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| Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 | | 7:51 pm |
stuff that is happening
So, it has been a really long time since I have posted. But the most recent thing that has happened is, I got laid off from my job last Friday. But Tim and I went on a biking weekend that we had planned for a while with Jim and Amy G. So we went, had a good time, I rode my furthest yet 24 miles, and did well, but had a fever off and on the whole day. So went to bed but felt somewhat better in the morning. Now I am just working on school stuff, and also making a list of stuff I need to do to find another job. I got 2 weeks severance pay and have insurance until the end of August, but that is it. I can't file for unemployment because the school is under a church charter and are not required to pay into unemployment, so I am out of luck there. So any and all prayers are appreciated. There are many other things going on with me personally, that God and I are working on. I am relying on Him to get me and the family through this. So that is a quick update. Love you all! Current Mood:  blah | | Sunday, July 12th, 2009 | | 8:41 am |
Happy Birthday Marlucio! I am sure you will be having a great one! I was very glad to see you. Have fun with those kids, oh yeah Travis and Chrissy too! | | Thursday, May 21st, 2009 | | 10:58 am |
Clothes are way to big!
I finally couldn't stand it anymore and went out and bought two pair of capri's that actually fit me. The ones I wore to work yesterday have a drawstring, and If it came undone, they would fall off me. I am wearing size 18 now. I don't remember when the last time was that I wore that size. I can't even believe that I am finally doing this. (Thanks Chrissy for getting me motivated). I also can buy my tops in the misses department, size large. YEAH! This goal of my actually seems like I might reach it. Now I have to get back to my reading for my class. Current Mood:  excited | | Sunday, December 7th, 2008 | | 3:16 pm |
You Are Worthy of My Praise
1. Put your music collection on shuffle. 2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. 3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS! 4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing this, as well as the person you got this from. IF SOMEONE ASKS "IS THIS OK," YOU SAY? Never Know WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Hurricane WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? The Burning Bush HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Better Together WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? On Jordons Stormy Banks I Stand WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Son of Man WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Programs WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK ABOUT YOU? Cerf-Volent WHAT TO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? What the Lord Has Done in Me WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Bach/Break WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Alice Childress WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Sheila Take A Bow WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Hear Me Out WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Holy is Yahweh WHAT IS YOR BIGGEST FEAR? Unpack your Adjectives HOW WILL YOU DIE? King of the Earth WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? If you Could See What I See WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Your Worthy of My Praise Current Music: Christmas Musit | | Friday, September 5th, 2008 | | 9:12 pm |
Changes again!
So, here I go again, finally making a post. Dorothy made it to Spain OK. She is staying with Carlos' Family. I'll let her tell the story when she gets the internet. On our end, it has been weird not having her around again. I miss you Dorothy! I thought I wouldn't miss you until about week number 3, but I was wrong. So, I was really busy before Dorothy left, making sure she had everything she needed. Now, I've been vegging out on the couch reading my counseling homework, and writing a paper. Now I'm procrastinating on taking my Midterm. But it isn't due until a week from Sunday. I'm ahead in the work, cause I'm trying to keep my mind busy so as not to miss Dorothy. Tim and I have also been praying about where to go to church "AGAIN" We really feel that God has something for us to do, but it is not where we are going to church. So the search is on again. God is really working on me with this counseling class. I know now that this is what I need to continue with. I'm getting confirmation every where I turn. I just don't know where or what to do after I get the associates degree. There are so many options. So I need prayer for that. I guess that is about it. Chrissy, I'm praying for you and that little boy to arrive soon! Bekah, I'm praying for you to get over your cold. (If you want us to take Eowynn for awhile tomorrow, let me know) Dorothy, again, I miss you and am praying for you and your new adventure. Current Mood:  pensiveCurrent Music: quiet | | Saturday, July 12th, 2008 | | 10:26 pm |
Hancock
Oh my goodness, you must see Hancock. There is so much to the movie. While I was watching I was thinking - what would Travis have to say about this? There would be much discussion, I'm sure. That is all I'm saying until others have seen it and wish to discuss it. I'm still processing parts of it right now. Current Mood:  contemplativeCurrent Music: Dorothy playing the piano | | Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 | | 8:09 am |
I was amazed at how many of these I have read. Not sure if I want to read any of the others. I have read some shakespeare, but not the whole works. 1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible [but the whole thing?? no way.]
