As many of you know I have been going to the Beth Moore "Breaking Free" bible study on Tuesday nights. I have to leave straight from work to get there and then don't even get home until after 9:00. I sit in about and hour of traffic and usually get kinda nervous about the women running in to get good seats.
Anyway, you would think "what could be worth all that hassle?" However, it is SOOO worth the hassle plus some. This study is so enlightening and thought provoking. It is all about breaking free from the bondage we and satan have put on ourselves. This week was simply defining "Bondage" as anything that keeps us from being free in our relationship with God and in our own lives. I mean I never knew I had so much STUFF going on with me. I am an absolute mess but am so happy that I am a person set free from all the junk the world puts on us and all the lies satan feeds me daily.
The goal of the study to to leave a FREE person with nothing keeping you from receiving the full glory of God and it's benefits in your life. I know I am held captive by a number of things. I am so delusional about myself sometimes it is scary. However, I am absolutely ecstatic about what is going to change in my life as this study progresses.
I REALLY ENCOURAGE ANY HOUSTON PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS STUDY! IT IS AT 6:30 EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT AT 1st BAPTIST. IT IS ONLY 2 WEEKS IN SO YOU ARE NOT TOO LATE!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Dog Dilemma
I need some feedback about a puppy. Lance & I don't have a dog right now because we live in a tiny apartment. However, I am hoping we get one when we move to Abilene! I think I want a Goldendoodle but have never talked to anyone who has one. Does anyone know about those dogs? (its 1/2 poodle 1/2 golden retriever) If so please tell me, or let me know any other good NON shedding dogs!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Back to work work work!
So tomorrow is my first day back to work in what seems like FOREVER! I have been off work since Dec. 20th and kinda forgot I have a job. Tomorrow it is back to teaching 5 year olds!! Well its just an inservice but still. I am kind of excited though! I have a new co-worker that seems amazing and I can't wait to see my kids again.
Also, please be praying for my acceptance into the graduate program at ACU. For those of you who don't know, I am applying to the Speech Pathology graduate school. It is getting close to time to hear and although I am not too worried you never know & I would really appreciate prayer. I have all my eggs in one basket and am just trusting that God will take care of everything. However, it is hard to not think about the "what if's"!
Thanks in advance for the prayers!
Also, please be praying for my acceptance into the graduate program at ACU. For those of you who don't know, I am applying to the Speech Pathology graduate school. It is getting close to time to hear and although I am not too worried you never know & I would really appreciate prayer. I have all my eggs in one basket and am just trusting that God will take care of everything. However, it is hard to not think about the "what if's"!
Thanks in advance for the prayers!
All about me for 2008!
Inspired my Meredith here are:
100 for 2008!
1. I have become a full blown neat freak. I cannot stop dusting and cleaning my kitchen.
2. Light blue makes me happy.
3. I love cheese.
4. I have only done laundry 5 times since I have been married. Lance does it for me!
5. I am obsessed with babies.
6. I want a teeny tiny puppy that I can put tiny sweaters and t-shirts on.
7. I love 'Friends' and wish I had hair like Jennifer Aniston.
8. I talk to my mom and my sister on the phone about 5 times a day.
9. I just read the first Harry Potter book and I am hooked.
10. I am a teacher now.
11. I am going to be a Speech Pathology graduate student in the Fall.
12. I love my husband.
13. I love small towns but never want to live in one for a long time.
14. I want a pet Monkey.
15. I want twin girls more than anything in the world.
16. When I have these twin their names are going to be Violet & Avery. Maybe Evangeline if I can convince Lance.
17. The smell of corn makes me sick.
18. I secretly wish my fish would die b/c I hate cleaning the bowl.
19. I love Nicole Kidman.
20. I love magazines.
21. I love going out and eating big breakfasts on Saturdays.
22. I have realized that I adore 4 year olds.
23. I love Beltway Baptist Church in Abilene.
24. I hate, hate, hate driving in the rain.
25. I am fascinated with storms.
26. I can't stop cutting and coloring my hair.
27. Lance and I both are addicted to Pappisito's Fajitas.
28. I don't like working out in a gym.
29. I have gained 5 pounds since I have been married and I want it to go away!
30. I love Christmas.
31. I will never give a Christmas gift in a gift bag.
32. I want someone to find a cure for Alzheimer's
33. Seeing other people happy is one of my favorite thing.
34. I miss my grandpa.
35. I want to work in a nursing home as a Speech Pathologist when I get out of school. I am tortured by the fact that old people are treated so poorly in nursing homes.
