CAR-isis!

Wow! Could I BE more of a blog slacker? Well, in order to re-pay my extreme debt, this one's gonna be a doosy.

Well, let's try to pick up where I left off last, i was on my way to Tally to see the ever so lovely Audge Podge. I spent a few days there, had my first pedicure party (p.s. everyone LOVED the new pedicure set), and got to hang out with old friends before they all headed back home for the summer. I love Audrey K Johnson with all my heart but was extremely excited to get back to my Jus. Plus I knew she was only one day behind me on her way to Pcola anyway! hah!
Okay so skip ahead to the next wednesday. It was Tori's birthday, yay! We all went to Macaroni Grill to celebrate, first time i'd seen Ruco in a long time. He looked handsome as always. The next morning Justin and I were flying out to Memphis to visit Jon and Angie (brother and sister-in-law). We had a lay over in Atlanta and then right when we got to Memphis Justin and Jon got on the Bellvue church bus (which I must say is no ordinary church bus!) and they were off for a three day golfing trip with the mens group at the church. On which Justin did the most amazing thing of all times........he hit a REAL HOLE IN ONE!!! Oh yeah, we have many witnesses to prove it, a framed scorecard and a beautiful plaque with his hole in one ball mounted on it! I didn't get to see it, but I heard all about it (since all of Bellvue Baptist was buzzing about it when we went to church on Sunday). I don't know if Justin or Jon was more proud?? he told everyone! While those boys were gone me, angie and Jackson got to spend lots of time together. Jackson is so stinkin cute. Even when he tries to be defiant he is cute. Angie would say, "Jackson, get in your car seat." To which he would reply, "No Thank you" or "No ma'am". How do you get angry at such a polite kid?? haha. We had a lot of time to talk and I enjoyed it so much. I think that may have been the first time Angie and I have really spent any alone time together (cause there are always tons of folks around) so it was a great time for me! On Monday morning Jon drove Justin back to the airport to catch a flight to Oregon.......business trip. And Jon, Angie, Jack and I hopped in the car and headed back to Pcola. Right when i got back I had a million things to do. On Wednesday I had a couple's shower for Kristi and Ruco at my house. We had a full house and I thought it was sooo much fun. They got lots of great stuff and we got to see people we haven't seen in forever it seems.
Then the next night Angie and I threw Joanna a lingerie shower, also at my house. Which was also a good turn out. So I figured I should stop all my showering for now, I wouldn't dare ask for three great showers in such a short time would I? So then Friday morning was Joanna's bridesmaid brunch. We all dressed up in our little debutant dresses and big hats. It was so relaxing out on Mrs. pam's farm and the weather was just perfect. Before I had time to blink I was jumping in the car, changing into my bathing suit at a gas station, and heading to Jill's house for Kristi's bridesmaid luncheon at the pool. I think that is my favorite thing to do, lounge by the pool. We had lots of laughs with all the girls and then we were all off to get ready for the reahearsal. Whew!

Oh but the fun was only beginning.........I had a bit of a predicament. Both the reahearsals and rehearsal dinners were at the exact same time. I decided that since Skoplelos (Kristi's rehearsal) and Angus (Jo's rehearsal dinner) are right across from each other that I would go to Kristi's rehearsal and Jo's reahearsal dinner. And I actually got to make it to the end of Kristi's dinner too!
The next morning was spent trying to get everything together for my mad dash between weddings all the while trying to tend to my newly sick husband. I made it to the hotel where Jo and all her bridesmaids were getting ready and pulled myself together in enough time for pictures and what not. The wedding was gorgeous and fun but it was running a little late. Thankfully, Jo was on a mission to get me to Kristi's wedding on time and made the photographer take all the pictures with me in them as fast as possible. So i ran back up to the hotel room, completely re-did my hair, gathered all my things and jumped in the solstice in Jo's bridesmaid dress. I made it to Skopelos before everyone else, SCORE! I was able to breathe for a minute, but not for long cause I had to put on Kristi's bridesmaid dress in the bathroom and after that, there was no breathing going on! hah! We chilled with Tori in a secluded room until time for the wedding to begin. It was so sweet, everything looked fabulous! And the reception was more fun than.........well, something that is really really fun! Whew! and now, we are done.

