Christmas favorties

MERRY CHRISTMAS! to everybody. I thought I would do a little holiday tag game. It will be fun to find out everyones holiday favorites.

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? HOT CHOCOLATE!
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Santa haspresents that show up unwrapped on Christmas morning
4. Do you hang mistletoe? I have looked for some and I can't findany....but we did when I was little
5. When do you put your decorations up?Thanksgiving break always have its atradition in my family.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? green been caserole..but thecookies are really...but I can't count it as a "holiday dish"
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: my dad had a friend that would showup to our country house...dressed as santa and we would take pictures...Inever realized he would come on Christmas eve.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?What are you talkingabout? What truth? he lives at the north pole and brings me gifts everyyear.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We have immediate familyChristmas on Christmas eve...then the whole family on Christmas day. (thatis what we did when we were little) Now we just find a day that everyonecan get together....that is Christmas...whatever day that is we openpresents.10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?White lights, ribbon, all theornaments both Adrian and My mom has given us since we were born. We bothhave alot....I am still looking for a star that doesn't weigh 20 ibs. Ialso have a tree skirt on the list to buy at after christmas sales.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I LOVE it!!!! when i don't have to drivein it. Especially when it is falling like I am in a snow globe.
12. Can you ice skate? I try...I can with a hockey stick. it gives me
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? this is going to sound crazy...butI really loved bologna and cheese sandwiches with miracle whip. I knowgross huh? well I asked santa for it. I got a note in my stocking thatsaid my present was in the frig...when I went there it was with my name onit on the top shelf. Bologna, cheese slices, and miracle whip. I was soexcited.
14. What\'s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? The truemeaning and sharing it with friends and family.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?Cup cookies, ritz crakers with peanut butter and Chocolate almond bark...mmmmmmm
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? putting up the tree with mymom, i miss that.
17. What tops your tree? Nothing...everything is toooooooo heavy
18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving? giving. it love thereactions
19. What is your favorite Christmas song? Christmas shoes
20. Candy Canes? love them

I am tagging Christy, Darcy, Natalie and Gretchen

Have a happy New year. I know I will I got a new job. Thanks for everyone who has been praying for us and my endeavor into finding a new job. I greatly appreciate all of it.

Enjoying life.

Well we have been enjoying life lately. We have been busy. Our church this year decided to celebrate advent so I have been busy planning that with three other ladies. It has been great fun getting to know some new people at church. Last saturday we decorated the church all day. Then I came home to get ready for Adrian's Christmas party. This is a story in itself. So I had nothing to wear. the dress from Stace's wedding had spots on it and the Drycleaners got most of them out but there were still a few. So I wasn't excited about wearing it...plus my tatoo showed and that is not the impression i wanted to be sending to Adrian's bosses. So earlier in the week I ordered a few things from JcPenny's. i rush shipped it so it would be hear in time. Let's just say it got here today Tuesday December 5th...the party was Saturday December 2nd. Gretchen ended up saving my butt and loaned me a black poncho. it was so warm and cute. I loved it. (it even covered the spots) the dress I ordered was really cute too and it could be formal or semi formal...so I am tempted to keep it. We'll see. his party went well, he got a little intoxicated. When everything is free it is hard not too. but me sober and him tipsy is not a good combo. It was a late night and an early morning.

Advent the next morning went really well. Our focus was Hope...we heard from the mom's that were expecting and got a close look into the personal thoughts of one first time mom. It was really heart warming and touching. Truely enjoyable and thought provoking.

Today I put up Christmas decorations. This year since we are heading home to Minnesota..we decided against a tree. We also didn't want to fight Macy...(she loves pine sap). So I put up the charlie brown christmas tree in a tin can that adrian had given me for my apartment. It is cute. with our garland and stockings it has some christmas spirit. Plus the sugar cookie candle always makes it smell like christmas. I love it. I love this season. Such a season of Love and Joy. 19 days until I go Home....Minnesota here I come. I cannot wait. The countdown begins.

