oh, nostalgia

To only push my homesickness into fullspring, it was less than 50 degrees here today. So while i sit here in fleece winter pajamas and socks, a big hoodie with a cup of hot coco and read about how everyone back home in memphis is going to the park and the zoo, i am starting to question why i let david talk me into moving here. it's rainy and cold. i have to dig out my winter coat tomorrow. MY WINTER COAT. WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!?!?! ah well, at least it puts me in a nostalgic mood. It makes me think about being back in akron, oh and growing up--the first time the leaves fall, the first snow of the year. and with that feeling I am excited :)

On the note of nostalgia, I have recently watched my a movie that was my favorite when i was little, the buttercream gang. do you remember that?? 

I absolutely loved this movie when i was a kid. it's still just as awesomely terrible as it was back then.

But tonight we are watching JUMANJI! heck yes!! :D

Talk about nostalgia. I remember when this movie came out, it was one of my brother's birthday's and they had a group of friends over for the night, they were all little. and they watched this and were creeped out. well, my dad had an irish hand drum and in the middle of the night he went in their room and started playing the jumanji drum beat and just scared the heck out of those boys. hahaha i think that is just a great story. of course, they will deny it until their death. but it definitely happened. oh yeah, the pieces on the board just started moving. uh-oh judy read the thing, here comes the mosquitos!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE! YES!

So, on a different note, our new land lords moved in today. they are really awesome. a younger couple maybe in their 40s or 50s and their oldest son. they are really nice and seem really cool so hopefully that will be awesome for us :) i'm excited that they are nice people. and they have the cutest weiner dog!! yay puppies!!!

So yeah. ummm tomorrow makes one week until my parents are here to visit!!!! they are coming right before they head up to MN for mom's surgery. IM SO EXCITED TO SEE THEM OMG I CANT EVEN EXPLAIN HOW EXCITED I AM AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. okay. sorry about that. :)

I am just rambling on now, i just want people to follow me on here again and write their own blogs! i miss keeping in touch with people and knowing whats going on!! OH OH OH i have a major chemistry test on monday! so say a prayer for me please!! i have to pass it to pass the class! thanks! much love! Shalom.

SBr2

For those of you who don't know, I am a Biology major at school in Erie, PA right now. It has always been my dream to swim with sharks. I want to be a marine biologist with everything in me. Today i failed my pre-calculus test. FAILED MISERABLY. i didn't even get to finish the entire test! I failed my first chem test of the year too. so far i've had 2 tests and failed them both. i am SO GLAD that i decided to go back to school. it's SO AWESOME! YES! so anyways. I took a step back today after being really upset for about an hour and decided that I still want it so so bad, so i'm just gonna have to suck it up and get better at it. I would love to not only do marine biology but the one thing I would do before I die, that I am hoping to get to do someday is go to Africa and help build a drinking well. Actually, I would go to Africa and help with anything. I just want to help again.

Most all of you who know me know that my mom has been really sick for a while. Well, she is having her BIG surgery on the 18 of oct. I am scared, that's for sure. I think being away from home when she is still recovering and stuff has been extra hard on me. So when she gets this surgery and I can't be there for the long haul recovery, it scares me. So far from march 2010 till now the following events have taken place in my life (talk about stressful year) Mom was in hospital, mom got out of hospital, mom had seizure went back into hospital, mom was on death bed, whole family came to memphis to be together, God miraculously healed her (yay!), i planned my entire wedding by myself. I got married, graduated with an associate's, move to erie, mom is still sick and she still can't clearly remember most of last year. so, that is what the last year has been. and now i'm starting a new school away from all my friends and comforts. I am really starting to love it here though, but i miss memphis so so bad. It has without a doubt been the most stressful year of my life. and I can't thank my dad enough for sitting by my mom's side the entire time and believing that she was meant to be okay. and I can't thank david enough for being by my side and being my support the whole time. He is the most kind loving thoughtful husband I could ever ask for.

