It's finally time for me to write again, i guess. I'm not very good at it. Part of that is due to my obsessive nature of being a perfectionist: and that includes telling every detail about something, or none. It's hard for me to ignore part of it. Whatever though ( Read more... )

Today classes began. What else can I say? Pretty bittersweet ( Read more... )

"Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."

On friday morning, dena and I drove over to Rock Valley, IA to meet katie and becky and visit jen at her place. we spent some valuable time together talking, taking pictures, shopping, watching movies and eating. it was sooo good to see everyone ( Read more... )

after work today, i met darin and his family at their house. we all rode together in one vehicle which was very family-ish. made me chuckle thinking of the old days when my family would all travel in one vehicle. we went to saint anthony maine where we ate dinner at Sophia with two other older couples. after eating, darin and i walked around on ( Read more... )

Oh what a glorious day. Today was uplifting. I slept in til 11:30, which was super nice. Darin and I went to IKEA. It opened one week ago across from the Mall of America. It was so packed, and they were having electrical problems. Parts of the building lost their lighting, so, it was dark in a lot of the show rooms, which was kind of humorous ( Read more... )

Despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief...
we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every ( Read more... )

well, today i walked to my mailbox with my neighbor. i didn't get any mail, which was disappointing. but, i suppose is actually good since all i get are bills.
today is an emphatically quiet day which makes me feel empty inside. so, i put on some music to drown out the feeling.
i read my Bible today, which was the only thing that made me feel ( Read more... )

Well, I just joined Livejournal so i can keep up to date with my friendsies.
Today was a realization that i'm not doing anything with my life. well, at least not anything that means a thing. since school ended, i've taken up 4 jobs that don't even add up to full time work. this leaves me financially unstable with lots of time on my hands to be ( Read more... )