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August 17th: When the work comes, it comes in twos!

One day during the summer I decided to go to the local library to find a good book to read.  While I as there I saw an ad posted on all of the checkout desks that said that the library was looking for a page to work there.  Since I had been looking for a job and filling out many applications I figured that it wouldn't hurt if I went ahead and filled out another application.  It was a whim thing.  Luck for me a few weeks later I got a call asking for an interview from that same library.  I guess they liked me because a couple days later I got asked to join their team and was given my work schedule.  Needless to say I was praising Jesus for the whole thing money is tight during the first year of marriage.  Not so lucky is the fact that not even a week after I started my first job classes started as well.  Well what can I say:  when things happen they happen in twos (at least). 

Updates time!

So I have not been blogging for a while.  There is a reason for that trust me.  I know the last post that I made was in early August.  Soon after that post I started classes at Meredith.  My excuse for not posting:  my professors kept me very busy this semester.  Considering it is the semester before student teaching during my senior year I would say that that is a good enough excuse.  Well, it has to be!  Anyway, I am going to update the blog with the rest of the year's major events!  Yepp, I am undergoing 4 months of post all during my Christmas break!  So, this should be interesting!

Date Night turned Adventure!

Yesterday was "stimulus Tuesday" up at the Carmike Cinema close to our new apartment.  Matthew and I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to get two movie tickets and two popcorns all for only five dollars.  It's a great deal!.  Matthew took off work a little earlier than normal so that he could have some time to relax after our long weekend.  We ate dinner and then headed out for our 7:05 showing of "Letters to Juliet".  As you can probably imagine the movie theater was packed with the regular Tuesday movie-goers.  We ended up having to park behind the theater.  The movie was great I would recommend it for anyone that likes a good love story. The adventure began when we got out of the theater and back into the Jeep.  There was an unusual beeping going on when Matthew turned the Jeep on and when we looked at the dash it was telling us that one of the tires is dangerously low on air pressure.  It was the back driver's side tire and ...

Out with the Old and In with the New

That's right!  Matthew and I have started a new journey by moving out the comfort of our former apartment and into the atmosphere of our new apartment.  It's a new location and a new life for us now but we are looking forward to this new experience.  Matthew is closer to work and I am closer to school which are both very good things.  More good news is that I finally was able to land a night job.  It will bring in a little more of that much needed cash.  It is at a library so it will be something that I believe I will enjoy.  So all in all we are starting a new leg of this journey we call life and we are living it together.  Ready, Get Set, GO!

July 4th is more than Independence day around here

We know that it is way past July 4th now but this month has just been so busy that I am just now getting around to blogging about our July 4th.  Matthew's birthday is July 4th and for the longest time when he was a child he thought that everyone celebrated his birthday with fireworks and parties!  It is great to be able to celebrate the independece of our country right along with the birth of one of the most amazing men in my life!  For this year, Matthew's 23rd birthday we had many different ideas about what we wanted to do.  We changed our minds many times before finally settling on going to Washington DC to watch the fireworks.  We were able to drive up to a nearby town called Alexandria and settle into our Marriott hotel room!  Yeah that's right we stayed at a Marriott!   We actually got an amazing deal for that hotel and we were definitely blessed.  After settling in for a little bit and getting our blood flowing again from our long drive w...

Montana Mission Trip

So I know it has been a long time coming because we went to Montana a few weeks ago but this is our update! When we first arrived, after many long hours on airplanes, we had a chance to explore the camp that we were going to be staying at for the next week.  It was absolutely beautiful.  The weather was perfect and different from what we were expecting considering we were so close to Canada.  It was in the upper 60s to the low 70s.   The trees were different than NC trees.  I thought that they were the most beautiful trees I had ever seen with the way that the branches separated exactly symmetrically and shaped the tree is such a way that it was perfectly conical.  They captured my interest most about the woodsy atmosphere.  Secondly, as seen in the above photo, was the rapidly flowing river that was bordering the camp. Most of our first hours were spent sitting or walking along the river and marveling in its beauty and majesty.  God creates ...

worst monday ever! (5/24/10)

So as my title says, last Monday was one of the worst Mondays that I have had in a long time. It started off early in the morning, 7:30 am, and if you know me then you know that is not a good time of morning for me to be waking anyway. But that had little to do with the bad day. I had to drive up to Louisburg to get my mom's prescription from her doctor's office because she was in SC with my Nina. Nina had been in the hospital since Thursday with complications that they could not quite pinpoint. So I set out early to get the paper that would allow me to get the prescription filled so that I could meet my Aunt at 10:30 when she was going to leave for SC. About half way through my journey to the doctor's office my car started making weird noises and shaking slightly. I called Matthew with a slight air of laughter in my voice and told him that if I broke down that he would have to call in late to work. Mind you I did not think anything of it because didn't think ...

