I love my girlfriends! Yesterday I threw together a girl's night at Earl's. I had a really nice time with some of the females in my life! There were 7 of us there and just talked, ate and I brought the wedding pictures for them to see. Afterwards, I got to see my old roomie's new house that she and her brother are in the process of moving into! Good-bye old appartment! I shall never see your insides again! Steph, Chris and I were going to see a movie at the cheapies, but we had a need to talk instead. We ended up parked in Movie Network's parking lot and talking in the car for quite a while before we decided to call it a night. I love my girlfriends! Such honesty can be shared with close friends and as Christina said, how come it is so easy to communicate and connect with your girlfriends and not always so easy with the opposite gender (paraphrased)?

Fortunately I have quite a good listener of a husband. Of course, naturally, some days we are on different pages in the connecting area, but I find that that isn't so frequent. I like that. I have definitely learnt a lot about communicating from Shane because over the almost 4 years of relationship he has really encouraged and challenged me to communicate fully and honestly. Sometimes I do need some time and other times I really don't know exactly what to say. It must drive him nuts but sometimes I finally hit the nail on the head and pinpoint exactly what I'm feeling after I've processed verbally for a while. All along he's thinking, "just get to the point woman!". But I really sometimes don't know what the point is until I hit it like a wall out of nowhere!

Tonight I am spending the evening with my wonderful husband! I'm really looking forward to it because we both worked evenings this week and this is our first evening together since sunday! I'm ready for some relaxing, quality time! ....I'm running only half full in the snuggle area! Unfortunately I tried to get someone to switch my weekend work shifts but no one could. This is Shane's one and only weekend off of August....and I'm working saturday through tuesday....bummer. Oh well, life goes on! At least we have tonight!

Well, it is my one day off out of 9 days and I'm going to spend the day at home! I'm going to clean, cook, bake, launder(?), read, bathe and shave! I will smell good and feel smoothe by the time my hubbie comes home! And I bought two new books about marriage at Blessings so I'm pretty pumped to relax and learn from them!

Have a great day!

Something inside of me sometimes longs for a conversation of substance, wisdom and spiritual stuff. I am feeling that way today after spending the weekend at Rock Lake! I have been focussing on working, cleaning my house and cooking meals. Can you believe it? Kristi...the one who never used to cook! Well, somehow it is coming naturally for me now and I am finding a lot of peace, relaxation and enjoyment in upkeeping our home! Thank-you Jesus, because that can only be supernatural!!!

But now I'm thinking that I don't want to swing too far both ways. See, I don't want to be the kind of person that is so "spiritualized" that they can't even live a normal life that inevitably includes bills, cleaning, cooking, relationships, conflict, love, etc. Because God made all these things to be included in the earthly life we live. These things are not just activities we must do but they can be life-giving and acts of worship as well. But, I can also see how it is easy to be side tracked by all these things and become soley focussed on these necessities of life. I want my life to be real. Including all these necessities, trials and joys....and be full of the presence and focus of God. I do want to have a new perspective and a new source of hope. I often feel like I have to do it all myself...that God isn't fast enough, or he's just not into doing what I want today. I know that my brain needs some new thought patterns, but that is sometimes how it works. I want to be able to trust that he will meet my needs and it doesn't mean in my timing. I just have to have faith and trust that he knows more than I do. I think I might have to get into the habit of surrendering all control each and every day. It is tiring when you feel like you have to make things happen.....

well, much is on my mind and heart today.....maybe I'll blog again in the next few days. I'm working evenings this week, so we'll see what kind of time I have! ....I think God is stirring some things up. I wonder what he's going to do and where we're going to end up..........

-very interested

What a nice weekend! We just got back from Rock Lake where we spent the weekend! The weather was pretty great...though I thought the water was cold so I spent my time on the beach instead of in the water!

My baby sister got baptized today! Yes, Loraleigh, it was this weekend and at Rock Lake, but I'm sure she'd take the prayer anytime! It was really great! My mom, brother, and dad came out, as well as some of Steph's girlfriends from high school! I thought that was super supportive of them! Good girlfriends rock! It was a very heart-warming time and I'm so proud of my sister! I'm so glad that she did it at the lake! A neat thing was that Alvina Peters (Bonnie's mom for those that know Bonnie) baptized me at Rock Lake when I was 8. We found out last night that there wasn't an appointed person to baptize Steph, so Alvina volunteered!! It was special because we absolutely love Alvina and now she's baptized both of us!

