Weekend

Where to begin???

Thursday night Justin came to see me! : ) I was so excited. I had my final on Friday morning but I had gone to my review and pretty much finished studying by the time he had gotten there. I was so excited. I called him and he told me he was driving and i got all excited and asked him where he was going and he said the gym. my heart sank. I just said oh...okay. He said no...im coming there! I was so excited. I studied really hard for the next three hours so I could be done by the time he got there.

Friday morning I got up and went to class to take my final. FINISHED!!! It was such a great feeling. I still ended up with a C but it WAS Stat and I guess I am okay with that. After my final I came home and me and Justin went and ate lunch at Freebirds then he went back to the house and I took Pip to the vet (he refused to go with me hmph) He got two more shots and some ear medicine and is on his way to adulthood. : ) He was 3.9 pounds now he is 5.0. he is a growing boy. Hopefully he will stop soon. After I got back from the vet I packed and we headed to Magnolia for JJ's (Justins corp buddy) rehearsal dinner. We got there and they rehearsed. The church was beautiful. The dinner was at the community center and we had bbq and brownies. It was yummy! We drove to the lake and spend the night there.

Saturday morning Justin did not feel well (nor did he look well) so we took it easy. His parents got there and we went and ate at McKenzies. Afterwards, Justin had to go to the wedding early to take pictures- while we stayed back and left later. Their wedding was big and very pretty. The corp definetly marries you and buries you. A lot of JJ's corp buddies came and they all sang their BQ song and we sang the aggie war hymn of course.

Sunday we came back to College Station and Justin was on his way home back to grapevine to work : ( and I was all alone once again- so I called mom and she said why dont you just come on home. So thats what I did. I was already packed and ready so I just moved all my luggage and came home.

I was going to go back home today but the Lord works in mysterious ways. I didnt go because I was just sitting around and didnt feel like driving. So I just decided I would get up and go in the morning since my class didnt start until 10am. I am sitting here watching the 10 oclock news and there was a large accident on 2854 and 105 and that is right where I would have been. There were a number of cars involved, an 18 wheeler, and a number of injuries including a cop. The Lord has his angels watching over me for sure.

Boredom

Tomorrow is my stat final. I have studied but I just dont know what to study. Half of it is straight from the old tests and the other half is the old test with new numbers. So I cant just memorize the answers. : (

Anyways, Ive done laundry, cleaned the kitchen and my bathroom. I just will do anything not to study. One more day and Ill be done for 3 days until Summer Session II starts on Tuesday.

Apologies

I just wanted to express my apologies to everyone. My Project 365 has been rather lame lately. I am sorry. I know every picture is a picture of Pip unless it is the weekend- but that is basically my life. : )

Today I took my last Stat test. The final is on Friday. Hopefully I will be able to do well on it. I am bored but know I will look back in a few months and wish I could lay around all day and read a book for fun : )

New Blog

I now have three blogs. Two of which I plan to update frequently.

www.LaurenMartha.blogspot.com - which is the one you all know and love : )

www.lmhardy.blogspot.com- my children literature blog (dont update that one)

www.laurensquotes.blogspot.com - I LOVE QUOTES- therefore created a blog to write down some of my favorites, daily, weekly, monthly- just when I hear a good quote.

I love my dog. (& Vera Bradley)

So I was away from him all weekend and was worried he wouldnt follow me around like he had before. I know this was silly. I was only really away from him one full day but it felt like a long time. Anyways, so last night we did a test. Ty held Pip in the middle and let him go as me and lauren both said PIP come here! and of course, he came galloping away into my arms. It made my day. : )

The cuteness does not end there. I have been making him sleep in his travel kennel because his other kennel is too large right now so he pee's in it so I am trying to train him you dont pee in your home. Anyways, he sleeps in his little kennel so I have to take him out to potty at around 730ish. He always goes like a good boy so then I just get back in bed and let him play in my room. Well this morning I had been back in bed for maybe about 20 minutes when I feel something in my armpit. I awoke startled only to find Pip sound asleep in my armpit. He had figured out how to jump onto the ottoman at the bottom of my bed, and from there jump onto the bed. It was soo cute. Normally he is not allowed on the bed but he was just too cute to move. : ) So he layed there and slept until 915! I was very proud of my little puppy. It made my day. I felt like he was scared I was going to leave him again and had to be close to me whatever it took.

At 5 I go to one of my last stat reviews (one more after tonight) and hopefully will understand and be able to ace this last stat test on Wednesday. My final is on Friday!! YIPPIE! I am glad I am going to have a fun weekend because second session starts on Tuesday! UH!