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman 10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy 13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller14. Complete Works of Shakespeare - Not ALL OF THEM, Really? 15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier 16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks 18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 20. Middlemarch - George Eliot 21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - [if i could underline this twice, i definitely would]23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34. Emma - Jane Austen35. Persuasion - Jane Austen 36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 4 0. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving 45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins 46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy 48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood 49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding50. Atonement - Ian McEwan 51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52. Dune - Frank Herbert 53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth 56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon 60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov 63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt 64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac 67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy 68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding 69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie 70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens72. Dracula - Bram Stoker 73.The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson 75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78. Germinal - Emile Zola 79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray 80. Possession - AS Byatt 81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell 83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker 84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry 87. Charlotte's Web - EB White88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom 89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton 91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad 92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks 94. Watership Down - Richard Adams95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole 96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute 97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo | | Saturday, June 28th, 2008 | | 10:09 pm |
Almost done with Biology
A little update. I AM ALMOST DONE WITH BIOLOGY. I am so glad. only one more week. I just started a theology class also, I like this one. Tomorrow we are heading to Chicago for Dorothy's appt. with the Spanish Consulate to get her student visa. Had fun these past couple of days watching Eowynn walk all over the place. (Also having fun watching Josh and Bekah watch Eowynn walk all over the place). Went to David Gardner's graduation party. Very happy for him! Now I'm going to veg in front of the TV, then go to bed. Current Mood:  fullCurrent Music: coldplay | | Friday, June 6th, 2008 | | 10:36 am |
Just stuff
My update will also kind of merge into Bekah's update. I had an interesting day yesterday too! The work situation is still a battle zone as in Spiritual Battle, but yesterday hopefully was a breakthrough in that. I had a very emotional day at work, but it will get easier I pray. That is all I will say about that! I left work early, cause I need to use some vacation so I also took today off too. I went home to take a nap, I was up at 4am to go to work, I got a great 2 hr nap, when Dorothy came in and told me Bekah wanted me to go to the emergency room with her and Ewoynn. We had a nice visit! HA Read Bekah's post for those details. Then we watched Ewoynn when Bekah went to her Dr. appt. That was about it for me, but I was also very exhausted by the end of the day. I went to bed again at about 9:30. Now I am refreshed again, and getting stuff down around the house. I finished all of my Biology for the week, and I am looking forward to tomorrow when we will help with Jeremy & Naomi's wedding, and enjoy good times with friends. By the way any of you who know the Kunkles, Pray for Susie, as she is doing a lot to get ready for the wedding in her backyard, and she has a really bad cold. She needs healing and strength. Thanks! Current Mood: cheerfulCurrent Music: None - Air conditioner sounds | | Friday, May 9th, 2008 | | 7:09 pm |
my update
So I haven't written on this for a long time. Probably because I have been really busy. Dorothy will be home this weekend, I'm looking forward to that. I started one of my summer classes (Biology) I think I am going to like it. A surprise to myself. I have started riding my bike again, still like that. Tim has given up driving all together, because of his eyesight, also he has been suffering from chronic back pain, and is currently receiving shots in his spine to see if that helps, Bekah and Josh are preggers again, a boy this time, Eowynn will be 9months old soon and it has been so fun watching her grow, I am looking for a new job, but I think God wants me to stay at my present job for now, maybe until I finish my degree. So that is the short list of stuff, Oh yeah, trying to lose another 50 pounds. That is probably the hardest thing I am doing right now. Current Mood:  amusedCurrent Music: quiet | | Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 | | 11:59 am |
The church of Oprah!