Well, until I got back home that night and Justin was absolutely miserably sick. Even sicker than he was before. We went to bed and woke up early to take Justin to the doctor, Tonsilitis! Ew, his throat looked gross. And even with the antibiotic he wasn't able to go to work for two and a half days. Anyone who knows Justin knows that he has to be REALLY sick to miss work, I think he is addicted. Well, before he got well I had to leave for Bama, my little sister was graduating high school. (I'll post pictures later) The last one of 8 Shirley's to graduate from Marbury (my mom may have withdrawals??) I got to hang out with the fam, drive around in the Solstice with Brandy and then Megan all weekend, and got to see some hometown folks I've missed. Speaking of the Solstice, you may be wondering what the title of this blog is referring to...........Justin wants me to sell it! AHHHHHHH! I know I know, What the heck right?? Well, turns out he has a good reason i guess (if there is one good enough). Since the demand is so high for it right now, and you can only get one if you are on a waiting list for 6 months, the used ones are selling for more than the new ones. So, my car has actually appreciated these last three months. But, it won't last long, once the dealers get in their shipments and the new '07's come out............I'm screwed! His argument is that when we have little ones, they can't ride in the solstice anyway, so i can sell it now and get an awesome SUV or wait until it depreciates and get a not-so-awesome SUV. Ah, decisions. He says it is up to me, and my heart says, KEEP THE SOLSTICE, but my mind and checkbook are saying...........be logical and sell. Crap! Feel free to leave your feedback to help me! I need help! Love you all and hope you enjoyed the LONG update!

Ode to Chrissy

Ok so it's not a poem or anything but this long awaited blog will have to be dedicated to Chrissy..........sorry for the wait, please forgive me.

So, It really has been too long. I'm sure I have forgotten most of the exciting things I've done these last two weeks but I'll try to touch on some of them.

So we'll start with Easter. We went up to spend the beloved holiday with my fam, all one million of them. And did the annual easter egg hunt with all my neices and nephews. I must say that I have the cutest neices and nephews! And boy do they quickly learn the difference between the sound of an egg with jelly beans in it and an egg with 5 bucks! It was fun as usual to see everyone in the fam. Sharry was in a much better mood now that National Boards is over, that was seriously too stressful. And Tatum is walking now, what the heck. Little Brodie doesn't even look like the same kid as before. and Jessica is almost definitely coming to Pcola for college. Before all of our Easter festivities we all went to the Easter service at church. Then Justin and I taught the 5 year olds in Sunday School (usually my mom's class). Oh my gosh, they are so hilarious. My little nephew Cole is in that class and proceeded to tell the other kids how he prayed for Jesus to make him a better ball player and then the next day he won the game ball at his baseball game. So now Jesus is credited with any everyday miracle that goes on around his house. Like when the trampoline broke he let me know quick that Jesus AND Daddy fixed it. Oh to have the simple faith of a child. No explainations, just belief! And even though we think it so silly for Jesus to have given Cole the game ball........I say, why the heck not. He says in his words he wants to give us the desires of our hearts, and I'm sure that was Cole's number one desire at the time. If God is capable of healing the blind and raising the dead, then certainly he is capable of helping a 5 year old play to the best of his ability, right?!

Ok so, Justin packed up and left for home on Sunday night (being that he had to work on Monday) and I stayed an extra day to go bridesmaid dress shopping with all my sisters. It took no time for Sharry to find the exact one she wanted and so we decided to celebrate by going to Olive Garden, sweet. Well, all good things must come to an end so I headed home too.
Then Tuesday night we had my Grand Opening for Mary Kay! It was so much fun. Who knew that talking about make up and beauty could be so much fun?? Well, okay, I did! haha. I made over $300 in sales and booked another class! I'm so excited about this new business. I really am dedicated now and I really have a passion for it. Plus I just didn't realize how amazing all of our products really were.......ya know! I guess there is a reason Mary Kay has been #1 for 11 years running!

On to other things, we had a double header on Thursday night and stomped both teams..........oh yeah, still undefeated baby! Then Friday Justin took half a day off work and we travelled up to Hattiesburg, Miss. to see his Nanny. She is 87 and is declining fast. But man was she happy to see us. Justin always seems to be able to make her laugh. She's the sweetest, always wanting to be such a little hostess, even though she can't anymore. Keep her in your prayers, she's very down heartened to be in Assisted Living and not being able to make decisions for herself. It would get to anyone I think.

So, we headed back the next afternoon in enough time for Justin to go get Joey (his little brother) and take him to the "Bowl for Kids Sake" at Liberty lanes. Meanwhile I went to a lingerie shower for Kristi. She's the only bride I know who is willing to model her corset with knee high straps for the entire room.......crazy she is!