I ordered some Vera Bradley today which I am very excited about. The color I love (Capri Blue) is retiring so everything is on sale! This may sound gay but I have been eyeing the lunch box for quite some time now. And the wallet- Carla has it in a different color and I loved it so I ordered one for me too oh yeah and the backpack : )

I tired to make some more of those yummy chocolate pretzels but I am dumb and put the oven on 350 (instead of 300) and the chocolate didnt melt! HMPH- Im gonna try again after they cool off. They just bubbled up. I am so mad at myself. Guess I should go study before tonights review.

"UHhhhahaha, UHHHahahaha"

This weekend was lots of fun. Me, Carla & Kason all went to visit Justin at his apt in Grapevine. It was really fun. The four of us always have such a good time. Saturday morning Kason & Carla left to go face Carla's fear of roller coasters while me and Justin stayed behind. : ) I'm not ready to face my fear yet, or maybe ever and I am okay with that. Regardless of what they may say about me, I am okay with being scared of heights and roller coasters. Saturday me and Justin ran some errands then we watched TV. He told me my picture of the day should be his TV since that was all we did but I preferred a picture of us : ) Once Carla and Kason got home we went and ate at Uncle Julios for dinner. It was pretty outside and so we sat on the patio and had a good Mexican meal : ) After dinner we went home and watched Semi-Pro, I fell asleep rather quickly into it though- I don't think I missed much.

This week is my last week of summer session one and I am so happy!! One more week of Stat and I am finished. Its crazy! I feel like I just started, but boy am I thankful to be almost done. Hopefully this week will go by fast.

This is where Pip loves to ride in the car. Right behind your neck, I know I know, dangerous- but he is just so darn cute. I had to leave him with Lauren this weekend (you know because Justin pretends to hate him) so I missed him and feel like he is already bigger just in the two days I was gone.

My Oh So Exciting Life

Mom came in to see me yesterday and we had alot of fun. We went grocery shopping which is always great when mom foots the bill. : ) Then I went to another 3 hour long Stat review while Mom started cooking. Chicken Spagetti!! YUMMY! She also cut up celery, onions and green peppers for me to freeze. She says that I need to start being domestic when Justin comes to see me. : ) She asked me if I make him breakfast when he stays with me and I told her he is lucky if he even gets breakfast...hehe.

Today I had my third stat test. It was awful. I stopped being confident when leaving these tests because I always get excited just for my dreams of sucess to be shot. Anyways, had my stat test and came home and mom had moved all the furniture in the living room to clean the wood floor (which needed it badly) and we decided to leave the furniture moved. I really like it. It seems much more open and Lauren said it seems more inviting. I like it. I also made some really good deserts (stole the idea from Shauna)

After mom left I did some laundry, mowed the back yard, took Pip for a walk, vacuumed, loaded and ran the dishwasher, showered, made dinner, and lastly went and got me a snowcone for all my hard work.

I am looking forward to second session summer school. And am very thankful I took Stat first session because now my reading class and early childhood class are going to be so much fun instead of stat class every day! And I was looking at my reading class and we dont meet everyday. YIPPIE!!!

Aggie Ring

Today I ordered my aggie ring. I am thrilled. I went with Lauren who didnt seem near as excited as I am but I am sooooo excited!! As I was leaving we noticed someone on the wall.....
Justin really has left a legacy at A&M...even in the ring office.

I got quite a kick out of these pictures. He looks so young. Oh how cute he was in uniform : )

Pip Meets the Family, Eagle Spring BBQ, Family Complete

This weekend I went home and everyone met Pip. He was quite a hit. Mom was sad at the beginning because he would just follow me around when mom would get on the floor to play with him. But as the weekend went on he was liked and he liked them. It was fun. Here are some pictures. Roy may not like dogs of his own, but he liked to play with Pip.Yes that is a twizzler in both of their mouths. They were playing tug-of-war. Saturday afternoon Dad was in charge of judging the first annual Eagle Springs BBQ. Me, Jessica, and Roy went with Dad (mom babysat pip) to go watch judging. We ended up being extra judges. It was AMAZING! I had the best ribs I have ever had in my life. We had to judge 6 teams on ribs, chicken, brisket, and dessert. OMG- I was stuffed. 6 of each of those- Dad said I was the biggest pig there. Justin said it didnt suprise him, he knows how much I love food. : ) Overall, it was fun. Here are some pictures of us presenting the prizes. At the end of the weekend, Mom sat back in the chair and said she loved the whole family being together. It was fun. We were finally all together yet there is no picture of the 5 of us. Just some random photos which I will add.

Like Father, Like Daughter

Sunday afternoon called for a nap. Apparently me and dad were thinking the same thing.

