48% Of Marriages End in Divorce

I have good news and bad news. The bad news first... the love of my life is married. I went to go see him (Roger Creager - for those of you that are not my friends and don't know that) My brother gave me the best birthday/christmas present ever... Tickets to the Texans/KC Chiefs game. I know, I know the Texans are not that great this year, but Roger was playing prior to the game and we were basically one step away from being on stage with him. Everything was going well, we had met some nice people, no one had offered us rum or referred to me as my brothers "quote, unquote sister" and then it happened. Roger started talking about his "wife". I've never been so sad in all my life. Then at dinner my friend J.G. offered a great piece of encouragement "48% of marriages end in divorce"... so there is still hope. So here's to hoping!!

Beautiful Somehow

Artist: Joy Williams
Album: By Surprise
Track: Beautiful Somehow


Never been a fashion queen
I wear dresses, I wear jeans
I’ve even been known to wear my heart on my sleeve
I’m just your average kid next door
A plain, simple mystery
I’m a self-proclaimed Daddy’s girl
With my share of idiosyncrasies
But You love me for me

I’m just fine
I see a smile from Heaven
My Father is proud
I know that I am simply, fearfully and wonderfully
Made in You
You make it beautiful somehow

I’ve got old fashioned sensibilities
I believe chivalry still exists
And I can be a princess
Even when there ain’t no prince
So what if I’m right brained
I’ve got half a mind to disagree
I would rather write the book
Than go and read the movie
So even when I may not rhyme
You always give me reason…

Got my elbows on the table
My mind up in the clouds
I know I’m getting better
I can almost hear You laugh out loud
The more I trust in You
The more I find
What You create is no mistake
It’s purpose by design

The Match Game

I don't match today.... I thought I did when I left the house but by the time I got to work I realized that I definitely didn't match. Of course one of my coworkers pointed it out first thing when I walked in.... gotta love honest people. So now I've been sitting here all day knowing that I don't match and being incredibly uncomfortable.

Five tips for a woman....

1. It is important to find a man that helps you around the house and has a job.

2. It is important to find a man that makes you laugh.

3. It is important to find a man you can count on and doesn't lie to you.

4. It is important to find a man that loves you and spoils you.

5. It is most important that these four men don't know each other.

The "Incident"

This is my truck, or was my truck. I actually don't know if it is or was since the insurance hasn't gone through yet. So here's the update... on Thursday I was rushing home real quick to change clothes and head out to the Astros game with Marilee!!! We had awesome seats that my boss had given me since no one else was using them. Well as I turned left into my apartment complex I heard a horn honk and then my airbags deployed... I really have no idea what happened. So now I think that I will be purchasing a new car. The saddest part is that this is the truck that I had all the way through college. I had so many memories involving this truck... so I've decided to list my favorite memories.

1. The day that I got the truck
My mom was out of town because my nephew had just been born and my dad and I went and bought the truck while she was born. My mom still swears to this day that we waited until she went out of town and went behind her back to get it...

2. Rain Dance
This summer is frequented by memories of my vehicle.... moving in when I drove my truck in the grass between the apartment buildings and freaked some drunk guy out, so I could pull right up to the door. Then there was the first time I spilled something in my truck turning out of the rain dance apartments... those apartments were really creepy.

3. Lampasas
Ah the spring ho festival ... what more can I say besides... thanks Hub for cleaning my truck.

4. The comedy club
Nothing goes with Houston than having 5 hispanics stuffed in a little truck pulling up to a five star hotel....

So here's to my truck... all the moving, the nights out, and the drive thrus... I will miss you...

Now I know some of you have fav memories of the truck so c'mon... post em.

Single and Fabulous - Exclamation Point

I just wanted to write today to tell anyone who still reads my blog, that God is awesome!!

Last night we had our first devo of the summer for the singles' ministry... as many of you know I am helping to advance this ministry at our church. And as many of you know this is a ministry that needs a lot of help usually!! I have yet to understand why we go through middle school, high school and college using all of our time to praise God with other Christians and fellowship, and somehow after college that just stops. I don't know about you, but I want it back!! As Matthew West (a Christian Artist) says:

"Well, I wish I could say I always stayed right there And I did until my freshman year But the world was pulling me a long way from thirteen And you were calling but I didn't hear Still I knew there was something more So, one day my knees hit the dorm room floor I said, "If you're there, and if you really care, Come and talk to me like I was thirteen." "

Anyway, the devo was awesome and we're well on our way to creating a place for singles' to come and be a part of a family... God's family. So pray for us and praise God that He works in awesome ways. And take time today to rekindle that feeling ... the mountain top feeling of when you were young and you had just discovered how great being a Christian could be.

Fill in the Blanks

So I realized today that I haven’t updated my blog in 5 months!!! 5 MONTHS!! That’s a long time. Why hasn’t anyone complained…. Do people even still read my blog? Who knows? Well for those of you who are still reading this here’s what I have been up to.

1. My parents are taking all of us (the WHOLE family) to Disney World in a month. I’m kind of excited… I love Roller Coasters and we haven’t been on a family vacation since I was in third grade… so we’ll see how this goes.

2. I took another exam, and I think that I might have passed this one but we’ll have to wait until July to find out.

3. I am now in charge of the singles’ ministry at my church and consequently I have learned that I don’t like planning things for people my age… I also realized that I’m a much bigger dork than I thought I was.

4. The Astros are terrible this season. Let’s hope this isn’t an omen for the Texans’ season.

And that’s pretty much it…. Leave a comment with your exciting news, and I promise I will post again soon!!!

Secret Single Behavior

SSB

Last night I officially watched my first episode of Sex and the City. I know, I know, I'm a little behind the times. Anyway, Sarah Jessica Parker brought up SSB's. These are your Secret Single Behaviors. These are things that we do alone that we would never do in front of any guy, like Charlotte said that she liked to stare at her pores in a magnifying mirror for at least an hour every day, but now she couldn't because her husband would think that it was weird. (which he would). So I was thinking about my "Secret Single Behavior" and realized that I definitely have some. My biggest one would be that I like to lay in the middle of my floor and stare at the ceiling while listening to music, for at least 30 minutes when I get home from work, and I definitely don't want to talk at all. So I figured this would be a good chance for you guys to chime in on what your "Secret Single Behavior" is....

Long Day at Work

So I think that everyone is back at work today. The bus was packed, traffic was bad, and I'm back to my regular routine. Its so hard to get back on track after being off for basically two weeks. Also, I'm bored with my cubicle. (mostly I'm bored being in a cubicle) But the good news is that our head office sent us a memo about how to keep our work place clean and it included an article with Vern from Trading Spaces organizing someone's cubicle. The sad part is that I read the whole thing and thought it made some interesting points (how old am I??). Anyway, I have to get back to work, after all that's what this day is all about.