Oh i forgot to mention that Justin played in a gold tournament this last week and got closest to the pin, which means he won a beautiful stainless steel grill! yay, we didn't have one. So Sunday afternoon we invited Toby and Kurt over to try it out. Man was it good =)
Yesterday Justin left for an overnite trip to Destin, another golf tournament. I hope he does well, I'm just glad he comes back today! yay!

So tonight I have yet another softball game and then thursday I leave for Tally to do my first pedicure party at Audrey's. I am so excited, I just know it will be oh so fun, plus Joanna graduates so i'll get to see that too!

I'll try not to procrastinate on the blogging any longer I promise!

Bootylicious Baby!

Oh my goodness, i can't believe i forgot to mention this in my last blog. So Matt's birthday was last weekend and we all gathered at his and Kristen's cute new house for desert, conversation and Trivial Pursuit (pop culture edition). It was each couple for itself. Matt and Kristen, Kurt and Toby, Jen and Felipe and then me and Jus. We were worried at first because it seemed like everyone was getting their pies but us. As a matter of fact........THEY WERE! Matt and Kristen had one pie peice left to get when we were just getting our first! I guess we just aren't good at "pop culture" trivial pursuit.........or are we. Call us the come back kids cause we went on a perfect rolling, answer getting rampage and WON! And the funniest part was how Kurt kept condemning me for knowing all the "rap" or "hip/hop" questions.............and the question we were given to win the game was, "What word did singer Beyonce Knowles introduce to the Webster dictionary??" .............That would be Bootylicious people! hahaha, my heathen ways prevail once again!

Can't believe i forgot to blog that!

THINK PINK!

So, sorry blogger avids! I’ve been slow at posting these days. Oh but you will all be glad to know that I will be having plenty more time to post after today. Yep, today is my last day at CTS America (tear). This whole time I’ve been so excited to leave and start something, anything new. But today I have a slight sadness about me. There really are good people who work here. I just got a taste of the bad ones during my employment I think…….=( I’ll miss them I know, but the good news is, I’m not dying so, contact is still very possible! Haha. So many of you are wondering………. “What are you going to do now?”……….Me too! I’m still keeping my eyes peeled for a new job but Justin and I both agreed that I would take the time to make sure whatever job I take is what will make me happy. I am still very much interested in being a teacher that will be great when my kids get in school! One hitch in that plan is the fact that Justin and I already decided that I will stay home with our kids when they are young, then I can jump back on the career bandwagon (which is where the teacher thing fits in perfectly!) But, I’m neither here nor there yet……..so what do I do to fill that gap of time between now and when we have kids?? We haven’t ruled out another computer job for sure, but until I can find one of those that I really like, I’ve restarted my Mary Kay business! Except this time I am SOOOO excited about it! My Grand Opening is Tuesday (the 18th) at 7pm. If you are in the Pensacola area and happen to be reading my blog…..PLEASE come! You can email for directions (christityner@marykay.com) or if you aren’t in the Pensacola area and just want to buy Mary Kay products check out my website (www.marykay.com/christityner). I need so much support from as many awesome girls as I can get! I’m scared to start this new endeavor but I just know that if I have a huge turn out at my grand opening then all my fears will fade! If nothing else just pray for me and my success in this business. I really am so happy to be doing this right now. It gives me time to do anything and everything I want, a couple of my best friends are getting married and dangit, I want to help them with their weddings, my sister is getting married and I WILL be there to try on bridesmaids dresses with her, and paint her house with her. Another friend lives in Ohio and one in Tampa and one in Tallahassee, and gosh darnit…….if I want to go visit them, I CAN! I get to be my own boss, set my own rules, work like a dog one week if I’m motivated and slack off another week if I don’t need the money! Plus, I wouldn’t rather work for any other company…………Mary Kay is the most moral caring company I have ever been involved with. People who want to see you succeed and will help at the drop of a hat to get you to do just that! Every meeting is started with prayer and a time to give the glory to God, every email ends with a scripture and every phone call with a kind word. I just really love it and hope that I am successful, I’m going to really try! And one day drive down the street in my Pink Caddy! Yeee haw! So this also gives me something to keep myself busy and “in the game” once I am a MOM/housewife. Plus everything is PINK……could we be more perfect for each other? Whew, can you feel the passion yet?? Haha

