vanessa05

I haven't posted anything on livejournal for ages! Apparently, the USA's loss in the World Cup made me depressed for ages...

Lots of things have been happening in my life lately! First and foremost: I'm ENGAGED! I'm just so blessed to be with such a wonderful, caring, devoted, funny, intelligent individual such as Michael. The wedding will be on June 16, 2007 (only six months or so away!) in Nebraska. We can't wait!

In other news, I have a new job, I sold my house, and I moved! Crazy deal! It all happened pretty fast. After we got engaged, I put my house on the market, since I didn't know how long it would take to sell it. Well, the next day it sold! So that meant I had to find another place to live. I also got a new job at about the same time, so I moved to another town closer to the new job and to Michael. I'll be living there until we get married in June!

Life is quite a ride! I hope everyone is doing well and had a good holiday!

Happy New Year!

Did the USA just not want it that bad or something? I guess not! I'll tell you one thing though, those Ghana players are good actors... I think the USA was robbed on several occasions. Oh well... COME ON ENGLAND! They can beat Ecuador! At least they aren't playing Germany...

Anyone watching USA vs. Ghana? Where was the penalty?? The dude was going for the ball and didn't even mess with that guy! GRRR!!!! Alright... they can come back...

My mom called me this morning to tell me that my cousin, Nong in Thailand, had passed away. She was only a couple of years younger than I am. She has had Diabetes all her life and recently was having some major kidney failure. During some procedure they were performing on her kidney, she suffered a heart attack and died.

I didn't know her very well, but we definitely bonded when I was in Thailand last year. She followed me around everywhere and took me places and called me her older sister. We were never really able to get to know each other real well due to the language barrier, but I really wish I had. She was so full of life, lots of fun, and loved her family. I know her parents and sister are in great pain right now. So is my mom. If you think of it, please remember them in your prayers. Thanks.

...and you'd think I'd be happy about it since I've been trying to get one for nearly a year now... but guess what, a couple of month ago, I gave up! I decided plane tickets to Germany were too expensive and I didn't have any vacation time left and Michael and I were going to take a little road trip to Colorado, etc., etc. Last night I checked my email and found out I was being allocated a ticket for Togo vs. France... interesting. It's one of those things where I wouldn't mind seeing the match, but is it worth all of the effort to try and go??? If it were England v. Sweden, then I'd be making some sort of effort! But for Togo v. France??? I don't know... France would definitely be worth seeing. Any opinions?

...did I get your attention? Yes, well, this was a surprise to me and Michael too! After a couple of strange questions from peoples, we finally figured out that in the new ministerial handbook for his churches' listings it says "Pastor Michael... (Vanessa)" We were both perplexed and wondered how we possibly missed our own wedding. We also wondered where all of our gifts were! So people, where ARE our wedding gifts? ;)

I haven't updated in a long, long time and I'm sorry for that. What can I say? I've been lazy and busy and other excuses. Actually this past week has been absolutely exhausting. There's been a lot of death in this part of the state; I attended two funerals last week, which is just emotionally draining. My friend Chasity's stepfather passed away of a sudden heart attack and a 15-year old boy - who I didn't know directly - committed suicide; he was from the same small town that Michael and Chasity live in. A murder also took place in my little town of 1,000 people. It's been crazy.

Well, House is on. Best go.

I never knew such a thing existed until yesterday! I'm not exactly on the up-and-up when it comes to orange juice. All I know is that I love pulp free orange juice, except it's a little bit too acidic for me... but what's this? "Pulp free" AND "low acid"?!?!?!? How heavenly! It's all very exciting and wonderful!!

Speaking of exciting and wonderful, Michael and I celebrated our five-month anniversary together last night (although it's actually today). He gave me some beautiful multi-colored daisies and a delightful card. He's amazing.

It's Monday morning and I even got to sleep in until 9 AM and I'm still exhausted. This past week and weekend have been absolutely crazy. Work, work, work. I think I'm going to take today off and do some work at home. My cats are driving me insane. There's no way I can keep my house remotely clean seeing how I am hardly home and they destroy any semblance of clean by the time I get home. Sigh. In better news, I got to be an "apron model" last night at my other church's (aka Michael's church's) mother/daughter banquet. That was interesting. I never knew aprons had so much history. Anyway, another of life's firsts!

Now that's a whole lot of money and it's going to someone who quite possibly lives in Nebraska. I guess the person who won has not come forward yet and every time I hear that, I need to ask myself if I've played the lottery this week and if I need to check my ticket... but then I remember, I don't play the lottery, so I couldn't have won... and then I think, I should have played the lottery this past week and should have bought the winning ticket. Yeah, that would have been good. Except, I don't play the lottery... so that kind of puts a damper on the whole winning the lottery thing...

I've owned this house for several months now and I just now noticed that I have a bird house on the front of my house. I guess I haven't really paid that much attention. That's all I have to say for now.

I think my sinuses are going to rip a hole in my head. Just thought I'd let ya'll know... I actually feel a lot better, kinda sorta... So I watched usa vs. sweden in men's curling today. Oh how I love curling. I'm such a weirdo. I couldn't believe we actually won. All I want to do is watch curling for like a week... but unfortunately, I have to actually work tomorrow. Sigh.

