Well, as soon as I went back to subbing and interning, my time for blogging decreased immensely. Kirk and I have been doing well on the fast thus far - and only 4 more days to go (after today)!
I did not have temptation to eat to many things not on the fast - that is until I was surrounded with chocolate, cookies, and other things filled with sugar. When I was subbing and interning this week all those things were everywhere in the schools! Usually, I just eat things like that whenever I want, and so I had to remind myself several times that I cannot have that food. It taught me to be thankful for the food that I can eat.
We have discovered some seriously really delicious food that we plan to continue to make even after the fast - just we might add some cheese! ;)
We have experienced some wonderful and rich conversations throughout the past week that we have really missed for the past several months, maybe even a year or so. That has been the biggest blessing thus far during the fast.
I don't know if I have had spiritual revelations or anything throughout the fast - but there are times when I feel so excited and I have no idea why. My thought is that I am just excited for what God is going to do in 2012. I know He has wonderful plans for us, and I feel that He will bless us for being obedient and seeking Him. Our thought is that the beginning of every new year we will do the Daniel fast - to give our first fruits to the Lord every year, to give the year to Him and seek Him! Plus - what better time to do this fast than in January - tons of delicious fruits are in season!! :)
We are looking forward to the next 4 days to finish strong.... we are also looking forward to having coffee in the morning, dairy products, and sugar!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Day 1 Down!
Well Day 1 on the Daniel Fast was not so bad!
Probably helped that we were home all day and football was on.... and we were still able to eat Chipotle (brown rice, black beans, tomato salsa, lettuce, and guacamole) and it actually tasted pretty amazing still!
We are realizing that breakfasts are the most challenging since we have dairy of some sort every morning. Last night after making a delicious stir-fry for dinner I set out to make muffins for the next 2 mornings. These are not your typical muffins but they were pretty tasty with pineapple and orange peel in them!
This morning I have been working on making homemade crackers... much more difficult than it seems. Our poor food processor has almost had it with me after making 2 batches of crackers and hummus... yikes!
Yesterday I had a headache for most of the day, which is to be expected but I am not sure if it's from the detox process or if it's from the cold that I am still recovering from.
Today I feel very tired, but eating fruit seems to give me bursts of energy! My concern now is that I will be making food constantly at night and not have time for the Lord... which is the point of this 10 day fast. Hopefully I can get making all this food down pat and it will go more smoothly!
Probably helped that we were home all day and football was on.... and we were still able to eat Chipotle (brown rice, black beans, tomato salsa, lettuce, and guacamole) and it actually tasted pretty amazing still!
We are realizing that breakfasts are the most challenging since we have dairy of some sort every morning. Last night after making a delicious stir-fry for dinner I set out to make muffins for the next 2 mornings. These are not your typical muffins but they were pretty tasty with pineapple and orange peel in them!
This morning I have been working on making homemade crackers... much more difficult than it seems. Our poor food processor has almost had it with me after making 2 batches of crackers and hummus... yikes!
Yesterday I had a headache for most of the day, which is to be expected but I am not sure if it's from the detox process or if it's from the cold that I am still recovering from.
Today I feel very tired, but eating fruit seems to give me bursts of energy! My concern now is that I will be making food constantly at night and not have time for the Lord... which is the point of this 10 day fast. Hopefully I can get making all this food down pat and it will go more smoothly!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Update time!
Wow! I guess time got away from me in the past 9 months! Yikes!
Well, I have since quit my job at Heritage and now I substitute teach the days I am not interning at OOHS. Life is busy, so I guess that's why I don't blog much. Plus, it seems like life stays the same and our lives are not to adventurous... so maybe I should change the name of our blog. Plus we really aren't newlyweds anymore, we've been married almost 3 years now! How did that happen!
Anyways, I wanted to resurrected this blog as Kirk and I embark on a different kind of adventure.