So on to life events. This weekend was Jo’s bridal shower given by the church ladies. She had such a good turn out! It was fun and had some of the best bridal shower foods I have ever put in my mouth!
Tonight is another softball game, we are undefeated so far, let’s see if the roll continues. I hit soo much better last game, maybe I will see even more improvement tonight?? I still haven’t gotten a new glove yet, so I’ve been using one of Justin’s friend’s old gloves that is quite possibly the smallest glove on the face of the planet……….I’m thinking it may be his 2 year old’s?? But I haven’t dropped a ball at first yet……….maybe I’ll keep the itsy bitsy glove? Well, I’ll blog more probably tomorrow and the next day and the next! haha

The Excellent Wife.........kind of

Oh ye shall be blessed again….with another blog that is. So proceeds another week of being on-call. Thursday night was HORRIBLE. I hardly got any calls before bed but as soon as that clock hit 3am the phone exploded and didn’t stop until 7:30. Then it took me 30 minutes to get back to sleep, as usual. Luckily I was able to come in late friday at 10. So I got an extra hour of sleep, which I think just made my body mad for teasing it. I was SOOO tired! (Do I sound like the biggest baby yet??)

Well, Thursday night was our first softball game and we WON! Yayyy. Undefeated so far, haha. And I still have not found my beloved glove. Justin and I have torn that house apart. I can’t believe someone came into our house and only stole my softball glove……..well, I guess I will have to get a new one and try to break it in by next week.

I finally finished my book (The Excellent Wife) and will be sure to buy a copy for my newly married friends and family. Although I’ll have to warn them that if they are not wanting to submit fully and give themselves up wholly to God and their husband, they WILL walk away from it in the first couple of chapters. I really suggest the book though, I was shocked at first, at just how submissive God truly calls us to be, and then shocked a second time to see that he overwhelmingly blesses you and your marriage when you actually TRY! I have been reading this book for sometime now. I am trying to take my time and really apply It’s knowledge to my life. It’s a completely biblical perspective on what a wife should be. Man, some of the concepts in this book are hard to swallow at first but I must say, that even when I doubted what the author said, she ALWAYS gave multiple scriptures to back it up. But I soon discovered this is not a book for someone who is not willing to submit her every thought and her whole life to being God’s tool. I decided and prayed before hand that I would try to put into practice every biblical principle that was taught in this book. Man, did God probably laugh at me while I promised that………I had no idea what I was getting into. There were a couple chapters when my ghetto diva attitude came out and I was like……… “Oh NO she didn’t just say that!” haha. But again, she did back everything up scripturally so I swallowed it, HARD. I was telling Kristen and Toby about it the other day, about how I had decided to put these things into practice but, deep down I was afraid they wouldn’t work…….that I would get walked all over and taken advantage of. But I did them and tried to just remind myself that I was glorifying God and prepared myself for the inevitable consequences. And I cannot describe my amazement. I thought that if I gave in and basically became the “helper” God created me to be, that I would be taken advantage of………much to my surprise, I wasn’t walked on at all. In fact, my husband started wanting to help me! Who’d have thought, instead of yelling out more things for me to accomplish, he would tell me to rest and let him pamper me. Or he would smile at me sooo gratefully and tell me I’m the best wife?? Not me, I was so pessimistic about it in my heart, but it was finally drilled into my head that, DUH, my God isn’t out to embarrass me, or make my life harder, he gives me these rules and guidelines to help me be a better person, to help me be a little less selfish, to bless my marriage more than I could ever do by myself! I am so thankful for this book. It still is hard sometimes to always make the right decision in my actions, but I’m learning and working on it everyday. It is sooo true that to fix a problem with someone, you just have to be a better person yourself………instead of focusing on everything they should work on, or everything they should or shouldn’t do……….focus on what you can work on and what should or shouldn’t do. I mean, no one likes to be outdone, if he/she sees you growing leaps and bounds in your faith, in your maturity, or in your life in general………it makes the other person want to strive a little harder too.