The speakers were pretty great too....it was a trio apostolic/prophetic team. Lots of good stuff! Shane and I were so tempted to quit our jobs today and stay out at Rock Lake for the rest of the summer. Our hearts are definitely there. Bummer that we need our jobs and money. If I wasn't in school.......it would have been tempting!

It was so fun to go to camp for the first time as a married couple! We got to stay in our own room and do our own thing as a family unit....even though we spent most of our time with people! I love my husband so much. As I told him before bed last night, I'm growing to love him more and more every day. I am so loving this thing of marriage!

Well, I have to pray for hope to survive 6 more weeks of work. I am hating it and it makes me feel a strong feeling of despair, but I don't really want to talk about that right now! The weekend was great and I'd rather enjoy that fact for now! Have a great night!

good morning. yes....a day off. time to clean the place up and bake some muffins again. apple cinnamon this time. grocery shopping with the sister is the plan for the evening and the husband is coming home for lunch this afternoon (working a split shift).  i need to recup today.
 
saw a great movie last night. The Notebook. there were many crying people in that theatre. very good and very sad. i never want to get old. the story line hit home a little closer due to the residents that i work with. a must see for females. very good. bring a girlfriend or multiple and some kleenex.
 
bye now

I just love the weather! Unfortunately during the day I've been working (last 3 days) but I've been able to enjoy the evenings! The evenings are so comfortable! We went to BDI for ice cream with our good friends of ours, Nat and Lance. It was wonderful to eat, laugh and watch the boaters and dogs playing in the water from the bridge. What a perfect night!
 
I'm really looking forward to tuesday and wednesday because it is my weekend! I've worked all weekend and with one more day shift to go, I'm excited for a day that I can sleep later than 5 or 6am! I'm not into those early mornings! Though, the world is quite beautiful and peaceful that early in the morning! I just hate being tired!
 
My sister is getting baptised a week from today! I'm excited for her and proud of her! She is such a super light in this world! I am amazed sometimes by her boldness and her ability to speak, act and pray so confidently. She'll talk to anybody about her Jesus! She teaches me things and challenges me by her boldness. To make the event even more exciting, we get to go to Rock Lake for the weekend! And my family will be there, including my pops! I really hope that the weather forcast is wrong and we have a great weekend ahead of us! But, I'm getting ahead of myself because I still have the week to live through! Still, I'm really looking forward to it!

So, today I'm a little bummed...I must admit. I don't like to admit this because then I feel like I'm not being positive. And when you are being positive, you can sometimes trick your being into thinking that you aren't bummed. I guess that sounds a little warped....but I hate feeling bummed.

I'm a little worried today. And I hate feeling that way too. I have a few things that I'm worrying about. I have a stupid grinding my teeth problem at night. I'm trying this new self-mold mouthguard, because the real ones are way too expensive! It is just not working. It is digging into the side of my gums and some of my teeth aren't even covered. It falls out too because it isn't molded right. So, sleep time, which is one of my favorite times of day, is sort of stressful for me because I feel like every night I'm doing permanent damage. That stresses me out. We just can't afford the mouthguard from the dentist because my benefits don't cover any of it and it is hundreds of dollars.

I'm a little stressed out about tuition and money. I'm just afraid that we won't have it by September. It makes me a little nervous. So, I'm feeling a little financial stress lately.

My job. I was honest with myself yesterday and finally said that I don't like it. I hate it that I'm working in a job that makes my back ache every day. I don't want to wreck my back for life at the age of 21. I don't like the management team, because everything is in the name of the budget and not for the employee. I'm so sick of politics and complaining, though I know that what people are complaining about is valid and true. I hate dreading work each day and having to go to bed so early so that I can get up far too early. I just am hating the despair that accompanies knowing that I have to work tomorrow and all weekend. I'm just bummed. The positive thing is that once I'm at work, besides the back pain, I'm fine. I do a great job and I don't mind it. It is when I go home and dread coming back the next day, that I feel crappy.

Boy, I hate sounding bummed and I hate complaining, but it sure does feel good to write out my feelings and be honest. Screw positivity at this moment. I'm bummed.

Hello fellow humans! It is finally a beautiful day in Manitoba!!! My sibs and I were thinking of beaching it today, but in the end are going to do that tomorrow with my hubbie and dad! It sounds like it will be pretty nice all weekend! Part of our decision was due to car issues. Please pray for our car because her ABS, service engine soon and trac off lights are on and won't turn off! Also as of two days ago, the head lights aren't going on automatically! That is really weird and our brakes are making squeaking noises! I think we really should get her checked out! Please pray that it is just a censor problem and not an actual one....something like this happened the week before the wedding and it was nothing! We really can't afford repairs!

