A Struggling Designer. A Surviving Christian.

First Rainy Day of the Summer!

2010-05-22T11:40:00.000-05:00

So this is the first rainy day of the summer. Kind of sad, yes. But I do enjoy the rain. It makes all the greens outside quite vibrant. Plus the smell of rain is absolutely amazing. So clean and fresh, it makes me smile. However, the one downfall is that it makes you dreary. Especially after eating 6 pancakes. I made them myself. They were quite delicious. Now I'm all droopy and thinking about how a nap how would be amazing. I just woke up though so I really don't want to do that. Maybe I'll crank up some high-energy tunes and vacuum. This floor needs some T.L.C. Especially since this is my first given weekend off in a while, I need to do something productive. Cliff doesn't drum tonight so we have to do something special together... If we can think of anything! Otherwise we'll just keep planning out our summer vacation and cuddle on the couch watching Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I love that show.
Everyone have a wonderful rainy day and make the best of it! God Bless!

Spring Break: Day 4

2010-03-11T20:33:00.002-06:00

Sick. Sick. Sick. My day has been spent lying in bed trying to feel better. I slept for most of the day. Talked to a friend here and there. Even tried to do some homework. But my eyes got strained. Even now I know that this is going to be a short blog. So now here I sit on the couch hoping I feel better before this weekend. I have a lot of long shifts I need to work and I won't have much time to do anything. I really need to finish my homework before this weekend too, otherwise I will definitely have no time to get it done. Ugh. Being sick is no fun when you can't get important stuff done. Ugh. My prof is not going to like this... Okay, no more staring at the computer screen. Good night everyone. Hopefully I'll feel better in the morning.

God Bless.

Spring Break: Day 3

2010-03-11T20:16:00.000-06:00

So I woke up this morning with a sore throat and headache. I decided to not clean the living room & dining room since I had to work tonight. I needed to relax so I took a nap. For three hours... Not a good idea. I woke up from my nap feeling ten times worse than before. I knew I had to go to work though because we need the money and I wasn't running a fever or throwing up. I went to work that night and survived through it all without any problems. I went to bed feeling pretty good. All in all it was a pretty uneventful day, besides feeling a cold coming on... yucky.

God Bless.

Spring Break: Day 2

2010-03-10T11:28:00.000-06:00

Today was another cleaning day. However before I went into this cleaning frenzy, I went into Cliff's work and we ate lunch together. He had been telling me about this place called "Ko-Z's" and said it was delicious. I had never been there but yesterday I finally had the chance to. It was amazing! The bread is wonderful and the combination of ingredient. Well, it was exquisite. I was very happy we went.

Afterwards I went into Barnes & Noble to play with a nook. I had seen these everywhere at b&n but never stopped to find out what exactly it was. After looking it up on the internet and playing around with one at the store I have decided that I really like it. It would be very nice to have one to carry around since I always have a book on me. Normally I don't find that too bothersome, however it is very difficult to carry around a 400 page hardcover book when I already have a laptop and other textbooks and folders on my back. So I consulted with Cliff & my mother and let them both know that a nook is something that I would really enjoy receiving for my birthday or Christas. Birthday would be better, but I'll take what I can get. =)

So back to the boring cleaning portion, the office was the focus for today. The office is so messy that it counts as two rooms. Yes, it was messier than both the bathroom and living room combined. The main reason for that is because it was already messy being as it was my office originally so there was a lot of random things lying around. Then on top of that I was doing some scrapbooking so that got scattered around very quickly. So I had to find a special spot for all of my paper and stickers and what not. Finally I got everything picked up and in places that I was satisfied with. So now I have an office again! Yay!

After that I went across the street to Stacie's new apartment. We hung out and watched some Rugrats, while her son was still awake, then we watched Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Then when Cliff got there we watched Anchorman. It was a good night but by the end I was ready for some sleep. So Cliff and I walked across the street in the rain and crawled into bed. So warm and comfy.

God bless.