Starting January 2 - 12 we will be participating in the Daniel Fast. The basis of the fast comes from Daniel chapters 1 and 10 where he ate only fruits and vegetables and only water to drink. I have been reading through the book and Daniel to prepare myself for these coming 10 days and have been amazed at all that God did through Daniel when he limited his food intake. So basically, we will eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts. I want to blog about our 1o days and let you all be a part of what we learn through this fast. We are excited to have a cleansing experience for our bodies, while also hearing from the Lord on several things and begin to rely on Him to sustain us through these 10 days.
That's all for now... stay tuned for more in 2012!!
Well, I have since quit my job at Heritage and now I substitute teach the days I am not interning at OOHS. Life is busy, so I guess that's why I don't blog much. Plus, it seems like life stays the same and our lives are not to adventurous... so maybe I should change the name of our blog. Plus we really aren't newlyweds anymore, we've been married almost 3 years now! How did that happen!
Anyways, I wanted to resurrected this blog as Kirk and I embark on a different kind of adventure.
Starting January 2 - 12 we will be participating in the Daniel Fast. The basis of the fast comes from Daniel chapters 1 and 10 where he ate only fruits and vegetables and only water to drink. I have been reading through the book and Daniel to prepare myself for these coming 10 days and have been amazed at all that God did through Daniel when he limited his food intake. So basically, we will eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts. I want to blog about our 1o days and let you all be a part of what we learn through this fast. We are excited to have a cleansing experience for our bodies, while also hearing from the Lord on several things and begin to rely on Him to sustain us through these 10 days.
That's all for now... stay tuned for more in 2012!!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Golden Eggs
For a leadership class this semester we are reading the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. At first I was not sure how I felt about this book, other than that I loved that I could get a textbook for $7 dollars at Half Price Bookstore (a HUGE weakness of mine). However, I have found this book so insightful and all the ideas are so basic and yet make so much sense.
One paradigm that is explained in the book is the Aesop fable. My mom used to read me Aseop's fables as a child, so again, this is basic, but adults can learn so much from it. This story in particular is the goose and golden egg. In the story this farmer has a goose who lays a golden egg and almost throws it away, but then decides to go and have it appraised. When he does that, he finds out that it's pure gold. The farmer goes every day and waits for the goose to lay the golden eggs. He becomes very, very rich. With the farmer's wealth also comes greed, and impatience. He becomes so impatient that he ends up killing the goose to get all the eggs. Instead, he finds that there are no eggs inside and now there is no way to get any more.
What we learn from this story is what do we value in effectiveness? Does effectiveness equal the more your produce, the more you do, the more effective you are?
Or is effectiveness measured by what is produced and the asset to produce more?
We cannot value only the egg (production) or we will soon be without the the asset that is capable of producing. We cannot value only the goose (asset) with no aim towards production because then you will not have the means to feed yourself or the goose.
True effectiveness is when we can find production between production and production capability.
In your effort to produce and do more, do not step over and "kill" those assets that assist you in producing.
These are just some of my thoughts, as I can tend to forget to value people in the mix of working several jobs, and juggle grad school. We all have things we need to produce, but do not forget those who help you, love you, and assist you in being effective. Value and invest in people on the way.
One paradigm that is explained in the book is the Aesop fable. My mom used to read me Aseop's fables as a child, so again, this is basic, but adults can learn so much from it. This story in particular is the goose and golden egg. In the story this farmer has a goose who lays a golden egg and almost throws it away, but then decides to go and have it appraised. When he does that, he finds out that it's pure gold. The farmer goes every day and waits for the goose to lay the golden eggs. He becomes very, very rich. With the farmer's wealth also comes greed, and impatience. He becomes so impatient that he ends up killing the goose to get all the eggs. Instead, he finds that there are no eggs inside and now there is no way to get any more.
What we learn from this story is what do we value in effectiveness? Does effectiveness equal the more your produce, the more you do, the more effective you are?
Or is effectiveness measured by what is produced and the asset to produce more?
We cannot value only the egg (production) or we will soon be without the the asset that is capable of producing. We cannot value only the goose (asset) with no aim towards production because then you will not have the means to feed yourself or the goose.
True effectiveness is when we can find production between production and production capability.
In your effort to produce and do more, do not step over and "kill" those assets that assist you in producing.