So, I'm still hanging out in my sexy pj's.....I've become a sexy pj girl since graduating to "wife"! Soon my sibs and I will be heading to the mall...the bro needs pants and I need a big frying pan and some light bulbs!

Adios amigos!
kristi

Here I sit without my husband for the evening. I blessed him, while already missing him, to have an evening with a guy friend. So, here I sit at the computer and need to find an outlet. Here is a short story that was born out of my state.

Sisters
A short story for Stephanie

In the small town of Carmen, on a hot, sunny day, stood a tall cow in the middle of a yellow pasture. This cow had such a horrid look on her face that those that past stopped to look and ponder. The weather was odd that day in June and while staring at the old cow, people began to feel raindrops sprinkling on their bare shoulders and arms. See in Carmen in June it is summer weather and tang tops are a common article of clothing. An old woman had recently moved into the area to move in with her elderly sister. Both women were widows of a few years and both being alone had decided to become roommates. This warm weather was an adjustment for the elderly sister from Winnipeg because she was used to spontaneous snowstorms in June. See, the cow had brought the two sisters back together again. Years before the sisters had been visiting another state with their families and had spent an evening at the fair. A game that the two sisters had enjoyed as children was tipping cows in the pasture late at night, and trying not to get caught. Well, at the fair that one family day, there was a game with a cow. It involved soft balls, a heifer and stuffed animals for prizes. The sisters had such a blast that they vowed that every time one would see a cow for the rest of their lives, they would say a prayer for the other and call the other sometime that week. So, as the sisters aged, children moved on to start their own families and husbands were laid to rest, the sisters brainstormed about their futures. The two decided to merge households in Carmen, were the younger was located, and begin a cow farm. They had decided that if cows played a part in bonding them together over the years that they could give back to the cow family. So, as owners of a cow farm, the elderly sisters enjoy using their farm mostly as a petting zoo. This brings us back to the cow that day in the yellow pasture with the odd look. This cow was one of heifers from the sister farm that had misplaced her dear sister. The cow was going north and had stopped in her tracks when the breeze that the sisters normally felt while strolling together was felt blowing from the opposite direction than other days. The message of the missing sister was learned by all and news traveled fast through the small town of Carmen. The sister cow was found later that night, beside the pond, sharing with the frogs and toads about giving back to the community and how important sisters are.

So by now I am a married woman of over 3 weeks! I really like it!!

Today I finally have a day off! I worked quite a bit last week, but the killer part to my job is the physical labor of stretching, lifting, and bending and the killer early mornings! That early stuff is what gets me! I don't like getting up before 9:30am!!! Oh well, I just have to suck it up! At least with the early mornings of the day shift, I can see my husband in the evenings!

So, it is my day off and I am a little antsy....I really cannot think of how to spell that word right now! I want to see my wonderful friend that just started dating a boy that we have been talking about (for her) for months! I may go to the mall to check out if we can further the enjoyment of our home with anything...purchased with multiple gift certificates! Or I do have the chance to visit my mother and brother who are coming in to the city this afternoon! I just don't know!

Well, I think I'll start by getting rid of some old bananas and being a little domestic! I'm going to try to find a good recipe for banana muffins on the net because I usually just used Christina's (roommate), but now that is not in my house anymore!

Blah, blah, blah!
Talk to you later!
Kristi

Ohhhhh.....life is good. And I am a blessed woman. I had an incredible wedding, a fabulous honeymoon in the Mayan Riviera, Mexico and now am adjusting to regular life with a husband, whom I love like crazy! There were some glitches with the location of the ceremony...not due to rain but due to misquitos! But I adjusted very well to the new plans and enjoyed it incredibly anyways. What a fabulous day June 12th was for us! We were very relaxed, not nervous AT ALL (completely serious), and just had so much fun! I loved being the bride and wearing the whole garb....though my silly dress kept on falling down!!! I'd have to say that my favorite parts of the day would probably have to be the walk down the aisle and all the blessings we got from friends and family at the reception! You should have seen my hubbie as I walked down the aisle. He was priceless. Bawling like crazy and repeating "Wow...wow". It was an indescribable experience.