36. I can't wait to be a soccer mom.
37. I have lots of freckles.
38. I love my friends.
39. My cousins are like sisters to me.
40. I copy celebrities clothes and hairstyles.
41. I will hang anything on the walls in my house, I like mismatching.
42. I have a green Beetle.
43. I don't like country music.
44. I know every Beatles song ever written.
45. I wish I lived in the 20's so I could be a flapper.
46. I think its funny that Lance is scared of scary movies.
47. My favorite movies are Practical Magic and Stepmom.
48. I have test anxiety.
49. I am 5'6 and my twin sister is 5'7.
50. I want hair extensions.
51. I have cows now.
52. I want to go to Hawaii.
53. I enjoy flying on airplanes.
54. I wish I had a personal trainer.
55. I love having "girls days".
56. I want to go on Oprah.
57. I sometimes think I want to be a missionary in Africa.
58. I still get super excited to see Lance at the end of every day.
59. I stay up way too late.
60. I am terrified on ocean animals.
61. I love Costa Rica.
62. I want to live in Chicago & London at some point in my life.
63. I wish I could wax my eyebrows once a week.
64. Lance proposed to me while we were camping.
65. I want to go camping in Colorado.
66. DVR is a great invention.
67. I love Taco Bell.
68. I love cooking.
69. I love change and new beginnings.
70. I wish I lived within 1 mile all of my family and closest friends.
71. My husband is going to be the greatest Dad.
72. In high school I was in a Jazz choir and sang solos. You couldn't pay me enough money to do that now.
73. I love swimming.
74. My goal every night is to get 8 hours of sleep and it rarely happens.
75. I wear sunscreen on my face everyday.
76. I love that my Dad comes over and helps me with things. He is one of my favorite people in the world.
77. I can't make coffee.
78. I need a GPS system in my car.
79. I love taking 30 minute showers.
80. My mom is one of my best friends.
81. Lance and I make up songs & dances in our apt.
82. I wish I could buy Lance a truck.
83. I stalk my friend's babies on facebook & blogs.
84. I have the world's CUTEST little 2nd cousins.
85. I make really good chicken enchiladas.
86. I am amazed that my husband teaches special education. He has a gift!
87. I am proud of Betho for being able to do grad school in a year and make such good grades.
88. I miss living with Bethany.
89. Shoes are one of my favorite things.
90. I want to write a book.
91. I want to learn to speak Spanish.
92. I want to meet an angel in real life.
93. I can't wait to be in Heaven someday.
94. I love parades.
95. I love musicals but am very envious of the performers. I wish I could do that.
96. I love sleeping on the couch on Sunday's by Lance while he watches football.
97. I love spazzing out with Jamie, Lindsey & Betho.
98. I will NEVER forget my amazing ACU friends and want to keep in touch forever.
99. I decorated my house in November for Christmas.
100. I thank God everyday for the amazing life I am living.
100 for 2008!
