tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33720421778367472192024-03-19T23:10:29.194-07:00Hobby Hopping HousewifeWife. Christian. Photographer. Aspiring Whistler. Crafter. Blogger. Just trying to find my own lil' niche in the world!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372042177836747219.post-794815648012258062014-10-03T09:50:00.003-07:002014-10-03T10:44:48.839-07:00Thankful Thursday<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Thursdays seem to be sneaking up on me. I'm not actually sure where my weeks have been going. Time seems to be flying passed and I don't think that's a good thing. That means I'm not making the most of my days and not being grateful enough during the week. I've also found myself over romanticising things and places. Like these things and places will make me more grateful or slow my life down or be a better place for our nonexistent children to grow up and go to school or make my relationship with God a lot stronger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We've been talking about that in church, "my life would be better if..." Well, my life would be better if I lived in the kingdom of God now. That's the only "if" that can be applied. Because it is now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Today has been kind of tough. Just a little. Due to certain situations at work, I'm constantly under a microscope and it's really exhausting. Just a lot of extra pressure that shouldn't be there and it's stressful. Then I find out that I've been working the wrong schedule. Not my fault, but still sucks. It's just one thing after another.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So after coming back from lunch to my student having a hard time and him telling me that he can't make good choices without me to finding out that I've been working the wrong schedule, mentally exhausted. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So yeah, that hit me hard. Unbeknownst to Justin or that guy driving that truck, I really needed to see that. Also, Justin sent that earlier this morning and I didn't get a chance to read it until after all that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I am so thankful that that guy put that on his truck and spreads the good news of the Lord to wherever he drives to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And that today, my husband happened to drive by him and take a picture and then send it to me. That guy is reaching so many more people than he can ever imagine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When my student gets asked, "what'd you do over the weekend?" And he responds with </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"I went to a dance party.... It's a real thing, I went." Hilarious!</span></div></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Or last week, he doesn't even say good morning to me, but rather asks me, "So coffee is just for adults right? Just water and juice for kids... No beer for kids right? Only adults. Just water and juice for kids." Hahahaha what the heck?!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Planting seeds and literally watching the grass grow, or watermelon or kale or tomatoes or pepper plants. I see the Lord so much in that. All we did was plant the seeds and water them and God does all the rest. He provides the sun and the cool evenings and everything that's required inside that little seed to make it sprout and is it silly that I think that's just absolutely beautiful? That looking outside at the grass that's growing outside and I get teary eyed thinking about how amazing our Lord is? Farming (of the urban sort in our case) can be an act of worship and is for me. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Man, our Lord is so good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And I'm thankful for our small group. I love those guys and the time we all get to spend together studying and talking about God's word. I'm especially thankful for the honesty and trust they we all share. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Oh! This weekend Justin and I are taking a 48 hour media break and a Sabbath. Just spending some time reconnecting with other and with God. You guys should try it too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And so we meet again Thursday. This week (week as in since last Thursday) has gone by fast! Though, as individual days, they were incredibly slow, almost painful some of them. Thankful it's almost the weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It's so hard because I haven't been doing any of my hobbies lately. So nothing to post on! The days have been exhausting, plus, I think I'm on the verge of a sinus infection...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Wednesday was especially hard. I was tired and had a <i>horrible </i>attitude going into the day. And that attitude definitely didn't help. For example, I had to move the truck and on the way I would pass by the mailbox, I was like <i>cool! I'll get the mail!</i> But upon arriving at the mailbox, I realized that my truck keys don't have a mailbox key on them and I got instantly ticked! For no reason! The mailbox didn't do anything to me and it's not like I was going out of my to get the mail, it was just <i>on the way</i>! I should have just said <i>oh well</i> and been on my (not so) merry little way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You ever have those days when everything seems to go wrong? By seems I mean, <i>over-exaggerating the severity of the "offense."</i> After moving the truck, I took an unintentional two hour nap to recharge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On Sunday I didn't feel well and missed church to catch up on sleep. What was the sermon on? <i>Anger management.</i> Of course right?? And <i>of course</i> I didn't listen to the podcast until this morning. I realize now, yesterday was my fault. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In our small group, we're reading a book alongside with the church. In this book it discusses anger management in one of the chapters (also the chapter I hadn't read until today) and talks about how "unrighteous anger rarely happens when we are led by the Spirit. It is spawned by not seeing our situation in the light of God's kingdom." If I'm not living in God's kingdom and not fixing my eyes and heart upon Him, I'm still going to have those feelings of pride, worry, anger and resentment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">- <i>Does God know?</i> In the midst of my anger, did I at any point bring it to it and my frustrations to God? Nope. That was my first mistake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So I'll end on this note, staying angry is a choice, it requires way more energy than is worth it and is a very hard attitude to change and let go of... But if you're looking towards God and living in His kingdom, only then can the those feelings be let go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Long story short, I was yelled at because this person wanted me to do something I'm not supposed to do and I told them no. I may have been a little short with my response, but this happens all the time. And I don't like being put in situations where the person knows the answer to the question is no, but still asks anyways. So aggravating! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It sure is easy to be thankful when things are good! Or when you see a beautiful sunset or the breeze comes after it's been a freakin million degrees the last few days (obviously I <i>way</i> over exaggerated this and yes, I know that there's some place that's even hotter) or a moment to relax... </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Stanton Stanton33.787772 -117.98832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372042177836747219.post-15362710952523140372014-09-11T16:47:00.002-07:002014-09-11T16:47:51.579-07:00Happy 25th To Me!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">And its been a good one! Well, other than my student trying to start a food fight in the lunch room and yelling "p*nis" in the hallway! What a silly day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Though I may have not completed my <a href="http://hobbyhoppinghousewife.blogspot.com/2013/09/happy-birthday-to-me25-before-25.html" target="_blank">25 Before 25</a> list (<a href="http://hobbyhoppinghousewife.blogspot.com/2013/12/25-before-25-update.html" target="_blank">update here</a>), I've come to realize that (and this is really obvious) just writing goals isn't enough, you actually have to make plans to achieve them. <i>Who woulda thought? </i>I've very good at making goals, but the steps to make em happen, not so much. Hahha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Justin read my blog on "<a href="http://hobbyhoppinghousewife.blogspot.com/2014/09/managing-that-little-thing-called-time.html" target="_blank">Managing That Little Thing Called Time</a>" and his response was "Your blog made me laugh... because what you 'feel' like doing <i>always</i> overrides your time and priorities.... It'll only work if you're disciplined enough. Lol."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He's totally right though! I told him, "I need discipline!" and so the whole rest of last night, he walked around yelling "priorities!" at me. It helped! In an almost too intense kind of way haha. I did everything I wanted to do (minus the towel laundry) last night! Despite doing everything I wanted to do out of order and trying to watch Sons of Anarchy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I want to say that I'll do the towel laundry before Justin gets home, but then I'm like, it's my birthday! Do nothing! And then I'm like, it's just another day! Do everything!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sighh. So I'm currently at home, watching Once Upon A Time while blogging and sitting in the AC doing nothing else. Oh well, more to do tomorrow then. It's my birthday!