Sleepwalking...

You know, not many people know this, but I use to sleepwalk when I was a little girl. I grew out of it..but I couldn't help but get a kick out of this video. My chewy dreams alot but he's never gone to this extreme. lol

A Servant of All...

Comfort Zone...

Here's the Quote of the Day for all my friends missing their comfort zone.

"God stirs up our comfortable nests, and pushes us over the edge of them, and we are forced to use our wings to save ourselves from fatal falling. Read your trials in this light, and see if your wings are being developed." - Hannah Whitehall Smith (evangelist, reformer, & author)

Romans 8:37-38
"No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love."

Take heart my beloveds that our Father always has a plan for us and in the middle of a major storm, He sees the blue sky ahead.

For Adam...

Laughed my butt off... This show was just classic. BTW: I almost have the routine memorized. OBX PROM WATCH OUT!!

Easter Weekend...

I had another wonderful beautiful weekend here in DC. Saturday I decided just to chillax at home, then meet with some friend for fireworks down by the Harbor. It was so beautiful and it ended up being a huge group of us.
Rob, Meredith, and Yoder were in my car, even though at certain points through out the night I thought Yoder was going to get murdered, if not by Meredith then ME. lol Poor guy never got his fish dinner, but we ended the night at Chevy's in Pentagon City. I didn't get to bed until 12 which isn't that late, but when you're getting up for Easter Sunrise Service at the Lincoln Memorial at 4:30, it sucks. So, 5:30am on the dot..Ben, Jen, & Rob meet at my place and we head into the city. Now, I went to Arlington's Sunrise Service last year (freakin' froze my butt off), but the Lincoln was WAY BETTER!!

Not only did I have the funniest people in the world with me, but it was just beautiful. Then singing some of my favorite worship songs on the steps of my favorite memorial was overwhelming. Our country is so blessed..even during these hard times. So many of my friends are suffering through this economic downturn, but it all seems so small compared to what Christ did on the cross for us. He understands our suffering more then we could ever know. So...with all the stress our nation has been under, He decides to send it's capital a cloudless day to celebrate Him. Aren't we lucky? After our wonderful Easter service we went to IHOP. I love that place. BEST PANCAKES EVER!! Of course, Ben had us all rolling with laughter about pretty much anything and everything. That guy is blessed with a gift of uplifting others. I wouldn't of had such a wonderful Easter weekend without him or Rob for that matter. I have some pretty amazing men in my life. I have some amazing Godly women in my life too. I remember not long ago I was in a horrible emotional place and my wonderful roommate Garland fixed me breakfast, even though she knew I couldn't eat it. She wrote scripture down to remind me of God's promises for my life and sat beside me as I wept uncontrollably. True friends stay by you during those difficult times. They give you strength to take on the next challenge. I feel like I don't deserve them half the time. This community I'm a part of has gotten me through some pretty dark days. And when I felt like surrendering to the enemy, they fought for me. They lifted me up and refused to let me break. They are the true body of Christ and I'm so blessed to have celebrated His sacrifice with some of them this weekend. I love you all more then I could ever say...

Dwight, Gotta love him..

It's impossible not to love this show...lol

I DID IT!!!

So anyone who knows me, knows I've been training to run the Cherry Blossom 10 miles race since December. Five months ago I decided to challenge myself like I never have before. I made the decision to run 10 miles, when at that point I never ran a mile. You see both of my roommates are huge runners. They are obsessed with it. I felt like I was missing out on something truly amazing, which is why I decided to run.
Training officially started January 2nd 2009. I had a program I stuck to, so I could run 10 miles in April. Sadly, I had a few set backs. The first was getting sick late February. It was awful...I couldn't run or anything. I totally got behind on my training because of it. Two...when I started training outside my legs started getting really bad shin splints. THEY SUCK...so the icing and the pill popping began. So, to say I was nervous is a VERY BIG understatement. I thought about flaking out...but I knew my sister & friend/trainer KC would kill me. I would be disappointing myself as well.
So...the day comes for the Cherry Blossom race. I'm feeling good. The night before I iced my shins, so I'm thinking I'm prepared. Of course I feel like I'm about to vomit, but luckily I'm too anxious to eat, so I'm safe. ;-) I started running with my sister and at first I thought I'm good, my shins feel fine. Then the pain hits..it wasn't good. I kept thinking how the heck am I going to run 10 miles with my legs feeling like they're on fire. My eyes were watering not only from the pain but from disappointing my sister and myself. I told my sis to keep going and I'd be right behind, but that I couldn't keep her pace with my legs. So, I started pushing through the pain...limping/running. Have you ever seen the movie Run Fatboy Fun? Well, if you have that was me. Running as much as I could..telling myself not to give up.
When I got to the 5 mile mark I was literally at a crossroad. Do I give up or do I keep going in danger of getting picked up by the short bus? With every mile I saw my time going up and I REALLY did not want to get picked up by the short bus. Now...the short bus picked up anybody going over a 14 minute mile. I felt like I had the devil and an angel on my shoulders, but I couldn't tell who was who. Was it the devil telling me I couldn't do it? OR..was it the angel telling me God gives your body pain signs for a reason you idiot. lol Anywho..I decided to get mad and SCREW the pain in my legs and the all hovering short bus and TRY. Because I'll never forgive myself for quiting, even if it's a legitimate reason.
So, I set a steady pace and stayed with it. I even made friends with a few fellow struggling runners. :-) A cute little Asian woman was really sweet, a inspiring big boy with his hip hop music, and my running partner for the last 2 miles Christin. Christin was a lifesaver because right before I ran into her... I was praying for the short bus to come. I was thinking if the bus comes for me I'm not going to cry, I'm going to laugh and give the bus driver the BIGGEST HUG and thank him for picking me up from my nightmare. :-) THANK YOU..THANK YOU SHORT BUS DRIVER YOU'RE MY HERO. That was my speech I was going to give him. lol BTW: The short bus never came for me because I MADE IT! I ran 10 miles with horrible shin splints and all. I ran across the finish line and my wonderful beautiful trainer KC and sister were waiting for me YELLING my name!! :-) I DID IT!!

I'm so proud of myself. Even if I'm sitting here on my couch icing my shins and still popping pills as I write this. ;-) At least I didn't quit and had alot of fun pushing myself over the last 4 months. I'll keep running, but my sister still hasn't talked me into running it again next year. lol