The amazing beach trip by Matthew

This weekend, 5/14/10 through 5/17/10, was a great weekend. My wife and I went down to Myrtle Beach to visit my step dad whom I haven't seen in 9 years. He was in prison. During his sentence he committed his life to Jesus and catching up with my step dad, Ralph, and the weather was perfect. The beach was beautiful and the ocean temperature was just right. There is one story that stands out while we were on our trip. It was Saturday afternoon and we were able to go to the beach to relax and get some sun. My wife decided to stay on the sand and get a tan while reading her book, Twlight series. After a short time of sitting around I decided to go for a walk on the beach. I walked for a while, tried to catch fish, looked at dead jelly fish, and enjoyed the ocean breeze. After a while my feet started to hurt and I turned back to see my wife. While I was walking back I noticed a guy looking at me. He reached into his bag and said to me: "Hey man cover over here." I...

beach weekend

This weekend Matthew and I went down to Myrtle Beach to visit Matthew's step-father Ralph. We left Saturday morning after a long but amazing Friday night of celebrating Matthew's graduation from Vance Granville Community College. Lee came down and went to the graduation along with me, Morgan and Matthew's mom. It was great spending time with him. We went and ate at Applebee's in Wake Forest where we ran into an old friend Heidi. It was great seeing her again and it makes both of us want to get back in touch with her. But back to the beach. We left in the morning and arrived about 1:30pm. We spend a good amount of time reconnecting with Ralph and for me getting to know him. He was a sweet man with a great heart for the Lord. We met his soon to be wife and some of her family. Then we were able to go to the beach and spend some time relaxing and soaking up the sun. Matthew went for a walk while I read my book in the sand. The craziest thing was when he retur...

two moms

This past weekend Matthew and I had our first mother's day when we both had two mothers to celebrate! In order to honor both of our mother's we had to split the day between the two. Matthew's mom, my mother-in-law, came to our new church with us on Sunday morning. It was a great service and I think that she enjoyed it very much. After church we took her out along with Morgan to Panera Bread for a mother's day lunch. It was a great time of food and conversation and we even got a surprise visit from Dean and Kylie. Unfortunately I had to leave the gathering prematurely in order to make the mac-and-cheese that I had promised for our mid-day extravaganza with my mother. I went back to the apartment at 2:00 to uphold my promise and await my mother's arrival. When my mom finally arrived we had to wait for Matthew to get back from spending time with his mother. It didn't take long because he knew that we had things to do and places to be. We all piled into m...

spring saturdays, what more can you ask for?

Yesterday was a lovely day for my husband and I. It started out bright and early, 8:00 for me because I had a 9:00 exam. And yes 8:00 is early for me even though Matthew always gets up at around 5:30. Matthew was a sweetheart and made me some breakfast, bacon and biscuits! I left for my biology exam at about 8:30 so that I could get there early and look over my notes one last time. Turns out it was a good thing I got there a little early because some of the fashion students had taken over the room that we were supposed to have our exam in and Dr. Reid had to change it last minute on us. Luckily I was there to witness the change and I knew where to go, others weren't so lucky when they strolled in the new room at around 9:10. I have to say that the exam was not to bad, I finished it in about an hour and was out of there by 10:05. When I got home Matthew was watching his cartoon so we finished that and then got ready for the rest of our day. The best part of the day was spent ...

Rare breed?

I had this inkling to search for more people that may have my name. This is what I came up with: HowManyOfMe.com There are or fewer people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name? Then I decided to do the same for Matthew and this is what I got then: HowManyOfMe.com There are or fewer people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name? So apparently we are both rare breeds! I like being special! :)

there is a first time for everything

So I know that I am a little late on the update of last weekend considering it is next weekend already but hey better late than never.  Last weekend Matthew and I had a lot of first time experiences.  We had our first time staying over at a family member's house when we stayed with my Nina on Friday night.  We stayed over there to be able to help her get ready for the yard sale that we would be having Saturday morning and so that we would not have to bring all of our stuff for the yard sale over early in the morning.  It was a great night.  We ordered pizza, made yard sale signs and put price tags on all of the stuff that we were going to be selling.  I must admit it was a little different staying in the same room with Matthew when my mom's mom was in the room just across the hall.  Saturday morning we had to awake bright and early in order to prepare for our day's adventures.  We started setting stuff outside at around 7:15 because all our ads...

easter vacay and andrew's birthday!

