~* What's going on *~

HEY HEY HEY What's going on?

I hope you had a good weekend :)

(I love my Hero!!! )

(USMC Ball '11)

Last week we had our USMC ball and it was AMAZING! It was the best one we have been to. It was so much fun! 

(here are two photos) 

We also had our puppy's first bday party. That was very fun too! Hahha I always thought things like that were so lame, but it was a blast! All the dogs loved the cake! Especially Kawi. He loves peanut butter!

 

 

 

(Peanut butter cake for Kawi!)

I haven't been feeling well recently. I had taken the intranasal flu mist last week, so it's probably from that. Just tummy aches and headaches, and tiredness. Naps are helping! hahaha



I'm on my 6th day without Facebook and it's going very very well. I don't really miss it anymore. I hear people talk about it and it's just a bunch of drama. I don't type it into the URL bar anymore when I open the browser either. Breaking the habit! It was weird. I would open the browser and automatically, without even thinking about it, type "facebook.com". When I saw this, my internet is a little slow, so I would see the cursor thinking and would click the "x" a lot just to make sure the homepage wouldn't pop up to tempt me! lol. Thank goodness I logged off completely or I would have probably failed. So, all is going well in the 30 day FB detox.







  With that, my goal was to spend more time searching to know God. I have been reading more of my bible and of a few books. Right now the main book I'm reading "Radical" by David Platt. It's a book I'm borrowing from one of our neighbors and it is a GREAT book. It opens the mind about how Americans have gotten lazy about the gospel. It shows the contrast between how American churches are with our air conditioning, comfy chairs, nice clothes, and worship bands(which are all wonderful things, don't get me wrong!!)  But take this image and contrast it against the secret churches in Asia, how these people risk everything they have: their jobs, families,  and even their very lives, just to seek, know, and share the gospel of our LORD. WOW. It's time we get a radical new view and get the hunger back for Jesus. It's a great book!! 



Tomorrow my neighbors have their USMC ball tomorrow and I will be helping with her hair and I get to babysit their adorable son, Kenneth!!!



Work has been going alright. I may be moving to the finance dept so that will be good :) I find out tomorrow.


In the cake world, I have two baby showers to make cakes for this weekend! One for my friends from high school, Lauren & Jared and their son Ryder, and one for my dear friends Melissa &Ryan and their son Peyton. Both baby showers are going to be great! Congrats to all of you!!! :)



This week I want to take a New Bern trip with Jessica to go to Books-a-million and the Birthplace of Pepsi. They have the original formula of Pepsi there are it tastes SO much better than cans or bottles.

 

Hope all of you have been well! What's been going on with you lately?

Can't sleep

I can't seem to be able to sleep.

 But since I can't sleep I wanted to share my tip. I learned it not too long ago from one of my friends, Chelsea. 

I know everyone is supposed to set up a routine and our bodies will get used to this routine and once we get into it then our bodies know it's time for bed. ( still working on this lol)  BUT she introduced me to Valerian root supplements.

NOW I will say they do work and are completely 100% natural. I just took one and it should kick in, in about 15mins or so. They don't leave me groggy feeling in the morning. It gives a deeper sleep. I don't take them often, only when I can't sleep and I only have a few hours of sleep possible to get. 

BUT here's the WARNING!

The pills are one of the WORST SMELLING THINGS I HAVE SMELLED!!! 

Like sweaty gym socks that have been soaking in the sun. BLEHHHHHH! 

I opened the bottle when I first got them and was taken back. I was like WHAT ON EARTH?!?!! BLEHHH!!! But again, they are effective. 

Fun facts! 

In medieval Sweden they would put this plant in the grooms clothes to ward off the "envy of elves".

 It was also used as a perfume in the sixteenth century. NO Thank you. 

(Well, these were said to be from the flowers of the plant, SO maybe the flowering part smells better than the root. At least I really hope so!)

Well I'm going to go try and sleep again. Hope you enjoyed this educational post! LOL

Good night all! Sleep well!!!

November Goal List!

 A few of the other blogs I follow have monthly goal lists. I think this is a great idea! So, here is my November goal list!

Study Italian at least 3 days a week.  

 -----I have really been slacking on my Italian studies.

Walk Kawi a lot more.
-----I have been slacking on this too. We used to go on walks all the time. Last spring we racked up 93 miles in one month! I had a lot more energy and felt better too. Walks need to continue!

Study one chapter of pre-cal a week 

-----I really need to get on the ball about this as well. I ordered a book offline and I've only barely scraped the first chapter. It's not difficult, I just think of a million things I would rather do.

Finish the two books i got from the library 

-----When I get books from the library, I usually don't ever finish them.

Spend under $100 for thanksgiving! (GOING TO BE TRICKY!)   

-----This one is going to be pretty difficult. My husband's father, step-mom, and step-brother are coming down. Plus we are also having our neighbors join us and possibly one of our other friends. SO this will be a big task!!!

