woo hoo!

Somewhere along the way I lost 5lbs! Pretty cool...it must be all the walking I have been doing :)

Random thoughts

Went to work today...even inside the cold hospital I found myself sweating. The temp while in Chico was anywhere from 101-109..quite a range of temps. Kev and I went to the mall to look for a t-shirt that I may just have to order online :(
Oh and Kevin is trying to convince me to buy a princess bounce house...umm okay.
I don't know if it's the heat or not but I have been so thirsty all day long I feel like I can't get enough to drink.
As 'someone' pointed out last night I really don't have an exciting life so there ya go..take it or leave it

Jr camp

Wow!! Awesome awesome! I was out of my comfort zone 90% of the time but enjoyed almost every moment of it. At first I thought that maybe I should be with younger girls because my 14 and 15yr old girls were staring quite hard at me when they first met me.Attitude and disinterest was what I felt when I first met all of them. Sis Dearte and I talked though and I decided to wait it out and see how it went. Once we started talking though we all got along great! I had 13 girls and 2 beds had 2 girls in it.Yeah it was quite crowded and very messy. Every morning I had to tell them 3x if not more to go and make sure the room was clean before they went to morning devotion. As much work as it was I so loved it!! Those girls are going to break my heart. I just love young people. I really do. One of my girls in particular just really touched my heart. I just felt such a gentle spirit from her and an honest wanting to be right and to be a great young lady. The last night I prayed with her and told her some things that had been on my heart. I am excited to see her next year.So here's a shout out to dear Charity!! Not to brag but really I was a great counselor. Some of the girls from Gridley and then Marysville wanted me to switch and be their counselor. It was great...
Working in the snack bar was a lot of fun.I was able to meet tons of kids. Thanks Michael for hanging with me in there. Sis Dearte and I had a great time working together in there...ummm brown recluses,imagining things, Kev and Clinton etc..It was hilarious
I had so many great moments that I can't even begin to put them all on here. God really did some things in my own life while at camp and I know others were changed also.
I left with new friends and some young people on my heart. I cannot wait until next year!!

Camp pics

Garrett and I working in the snack bar

12 of my girls and I...the 13th got homesick and went home

My nice clean area

Taylor and Courtney's area

Oh Lord...Nadine,Brittany and Charity's area

View from cabin deck

Taylor and Brittany sumo wrestling

Round 1 of sumo wrestling

No glass on=running into things

I normally wear my glasses from the time I get up until I lay my head down at night. Around 1:00pm today I didn't have my glasses on for one reason or another and bumped right into something. I turned my head and hit my nose right on the shower wall! I thought for sure it was going to start bleeding...I'm thinking that my ability to see how close things really are is diminishing quite rapidly.

I am about to hurt Frank. Well, not really but I want to. Today seems to be much worse than other days.He probably knows I'm leaving him for a few days.Anything he sees he picks it up and either licks it to death or he just eats it. I have found an apricot in his mouth, dryer sheets, socks, computer cords and my blanket fuzz today AND it's only noon. Who knows what's in store for the rest of the day??

Infusion or Fusion

I cannot remember the name of the sec 7 youth conference but it was one of the two above.ha! It was so awesome. Other than jr camp I have never seen young people so involved in worship.It was a great experience and it was just what I needed. Bro Todd Johnson did an awesome job. At the end of service I was kind of intimidated because I didn't know anyone and everyone was talking with each other. So instead of becoming a wall flower I said forget this and went and just sat down with a group from woodland. Yep I just sat down and said,I'm new here and I don't know anyone. For real...I did. The sad thing is that I do not remember any of their names :( A group of us went to In n Out afterwards.It was a lot of fun.HAha!! This girl was trying to recruit me to come to her church in Lincoln.In was really funny as Trent was listening to her and rolling his eyes. I do remember her name though..it was hard not to. She just scooped me in a hug and said she was glad to meet me. I thought the way home was going to be torture. I had only had a few hours of sleep the night before so I was thinking I would be very sleepy. I was quite the opposite. Josiah and I talked the ENTIRE drive home. I so enjoyed our conversation but felt bad for Kev who sat in the backseat and wasn't able to hear a word we were saying. That's life though I guess. That's okay..right Kev?!
I didn't take any pictures though. I am not sure I am comfortable enough to do that yet. Just wait my fellow blogging friends. Soon enough pictures will dominate my blog.

Oh Happy early Father's day to all those dads out there. Here's an extra special shout out for Bro Krantz. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!! to you.

Bunny, Frank, Frankenstein...

Shout out!

This is a shout out of GET WELL greetings for dear Sis K who is not feeling well today. Kev and I hope you feel better and we love you!!

I just got done reading Mountain of the Lion. It was so awesome!!!!!! The first few pages had me hooked and I immediately wanted to jump on a plane to Sierra Leone. Of course just looking at a map of Africa will do that... Kev is reading the book now and I am very excited to be able to talk about it with him. He is the only one around usually to listen to my daily rants about how I cannot wait until Africa becomes my home. Although reading this book got me just a little bit scared I am still wanting to go.

