Tag - I'm It

My friend Heather C was tagged, and now she has tagged me. The "rules" are to go into my My Pictures, open the fourth album and post the fourth photo in that album. I use a Mac so, it isn't so clear cut for me. I followed the directions a closely as I could, and here's what I came up with:

The story is that my friend Rachel, from college, got a few friends together every once in a while to go have a delicious home-cooked meal at her grandmother's house. I had a chance to go once, and this is me with Rachel's roommate, Emily, after eating a ton of food. =) Also, Emily ended up being a big help on my wedding day, helping to keep things running smoothly and on-time.


okay, so now i tag... um... joelle, and beth b. i think i'm supposed to tag more than two, but i can't think of anyone else who hasn't already been tagged. =P

big big news

about a month ago, we received an anonymous charitable donation to cover one whole month's rent for us, through a ministry called Helping Hands. WOW! that was a shocker! amazing, right?!

and on TOP of that, get this: so when daniel lost his job at the church, we applied for some financial help from the insurance company. they only granted us 3 weeks worth. we appealed their decision TWICE, and we found out this week that we got the whole other 2 months' worth! how exciting! this is 60% of what daniel made at the church for 2 whole months. woohoo! praise God! this will get us to the end of our lease with no trouble at all!

now these financial provisions from God really ARE paying the bills! before they were sweet encouragements that helped us financially, but more so helped our spirits. but God has, as usual, just gone ahead and blown our socks off with much more than we "could ever ask or imagine" (eph. 4:20)

jack

jack was neutered last week. poor guy has had that silly cone on his head for 8 days. i think it's kind of cute, though. =) anyway, with jack on my mind, i realized i had posted very few pictures of him! how sad for anyone who hasn't had the chance to enjoy his adorability. hehe.

this is when he was just a tiny little guy














see how small??














maybe this is inappropriate, but i just can't get over how cute it is! he used to sit in our pants all the time in the bathroom! how funny is that?



















this is him now. i like this picture because you get a good view of his spots.














why can't they just stay puppies forever? i just looked through a few pictures of him now, and he's just REALLY not as photogenic these days. oh well. still pretty darn cute!

busy bee

wow, i haven't posted much since i started my job at starbucks. it has been quite a challenge acclimating to the much busier schedule. also, daniel started substitute teaching today - HOORAY FOR DANIEL! he's excited; he's been looking forward to getting started for weeks now.

anywho, i wanted to share some more pics that i finally got onto my computer. daniel and i celebrated 6 months of marriage on november 30. well, not "celebrated," per se. so in december, when we ended up in sunny florida, we decided to set aside some time to actually celebrate.



















we stayed in a DARLING bed and breakfast for 50% off (daniel is my hero).




























we took walks along the river and in downtown stuart.














we ate at a cute little mexican place.





























also, we enjoyed lots of family time. i got to meet a bunch of dad c's family for the first time. we stayed with daniel's cousin and her hubby, and i really enjoyed them. we had a great time. except that we accidentally let all of their cats out of the house one time, and i felt really awful. thankfully they all came back home quickly =)

the best

so i was on the schedule on wednesday for 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then i had to teach ballet from 5:15 to 9 p.m. i knew it was going to be a rough day, especially since wednesday is my most difficult day of teaching. also because i'm just beginning to adjust to early mornings. (it takes a half hour to get to starbucks for work.) so i let daniel know in advance that i was going to need extra support from him on wednesday. he was amazing.

first of all, on tuesday night, when i was closing, i asked ashley if i could come in later so that i could get a little more sleep, and she changed my hours to 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. hooray! BUT then i woke up at 5:40 to pee and i couldn't fall back asleep! i tossing and turning until my alarm went off at 7. i was SOOO grumpy! i hate when that happens, don't you? so i told daniel, and he rolled over and rubbed my back for ten minutes, till the snooze went off. THEN he got up and put jeans on when i had to get up, so it would be easier for me to get out of bed! =) how sweet. he talked to me on the phone for a bit as i drove, and assured me that even though my gas light had come on, i would make it to work just fine.

as if that we're enough, he drove up and had lunch with me. when he left, he filled up my car with gas!! wow! so then, i had one of my classes cancelled at ballet, because they needed to rehearse for their competition this weekend, so i came home in between classes to have dinner with daniel, and he had grilled cheese and chicken noodle soup ready for us when i got home =D

how wonderful. he's the best. i am so thankful for him.

also, he's lots of fun. =P

i got a job =)

at starbucks!

so, here's a big

THANK YOU

to ashley ward for getting me the job!

newsweek

i love it.

i am also very, very behind. haha! they are piling up on our coffee table. but in the past week, i have plowed through 3 more issues - thank you very much - and so i'm getting closer and closer to catching up.

how did i get so behind??


well, when obama won the election, they put out the coolest issue ever. back in 2006 they assigned a few journalists to follow around a few of the most promising candidates (clinton, mccain, and obama) through the whole entire campaign, including the primaries. the issue is one huge, long article, chronicling the different events that factored into the outcome of the elections.

it. was. fascinting.

there was no skimming or skipping a paragraph here and a page there, as i sometimes do with newsweek issues. i read every word of every page. i was glued. it's interesting to see what made a successful campaign team, what what actions and personalities hampered the other campaigns. you can probably find a copy at the library. it's worth checking out, whether your a fan of obama or not.