Eat more fruits and veggies and WAY less unhealthy snacks (Darn you hostess cupcakes!!!)
--that pretty much sums that up lol





Most of all I want more prayer/bible reading time for me every day
-----I really want to spend more time with God. the best time so far has been in the evenings before bed. I will finish cleaning the kitchen and all the chores will be done for the evening and my husband is getting ready for bed or on the computer. It's a great time to just sit on the couch and read. Now that I've cut FB and a majority of TV for a month, this should give me a lot more time! lol



What are your goals for this month??

~* A 30-day WHAT detox??? *~

TODAY IT BEGINS.

A 30-Day Facebook Detox!!!

That's right. I said it! 

   Me and my best friend Jessica are taking 30 days off from Facebook to grow and strengthen our walks with our Great Father in Heaven. 

NOW some people have tried claiming that this is silly, that we must have some "serious issues" if we can't function in our beliefs and handle facebook. OR that this is something our beliefs say we HAVE to do.   WRONG! 

Neither of those things are true. We can "function" just fine. (how silly..some people are just...really...wow! haha) Nor does it say that we cannot have or participate in facebook. This is our personal choice to withdraw ourselves from the noise, distraction, drama, that facebook can lead to. Media, not just FB, but computers, television, the latest "app", all these things can distract us from the most important things in life. But most of all it can suck away time that could be used to seek The One who created us, the universe, all that is, and was, and is to come. We're choosing to settle the noise and come to quietly, and earnestly seek our Father in Heaven. I feel this will be an amazing month. I feel that it will bring so much more satisfaction than our "updating news feed". This will be SO much more than all of that.  Searching to know and learning to communicate with our Creator.  

Wow <3

  

Now, I'm not saying that my friends and family are not important, they are and I care for them a lot, but so many relationships rely on commenting back and forth on FB. What about a good 'ol phone call? Texts are good too. So these 30-days will reveal the people who want to honestly talk to me for real. (Thank you to all my wonderful friends and family who do call and text regularly )

So, day one! Here we go! I know this will be a month that will transform us! I ask for prayers to keep us strong and for God to guide us in our walks and let our ears, hearts, and souls be open and willing.

Blessed Be The Name of The LORD! 

Thank you to Jessica for wanting to take this challenge with me. :) You are a blessing!!! :) I love you! 

~* Happy Monday *~

Hope you had a great weekend!!!

I hope everyone's weekend was great! :) We carved pumpkins last night with one of our friends. It's really all we're doing for Halloween this year. We don't feel like handing out candy, we gave out a ton last year. So, this is our year to rest! hahha. My husband made the lab pumpkin :)
Our friend made the Nightmare Before Christmas pumpkins and I made  a cat with some stars :) haha

 I forgot to mention two great things going on this week! Our USMC Birthday Ball is this week and Kawi's first birthday. 

I'm borrowing a beautiful dress from one of my friends for the ball. She was very sweet to let me borrow it. I'm very VERY excited for the ball this year. This will be our last USMC ball. So I'm going all out this year. I'm getting my hair done and everything. Woo! Last year I did my own hair haha. It looked great! Don't get me wrong, it will just be great to have someone else to my hair! I will post pix later this week. :)

And Kawi, our puppy, will be turning one. We are going to throw a little puppy party for him. I always thought birthday parties for pets was really lame, but I think it's going to be really fun! I'm even making a dog-friendly, peanut-butter cake for Kawi and all his doggie friends. It's going to be great! :)  






HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

~* In other news *~

What's going on recently:

   I am currently applying to Penn State to try and start next fall. I just need to finish up my application and the "about me" portions and it will be ready to go. I'm pretty excited about that :)

It was our second week of our church's new bible study. It's more of a book study, but it is really great altogether. Two of our neighbors, an adorable couple, husband and wife, are running the study on the book "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. It is an amazing book about getting to know about God and growing a deeper relationship with Him. The book is so wonderful and very hard to just read ONE chapter and to not continue on reading. I reread chapter one last week just because I wanted to read more! Hahaha. It's that good! It was about not rushing into God's presence, but about stepping back and marveling about the true glory and power of Him. All He is and all He has created. Unfathomable!  I'm starting chapter two in about 20mins.

Here is a video that goes along with the first chapter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpChZxPfa-c


 

Work has been alright this week nothing special about it. I will I am glad the weekend is here! AND my husband has the weekend off this time! Last week he had to work all weekend due to his unit's training. So yay!

 HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!

Ever Just Feel Like Dancing?

I know I do!

Zumba! Zumba!! Zumba!!!  I've started dancing to Zumba daily, I just finished my party session in fact. One of the best things about it is, randomly I find my self wanting to dance! It is just so much fun! I've already noticed a difference in my abs and thighs. My posture has improved as well. I think I might start dancing to it in the mornings to really get my morning going! I have so much energy afterwards. 

  On base they offer zumba classes and it's just not for me right now. I've been a few times, but I like the dvds that I can do when I want, and if I like a song and feel like dancing to it again, I can! Two zumba studios have even popped up in our little town. One of the studios have areas set up on the weekends for the public to just come dance for an hour! It's a ton of fun and makes my mood and spirits lift up. If you have never tried zumba, I recommend it!!! Join the party!!! :)