Pics from downtown tulsa

Job

I have a job intervie with a bank at 2 today. Pray!! I feel so nervous......handling cash..eek!!

Pics from Anniv. date!

This is the Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks (kinda like oxford, alabama). There are lots of shops, restraunts, and a amphitheater all in front of the smelly Arkansas River. They have free concerts every weekend throughout the summer- in fact, Shane and Shane and Todd Agnew are coming- for free! We like to hang out here a lot in the summer.



Just cheesin in the car..

Walkin hand in hand along the riverside

Big feet, little feet

Rotten fruit, pt 2

Since my post about being rotten, I have felt much better. I spent a lot of time praying and worshipping alone in my apartment after that and I feel like a new person. I have been praying and having my quiet times regularly and wadda ya know? I feel GREAT!

Now. A few posts back I told you about our friend Blaine who is very ill. I was talking with Lili yesterday about Blaine, and we both shared that lately we have felt so much love for him. Like, not in a attracted to Blaine way but I think it's agape. Or something. I don't know how to explain it. He is feeling so scared and confused right now, and I honestly think God is allowing Lili and I to love Blaine for Him. I mean, I know God shows him love, but I dunno that Blaine can see that. But I think Blaine seeing it through me and Lili, will reveal God's love to him. Does that make sense? I almost have this feeling that this is our last summer with Blaine, and I want to make sure that if it is, he goes knowing how much he was loved by us and Jesus.

Matt let me shave his head and beard last night, and I must say he is much more attractive. I think he looks like Bruce Willis. Aye aye!

Tomorrow is our anniversarry. Thanks for the e-card, Karen! We are going to the starlight concert at the river amphiteather. Don't know who is playing, but hey it's free, and we are all about free stuff. Plus, outside concerts are just great. Minus the horrific smell of the Arkansas river, and 10 times more chiggers than you will ever see in a pile of pine straw and bama, it should be fun.

Well, off to pring off stock charts for Momma!

UPDATE!!! I just got a call from Lili that Blaine's brother is a perfect bone marrow match, so now they can proceed with a bone marrow transplant that could potentially cure this all!!!

Rotten fruit

My heart has felt bitter, cynical and angry a lot. I really have just felt so stinking angry lately. And cynical. And bitter. All like I just said. I have had zero tolerance for ANYTHING so much so that it's been not pretty for Matt. Please pray for my heart guys. I want so desperately to display love, joy, peace, patience kindness goodness...you know, those SWEET fruits. My fruits right now are rotten and nobody wants a rotten apple.

Sheesh

Next Tuesday is my 3 year wedding anniversary!! I cant believe it has been 3 years already. And I'm only 23 years old...So young still. We currently dont have any celebration plans..suggestions are welcome.

Also, I added a photo slideshow to my photo blog. Check it out! you can get the link to it in my profile. enjoy them!

Goals

Well, Karen's post of her goals for the summer, and recent conversation with my dad got me to thinking about goals. It is very rare that you will see my dad without a yellow legal pad and pen in hand. I asked him the other day what is he always writing? He told me he was making goals. He makes goals for everything..so much so that he said he has a daily goal to get his feet out of the bed, onto the floor and get up. He said that was a joke..but it got me to thinking. What are my daily goals? I want to have them. Sometimes for me getting out of bed IS a chore..so why not make it a goal? So I pulled out one of my journals last night and decided to start making a list of goals I want to accomplish for the next day. At the end of the day I will review my goals for the day and see what I accomplished. It's basically like a to do list...but I find it is more exciting setting goals to acheive rather than just things to do. I dont work well making schedules for myself, because i get spazzed out if I miss a time frame on my schedule and then I feel paralyzed for the rest of the day......they dont call me Aunt Spazzy for nuttin', y'all.

So..thought I would share my Idea!

Wow

I made the Deans Honor Roll for the last semester. I havent made the honor roll since the third grade. I would put exclamation points but the shift key is not working...so I sound less than thrilled but I am really excited..........pretend those are exlcamation points

Three cheers for a hot shower! Yep thats right, we finally got the oil issue worked out and I can now cook and take a shower! Just in time to have all our friends over tonight..woohoo!!

Speaking of friends, our friend Blaine has been diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia, which is really rare. It's basically the bone marrow attacking the blood he is making so he has to keep having blood transfusions. He's actually going to have a bone marrow transplant here in a week or so. Please keep him in your prayers, because he is really scared! I've been reading about this online and they used to just call it fatal. Some new treatments are beginning to surface, however, and we hope they can help Blaine. Him and Matt have been best friends since like 1st grade I think. We are having him and his friends over tonight for "Blaine Appreciation Night". it will be fun! I cant shake this weird feeling that this summer we need to spend as much time with him as possible .....

