silent much?

Well apparently I am quite often here on my blog...but here I am again:-)

I always have really good intentions of blogging often then I get distracted or the really great and fun thing or things I wanted to blog about are mysteriously absent.

But right now, I should be reading my book club book A Discovery of Witches as I have still have some 200 pages to go but here I sit. Don't get me wrong its a very good book so far but at this moment I dont really feel like reading. Plus I should be reading because said book club is at meeting at my house. I am really excited about that, I get to make lots of halloween goodies and it will be fun. Now that also means that I will have to do some major cleaning because believe it or not, sometimes I live kind of piggish, as in Its not always the most clean it could be. And my German Shepherd seems to be shedding and shedding and shedding some more. So I'll have to vacuum and probably vacuum again before anyone arrives at my house. But as I said I'm looking forward to it, and even for the occasin I am going to get my living room rug cleaned! YES! I've been meaning to do that for quite some time but since I'm having people over I figured I better get it done.

On another note, the twins did turn 13! And their birthday party was so much fun! :-) the pig was super tasty and I made some cheesy potatoes, also super good. We had cake and of course a root beer keg! Along with a bouncy house too! You only turn 13 once:) it was fun! and the twins just loved it! I'll try to post some pictures soon. Maybe I'll do a whole post of pictures of my summer.

And on another note, its October and its supposed to be 80 degrees this weekend, I kind of like that:-) YES!!!

Where has September gone?

I cannot believe today is the already the 21st! Oh my! And that in just a few short days, it will be the twins 13th birthday! That makes me feel super old!

In less than 2 months I'll be in Honduras and then it will be Thanksgiving and then Christmas. Yikes! time flies!

Alright enough of the time going so fast, I have to go give breaks here at work. But I've made it through 2 hours so that means 10 hours to go. I'll hopefully write again before the big day of a pig roast and root beer keg (the twins birthday party). Enjoy your Wednesday everyone:-D

Blogging from my phone..

So I'm just testing this out on my phone:)

But I forgot to write yesterday about youth group on Sunday. We had 40 kids come which was pretty awesome! As last spring when I started volunteering there were maybe 15. And this Sunday I'm going to be speaking which makes me nervous already! Hehe:) but I am excited to see how God will show himself to me and how it goes.

I am also really excited because I got to catch up and have a nice long phone conversation with a great friend :-) and that makes my heart happy!

Tonight we went out to dinner with one of my friends from springhill and she works at a small christian school in downtown Kalamazoo and the twins are going to be helping her every Friday! :-) so I am excited for them!

Well that's my little phone blog update :-)

And a picture or two from my phone, me today learning how to operate the toolcat! Pretty fun! The twins with their twin pack of peanut butter. And one of me feeding the giraffes at the zoo which I think I look pretty funny in!

Has this ever happened to you?

So yesterday at church, I was sitting there and I was late of course, lol.

But as our pastor was speaking it was as though he was speaking directly to me. The whole time! Sometimes its just a few times but I felt like the entire sermon was just for me. I love it when God does that:-) And after I wrote my last blog post, I was feeling nervous(probably still am) and thinking hmm, do I really want to do all that much more school and papers? But Pastor Zimmer was talking about doing what we were created to do, and I just know that I was created for more than just being a surgical tech. Maybe its not a doctor, but maybe it is or maybe I need to get a degree so I could maybe teach others about the human body who knows? But it was just reassuring to hear a sermon that was for me, or at least it felt like it. He also had all the kids in Sunday school draw pictures of what they wanted to be when they grow up. It made me cry, but in a good way and challenged us to think about what has made us give up on our dreams? Was it a certain person or circumstance?

So here are a few questions that he asked us which were quite thought provoking for me and maybe will be for you too.

When was the last time you did something for the first time?

What will you create for the Master?

What amyou called to do, what does it have to do with?

questions and answers

So recently I've been doing lots of thinking. About what you might ask? Well this post is all about it, so read on :-) and it is kind of a lot of thoughts all jumbled together, so I apologize if it doesnt make the most sense or read all that easy....

