30's

Goodbye 20's... bring on the 30's! I'm ready and FEARLESS! :-) They will be FANTASTIC!

Since it's my birthday I thought I'd share 30 things I've learned in 30 years...

1) You cannot live on a spiritual mountain top.

2) You need friends and community when you are in the valley.

3) Co-workers are there to help keep you from strangling the children.

4) You cannot escape the Holy Spirit. (Praise God!)

5) Love is great but can leave you with a whole mess of heartache. Guard your heart.

6) Never be afraid to ask for help. This is actually a sign of strength.

7) God provides. It may not look the way I thought it would or be abundant but He gives me just enough to prove I can trust Him.

8) People notice when you follow Jesus. Even when you think you mess up.

9) Some of your greatest friends are your oldest friends or the ones willing to look you in the face and tell you you’re wrong and still love you anyways.

10) Text messages should not be responded to when you are half-asleep.

11) Sometimes you need to realize if you're feeling sorry for someone else it's wise to realize how they got themselves there.

12) I am capable of taking on much more than I thought I could.

13) I've learned there are certain things I can't live without... like quality toilet paper.

14) Exercise is very important for my physical and mental health.

15) God won’t let me escape Him.

16) Sometimes, you need to cut out toxic people in your life, even if it really hurts your heart.

17) I love kids movies; I've begun finding old cartoon movies/movies from my childhood and buying them on DVD.

18) I am a music lover; there isn't a day I go without listening to music or singing. I think if I became deaf, I would die of music depression.

19) Life rarely goes as planned. Might as well throw my plan out the window and embrace what God has for me today.

20) I do not like cold weather when I have to be out in it for a prolonged period of time.

21) My best friends keep me sane and grounded; I would be lost without them.

22) Hope can be dangerous.

23) I have discovered it would take a LOT to make my parents feel ashamed of the woman I've become.

24) Joy doesn’t always come easy. Fight for it.

25) I've learned new things about my Grandma recently, and I'm glad I've listened to her more now than before so that I will have no regrets when she is no longer with me physically.

26) Sometimes, I have to accept being beat by a 6 year old on some video games.

27) I have discovered in watching my nephew and disciplining him, I'm much more like my parents than I ever said I would be!

28) I love the fact that I'm quirky and have a varied fondness of strange movies, books, and music and I LOVE to share that with my best friends and family!

29) I have accomplished a lot in 30 years, and I will accomplish many more things in my Earthly life.

30) “A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other...Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever.” -Dave Matthews

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Yes, yes... I'm now 29. Woo.... Hoo....

:) It's not like having birthdays when you're little... getting older is not really very fun, ya know?! Anyhow, dinner with my parents tonight... then tomorrow moving classrooms. Saturday pedicures/dinner with Jamey... Sunday dinner and a movie with Coopa Scoopa and Burd. :) I'm lucky to have wonderful people in my life!

Happy Birthday to me!

I'm 28... commence with the jokes about how I'm getting closer to 30, and the wisdom about what I can expect in the next few years. I'd be more happy had I heard something back about a job... but for the 4th year in a row, I have nothing to really celebrate on my birthday besides making it through another year without going insane. :) Plus, I kind of feel like crap with all these holes in me... and I get the fun experience of going out in public...with a bandaid on my face. Am I vain? A little.

Today was a pretty good day...

It was April Fool's Day... not too many pranks happened on campus (thank goodness) and today was my co-worker/friend Stephanie's birthday... her 30th! I made her a cake... I was tempted to use the rest of the black icing from Dustin's checkered flag cupcakes, but I didn't! lol

Here's a couple pictures:

This is a shot of the top of the cake. I used 2 shades of blue (her fav color) and some purple to make it more girly and less like a baby boy's cake! lol

I also used polka dots for a pattern. There were all over the top, and then all around the sides of the cake. If you look carefully, you'll notice on top of the daisy borders there are small polka dots in the centers of the "flowers." (you can see it better in the top photo)

Kelsie it's your birthday.... Happy Birthday, Kelsie...

I'm one year older,
one year wiser,
Rock and Roll Star,
King, Czar, and a Kaiser
A roomful of friends,
a mouthful of cake
Every present is for me and
it feels pretty great!
I'm the woman of the hour,
the V-I-P!
I get the first slice
of the P-I-E...
Now I'll blow out the candles and make a wish...
PUT A SMILE ON
'CAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, BITCH!

LOL (That's from Sealab2021...) Every year SOMEONE gets that sent as a message/comment/email... I love it because it's hilarious!