So this past weekend, Easter weekend, Matthew and I took a trip up to VA Beach to go camping and spend some time with our best friends, Andrew and Tianna Yentzer.  Matthew and I both had Friday off so we decided to head out around 11:30 am on Friday morning.  We had packed everything up on Thursday and had made a last minute trip to my dad's house to get a few camping essentials.  We had to borrow a tent, lantern, beach towels, and a propane grill.  We actually ended up not even using the grill but it was a good thing to have just in case.  The ride up there was great.  I love to ride in the Jeep with the windows rolled down and the warm air blowing in my face and of course the music turned up so we could jam out!  I have to say though, the temperature change in the amount of time that it took us to drive up there was crazy.  When we started our drive the temperature from the jeep said 81 degrees and by the time that we got to VA Beach the temper...

a quote worthy of remembering

Today my lovely husband and I decided to go for a walk around Lake Lynn right outside of our apartment. It was really a great walk and we got talk about a lot of different things that we had been thinking about lately. There was one thing that Matthew said that I felt was definitely worthy of writing a separate post about. We were talking about there always being a way to get something done with God on our side. Matthew said, and I quote, "Where there is a will there is a way. But what if Will is not around?" I just thought that that was the most hilarious thing to say and hope that yall enjoy it as much as I did!

pictures here and pictures there

God's beauty continues to amaze me. It is refreshing when you can find beauty like this in your own backyard of a large city like Raleigh. I went out for a little walk by myself on Sunday and wondered upon this beautiful scenery. Also, we recently received news that our wedding album has arrived! I will be picking it up tomorrow afternoon! Totally excited!

catching up and prayful hearts

Yeah so I know it has been a while since I last posted, I have had a lot going on in the past few weeks. But I am writing now to get things updated a little. Last week was Meredith's spring break. It wasn't to much of a spring break for me however since I had to spend Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at a conference for teaching fellows (senior orientation). I went to visit my mom on Monday, then went to the orientation on Tuesday. Wednesday was a crazy day because I woke up throwing up and had to stay home from the orientation, only to be able to make up for my missed day with a paper. Thursday I went back to the orientation because I was feeling well enough to sit through it and if I hadn't then I would have had to make the entire thing up next year or over the summer. For the weekend we spend some time with Matthew's mother helping her plant some trees on Saturday. Sunday we went to the Walmart in Louisburg to try and sell some more coupon books. We ended up ...

sick days and guy's night

Today I woke up with the worst sensation that I was going to throw up. I also had a horrible throat pain that came along with the cold room that we slept in that night. (Matthew had the same throat thing) As the morning went on I kept of feeling worse and worse. I didn't know what was wrong with me, and still don't. I got dressed and drove out to the location where we were having senior orientation. As soon as the first person that was supposed to lecture started talking I felt like I was going to pass out if I stayed. I figured it would be rude if I puked or fell asleep during someone's presentation so I decided that it was probably best if I went ahead and went home. I was really upset that I could not hold out for the whole day because now I think that I may have to make up the senior orientation either this summer or next year. That would totally suck! I went home and slept. It was so weird because I had so many different symptoms going through my body (you n...

long lost days and couch beds

So I have not been keeping up with this in the past few days considering I have been pretty busy. Thus I am going to do some quick over-views of the past few days so that I can get myself to bed. I haven't been sleeping all that well for a while now and I need to get my beauty rest. On Sunday Matthew and I went back to Grace Assembly (our old/home church) for the late service. We wanted to go back to Grace since we are doing the mission trip through them and they were having a young adult meeting after church. The young adults meeting was pretty great. We went to Forks Cafeteria in downtown Wake Forest and had a room to ourselves reserved. I love getting everyone together. There are always great conversations. After we ate we had a little talk about getting young adults going again and about this new adopt a school program that they wanted us to get involved in. I am feeling pretty siked about the adopt a school program because it is with a middle school and we would get ...