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Stanton, CA 90680, USA33.802482200000007 -117.9930967000000233.749699200000009 -118.07377770000002 33.855265200000005 -117.91241570000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372042177836747219.post-29392904330772037682014-09-11T16:07:00.000-07:002014-09-11T16:08:27.690-07:00Thankful Thursday<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This used to be called "The Little Things" but I figured all those little things that make me happy, are also the things that I'm thankful for -- and why not take what was just a little list and take it too a little bit of a deeper level. Not only that, but I'm really trying to honor God in all that I do. And blogging is another thing, that I do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">-I am thankful for husband that loves me and a God that loves me even more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">-I am thankful that I'm able to pray, speak the Word of God and worship with the Lord out loud and thankful that there's men and women who fight for me to be able to keep that right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">-I am thankful for all the selfless people who gave their lives on 9/11 to save others and the people who came from far places to help search for missing people and clean up the debris.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The student that I'm a one on one for is trying really hard to make his new found friends laugh. And in the process tells some terrible (what he thinks are hilarious) jokes. He once told another student, "I'm going to pee in your eye!" So it was actually quite funny, if I'm being honest, really funny. It still makes me laugh out loud. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What made it even more funny was that the other student's reaction! The kid looked at my student like, <i>oh my gosh, this kid is going to pee in my eye! </i>Though it was something any seven year old little boy might have said, the teacher was less than pleased. I had to explain to him that it's not an appropriate joke for school because not all kids will understand that he's just being funny and not actually going to do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I've spent my time thinking about blog post ideas. What the heck do I write about?! I scoured pinterest for ideas and though I found a few things, none really seemed to fit my "blog identity." And then I'm like, what the heck is my identity as a blogger??</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hobby Hopping Housewife is what I use to identify myself as a blogger, but I'm beginning to think that I use that as more of an excuse. In all honesty, I burn myself out on things. I find something that I really enjoy, become obsessed with it and then do it until I can't do it anymore. So I literally have to hop between hobbies because I burnt myself on the last one. And this continues until I've gone through all my current hobbies, then picked up a new one, before I circle back through them again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I've written my last blog post, I've really tried hard with prioritizing things. Problem is, not all things I "consider" a <i>priority</i>. For example, doing the dishes or laundry. Do those things need to be done? Yes. Is it on my list of things I would like to get done? Of course. Will it be a priority above editing the photos from the wedding on Saturday? Definitely not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think the issue at hand is not just prioritizing, but also time management. And knowing that sometimes things need to be more of a priority (like the dishes that are still in the sink as I'm writing this), but if I manage my time, I can get through the things I really don't enjoy (but really need to get done because who really wants their house to be mess?) and get on to the things that I really <i>do</i> enjoy. But not just that, but also being able to blog and craft and watercolor and do photoshoots and sew, all in the same week.... all along with having a clean house... and doing my bible studies and devotions... and not feeling pressed for time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm completely terrible at blogging. Let's just start by saying that. Let's also say that I'm terrible at keeping up with hobbies, hence the hobby hopping part of my blog name. It's really hard! Photography, blogging, sewing, crafting, embroidering...netflixing... (I don't think that I can say that last one is an actual hobby, but it's definitely a de-stresser and I'm thankful for Netflix.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Anyways, so its hard. I just want to do all this stuff all the time! And I probably could if I was better at prioritizing. I feel like there's just not enough hours in the day, but that's not even true. There's plenty of hours in the day. And if I actually woke up on time, I'd have another hour to add to my day. But truth be told, I've become kinda lazy (I can feeeeel Justin giving me a look right now lol).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love my job, just not working. Does that make sense? I would love to go back to working less hours. But it's summer, and my hours are less, so there's again, no excuse. So I'm just gonna stop. I keep digging myself a hole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-I made a quilt. A long time ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And though I haven't posted anything about it really, I'm still counting it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because I made it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And it took me forever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And grandma loved it because it had Elvis all over it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now everyone wants me to make them a quilt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-We also ate the top of our wedding cake. A few days after our anniversary because we kept forgetting about it. It wasn't that bad actually. Would have been A LOT better, had we put it in a freezer container and not just the box. But that's whatever now. Can check that off the list!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-As far as everything else, I've failed miserably. But hey! I've still got time! Hahha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My new goal is to learn how to prioritize. So far, I'm doing pretty good. We just moved to a new apartment, which has made it easier because everything has a place and everything still looks nice and pretty and its our first place together (the other place was really his, he had that apartment before we got together, and this place is ours) and we both are putting much more time and effort into it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've also added somethings to better help with my prioritizing, like a small binder that I made into a planner that also holds my to do lists, the things I want to craft, bible study and verses and a spot for blog ideas and the such. Its actually really awesome. Each page I designed specifically for me to cater to my needs. And I love it. It's super cute. And you're probably jealous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Don't mind the glare on the pictures though please.) So far, its working great. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The idea came from an app (Penultimate for Ipad) that I was using. I like the physical act of writing and this app you can do that. And it has templates for to do lists and planners and the such and I loved that I could just carry around my Ipad like I always do and everything I need in it and that I could check it on my phone as well. The problem was that the stylus for the Ipad sucks. It made my writing look really sloppy and for those of you that know me, that is something that my writing is not. (thanks mom for being OCD about my writing and making me write and write and write. *note: that was sarcastic, but also very not. I love my writing.) I tried a smaller stylus that a friend let me borrow (which reminds that I need to give it back to her), but it just didn't work that great. The only other option was for me to buy the super special stylus that the app promoted, but it was SEVENTY-FIVE bucks. I'm sure its really awesome and works really well, but I just didn't want to fork over that kinda money! So I made my own planner. The only bummer is that it's kinda bulky. But only a little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I'm tired as hell, and for as much as I should be doing other things (like dishes, laundry, cleaning in general, napping [because I'm falling asleep as I type], painting my nails...), all I want to do is write.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I read a lot of other blogs and right now the most common of posts seems to be about unedited writing. It just means that you write your unedited thoughts down, no cut & paste. Backspaces are allowed <i>only</i> for typing errors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really want to try this (which is actually what I'm doing right now), but it's extremely hard! You're supposed to write down what you're thinking, every little thought and what it leads to (at least that's what I gather from it). The hard part is this: 1) My thoughts are all over the place, thinking a million things at once. I'm thinking about writing this and then also that and that and oh yeah this other thing. It's terrible! I can't possibly type that fast! 2) I want to write about my observations for the day as it recaps in my head now that I'm home. No big deal, right? <i>Wrong</i>. I'm pretty sure that people don't want me writing about them (good or bad) and the things I've observed about them. I'd give some examples <i>here </i>but I think that's a privacy breach. Okay, so there were supposed to be more numbered points, but I don't even remember because I'm trying to stay on topic. Oh, that's number three. I'm trying to stay on topic. I always stray too far away from the topic or whole point of something and it drives me nuts! I end up going on a side tangent and seem to know no other words other than "<i>anyways", "oh" and "and" </i>to bring it back on point. Which brings me to the the fact that there is such a word for those type of words but it's slipped my head completely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyways (ya see