Leap Day

Leap Day... a day that I have been referring to as "an extra day given to me to do something special for someone special"
Then I got to thinking shouldn't everyday be a leap day for us? Shouldn't I awake everyday and try to do special things for the people that I love, and even for strangers?

So then I thought about the words "A Leap of Faith" maybe I should use this day as a day to be couragous and take a leap at something new...well I feel like I'm in the middle of a leap of faith with going back to school, moving to Mississippi etc... and everyday is a leap of faith.

I wake up everyday and ask God for faith to live everyday to the fullest, and that I am doing what he would have me to do.

So today has become a "remember day" remember to live everyday with faith, and to love others as He loved me.

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." John 15:12

"At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place." Job 37:1

Midterms

So I may be out of pocket for a few days I have midterms coming up . Let's see Anatomy Lab test tomorow ( and class til 1:30) History test on Thursd ( & classes) Monday class and study for Tuesday Algebra test, and Anatomy test. well that doesn't seem so bad when you type it all out...

oh yeah I also have kids with activities after school, and dinner and a husband.

Don't think I'm neglecting ya'll. (Not that anyone is reading this but me..well maybe Becky...no pressure) but I'll be back soon.

Hopefully with good grades behind me...until the next week when it starts all over again.

ooooh after Spring Break!! Yipeee! I'm staying home and watching alot of girl movies and tv. Maybe I'll find something interesting to write about....we'll have to wait and see...oh suspense...didn't think I had it in me huh?

(Are you proud Becky? I figured out the picture in the middle....)

Disney World for Christmas '08

So I heard from my parents today that they booked a resort in Orlando for Christmas this year.

I am so excited!! Does anyone have any advice about how to narrow down what to do while in Orlando?

Our list of want to do's is already too long!

Rare Husband Shopping Day

So today we spent the whole day shopping for Hans.

Isn't that strange? He is such a girl when it comes to shopping though..hahaha...

He has to look at everything. We ended up with some great buys...a $300 suit for $123. We finally spent his christmas $ and he got several dress shirts, and a couple of ties, new undies, and new socks. The man is set for a while.

I on the other hand only bought a shirt on sale for $5 at Academy!

I was just thinking how strange it was to have looked back on our Saturday and the fact that I only spent $5 and he spent....?$

But I love him and he's definitely worth it.

Maybe my female troubles are over...

So I have not blogged for a while due to the last minute trip to Texas last weekend. For several years now I have been having "female" trouble, and have been considering my options and had setteled on having a hysterectomy this March. Last Thursday..Valentine's day I received a call from my nurse who said she may have another option that might work better with the scheduling conflicts we were having around spring break......This procedure only cost $20.00 & was done in the office, instead of the $1500.00 hysterectomy done in the hospital....so we scheduled for Monday the 18th b/c the girls were already scheduled to be out of school and I only would miss one class on Monday. SO Friday after school and Hans work we left for Texas...as you may well remember Friday the 15th was a terrible weather-day in Texas. It took us 8 hours and we arrived at 2 am, but thankfully in 1 piece. well 4 pieces.....hahaha. After hanging out with Jared & Amy, Mark & Michelle, and Eric & Desha Saturday night (pics attached) and attending Parkway Sunday morning ( Hi April & Bill I found and saved your blog site)I had the "procedure" Monday at 11....do not remember most of the day Monday. I had alot of drugs in me...and thankfully so. I am doing much better, and have not had any pain meds since Wed am. Just ibuprofen for the constatn cramping.

SO not much else has been going on here in the state of Mississippi, unless you can count school, applying for nursing school shere in MS and in TX. Again I'll keep you "posted".

Moments

So today on the way to school I heard the song Moments by Emerson Drive. I've liked this song since it came out but today it got me thinking about those moments in my life that I think define me.
Of course there are the births of my children.
The day I married my husband.
The day I accepted Christ as Lord of my life.
Then there are the days that are life changing and unexpected:
The death of our friend Kevin at age 28 suddenlygone.
This changed my life most recently because

of the adventure of going to college at the age of 33

The life lesson of independence for my girls to be able to take care of themselves should they need to

The importance of education, no matter your age

studying when you don't want to

The pride of all A's and a deserved job well done

The feeling of I can do anything

I think of the necessity of the argument before I engage in loosing my temper..would I want this to be the last thing my love hears?

And lastly telling those you love that you love them......what a terribel regret if you don't take the chance when you have it.

No regrets...what a great feeling of relief!
These are the moments that I think of when I look back on my life...they are all filled with people I love...How blessed am I!

