out some extensions! Edwina told me that I could keep my hair short and put extensions in for the wedding if I wanted. Not only would it make my hair longer, but it would also make it a lot thicker! So we are going to test it out to see if that's what I want to do. I'm pretty excited!

I'm also excited because Mom, Drew and Trista are coming down today. Trista is finally going to try on her bridesmaid dress! She will look gorgeous in it... she looks gorgeous in anything! It's also WT's homecoming this weekend. So we will be going to the parade, Fair on the Square, and the football game on Saturday. And maybe on Friday night we will go to one of the haunted houses around town!

Classes are still going really well... I'm sitting in my Digital Publishing class right now. We are working on a project called "Save the Giraffes." I have to create 4 postcards that are thematic that have something to do with saving the giraffes. It's going well. And in painting class I'm about finished with my 3rd painting! I keep getting better at it I think... I really like the painting I am working on. When I am home, I will try to post some pictures for everyone!

And I love coffee. It's so great. Sorry... I'm kind of random sometimes.

Ryan is doing pretty good too. He still loves work. But other than going to work, his days are filled with practicing with the Wesley worship band, playing his still-kind-of-new xbox360, and hanging out with me of course! We do date nights on Wednesdays so that we have time every week to just hang out with each other and not everyone else. We went to the dollar theater last night and watched the newest Harry Potter. He hadn't seen it yet and I was really excited that he wanted to go see it! And he liked it! :D While we were watching the movie it started raining like CRAZY and we could hear it hitting the roof. When the movie was over, it was still raining, but we decided to run outside anyway and try to get back to my house. We should have just stayed because it was flooding all over Amarillo!! There was one point where the exhaust to my poor little car was actually UNDER WATER! I could hear it making gurgling sounds. It was...what they call...ya know....FREAKY!

Anyway, I guess I better get ready to start class in a few minutes. That turned into a really long blog... and I didn't even have anything to talk about! Haha...

Kisses
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Blah

Good morning!

Here I am, sitting in class... BORED... so I am going to write a little blog. I've been sick the last few days (Ryan!) and I am finally getting over it. I don't have much of a voice today, though... it's very strange. Not too much has been going on. Springfield was pretty good. We won the football game by A LOT, so it was kind of boring to watch, but the marching band was so awesome! I am so proud of Drew for deciding to try it out. They look so amazing. I don't think the band has marched like that in probably 15 years!

It's just been a typical week. I've been going to class and Ryan has been going to work. Nothing to exciting has been happening in our lives! When something happens, I will be sure to tell you all. :D

Until then, I'm going to actually do something useful in class!

Kisses!
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A Lazy Day

Ryan is sick! I feel really bad for him. He got off work, came to my house, laid on the couch, and was asleep in just a few minutes. Hopefully he gets better soon... I don't like for him to be sick!

Today has been very boring, so I won't really say much about it. I went to class, worked on my project, came home, did some laundry and the dishes, and then messed with my myspace profile for a while. We were supposed to go to Blake's surprise birthday party tonight, but Ry doesn't feel like it and I don't want to go without him.

We are going to Springfield this weekend! It's homecoming! Actually, the only reason I am excited about that is because I get to see my family. I could care less about being in Springfield and going to homecoming. Haha. That's bad, huh?

Until next time...


Kisses!
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My First Real Blog

Wow.

Here it is, almost October in 2007, and I am just now catching up with the blogging world. At least the "real" blogging world. I don't think myspace blogs really count...

I want to tell you the purpose of this blog. I realize that in this digital age, basically the only way to keep up with someone is by emailing them, or talking to them on myspace or facebook, or even sending them a text message. So I am going to make the lives of my friends and family much easier by just telling them what's going on in my life (and in Ryan's) by simply writing about it on here.

As far as school goes, today was a great day. Actually, every day has been a great day because my classes are fun so I have no problem getting through them. Have I mentioned that I really love graphic design? I sometimes wish I could just take classes for the rest of my life... I don't think I ever want to stop learning.

Ryan has been working at his new job this last month and he absolutely loves it. When he gets off work, that is all I hear about for probably an hour. He says that it doesn't even feel like he's "working". He gets to sit in classes and learn about Pharmacy stuff while he monitors the system that they use for distance learning. I am so proud of him and very excited that he likes his job so much!

Wedding planning is kind of at a stand still right now. I have mostly everything done for now so that I can focus on classes. I think that the first month after the engagement I had wedding fever! Now I am just kind of enjoying the fact that Ryan and I are engaged.

Stuff at the Wesley is going really well too! Sometimes I feel sort of out-of-the-loop with a lot of things, but then I realize that mostly it's just me worrying about how everything it going to work out. It's crazy going from being small little Chi Alpha that is student funded, to being the Wesley that doesn't hardly ever have to worry about money. And there are so many new people that I need to get to know, and so many things are different... But it's definitely a good thing! Change just takes some getting used to. Whatever God wants me to do, I am there to do it for Him. And right now, being involved in the Wesley and hangin' in there with Mikey is what I am called to do. Until that changes, here I will stay! :D

*Side note* .:. Flicker, my cat, is driving me nuts. Recently, he has decided to become a teenager. He thinks that he can just do whatever he wants, when he wants. He just stands at the door all day long meowing because he wants to go outside. He knows perfectly well that he is an INSIDE cat with NO CLAWS to protect himself outside. How do you deal with this kind of rebellion!??!?

Basically, that is all I am going to write about for now. I have a lot more to talk about, but I better not overwhelm anyone!

Oh, and enjoy FALL! It's definitely here... there are leaves all over my yard!


Kisses!
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