Still sick, but feeling like I might be getting better... I guess last night we got a bit of sleet and therefore our roads are complete ice. Plus it's supposed to snow later on today and cover up the ice. Not cool. The schools are closed and therefore our office is closed. What a perfect day to say indoors and cuddle up with my kitties, blanket and bowl of soup.

...and I'm not too happy about it. :( It was bound to happen, I suppose. Now to crawl into my comfy "bed" aka my couch and watch the telly until I fall asleep...::sniff::

Ok, so I didn't get into this show when I lived in England, but I find myself watching episode after episode on BBC America. It really is pathetic, isn't it? I really wish they'd air Eastenders in this country...

...from ladycrim

Honestly Speaking ...

1. Honestly, are you in love right now? - Oh yeah.
2. Honestly, what color is your underwear? - I am too lazy to look.
3. Honestly, whats on your mind right now? - I have very little on my mind right now - it's the end of the day and much of my brain power has vanished.
4. Honestly, what are you doing right now? - Sitting on my sister's couch watching "Divine Design"
5. Honestly, what did you do today? - Woke up, pressed snooze, woke up again, pressed snooze (this cycle continued for a good hour)... went to work, rearranged my office furniture, worked, ate lunch, worked some more, went to a meeting, brought orange juice to sick boyfriend, drove to sister's house, played with the nephews a little bit
6. Honestly, do you think you are attractive? - I'm almost magnetic.
7. Honestly, have you done something bad today? - I think I went 70 in a 65.
8. Honestly, do you watch Disney channel? - No, I really don't.
9. Honestly, are you jealous of someone right now? - I'm jealous of anyone in a warmer climate and with plenty of vacation time.
10. Honestly, what makes you happy most of the time? - Being loved by the ones I love and making a baby/child laugh.
11. Honestly, do you bite your nails? - Nope, but I do pick at them.
12. Honestly, what is your mood right now? - Pretty good, just feeling tired and worn out.
13. Honestly, who do you want to see at this very moment? - I have to admit, my man.
14. Honestly, do you have a deep dark secret? - Depends on who you talk to.
15. Honestly, do you hate someone right now? - I can't say that I do. I often just get annoyed.
16. Honestly, who/what do you want to hug right now? - The bf or the little nephews
17. Honestly, do your wrists hurt? - Um, no.
18. Honestly, are you in denial? - No! No way! Absolutely not! You can't prove anything!
19. Honestly, wouldn't you rather be having sex right now? - Honestly, I'd rather be sleeping right now.
20. Honestly, do you like someone? - I like lots of people.
22. Honestly, does anyone like you? - I think there may be one out there who does. ;)
23. Honestly, is it going anywhere with them? - I'm thinking so.
24. Honestly, did you answer all these questions honestly? - Don't you believe me?

I'm not sure about where you guys are, but there are tons of people around here that are sick. Including my poor man. There is certainly something going around and I'm very nervous. You know how you start feeling a tickle in the back of your throat and you're not sure if it is because everyone else is sick or because you are actually coming down with something? That's how I feel. I'm hoping it's just all in my head. I think it's going to be hard to avoid it though if my man is sick. Poor thing. Last night we celebrated our 4-month anniversary together as a couple. It was very sweet. He cooked me dinner and played some romantic songs that we danced to. See, we don't really have a song, because the first song we danced to was "American Pie" and I think I may have refused to have that as "our song." Not that I have anything against the song, but I just think we need a more romantic song... so he gave us a few options. It was really sweet. I don't deserve him. When he's better I will tell him which one I like best. :)

Man, I'm so glad it's Friday! Sooooo glad. I've had an incredibly busy past couple of weeks! Has my life just become a series of meetings? I think so. Meeting upon meeting upon meeting. Not today though! I'm going to enjoy the unusually nice weather and go pick up my "new" dresser and wood chest that my friend bought for me at an auction. Then I may just do something productive. Who knows? It doesn't matter for it is Friday!

Just a brief update: I'm going to England at the end of March! Hurrah! My frequent flier miles finally come in handy. Love life still going well. My man is the sweetest thing ever! Why I deserve him, I'm not sure! Then there's been work, work, work! Other than that, I'm boring!

It's amazing how wonderful it feels to know that all your dishes have been washed. Just to see your sink free of clutter is a marvelous thing! I'm a nerd. I am quite aware of this. I think this morning is my cleaning day. I need to do it, it's driving me crazy. I still have tons of things in boxes, I just need to unpack it all. Although, I think I made a big mistake by sitting down in front of this computer...

Now if I had known that Colin Firth was going to be on the Tonight Show tonight, would I have hopped on a plane to LA? Well, I guess we'll never know... Probably not, but it's fun to think about. I'm thinking Colin's facial hair needs to go. :) p.s. the headache is gone.

So here's the deal: I have a headache. Now that I have complained, I will go on with my update. It's been a few weeks and I've done many things... how's that for an update? I went to a conference, which was good. I've been working and hanging out with my man. That's basically my life. We both have such busy work schedules that when we get together, it's just nice to crash in front of a tv together and relax. In my opinion, a great evening. I thought that life would start to slow down once the holidays were over, but now I find myself just as busy as ever. And as I look at my Outlook calendar, I just know things are going to be like this until the spring. Perhaps this is the reason for the headache. I'm not going to let this headache thing get me down though! I'm going to march home, take an Advil Migraine or two and cook myself some curry before I head off to bowling league! Hurrah!