The honeymoon was so great and relaxing! We spent the first night in a theme room at the Clarion hotel! I love the jacuzzi in the room! That was the best feature! Then we went off to the Mayan Riviera in Mexico for a week! We spent 15 hours a day sleeping and the rest eating, drinking and beaching it! It was super relaxing and just what we needed! The weather was the highlight....reaching 44 and only dipping to 26 at night! I could live in that weather! I hope that we brought some of it with us....not so far since returning!

It is super fun to get into life and living at our appartment. Shane and I have been having so much fun and laughing ourselves silly many times as we enjoyed the home part of our honeymoon! My Shaner is an incredible catch, and though I knew that before I married him, I am getting the reality of that truth more now. He has been so thoughtful, kind and is always making me laugh! We are an incredible team! He contributes equally to cleaning up, doing the dishes and making food! I love marriage so far!

Unfortunately, today is resume work day. We are bummed. Both don't want to go back to work. So, that is our prayer request. Please pray that we both find peace and enjoyment regarding our jobs. I would much rather stay on a honeymoon for a few more weeks!

So, to those unmarried....if there are any unmarried readers that come here.....I would have to say that 2 weeks and 2 days into my marriage, I would completely recommend it! The piece of reality that I did discover was that marriage in the right time and with the right person can be incredible! I looked around at the other honeymooners on our trip and also realized more fully that marriage at the wrong time and/or with the wrong person could make your life miserable. So, relax, take your time and let God make things fall into place at the right time. Then it will be incredible!

Hello. This is Yvonne Parks. I'm a friend of Kristi's! Kristi is unable to blog because she's on her honeymoon! yay! Anyway, at the wedding, I took some photos, and she said i could post them on here for you all to see! So, Enjoy!


Beautiful Kristi


The Bride and Groom!


Shane and Kristi Kissing! whohooo!


The table setting at the reception was gorgeous!


So were the centrepieces!


The table numbers were photographs! Isn't that cute?


There were lanterns used everywhere. So beautiful!

Well, it is now 6 days to go! A week from now I will be on a plane going to the surprise destination of our honeymoon! Shane, my darling, has planned the whole thing, and I don't know where we are going! I don't want to know either until we are on our way! I like surprises (that I am aware are coming). See, I always thought I liked surprises in general, but I realized in the past few months that I like planned surprises. Like eg. I love it when Shane tells me we are going out on a date on friday but he doesn't tell me what we are doing! I absolutely love that! But, when I already have plans and they are cancelled for a surprise, I have a hard time adjusting to the surprise. I guess I sound a little freakish, but it is just how I react emotionally. It is just a reaction that naturally happens!

Anyways, things for the wedding are going very well. I spent the last week working like a mule at the personal care home and now I'm finally off!!!! Saturday was my last shift scheduled until I start my term position July 1!!!! That means potentially 3 and a half weeks off!!! But I will take shifts the week we both plan on going back to work (the 28th). So, I spent the rest of my time on friday and saturday making the favors!!! What a huge job that was! It took me FOREVER!!! Or so it felt! But it feels good that the job is done!

If you all think of me this week, please put me in your prayers! I just want to fully enjoy this last week of preparation and totally enjoy the wedding day. Pray for perfect weather, dry ground and no rain this week! Pray that I don't sweat the small stuff, but am just easy-going and relaxed!!! Oh, and for the vain side of me, pray these silly zits go away!!!

Thanks, see you later!!!!

So....two weeks from tomorrow!!! I'm getting so excited! I spent the day today doing little wedding things that still need to get done. My biggest stress......the music. Strange, hey? See...our wonderful Yvonne makes anything sound good, so I have full confidence in her. But picking the songs is my biggest bother right now. It has been a little frustrating! Anyways I think after today I have it under control. I was imagining what we would be doing at the time while listening to the song...to get the right feel. I feel like I already have had the wedding day!!!
I got a position at work!!! Up to now I've been casual (but getting a lot of hours). I applied for some term positions for the summer...and found out yesterday in my boss's office that I got one! And it is supposed to start this saturday, but instead I told her when I'd be back to work after the honeymoon and she is willing to let me start the position then!!! It is a .7 which is .3 away from full time! 3 shifts one week and 4 the next. I think it will be quite busy (day and evening shifts) but it will pay for a lot of stuff that Shane and I need to pay off!!! Yeah!!!!
We went to the bank this afternoon and added Shane to my account. As soon as we are back from the honeymoon we are going to move all our accounts to one! It is our first joint account! Boy oh boy!
Well, going to get going here! Enjoy the nice weather today!