Spring Break: Day 1

2010-03-10T11:02:00.000-06:00

Today started off quite well. I slept in until 11:00. That was amazing. I think my body just naturally needed the sleep since I didn't have to force myself to sleep in. Yay. After that I came out on the couch and watched some television. After about an hour I got up and started to clean the bedroom. That took way more effort than I had originally planned. Sadly after a while of picking up items off the floor my back started to spasm. Not cool. I had to keep going though since this is the only time I have off or enough time to clean.
After that I moved on to the bathroom. The hard part was the floor around Abby's litter box. With my back acting up and how much of a mess there was, I had a tough time getting it all clean. I did get it all done though. Which is making me incredibly happy. Walking in there with nothing sticking to my feet is amazing. Same with the bedroom, being able to walk in there without stepping on anything is phenomenal. I absolutely love it.
Soon after I finished all of this Cliff came home and we were able to spend time together. He made some Tuna Helper and we watched Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. The rest of the night was spent cuddling and him giving me a back rub in hopes that the knots causing the spasms would come out. He did a very good job and I went to bed sleeping soundly.
God Bless. =)

Random Ramblings

2010-02-26T10:01:00.000-06:00

Today is an another tough day in class. We're talking about light-boxing in class but since I missed last week I have no idea what he's talking about. I'll be getting help from my classmates but they've been gone all week at the DEX competition. I haven't had time to ask my prof for help either because I've been up to my ears in the budget for Adfed. I'm loving the challenge, don't get me wrong; but my blood pressure must be through the roof!

On a totally different and completely random note I want to know why my cell phone is dying so quickly. It's only happened the last couple of days so I am hoping that it's just a fluke. Oh well.

I have been snowboarding more this year than normal which is great. However, I do miss having a companion with me. I am hoping that someone will be available for at least one of the two nights so I at least have someone to ride up the lift with or to meet up with in the warming house for hot cocoa. Oh well. Maybe some Friday evening Cliff can come with me. That'd be nice. I would love to have him come with.

Our Valentine's Day was pretty uneventful. I worked that entire weekend so we didn't see much of each other. We did go out to eat at Anton's. Delicious. However, I should get back to class.

God Bless!

Spring 2010

2010-01-13T10:55:00.000-06:00

A new semester began on Monday. I am taking five classes total. Mostly web classes which I am really looking forward to. I am also taking Spanish and Media Research & Planning. I am rather nervous about Spanish since I haven't had a class like that in about 5 or 6 years. Media Research I am not too worried about it just so long as I do my work and start it right away. I am looking forward to choosing a company and doing research on them. Spanish I am very excited about because then I will become fluent in it and (hopefully) that will make me more appealing on an application. Otherwise of course I am going to love my web classes. Being nerdy about that kind of stuff is my passion. However I might be singing a different tune by the end of the semester. I really hope not.
Otherwise my days this semester are going to be very long. I start class at 9:00 in the morning and then go until 4:00 at night on Mondays & Wednesdays. Then on Tuesdays & Thursdays I start at 9:00 as well but this time I go until 6:00. Then on Fridays I have class from 8:00 until 12:00. Yeah... definitely going to be a long semester. I will try to make the best of it though and survive through it all.
God Bless.

So Close...

2009-12-15T21:57:00.000-06:00

It's so close to the end of the semester... I can taste it... I will sleep deeply knowing this semester is over. Then I will blog more as well. Until then... I am exhausted both physically & mentally... Night night.

God bless.

Laundry Day

2009-12-07T23:57:00.000-06:00

So today I have done somewhere between 8 to 10 loads of laundry. Reason being? I haven't done it in about three weeks... yeah. Even though it's just my husband and I, we have a lot of clothes. However I have been incredibly busy with school. I was lucky to even find time tonight to do it. I was going to wait until this weekend but not being able to move around comfortably in my own bedroom is not something I love. So I finally pulled all the laundry into the living room and separated it and washed it! Hooray for me.

As for school I am becoming more and more stressed out. The end of the semester is in two weeks. Finals are a week from Thursday. How am I staying so calm and collected? Laundry. And the occasional back rub from the hubby. I love him for that by the way. Now tomorrow I will be making chili and tonight we ate extreme hashbrowns. Delicious. Otherwise I am creating some pretty neat looking designs for my classes. I am looking forward to the end of the semester while also dreading it. I have no idea if I will survive it or not. I really truly hope so.

I do believe my laundry should be done soon. Otherwise I might just ask Cliff to stay awake and get it... I am so exhausted. Yeah... I'll see if he can do that for me. Night night, everyone.

God Bless.

Some Thoughts...

