i've been inspired...

so i started this blog and i never write in it... let's hope this changes... ( and my spell check isn't working, SORRY!)

i'm listening to christmas music, which makes me happy, the fact that i have not bought a single present, nor have a single idea on my own list, does not make me happy.

i'm also deep cleaning my condo in antscipation of getting my floors redone and my family coming over tomorrow to rip out carpet. which by the way, is harder than it sounds! your hands hurt a lot afterwards.

i'm putting off cleaning my room cause it's SO BAD, but i have too before i go to work tomorrow.

my dining room table has been wobbly for the last ummm 3 months and i have still to fix it.

i think i've killed all my house plants.

i'm joining a gym tomorrow and going tanning, as well as painting pottery. it's going to be a good day.

this week in preschool we are learning about the letter "s" and spiders (but not really, if miss danielle was still teaching i'm sure we'd be learning more.) so because we're learning about spiders and wednesday are letter sharing days, and because my family has a trantula as a pet (not me! my brother) my mom and the spider paid a visit to my classroom to share the spider with everyone! boy was that a hit! it freaked me out and the other teacher, but the kids! they loved him and made my mom make him move a lot!!

i'm very excited for christmas. i love thinking about jesus coming into the world to save us and i love to think that snow might be coming! it's cold in bham this year, we actually might get snow in november.

in preschool we're learning the 12 days of christmas song, which i learned if you actually did you'd end up spending 80 thousand dollars not including special ordering and shipping. i also learned which i did not know, that each 12 things represents a christian religious thing, cool huh?
True Love - God (duh) this counts as the first day
two turtle doves - the old and new testament in the bible
three french hens - virtues Faith, Hope and Carity
and i'll update you as i learn :)

alright, more deep cleaning!

this weekend

this weekend my friend lad got married. it was awesome to see the ceremony and watch her and ryan start their journey as a married couple together. it was a lot of fun to hang out with jen and to also watch beth be maid of honor. i came to the wedding from my saturday class with trinity western, it was a very strange transition to make. my class and prof went to down town bellingham with colin potts a local guy in town who leads down town plunges with middle school and high school students (he was on staff at christ the king for awhile and just recently left that position). to be down town and to see just how much we over look (or i should say, i over look) i was appalled, i drive down the street where the homeless community has been pushed too, i know people who own condos where the homeless used to lay their heads, i wonder what to do with this new information and ideas of bellingham. i struggle with feeling small and useless. i want to help. i want to make a difference for christ. and yet. i don't feel as though that's my calling. and i feel so guilty. so guilty. i question myself, do i really feel like it's not my calling? OR do i just not want it to be my calling and therefore because of that feel as though it's not my calling.
life is strange and I don't know where to go with it. i think that God has been plans for me but yet i wonder, are they what i want my plan to be? am i forcing my way into his plann... things i don't really want to think about but need to.
humm, lots of prayer.
well this was a somewhat downer and now i really need to go to bed.

surprise!

I can't believe i've joined this world of blog posting! I'm excited though, i think this will be fun! today is the day where my parents come over to check out all the work i've done to get my home in livable condition.

** welp they just left and said it was great. so i passed the test :) we had pizza and they wandered around looking at things. I got to show them the pictures of my kids at school and overall it felt like a very successful evening. granted I did spend all day getting ready to have them come over, but it was worth it now that it's done. and we've started a new project list
1. new stove
2. finish the new floors!!
3. new windows
4. new furance
5. cut out over stove

whoo boy, it's going to be a lot of work and prolly won't happen for a long time knowing how the bellingham crowes work.

welp that's all for now!