3 weeks from tomorrow.....now that is exciting! Let's see my perception of loved ones reactions to the nearness of the wedding.

mom - super excited and not stressed at all. Telling strangers in the mall tonight!

dad - nervous that he doesn't have enough time to do the stuff around the house that he had wanted to before the wedding (eg. paint the house). It is hard for him to believe that the day is so close.

Steph (sister) - ....not exactly sure. I think that she is excited, but also, you know, the mixture of sadness. There is some loss involved for her because I won't be living down the hall anymore and I will have a husband. I still plan on seeing her frequently and calling her often! I will probably see her more when I am married because now it is just plain busy sometimes.

Shaun (brother; 15 year old)- Well, not sure what he's feeling about how close the wedding is. He doesn't talk "feels" very often, which is predictable for a 15 year old male. He is happy for us though, likes Shane and doesn't have worries about us.

Well, I'm just finding lately that I really don't have much to blog about except the wedding, and I assume that must bore people. Oh well, I have 22 more days to talk about it and then it will be over forever.

Shane has the honeymoon all arranged....and I don't know where we are going! I like it that way! Surprises!!!

I have to work at 6:30am tomorrow morning and then 6am on sunday!!! Ahhhhhh! All in the name of money! But once I'm at work, I enjoy it. It's just sometimes hard to drag my butt there!

I'm at Shaner's and he's a sick guy tonight...some sort of flu bug bit him pretty hard. Please pray that he gets better quickly because he is supposed to work tomorrow as well. And pray that I don't get it because my stomach has been quite sore today!

Good night

Well hello everyone that still comes and checks my blog! We are sitting at 24 days until I become a Farrow and a wife! I'm doing a bunch of wedding stuff today...well, actually there really is hardly anything to do but I'm trying to do what I can on my day off. This is my only day off of work in a stretch of 10! That is a lot for me and I'm thankful for the shifts, but sometimes I still dread working!
In general I have really enjoyed planning this wedding. On the whole it has been pretty relaxed and very organized. I just want to get a pet peeve off my chest.....BEING ORGANIZED DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE STRESSED OUT!!!!!! Thank-you to those who encourage us organized brides! The stress that I have felt about the wedding has to do with people calling us and asking to bring kids and boyfriends/girlfriends that aren't invited! Yes, I have just taken the role of "mother dog" because if someone calls it is an automatic "no". Shane and I made the rule together at the beginning of all of this and we aren't making exceptions! That is probably the most frustrating part of the whole wedding process.
But, wedding planning is definitely up my alley and if I wasn't going to be a nurse I just might become a professional wedding planner! I would thrive! I can't wait to help my sister out when she gets married.....though I don't plan on helping where she doesn't want me! I have enjoyed how relatively isolated this wedding planning has been for me. Due to Shane and I paying for our wedding, we got to make all our own decisions! It has been great! I hear horror stories of parents and in-laws that have major control issues because they contribute! Praise God that has not been an issue!!!!!
Well, I'll try to write again soon.....hopefully! I just don't have a lot of access to a computer now that I'm not at the University!
Ta ta for now!

38 days to go!!!! Oh my goodness!!!!!!! And there is really hardly anything to do right now!

I'm working as a Health Care Aide casually this summer. Unless I get a job that I applied for, which I will find out by friday. I sort of want it and sort of don't. It has great hours (monday to friday 8:30 -4:30pm) and would be a sure pay check. But, if I get the job we only get a 1 week honeymoon and if I don't we get two weeks together! So, I just want to know the verdict.

Thanks to all who came to our social and bought tickets! We were expecting to make a little figure and walked away after all our expenses with triple that amount!!! We get to go on a honeymoon!!!! Yipppeeeee!!!

Well, I'm at the U and my parking is going to run out soon so I gotta go!

I just found out the funniest thing!!! Do you remember reading about me going to a silly cheerleading tryout about a month ago...back in March? Well, I never saw who made it, and the website didn't post the roster like it was supposed to so I thought I never made it.....plus after being worked so hard that I almost cried the next two days because of being so sore (truth), I decided not to be apart of the team anyways!

Well, today I go to the website just to check for fun! They have a new layout and low and behold the roster is up.....AND I AM ON IT!!!! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY HILIARIOUS!!! The practices started a month ago and so I don't know if I would still be on it! But, I didn't know about it until today. I don't really care much if I become apart of the team but knowing that they picked me, MAKES ME FEEL PRETTY DARN GOOD RIGHT ABOUT NOW!!! I can say another accomplishment in my life....making the cheerleading team! Woo! Hooo!