2009-12-01T10:00:00.000-06:00

School for me has become incredibly stressful. I'm not 100% why either. I love my classes and I try to work hard in all of them. However, I still somehow seem to become incredibly stressed out. I sit here trying to figure it out and I can't seem to think of anything. I have become very down on myself lately because I don't think I'm creative enough anymore. I see all these awesome designs other people come up with and then I look at mine and wonder what I was thinking. I love scrapbooking and am even making my niece and nephew their own Christmas presents. I love doing things like that but when it comes to applying my own creative touch to my designs I just can't seem to do it.

There was one design I came up with last semester that I looked at as a scrapbook page and it came out looking really good. However, it seems that this semester it just isn't hitting me like that. I look at things and wonder what would I like to see in my design? But we're taught that we have to look at it like how the consumer would want it and I am stumped. How am I supposed to know what people like? Everyone has different opinions on different things so how am I supposed to please them all? But I can't please them all. So then do I fail as a designer?

Of course not! Everyone can't be happy because everyone will always find a problem with something. Someone will be offended by something. So when I get out into industry, I will try my best to please the majority. As of right now though, I need to design stuff the way I like it, not what I think will make everyone else happy.

I still thank God that I even have the opportunity to go to school and get an education. Thank you, God.

Remember to be thankful. God Bless.

2009-11-29T21:00:00.000-06:00

Retail has ruined Christmas time for me. I become so stressed out at work that I come home and take it out on my husband and cat. I get so upset that people are so selfish. I know that the economy is bad and that everyone is pinching pennies. However, people still aren't satisfied when they are saving more than they're spending. They expect everything to be free and will kick and scream and throw a tantrum in the store just to make it so. They don't realize that when they purchase our products they are helping us get money so I can still have a paycheck in the morning. Gosh. People are so selfish. Now I'm freaking out on my husband over the simplest of things like decorating the Christmas tree. Something that I enjoy so much and I love spending that time with him. However, I sit here and I think about the entire day's events and can't help but wonder where my blood pressure is at. I need to just take the time to sit back and relax but it seems like that won't happen until the last day of finals. Sadly, that is two days before Christmas itself. Maybe some day I will be able to work and come home and enjoy the time with my family like I used to. I have no idea when though. I am incredibly exhausted as it is without all these added annoyances. I guess I will sit back and assess my temper and hopefully be able to come out a better person because of it. But please, anyone who's shopping this holiday season please be nice to the people behind the counter. They're trying their hardest to make things go by quickly for you while saving money in a way that's still legal. The employees may be having a hard time or just dealt with a customer who threw a tantrum in the store. Please forgive them and be patient. If you do that I can guarantee that this Christmas season will go by much more smooth. Thank you.

God bless.

2009-11-28T23:23:00.000-06:00

Today my husband and I put up our Christmas tree. I can honestly say that I absolutely love the Christmas time. I get to spend time with family and friends. Eat lots of food and give lots of presents. I know growing up I was always excited for the reverse. I wanted to receive presents and when I didn't get what I wanted I was always so upset. Now when I make something for my family or get something for them that I know they'll really like I am always so excited to give it to them and see their faces when they open it. I love being able to sit around the table with my family cracking jokes and playing cards until midnight or one in the morning. I love traveling across the country to visit Cliff's family. We sit around and play board games. The guys go and compete with each other on who's the strongest while the girls and I sit around the kitchen and they tell me stories of their family growing up. I love how wherever you drive everyone's yards look so beautiful lit up with lights. I think everyone does that because the snow is white and so dull and sad. But when the lights reflect off of it, it glows and is absolutely gorgeous.

Think of all those wonderful memories. God bless.

Officially the Holiday Season

2009-11-27T20:10:00.000-06:00

Now that it's after Thanksgiving I can't help but think of what's ahead. There's only a few weeks left in this semester. I know I need to buckle down and get as much work done as possible. It's just hard since it's right before Christmas. All I can think about is buying the perfect Christmas gifts and spending time with family. Sometimes I need to slow down and just remember what this whole season is about.

God gave His son to us so we may be saved from the worst torture imaginable. I am so happy that He did that for me. It's just so hard to remember that when all of these other stresses consume our lives. I love my husband and am so blessed to have him in my life. It's just hard to enjoy time together when bills and expenses are always coming up. We always wonder what we're going to do to try and save money when we are living from paycheck to paycheck. All these random, unplanned expenses come up. Mostly car problems. So it seems like as soon as some money comes in it's right out the window again. It's always for necessities, but it's still hard nonetheless.

