Some new photos!

This is Dan.  He's my boyfriend.  Yes, I finally have a boyfriend.  He's a great guy.  Look him up on facebook. 

Another lovely picture of Miss Juanita and I at this past weekend's LWML Retreat in St. Pete Beach, FL.  This was before our one fancy meal.  It was really fun to spend the weekend with her once again. 

This is my entire group of YWR Friends from this past weekend.  Laura who is next to Juanita in the front row was a YWR with us last fall and it was great to hang out with her again.  Also, one of the girls in the middle (Sarah) I met last year and we've talked online a lot and stuff, but we finally got to hang out quite a bit which was nice.  And another girl in the middle (Alisha) is friends with Jerry and Lynette! 

Here we all are dressed up like we were in our skit.  JoAnn and I were shepherds which is why we don't have a wooly face.  Weren't the masks cute?

I heart this picture!  These are my girls!  I love them so much and there is nothing that I love more than to spend the weekend with them praising the Lord.  Seriously...I love Gayle and Carol!  We didn't line up according to height like last year...

These are the ladies that Gayle and Carol know from our zone and a former staff member of St. Mark's.  It was nice to see them and hang out with them some.  They are extremely sweet ladies!

And these are from the car ride home...

This is Carol's left side.  I saw this a lot on the way home.  But when she turned to me, she looked like this...

She had a lot of cute dances to the 60s and 70s songs on the radio.

This was about all that I could see of Gayle on the ride home.  She's offering some peace here.  She talks louder than Carol naturally, so that is why I sat behind her.  Carol's voice doesn't carry as well.

And that...is....all!

A Survey because it has been a while!

1. What color is your toothbrush? green

2. Name one person who made you smile today? well, there were a few...Gayle gave me a really sweet card that made my school day and then I got a smile from Dan when I first started talking to him

3.What were you doing at 8 am this morning? opening my door for my students to come in.

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? talking on the phone and eating my dinner

5. What is your favorite candy bar? Reese's Peanut Buttercup

6. Have you ever been to a strip club? um...no

7. What is the last thing you said aloud? "What else did you find that is interesting?"

8. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Vanilla

9. What was the last thing you had to drink? Coffee

10. Do you like your wallet? sure

11. What was the last thing you ate? noodles with alfredo sauce, broccoli and chicken and a piece of dark chocolate

12. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? shoes on Thursday last week

13. The last sporting event you watched? a St. Mark's volleyball game on the 19th.

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? kettle corn

15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to? Dan

17. Do you take vitamins daily? yes

18. Do you go to church every Sunday? yes

19. Do you have a tan? I live in the Sunshine State, of course I do!

20. Do you prefer Chinese food or Pizza?eh...

22. What did your last text message say? I'm glad.

23. What are you doing tomorrow? working and going to a party

25. Look to your left, what do you see? a bunch of stuff I need to put away

26. What color is your watch? a little gold and a little silver

27. What do you think of when you hear Australia? Kangaroos

29. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? go in

30. What is your favorite number? 23

31. Who's the last person you talked to on the phone? I'm on the phone with Dan currently.

32. Any plans today? I'm home right now.

33. How many states have you lived in? 2

34. Biggest annoyance right now? not enough time in my day

35. Last song listened to? Carol sang something by the BeeGees at lunch today

36. Can you say the alphabet backwards? no...unless I am looking at it on my classroom wall

37. Do you have a maid service clean your house? I wish I did...right now!

38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? my black flip flops

39. Are you jealous of anyone? not really...sometimes I am jealous of Margaret's piano skills

40. Is anyone jealous of you? Ha, they shouldn't be!

41. Do you love anyone? I love a lot of people...but there is this particular guy! 

42. Do any of your friends have children? oh, yes, a lot of them.

43. What do you usually do during the day? work and eat

44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now? I don't hate anyone

45. Do you use the word 'hello' daily? Oh yes

46. What color is your car? gray

48. Are you thinking about someone right now? of course!

49. Have you ever been to Six Flags? no

50. How did you get your worst scar? I don't have any that are that horrible!

LWML Portland Convention and more...