that? Tried to make use a new word to transition back to point, but I couldn't do it. Honors English, what a waste. Blehh)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Anywaaaaaaaaaays</i>, (anyways doesn't really work here because now I'm onto a different topic, but whatevs, my blog, I do what I want) the church asked us today (via text that was actually via twitter & Facebook and sent to us as a text), "where do you see yourself spiritually in six months?" What?! How do you answer that? Well, I'd like to be finished with the New Testament and into the Old Testament by then, reading everyday and studying the word, but I don't think that that's quite the right answer... Though I can certainly tell you where I'd like to be in six months just in general or all the things that I need (want) to be done in the next six months or the things that I have planned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Out of debt, car painted (rechromed, new tires, new weatherstripping), Justin to get a motorcycle (that's actually not true. I don't necessarily want him to get one... They freak me out! Not they [the motorcycles] personally, but everyone else who is not riding a motorcycle. I have complete confidence on my husband's riding capabilities, but not those of which are driving cars. But it's like his last hoo-ra before settling down? I think he just means kids [which is another topic]), Tina and Robert's wedding (see also: bridal shower and bachelorette party... To which all things I am the matron [because I'm married] of honor), invest in some Ford stock and be saving for a home. All in six months time. Which doesn't even touch upon stuff like getting closer to my husband and building a relationship together with God. And now I absolutely have to build that relationship with Jus because I got his name tattooed on my arm! Which according to a friend of mine, dooms the relationship... But I'm building that relationship with God and Justin. God isn't going to let it fail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So where do I see myself spiritually in six months? To answer this question I think I'm going to answer the question of <i>how are you going to build your relationship with God? </i>To which I will reply, finishing the New Testament, getting into the Old Testament, studying His word, getting more involved in ministry and listening to Him. I think that's a good place to start...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I think it's time for a nap now (at 750pm) and I failed miserably at the unedited part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">This
has been a long year I feel like, but with that said… tomorrow is already going
to be 2014. Should an exclamation mark have ended that? I dunno. Still not
totally sure how I feel about it. Feels like any other day really.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">There
was some heartache in 2013... I watched my parents get divorced after 20
something years of marriage, met their new significant others, saw sides of
people that I didn’t want to see, got tendinitis in my elbows, dealt with some
serious crazies… but with that, there were so many good things that happened this
year too! Overwhelmingly so!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">New
tattoos, took up blogging (not very well as I don’t post as much as I should),
got an amazing old sewing machine that I’ve rocked like no other, made new
friends, got a new job (which as of 2014 will be full-time with benefits),
started doing children’s ministry (Justin doing high school ministry)… got some
seriously awesome new watches…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">And
in January we got to celebrate being newlyweds with a second honeymoon! Thanks
to Uncle Dave for letting us use his time share and Justin selling his bike the
day before we left for San Francisco so we’d have money for the week. And what
a week it was! From the freezing cold air, expensive taxi rides, sitting on a
train for 11 hours both ways, almost missing our ferry from Alcatraz which would
have made us late for the bus back to the hotel, nude protestors to a random
acoustic show Justin played, seeing the golden gate bridge, the best
continental breakfast we’ve ever had (minus the meat, because well, they didn’t
have any), free dvd rentals at night, “Jeeves” the guy at the front desk, riding
on a double decker tour bus and getting to see the whole city! So many things!
Though the best part was just being able to spend time with my HUSBAND, a week’s
worth of time, just the two of us together. The most perfect week ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Participated
in another Be the Church where the church goes out on a Sunday to restore the
community rather than a service and this time my sisters came! We also participated
in like 2 other houses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Yay for the Ninja Team! Still waiting on the shirts
though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">We
helped/watched a couple friends come to Christ and that has been such an
incredible thing to experience in. Seeing their faith in Christ grow stronger
all the while ours does too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Learned
how to make simple syrup, it’s just that, simple. It has really helped out in
the <i>Making Justin Sweet Tea All the Time</i> Department.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Bought
a Roku which has been a solid investment. By investment, I mean, “<i>investment</i>.”
No more Netflix on the computer! Yee haw! (Sorry about that last part,
listening to some Mike Ness outlaw song where there’s a lot of whistling and
yee haws!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Wednesdays
have become my favorite day of the week, not because its “hump day” (I hate
that stupid camel commercial) or whatever, but because the day seems so much
shorter. No midday or pm kids! And then the best part after that is that I get
to hang out with my littlest sister Kate. We pretty much don’t do anything
other than drive around, get ice cream or Starbucks, and visit the fabric
store. It’s the best time really. She’s sweet and cute and a big dork, like me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Got
the IPhone 5! That’s not really big news, its actually really old news. Just looking
around as I think about all the things that the year has entailed and my eyes
passed over my phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">The
cars have been up and down. Mostly up though! Thanks to Justin, the bondo work
is almost completely done! I say almost completely because I don’t quite
remember if it’s almost done or completely done… Either way, it looks so
awesome! Justin has done an amazing job!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">We
celebrated our one year anniversary!!! And what a nice night it was! Driving
around, dressing up all fancy, dinner at a swanky place… One year married.
Sighhh. I couldn’t be anymore lucky. <i>I’ve found the one whom my soul loves</i>. He’s
been there for me through the good, the bad, the broke, the sick, the busy, the
great… And he loves me. Only me. Well, and our two little cats. But that’s a
different kind of love. <i>Obviously</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">I
made a really awesome quilt for Justin’s grandma (blog on that later)! And she loved it, so much so
she cried. And then cried again when she called me a couple days later to thank
me (again).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">We
helped our friends welcome their healthy little baby Wyatt into the world! So
adorable! And so tiny. He’s actually pretty normal sized for a newborn, but he’s
just so tiny and fragile!</span></div>
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one of our couple friends FINALLY got engaged! And I’m the <i>matron</i> of honor…
apparently that’s what you’re called if you’re the maid of honor but married.
Who knew!</span></div>
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know I’m forgetting things, but honestly, despite the small amount of sucky things… this year
has been one the best years I’ve ever had. Mostly I think because I got to
spend it with Justin. Mostly because I know that I’ll always have him. And he’s
<i>mine</i>. And I’m <i>his</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">So
I know everyone wants to hear about resolutions, but I don’t want to label them
as that because really folks, how many people actually follow through with
their “resolutions”? No one. Unfortunately, I don’t really have another word to
call them by… so I’m just going to list them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">This
year has been toughest on me and my mom. And I love her and I miss her and one
of the most important things on my list is mending that relationship with my
mom. </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;">Colossians
3:13</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">“bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against
one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”</span></div>
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thing that I’ve been sucking at is making time with God. So I’ve made reading
plans and a planner that is going to help me with that.</span></div>
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don’t want to curse anymore. Not that I think that it’s a terrible thing to do
or anything, but I just don’t think it’s necessary. So no more cursing. </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;">Matthew
12:36</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> “…men will have to give account on the Day of Judgment for every careless
word that they have spoken…”</span></div>
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need more self-control and discipline. In the mental and physical well-being
parts. I need to be consistent in my routines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Loving
others. “…love your neighbor as yourself" and </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">“Jesus
had compassion on them because they were harassed like sheep with a shepherd." I just need to keep reminding myself that. Everyone is going through something.