These are just some of my thoughts, as I can tend to forget to value people in the mix of working several jobs, and juggle grad school. We all have things we need to produce, but do not forget those who help you, love you, and assist you in being effective. Value and invest in people on the way.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Happy 2011
Happy 2011!!!
So... it's been awhile.
I guess grad school can do that to you. But, life has been good in the Fissel household. The biggest news we haven't posted about yet is that Kirk went to El Salvador with three other men from our church (Northchurch) over Thanksgiving weekend... he will need to write a blog post about that soon. But we are both very excited about what God is doing in El Salvador and look forward to this summer when hopefully BOTH of us will be going there together!
Tomorrow morning I am starting my Practicum/Internship tomorrow at Olentangy Orange High School. I am very excited with a little bit of nervousness too. I will be in the district for about a year and a half completing my 700 hours of Internship - yikes! I just can't believe how fast everything has gone - to think, a year ago I had not even gotten a phone call about my interview and now I am starting Internship. I will update as I can on life as an intern.
For now have a wonderful, happy, and blessed 2011!
So... it's been awhile.
I guess grad school can do that to you. But, life has been good in the Fissel household. The biggest news we haven't posted about yet is that Kirk went to El Salvador with three other men from our church (Northchurch) over Thanksgiving weekend... he will need to write a blog post about that soon. But we are both very excited about what God is doing in El Salvador and look forward to this summer when hopefully BOTH of us will be going there together!
Tomorrow morning I am starting my Practicum/Internship tomorrow at Olentangy Orange High School. I am very excited with a little bit of nervousness too. I will be in the district for about a year and a half completing my 700 hours of Internship - yikes! I just can't believe how fast everything has gone - to think, a year ago I had not even gotten a phone call about my interview and now I am starting Internship. I will update as I can on life as an intern.
For now have a wonderful, happy, and blessed 2011!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Meet our Godson!
This past winter, our cousins Derek and Megan Rund asked us to be God parents for their second child. As soon as they asked, we were ecstatic! We could not wait to meet this new little baby and have continually prayed for this baby for months.
Well, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Timon Paul Rund was born! He shares his birthday with his amazing mom! How cool is that?
When he was two days old we got to go and meet him. We are so in love with him and miss him already! He is a sweet baby boy that we feel so honored to have the privileged of praying for him and being a part of his life and his journey to knowing Jesus Christ.
We will see how long we can stand it before we go back down for another visit.
Enjoy some pictures of us meeting Timon (pronounced like Simon with a T)!
Well, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Timon Paul Rund was born! He shares his birthday with his amazing mom! How cool is that?
When he was two days old we got to go and meet him. We are so in love with him and miss him already! He is a sweet baby boy that we feel so honored to have the privileged of praying for him and being a part of his life and his journey to knowing Jesus Christ.
We will see how long we can stand it before we go back down for another visit.
Enjoy some pictures of us meeting Timon (pronounced like Simon with a T)!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Vacation
Oops!
I guess life got a little busy and we did not post pictures and stories from our quick vacation to North Carolina. It was soo wonderful to get away for a few days and play in the ocean!
Enjoy a few pictures!
Enjoy a few pictures!
Seriously... how beautiful is this?!?! Thank you Jesus!
It felt so great to be at the beach!
we enjoyed our first beer at the beach!Monday, August 16, 2010
Meals, Vacation, and Jobs, Oh My!
Hello Blogging World!
I came up with a novel idea yesterday before grocery shopping. I always go through recipes and buy lots of items, and often, we don't end up eating that meal before 1/2 the ingredients go bad. This frustrates me. I got a sudden idea to take our calendar and write what we were having for dinner for the next two weeks!
I have no idea why I did not think of this before, sure it takes away the predicableness of life - but you usually know what meals you will need to eat out and how many to plan for in the few weeks to come. This is great especially with me starting school again in a few weeks. :( Kirk will always know to get started, or just when to heat up a lovely, delicious, lean cuisine.