Tampa Bay Adventures

Hans & Jeff Shark @ aquarium

Val's beads Me & Val

Wow...Ok this one will be long. We had so many...."adventures" in Tampa this weekend. Let me start with:

Friday January 25, 2008

SO we take the girls to breakfast and then to school. We come home and get our stuff to head to the airport here in Jackson, Mississipi we get there, get in line to check in at Southwest Airlines, Hold on a a little back story......Hans had to purchase our tickets seperately b/c I needed to come back before him.....so both of our tickets had his name on them...you would think that would be easy to fix but I must have looked dangerous b/c I stood in line for 30 minutes with the guy on hold with the airlines...meanwhile Hans is in the very long, single file security line... finally they get me fixed up and we get to the security check point. I never wear a belt in the airport less to have to take off... well I forgot and started to head through and got pulled out b/c I buzzed....so I'm checked then finally I'm good to go...we got to our gate and they were calling our group....SW is usually like a cattle call and you get first come first serve well now they have groups and numbers within that group for instance Hans was group B # 56 I was group C # 1 (b/c I had to wait to get my boarding pass...) well his boarding pass was invalid so they had to go fix him while I get on the plane ...one of the last ones...alll the double seats were taken everyone was either on the aisle or the window totally full plane....so I sit in between these 2 ladies and wait for Hans to get on the plane I'm getting extremely nervous at this point...finally he runs onto the plane & they close the door. We do not sit together.... :( I sit in between these...I'll call them chunky ladies who proceed to blow the air right on me the entire trip...oh and it's 30 degrees outside and raining so I'm already cold......so we land in Houston....transfer to Tampa goes smoothly b/c I checked in with the desk and made them double check our stuff...they fix Hans again...and we are good..... again last of group B we get on, evryone in aisle and window seats except oh wait I see one row .....the last row empty....I sit at the window Hans is in the aisle..."ladies and gentlemen we have a full flight could you please make room for those passengers boarding"...whatever ...so as I move to the middle of the row I say outloud well we need a skinny chic over here.... the flight attendant says oh yes this last row is the smallest seat in the entire plane, and I said yes and here is the largest man on the plane...next thing you know here comes this national guard guy who wants in to sit at our window....so here is Melody in the middle of the smallest row of seats in between 2 large men....for a 2 & 1/2 hour flight....great flight attendents though!!! Finally in Tampas we see our friends ( Jeff works for the same company as Hans but in Columbia MO, Val is his girlfriend we went to Curacao with them and we went to the Aggie Mizzou football game this past Nov) so they are getting a shuttle to our hotel so we go with them.....wow this one is crazy....Herbie our driver runs into a concrete barrier in the middle of the freeway just outside of the airport... tire blows...the one under Hans & I....now here we are stuck in the 2 lane freeway with construction and 6:00 traffic thank goodness a policeman ( quite cute one) stops to direct traffic so no one runs into the back of us....after 30 minutes a new shuttle comes we transfer our bags, and are off agian to the hotel. Get there check in dinner at Shell's restraunt it was fantastic! By the way I should probably tell you that Val lived in Tampa for 5 years so she is our tour guide. for the weekend.....Wow what a day.....

so now for Saturday January 26, 2008 Gasparilla is a pirate festivel with a story that I don't know enough about to share. Gasparilla is like Mardi Gras ( but not as naughty) you get beads thrown from floats but everything is pirate themed...we stood and yelled at the parade people all day..... you would think this would not be exhausting but after we got back to the hotel it was time for a nap!!! Then we ate a VERY expensive dinner at Shula's steakhouse. Don Shula the Miamai footbal guy....did I mention the cost.....ALOT!!!!

Sunday January 27, 2008 the guys meetings start at 8 so Val and I decide to visit the Florida Aquarium...It was AWESOME!!!! I think I want to change to marine biology.......then again maybe not...did you know penguins can shoot their poop up to 4 feet? and they go every few minutes...? ANYWAY...we get back to the hotel and get ready to go back to this open air mall next to where the FL Aquarium was...we eat at Bennigans and then go sit outside at this bar that had live music...those guys were great.....very good times were had by all.....this brings us to Today

Monday January 28, 2008

maybe I should mention my parents and my neice Brittany drove over from Texas to girlsit for KT & EM ....So I'm sleeping and the phone rings its 5:15 my time in FL and 4:15 central time..it's my dad...Em has been throwing up since 2 o'clock in the morning...can I get an earlier flight? After calling SW airlines....I am already scheduled on the first flight out at 10:35 am...so my dad decides to stay at home with Em and take KT to school. So, I make sure I am on the front row of this flight..witha very pregnant flight attendant who does not want to be at work...but we get in arly to Houston... so my layover was only an hour...next flight to Jackson the greatest fligt attendant guy!!! soooo funny....get in to Jackson at 1:50 pm and hurry downstairs to baggage claim so I can get home so my parents can leave and I can get KT from school at 3:15...I pull into the driveway at 2:50...exactly an hour and the drive from the airport was only20 of those 60 minutes!!!!!...SO Em woke up from her nap at 2:30 feeling MUCH better..that's the good news the bad news some construction crew had broken our main water pipe... no running water...after 12 hours of my 8 year old throwing up in the toilet!!!! We now have running water at 5:30 pm.....SO here I am......so glad to be home...and waiting for Hans to come home Wednesday.

Well Katie need to do something on the computer so I better sign off for now.. See you tomorrow school again....

Monday ~67 degrees ~Mississippi