I don't really have any plans today... I think we're going to Red Lobster tonight... it's my favorite restaurant... When I turned 23 and my parents and I went, I tried lobster tail for the first time. It's okay... I prefer shrimp...! Anyhow, not much else is up today... we're *kind of* having a barbecue on Saturday... "for my birthday" but not really... because my Dad ended up inviting a bunch of people I wasn't anticipating him inviting over... and thus... now it's definitely NOT for my birthday and it's just turned into a family thing :( This will be awkward because close friends were invited and initially told it was to celebrate my bday... and now I'm having to go back and say, "nevermind... it's just a bbq!" This is one of the many things that A) frustrates me about my dad... and B) frustrates me about living here... because if I were on my own, I would've just planned my own thing that they would've been invited to... without the option to bring 12-15 guests...!

Anyhow, I'm still waiting to hear back about my interview (tomorrow will be 2 weeks)... I hope that if it's going to be bad news, I don't hear anything until after today.... the way certification is now here in TX though, he probably suspects my birthday is in July sometime... our certification expires at the end of the month of our birthday (in my case, July 2011... but since he has a copy of my certification... then he would know my bday is in July). Plus, honestly, he has ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD to let me know... I wouldn't have to report to the school until like, Aug. 11th.

My decision is final

Well, after all the unwanted text messages and emails and the 'victim' status messages on myspace by my ex... I've decided he'll just get cut out of my life completely. I'm going to forget that he ever even existed in any capacity in my life. I think if I can successfully do this, eventually, he won't exist in my life anymore. Well, I hope at least. In the meantime, I know I have some people I can call on for help if I ever come face-to-face with him.

Other than that, it was a nice weekend. Friday after subbing and going home to rest, I met up with Jamey at India Palace off 281 for some WONDERFUL Indian food. If you've never tried it, you should. Some of it looks really scary, but it's quickly become one of my favorite foods to eat! If I could make it and it would taste the same, then I totally would make it every other week! Now she and I just need to figure out when we can go pick up some gyros from Demo's! Yum! Another great food style; THINK GREEK!

Saturday I slept in and it was marvelous! Then I spent the day at the house. I watched some tv for a bit, did some cleaning, took a shower and got ready, and then I ran to the bank to deposit my check from NEISD... after which I went to Petsmart, and a few places searching for Across the Universe (it just released on DVD a couple weeks ago). I came home and then I read some of my book. After awhile I got a call from Daughn... we met up at her parents' and ran to Walmart... we were looking for stuff for Dustin's 3rd birthday pirate party. Anyhow, we got the candy for the kids goody bags and I found my movie there! After, we went back to her parents to get his invitations done! In line with his pirate themed party, Daughn found the coolest invitations on Oriental Trading... We had 24 of them to fill out for family/close friends... she really only wanted to send them to houses that have kiddos coming because it's so neat! Anyhow, she had asked if I would fill out all the address things as well as the scroll of the invitation inside the bottle because I can write smaller than her and very legibly... Of course I wouldn't have said no... so, we worked on those and the goody bags all night... it took us til nearly midnight.

Then Sunday I went to church, and then we went to visit my Grandma... Afterwards we came home... and I just rested and did laundry. Yesterday I subbed over at Jordan Intermediate... it was nice, I always have a good experience there, the kids are really sweet and polite. And I got to see my aunt (she works there as a special ed. aide). So, it was very nice... and hopefully the impression I made on those people I met through my aunt will help me to get a job! Hope everyone has a GREAT week!

Welp

Can I just say that I'm completely and utterly TIRED of the allergies here? Today marked the 4th day that I woke up with a SPLITTING sinus headache! All of the pain/pressure is on the left side of my head... what's worse is it makes me feel VERY drowsy; like I'm walking around in a fog. I'm really hoping that A) it clears up before I go to the SA Stock Show and Rodeo tomorrow to see Craig Morgan... and B) it definitely clears up before Sunday because I'm reading scriptures at church... and C) it's totally gone by next week Thurs/Fri because I'm subbing for one of the band directors at the middle school (TMEA Music Convention is here in town, and thus pretty much EVERY music educator will be there... I think from the whole state of TX, actually)... anyhow, there's a LOT going on and I seriously can't feel this way much longer. If I wake up this way tomorrow I'm actually considering using a clamp on my head to just pressurize the entire thing rather than having half of my head feeling this way...! It's about to drive me bananas!!!

In other news, today is my Dad's 60th birthday! It's also Jamey Lynn's 26th, and Olive's 26th! I hope they all have a Happy Birthday! Next one up, my Mom's 60th (on the 26th of Feb). I can't believe I'll be turning 27 this summer... I don't feel that old, that's for sure... I still feel like I'm an early 20-something. Hopefully this year will go better, and I'm truly hoping I'll have more than my impending agedness to celebrate this summer (a new job would be a nice thing to celebrate, too!) Anyhow, hope that everyone has a great weekend. I'll probably try and get another post on here tomorrow after the rodeo fun takes place... hopefully I can get some good photos of the grounds and all... :)