In other news - in just a little over 2 weeks Kirk and I get to go on vacation! I cannot tell you how happy we are - we can almost smell the beach. We are going to Southport, NC where my dad just bought land and will build and move down there someday soon! We have not been to see it yet, so we are looking forward to seeing his new home!
Also - a week from today, Kirk will start his new job at Nationwide. He got promoted! He's excited to do something else than answer phones - from what I understand, he is now doing out bound calls and follow ups!
Life in the Fissel household is great!
I came up with a novel idea yesterday before grocery shopping. I always go through recipes and buy lots of items, and often, we don't end up eating that meal before 1/2 the ingredients go bad. This frustrates me. I got a sudden idea to take our calendar and write what we were having for dinner for the next two weeks!
I have no idea why I did not think of this before, sure it takes away the predicableness of life - but you usually know what meals you will need to eat out and how many to plan for in the few weeks to come. This is great especially with me starting school again in a few weeks. :( Kirk will always know to get started, or just when to heat up a lovely, delicious, lean cuisine.
In other news - in just a little over 2 weeks Kirk and I get to go on vacation! I cannot tell you how happy we are - we can almost smell the beach. We are going to Southport, NC where my dad just bought land and will build and move down there someday soon! We have not been to see it yet, so we are looking forward to seeing his new home!
Also - a week from today, Kirk will start his new job at Nationwide. He got promoted! He's excited to do something else than answer phones - from what I understand, he is now doing out bound calls and follow ups!
Life in the Fissel household is great!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Lunch
Recently, I have really gotten into how much things cost and ways to save money. (I guess graduate school costs will do that to you!) Really, it isn't something new for me, I have always been frugal and enjoyed saving money.
Last week I ran to the grocery to get one item - bread. Boring, I know. We always get the same bread and I never thought about the cost. It rang up as $1.67. As I was driving home I thought, I wonder how much that is per sandwhich. I got home and started number crunching. Now, I have always heard that packing lunch vs. going out for lunch saves you money, but I had no idea and wanted to figure it out.
In our loaf of bread there are 18 slices (not including the ends - yuck - who eats those!). So: 1.67/18 = .093 cents per piece of bread! Of course every sandwich has two pieces of bread, so that's $.18 for the bread.
I continued on trying to figure out how much we spend on each lunch we pack.
We started buying items in bulk. We love healthy fruit snacks, Target has really good off-brand Welch's fruit snacks for around $7 with 50 pouches, which equals $.14 a pack! We also always pack chips, we started buying the pre-packaged baked Lays green pouch, again depending on the sales for the week it's around $7 with 20 packets = $.35 each (in the store for one alone it's $1).
Some items are hard to get a good read on how much (i.e. carrots, celery, peanut butter, jelly, etc.). However, my estimated cost for each lunch came out to $1.50 - $2 MAX per lunch. Going out to a CHEAP lunch usually runs you about $6-7 dollars. Per month packing lunch then saves you: $90 a month, and $1080 a year, and if there's two of you that's about $2160 a year - just from packing lunch!
I don't know about you... but I sure can think of about a 100+ ways I could spend $2000 a year!
Just some thoughts to get help others start saving money.
What are tips and ways you have to save?
Last week I ran to the grocery to get one item - bread. Boring, I know. We always get the same bread and I never thought about the cost. It rang up as $1.67. As I was driving home I thought, I wonder how much that is per sandwhich. I got home and started number crunching. Now, I have always heard that packing lunch vs. going out for lunch saves you money, but I had no idea and wanted to figure it out.
In our loaf of bread there are 18 slices (not including the ends - yuck - who eats those!). So: 1.67/18 = .093 cents per piece of bread! Of course every sandwich has two pieces of bread, so that's $.18 for the bread.
I continued on trying to figure out how much we spend on each lunch we pack.
We started buying items in bulk. We love healthy fruit snacks, Target has really good off-brand Welch's fruit snacks for around $7 with 50 pouches, which equals $.14 a pack! We also always pack chips, we started buying the pre-packaged baked Lays green pouch, again depending on the sales for the week it's around $7 with 20 packets = $.35 each (in the store for one alone it's $1).