I got this from some people I work with. I thought of Chrissy. So this is for you! Current Mood: amusedCurrent Music: noon news on mom's tv | | Thursday, December 27th, 2007 | | 10:42 pm |
just an update
I was checking my final grades for this past semester and I was so excited that I got an "A" in my math class. I thought I had a low B, but I had 3 a's and 1 b. And a 3.75 grade point average. To say the least, I was happy. Still am. I just bought my books for next semester. I was looking over all of my stuff, and I only need about 15 more credits to get my associates degree. I didn't realize I was so close. There has been so much going on in this household, that there is to much to write. Maybe my next post will be a list, like Chrissy does. When I have time to come up with it. | | Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 | | 11:18 am |
Stuff and more stuff
I haven't posted in a while. I've been pretty busy with my school work, my work and at a school, and Dorothy is home, but I'm driving her back tonight after I get off work. And Gretchen moved in. Its nice to have her here. The room smells much better then when Sean lived in it. I do miss Sean, but not the smell. This weekend we get to see Sean and Jamie. We will have a weekend with them up in Holland after we pick them up from the Detroit Airport on Friday morning and drive up to Holland. Then on Sunday, back to Detroit Airport, then we will come home. So like I said, we've been pretty busy, but all good stuff. I am ahead in my school work, so I don't feel to pressured there. That is about it. Off to get Dorothy's hair cut. Current Music: none | | Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 | | 10:23 pm |
bike rides and concert
Just got home. Had a great day. Went on a bike ride with a lot of the people that I really like to be with. We went 19 miles, some of the guys did more. Then Tim and I went to see Steven Curtis Chapman and Sanctus Real. It was so good. I felt like I went to church twice today. Thats it, I'm going to bed now. | | 12:28 pm |
excitment
We went to church this morning, and it was really great. Tim did a testimony on the accountability groups sword and all. And then a surprise, someone gave us 2 tickets to the Steven Curtis Chapman concert. Sanctus Real will be there too. Yeah. I'm really excited to go. Also we are going on a bike ride first with all the guys and gals. Yes us gals almost all of the wives now, are riding. Woot Woot!!!!! | | Monday, September 3rd, 2007 | | 9:39 pm |
Life is still interesting
I had a great time today riding my bike with my good friends. I went 14 miles, and hopefully I will be able to ride at least 2 more miles the next time I ride. I want to work up to be able to ride with Tim on one of his rides out to Secor Park and back. Then we all had a picnic dinner back here at our house. Got to talk to Dorothy on the phone, and on the computer. Haley got to talk to Dorothy. It is so strange not to have any of our kids living at home. But it is also good to talk to them almost every day. Well, I guess that is the end of the boring post. I'm going back to some more math homework. Tootles Current Music: the fan blowing on me | | 9:38 pm |
| | Sunday, August 12th, 2007 | | 4:37 pm |
So this weekend was another for goodbyes for our family. Friday night was the graduation of the International Youth Academy. This was only the second time in very many years that I've seen Dorothy cry. First it was Travis and Chrissy leaving, this time it was her international brothers Hayoon and Carlos. Amongst all of the other friends she made from Spain, China, Korea and Japan. Saturday morning was goodbye to Hayoon. We cried, he said he loved me and wanted to come back to United States. This morning we said goodbye to Carlos, and cried again. I am tired of goodbyes, but I know more are coming in the next two weeks. All of this is bittersweet, because we know that life is moving on, and everyone is going on to grow and learn more, so I guess that is about it. I'm done crying for the day. Tomorrow is another day! Current Mood:  sadCurrent Music: none | | Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 | | 7:11 am |
Birthday stuff
So, we have been really busy, but Sean and Jamie came a for a visit, so Tim and I took a day off. Yeah! And, We are getting ready to go on my first bike ride for a really long time, with my new bike. It is so cool. (The bike that is) Tim researched new bikes with new technology and he found one that he thought would be good for me, because of my knees and all. I went and test rode it yesterday after work, and we bought it. So I am going on a ride to wildwood and the U trail this morning, then home to spend time with the newlyweds. Yeah, for birthdays!!!!! Current Mood: excitedCurrent Music: dishwasher | | Sunday, July 29th, 2007 | | 10:26 pm |
Yeah!!!
I finished the book. Man, was it good. I wish I could put a story together like that. There is so much to talk about!!!!!! Current Mood: thankfulCurrent Music: the fan running |
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