Which brings me back around to school. I know that when I graduate and get into a career of my own I will become the main source of income. All I need to do now is get through school. Which makes me work harder. Not because I want the money, directly. I want it so that Cliff and I won't be struggling every few months every time something goes wrong. So even when something does go wrong and we need to fix a part of the car, we don't have to think twice about it. So when someone says I'm an overachiever or compliments me on working hard, I'll let them know that I am like that because I have to be for my husband and I.

Thank you, God for your Son. Please keep reminding me that You're the reason for the season. But please forgive me if I become consumed in my school work. I want to make a better life for my husband and I as well as our future family. Thank you for everything, Lord.

Please think about these things as well as your own distractions. Why do they distract you? Keep focused on Christ and His love for us. He is the reason for the season. God bless.

Thanksgiving Day

2009-11-26T23:18:00.000-06:00

Good evening, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I had a very nice one with Cliff. This morning I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast and we ate leftovers for lunch. I took a nap and then we had a nice dinner. Nothing too exciting. A day like today just makes me realize what all I'm thankful for. I love my husband and my family. I miss them so much but I am always so happy whenever I get to see them. I look around and I see the home I live in and I am so grateful that we have it. Thank you, God for everything.

I do need to get to sleep though. I have to work Black Friday. I'm not looking forward to it. But I have a ride so I'm still thankful. Night, all. God bless!

Thanksgiving Eve

2009-11-25T23:19:00.001-06:00

I suppose you could call it that. I am relaxing on the couch with my husband. Nothing too much to report but that. We have both been incredibly busy. I am now second assistant manager at Yankee Candle and have been working incredibly hard at school. For as much as I have been doing I just can't seem to catch up. Oh well. The semester is almost over and I am very much so looking forward to Christmas break. It will be much needed. I am working quite a bit but that's amazing. That's just what I need as well.

Cliff and I will be celebrating our second Thanksgiving together. That's nice. We don't have any family in the area so we won't be with anyone else. Sad yes, but since I work retail I have to work Black Friday. I am just not looking forward to parking that day. The people and the shoppers don't bother me as much. It's just the parking. Well, I suppose I should get to sleep. I have to get caught up on that before Black Friday rolls around. Scary!

God Bless everyone and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

July 5, 2009. 5:14 a.m.

2009-07-05T05:14:00.000-05:00

I woke up again in the wee early morning hours again and decided to do a little blogging. Clifford is still asleep in the bed next to me and I am sitting here wondering if/and/or when I will be falling back to sleep. The air smells faintly like skunk which is kind of gross but all in all, the cool crisp air feels good. July 4th was quite enjoyable even if I did have to work and Cliff and I went to see the fireworks with only each other for the first time. However, it was our first Fourth of July as a married couple so that was reason to celebrate. We played Go Fish until about 9:45 and then sat back and watched the fireworks. As I was sitting there snapping away pictures on the camera, I started humming a song. "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord." Now looking back on it, I know exactly why I was. His name should be blessed even when we go through trials & tribulations because in the end we will find rest in His name. So even when the land is plentiful or when I walk through the desert place, blessed be the name of the Lord. I am so blessed by God with a roof over my head, a car to get me to work & school, and of course- my wonderful husband. Clifford has stood by me through it all and I couldn't ask for anyone better to spend the rest of my life with. (Not that I would want to of course). My family is amazing. They have supported me through all of my decisions. Thank goodness for that otherwise I don't even know where I would be today. I don't want to know. Although, I suppose I should try & get some more sleep. I have a feeling I might be able to curl up with the hubby and do so now. But that you again, Lord, for everything that you have given me; even when I deserve it the least. Please count your blessings. For the fact that God has given you life in the first place is a blessing in of itself. God bless!

Blessed Be Your Name

Blessed Be Your Name

In the land that is plentiful

Where Your streams of abundance flow

Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your name

When I'm found in the desert place

Though I walk through the wilderness

Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out

I'll turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be Your name

When the sun's shining down on me

When the world's 'all as it should be'