Demolation on Sorority Row

As most of you know I live right by sorority row. I can walk out my front door and see the ZTA house. Well, I could until this morning. Mid-Semester they had to move out of their house due to mold. This morning, very early this morning the ZTA house was torn down. All that is left is debris. I took some pictures and found a picture of the house before.

The first picture is from their website. It is the front of their house. The second is the view from my house as of this morning. It isnt excatly going to be quiet around here for quite some time.

Im in a bad mood today. School sucks. I hate math but stat just is no fun and its getting harder every day. I thought my trip to Disney would get me through the summer but I am already in need of a vacation. Every week by Friday I am so thankful for the weekend, even though it is normally full of trying to understand stat! I am just ready for this class to be over. At least I am half way done.

Colored Pencils

I was playing with my photos and I love this picture. It has become my computer background and I just love it.

My Concerns

So, I spent my weekend either with you or have already discussed with you the events. I am tired but I feel like writing. Everyone already knows what I did all weekend so I was hoping I would feel creative and be able to write someting new and different. But my creative juices seem to be failing me tonight.

What is on my mind is Justin. I worry so much about him. I know he loves his job and he has got to get his stuff done but it worries me that he has to spend so many nights (ALL night) at the office. He is such a hard worker and feels that he needs to make up for everyone elses slack but it just worries me that he is going to one. get burnt out or two. his blood pressure isnt the best and I worry he doesnt take care of himself. He gets onto us all for getting onto him but secretly he knows its because we worry. I just wish he would be happy and not get bogged down by work. I know I am in school and dont understand "the real world" but I dont know anyone else that has to spend all night at the office and it concerns me in the fact that they take advantage of him. I know everyone who reads this already knows how I feel about this and I am just blabbering on but he drove back tonight and went straight to the office only to tell me he would be there again all night. Its not healthy and there are plenty of jobs that do not require you to stay there all night. Sorry I know I am just venting. The thing is though that I'm not being selfish because its not like I am in Dallas and his work is keeping us from being together, no its that it stresses him out, wears him out and worries me.

This is the Justin who is happy and laid back and not overly tired from working all night, 4 nights a week.

When he laughs, I want to laugh.

When he stresses, I want to make it better.

When he is tired, I want enough energy for the both of us.

When he laughs, I want to laugh.

More than a story

So, I have nothing to do and I was contemplating on my day and how most of my blogs are filled with nothingness of what I do each day so I was thinking what did I do today that made a difference or made me think and I thought about the song I was listening to on the way to class.
It is a song by Avalon called "Everything to Me." Growing up, me and Elissa (my cousin) always said we were going to sing it in church one day. So hearing it on the radio brought back many memories and then I started thinking about today and what that song means to me.
Here are the lyrics:

I grew up in Sunday school
I memorized the Golden rule
And how Jesus came to set the sinner free
I know the story inside out
I can tell you all about
The path that led Him up to Calvary
But ask me why He loves me
And I don't know what to say
But I'll never be the same
Because he changed my life when He became...

Everything to me
He's more than a story,
more than words on a page of history
He's the air that I breath
The water I thirst for
And the ground beneath my feet
He's everything, everything to me

We're living in uncertain times
And more and more I find that I'm aware
Of just how fragile life can be
I want to tell the world I found A love that turned my life around
They need to know that they can taste and see
Now everyday I'm praying
Just to give my heart away
I want live for Jesus
So that someone else might see that he is...

Everything to me
He's more than a story
more than words on a page of history
He's the air that I breath
The water I thirst for and the ground beneath my feet
He's everything

And looking back over my life at the end
I'll go to meet you saying you've been everything to me

You're more than a story
More than words on a page of history
You're everything to me
You're more than a story
More than words on a page of history
You're the air that I breath
The water I thirst for
And the ground beneath my feet
You're everything to me
Lord, you're everything to me.

It is so true. Recently, two teenage girls from my home town were killed in a tragic car accident. She hit a curb and the car flipped killing the driver and passenger while the back seat passenger was able to walk away without a broken bone. Life is so fragile. We are not promised tomorrow or the next minute. We spend so much of our time memorizing the golden rule and smiling as we walk into church every Sunday but it goes so much deeper than that. When we will put down our mask's and be real with each other. The people who are the closest to us are the ones we hide from. The Lord's love is so much more than a story or words on a page but it is everything we are. It is the reason the breeze blows, the birds chirp and we are blessed with each breath we breathe. I am so thankful for such a forgiving and loving father who will never leave me or forsake me and is EVERYTHING to me. I thank KSBJ for reminding me of that this morning. The lord is good and I pray that each of us will be able to be daily reminded of the presents he gives us daily.
youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=eFOQHT3mn5Q

update on heat

-the air conditioner man came this afternoon and said that the inside air conditioner was mal-functioning- the outside AC unit fan is still moving and working correctly- yet the inside unit isn't working- so he fixed it temporally until tomorrow morning- when we will come back and fix it for good. : ) So problem solved-

