I love the show Jon and Kate plus eight. If you have not seen this show you need to Tivo it for sure! I was first introduced to the Gosselin family back when I lived in Clinton, NJ. They were on a one-hour special on TLC and I remember really admiring them. 1)They are Believers. 2)They trust(ed) in God and didn't practice reduction with the sextuplets. 3)They are transparent people and committed, organized, and loving parents. Seriously, they are a great family. To top it off they live in central PA - one of my favorite places in the world!! I was so excited to hear that that one-hour special was such a hit that they were going to turn it into a reality show. It now airs every Monday night. Can you imagine having twins and sextuplets? Yikes! They do such a great job with what God has given them... It just encourages me to do the best with what God has chosen to give me.:-)

It is so weird for me to experience Spring-like weather in Feb. Back on the EC I used to ache for some green and it wouldn't show until late April or even into May. Here wildflowers are blooming and the trees are too. It is very pretty and we are supposed to get into the 70's this week. While I enjoyed the snow, I was always ready for it to end after about 6 weeks or so of it. For those of you still freezing in your neck of the woods - my heart goes out to you and I will try to send some CA sunshine your way!

Cheer ended officially on Friday and I am so, so, so glad to be done. I have had cheer practice at least two nights every week since July. Combine that with Young Life one night a week, and then the games, and you get the idea. I was one busy girl! Now I plan on using my free evenings to exercise and enjoy my family and friends. This beautiful weather and having people to exercise with really makes me want to make an effort to get healthy!!

Work has been really, really slow. The slowest since I was hired, in fact. Booooring! And that's really abnormal because the life of a social worker is usually fairly full... Hopefully it will pick up again soon.

Hannah and I booked our trip to NYC. I invited Jasmin to go but she declined. Weird - but actually it is for the best as she would want to do the touristy stuff and we wouldn't. We are going over Memorial Day weekend. It will be back in that area exactly one year from the day I left. Crazy, huh? Needless to say I am super excited about the trip. I am using it as my motivation to drop some pounds too. We are planning on going to our fave Italian restaurant, lots of shows, spots we always wanted to visit but didn't (Magnolia Bakery for instance), and perhaps some museums. On May 26 I will be in PA for half a day and hope to see some of my PBU friends then as well, which will be nice. :-)

Two of my friends got engaged this last week and I found out that two other friends are pregnant - each with twins. I also was invited to be a bridesmaid which is always an honor. Five times a bridesmaid - someday the bride!!!

My prayer life has been very dry for a while and I am trying to work my way out of it. I am also open to any quiet time ideas. I need something new and fresh to help rejuvenate my walk. It is like Spring I guess. I am in a period of my life where I need to make some big decisions (when to move to the EC and a job and house there) and really need his strength (to stay on track to getting healthy) and need His patience (for my future which I hope involves changing my name to wife and mommy). I feel like I am in a waiting room of sorts and I hate that feeling of existing versus living. So, yeah, I'm sure God is up to something - he always is and it is always GOOD. I just get in His way some (OK a lot) of the time.

I was send this today - you might want to check it out. Scary yet good to know.

http://www.familywatchdog.us/

I got my tax refund. Yay! It was very hard as seeing it in my bank account made me want to spend it on all kinds of fun things (and to be honest I did put some aside for NYC) but instead I sent it off immediately to pay off a credit card. Easy come, easy go. But, that was the wisest financial decision and I am proud of myself. My goal is to be debt free by 30 (minus my car payment) and I should be able to reach that - unless I move again...lol Maybe the company will pay to move me? But those darn security deposits get me every time for housing. I wish I had thousands just sitting in my savings. OK, maybe I need to change it to 31.:-)