Well, my whole reason for writing this in the first place was chapter nineteen, where the book gives certain reasons WHY you can submit to all these principles laid before us as wives in the bible. One of the reasons we can feel secure in making this commitment is because “God keeps his word”. Sounds simple enough right? Well, of course my little mind goes on one of it’s tangents and I start thinking about what that means. You know when you hear something said sooo many times that it just loses it’s meaning kind of. Like “Jesus Loves you”, man I’ve heard that a million times and sometimes I don’t even stop to think what that means. So sad. Well, “God keeps his word” is one of those phrases. When anyone we know says they give you their word, that sounds pretty serious. But deep down you know, even though you want to believe them, and you really think that they are a good person, you still have that lingering thought that they may NOT keep their word. Because humans lie ALL the time. It is something we are very capable of. But that is not the case with God……..it’s not possible. He has no choice being the holy sovereign God that he is, he just CANNOT do it. Makes me think of that movie with Jim Carey (Liar Liar). When someone just absolutely CAN’T lie, you would, no doubt, believe anything they say, if you knew this was a definite about them right?? Wouldn’t that be wonderful……..well, hello, it is! So, we know our God cannot lie. If I was this person (one who can’t lie), I would never tell anyone I promised something because I know then, I am bound to keep that promise. Haha. Then you would HAVE to do everything you said (even though I wish I could be like that, being selfish like we all are, this would make our little lives harder, just being honest). So why does my awesome God who owes me nothing, make so many promises to me in his Word??? Promises that he is forced to keep?? It doesn’t make sense. This amazing, bigger than anything being has the very universe at his fingertips, bounds himself wrapped up in a little promise to ME??? Only extreme love can make someone do that, and anyone who loves me that much, to give up all his control just to make me feel secure in the little areas of my life………I will worship! I was just in total awe when I pictured all these wonderful promises like chains. And my awesome mighty God was bound by all these chains, chains that were unbreakable, and the crazy thing is, he put these chains on himself! Just for me………

So, needless to say, I’ve gotten a lot from this book. Little ‘ol me, who hates to pick up a new book because there is sooo much else to do. God is good, even when on-call phones are involved. Ahhhhh!

My husband, the body builder

So my husband now has the idea in his head that he is FAT. Oh goodness, the boy couldn’t be fat if he “Supersized Me” his whole life. But I guess he just means he is in worse shape than he was in his college days. I must say he was a physical specimen back then, but he is just as handsome now. Regardless of what I say, the boy is on a workout kick. Which is always a good thing, I have been trying to get back into my workout routine this last month or so myself so now we can do it together! Look out for the new and improved TYNERS!!

Oh I have the cutest story. Justin has been mentoring a 13 year old boy named Joey through Big Brothers/Big Sisters. He is a really sweet kid that gets so excited when justin calls that he stutters uncontrollably. Well, every Monday Justin works his 12 hour day as usual at work and then drives 45 minutes straight from work and picks up Joey. They get some dinner and go do fun activities, like movies, go carts, arcades, etc. Then Justin drives Joey back home, has to visit with his grandparents a little bit (that is who Joey lives with). And then makes the long drive back home. He is never home before 10:30. It really wears him out but he wants so badly to help Joey that he keeps at it. Well lately, Justin has been really stressed…….about sooo many things. He doesn’t have time for ANYTHING, hardly me even it seems. So he decided that he would talk to Joey and Big Brothers/Big Sisters and try to get Joey a new big brother, Justin still wanted to see Joey at least once a month, but he feels he can’t put the time into it that Joey really needs. So he goes to talk to the organization yesterday and they inform him that if he were to back out, Joey would not be paired with anyone else…….because Justin was Joey’s third big brother, and there is some kind of limits and what not. Anyway, there is NO way Justin could do that to him in the first place. But then the lady started telling Justin how Joey has progressed while he has been mentoring him. He is enrolled in all honors classes for school next year, he was flunking before. His grandparents have seen a difference in his attitude, and he told the coordinator he wanted to join the Golf team……….this is a little borderline Gothic kid, who has never picked up a golf club, nor watched a golf match in his life, but you know who is an avid golfer??? Justin! Justin didn’t know Joey had said he wanted to do this, that was the first time he had heard that news. And his heart sank because he KNEW why Joey wanted to play on the golf team. Heck, when Justin and him go out to eat, he always makes Justin order first, and then orders the EXACT same thing, everytime. You never know how much influence you have, you never really do. So needless to say, Justin is sticking with it. It’s so hard on him I know. So please pray for God to place a calmness in his spirit and release the extra stress this may bring. One day he’ll have a jewel in his crown for the time he spends with Joey……..