Work today went longer than expected. For some reason it took Rebecca and I longer to do our rounds. I was kind of bummed that we had to work a bit later because my stomach was hurting and I was starting to feel a bit ill. I quickly recovered after a nice cool shower and a bit of R&R.

Well Kev and I are off to Taco Bell for dinner.

So I figured something out tonight, well I already knew it but.... anyhow my Pastor is awesome,smart,safe and just plain rocks! Yes, I have told him he rocks. I so enjoy just sitting by him. Ahhh, I feel very safe in his presence(sp?).

On a side note, my dad came into town today. He called me and said he was in Chico...pretty spontaneous! It was nice to see him and Molly...I wonder if he reads my blog? I do not know if he even knows I have one.I'll have to check that out.

I felt better today but I think I really overdid it because I am pretty sore. Tomorrow we shall see how I do.

Morocco or Sudan??

quick post

Crazy how your whole outlook on life can change in one day huh? I'm loving it. I would like to devote more time on the subject but need to go lay back down.
Oh how do you like my blog makeover? I love it.It just makes me want to go to Africa even more. I cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A face only a mother(me) could love

Frank in a polka dot headband.

I am in the process of fixing up my blog. I'm sure over the next few days I'll finish it since I won't be doing much but laying around.
Kev and I went to Cornucopia tonight. I was restless from being in the house for the better part of the day.I should have just ordered my water because I wasn't hungry but NO, I can't ever do that.So,I ordered hash browns.They were good,probably would have been excellent if I would have had an appetite.
Oh, so I figured out tonight that I may have a slight tendency to blow things out of proportion. I don't look at both sides of the situation and I just get all worked up. Seriously, all day I could not even concentrate because I thought something was wrong. Goodness it was crazy nonsense! Who knows? Something may actually have been wrong but did I have to let it bother me so much? I doubt it. I have got to deal with that.I think I'll take that up with Pastor and get his advice. I am positive he'll have a great solution.

AAArrrgghhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, today was day 1 of work at Oro Hospital. Many people thought I was my sister which got incredibly annoying but other than that it went well. Lots and lots of walking/pushing/lifting and pullling. Whew! There were times when I was sweating and huffing and puffing. I know I am out of shape but man I didn't realize I was that bad. I was looking forward to relaxing at 'friends' day but since all of the 'friends' canceled I obviously didn't get to do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you can see I am still a little ruffled about it.
If I were a child I'd throw a tantrum. I guess adults blog hahaaaa or maybe children do that. Who knows?

I must have slept in some type of pretzel position because I ache all over. I could have even been sleep walking or exercising in my sleep without even knowing it. That would be kind of creepy...

I start work on Monday. Finally! I work Monday then I have Tues-Thurs off and then work again Fri-Sun. I'm pretty excited. The job seems easy enough, basically I'll be counting and stocking linens all day. The best part of it is that I get to see Amy all the time!!

Kev and I were kind of sad that tonight we had no plans and then I got a text,woo hoo! We have something to do now!

A communication system

Communication is a vital part of surviving in this world yet I seem to have a huge deficit when it comes to communicating. The reasons are unknown to me. I have even thought about seeing a medical doctor for this. I have it all in my brain yet it will not come out and if/when it does it is not even remotely how I intended it to be. I figure I will save me the time and embarrassment of having a dr look at me like I am some kind of neurotic freak and deal with it by figuring out why I am like this.
Some quotes that I like but they are not quite there if you know what I mean
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” -George Bernard Shaw

"When all other means of communication fail, try words."

“Communication is the real work of leadership” Nitin Nohria (leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal)

“Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he." Publilius Syrus

I am also working on the area of critical thinking. At times I just say/think stuff without looking at all sides of the issue.A problem? Yes!

I found this on a website but I really liked it:
Everyone thinks; it is our nature to do so. But much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed or down-right prejudiced. Yet the quality of our life and that of what we produce, make, or build depends precisely on the quality of our thought. Shoddy thinking is costly, both in money and in quality of life. Excellence in thought, however, must be systematically cultivated.

"The unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates

Linda Elder requoted socrates and then added some of her own thoughts. "The unexamined life is not worth living, because they realize that many unexamined lives together result in an uncritical, unjust, dangerous world."

So everyone do your part for society, examine your thoughts and actions, PLEASE!

Check this out

You can go read up on Sierra Leone.I highly recommend doing so. Here's a great site for information.
http://www.cia.gov/
Goodness, the list for places I want to visit just keeps getting longer and longer. I wonder if I should just include the whole continent of Africa on my list?

crazy how fast time goes by!

So, I am kind of bummed

I looked at the clock and it said 8:34pm so I changed into my pajamas. Well, about 30min later I looked again at the clock and it said 6:54....very weird. I began to wonder if I had traveled back into time when I realized that I had read the clock wrong!!! Man, I was going to call Jeremiah and tell him it really does happen!!! Disappointment.
On to a new note ,as it turns out next week I am going under the knife. People, it's okay, plastic surgery is very safe.