If you could do one thing before you die, what would it be? if you had no limitations (a.k.a. the buried life meets YWAM) I have so so so many things I want to do before i die, but the things that top my list are:
-help people
-help build a drinking well in a country that needs it
-help build a house
-finish something, anything (i never finish anything in life)
-SWIM WITH SHARKS!!!!! and whales (if i die on the job, i hope it's super awesome like being eaten by a shark--really quick though no suffering involved)
-see a dolphin in the wild!!
-have a family

There are hundreds of other things too, but what are some of the things you want to do?
almost losing my mom has made me realize how really short life is. I am working to get a college degree, but more than anything I want to travel and do everything else in the world EXCEPT school. Life is too short not to live it well. How do you want to live the rest of your life?

pretty much.

school sucks. that's all. i'm tired of math. it's stupid. yep, that's all. now here's some fun pictures to dwell on :)

new update

 

So, it’s been a while since I updated this. so here goes:

School is well underway and it is just as hard as I figured it would be. juice diet has been working, I’ve lost 30 pounds, so that’s really cool.

mom and dad will be here to visit  in like 2 weeks or so. so I’m really excited about that. I haven’t been too homesick but it comes and goes.

according to school, if I take full time I will be graduating may 2013. So that will be cool too. if I can stick with it. im so sick of it already. oh well. I’ve come too far to stop now.

it’s rainy here in PA. I don’t like it. I miss warm and sunshine and memphis lol. ahh well. I just wanted to say a quick hello. <3

juice fast day 3

 

Well, yesterday I felt terrible. But today I feel much better. the juice isn’t tasting so bad as the days go on lol but they all just taste like juiced vegetables haha. so anyways, I’m going to put up the pictures on here that David took this morning, a step by step photo album of what we do 2-3 times a day

the first picture is cutting the stuff up, the 2-4 are the veggies and fruits split into softer and harder foods. We have to switch the level on the juicer between low and high for soft and hard. picture 5 is feeding the juicer, 6&7 are the juice in the pitcher connected to the juicer and 8 is the final product. all this (in the bowls) yields one 20-23 oz bottle of juice. So far it’s been the cleansing process in the body. but I personally have lost about 3 pounds as of yesterday. so that’s pretty cool

ewww diets

 

 

So, We are starting a potentially 30 day juice fast today. Well, we started it today. We watched the documentary Fat, Sick, and nearly dead and decided to try the diet out. Today however, is terrible. I feel awful. queezy, worn out, tired and of course hungry. we started making what they call “mean green” which is a recipe of kale, apples, ginger, celery, cucumbers, and lemon.

We took our measurements this morning and we are going to track our weight and our sizes throughout this adventure. However, we all have people coming to visit from out of town in about 2 weeks. so we might just do 15 days now then 15 days after they leave. We’ll see. I wanted to post videos but when I got off work today I just got too tired to do it. So, maybe tomorrow.

I’ll hopefully keep this updated if not, email me and tell me to update you!!

<3

6 months already…

 

Well, we have been married for 6 months and 3 days. There sure have been a TON of changes. Marriage, Moving, new job, new school. It’s all pretty intimidating. But it is all going well. I start working at CRAZY 8, a kid’s clothing store, on Tuesday. and school starts August 29. so until then I have been doing a lot of nothing. I watched all the seasons of Roswell and Veronica Mars. I am almost finished with the last season of Bones. and I’ve seen numerous movies it’s been pretty boring for me. but tuesday I will have a job to work so that is exciting!

I have my classes that I’m registered for for the fall, orientation to chemistry(so I can refresh on those skiiillsss) umm pre cal, astonomy&space science, and anthropology 101. So it’s not the schedule I wanted AT ALL, but such is the life of a transfer student registering late. Oh well. Next semester will be better. I’m excited to buy some edinboro stuff and have school spirit!

Hmmm, what else…I miss home, I wish I could afford to drive half way across the country because I would like to make a trip home either this month or next, but I also want to try to get over to Akron at some point which is only 2.5 hours away compared to 14. Bleh.

I am starting to enjoy it here little by little. But I still miss home. I miss the beautiful Mississippi skies, and the warm evenings. I miss nights out with my girls I miss my parents, I miss the sun haha. I just miss home. BUT this is my home now, at least it’s where I live for now. I’m not definite I will ever feel completely at home here but I hope I will eventually. I’m just glad I have family here to make it feel better, like I’m not completely alone.

On a different note, Adam (my brother) and his company (MoreFrames Animation http://www.moreframes.com/) finished up and Halo HeadHunters all 3 parts are now released. Head Hunters, Click Here so click there and take a look at them! they’re pretty sweet. They only did the animation, not the sound.

anyways, that is my update for now. I wish I had something interesting to say but I don’t. so check back later, hopefully something will happen

<3