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name

On the road marked with suffering

Though there's pain in the offering

Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out

I'll turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away

You give and take away

My heart will choose to say

Lord, blessed be Your name

Fourth of July

2009-07-03T11:51:00.000-05:00

I know it's been a while since I last wrote on here but I have been incredibly busy! School went very well and I am quite excited to go back in the fall. I turned 21 almost a month ago and that was fun as well. I went to the beach with some friends and then afterwards Cliff & I as well as some more friends went to TGI Fridays. Mixed in there we had three friends get married and Cliff was in the hospital for Ludwig's Angina. Yeah, fun stuff. I know. What else is there? In a little over a month Cliff and I will have been married for a year. It's pretty crazy I know. Actually, in only five days Cliff & I will celebrate 11 months of marriage. Even crazier. I am still working at Yankee Candle. I have been working a ton of hours there and will be working more at the end of the summer. Apparently working hard is a good thing! We had a perimeter reset. Which means we have to move all of the candles into their new hutches. Which doesn't sounds so hard but you also have to re-shelve the shelves & clean them all off with Windex & Goo-B-Gone. And those shelves are heavy! Oh well. I did most of the reset and the managers were very impressed. So even though I am 'rushing through summer,' I am really looking forward to September. My sister Alicia is pregnant by the way! We are having a baby shower for her in a couple of weeks. She is due October 25th. (I think it's still the 25th). We are all very excited. Sonshine is on July 16-18 as well! Now that I am ecstatic about. Each year is pretty much the same thing, but it's always so much fun. Anyway. I guess it's time I go and get ready for work. I am very happy that I even have a job and now I am even looking for a second one. Oh well. Some day I will have a career and we won't have to worry about money anymore.

God bless!

Spring Break & Time & Such

2009-03-16T13:11:00.000-05:00

Spring Break is all over. It wasn't incredibly exciting anyway. I worked Monday through Wednesday when I was only supposed to work Tuesday. I don't mind too much though since Cliff and I need the money and my co worker had a concussion and couldn't work. Then Thursday was good. Cliff and I went to my sister's house and hung out with most of my family. No Alicia & Nate, sad. But I will be seeing her in about a month! Then on Friday my mom, dad, nephew and I went to a motorcycle shop to look at some stuff but that was a total bust. After that Cliff and I went home and I had to work Saturday morning. After work though Cliff and I went back to Rachel's house and we had celebrated her and Andrew's birthdays and had a really good time. That night we played cards once the kids went to bed. I must say... it is an absolute blast! The next morning Cliff and I had breakfast with my family (they made waffles!) and we had to go home because I worked that afternoon as well. I was expecting to come home from work to an empty apartment only to find Cliff sitting on the couch. The poor boy wasn't feeling well! So he and I sat and talked and didn't do too much the rest of the night. Finally we went to bed at around 10:00 and I didn't wake up until 9:00 this morning.

So now here I sit in the SCTC commons. Hungry. Tired. Really wanting to go home but I have to work again tonight. So sad. But Cliff and I will be moving this Saturday so I am really looking forward to that. But I need to get through this week first.

It's strange to think that time goes the same speed all the time. Sometimes it feels like it's going faster while other times it just seems to creep along. Like right now... time is going by so slowly but last week flew by faster than I imagined. I hate time... I wish it would go by slowly during the fun times and fast during the slow times. How great would that be? Oh well. I am just happy God gave me any time at all! So anywhoo. I can't say there's much more to report. Unless you want to bring me food within the next 30 minutes I guess I will see you around.

God bless!

Weekend Update.

2009-03-10T23:37:00.000-05:00

So I have been enjoying work quite thoroughly ever since I started. It has been very low maintenance and the people I work with are very nice. It's quite slow most of the time and so I am not running around like a chicken with my head cut off. On top of that, I love working with candles! It is so much easier than working clothing retail. Granted there is still quite a bit to remember. Such as proper burning of candles and how long each one burns. Then there's also the reed diffusers and electric burners. Plus potpourri and tarts. Oh yes, quite a bit to remember. I can do it. Of this I have no doubt. But still...

Other than that I can't say life has been too exciting. I am on my spring break right now but it pretty much consists of working and packing. I am so happy that Cliff and I will be moving to our new place. It will make so many things SO much easier! Only 10 days!!

Hm... My friend Adam came down to visit Cliff & I this last weekend. That was fun. We went to the St. Paul Science Museum and then to the Mall of America. After that we came back to the apartment and played Nintendo Monopoly. That was an absolute HOOT!! Haha. Poor Mario died in a tragic accident. Haha.

Anywhoo, I should probably be going to bed and try to get some sleep instead of killing my sleep cycle like I already have been the last few days. So good night everyone and, as always, God bless!

