The Written Recap

My weekend (starting Friday) was Wild. Hope you can keep up:

• Left work early Friday to pick up t-shirts for walk.
• Very excited because he did not charge me for screens ($35 X 2) and gave me a discount of no color instead of the five colors we used! PTL.
• Met D. to show her shirts... Very excited.
• That is... until I got home and realized that ALL OF THE SHIRTS WERE PRINTED BACKWARDS.
• Promptly cried HARD for an hour.
• Took a nap after crying so hard -- slept for 1.5 hours.
• Woke up, still frazzled, and got t-shirts together with bandanas.
• Delivered t-shirts.
• Hung out with friends.
• We played Hide-n-go-Seek until 2:00 am.
• I did not get home until 2:30 and was not tired.
• Fell asleep around 3:00.
• Woke up at 7:00... tired. :)
• Got to walk late.
• Was asked to carry the banner for the walk... total Honor. :)
• Walked 3.2 miles.
• Was tired again. :)
• Had a few moments where I cried. In the middle of the warm-up, someone asked me why I organized a team. I promptly burst into tears. Wrinkled chin included.
• I still want a cure.
• Had lunch with my fabulous friends at Tinsley Park.
• We played with Frisbees, but were mostly chilly and tired.
• Went home and took a 4 hour nap.
• M. came over and I was able to get my room cleaned. PTL.
• Worked on some "secret" stuff.
• Got an unexpected email from a friend (see a few posts down).
• Went to sleep around 3:00am. Do we see a pattern here?
• Got up at 8:30 and got ready for church.
• Had recieved 16 text messages before 10:30.
• Was very unhappy about that many unimportant messages during my prayer time on Sunday.
• I was probably not very nice in some of my responses.
• Went to church.
• Went home to change after church.
• Accidentally threw BOTH of my phones in the toilet. (They were in a bag and it fell in.)
• Met a few friends from out of town for lunch.
• Had to run to T-Mobile & Sprint store to purchase new batteries.
• Had a bridal shower at 6:00pm.
• Was 20 minutes late for that.
• Didn't leave the shower until 9:20.

Any questions????

A few photos from Today!!

In My Past Life

Were it not for divine intervention, my life would be DRASTICALLY different.

I got a glimpse into that life tonight when I received an email tonight from a friend I met in college.

I had a few thoughts about it:

• your life is not as magical as you want people to believe when you have to change your cell phone numbers That many times.
• Ewww.
• Thank You Jesus.
• I pray for God to bless you in your new life with your wife and kids, and thank Him everyday that He did not bless me with you.
• That's all.

in a few hours...

It's currently 2:43 in the morning.

I should be in bed.

My friends and I (Yes ADULTS) played four or five or ten games of Hide-n-Go-Seek for three hours.

I'm not super-tired.

I have heart burn.

BOO.

In 8 hours and 15 minutes, I'll be walking to fight the cure against Cystic Fibrosis.

The disease has a face for me.

He's too young to have to worry about this.

He's too young and vibrant to have to take that much medication.

His annual medical expenses are $70K.

He has more life than anyone I know.

I want quality of life and quantity of life.

I want to see him Completely Healed.

I want God to rock my face in the way and time that He heals Nathan.

I want to know that my life matters.

More than that, I want my friend to know that HIS life matters.

I am a better woman because of him.

I strive to be a better friend because of him.

I don't want the disease to have another face because I want the disease to be completely erradicated.

I want a cure.

What do you want?

Thursday Thirteen #11

I haven't done one of these in a long time, but I had a funny/PHUNNIE thought this morning, and thought I'd share a double dose:

Thursday Thirteen - Things I'm NOT down with:

1. People who are ANTI-blog. Haters!
2. Hemorroids. Yes, there is a story.
3. Coffee. Eww.
4. Carbondated drinks that are giving me adult ACNE. Boo.
5. Co-workers who don't take Allergy Meds so that they can have a sick day at work. :(
6. Divorce. Do I really need to say more?
7. Unforgiveness. God is tearing me up about this.
8. Slow drivers at 8:00am when I am trying to get to work on time. Seriously.
9. The Devil. There's a story about this too.
10. Negativity. I'm totally preaching to the choir here. Don't worry.
11. Staying up late. Apparently, I've turned into an old lady. :)
12. Having a schmorgasboard of bills to take each day. See #11
13. Recession, crime, and poverty. I felt the need to be political on this one.

Things I'm TOTALLY down with:

1. God. He rocks. Duh!!!
2. Coupons so that my many pills in the above #12 don't cost an arm and a leg. Can we say "double coupons at Kroger!?!" Whoo-Hoo.
3. Exercise. I'm trying, y'all. It's a daily struggle, but I'm trying.
4. Having the authority to speak blessing out of my mouth! It's time to "get to getting" if you know what I mean!!
5. The lemony-sugary-vanilla-y-lotion that is at my desk. And it has sparkles in it. "I feel pretty, oh! so pretty! I feel pretty! and witty! and sparkly!!
6. Blogger comments. A girl needs affirmation, y'all.
7. Scripture. When life falls apart, the Word never fails.
8. Sweet Tea. Better than ibuprofen, less addictive than crack.
9. Two cells phones. I act like this is a burden, but in reality, I love having two. :D
10. Post-it Notes. Whoever invented this stuff -- GENIUS. Pure Genius.
11. Clear Skies Today, and Rain when we need it. Thank you God for being The Master Meteorologist.
12. Digital Cameras. Without which, I would not have been able to humble friends so quickly. I'm just kidding.
13. Good blog friends. Who have faithfully read this so far.

And thus... I tag you!!! (Broken Apples, Bloggin' Bits, Simply Staci, Really? Wow!, MinSoFab, and Butterbean {Just leave it in the comments!})

Works for me Wednesday

I haven’t done a WFMW in over a year, but when I found this product, I couldn’t not share it.

A few weeks ago, I had to get some impromptu shower invitations together. I ran into Hobby Lobby, praying that I could find something quick and easy. I found some paper, not really what I was looking for, but I knew it would do. It occurred to me that, with all the invitations my roommate has made, that surely there was some cute little paper punch that I could use on the invitations. What I found instead was the ribbon punch, designed to punch two parallel punches in the paper perfect to use with ribbon. Considering that the alternative is using an old school single hole puncher and praying that I could get the ribbons through seemed crazy!

This is a big ‘ole BREEZE and it Works for me.

Please excuse my ghetto-caligraphy on the letter… it’s pretty sloppy.

New Blog Link

Last night, I sat down to check my email, and I recieved an IM from a friend. I rarely IM anymore, so that little chime caught me off gaurd. I was very pleasantly surprised to see that it was a very dear, precious friend from college, Kent.

I met Kent my first day of classes in '99. He heard where I was from, and realized that his girlfriend (now wife) was in college just a short ways from my hometown. He rode home with me a few times and somehow, we just bonded. He was one of the few people who, amidst the chaos that was my life, seemed to never care or be bothered with it. And he's also one of the first people who called me "Jenn". (There was a time that I was a stickler about Jennifer.) He's such an awesome guy. I consider it a privilege and an honor to call him a friend. I had to miss their wedding due to a very unfortunate flooding incident, but we have the chance to talk once in a blue moon, and it makes me happy.

He and his wife have been together about 12 years now, (even being 300 miles apart for three years), and she is the sweetest, kindest woman you'll know. Oh, and she's an interior designer. So, of course, she's talented!!

Just a few months ago, they welcomed a cute little baby boy into the world - W. Y'all... he's a cutie-patootie.

Go stop by and give her a comment or something. Once you see those baby gums, you won't be able to resist!