I was reading recently on a friends blog about doing what you love. And as I was reading it and thinking about it, I don't really feel like I am doing what I love. dont get me wrong, I very much enjoy my job but its not fulfilling in the way that I think it should be and it certainly doesnt have kingdom impact. The only time I really feel fulfilled doing my job is when I am in Honduras. Which I am happy to say I am going back in just a few short months, November!!! YES!! But I don't wake up everyday and want to go to work. I love my job but not all aspects of it, the politics of working for a big hospital can be draining, and I dont just love it and feel at peace when I am at work.

So knowing this, I have been praying about it and thinking about. And as weird as it might seem even watching the office one of the episodes involves Pam and she finds out about a scholarship for art/graphic design and gets really excited about it and talks about it to Jim who also is excited for her about the potential for her to do what she loves, but then seems defeated after talking to Roy and being talked out of it. And she tells Jim this and he just doesnt get it, why wouldn't she do it? and whats holding her back? I was thinking of all the excuses why I am not doing what I love and there really are not any good ones besides the fact that it will be lots of time and studying.

But as I have been thinking and talking and praying about this with some important people in my life, I have decided to go back to school. :-) I am kind of excited about this new chapter which will probably begin in January.

And so without further ramblings, I am going to go to medical school and become a doctor!

First I have a get a bachelors degree which will most likely be 2 years of schooling then another 4 of med school. But I have wanted to do this for years now but have always talked myself out of it. I went to school to be a surgical tech because I wanted to see if I liked the medical field and I have found not only that I like it but I love it. I do not however love surgery and the needless surgeries that people get also dont think that I hate surgery because I don't, there is definitely a need for it in very many cases but not always. I want to be a doctor that cares for her patients and doesn't just go the easy way out, like a quick fix of drugs, that the pharmaceutical company pushes to get one to prescribe. I know that the body is downright incredible and has amazing healing capacities and I want to work with the human body that God created so infinitely. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and I want to learn more about this and how to better help his people and one day my patients to better do this.

So for now those are my rambling thoughts on my big decision of going back to school:-)

a quick post

I havent posted in forever! And I dont have much time right now either. But here goes anyway, I got up super duper late today 8:07am in fact and I should leave my house at 7:50! yikes! when that happens its never a good thing! But I made it to work at 9:07am and that means I wasnt even tardy!

Last week, we had a couple of really fun days!~ We went to Silver Lake and rode the sand dunes in dune buggys! It was way fun~! then Jared and I went to the zoo on Wednesday. Which was super fun and I actually got to feed the giraffes! Loved it! And of course we used our super cool groupon which got us lunch and a ride on the Z&OO railroad. I'll post pictures soon, promise!

well I am currently at work drinking a caramel latte because I didnt have to get an iced coffee. and I should probably do something prodcutive like give some breaks to other people who may actually be working, hehe!

Have a fabulous Wednesday everyone, enjoy the very fallish weather! :-D

hello blogging world!

Well hello again fellow readers!

It has been far to long since I have decided to update and so my apologies are in order. I really enjoy reading others blogs and then never update my own. So alas, here I am.

Lets see what is new with me?

Starting the beginning of July I have been trying my best to eat more healthy unprocessed foods and mostly gluten free. The number one question I get is why? Are you allergic to gluten? No I am not, but I was feeling very crappy and sooo tired so often that I decided to give it a try. Plus my mom was going to and needed an accountability partner. So here I am, a month into it and I do feel much better. Plus I've been eating lots of fresh fruit and some veggies. And because of this we stopped in at The People's Food Co-op, and it is now probably one of my most favorite places to get some delightfully good food. There are these little cheesecakes that are made with raw ingredients and oh my are they delicious! :-) If I had taken a picture of one I would be posting it right now.

We went to Cedar Point with Cerissa, and it was so much fun. Despite the extremely warm temperatures! It was crazy hot but all of 4 us ladies enjoyed ourselves.

well I have more to write but I suppose I have things that need to be done.