As for other life updates:
Social stuff is at the peak! It is this thursday. Slowly the money is coming in! BUT WE NEED A LOT MORE PEOPLE!!!! If anyone is thinking of coming or just buying a ticket to support our effort for a honeymoon, PLEASE DO AND PLEASE NOTIFY ME!!!

I had a nice shower today thrown by Shane's mom and sister! It was really nice and boy does Tina (Shane's sister) know how to decorate and throw the greatest party. It totally touched the girlie side of me! I loved it! And boy do the colors of pink, white and black make for really pretty decorating!

Last sunday, Steph and Christina threw me a surprise shower and totally got me!! I had no idea! And I usually figure things out! I completely believed that Shane and I were going for engagement pictures, but nope! They all had a different plan! I got great stuff! And it was so great to see my friends all sitting there and I had no idea!

School is over for year 3 as of wednesday! I am finished! Nothing until September...boy does that feel so good!

Yesterday I had my wedding hair and make-up trial! Totally fun!

I will be getting married in 47 days!!!! Ohhhhh my goodness!!!!!!!! My heart it starting to pound now that it is getting closer! Partially out of total excitement and partially out of the reality of the nearness! It makes my heart skip a beat! But I'm not nervous about it.....I'm making the right decision!!!!

Talk to you all later!

Hey....I'm insulted! No one commented on the last post!!! Will any of you come????!!! Well, I don't blame you if you don't check up on this blogsite anymore. I haven't had any time to actually update it!

I have worked like a dog this last week. I hope I am slowly adjusting to 5am mornings (all semester I woke up at 9am, besides clinical days)! Yesterday I had to be at work for 6am, so I got up at 5am, but with the time change it was technically 4am!!! WAY TOO EARLY!!!! By 5:30pm, I was so tired that I had a little crying time and didn't know what to do with myself. I felt nauseous. I don't know how I will ever survive sleep deprivation that accompanies parenthood! What will I ever do?!!!!

Shane moved into our appartment this week!!! It is great! The landlords have been pretty great so far about fixing things! They gave us a brand new oven...never been used!!!! And gave us a new light fixture in the dinning room .....it was so ugly to me!! We got our brand new bedroom set all up! I got to make our beautiful bed for the first time....and love it! We bought the most comfortable mattress......grrrr.....my fiance is the one who gets to sleep on it for the next two months!....... We also got furniture! From Leons! Gorgeous brownish/tanish colored suede! I love our place already!....well, technically Shane's place until June.......

Well, I hope you all come to the social! It will be a really fun evening!

It has been a long time!! Here is the latest!

WE ARE HAVING A SOCIAL!!!! COME ONE! COME ALL!!!

It is on April 29, thursday night from 7-10pm at Galaxy Skateland! We are going to spend the first two hours rollar skating and having some games for each age group. The last hour we will turn the rollar rink into a dance floor and dance the night away....well, for an hour at least! And guess what...no alcohol, which means....kids are invited too!!!!! Anyone 7 years old and up are $10, children 3-6 are $8 and children 2 and under (assuming that they aren't skating) are free! Unfortunately I couldn't score a great deal for kids because they charge everyone the same regardless of age...so we tried to cut under 7 a deal to make it more affordable for families! I know it is hard for some to gather the money...the bright side is that you don't have to pay a babysitter, your kids will have a fun evening with you, and games and munchies are included!!! We will have one bigger silent auction prize and a 50/50 draw. We will be selling pop/juice cans for $1 each.....if drinks were free you know how kids would drink us dry!

PLEASE! SPREAD THE WORD!!! GATHER FRIENDS AND FAMILY! WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO KNOW THEM!! JUST BRING THEM!

We will be selling tickets as soon as we can make them! So, stay tuned and think about supporting us!!!

I'm having a rough time today.... I'm driving myself crazy.

I wish I was the kind of person who could forget about things really easy and didn't get stuck on being hurt or mad. Well, unfortunately that is not the case. I have a tough time letting somethings go right away. I hate getting hurt and/or mad!!! Because I hate what it does to me for the next hours/days/whatever. I don't know how to get ahold of a solution that will allow me to get over conflict faster! Any ideas???? Have you seen any solution for this for sale anywhere? You see....apologies mean the world to me. If I get a heart-felt apology, the world is brighter for me, but not everyone in this world is about apologizing. So, because of this, I have to learn to forgive and move on faster without the catalyst of an apology. How?

I'm just plain sad lately. I don't know how to shake it! It is frustrating for me.....because it's an inside feeling problem, not something on the outside that I could just stop doing. I'm just sad.