wow...well, what can i say.  life is going along.  There are good days and there are bad days.....I really like the good days.

I'm about to make some changes in my life.  I still feel like I am transition.  Things haven't settled yet. I need to make some decisions that I don't really want to make.  Something I really learned this week....I don't like making decisions...surprise, surprise.

I love my roommate.  We're getting along great.  I wish she would move to Broomfield with me.....we shall see.........................

And that is all I have to say...nothing deep or prophetic.  Right now I am just here...nothing else.

Life has become a routine.  I love that.  And with that new routine comes less stress.  I love that, too.

I am officially settled into my new apartment, job, new friends, you name it, I've had to change it. I am just finishing my second week at my new job and I got a promotion!  It's awesome.  The Learning Center is great.  I love the kids, though they definitely have their days. The people I work with are great.  The only problem is that the entire staff is composed of women so there is definitely drama that happens on an every-other-day basis.

I am coming to find that I really miss my friends.  Yes they are still here but it has been a big adjustment not seeing them every day...................................and my plant.

Life is starting over and I am excited to see what God has in store.

I am sitting here dog-sitting two of the world's most amazing dogs, watching the Disney channel, and right in the middle of a snow storm.  Ahh, the life.

I really miss home.  I miss my family and friends, the crazy quarks of Missouri...yes, I even miss Missouri.  I didn't think I would miss anything...boy was I wrong...of course it's not the first time that I've been wrong and it definitely won't be the last. 

My parents told me to get a snow shovel, snow tires, all of that gear. I laughed at them.  I mean, you have to understand.  Apparently where I live we hardly get snow...for some odd reason it hits all of the other towns, but not Longmont...at least that's what everyone told me.  Then we have some freak year where it snows non-stop.  Now my parents like to rub it in my face that I'm not prepared.                                 I have learned my lesson: Obey thy father and thy mother...i think i remember reading that somewhere.

Wow.  Alright, I realize that everyone always comments about how it's been so long since they've written on this thing.  And I believe that i will follow in their footsteps and say the same thing.  Man, it's been forever since i"ve been on here!  Well, reason being, the only internet I have is at the church and they have kinda blocked this site.  Sorry guys!

Well, things are absolutely amazing here in snowy CO.  If you have been paying attention to the news, we got a blizzard up here...at first I went crazy being stuck in my apartment and I then started to love it...except for the fact that none of the side streets are plowed and my car has been stuck three times in two days...not good.  So aside from the fact that people don't know how to drive on snow, let alone plow a road...I love it!  Phil Christain and I got to take a long hike in the snow since our cars were absolutely covered...it felt great to get some fresh air and exercise.  and I learned that Phil does a great triple axle! :)

We just finished our huge Christmas program.  We went ahead and did something that the church has never seen before and we have had a lot of mixed comments. Actually, the program was very simple.  Instead of a choir, we had 12 amazing vocalists.  Instead of an orchestra, we had a band.  Okay, the cast was pretty big, but the script was fantastic.  We had a guy from Mosaid Church in LA write it and he did a fabulous job.  The story was about a dad and his two kids.  The kids despised their father and moved far away so they could make a life for themselves.  Then they both get a ticket to come home for Christmas and they aren't too sure how to take it.  In the first act the father seems like a pretty bad guy, but in the end his true self comes out.  Then the father goes to the kids himself to tell them that he loves them and that he wants them to come home. i probably didn't do a very good job explaining it, but the whole story was about God (of course), and how he came to earth himself (in the form of his son) to proclaim his love; a love that was not always understood and was often times rejected.  To make a long story short, the script was fantastic and really opened up people's eyes to the Gospel in a way that they could understand it.  Of course there were negative comments about the story and we have seen a lot of exposed hearts because of it.  But we have also seen lives changed and it was a huge answer to prayer.

Um...I love living on my own, though, of course, there are its lonely times.  I love working at the church, and the people i work with have been absolutely fantastic.  I have become close with tons of people on the staff as well as people on the praise teams and in the choir.  I love them all dearly and they have repeatedly told me that they refuse to let me leave....yep, that makes me feel pretty good...we'll wait and see what God has in store 'cause he hasn't told me yet.

Good news...I have graduated from OCC!!!!!!! Yay!  Yes, to answer the thousands of questions, I will be back to walk in May, and will hopefully be back in J-town before that...we will see how much money I can save up on an intern's salary! :)

Well, I'd better get to bed.  It's early, but tomorrow (sunday) is a work day and I need to get some sleep before I get to the church early. Give me a call sometime!

It's final.  I'm moving to Colorado in exactly one week.  Kind of crazy to think about...very exciting but also very sad. Alas, it all has to come to an end as I move on with my life.  For those of you who don't know, I will be interning at Rocky Mountain Christian Church in Niwot, CO for a year.  And yes, for all those wondering, Phil Christain is there...we will actually be living in the same apartment complex.  The U-Haul is reserved, the church is allowing Anya Heiner to drive with me and they will fly her back to Missouri next Sunday.  I am so relieved that I have someone driving with me now..I was a little nervous to drive 12 hours by myself...the most i've ever driven was 6 hours and that was enough.

Things are going pretty good this week.  Finals always scare me.  It's the time in the semester where I realize that I had better do really good on the final to pass the class.

If some of you don't know, I am now a Mary Kay consultant and I love every minute of it.  On Thursday night, this Thursday I am having a pampering party as well as a good-bye party.  All women out there, if you want to come, please come because it'll be the last time I see you.  It starts at 7:00 and it is at my apartment.  Call my cell!