Things I am thankful for

Things I am thankful for:

1. My Faith
2. My husband, he is one amazing man!!!!!
(he's smart tooo he passed two more parts of the CPA exam..one more to go and he is done!!)
3. My job or at least the fact that I have one
4. My Family, even though they are miles away
5. My home
6. My friends and my friendships
7. My Inlaws, so blessed to have sane ones, that I get along with

it is amazing to me what you can find you are thankful for. It really depends what is going on in your life at the time. Wow.. can' t blieve it is already thanksgiving and Christmas.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!

Randomness....

Well I am still on the job hunt. Had another interview yesterday...but this time I am not sure the job is for me. We'll see. I have a few other applications out there for random jobs. So I will be patient and pray. God has a plan and I am ok with what he has in store.

School is good..first trimester is rapping up and I am looking forward to the upcoming trip to minnesota. We have a family pic planned and this will be the first time I see Brietta in person. I am so excited can't put it into words. I miss seeing those little girls grow up. Sara says that Lauren is five going on 15. I don't know what their house will be like when they are 13, 15, and 17....arrrrgggg..scary.

Tonight Adrian and I reran our cable to our upstairs living room. Quite the feet. I didn't even know our house had an attic we could get into...much less walk around in. How was I to know. i guess every house has one...it is just weather you want to crawl around in it. One of my dizzier moments, definitely. So we will work tommorrow on moving the tv up and stuff. Can't wait. Warmth is something I like. I can sit and watch tv without three blankets on top of me. IT is funny, really, how we live in the basement in the summer and upstairs in the winter. It really keeps the bills down and we like that. plus the biggest reward is getting to enjoy our big couches...yippee.

Adrian is on to number four of four in the cpa exams...he heard about test one...He passed. We are still waiting for two and three. He kind of rushed them so I pray he passes. they were the sections he seemed to know...but I think he got a little worried when he didn't know as much as he thought he did. WE can only wait and see and in the mean time forge forward to the next one.

I think that is the update. we are busy planning for Stacy's wedding in two weeks and working on a bachelorette in a week. argghhh....where does the time go. I need to get crackin. We will talk later.

Need a cheap date.

Come check out Derek Webb tonight at the Old Goshen Theatre. He is awesome and will challenge you in your thought process and teach you a bit or too at the same time.

Plus you get to see Marie Barrett too. What a deal!!! Just wanted to put a plug out there for the two people who check out my blog.

Great news too....Someone is interested in buying the store that I work at so we might not have to close...Yippppppeeeee!!!!! It is so nice having a store close and not having to drive to Mishawaka everytime I need something.

Just to let you all know

I did not get the job...reason I don't have a license.

frustration: I have never had that, so why did you interview me if that was why you weren't going to hire me. HELLO people.

The other thing that annoys me is that they told the girl who got the job on Wednesday morning before school. By thursday at 2:30 I still had not heard anything. SO I called them. Just to get the bad news. In my mind it was a little unprofessional.

SO I am looking at starting school in January...money pending. I have a couple other options outside the school system. I guess you could say, they will be loosing me entirely, because if they are going to tell me taking classes and getting started will make me a better candidate...I will show them.

OK I know can release my anger and move on. I should say disappointment. It just simply sucks....no other word descibes it.

My parents are here so we are going to have a good time and hang out and that will get my mind off of it till monday.

OK so i haven't updated in a while and I will tell you why in a few minutes.

Life has been a little crazy
you know. I have been helping a friend
plan a wedding in 1 1/2 months...not a moment to spare
then I have been job searching, because the last interview didn't
work out...My neice had a birthday this week, my parents are coming to
town. you know the basics of the first fall month. Then the
scrapbooking store has got me doing a couple of classes
but no one is signing up.. Life has been a little frustrating
a little hectec and still alot of fun.

I finally got an interview at Goshen Middle School this week
I should find out next week how it went.
My prayer of course is that I get it. But I know there is a huge
chance that won't happen...so I am preparing for what is to come
if it doesn't. I am ok with the fact that I have made it through an interview
and now I can say I have done it. God blessed me with an awesome
interview and now I know i CAN do it again. this next time with lots
of easy...I am sure I will be nervous again. it is normal..I wouldn't be human
if I wasn't. Plus I should count my chickens before there hatched,
I still might get the job, right?

Today we are headed wedding dress shopping.
our bridesmaid ones look like this. they were a steal. too.

gotta go