Today we did something very summery- Me, Block, Clegg, Ty, Matt and Shiloh and Pip all walked to Shivers. We all got snowcones and sat outside. Shiloh wasn't too keen on the snowcones but Pip LOVED them. He loved the red-raspberry/lemonade one! Then we walked back. It felt very summery for us to do. I feel like I have been stuck inside the house or at school so it was fun to get out and do something fun. Tonight we are splurging and getting PIZZA! I'm pretty excited. : )

If I bore you to death, you dont have to read my blog. Im basically bored to death therefore I get to blog alot. : )

Heat

So I woke up early this morning to find myself sweating under no covers. I got up and checked the thermastat and it said it was on 70, but really it is 85!!!! Im assuming my air conditioner is broken. : ( I am burning up and have an awful headache that I am blaming on the heat. Dad gave me a few options to try and fix it so im gonna do those then call our landlord. Today did not start out too wonderful. HMPH!

The Life

Must be nice.

Crying

So...I need to vent.

Today I had my first Stat test. I felt fairly confident and decided to put the kids (Max & Pip) in their beds for the night and try to get a good nights sleep then get up and have a nice breakfast ( I had already cut the fruit for my cereal and everything). Apparently Max and Pip had other plans. Max has been spending the night with Megan every night and therefore this was his first night in his kennel in quite some time. and Pip (since mAx was in his kennel) I put him in the bathroom with his bed. Little did I know, these puppies were not ready for bed. I had to listen to them crying for at least forty-five mintues. One would whine, then the other, then a moment of silence only to be followed by a howl. Finally I got to sleep only to be awoken at 1, then 4, then 6 and I finally took them out to the bathroom at 7:30. I was soo tired though i went back to sleep. i got out of bed at 9:25 and left for class at 9:40. Needless to say, I didnt get my balanced breakfast i was planning on. Anyways, I went and took my test and I think it went semi-well. I mean I think I did good but at the same time there are only 20 questions so if i mess up at all, there goes my grade. We will see though. I am now going to take a nap because the puppies are and this way I will be able to sleep too! : )

Sorry- just needed to vent.

I'm Back

Hello All-
I feel like I haven't written in forever yet in all reality it was just two days ago. I'm lame, I know. Tomorrow is my first Stat test and I am a little nervous. I plan on spending the day reviewing but I feel like I know the stuff pretty well. The review is tonight and apparently it really helps to go to them. I have been keeping up with my classroom management class online and today my other math class starts online. So I should be fairly busy, yet I manage to find myself playing with Pip and Max and writing on this blog. Max and Pip are playing next to me right now and its quite entertaining. Max cant decide whether or not to play with Pip or run away. I think they are playing- I hope this isn't fighting I'm watching take place.

This weekend was fun. Kason had a few of his buddies over to celebrate his friend turning 20 and that was fun. Carla and I kept ourselves entertained while the boys did boy things. I was so thankful Carla was here. Block and Clegg are both studying constantly for the DAT so the only interaction I get is about biology or chemistry or barking/whining from the puppies. It was nice to have Carla with me. I just love her so much and am so thankful for her. Sunday, I went over to Kason's house- it is really nice. It is in a very nice part of college station and the house is beautiful. (as is the backyard- minus the dead birds) They grilled burgers for us and it was good to have a good American meal : )

Mom is coming up some time this week to play with me. I am excited to show her my room now that it is moved around and plus she hasn't met Pip yet so she is excited to meet him. We are also going to finally take Pip to get his shots. She has been in Virginia for two weeks visiting family I haven't seen in two years. : ( We are planning on going back in August when I am done with summer school, before fall semester starts. I miss them so much. They have always been a staple in my summer vacation and I haven't been able to go in two years due to summer school and rush. I decided that my family is more important to me than Rush so I am missing Rush so I can go spend time with my family.

Guess I'll go make me some lunch and get down to some stat homework, math homework and classroom management homework! oh how fun summer school is! Love you all!

Here are some cute pictures of Pip: He likes to lay like he is a human. He lets you hold him like a little baby. He also likes to sleep on his back as pictured:

I got him this shirt at the dollar spot at Target- it says: Chases Tail- he really does chase his tail that's why I had to purchase it. His tail is so long though it normally ends up in his mouth completely.