throbbing feet and delivery pizza

Today Matthew and I had this wonderful idea that since we did not have anything planned for our Saturday that we would go for a walk. It started off with just a walk around the lake off from our apartment and ended up with us walking all the way to Crabtree Valley Mall. For those of you that don't know, the mall is about 5 miles away from the apartment. We were all hyped up that we were going to walk to the mall and eat some lunch then go to best buy to look at receivers for speakers that we may get from my brother. The walk down there was not to bad. It took us a little under an hour to get down to the mall. The last stretch I have to say was the worst for me because Matthew was walking faster since he knew that we were almost there. We took a go amount of time eating and sitting down in the mall so that we could relax a little. By this time I was in a little bit of pain from all the walking on hard pavement with shoes that I don't wear all that often. The part that I...

life's like a box of chocolates

I didn't know what I was going to get today. I got another normal day! Wahoo sounds like fun right. I had quiz in my bio class, lunch at subway with my husband, and a 'class' where we watched a movie about gay men adopting children. Tonight proves more interesting as Matthew and I enjoy each others company sitting on the coach cuddled under a cozy blanket. Now there is something that I would like to share my insight on with you all. Recently I have been learning about different theologists of the early 16th to the 17th century. One of these theologists is Martin Luther. Martin Luther believed that salvation was only reached though faith in God alone and not through works on Earth. He said that everything is dependent on God and nothing can happen without it being in His will. One quote that resonated with me most was: “A Christian is a perfectly free lord, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all.” Now this quote is very ...

black outs and study sessions

So I have missed a few posts but that ok right? I mean that is what these things are for! Sunday was a fun day. First there was church then Walmart for 4 hours. Yes that is right I said FOUR hours and we even left with more money than we came with! How is this possible? Well we were selling coupon books of course! Yep more of those coupon books for the missions trip. We sat outside of the Walmart in Wake Forest and sold five books. There were also some pretty generous donations given to us. It definitely required some stepping out of the comfort zone because we were solely in charge of the whole deal. The weather was beautiful so we couldn't have asked for a better day to be out there. I even think that I got a little sun on my face! After about hour 3.5 we were all getting hungry thus we hurried on over to matthew's mother's house for some chow. Mondays are basically mondays. I mean who really likes Mondays? I know I don't. Out of all the days of the w...

hair cuts and laziness

Man oh man have I got a story to go down in the books today!! OK so today is one of the first Saturdays that Matthew and I have had absolutely free of things to do in a while. So what do we decide to do? Be lazy of course! The morning started off great with Matthew making us pancakes for breakfast and then it moved right along into our laziness. We decided to be a little bit productive because it was about time for Matthew to have his hair cut. I am his own personal barber, or so I thought. There was a bit of an incident with the hair clippers that I bought him for Christmas. First off there was the fact that I forgot to put the guard on the clippers before I started to cut his hair. Thus there was a little bit to much hair cut off in the back! I felt so bad about this because I felt like I ruined his hair. Normally I am a great barber, honest. Matthew, however, being the amazing husband that he is, did not get mad in the slightest. He actually thought that it was funny! ...

creativity and coupons

Ah Fridays. You gotta love 'em. On Fridays this semester I only have one 11:00am class (Biology and Society)and after that I am totally free to enjoy my early start of the weekend. Although, with my many responsibilities I tend to have a few errands that have to be taken care of after classes. Nothing different today. After class I went to eat lunch with my husband. I do this most every Monday, Wednesday and Friday because he has lunch at 12:00 and it is easier for me to go eat with him and then go back to school for my next class than it is to go all the way back to the apartment. Plus it is always nice to be able to see him in the middle of my day! After lunch I had to get some things settled for the fundraiser that we are having to raise money for the missions trip that we will be going this summer. We are taking a trip to Montana to work with youth from six different Native American tribes. We are extremely excited and know that God wants us to be on this trip. Thu...

virgin...to blogging

So this is all new to me and I decided tonight to try it out. I figure it is like a diary online that everyone can see right? Well however you choose to use it I am going to use it as a way of collecting all of my major events of our first year of marriage. I want to be able to come back to this later on in life and read all about what happened during our first year. I have been told that the first year is the hardest...so far I have to say that I am enjoying marriage immensity! Matthew and I were married January 2, 2010. Yes that is 01-02-2010; the same what forward and backward. And no we did not plan the date to be a palindrome it just so happened that we discovered that after we decided on the date. It is now March 4th, a couple months and a couple days since we have been married so I am a little late on the year of blogging but I just discovered how easy it is today. I am excited to get started with this whole task. I am challenging myself to continue to stick with this ...