We have had a very active fall this year. A few weekends ago we went to the beach with Andy's family. The next weekend we were off to Linville, NC for a wedding. This little one will have well documented travels!
First a few pictures from the beach...
Hi everyone...
I am sorry for the terrible formatting of these blogs! I want to keep folks posted...but Oh my goodness, it drives me crazy sometimes! I work to make them look just right, then post them and the formatting is all off... Drives me nuts! So, I am trying to just not look at the posts for too long to avoid frustration! Anywho... Just had to get that out there! I love things like this to look beautiful, so am always sad to see when it doesn't look how I would like for it to. :)
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Time is flying by and its past time for an update! We've had a busy month with different activities and travels. I'm a month into my fall semester and working hard! I have one class that I adore and two that I am not a fan of... I will not name any names! My internship is well underway and I have met lots of students and faculty... That has been lots of fun b/c many of them have had such wonderful things to say about Andy! He is a standout to me...I'm glad to know others feel the same way about him! Go babe!
I am so close to being finished with summer school... and not a moment too soon! I knew that it would be a challenge to take a full load of classes during summer school, but thought, "I'm not working, I can handle this". Well handle it I did, however I had no idea how much writing I was in for! To date this summer I have written approximately 99 pages of assignments in the form of weekly reflections, discussion postings, observations, cultural autobiographies etc. etc. Whew, I am running out of things to say...believe it or not.
Needless to say, I have not been bursting with creative ideas of postings for the blog. But that is really a summary of what's been going on in my life the past few weeks. Two more days, one more paper, and then I plan to relax and not think about anything...at all...nothing.
Yesterday morning we went to the doctor to hear our baby's heartbeat! It was a bit nerve wracking because it took a minute to find it, and had my friend not warned me that it takes a few minutes I would have been very nervous! But, the doctor found it and reported that it was a "good strong heartbeat"! Go baby Go! As I was falling asleep last night, I was marveling at the thought that God has created this little life and is sustaining every single heartbeat...then I thought...Oh, he does that with me too! This adventure has been one blessing after another.
I was on a walk this morning, and was thinking about lots of simple little things that I love. My high school mentor Tricia I think had a big part in developing in me a "joie de vivre". She is so whimsical and always would talk about the small things that she enjoys every day. So in a tribute to my whimsey friend, here are a few of the things I thought of...
-the afternoon sunbeams shining through our trees in the backyard
-when Gus curls up next to me and grunts as I pet him
-rain at night
-tan arms
-morning tea in the winter
-a great pen
-my specially crafted journals with the manila blank pages
-candles
-frothy bubble baths
-red wine
-coffee shops with friends
-reading a great book
-napping
-taking a great picture
-being really organized with school work
-when the laundry is put away...not so much putting it away, but when it is done!
-fresh cut flowers
I could go on and on...
I wanted to share one of my favorite quotes. I love this...
“Are you not thirsty?” said the Lion.
“I’m dying of thirst,” said Jill.
“Then drink,” said the Lion.
“May I-could I-would you mind going away while I do?” said Jill.
The Lion answered this only by a look and a very low growl. And as Jill gazed at its motionless bulk, she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience.
The delicious rippling noise of the stream was driving her nearly frantic.
“Will you promise not to –do anything to me if I do come?” said Jill.
“I make no promise” said the Lion.
Jill was so thirsty now that, without noticing it, she had come a step nearer.
“Do you eat girls?” she said.
“I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms,” said the Lion. It didn’t say this as if it were boasting, nor as if it were sorry, nor as if it were angry. It just said it.
“I daren’t come and drink,” said Jill.
“Then you will die of thirst,” said the Lion.
“Oh dear!” said Jill, coming another step nearer. “I suppose I must go and look for another stream then.”
“There is no other stream” said the Lion.
-C.S. Lewis The Silver Chair
Gus (the mayor of Schmidtville)
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