Some items are hard to get a good read on how much (i.e. carrots, celery, peanut butter, jelly, etc.). However, my estimated cost for each lunch came out to $1.50 - $2 MAX per lunch. Going out to a CHEAP lunch usually runs you about $6-7 dollars. Per month packing lunch then saves you: $90 a month, and $1080 a year, and if there's two of you that's about $2160 a year - just from packing lunch!
I don't know about you... but I sure can think of about a 100+ ways I could spend $2000 a year!
Just some thoughts to get help others start saving money.
What are tips and ways you have to save?
Monday, July 5, 2010
The 4th
Ahh... The famous Perrysburg fireworks finale!Well, not only was it the 4th of July this past weekend, it was also the celebration of 4 years of dating for us! Back in 2006, Kirk officially asked me to be his girlfriend during the Perrysburg fireworks. (Perrysburg, OH is where Kirk grew up, it was always a tradition for him to go to the fireworks on the 3rd of July so that is the actual day we began dating.) It was a special night, and so, we go to Perrysburg every year to revisit the "scene of the crime".
This year we got Barry and Paulette to join us and the four of us had a blast this weekend celebrating America... and Kirk and Holly!
Here are some pictures from our weekend! Enjoy!
We went to Webber's on Friday night - such a scenic and great restaurant!
Being goofy before the fireworks
Barry and Paulette joined us - they are the best in-laws ever!
While waiting for the fireworks to start - they made me my first clover necklace!
Being goofy before the fireworks
Barry and Paulette joined us - they are the best in-laws ever!
While waiting for the fireworks to start - they made me my first clover necklace!Sunday, June 20, 2010
Garlic
Interesting title you say? Well, Kirk and I are not great about cleaning out the fridge. Recently, we noticed that we did not have a lot of room in our fridge, so we cleaned it out yesterday. Sadly, a lot of groceries that we bought we only 1/2 used before the expiration date came. While cleaning out produce, and the like, I came across this garlic!
I had no idea that left by itself in a cold fridge - apparently, this is what garlic looks like.
Interesting.
Just had to share!
I had no idea that left by itself in a cold fridge - apparently, this is what garlic looks like.Interesting.
Just had to share!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
It's Been Three Months....
Well, I am said to say, it's been to long since we have blogged. I guess in starting this I thought we would do updates frequently, but life has gotten a hold of us and sadly, our blog has been neglected. I have now already finished my first semester (Summer I), and I start more classes (Summer II) on Monday! I am loving being a student again. I have missed learning, and have loved studying, being at lectures, and learning how to be an awesome school counselor! Perhaps my favorite part of being back in school, are the people I have met, I been really blessed, I truly love being around the people I take class with. I know the future holds a lot of work, but I am excited and embrace all of the challenges!
In other news, Kirk has been with Nationwide for a year now! How crazy is that?!? He loves the people he works with, but is excited to move up! We continue to receive new that that is coming soon!
Inside the beautiful Grand Ole Opry Hotel!
This was our anniversary dinner at Morton's Steakhouse - so delicious!
I also began working as a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant in March. It's been scary, but very exciting and fun to be around cosmetics and pamper women to help them feel as beautiful as they are!
Other than that, we continue to live life to the fullest! We are incredibly grateful summer is here! We enjoy our apartment that over looks the pool, and hanging out poolside whenever we have the chance.
We are grateful for our marriage, and feel incredibly blessed by each other daily (well, ok, almost daily - we have our not so good moments too!).
Promise - it won't be three months before our next post!
In other news, Kirk has been with Nationwide for a year now! How crazy is that?!? He loves the people he works with, but is excited to move up! We continue to receive new that that is coming soon!
Inside the beautiful Grand Ole Opry Hotel!
We also celebrated our first anniversary in March. We took a long weekend to Nashville (about a month before the huge flood). We had a blast and enjoyed going to all the bars with live music, and getting a taste for the southern culture.
This was our anniversary dinner at Morton's Steakhouse - so delicious!
I also began working as a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant in March. It's been scary, but very exciting and fun to be around cosmetics and pamper women to help them feel as beautiful as they are!
