hello patrick's point. we leave in an hour and 12 minutes. sweet. i'm exhausted. pretty much been cooking and baking up a storm since 5pm yesterday. my feet are killing me. i needed one of those chef's mats to stand on...... but the fun begins shortly. i can't wait. team coverdale. team rosten. team markle. and team p.b. lance. sweet. great food. great drinks. great hikes. great friends... good times...
made avocado salsa. turkey and beer chili. yummy pasta salad. brownies. and cinnamon rolls. *whew* cut up fruit. ground coffee. got it all packed. sweet sweet. time to load up the car. clean up the kitchen...and wait for my honey to come home.
I just checked the weather in Trinidad. it's 52 degrees over there. bEAUtiful.
...............peace.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
some things about this week
happy 5th of July people. kind of a weird 4th, eh? oh well-just think how amazing it will be in October or whenever the reschedule the fireworks for, to kick back in cooler weather and watch the lovely display...
it's been a good week. had tyler over for dinner one night. our dear friend kelly another night. went over to the blacks house Wednesday night. spent Thursday night at home with my honey. last night, bbq with team rosten. *wow* no wonder i've been tired this week. i love hanging with people though... totally worth it.
went to the gym Wednesday... for the first time since March. i've been walking around like an old person all week, just ask jeremy. i think i may have overdone it for the first time back. but there was this little old guy on the elliptical next to me that was just jamming away..80 years old (my guess), completely sculpted calves, level 4 (yea, I peaked)... and after my 20 minutes he was STILL going.. shoot. one of the main reasons i haven't gone (besides being lazy:) is that i was nervous about scanning my card.... then my info pops up..... and whoever is sitting there at the desk can see how long it's been since i scanned my card last. shoot. i walked in, smiled at the guy sitting at the front desk (a smile like, c'mon you know me, i'm here every day) scanned my card and walked off. Either he didn't actually look at the screen... or maybe he had some sympathy on me.... or maybe he really just didn't care...... i think it was more of the 3rd. anyway..i feel good. much better today. think I'll drag jeremy down there with me today....nothing like working out with my honey.
we both got haircuts this week. God bless Amy Endicott. i love getting my hair cut by her. the conversation is always incredible...i normally leave feeling like I just was saved all over again :) great woman of God she is.
i'm taking a college algebra class right now.. *bleh* it actually hasn't been that hard..just a ton of work to do. i laugh at myself b/c many times i say, screw algebra, i'm figuring this one out my own way! :) And amazingly enough, I figure it out..without all the x's and y's. i like to call it amebra.
last night was a great night. went over to jesse and lyn rosten's for a lovely bbq. beer brats, yoshida's chicken, bell peppers and onions..*yum* I made some killer salsa that I think is going to be my favorite thing to take to partys... lyn made some yummy black bean and corn salsa.. and we finished off the night with homemade milkshakes... full bellies... so we went for a walk through the downtown houses.... i love it over here..so many cute houses, quiet streets, dark alleys :)... really it was great night. how amazing is it to be able to see the stars again. got home a little after midnight. we're going camping in 2 weekends with them at Patrick's Point. sounds like it is going to be a camping trip to remember:) *so excited*
if any of you have been over.. you've probably met our neighbor alyn. he's kind of a strange man; but I've definitely grown to like him. he takes care of a lot of stuff around the place and is always on the look out for any people coming around that shouldn't be. he's kind of like my undercover security guard. anyway, the other day, he washed our our trashcan. not like a small one that you wheel out to the street on Trash day.. no the big-ass white ones that the garbage truck uses that forklift thing on the front to pick up. crazy. awesome. now our trash smells more like pine-sol than trash:) Love it.
ugh.. it's 9:30 and i can't get my butt in gear. . . want to go down to market but i hate going this late....... hhmm.. maybe i'll go. there's always the one tomorrow... hhmm.. ok fine, I'll go. loves you all..have a wonderful weekend.