Which brings me to the next part of this, praying for others. I don’t do enough
of this. Because everyone <i>is</i> going through something, but as it says in Philippians
“do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit…” Both loving and praying
for others go hand in hand.</span></div>
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that's on my mind for the new year are: getting out of debt, starting to save for a
home, read the new testament again, read the old testament, mend relationships, get physically fit
and spend more quality time with my husband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Friday everyone! Friday, Friday, Fridaaaaaay! <i>That was embarrassing. Please ignore that.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Little Things That Matter. See also, the things that I'm thankful for. </span><span style="font-size: large;">So let's get on with it!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-When you're so used to wearing fake eyelashes that you go to bed or get in the shower with them on. <i>That doesn't really matter, nor am I thankful for it. Actually, kind of makes me mad. I either lose them or ruin them that way. Just thought I'd share.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-A husband who is willing to sleep on the couch with me while I'm sick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Pictures of really cute babies and puppies sleeping together. Thank you Heather for showing me <a href="http://instagram.com/mommasgonecity" target="_blank">this</a> yesterday! Puts a smile on my face for sure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-When your cat climbs your fake tree and you tell her no and she stops and then does it again and then you tell her no and then she stops and then she does it one more time and then you lock her in the bedroom for "time out" and tell her "that's not okay" and when you let her out, she doesn't climb the tree again. Awesome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Deodorant. Thankfully I have some in my purse because I forgot to put it on this morning before I left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Leftovers. Especially at lunch time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-A clean bookcase. Well, yes, clean. Still busy... well, I'll just leave it at that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Wednesdays with Kate. I'm actually really thankful for this. We don't even really do anything. Just hang out. And it's nice. And at some point I tell her she's a strange kid and then she tells me that she gets it from me. And it's fun. And sometimes I buy her ice cream or starbucks. And its our time. For just us. I wish I could do this with my other sisters. But I guess that's what we have Sister Appreciation Day for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Waiting until after Justin's birthday (December 2nd) to decorate for Christmas because for some reason it bothers him if we do it before. Maybe he just doesn't liking sharing his birthday. Probably so. Even though that's super silly. But I suppose I understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-When this one time I practiced doing a stupid trick with Justin's zippo so much that I got a blister on my finger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-When this one time I sharpened so many pencils with a little dinky sharpener that I also got a blister on my finger. <i>Totally two different times. Both of them sucked.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-My mom gave me a box of ornaments from when I was a kid. Well, let's just say there was a least two from every year from my birth to when I was about 11. That's a lot of ornaments! What the heck am I supposed to do with them?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>This list isn't really "the little things that matter" its more of a bunch of "mini rants that don't quite make a blog post." Maybe I'll change it.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Being sick has caused my voice to be waaaay out of tune. Not that I was at all a great singer before... but it sucks. And it's embarrassing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-This awesome cold weather. Even though I haven't been dressing as warm as I should be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-A home. With my husband. And our two little cats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lemme start with the first one. Staring a blog. Well folks, I definitely have done that! 28 PUBLISHED posts! (doesn't mean that I haven't started others...) On the note of consistency, that's an entirely another story. My number 21 on the list is maintaining my blog, well, as you all know, I'm failing miserably at it. I'd totally love encouragement on this one. I really want to blog, but at the end of my day, it just doesn't seem to be a priority. Soooo, if you'd like to help me out, post on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hobbyhoppinghousewife" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or comment on my blogs telling me to "get the heck with it and post a dang blog!" Thank you kindly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On a much more positive note, I can, without a shadow of a doubt, cross off 15 and 15</span>1/2<span style="font-size: large;">! I most definitely wear my fake eyelashes everyday! <i>Exception, that time I was sick. </i>Other than that, every dang day. I'm awesome. And then there's the topic of those stretchy headbands....I have not worn any. At all. I bet my husband loves that! Also, I did cut my hair off, so that too I'm sure helps. Hahha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Believe it or not, I have been doing crafts... just not blogging them. Please believe me. But I understand if you don't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh! And the quilt! I can't wait for this one!!! Justin's grandma loooooves Elvis Presley. Like, really loves him. So I'm going to make her an elvis quilt! Just bought the fabric yesterday! I'm so excited! Just in case you can't tell. Never made a quilt before, so this will be fun... I think I'll be fine. And I promise to take as I go photos. Just so you can join in on the fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sadly crossed out 13 though. I sent Marie a letter aaaand she never sent one back. She said she wrote me, just didn't have a stamp. I'm tempting to just send her a stamp so I can receive that stinkin' letter, but that defeats the purpose, don't you think?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As for everything else... well, I'll get there. Eventually. Nine months to go, right? I'm not making New Years Resolutions this year, considering this is pretty much resolutions anyways. But I'm curious to hear what you guys have got going on! Have you been thinking about resolutions yet?? Let me know!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dear Husband,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have never been so in love with you than I am right now. Really though. You're sitting across from me playing your guitar and though you're not really paying any attention to me, there's just this overwhelming feeling of love in our home. Maybe you disagree, you're so focused on playing the right chords on your guitar... I don't know. (So justin told me that he thinks that this made him sound like a jerk, I don't think so... He was playing guitar and I was blogging, both sitting right next to each other doing our own thing. It's nice that we can do that. That we can do our own things while still enjoying each other's company. I'll tell you what made him sound like a jerk though... When he told me my humming is as bad as my whistling! Ughh.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this last week has been pretty terrible. I was the sickest that I've been in a long time. Not only did I feel and sound like death, but I looked like it too. And even though you were going to bed every night with death, you still managed to look at me with so much love in your eyes. Maybe that was all an act to try to make me feel better, but I really don't think so. Thank you for loving me, and I'm sorry for being compl</span><span style="font-size: large;">etely useless and grumpy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And though I coughed all night, every night this week and you didn't get to sleep well, you didn't complain. Thank you. And even though you probably needed the sleep more than me, thank you for sleeping on the couch with me where I could prop myself up and not cough so much. And thank you for knowing that I wouldn't sleep on the couch by myself. I don't like the idea of sleeping in separate rooms, even though it's just because I'm sick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And thank you for making me go to the doctors. I would have bronchitis by now had you not made me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am married to YOU, for the rest of my life. And I can't wait to see all the things the rest of our life together entails! </span><span style="font-size: large;">I'm so lucky to be your wife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">MI have not blogged <strike>a while</strike> a month. It's not that I didn't want to blog, but honestly, it just wasn't a priority.I started working longer days at work, eight hours to be exact.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">(and I'm not trying to make excuses, seriously, just trying to explain why it wasn't a priority...)</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">And most of you are probably like </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">eight hours?! That's what grownups work! </i><span style="font-size: large;">Did I mention I work with kids with autism? (Also not an excuse) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyways, my hours got bumped up (thanks to my own self), I figured I was already going to be there all day, why not be on the clock? Well, that was dumb. For a lot of reasons. Now don't get me wrong, I love my job. Seriously, the best and most rewarding job I have ever had. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a <i>little side note: </i>I have always struggled with what I want to be when I "grow up". Problem being that I want to do everything and schooling just takes way too much time. Especially because I don't care about math or history or whatever. I just want to learn about the job and all it entails. And not even just learn, but do. Sometimes too much time is spent in the classroom and not enough actually doing the job. Also, school is a lot of money that I have never been able to afford and the idea of loans stress me out. I don't want to borrow money and then spend the rest of my life paying it off just to want to go to school for something else later. The list of things I've wanted to do is ridiculously long and I've been fortunate enough to have been able to try out most of them to some degree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So because I haven't known what I wanted to do, I've done and tried lots of things. Though thing I seemed to love most was working with kids. And thanks to my husband and friend Casey, I got a job with the school district (have I told this story before? Oh well...) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm currently employed as an IBIA, Intensive Behavioral Instruction Assistant. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I work with kids who have developmental delays. Basically helping students with autism learn to learn. Their behaviors (and developmental delays) often interfere with their ability to learn and I help by targeting those behaviors and working with the student to reduce them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not gonna lie, it's a tough job. Not only is it physically exhausting but also emotionally. Which brings me to the eight hour days... There are a lot of people who work those hours and I honestly don't know how they do it! It was hard, because I love my job so much. And I just want to learn more and do more and because of that, I started to over work myself a little bit. I'd come home and be so exhausted! And just sit on the couch. And do nothing the rest of the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I love working! Most of the people are just amazing and have hearts so big and the kids are awesome too (also not so awesome, but that comes with the job. I can't even tell you how many times I've been hit, kicked, pinched, spit on, had stuff thrown at me, diapers to change, clothes to change, running, <i>some days are just filled with running</i> and even hit with a stupid tennis ball.) There's just so many more things that make it rewarding though. Like when a student hasn't had a "tantrum" in over a month! Or another one who is non verbal tells you "No!" because he doesn't want his grapes. There is nothing as awesome and sweet and amazing as when those things, progress, happens. That's why I do what I do. And it may not seem like much to you, but it truly is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then there was the fact that Justin was getting off work earlier. Which meant that he had time to come home and relax and then I'd get off work and be way to tired. I was giving too much at work and not enough at home. And since I was tired all time, blogging was definitely not a priority. Neither were the dishes or vacuuming or making dinner. So we decided that I was working too much. And now that I've less hours to work, more time with my husband, and just about back to complete health after having the worst week of sickness of my life. I'm back at it again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I met Justin Zerwekh in high school through a friend of mine that he was dating. I had the hugest crush on him, but never would I admit that to my friend, let alone anyone else. (Actually, that's not true. I found a journal when I was cleaning out all the stuff from my mom's and in it I wrote about this really bad day that I had, and how Justin rode his skateboard all the way to my house from the school just to make sure that I made it home and that I was okay. I wrote about how nice it was for him to do that and that even though he was a big dork, he was really sweet, one the most honest people I knew, good looking, a hopeless romantic (ridiculously so) and how I wished to have a guy like him. </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">Little did I know....</i><span style="font-size: large;"> Justin actually hasn't heard that story yet... Hahaha.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyways, he had a crush on me too. Apparently everyone knew that (except us). Even my friend. She told me that I wasn't allowed to hang out with him because I "was the type of girl he would date." <i>Little did she know...</i>) Just to clarify, we never hung out alone. Just in really big groups of like twenty people or so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So anyway anyways, my friend and I stopped being friends and Justin and I never kept in touch. He was a junior my freshman year, so didn't even see him around campus. I heard through the grapevine that they had broken up, but our </span><span style="font-size: large;">lives were so different at the time... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then that girl I was friends with asked to be my friend on facebook like three years ago and I was like suuuuure. I browsed through her facebook and saw that Justin had one, so of course I asked to be his friend. And he of course accepted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shortly after my contacts in my phone got deleted and I had no one's numbers. Because let's be real. Who remembers anyone's numbers anymore? That's what our phones are for. And to be honest, Justin STILL doesn't even know my number. (That became a problem once, but that's a story for another time.) So now it's programmed in his phone and he carries a paper in his wallet with my number on it (<i>rolls eyes</i>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So the only way to get the numbers back was to send out a message on facebook (you all know how that works). Well, I sent it only to my actual friends, not all the acquaintances. It was a group message that was something like <i>Hey everyone, my contacts got deleted. Send me a text with your number or message me back here with it. </i>Simple right? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shortly after I sent out that message, I got a text, <i>Hey it's Justin, here's my number.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm just gonna go back in time a few days. When Justin and I became friends on facebook, I told me sister and she said, "Wouldn't it be funny if you guys started dating?" <i>Little did she know... </i>And then I called my friend Vanessa so we could do what people call "Facebook stalk," I call it browsing through pictures. Whatever. Flashback to a couple days before that I had just got done telling Vanessa that I wasn't happy with who I was and that I needed to work on me. No boys. Just me. For a little while. <i>Little did the both of us know...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Flash forward to the text from Justin. <i>Whaaaaaaaaaat?! </i>He texted me! I was totally fishing for his number and it worked! We went on a date a couple days later. And have been together ever since.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we went out on our first date (which was actually like four dates in one, but that's a story for later) he gave me this look. His eyes were so sweet and sincere and said I have so much love to give, even with his tough exterior and I just knew there was something special about him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sure do love a good love story, but ours is my favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Going through the last of the stuff from my mom's house. Boxes of all the stuff I put in storage when I was like a senior in high school. That means I haven't seen this stuff since at least 2007. That was six years ago!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, it's all the stuff I thought was important or sentimental or "I'm totally going to want this when I live on my own." Okay, let's be honest. I never ended up living on my own. I lived at home and then got married and lived with my husband (</span><i style="font-size: x-large;">obviously</i><span style="font-size: large;">). So that whole idea kind of goes out the window. We both kind of got to think that </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">that</i><span style="font-size: large;"> thing is cool or that we both like it for it go up. Some exceptions I'm sure, but the things in the box were not the case. And to be really honest, </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">none</i><span style="font-size: large;"> of those things were the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm looking at stuff that, sure, is sentimental (I guess) because it played a part in my childhood or my grandma or grandpa gave me. But really? That ugly bunny "piggy" bank sat on my shelf when I was like three, I never played with it and it doesn't contain any money in it now. Why do I need it? Also, I pretty much always thought it was ugly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A little side tangent... My mom always did that. We would get stuff (especially from my grandpa, who passed away when I was pretty young) and she would never let me play with it! Like this tour biking Barbie I had on a shelf. My grandpa loved to ride and got me a Barbie that I could play with that rode a bike too. But I never got to play with it because my grandpa passed away and it was too special for me to now play with. Unfortunately, I just threw it away. And I did so because I never played with it. Yeah, it came from my Papa, who I love and miss so very much, but all it did was sit on a shelf. It'd be different had I played with it all the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like for instance, there were two dolls in one of the boxes. One of which I played with all the time when I was a little girl, and the other served as a backup, ya know. <i>Just in case.</i> They both have music boxes in them that play a sweet lullaby. The one I played with is clearly used. Stitches under the arm from carrying it by its poor little arm and the music box in it doesn't work. I mostly likely wound it up too much when I was little. The other one still looks brand new and still plays it's lullaby. Someday we hope to have kids, and I would love to give my someday little girl (Rebelene, Rebel for short. Yes, we've already named our kids. Hahaha. Hudson for a boy, in case you were wondering...) the dolls I played with when I was her age. Seriously, how sweet and precious is that?? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">- A journal (because its super cute! I tore out all the pages because they were just filled with teenage angst and because it was kind of depressing. I'm definitely more thankful for where I'm at now.) If only I could tell my high school self, <i>everything works out. You find God and love, and in fact, you marry JUSTIN ZERWEKH. Can you believe that?! Probably not right now, but it'll be a love that truly is amazing.</i> (For those who don't know, Justin and I were actually friends in high school and I had the fattiest crush on him! Apparently he did had a crush on me too, and everyone seemed to know except us. But six years after he graduated and a facebook message later, we went on our first date and then later married. That love story is my favorite. Mostly because it's <i>ours.</i> I'll tell it to you guys later <3</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I think that's it. Not much at all really. I was actually kind of worried at first. What if I wanted to keep all the stuff in those boxes? We live in a one bedroom apartment with only a small storage area in our carport. Where was I going to put everything?! Well, all that worrying was for nothing. Thank God, seriously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just one last little note for you. My mom bought us all the storage boxes so we could put stuff away that we wanted to keep but didn't want in our rooms because we were <i>too cool</i> now or whatever. Ya know, like stuffed animals, barbies, beanie babies...etc. Well my youngest sister Kate was just a baby when my mom got them for us, so Kate didn't get a box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I went through my boxes with Kate and she was like <i>this is so cool. </i>But also, <i>a lot of this stuff is stupid.</i> She couldn't understand why I kept all that stuff in those boxes, especially because a lot was, in fact, pretty lame. Part of it is definitely the generation gap between us. I'm twenty-four and she's twelve. What I thought was cool at twelve, is definitely not what's cool anymore. But the other part is that she hasn't really been alive long enough, to accumulate that amount of stuff. So she couldn't possibly understand yet. So I gave her one of my boxes to fill up with her own stuff that she thinks is important now, so put it away and revisit years down the road. And then she can give smiles and eye rolling with head shakes to the stuff she put in there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's like a time capsule of sorts. And it all kind of makes sense now. Opening those boxes wasn't just a change to purge more stuff, but to see a former me. A reflection on how much I've grown up. How much better things got at a time when I didn't think things could get any better/could get better at all. Looking through those boxes was an awesome experience. Things I have completely forgotten about, that though may not mean anything to me at all now, but were at some point apart of who I was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The craziest part, I probably won't ever have boxes like that again. I mean, obviously some small things... But now the stuff I have are for building a home with my husband and someday family. And actually, the time I get another box like that, will probably be when I pass away and my kids and grandkids get to go through it and reminisce about the life they shared with me. Whoa. So crazy. Is it weird that it kind of brings me to a place of peace when thinking about that? That I'll have lived and grown old with an amazing husband and the best kids ever (Come on, look at Jus and I, you know it to be true) and grandkids! I know all that is a long way into the future, but I feel so much love already. And then going home to my rightful place in Heaven with a God who loves me even more than the love that I feel right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I shortly got off track with one of my <a href="http://hobbyhoppinghousewife.blogspot.com/2013/09/happy-birthday-to-me25-before-25.html" target="_blank">25 Before 25</a> things. As a lot of you know, on my list of things to do/goals before I turn 25, one of the things I want to do is:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">Well that becomes hard when you lose both of your eyelash glue tubes! And rather than just going and buying some more glue, I just complained everyday that I lost them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">I bring good news! I finally bought some! I actually bought something different this time. The stuff I used before was great and all, but I felt lacked something. This time I bought Revlon Precision Lash Adhesive. Oh. My. Gosh. (All the stuff I'm about to say are my opinions and in my own words, Revlon is not paying me in any sort of way -- I wish!) This stuff is amazing! It's long lasting, waterproof, clear and has an awesome little brush to put it on the eyelashes. And the plus side, sometimes I don't always put enough glue on my eyelashes, especially on the the inside of my and its a pain in the butt to fix it with a tube! But with the handy brush, it makes that no problem at all! I know a lot of you are thinking, <i>well maybe if you glued them better...</i> Well I say to you, be quiet! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a long week! It shouldn't seem like it because I was out sick two of the five work days, but those days are exhausting too! I am so tired! It's not even the fact that I got spit in the face like three times today or that I've been on my feet pretty much all day/all week/three days this week or that I forgot I was supposed to be at work early today and had what I'm pretty sure was a heart attack (I was subbing at a new site today because my student was out and luckily I left early to account for traffic because at 750 this morning I realized that I was supposed to be at work at 8am. Praise God I made it on time. Like, exactly on time!), I think it's just because I'm still getting over being sick? Or still adjusting to the new work schedule? I don't know. But all I wanna do is sleep! And I'm supposed to be taking a nap right now and I can't. I have been waiting ALL day to take a nap and my eyes and body are tired, but I can't sleep! What kind of cruel punishment is this?! Ahhh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So anyways! I still don't think that I'm convinced that numbering these lists is the right thing to do. Maybe I should just go back to listing them. Well, I'll try that for today, lemme know what you think!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-writing stuff. Nothing in particular, just writing. Not even so much the action of writing, well yes that, but also, I just like they way my writing looks. Is that weird? Too bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Shade on a sunny day. Unfortunately, this makes the list this week because I miss having shade to park under on my breaks to take a nap. Its all sun, all the time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">- Getting the perfect amount of sleep. Psht. This never happens. It has maybe once. And it was so long ago, I can barely remember how good it felt. And I want it back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Getting packages in the mail. Stupid Justin always gets them! I don't even care if its just tubes for his tattoo stuff! I never get them. And I want to get them more. Send me something! Please!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">- Nail polish. I love painting my nails. And my nail polish collection just keeps getting bigger and bigger. That's actually something that I never cared about until like a year ago. And now I paint my nails once or twice a week oooor if they get a chip in them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">- For those of you who actually know me... You'd probably never think you'd hear this one - cuddling with my kitten Amelia. Okay, she's not a kitten anymore really, but she still acts like one and she's just so sweet and looks all cute and I just love her (and Marilyn too), but let me be clear, that's the extent of my cat liking. I only like my own cats. #andthatswhatthecrazycatladysaid #shehad50cats</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">- Staying hydrated with the H 2 0. That's really all I drink. That and iced tea. And pink lemonade (which Justin thinks doesn't taste any different than regular lemonade, which I completely disagree. I'm going to do a blind fold test with him and prove that there's a difference!) Oh, and I'm hooked on starbucks' passion tea with lemonade. M'mm! And no sweetener, okay thanks. Ya know, if ya ever wanna buy me one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> As a lot of you may know, this Friday we headed out for the beautiful Julian, Ca. Just to get away for a night/day. We both have been working really hard and lot lately, so it was a nice weekend just for the two of us to spend some time together, relax and reconnect. </span><span style="font-size: large;">And what a better way than a small town at 4200 feet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since Julian is a small town, we figured everything would be closed for dinner before we got there (because we left in the evening) so we stopped in Ramona for something to eat. We tried our luck at a place called Amerient (it was the only place that looked open still). Its and american and oriental place... it wasn't that great. Kinda actually not that good. Everything tasted the same. Well, the american food did anyways. Hahaha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />We got into Julian at a quarter to ten at a cute bed & breakfast. Our room was super tiny! But cozy nonetheless. Saturday we spent the the morning checking out all the antique, trinket and crafter stores. Okay, that made it sound like there was a lot of them. I assure you, there was not. Hahaha. Justin bought a corncob pipe (literally) and I bought a cast iron mouse. There was a llama being walked by a young girl, a "ton" of people for some music festival, a little boy selling lemonade for 75 cents, the smell of apples literally <i>everywhere</i>, everyone was friendly, some hipsters showed up (that was a bummer), warm weather with a cool breeze, and the company of my handsome husband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, after lunch, the real fun started! Not really. We were supposed to go to the California Wolf Center just outside Julian where you get to learn about wolves and then see them! How cool is that! Unfortunately, we didn't get that far. Actually, we were REALLY close, but didn't get to make it there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ya see, when I called on the phone to ask for the directions, the lady said make a left at kcjfgvaufng and I was like cool thanks! Honestly, I didn't know exactly what she said, but it sounded like </span><span style="font-size: large;">kcjfgvaufng. How could I miss that street?! Well folks, I did. I was looking for a street that looked like what she said, aaaaaaaaaand we passed it. Totally my fault. (It was a nice detour though!