Other than that, we continue to live life to the fullest! We are incredibly grateful summer is here! We enjoy our apartment that over looks the pool, and hanging out poolside whenever we have the chance.
We are grateful for our marriage, and feel incredibly blessed by each other daily (well, ok, almost daily - we have our not so good moments too!).
Promise - it won't be three months before our next post!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Graduate School on the Horizon
The title pretty much says it all. I (Holly) will be starting Grad School in just two months! I will be starting a two- year process to obtain a Master's in School Counseling. This has been a dream of mine for about six or seven years now. I can't believe it's here, it's both exciting and scary all at the same time! I will be continuing to work part time at Heritage Christian Church, while taking classes at Capital University - however, my degree will be from University of Dayton.
I cannot image what all this is going to mean for our lives, it's been wonderful being out of school for two years, so I am sure that the adjustment back to school will be a difficult one. Although, for a month now Kirk and I have learned to adjust to his new hours of working from 11:30am - 8 pm. It hasn't been completely easy, but we seem to be in a routine and enjoy the time we do have together so much more!
Kirk has been so supportive of my decision to go back to school, I really cannot thank him enough, as this has now become his dream as well, that one day very soon, I will work in a school, and together we will begin to love on the community God puts us in!
I cannot image what all this is going to mean for our lives, it's been wonderful being out of school for two years, so I am sure that the adjustment back to school will be a difficult one. Although, for a month now Kirk and I have learned to adjust to his new hours of working from 11:30am - 8 pm. It hasn't been completely easy, but we seem to be in a routine and enjoy the time we do have together so much more!
Kirk has been so supportive of my decision to go back to school, I really cannot thank him enough, as this has now become his dream as well, that one day very soon, I will work in a school, and together we will begin to love on the community God puts us in!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
3+ Feet of snow
So I guess I always assumed that living in Ohio, we got some snow once in awhile, but nothing like 3 feet! Well, I have been proved wrong. In just about 10 days, Columbus has been blanketed with huge amounts of snow. I have been trying to enjoy the beauty that it brings, because it is beautiful, however, it does create a problem of parking, etc.
After me complaining about not seeing the ground till April, we decided we needed to embrace it. We got all dressed up and took a walk to the gas station right by our apartment. It was fun, and an adventure, because as soon as I started walking over the huge piles of snow I took a face plant down and had a hard time standing up. It was hilarious and we were both laughing hysterically. It was good medicine for us to get out and get some much needed - Coke Zero! :)
We have been in our new apartment now for 1 month! So crazy, because we are still working on hanging pictures and putting it all together. However, are really enjoying the extra space and mostly, the luxury of having TWO BATHROOMS. Seriously, it's a saver for our marriage.
Kirk will start to work his new hours this coming Monday, he will now work 11:30 - 8 pm. This will be a big adjustment for us, but we recognize that it's just for a season in our marriage, and that it's not forever.
We are planning a trip to Nashville for our 1st anniversary - in just six weeks! So crazy, this year has gone so fast! We are excited for a much needed vacation!
After me complaining about not seeing the ground till April, we decided we needed to embrace it. We got all dressed up and took a walk to the gas station right by our apartment. It was fun, and an adventure, because as soon as I started walking over the huge piles of snow I took a face plant down and had a hard time standing up. It was hilarious and we were both laughing hysterically. It was good medicine for us to get out and get some much needed - Coke Zero! :)
We have been in our new apartment now for 1 month! So crazy, because we are still working on hanging pictures and putting it all together. However, are really enjoying the extra space and mostly, the luxury of having TWO BATHROOMS. Seriously, it's a saver for our marriage.
Kirk will start to work his new hours this coming Monday, he will now work 11:30 - 8 pm. This will be a big adjustment for us, but we recognize that it's just for a season in our marriage, and that it's not forever.