1. I have become a full blown neat freak. I cannot stop dusting and cleaning my kitchen.
2. Light blue makes me happy.
3. I love cheese.
4. I have only done laundry 5 times since I have been married. Lance does it for me!
5. I am obsessed with babies.
6. I want a teeny tiny puppy that I can put tiny sweaters and t-shirts on.
7. I love 'Friends' and wish I had hair like Jennifer Aniston.
8. I talk to my mom and my sister on the phone about 5 times a day.
9. I just read the first Harry Potter book and I am hooked.
10. I am a teacher now.
11. I am going to be a Speech Pathology graduate student in the Fall.
12. I love my husband.
13. I love small towns but never want to live in one for a long time.
14. I want a pet Monkey.
15. I want twin girls more than anything in the world.
16. When I have these twin their names are going to be Violet & Avery. Maybe Evangeline if I can convince Lance.
17. The smell of corn makes me sick.
18. I secretly wish my fish would die b/c I hate cleaning the bowl.
19. I love Nicole Kidman.
20. I love magazines.
21. I love going out and eating big breakfasts on Saturdays.
22. I have realized that I adore 4 year olds.
23. I love Beltway Baptist Church in Abilene.
24. I hate, hate, hate driving in the rain.
25. I am fascinated with storms.
26. I can't stop cutting and coloring my hair.
27. Lance and I both are addicted to Pappisito's Fajitas.
28. I don't like working out in a gym.
29. I have gained 5 pounds since I have been married and I want it to go away!
30. I love Christmas.
31. I will never give a Christmas gift in a gift bag.
32. I want someone to find a cure for Alzheimer's
33. Seeing other people happy is one of my favorite thing.
34. I miss my grandpa.
35. I want to work in a nursing home as a Speech Pathologist when I get out of school. I am tortured by the fact that old people are treated so poorly in nursing homes.
36. I can't wait to be a soccer mom.
37. I have lots of freckles.
38. I love my friends.
39. My cousins are like sisters to me.
40. I copy celebrities clothes and hairstyles.
41. I will hang anything on the walls in my house, I like mismatching.
42. I have a green Beetle.
43. I don't like country music.
44. I know every Beatles song ever written.
45. I wish I lived in the 20's so I could be a flapper.
46. I think its funny that Lance is scared of scary movies.
47. My favorite movies are Practical Magic and Stepmom.
48. I have test anxiety.
49. I am 5'6 and my twin sister is 5'7.
50. I want hair extensions.
51. I have cows now.
52. I want to go to Hawaii.
53. I enjoy flying on airplanes.
54. I wish I had a personal trainer.
55. I love having "girls days".
56. I want to go on Oprah.
57. I sometimes think I want to be a missionary in Africa.
58. I still get super excited to see Lance at the end of every day.
59. I stay up way too late.
60. I am terrified on ocean animals.
61. I love Costa Rica.
62. I want to live in Chicago & London at some point in my life.
63. I wish I could wax my eyebrows once a week.
64. Lance proposed to me while we were camping.
65. I want to go camping in Colorado.
66. DVR is a great invention.
67. I love Taco Bell.
68. I love cooking.
69. I love change and new beginnings.
70. I wish I lived within 1 mile all of my family and closest friends.
71. My husband is going to be the greatest Dad.
72. In high school I was in a Jazz choir and sang solos. You couldn't pay me enough money to do that now.
73. I love swimming.
74. My goal every night is to get 8 hours of sleep and it rarely happens.
75. I wear sunscreen on my face everyday.
76. I love that my Dad comes over and helps me with things. He is one of my favorite people in the world.
77. I can't make coffee.
78. I need a GPS system in my car.
79. I love taking 30 minute showers.
80. My mom is one of my best friends.
81. Lance and I make up songs & dances in our apt.
82. I wish I could buy Lance a truck.
83. I stalk my friend's babies on facebook & blogs.
84. I have the world's CUTEST little 2nd cousins.
85. I make really good chicken enchiladas.
86. I am amazed that my husband teaches special education. He has a gift!
87. I am proud of Betho for being able to do grad school in a year and make such good grades.
88. I miss living with Bethany.
89. Shoes are one of my favorite things.
90. I want to write a book.
91. I want to learn to speak Spanish.
92. I want to meet an angel in real life.
93. I can't wait to be in Heaven someday.
94. I love parades.
95. I love musicals but am very envious of the performers. I wish I could do that.
96. I love sleeping on the couch on Sunday's by Lance while he watches football.
97. I love spazzing out with Jamie, Lindsey & Betho.
98. I will NEVER forget my amazing ACU friends and want to keep in touch forever.
99. I decorated my house in November for Christmas.
100. I thank God everyday for the amazing life I am living.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
The Best December EVER!
First I have to apologize to all of my blog readers b/c I have been a terrible blogger. I haven't posted anything in forever! This holiday season has been so busy, but so much fun at the same time!
This was Lance's first Christmas with my family and it was so amazing having him here! I have been waiting to spend Christmas with Lance for 4 years & now we never have to be apart on Christmas ever again! :) Lance got to experience all of the Freede Christmas traditions like icing Sugar Cookies, going to Christmas Eve service and getting our "semi" matching Christmas pj's on Christmas eve!
