Thursday, December 24, 2009
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Friday, December 04, 2009
'Tis The Season for Freebies
I recently downloaded this video for FREE as part of WorshipHouse Media's 12 Days of Christmas. Check it out-- I've gotten three videos so far and each is amazing! I honestly probably wouldn't have paid the $15 but the quality might encourage me to buy some in the future! Enjoy!
P.S. Also, if you're in the churchy world and would like some nice PowerPointy backgrounds for the Christmas season, ImageVine is also doing 12 Days of Free Backgrounds.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
On to Christmas!
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Our "First" Thanksgiving
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
My Thanksgiving Alphabet
Ancestors
Burt, our dog
Candy
Dean, my car
Erin, my sister
Friends—Old, New & In-Between
GOD!
Home
Ice Cream
Judy, my mom
Kena, our other dog
Love in general
Mushing Season
Nestle’s toll house cookies
Online recipes
Philip
Quiet
Rum :)
Steve, my dad
Tink, our cat
Underwear
Vacuums
Water from the fridge door
Xtra sleep
Youth Group kiddos
Zebras (they’re tasty!)
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Early. Freakin. Morning.
This morning I woke up at 3am... and have been awake ever since. Awesome.
- Ordered Christmas cards from Snapfish.com
- Almost finished mine & Philip's Christmas list to send to Mom-- complete with links, pictures and pretty fonts
- Researched all the fabulous BLACK FRIDAY DEALS to be had next Friday
- Downloaded all pertinent Black Friday Store Ads for even more research
- Made our Thanksgiving Menu
- Made shopping list for said menu and cookies
- Wrote Pami's arrival & departure info on our calendar (YAY!)
- Found a fun new coupony website: alaskacoupondiva.blogspot.com
- Browsed numerous crafty websites for inspiration to get started on our Christmas stockings (all the fabric is sitting in a bag on the dining room table)
Reflections on Culture and Change Paper Identify a major change your organization has, or is, implementing. Compare what is happening to change management principles and point out what could and should be done to implement the change more effectively. Make the paper 2-4 pages, double-spaced pages, with at least a couple of references to the materials in this module. Save your paper as a "Word file" and send it to the instructor, via the Digital Drop Box, NLT Sunday of the second week of this module.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
You're sitting in a chair... IN THE AIR!
Hilarious because it's all true.
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Monday, October 05, 2009
NUMB3RS
230. 18. 4. 40. 12. 26.
- 230lbs @ end of May 2009
- Size 18 pants
- 4 months later...
- 40+ lbs lighter
- Size 12 pants
- 26" lost forever
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Kicked-Out
The Bad Version:
Yesterday I found out that I got kicked out of grad school. Awesome, huh?
One minute I'm doing awesome, writing & reading posts, listening to a lecture, writing a paper... and then NOTHING. No more class on my Blackboard menu. So I frantically email the god-dess of the ORGL program who quickly checks and emails me back that I have a "Registered Not Paid" hold on my accounts. Of course, this is after 5pm PCT so I have to wait until this morning.
[And by "wait" I mean totally and utterly fret about it all freakin' night... Sorry, honey!]
Fast-forward to this morning when I finally get ahold of the not-empathetic-in-the-least accounts person who told me that its because I never opened my bill. That I was sent an email 9/11 saying I was to be booted if I didn't pay-- an email I literally never received! [INSERT SCREAM HERE]
So, long story shorter: The fine print in the bill says "If you're paying by financial aid email us here to tell us so."
Moral of the story: Even though the school knows you're paying with financial aid (and actually have the money sitting there in their office) they can't disburse it until you email the monkey in the accounts office. Blech.
The Good Version:
Philip & I will celebrate our 1st Anniversary by escaping for the weekend!
Sunday is the official anniversary so we'll make some dinner at home, eat our sure-to-be-yummy-year-old cake and drink some champagne. Love!
...Then at 6am Monday morning I report to the hospital to have my gall bladder removed. Gee... what a nice end to a great weekend ;)
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Monday, September 14, 2009
New Project!!!