Anyway. To answer Karen, the job is still continuing. Apparently Home Depot and Old Navy dont even want me! I need something though so please keep praying!!!!!!!

The Hawbakers are in Anniston this week and it is KILLING ME knowing they are so close but I cant go down! Oh well, they are busy anyways.

If any of you watch the news, you may see something about Tulsa today. 50 years ago they buried a Plymouth Belvedere and a time capsule to be dug up on Oklahomas 100th Bday (today, i think). They dug the car up at noon today and people from all over the world came to watch. There are novacancies in any hotel here either. It is crazy! And I would just like to say I live exactly one mile from where the car was buried. I was hoping I could hear peole cheering but alas, I did not.

STILL no hot water! I know, i know..it is very very frustrating.

The heat in our bedroom was unbearable so we went and a bought a window a/c unit. I slept so much better last night. Our apartment had two units already...but a third one sure did help. I remember april and joels first place only had one, right by the bathroom, and it only cooled off the 3 feet surrounding the bathroom. so you all had to gather in the 3x3 hall just to cool off. only, it wasnt very cool cause you were crowded in there with other 2 people trying to get the air as well. a vicious cycle, if you ask me.

Matt sort of got accosted by a drunk man, who claimed to be a member of the Cripts? Cripps? How is it spelled? the other day. I ran inside and called the police. He was arressted for public intoxication, and now we live our lives in fear. Well okay, not fear but we are more cautious. He coulda had a gun!! You never know.

Summer school is going good....

Movin on up..

So..we still dont have the gas turned on, but we are going to start staying at our apartment anyways. The deal is, the gas company thinks that our address doesnt exist....so they cant turn on gas at a nonexistent place. We are in apartment B, but the only one that shows up on maps or something is Apartment A. People are already living there, so they obviously have gas....The owner is supposed to call and prove that we have gas, but he is out of town this week, so it is hard to get a hold of him.

So even though we cant cook or take hot showers over there...we are dying to get out of Grandma Ruthies house. As anybody would want to. It's so dusty here and so much dog hair my allergies go nuts!!!

Summer school started this week. I am taking math and american fed. governement. Govt is kind of interesting, ....i thought i would hate it. I am sort of upset because financial aid wont let me take any classes unless they are absolutely necessary to earn my degree. I have so many hours, i guess it looks like i have been freeloading these past 4 yeras of school. although the first time i ever recieved financial aid was last semester. I am just bummed cause i wanted to take photography again. Hey....that reminds me, i should look for jobs at photo studios! aha!

Well....that's all for now. matts mom is paying me to clean out grandma ruthies bedroom to get it ready for new carpet or hardwood floors. its hard with grandma looming over me making sure i throw nothing away. she holds on to EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!! so dirty and dusty in there.

we should finish up the unpacking tomorrow, and then i will take pics of our new place to share with everybody!

have a great weekend! go see oceans 13 it looks great!!

La la la la life goes on...

Well. Still sleeping on an air bed at grandmas house. Gas still not turned on.

I had a job interview today at this company called Paychex. They offered me a temporary position, with the same I am making at Henrys, and less hours. Also, the manager was looking down my dress the whole time. needless to say, i was extremely uncomfortable and will call tomorrow declining the position. I would be working directly with that man and I dont want to.

Pleaseeee be praying that the right job comes along SOON. I am resorting to the mall in looking for jobs, and will spend my time applying at the mall tomorrow...we will see.

Lets see...so we moved our stuff into our apartment last saturday, and have been sleeping at Matts' Gma's on the floor ever since. It has been one drama filled even after another, and I am at my wits end with my attitude. ONG (the gas co) was supposed to come turn on the gas on the 31st, so yesterday we tried it...no hot water, the gast stove wont come on...so apparently, the gas is not on. Morons, right? I feel that way, anyways.

I am so ready to move out of here and into my own house. To make matters even better, my stone bruise has flared up on my heel big time and I am basically walking on my tippy toes to keep the pressure off....not so much conducive to unpacking boxes for hours on end, right?

But what is good? My husband loves me. I am fortunately sleeping good, even on a matress made of couch cushions. I am not sure how to spell cushions. Oh well.

I cant express enough how excited I am for April and Joel to move back to Alabama. Just the possibility that my family is ACTUALLY CLOSE is huge!!!!!!!!! I also think it's cool that Carly and Olivia will get to go play at the playground that we did as kids. And see our old house, etc etc. Just so cool, i think.

I really dont want to raise lazy kids. I love being near matts family because it helps me know how I want and do not want to be and raise my kids. Ha! As bad as that sounds, it is so true.

Hmmm....glad to see the Woerner clan is joining facebook. I for one am additcted. You will be soon, too.

Well, I guess that's all the thoughts rambling around in my head for today..

A case of the Mondays

I think I have had a case of the Mondays since last saturday....its like I cannot get out of this bad mood! Help me!!!