On another note, here is a poem Chrissy sent me written by Judge Roy Moore. He lived right down the street from me in good ‘ol Bama. Some of you may be wondering what Judge Roy Moore has been doing since he was removed from the bench for refusing to remove the 10 Commandments from his courtroom wall. Please read the poem he wrote below. Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama. The judge's poem sums it up quite well.
America the Beautiful,
or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims' pride;
I'm glad they'll never see.

Babies piled in dumpsters,
Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty;
your house is on the sand.

Our children wander aimlessly
poisoned by cocaine,
Choosing to indulge their lusts,
when God has said abstain.

From sea to shining sea,
our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God's love
and a need to always pray.

We 've kept God in our temples,
how callous we have grown.
When earth is but His footstool,
and Heaven is His throne.

We've voted in a government
that's rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless Judges
who throw reason out the door,

Too soft to place a killer
in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby
before he leaves the womb.

You think that God's not angry,
that our land's a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait
before His judgment comes?

How are we to face our God,
from Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do,
but stem this evil tide?

If we who are His children,
will humbly turn and pray;
Seek His holy face
and mend our evil way:

Then God will hear from Heaven
and forgive us of our sins,
He'll heal our sickly land
and those who live within.

But, America the Beautiful,
if you don't - then you will see,
A sad but Holy God
withdraw His hand from Thee.
Judge Roy Moore

All right class, sit down and behave!

I know I just posted like yesterday or something but, I actually wrote that post a few days ago, just didn’t have time to put it up here. So, I’m back at it again.

Update on Prissy’s ear, it’s looking much much better. I just hate chasing that little rat for 30 minutes every morning and night to put her drops in there. She’s fast! But as long as she is getting better, it’s all worth it.

Monday night was cleaning night while Justin went to play with Joey again. He actually came home really early this time, since we didn’t get to spend ANY time together this weekend. I was glad to see him, we had FUN together! wink wink
Then Tuesday night I had my first softball practice this season with the Olive team. We hit some rounds at the batting cages and mingled a bit. There are a few ladies on my team again this year from last. I’m happy about that. But the league has gotten really small because everyone doesn’t want to travel to Pace to play……that’s crap! I traveled to Pcola to play last year (oh yeah, I lived in Pcola last year, nevermind). Anyway, I’m excited about playing again, I missed Basketball season at the church this year, I was really upset to find that out. Maybe next year though! Mini trauma: I can’t find my softball glove that I have had since I was in 5th grade! I honestly cannot catch without it, I foresee a lot of dropped balls at first base…….oh no, pray that God levitates it to me.

Wednesday was church as usual but I really feel wasted while we are there now. Well, not that our Marketing class was the most useful thing ever, but at least we had a room and kids to meet with. Now it is chaos with the high schoolers, the middle schoolers moved to the Warehouse at 6 now so the high schoolers don’t really know where to go, neither do we. So we just hung out in Rosseau Hall with them last week, but I feel like we are just glorified babysitters in there. So this week, we go to Rosseau Hall and NO ONE is there. Oh man, I would love to teach a discipleship class on Wednesday nights like I did last year. But with Sunday school too…..it would be too much. So I will wait until next year and hopefully get a girls bible study together on Wednesdays and actually go to a Sunday school class with my husband instead of teaching one. Yeah, that is what I am going to do.

Okay, so now it is today and I am at work =( But I have semi-exciting news, I’m going to be a teacher. Well, I want to be anyway. Who knew all those math and computer classes would actually pay off, haha. I just really feel a strong pulling that tells me this is God’s provision for me. I mean, I looked at the requirements for being a high school math teacher or a computer science teacher and I had every single requirement already. I didn’t even know, and I kept saying how I would really like to be a teacher but I didn’t want to have to go back to school for it………God really does supply all your needs, but better yet, he wants to give me my desires. And I believe in his capability to do just that. So I am trying to figure out exactly how to get certified and all the paperwork I need to do and what schools are hiring. I would love a job in Santa Rosa, since it’s where I live ya know. So, keep that in your prayers for sure. I can’t even fathom having summers off! Hello beach, here I come!

Today I got to eat lunch with my Jus today. We NEVER get to do that, he’s always so busy that he has to just grab something. But today he took the time to sit with me at a restaurant and just talk and laugh and eat burritos dangit. I do thank God for that little bit of time we got today. That boy is so special to my heart.
Well, the plan for tonight, Toby, Emily, and Beth are coming over to watch either a movie or old SNL clips, so we can laugh our ever lovin’ heads off! And then we’re ordering pizza! Let the good times roll!