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Friday, September 04, 2009
A New Addition
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Izzie
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Sunday, August 09, 2009
Things I Believe
- I believe this whole recession is God's way of telling all of us to re-learn how to live. We have so much, don't realize what a blessing that is and continually want more and more and more. NOT having money (or even a job in some cases) allows us to re-evaluate our priorities in life and find what's REALLY important.
- I also believe this recession is forcing us to be more creative with what we do have. Whether it means renovating, redesigning or repurposing something in your home OR being inventive with curriculums or budgets, using what you already have in your possession and/or ability is imperative.
- I believe faith should also be simple. Having faith is as easy as believing. That's it. Believe. Everything else is just details-- including the differences between denominations. Those differences aren't a matter of salvation: Do you believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sins and rose again? Simple.
- I believe faith should be challenging. To a certain extent, you should doubt. There should be questions. Faith is about learning and growing... and you can't do either if you're not challenged.
- I believe that people will step up to your expectations, if you'd only give them some! People talk about how much the kids in my youth group respect me... sometimes I beg to differ BUT the point of the matter is that they know what I expect of them. I think that we don't challenge people enough-- especially adults. Why do we expect youth to do certain & specific thing but not the adults?
- I believe that the job of professional church workers is to work themselves out of a job. Through delegation, enabling and encouragement we need to essentially make ourselves obsolete in the church body.
- I believe that everyone will feel immediately better, no matter their issue, by simply dancing & singing in the car.
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Saturday, August 08, 2009
Finally Finished!!!
- Took about 3 hours to sew from start-to-finish including her accessories; her face & the cutting of pieces took probably another 2 hours (though that was awhile ago...)
- Her skirt, hat and shoes are removable (right now though the hat and shoes are tacked on so Emmalee doesn't lose them)
- She's VERY colorful and has the cutest butt ever
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Birthdays & Buying
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
RE; The Lower-48
Things I do NOT miss:
- Traffic & small streets
- Humidity & frizzy hair
- Sweating as soon as you step foot outside
- Billboards
- Tall & Old buildings
- Old friends
- Accents :)
- Outside pools & tanning
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Wow...
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Friday, June 05, 2009
The Three Day Rule
HI-larious!
Plus, this three-day rule also applies to the picture post you're waiting for...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tradition!
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Officially Old
No, it's not my birthday. But I am officially old.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Disappointed
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Monday, April 06, 2009
Weekend, To Do's & Surprises
The Weekend:
- Friday I had a potluck dinner meeting with my youth board that was fun. We discussed LOTS of NYG stuff so hopefully we're getting things figured out-- YIKES.
- Saturday was a lazy, lazy day spent purchasing craft items for Children's Church and the Good Friday service THEN cleaning at home whilst the hubs cleaned the furnace filters AND reassembled the BBQ pit. Productivity=Awesome.
- Sunday was crazy busy with church, children's message, Sunday school, church, Good Friday service practice, FISH (where we made a snow Jesus on the lake!) and a yummy, yummy dinner.
- My Monday has been spent cleaning, stuffing eggs with goodies for the Easter Festival Saturday and (soon) dishes, laundry, shower, groceries, reading and posting.
- Preschool Easter Story (Tuesday & Wednesday)
- Confirmation End-of-Year Test and Good Friday Service (GFS) practice (Wednesday)
- Breakfast Bible Study, Maundy Thursday Seder Meal & Worship and GFS set-up (Thursday)
- GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP (Friday, duh)
- Easter Festival (Saturday)
- Easter services & breakfast (Sunday)
- Other things: NYG stuff, postcards & newsletters, and FIND. MY. DESK.
- SCHOOL: Read, read and freaking read; Write another 3-page paper-- this time on Men's Warehouse (yes, the store); Interview sister and friend for group project on Disney; coordinate said group so we can actually function as a group for the project
- HOME: file the HUGE pile of papers sitting next to the filing cabinet (find lost check?), clean bathroom, laundry, pack up wedding left-overs in garage, bring up lamp from garage for bedside lamp, clean off dining room table
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Labels: money, prayer request, update
Friday, April 03, 2009
Birthdays
Yes, he picked it out himself-- true enough. BUT in my defense it was the EXACT camera I thought of purchasing prior to him picking it out.