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Realizing we probably passed it, I looked up the place and found that the street we were looking for was called K Q Ranch. If you say K Q fast enough, it sounds like </span><span style="font-size: large;">kcjfgvaufng (autocorrect wants to change this to Kanchenjunga, which I learned is a place in the Himalayas, and not what I'm talking about lolol) . Try it. Well, not exactly, but you get what I mean right?! Oh well. We find the street and we drive up it and then the truck shuts off. Umm okay, he restarts it and things are fine. Psych. It shuts off again. So not only is my husband upset that I made us miss our street and caused us to be late, but now the truck is like eff this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Long story short... Jus rolls the truck back down the hill to the main road, there was an hour fight with AAA on how to get us back home (we lost, they were jerks). Then the tow truck driver showed up earlier than expected and was really super nice and then a two hour and something/120 mile ride home in the tow truck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd say it was all bittersweet. On the plus side, neither of us had to drive home. So I guess there's always a silver lining right? Hahha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I still had a lot of fun though! Even with the sucky parts. Honestly, for me, the only "sucky" part was still the Amerient restaurant. And even with the truck breaking down, at least I was with Justin. And though AAA were some poop heads, we made it home <i>safely</i> and I still had time to make some chicken and pasta and watch Emperor's New Groove with Jus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week has seemed like the longest week of my life. Well, not really the <i>looooooongest</i>, but it sure felt pretty dang long. With that said, every day when I get home from work I just plop down on the couch and rest. Not nap, or even close my eyes for that matter, just <i>rest</i>. And because that's all I've done this whole week, I have not been a very good blogger. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">31. Lunch breaks. (45 minute lunch breaks to be exact. I get to take my 15 and my half hour at the same time. Though I sometimes don't know what to do with myself, it's definitely much needed)</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">32. Chinese food. From this <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-wok-experience-santa-ana" target="_blank">place</a>. Jalapeno chicken please!</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">34. Laminating machines. (I stinkin' love laminating!)</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">36. How cute the iOS 7 is! (It's like getting a brand new phone)</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">37. Hand sanitizer (definitely it working with kids)</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">38. Get away weekends with Justin. This weekend we're going to Julian. And let me tell you, it is much needed!</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">39. My lunch box that Jus bought for me.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">40. Buying things on eBay, just bought a super adorable purse (completely on impulse...there was only 45 seconds left on the clock!)</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"> 41. My business cards. Gosh! They are so cute!</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">42. Running shoes, not even specifically for running - for long days at work too!</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After reading my friend Megan's post, <a href="http://gradstudentneedshobby.blogspot.com/p/25-by-25.html" target="_blank">25 x 25</a> and with my 24th birthday being today (yeah yeah, happy birthday to me), how appropriate and fun to make a list of my own!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strike>1. Start a blog (I'm with Megan on this one, 25 posts seems like the perfect amount to say "I've started a blog"). </strike></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Sell something I've made on Etsy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2</span>1/2<span style="font-size: large;">. Make an Etsy shop</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strike>4. Eat the top of wedding cake for our 1 year anniversary!</strike></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Bake a <a href="http://once-upon-a-pedestal.blogspot.com/2012/05/polka-dot-cake-from-bake-pop-pan.html" target="_blank">polka dot cake</a> for any/no reason</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. Take a roadtrip with my husband</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6</span>1/2<span style="font-size: large;">. <strike>Camp somewhere I've never been</strike> while on the aforementioned roadtrip</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. Get my car painted, because let's face it, <a href="http://hobbyhoppinghousewife.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_21.html" target="_blank">this</a> just isn't gonna cut it for much longer</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. Make another video like <a href="https://vimeo.com/70757300" target="_blank">this one</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. Watch the sunrise</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">11. Take a balloon ride at the <a href="http://www.ocgp.org/visit/balloon/" target="_blank">Great Park Balloon</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">12. Get my arm finished with room left over for two apples to placed under the tree one once we have kids ("the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" Get it? Because I have a tree tattoo on my arm, eh eh?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strike>13. Pen pals with Marie (consists of at least ten letters from each of us)</strike></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">14. Book at least one photoshoot a month with my business <a href="http://www.gollygeephotography.com/" target="_blank">Golly Gee Photography</a>. Starting this month. (go like on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gollygeephotography" target="_blank">facebook</a> here!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strike>15. Put on fake eyelashes everyday. I love fake eyelashes and they'll make me do the rest of my makeup lol.</strike></span><br />
<strike><span style="font-size: large;">15</span>1/2<span style="font-size: large;">. No more stretchy headbands that my husband absolutely hates. Hahaha.</span></strike></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">16. Read the New Testament (again)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">17. Read the Old Testament (for the first time)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">18. Follow daily/weekly/monthly cleaning schedule</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">19. 60 day workout</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">20. This one was actually supposed to be a New Years Resolution... One craft <strike>a week</strike> every two weeks, bi monthly let's say, (<strike>first off, let's be practical and I'll do them on Wednesdays, because with my current work schedule, I have the most time then</strike> this doesn't work because I hang out with Kate on Wednesdays. I just have to make time. And I can't say I've been doing them unless I post them on here, <a href="http://instagram.com/chelszerwekh" target="_blank">Instagram</a> doesn't count.) and no more pinning craft things on <a href="http://pinterest.com/chelszerwekh/crafts/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. Because as you can see, I've got WAY too many things on there, and mostly just because I'd actually like to do those things! So no more pinning crafts. At least until </span>3/4<span style="font-size: large;"> of my crafts board is gone. Though I'm still going to allow myself pin <a href="http://pinterest.com/chelszerwekh/home-decor/" target="_blank">Home Decor</a> stuff (see also: <a href="http://pinterest.com/chelszerwekh/cleaning/" target="_blank">Cleaning</a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/chelszerwekh/randomfunnies/" target="_blank">Random/Funnies</a> and <a href="http://pinterest.com/chelszerwekh/food/" target="_blank">Food</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">21. Maintain a blog... I'm finding this one to be quite hard. Definitely harder than I expected. I'd say at LEAST two <i>solid</i> blog posts a week. I think that can be managed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">22. Take walks at night with Jus. This one is really important. I know we can't do this every night, well, it's just not practical. But I'd like to do this at least twice a week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">23. Let Sundays be our/my relaxing days. Church, lunch with the in laws aaaaand then just relax away. Our weekends are too busy sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">24. Consistently dye my hair. MAYBE even go get it done at a salon instead of just boxing it. Maybe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and last but certainly not least (especially because this list is definitely in no particular order)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">NUMBER 25. Take a sign language course. Not only does this benefit me at work, but how super cool would that be?