I'm attaching these pictures below from when Chris, Denira, Bobby and I went to Virginia to do the Creeper Trail - we only did 17 miles. Last year Chris and I did the whole 34 miles and I thought my legs were going to rip off. Anyways enjoy the pics it was September and gorgeous!
ok so it's hard for me to post often because i never know what to say, but since it's been like a month or so some things have happened. we are moving on the 29th, we close on the 19th. i thought i would be more excited, but i think it's cause i don't let my self think about it or it will take forever to get here and i will miss out on all the fun of christmas. i am always in a good mood during the holiday season, i love the cartoons, and decorations and funny movies. but i really try to remember why were are celebrating this special day, if this day never happened my life would be so different then it is now. God has truly blessed my life this year, i have gone through a lot of hard things in the past, but this year has been a little less crazy. i just feel like when things are o.k. or even good that's when my relationship with God becomes the same old thing or even less then that. i'm going to write this down so i will hold myself accountable this following year, i will go on a mission trip in 2008. i feel strongly that since my less then perfect trip to trindad that God has always let me know that it was not the end of my missionary career. i just let life get in the way and too many excuses. most people think after that mission trip that i would be too scared to go on another one, but God did bring me home safely and i know He is in charge of my life so i don't worry. well about that, i do worry about other things in my life.
my friends stephanie and mike had their baby delia on nov. 28th and she is a little cutie. i haven't gotten to see her in person but the pictures are beautiful. she had a scary start but she is out of children's hospital and home with her family now! praise God! also, kay had her surgery to get her breast removed and i am amazed at the faith of that family - they love God. i know that she will make it thru all the treatments and the cancer will not come back, but i know the road to getting to that point will be long and hard. kay is one of the strongest and most reliant on God women i know. God is using her and this experience for part of his plan, we will see what that purpose is one day.
o.k. so the last thing is i feel like i haven't hung out with anyone if forever. chris has been so sick for almost two weeks and he played a reunion show last saturday with his old band capulet and rockwell (which was freakin' awesome) but he lost his voice and felt worse then ever on sunday. the sacrifices great musicians make! he is on antibotics now and starting to feel better, but he needs to get rid of the cough. on top of that i have a cold and it's like my nose is on continious drip which is also making one of my eyes water. so it's safe to say i'm over the sickness, i want to have fun with my friends and enjoy the season, and get out of my apartment. i think after this week we should be better and things will go back to normal.
in closing i would like to pray for all the people that are going through some really big trials in their life - God will make us all stronger. Deena sometimes you just have to let the unknown happen and one day you'll look back and say oh that was what that time was for. Denira you have been awesome being so strong for everyone around you, even when you're going through your own stuff. just doing whatever anyone needs whenever. Deena you have been doing a lot too. I love my friends and that i am blessed to have friends that understand what being a christian means and trying to live that everyday. and also that i have a husband that does the same thing and is encouraging and loving to me. thanks to everyone!
Alright, I am so glad we have some cool weather going on. I can't believe I'm leaving for New Jersey next Friday - it snuck up on me so fast. It will be good to go home for a little while, though it will be very busy with the wedding. It's weird to go back after living in Tennessee for so long, to actually think the a big part of my life was spent there, I can't imagine living there now. Well this is short and sweet.
Read more...Confusing title, maybe. How about it's just as confusing as our weather in good ol' Tennessee. What happened to the fall weather, highs in the low 70's, my favorite time of year. It lasted about 4 days and then bam up to the mid 80's. I know it's supposed to cool back down this weekend, but for how long? This is what bothers me about Tennessee weather, it will be so hot all summer and then maybe a week of fall weather total, and then freezing cold winter weather. We don't really get a fall or autumn anymore. Those poor people who are still making their way up to Gatlinburg to see the leaves change, well sorry people the are just staying green and then falling right off!! Ok, enough about that. So Thursdays are always good because my favorite show, The Office, comes on. It's so funny - no lie I have the first 3 seasons on my ipod. I think I'm borderline obsessive, well that was until Deena & Matt started watching it this summer. I think they have out done me. (Matt even ordered a business man trophy like the one on Michael's desk) Matt does not even have a desk! It is a show well worth watching, I love the little humor. Just a comment someone makes that you realize you heard later and laugh about it. Also, it's fun on Thursdays cause usually we have a house full of people watching it. Tonight will be great because at least when the tornado comes we can all die together. Just kidding, they said we would have bad weather but it's sunny outside right now. Well these are my super intense and very deep thoughts for the day. Have fun with them.
Read more...Well I am at work this morning and dead tired! I woke up at 1:30am and couldn't go back to sleep. Oh, well I'll get through it. So, God has been really working on me lately. I've been reading this book called The Art of Being and it has been awesome. I'm learning how to just be in the midst of everything that's going on. Since I left Threds I have been in constant search of what to do next, but God has really taught me to just have faith in Him and sometimes I need to just be. I not good at just being I've come to find out, I like to be crazy busy. I'm only working on Tuesdays and Thursdays right now and last week was the first week I was o.k. with this. I have time to actually work on things that I want to work on and I know that when it is time God will show me where to go from here. I think this was so difficult for me because the world may view this as lazy, in turn I have had a hard time not believing the same. I try so hard to block out the world's views and concentrate on God, but I am human and these things do sneak in. Anyway on some other notes I saw an awesome concert last week. It was TFK, Barlow Girl, and Toby Mac. Barlow Girl was amazing, the drummer plays so hard and sings alot, and the bass player also plays the keyboard and is the lead singer, and the guitar player is amazing as well. I was impressed, it is rare to find a girl band that can hold there own and play instruments extremely well and sing just as well. Also, this Saturday is Steph's baby shower, Denira and I are throwing, and I am excited!! It's weird she's like the first one of my close friends to have a baby and it's getting so close - it's like we're grown ups!
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So, ok I'm not good at keeping up with this thing. Mostly because I can not think of anything about me that I could write that people would want to read. My day to day in Clinton, TN. It's really mind-blowing. I did have something amazing happen this week - Andrew Bird, Bijou Theater, Knoxville, TN - last Monday night. He is so incredible, he plays violin like normal and then like a guitar plus he plays guitar and his voice is amazing. He also has a great drummer/Fender Rhodes player (Martin Luther King Dosh) and bass player (so I don't remember his name not as memorable as the rest he should probably change it to something a little more catchy) Anyway, so what mesmorized me was this thing that looked like an old phonograph player exept it was two sided and Andrew's violin sound came out of it, but just to the side was a microphone and he would hit a switch on the phonograph thing and it would spin and the microphone would pick up the reverb and made the coolest sound ever. Plus they would loop stuff and then play over it and all this music was coming from these 3 human beings and it was incredible. I was on the 7th row, great seats and wonderful show!!! Today I'm in a thoughtful mood, contemplating life and such - what is my purpose here? I guess that's a life long question, but I'm just trying to figure out where my life is going right now. I feel like I have all this creative energy inside of me but no outlet for it. I've got to learn how to play that keyboard! I haven't completed a painting in almost 3 years, I did start one a few weeks ago - I just haven't been able to finish one in so long. I think I have 6 that are started. Well I guess I'll go figure out all this tonight and tomorrow I'll have all the answers!!
My mood is thoughtful.
This week has seemed forever long and man am I glad that it's Friday. Tomorrow night is the Jimmy Eat World concert and I'm so excited to go and enjoy the music and hang out with some friends. Man it's only 4:15, still 45mins. left. I can hardly sit still. Tonight I'm going to a party for Mattie, he is leaving for the Marines on Monday and I can't believe he is even old enough to join, I will miss him much!!
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