On another note, after purchasing it online yesterday I received a call AT 5 A.M. from their customer service folk because DH typed our zip code in wrong. Joy. I'm pretty sure they talked me into buying more than we had originally planned but that's what happens when you call Jamie and she's still sleeping.
*DH=Dear Husband for those of you who aren't in the online lingo :-P
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
When Buffalo Attack
A classmate posted this on our discussion board... long story as to why but it's an AWESOME vid (9 minutes)
I miss Africa :(
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Mmm...
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Monday, March 02, 2009
Design Help Needed!!
One of the major conflicts we've had since getting married is in regards to interior design. Now, I think I have a pretty good eye and taste in furniture and such. Philip does too. Unfortunately, our senses don't necessarily meld all the time. That said, lately we've been trying to find bedding we both like enough to purchase so we can actually re-do the bedroom at some point in the new future. When you take into account our different senses + two dogs... not much is left.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
FYI
In case you haven't heard through the grapevine, the hubs & I finally took the plunge and spent our honeymoon money on tickets to...
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
H/T to Youth Specialties!
This is funny. Definitely brings a smile to your face!!
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Last night at youth group...
We watched this as a precursor to our Bible study.
HILARIOUS.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
A Long Time Coming
I've been on my Church Council for well over a year that I need a 15-passenger van. We have a bus but, honestly, its a piece of crap. Ask anyone who's ever ridden (or driven) it. So, this morning, we got a call from Judy, my secretary, saying that I had not one but TWO presents in the parking lot!!
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
A La Hannahlysis
This Weekend Was:
I was in Houston for the Youth Ministry Symposium on the Spirituality of Adolescents. It was a lot of information (and numbers!) to take in and apply but I think that Lisa Kimball, John Oberdeck and Craig Oldenberg did an awesome job. Plus I got to reconnect with some college friends (Vanessa!) and some even older friends (Shawn!). If you take out the 6-hour-fuel-related delay on my way home, it was great... even though I did miss the hubs...
Where I Am:
In my office in Palmer staring out the window at all the dirty snow.
To-Do List:
(I'll just copy from my actual list) Confirmation Prep, YNBS Prep, Armor of God BS, Breakfast BS prep & reminder, Middle School Ice Skating Event, Homer Lock-In info to kids, AALYG meeting set-up, research CUNE visit dates, find email for new youth board folk, add THREE BOYS to Confirmation class, READ books for class and a partridge in a pear tree!
Procrastinating About:
Pretty much everything above AND reading my books for class (see below)
Book I’m Reading:
For fun: The Twilight Series (just started book four);
For class: Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Leadership in Something-or-another
Music Caught My Interest:
The new Darius Rucker songs are awesome. I can't believe Hootie & the Blowfish is now on country radio!
Next trip:
This weekend (Saturday thru Monday) to Homer, AK with the kiddos in one of my TWO new vans!
My Feelings On This Week:
I'm feeling a bit crazed at the moment. LOTS to do and only so much time to do it. Plus, grad school officially started today so that means I actually have to STOP reading the book I want to read to START reading the books I have to read in order to actually participate in class. Ugh.
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Monday, January 05, 2009
It's about time!
- trying to pass you, you shouldn't weave to deter them;
- walking toward you, you shouldn't aim for their feet;
- walking behind you, you should not take up the whole friggin' walkway!
- 1/5: Orientation for the online Organizational Leadership Master's Degree program
- 1/8-11: Travel to Houston for the Youth Ministry Symposium 2008
- 1/17-19: Homer Lock-In with my kiddos, hopefully in a brand-new 15-passenger van. Oh, and I'm leading all of the Bible studies (one guess as to if I've started that yet...)
- 1/30-31: Youth Ministry Task Force meeting in Portland, Oregon.
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