We are planning a trip to Nashville for our 1st anniversary - in just six weeks! So crazy, this year has gone so fast! We are excited for a much needed vacation!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Learning to be domestic
Hello!Kirk and I have been busy learning to be domestic! I guess this season has made us feel like making more things from scratch. A few weekends ago, we started off the weekend by going on a Starbucks date, and a dollar theater movie. (Oh yeah, we know how to be big spenders.. hehe) We then woke up on Saturday with an incredibly beautiful dusting of snow. It was our first real snow we've had and it was wonderful!
Then we headed to the store and bought all kinds of supplies. We made homemade chicken noodle soup, and then later about 6-8 dozen sugar cookies. Whew, what a fun but tiring time!
We thought our carrots, celery, and onions looked pretty....
Sugar cookies apparently grow more than you would expect!
Our Christmas tree.. a small but worked for us!
We had a fantastic but exhausting Christmas visiting all of our families we made something like five appearances within two days! We are moving into our two bed room apartment in just 3 weeks! We have started to pack up things slowly, thankfully we do have over two weeks to get moved out of our apartment and into our new one. We welcome any help, especially since with my back, I will not be able to do much of the moving.
Have a happy and wonderful New Year!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Updates
Wow. I must be a pretty bad blogger. It's been well over a month. I had every intention on blogging this past weekend, and over things kept coming up instead!
Christmas is just around the corner now (two weeks from today exactly! Woo-hoo!!) Kirk and I have been decorating our apartment and wrapping presents. We are really looking forward to our first Christmas together - it's been fun to decorate our first tree, have a wreath hanging on our door, and Christmas light wrapped around our deck, and busting out my holly Christmas plates! However, due to our lack of space in our small one bed room apartment, the clutter that comes with this holiday has started to get on my nerves, seeing that with all this new holiday decor, we truly do not have the storage space to put the boxes away. Anyways... we are almost done with our shopping, I will recommend to everyone, start shopping as soon as possible, this year, Kirk and I started on Labor Day - shopping has been much more enjoyable spreading it out over four months!
We've been blessed that Kirk's job continues to be 8-4:30, we don't know when his new schedule will start, but it's looking like he may never work the late hours (11:30a-8p) that he originally agreed to. This is a HUGE blessing for us, because we are able to eat dinner together most every night, and spend lots of time together. Also, this week, he was able to work overtime, due to the blizzard in Des Monies and the Nationwide employees there not being able to come into work. Another huge blessing for us, especially during this season!
Other things we've been up to:
-2 more Ohio State football games, we were able to get tickets to the Iowa game, as well as go to our first Michigan, Ohio State away game - what an experience indeed
-Our weekly Wednesday guys wings night, and girls night continues, we love the chance to have fellowship with our friends weekly
-Went to a UD basketball last weekend to watch our friend Anna's boyfriend who plays for Lehigh University
-We continue to get excited about the NorthChurch plant coming in January 210. We are very excited to see how God is going to work in the community of Olentangy area
-We are moving in the middle of January to a 2 bed and 2 bath apartment! Can't wait - if you are available, let us know, we can use as many hands as we can get!
Posting updated pictures will come soon!
Christmas is just around the corner now (two weeks from today exactly! Woo-hoo!!) Kirk and I have been decorating our apartment and wrapping presents. We are really looking forward to our first Christmas together - it's been fun to decorate our first tree, have a wreath hanging on our door, and Christmas light wrapped around our deck, and busting out my holly Christmas plates! However, due to our lack of space in our small one bed room apartment, the clutter that comes with this holiday has started to get on my nerves, seeing that with all this new holiday decor, we truly do not have the storage space to put the boxes away. Anyways... we are almost done with our shopping, I will recommend to everyone, start shopping as soon as possible, this year, Kirk and I started on Labor Day - shopping has been much more enjoyable spreading it out over four months!
We've been blessed that Kirk's job continues to be 8-4:30, we don't know when his new schedule will start, but it's looking like he may never work the late hours (11:30a-8p) that he originally agreed to. This is a HUGE blessing for us, because we are able to eat dinner together most every night, and spend lots of time together. Also, this week, he was able to work overtime, due to the blizzard in Des Monies and the Nationwide employees there not being able to come into work. Another huge blessing for us, especially during this season!
