How Does She Know?

I recently purchased a copy of the Enchanted soundtrack and one of my favorite songs is That's How You Know. It is a sweet song about all of the things guys can do for the girl they love to let them know of their affections. I think the music in this song is so catchy and I regularly find myself wanting to dance when I listen to it. I love it when music catches my attention like that!! Some of the things mentioned in the song may seem cliched but almost any woman would find those things sweet and special. Face it, we are suckers for sweet signs of affection!! The female character singing this song is a princess caught in our world wondering why there isn't any old-fashioned romance anymore so instead of the song just being sappy, it makes a point. Sometimes it can feel like the world we live in looks down on simple shows of affection and we feel like we have to hide it instead of let ourselves accept the sappy romantic things. For those moments when we should feel like a princess, we hide our affection because it is considered sappy instead of romantic. I think that is sad, but I must admit I do that at times without thinking about it.

Women should occasionally feel like a princess, I think it is great for our self-esteem and for me, makes me feel loved! The hard part about that is getting past how the world looks at us; like we should hide our emotions because it isn't professional. In this story (Enchanted) the heroine is one who will burst out in song just because she feels like it. Now, I am aware that bursting out in song would probably not go over very with the people around us and most would probably assume that we have gone crazy if we did. I'm not suggesting that we should act like Disney Princesses and sing and dance to tell of our emotions but I do think that being open to our emotions is good for us and is something we should do! I know this entry is totally random but I thought I would just state some random thoughts! Thanks for reading!

Where your heart is...

Home is where the heart is. I have heard that many times over the course of my life and sometimes it makes me wonder, where is my home? If this statement is true then my heart needs to be in the right place every minute of every day or I will be living in the wrong home. My heart, metaphorically of course, not my blood pumping muscle, seems very finicky. How do you control something that seems to change every day? I want my heart to be in the right place but sometimes I don't know how or even where that place is. I guess this is a big question for me right now, where is my heart? And subsequently, where is my home? I hope and pray that God will help me find it someday soon! That's all for now.

Thanks for reading!

Drama, dance, and discoveries.

So recently I have been working with an awesome group of young people on a drama set to music for our church. It has been great! The students have been wonderful to work with and so creative! I'm glad to have been given this opportunity and I hope we can bless a lot of people at church this Sunday!

On the Air Force situation, Nick has completed his flight physical and we are now waiting for it to be approved and for him to receive a OTS class date. I'm happy that the stress of the physical is over but I think I was more nervous than Nick most of the time! :)

School continues to go fairly well, I have discovered that I don't always have to procrastinate on my homework! That doesn't mean I don't but it does mean that I haven't missed an assignment yet and that I am keeping up with all of my work! No big projects are in the works yet so I need to keep up the non-procrastination till then!

Have a wonderful week and don't forget to tell the people around you how much you love them!

Thanks for reading!

Dog-gone Humans!

So, I was at work today and the sweetest little yorkie was there for a bath and stuff. As I watched her I realized that she was constantly running around in a circle, it was adorable but unusual. We were all giggling as we watched her and one of the groomers at the shop told me that this little dog actually lived in a kennel that size. She really didn't have a lot of room where she was so I was incredulous that someone would actually have a dog live in that size of kennel! As we talked, the groomer actually told me that the dog belonged to a breeder and lived in a kennel that size with a male and whatever puppies she had at a time. In my opinion, there should be laws against allowing an animal to have that miserable of a life! How would any of us like to live in a situation like that? I know I wouldn't. I wish I could take that little girl and give her a good home but I doubt the breeder would give her up very easily.




On a very different note, Nick has his flight physical scheduled for this next week, please keep him in your prayers. I know that he wants this position more than anything and it would be so hard if a health issue kept that from happening. As I wait and watch for OTS to come closer I am getting a little nervous. I know that I have a while before that happens and part of me doesn't even want to think about it! I guess I haven't let myself really dwell on it because I don't know how I would handle it. I know that I need to prepare myself and I will, just not right now. :)

Anyway, I suppose that is all for now, I've had a lot on my mind lately with the Air Force looming, homework coming, and moral issues that stay with me. I like to have a way to get things off of my mind and be able to write them down. Thanks for reading! God bless!!

Resolutions?

So, everyone thinks about different things they want to accomplish during the year right about now. I know, I'm late on the whole New Year's Resolution thing, but I don't like to make promises that I can't keep. On that note, making resolutions is a lot harder, do I say that I will exercise more? What if I get too lazy and break that? Do I say that I won't procrastinate on my homework and turn everything in on time? Oops, I've already messed that one up! So what kind of resolution can I make and know that I will accomplish? I could simply put "try" in front of those earlier ones, I will try to exercise more or try not to procrastinate. That makes me sound wishy washy. Well at any rate I know why I haven't made any resolutions.

I want to be a better wife, better student, better friend, and better Christian, that's a whole lot of work! I know that with Christ I can do all of that and more but how do I keep myself focused on that when I have so much happening and taking away my attention from the things that really matter? Well, if I figure anything out I will write again but for now I just wanted to write my questions out and send them into the quiet that is my blog...

Thanks for reading, I'll try to write again soon!

Updates and travels

So I know I haven't written in a long time. It's been a wonderful break so far! Nick and I spent over a week with my parents for Christmas and got to have both of my brothers and their families there!! It was great! Jeremy and Kathy found out they are having a boy so that gives us one more thing to look forward to in the spring! Josh and Laura are still enjoying their jobs teaching in Albuquerque, I'm glad they have found a niche!

We finally have an update on the long awaited Air Force situation. The next step, Nick's flight physical, has been scheduled! We are really excited about that because it makes it seem all that more real. He will be getting that taken care of right after we get home from our next trip.

Speaking of our next trip, we are planning on leaving today to go to Lockhart to spend a couple f nights with Nick's dad and then go to Boerne to see his grandparents! That is, if we don't get snowed in. Well, that's all for now!


Thanks for reading! (oh yeah, I colored my hair)

Dance, oh how I miss it.

So I've been thinking a lot lately about my old passion. If any of ya'll don't know, I have been a dancer for most of my life and since I've gotten to college I've not had many opportunities to pursue dance.

In my speech class we had a "show and tell" day where we could bring something into class and tell everyone about it. I took my old dance bag. While I loved sharing about everything in the bag and some of the stories that went along with it, going through it made me really miss dancing. I know that God has placed me where I am for a reason but I feel like a part of me is missing. I'm at least going to start doing a dance workout and see if that helps my sadness a little bit.

I was recently helping out at a local dance studio here in Plainview but sadly the owner had to close because of a lack of clientele. There is a new studio in town but I'm not sure if I can commit in the way I'm sure they would want. My schedule is pretty crazy right now.

No updates on Nick's OTS date. He should be getting his flight physical taken care of sometime but until that is taken care of then we won't know a date for his class.

In other ways I've been super blessed lately because Nick and I have plugged into our new church and we are loving it! We are getting to help the worship team on Sunday mornings and that has been very enjoyable. I'm hoping that I might be able to get some interest in a church dance team but I'm going to just have to wait and see.

That's all for now, thanks for reading!