This is a picture of my roommate and fellow Floridian, Juanita!  We spent the entire convention together and she is such an amazing person!  Here we are at our dinner with President Jan Wendorf who reminded us that we are all princesses because our Father is the King!  Honestly, I have never really thought of that, and it was really nice!  That is one thing from the convention that I will never forget!  Juanita and I are already planning on going to our district retreat together and future national conventions! 

This is a picture of Crysten Sanchez who I worked with at camp many years ago!  I was really excited to see that she was also going to be a YWR at the convention!  I didn't have much time to sit and talk to her, but it was really nice to see her!  Check her out on facebook because she has made some of the most gorgeous looking cakes! She has a real talent, people!

Here's a picture of Juanita and I working on our servant event project.  We tied quilts and we met some really awesome women while doing this!  It also has me thinking of some great service projects that I could do with ladies of my congregation! 

Here's a picture of the ladies that I hung out with during the convention.  What cracked me up is that most of them are nothing like the people that I normally hang out with, but they just loved that I am from "Hollywood".  They are amazing children of God!  Tina, who is standing on the left side of me in this picture, is a friend of Margaret's from college!  It really is a small lutheran world! 

This picture is not from the convention at all, it is from the night before I left.  This is Margaret and I when we went to see STOMP for her birthday!  I wanted to surprise her and bring her to something musical, so I didn't tell her where we were going until we were in the parking garage!  It was cute to see how excited she was!  It was also nice to surprise her with a fun outing!  She is an amazing person and I am truly blessed to have her in my life!  As you can see, I was supporting the Johnny Cash outfit this evening!

The Birthday!

It is true, people, that Saturday was my birthday!  I enjoyed my day quite a bit!  I started my fun with spending some time on the phone with my parents and with my grandmother!  It was quite nice.  Then, Margaret and I went out and got haircuts.

Here we are showing off our haircuts that we got at the Aveda Institute.  I have heard a lot about going there, but never been there.  So, Saturday was the day.  It was nice.  Margaret had some coupons, so we got free haircuts.  For the people being students, they did quite well.  And they wear all black which I realized while waiting for Margaret is a very slimming color.  I may switch to being Johnny Cash and wearing all black.  We'll see!

After the hair fun, we went over to Joy's house and Carol, Darla and Christina joined us.  We had a fondue party which I had never done before and it was a lot of fun.  It was really nice!

Here is Margaret, Ronnie, Carol and Christina enjoying the fondue.  In the front right corner, you can see Joy's arm.  That is the only picture that I got of her that evening because she was always in the background. 

Here is Darla and Christina enjoying dinner!

Then we played some games and opened gifts!  I really dislike opening gifts in front of other people because I am afraid that I am not going to be as excited as they would expect me to be when I open the gift.  I enjoyed all of my gifts and I don't think that they should have gotten me anything, but it was very kind of them!

I think that I am telling a story here about Brent and I at Sweet Tomatoes.  That is the only thing that I can think of that I would have had everyone looking at me so intently.  Christina helped some with the gift opening!

Then we had cake.  Joy slaved hard to make me this gluten free cake which was really hard and wasn't as pretty as she wanted it to be, but I loved it because I could eat the whole thing and not worry about feeling ill later!  Carol and Margaret were having a hard time choking down their pieces, but it was good! 

I had a really awesome day and I was glad that I got to spend it with people that I really care about!  They are wonderful!

The Talent Show and Stuff...

On Thursday, Lynette and Jerry were over and we had eaten dinner and Lynette was just sitting there and was like, "Do you have any yarn and a hook?  Will you teach me to crochet?" and so, I did.  Here is a picture!

Tonight was the talent show, so I played the piano again.  I played "A Spanish Fiesta" and "Amazing Grace".  Here is my awesome piano teacher and myself!

I was quite happy because I didn't stop when I messed up and I didn't shake my head.  Both are very big accomplishments for me!  I achieved my goal, I made my piano teacher proud!