Thoughts

2009-03-04T13:32:00.000-06:00

I am done with my classes right now and so I am sitting here looking at facebook and shoes and thinking. I need to stop doing that. However I have been thinking about someone quite often lately because he keeps popping up in dreams and out of the blue. It's really starting to upset me because I don't know what to do about it. I don't want to talk to him again and even more so I never want to see him! And yet here I find myself thinking about everything went wrong and I wonder if maybe I should have done something different. Like stop talking to him a long time ago. Granted it's already been about four months but still. So what am I supposed to do when I see pictures and hear things? I have been able to walk away unscathed for quite some time, but now it's starting to catch up to me. Then I start to wonder if he's thinking about me. If he ever remembers when we were friends and nothing was wrong in the world. I doubt it though. He has his own little world right now and nothing else can come in there.

Oh well. I have my husband and things have been going incredibly well the last few months. I am loving school and I have a new job which I am really looking forward to. I start that in less than a week! Yay! Cliff has been enjoying his job at Kia but is still waiting for that call back. Please keep praying that he does! We are moving in a few weeks and I have never been more excited. I cannot wait until we are in our two bedroom apartment! We will have so much more room for EVERYTHING! When people come to visit, they will have their own room to sleep in instead of worrying about waking them up in the morning. Oh goodness! How exciting. Can't I just move now?!

But I suppose I should head home and get to work on some more cleaning and packing and what not. I'm not looking forward to it, but it needs to be done. There will be a lot more cleaning to do soon! God bless!

My Soap Box Moment

2009-03-04T00:34:00.001-06:00

So I have decided that people who smoke and then throw their butts out the window really really annoy me. I see it so often when I drive down the road and there's this little white thing falling from someone's window and it's a cigarette butt! Seriously? Why do so many people do that?! Is it so hard to keep your butts in your own car? I have even seen some people, while at a red light, open their car door and dump out their ash tray right into the gutter!!! How is that helping anything?! So those of you that do smoke, please keep your butts in your own car or else dispose of them properly! Why is that so difficult to do? I am sorry for this little rant of mine, but I have seen it happen all too often and now I just cannot take it anymore! I am done with my soap box moment for now. I am sure it will come back again though. God bless everyone! (Yes, even those who can't keep their butts in their car).

A Chili Kind of Day.

2009-03-01T22:49:00.000-06:00

Today was, as you could guess, very busy! Cliff and I woke up this morning and slowly got dressed and went to church. While there, Cliff decided he was going to enter into the Chili Cook Off competition. I was already helping out with the bake sale that night so I figured, why not? Cliff and I sat through the service, (a very good one again today). Afterwards Cliff and I were talking to another contestant of the chili cook off and he was telling us that he had been preparing his chili for FIVE DAYS! Cliff and I were amazed by that! Then we got back in the car and went to Coborn's to pick up stuff for Cliff's chili. He and I then went home and he got to work while I playing Animal Crossing. (It's a new obsession of mine, rather sad really!) Cliff cut up some peppers and mixed in some beans and the chili was really starting to smell good. He would have me taste test it every now and then. It wasn't until the third time that it was finally too hot for me! Cliff said it was ready and we finally headed out around 4:54. We get there and we are instantly busy. I get to setting up the table and the baked goods while Cliff finishes getting registered and gets his stuff ready. We are both completely separate for the rest of the evening until I finally get to go and eat some chili. I only ate one kind, but it was very good. Hooray for Cliff, he won second place in the "Hoo Doggie" section. The chili that one was just plain hot, not really much flavor or taste to it. Cliff's chili was good for the first few chews and then it would hit you! People loved his chili because of it. I was very proud of him. I told him that this was completely cliche, but he won the cook off to me because his had flavor and was hot. The bake sale went very well too. We raised a lot of money for the Youth Group so they can go to CIY this July. I was very happy with the way things went tonight.

However, now the day is done and I am absolutely EXHAUSTED! The time on this blog is off and right now it's 11:03 p.m. So I bid all of you a good night! Keep your chili hot, but flavorful! God bless!

My Day Today.

2009-02-26T21:33:00.000-06:00

6:49 a.m. Cliff kisses me good bye as he heads out for work.

8:50 a.m. Alarm goes off. 'ugh time to wake up and get ready for school. Oh well I guess.'

9:15 a.m. Time to leave to go to school and hopefully get a parking spot!

10:00 a.m. First class, time to learn some stuff about Illustrator.

11:00 a.m. Second "class," Northway Group. Meeting with a client today to see if he likes any of our ideas for logos.

12:00 p.m. Now it's time for Visual Design. Today we get to present our Accordion Brochures but I forgot the paper version at home. I guess I will have to present it off of my computer.