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was going to add to the list <i>don't wear sports bras so much/to work</i>, but let's be real here. Those things are amazing! So much more comfortable. Sorry Jus! No more headbands and makeup everyday is all you get for now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wow. That sounded really bad. <i>Let me be clear here</i>, Justin isn't vain by any means. I just want to look good for my husband. There is nothing wrong with that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*<i>Moment of truth</i>: I actually wrote this a couple of weeks ago ... My husband came home and asks me what I'm doing -</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Me</i>: Making a to do list, well, 25 things to do before I'm 25 kind of list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Him</i>: You have too much free time on your hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And he is so right! Ya see I knew this when I started it. I knew that </span><span style="font-size: large;">a) it was gonna take me a long time to do b) more time than I wanted to put into it because come on, it's my birthday!</span> <span style="font-size: large;">and c) I'm a working woman again now, so why not use up all the free time that I had to prepare this blog for my birthday??</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So what's on your to do list? Let me know! I would love to hear what you all come up with!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Keep checking back to see what I'm crossing off mine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm only a day late on this post... Sorry guys! It's been a long week as it was my first day back in a month! I got home from work and really wanted to write some posts, but I was just so exhausted all week long!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, so last week I left off on #20, so I think I'm going to continue from there, sounds good, yeah?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">21. Windows that roll down, <i>all the way</i>... and don't have a problem <i>rolling back up</i>. This may be a funny one, but I used to not have this luxury. In my old car, the front passenger side window was broken so we made it so it couldn't roll down, and then the driver side wouldn't stay up. So yaay for working windows in the Falcon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">22. Seeing my husband after a long day of not seeing him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">23. A hot shower, I tend to take this one for granted sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">24. My husband in the kitchen (doing art) and I on the couch (blogging). Both doing our own thing, but still close enough where I can (non-creepily/creepily) glance over at him and think about how lucky I am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">25. A drive down PCH (though that's not so little)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">28. <a href="http://instagram.com/chelszerwekh" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, is that lame? Psht. Whatever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">29. Or even better, the usernames that people use for instagram. Seriously people?? We're grown ups. (<a href="http://instagram.com/derelict_rebel" target="_blank">@derelict_rebel</a>) C'mon, let's use our real names hahaha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">30. Watching Marilyn clean her face with her paw, that is just the stinkin' cutest thing hahha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do you consider a little thing that matters? Is it a moment? Is it <i>literally</i> little? Something that you just take for granted? All of the above? Or just something that seems insignificant, but makes you happy, even if only for a moment....</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Santa Ana, CA, USA33.7455731 -117.8678337999999733.7455731 -117.86783379999997 33.7455731 -117.86783379999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372042177836747219.post-68272740440534326992013-09-04T19:46:00.000-07:002013-09-04T19:55:09.979-07:00A Smelly Working Wife Who Loves Crafts<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday was my first day back at work! Let me tell you, summer off is great! But only for awhile... I had a complete month off, that's a long time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Week One: Woooo! Vacation! (relaxing, drinking tea, enjoying summer)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Week Two: I'm going to get so much done! (and to some extent, actually do)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Week Three: I'm just going to craft all my time away!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Week Four: I miss work. I've done everything there is to do. (this starts the two weeks of straight up laaaaaazy)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Week Five: I never want to go back to work again! (at this point, it's just netflixing all day long.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To which this would have been the most appropriate thing for me to wear during the last couple weeks of summer. Too bad I didn't find it until yesterday! Wish I would have known sooner, someone buy it for me for next summer? Or even better, winter break! I'll even provide the <a href="http://skreened.com/sweetshirtsxo/netflix-oreos-pizza" target="_blank">link</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I never thought I'd say that I thought summer break was too long. Hahaha. Oh man. That's really sad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After my incredibly long first day of work (going from netflixing to 7 hours of work), I was pretty smelly. Justin even said so... Jerk. It's not like I didn't know! I just really didn't feel like taking a shower. It required more effort than I wanted to put into anything at that point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had just enough energy to post this on facebook "<i>When you really NEED to take a shower, but you don't want to</i>" and I got an overwhelming amount of people (mostly women) saying they knew exactly how I felt! </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was the funniest thing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You guys ever get like that? Where you are too lazy to take a shower and when you finally do, you don't wash your hair and only shave your ankles?? That's totally what I did yesterday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh! And I totally forgot to blog about this! Oh well, just gonna give it a quick note... Look how cute it is!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jus needed a microphone case, so I made him one! Should have kept it for myself. Isn't it adorable?! Took me only like ten minutes to make. I'm getting pretty good and quick too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So my birthday isn't until September 11th and my husband has already given me my birthday presents! This always happens. He makes things and gets super excited about them and can't keep his stinkin' mouth shut. It's really the funniest thing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He actually gave me my first birthday present a few months ago! </span><span style="font-size: large;">He saw this old 1940s sewing machine on eBay and was going to get it for me for my birthday. Since it was on eBay</span><span style="font-size: large;"> he couldn't pass up buying it. So he bought it and because he was so excited about it, he told me and then gave to me when it came in the mail! Oh, but I'm definitely NOT complaining. It gave me something to do this summer and helped inspire the making of this blog! And not to mention, I have a husband who's always thinking about me and doesn't wait until the last minute to buy me something. He <i>makes</i> things for me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He gave me this one last week I think..? And it's absolutely perfect! It seriously makes me heart smile <:)3 <-----that's my heart smiling, in case you didn't know. Hahha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This wall piece is extra special because it's lyrics from one of his songs for me! (Give <a href="https://soundcloud.com/justinzmusic/06-track-06" target="_blank">I'm Wrong, You're Right</a> a listen to! And check out his other stuff <a href="https://soundcloud.com/justinzmusic" target="_blank">here</a>.) But also because he made it with his <i>hands</i>. He didn't buy it for me, he <i>made</i> it. And I have to say, it sure makes our home just that much sweeter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He also gave/made me these things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Keep Calm and Craft on tin case and inside penny charm bracelet that he also made! Each penny has the year 2012 on it for the year we were married. And then also, a couple silver tags for some of the crafts I've been making, as well as a few small belt buckles and a Michaels gift card. My husband sure must love me or something! And boy, I sure do love him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But enough bragging about what I got for me birthday! Here's my latest tattoo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a long first day back to work, I was taking a nap and Jus wakes me up because he wants to tattoo! Assuring me it would be cute, I went ahead and skipped the rest of my nap and got this cute lil swallow instead! I just love this little guy so much! He's currently my favorite! Mostly because I can see him, but also because it's my newest tattoo. That always happens! The newest is always the favorite! For some more of his latest work, check him out <a href="http://web.stagram.com/tag/zerwekhtattoo/" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He'll probably not like that I've plugged him so much in this blog, but he's great at what he does! And I love him and I'm proud of him and aaand, is that so wrong?!</span></div>
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