it's been a good week. had tyler over for dinner one night. our dear friend kelly another night. went over to the blacks house Wednesday night. spent Thursday night at home with my honey. last night, bbq with team rosten. *wow* no wonder i've been tired this week. i love hanging with people though... totally worth it.
went to the gym Wednesday... for the first time since March. i've been walking around like an old person all week, just ask jeremy. i think i may have overdone it for the first time back. but there was this little old guy on the elliptical next to me that was just jamming away..80 years old (my guess), completely sculpted calves, level 4 (yea, I peaked)... and after my 20 minutes he was STILL going.. shoot. one of the main reasons i haven't gone (besides being lazy:) is that i was nervous about scanning my card.... then my info pops up..... and whoever is sitting there at the desk can see how long it's been since i scanned my card last. shoot. i walked in, smiled at the guy sitting at the front desk (a smile like, c'mon you know me, i'm here every day) scanned my card and walked off. Either he didn't actually look at the screen... or maybe he had some sympathy on me.... or maybe he really just didn't care...... i think it was more of the 3rd. anyway..i feel good. much better today. think I'll drag jeremy down there with me today....nothing like working out with my honey.
we both got haircuts this week. God bless Amy Endicott. i love getting my hair cut by her. the conversation is always incredible...i normally leave feeling like I just was saved all over again :) great woman of God she is.
i'm taking a college algebra class right now.. *bleh* it actually hasn't been that hard..just a ton of work to do. i laugh at myself b/c many times i say, screw algebra, i'm figuring this one out my own way! :) And amazingly enough, I figure it out..without all the x's and y's. i like to call it amebra.
last night was a great night. went over to jesse and lyn rosten's for a lovely bbq. beer brats, yoshida's chicken, bell peppers and onions..*yum* I made some killer salsa that I think is going to be my favorite thing to take to partys... lyn made some yummy black bean and corn salsa.. and we finished off the night with homemade milkshakes... full bellies... so we went for a walk through the downtown houses.... i love it over here..so many cute houses, quiet streets, dark alleys :)... really it was great night. how amazing is it to be able to see the stars again. got home a little after midnight. we're going camping in 2 weekends with them at Patrick's Point. sounds like it is going to be a camping trip to remember:) *so excited*
if any of you have been over.. you've probably met our neighbor alyn. he's kind of a strange man; but I've definitely grown to like him. he takes care of a lot of stuff around the place and is always on the look out for any people coming around that shouldn't be. he's kind of like my undercover security guard. anyway, the other day, he washed our our trashcan. not like a small one that you wheel out to the street on Trash day.. no the big-ass white ones that the garbage truck uses that forklift thing on the front to pick up. crazy. awesome. now our trash smells more like pine-sol than trash:) Love it.
ugh.. it's 9:30 and i can't get my butt in gear. . . want to go down to market but i hate going this late....... hhmm.. maybe i'll go. there's always the one tomorrow... hhmm.. ok fine, I'll go. loves you all..have a wonderful weekend.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
7.02.08
i'm still on this money and material things kick. seriously. it's all i think about these days. God's been laying this on heavy in my life. it's just weird b/c I know that God does bless some people with lots of money, huge houses, and an endless supply of whatever they need. There are those people that don't have to check their bank account before they go shopping. There are those people that fall asleep in a 4 bedroom house at night..using only one room most of the year. There are those people that don't care that it costs 100 bones to fill up their gas tank. I don't know..it's just weird. I think that God can bless us in incredible ways--- ways that we could never imagine...but the only way we're going to get there is if we're completely and totally relying on him. And how are we relying on Him when the extra money we have, we go spend on new clothes.. instead of helping someone out. we're comfortable Christians. we totally are. I don't care if you say you aren't b/c i know I'm not..... i really am striving towards not being so comfortable. it's retarded. i think about our spare bedroom that we don't even use...that's just piled with boxes of stuff from when we moved... boxes that I haven't needed for the last 2 months. it's stupid.
anyways. just some thoughts. thanks to the blacks for the invite tonight. good people.
anyways. just some thoughts. thanks to the blacks for the invite tonight. good people.