I have been having such a great time having everyone in Houston & can't believe that Betho has to go back to Abilene soon! :( However, I am SOOOOO happy that all the sweets and fattening x-mas eating is coming to an end! I have eaten more sugar cookies & fudge in the past three weeks to feel a small country! It is absolutely unacceptable!
The ultimate highlight of the break however, was my wonderful friend Sara's wedding yesterday! Sara was my roommate at ACU and she was literally one of the most stunningly beautiful brides I have ever seen! She was glowing the entire day & and her wedding was so beautiful. It was in Nashville in an amazing gothic type church/cathedral"ish" building. (great description I know) I got to see a lot of old friends and it was so fun for our old college house to reunite! 1037 Griffith Road, Abilene Texas has some crazy memories! :)
Sara had been dating her husband Brandon for over 4 years and they are the world's cutest couple! I am going to post a few pics from the wedding. However, they do not do her justice at all! She looked like a supermodel! Also, a side not about Nashville. It is the most adorable quaint little place ever but it has no freeways and tons of trees! It was the first time I have felt trapped in a big city. I guess being from Texas you get used to the freeways or something. All I know is that I am a terrible driver in a town where you can't get onto the freeway.
P.S I got to see Nicole Kidman's house! Those of you who know how utterly OBSESSED I am with her can understand why that is exciting for me! I was hoping she was in the front yard doing yoga or whatever rich famous people do for fun but I was unfortunately out of luck. 
Thursday, December 20, 2007
It's beginning to look a lot like SUMMER!
A lot of people hate Texas weather, especially Houston weather and I can definitely see where they are coming from! However, Lance and I just spent the afternoon laying out in the sun! Although it is not very festive weather at all it was a BEAUTIFUL day! I hate humidity but I LOVE warm weather. It was about 80 degrees with no humidity and a wonderful breeze! I don't need cold weather to get into the Christmas spirit! Give the the warm weather any day!
I must say though, God needs to make up his mind about the seasons! It was 38 on Monday, about 50 on Tuesday, and about 80 today and yesterday! I just climbed into the top of our storage to get out my gloves and scarves Monday & today I got out my swim suit! Welcome to Houston I guess!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
I LOVE my Twin! :)
I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!
Mostly because everyone is together! Betho got into town a couple days ago & it is amazingly wonderful to be back in the same town together. She came over last night and we went to my favorite restaurant Chuy's and then we came back to our apartment and watched hours of Scrubs (my favorite TV show). It is wonderful having another person who is EXACTLY like you. We have the same favorite foods and like the same TV shows! After we watched tons of scrubs my sweet little husband slept on an air mattress in the living room so Betho & I could sleep in our bed. Poor...poor Lance he had to share a 620 sq ft. apartment with me & Betho's wierdness all night! But I am fairly certain he had a good time! ;)
This morning Betho came with me to school & helped me get everything together for my class Christmas party. And I must say we had the best party! I have the best parents in my class and we had a full blown Christmas feast! Betho is definitely the artistic one and she decorated my room so cute for the party! I kept telling her THEY ARE 4 THEY DON'T CARE what the room looks like for the party! Then she said Kayla the parent's aren't 4 and they do! True or not parent after parent were going on and on about how cute it was so I guess she was right!
After school we both came back to my apartment and took an amazing 2 hours nap & headed off to the galleria for hours of shopping. Again, we are exactly alike and both love just wandering around the mall occasionally stopping at Starbucks and then talking about how we should stop drinking those drinks b/c they are so bad for you. We spent about 30 minuted talking about our new "healthy lifestyles" on our way to Sonic!! Ha!
So I guess you can see that I am slightly obsessed with Betho being back in town! We had such a fun day and I have TWO WEEKS off work so I am sure we will have more fun days to come! I have the best family & I am so excited to have my first Christmas with Lance here with all of us! I really just love my life so much! I love my husband, I love my sister & I love my parents! I also have the best cousins extended family! We have the best Christmases (is that a word?). Yeah, I am pretty lucky!
I will post again soon! I am so happy that I don't have work in the morning at 7:30 I could stay on here and type all night! Haha but I promise I won't. In the spirit of the holidays I am posting some pics of X-mas from last year! I can't believe a year has past since these were taken!
Happy Wednesday!
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