1:00 p.m. I am going to sit in on the Photoshop class instead of waiting. It's snowing lots outside! Ewie!

1:30 p.m. Call Kate at Yankee Candle and bump up our meeting to two o'clock.

2:15 p.m. Meeting with Kate. =]

3:45 p.m. Finally home and out of the snowy roads!

4:00 p.m. Play a little Animal Crossing before Cliff comes home. Where is he anyway?

4:30 p.m. Get a text from Cliff saying he lost his keys and will be late.

5:45 p.m. Cliff found his keys and is finally home.

6:30 p.m. On the phone with mom while Cliff is making supper!

8:00 p.m. Cliff decides to take out the guitar and play. Argh. I work on some cross stitch while he does that. Gr.

9:30 p.m. He finally stops and we watch some more Family Guy.

10:30 p.m. Cliff is brushing his teeth and says he's heading to bed. Doubtful.

10:45 p.m. Maybe I will go to bed, I am kind of sleepy.

11:00 p.m. Night night world. God bless.

A New Job!

2009-02-25T23:37:00.000-06:00

So today was a very exciting day! I had an interview today and it went very well. So well, as a matter of fact, that I was hired on the spot! I am so excited! Everything was so spur of the moment. I wasn't even looking for a job when I asked for the application and then when I met with the manager the next she set up an interview with me two days later. THEN at the interview we ended up just talking for the first half hour and then the last fifteen minutes were actually the more business-type questions. When we went back into the store she had to make sure I didn't have to take the personality test (which I didn't!) So I was home free! She turned around after hanging up the phone and offered me the job right there! I was so excited and I got along with both the girls that were working that day very well. One was the head manager of the store and the other was the assistant manager. Very cool.

However, I am laying in bed right and probably should get some sleep! Be sure to praise God for me because I am currently employed and now Cliff and I have that little bit of extra money coming in. It'll be nice to have that little bit of cushion. But like I said earlier, I am in bed now and Cliff is falling asleep next to me. I should fall asleep too. So good night world! And be sure to praise God for every good thing in your life, and pray for help during those troubled times.

God bless!

An Update in the Life of...

2009-02-20T10:57:00.000-06:00

I completely forgot that I even had this blog until a friend of mine, Jaime, told me that she was blogging. It made me wonder... whatever happened to my blog? So I came and checked it out and it was still here! Wonderful no? Maybe I will be more avid in writing in this now that I remember it is here.

An update in my life would be that I am currently married. His name is Clifford and I love him very much. We are currently moving out of our apartment in Clearwater and into St Cloud. We couldn't more happy! We have been married for about 6 1/2 months now but it seems like it's been much longer than that. In a good way of course.

I am looking at craftsdirect.com for some beading ideas and even making some of my own. I am absolutely loving this new spark in me to be creative! I also hope that Rachel will be able to go scrapbooking with me next week. That'd be a great big-sister-little-sister bonding time!

I am no longer going to SCSU. I am now attending St Cloud Technical College. I am loving it! Why do ask did I go from a four year university to a two year college? I will tell you why! The programs are much more focused and the professors are more personal with you. You're not just another face in the class, you are a student and they want to know who you, as a person are. It is absolutely wonderful. I am going for Advertising and Web Design. Heavily on the web design side. It's been a long time since I have been this excited about school, even my family has noticed!

As much as I love blogging and getting my happy thoughts down right now, I should go and do something productive; such as packing, eating, cleaning... but I'll probably just end up looking at beads and playing some more.

Have a blessed day!

My Life So Far

2008-01-20T14:00:00.000-06:00

Hello! My name is Kathryn. I was raised in Duluth but at the moment I am going to St Cloud State University. I am in my third year of college and I am anxious to be done with it! I am going to major in Advertising with a minor in Graphic Design. I am engaged to Cliff and I am very excited to be getting married. It is a weird thought knowing that just two years ago I was still in high school, but I love this man and I wouldn't change it for the world.

I miss living in Duluth very much. I love the lake and all of my friends that live there. It is weird not being up there anymore and it will be even more weird since my parents recently moved away from the area. I am happy with my life here in St Cloud but I still miss the lake whether it is frozen in the winter or in the summer when I can go swimming.

"He lifted me out of the mud and mire, out of the slimy pit, He set my feet upon a rock and gave me a firm place to stand." -Psalm 40:2