Other things we've been up to:
-2 more Ohio State football games, we were able to get tickets to the Iowa game, as well as go to our first Michigan, Ohio State away game - what an experience indeed
-Our weekly Wednesday guys wings night, and girls night continues, we love the chance to have fellowship with our friends weekly
-Went to a UD basketball last weekend to watch our friend Anna's boyfriend who plays for Lehigh University
-We continue to get excited about the NorthChurch plant coming in January 210. We are very excited to see how God is going to work in the community of Olentangy area
-We are moving in the middle of January to a 2 bed and 2 bath apartment! Can't wait - if you are available, let us know, we can use as many hands as we can get!
Posting updated pictures will come soon!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Surprises!
I have always wanted to be in on a great surprise for someone! What better then to do a surprise for my husband?!? Back in late August I started scheming with my dad to help me get some OSU tickets through a great connection that he has. (This was before we had won tickets to the USC game.) My dad pulled through and was able to get us tickets for the New Mexico State game, in A deck, eight rows up! I was so excited, dad sent the tickets to work and I had them sitting in my desk drawer for weeks. Then, I was able to get Kirk's parents in on this as well... they were able to get tickets. His parents and I had Kirk totally fooled that they were coming to celebrate his birthday the week after.
By Friday, October 30, I had just about lost it and was barely able to hold it in anymore! After Kirk left for work, I pulled out lots of pictures from games we had been to in college, and a sign that said "Happy Birthday". Work went incredibly slow as I was anxious to get to see his reaction to something I had been planning for so long!
Everything went so smoothly. Kirk was suspicious with the decorations by the time I got home from work, so I gave him those right away. Then, I just had to stall his desire to make plans for the evening until there was a knock on the door. He was totally blown away and excited to know they had tickets to the game as well.
It turned out to be an awesome weekend, we had a blast at the game, especially with the blow out, and at half time when TBDBITL came out and did a Halloween show, complete with dancing Thriller!!! We feel really blessed to have gotten to spend a great weekend with his parents. I know how loved Kirk felt, and that was my main goal through planning all of this. It was worth every little bit of waiting to tell him!
His real birthday was this past Monday, November 2. After such a great weekend, we continued celebrating by dining at none other than Cap City Diner! One of our most favorite places to eat! Kirk even surprised me with a pretty rose when I got home from work!
I thoroughly enjoy birthdays, and the fact that you get to tell people how much you love them and care about them.
Below is a picture of the four of us at the game! Go Bucks 45-0!!!
Also, a few weeks ago we carved our pumpkins! I forgot how messy that can be and how nasty the orange stuff in the middle is! Ew! We enjoyed them for about a day before they became infested with bugs... even more gorse! Either way, Happy be-lated Halloween!
Kirk's pumpkin is on the left, mine is on the right.
Happy Halloween!
By Friday, October 30, I had just about lost it and was barely able to hold it in anymore! After Kirk left for work, I pulled out lots of pictures from games we had been to in college, and a sign that said "Happy Birthday". Work went incredibly slow as I was anxious to get to see his reaction to something I had been planning for so long!
Everything went so smoothly. Kirk was suspicious with the decorations by the time I got home from work, so I gave him those right away. Then, I just had to stall his desire to make plans for the evening until there was a knock on the door. He was totally blown away and excited to know they had tickets to the game as well.
It turned out to be an awesome weekend, we had a blast at the game, especially with the blow out, and at half time when TBDBITL came out and did a Halloween show, complete with dancing Thriller!!! We feel really blessed to have gotten to spend a great weekend with his parents. I know how loved Kirk felt, and that was my main goal through planning all of this. It was worth every little bit of waiting to tell him!
His real birthday was this past Monday, November 2. After such a great weekend, we continued celebrating by dining at none other than Cap City Diner! One of our most favorite places to eat! Kirk even surprised me with a pretty rose when I got home from work!
I thoroughly enjoy birthdays, and the fact that you get to tell people how much you love them and care about them.
Below is a picture of the four of us at the game! Go Bucks 45-0!!!
Also, a few weeks ago we carved our pumpkins! I forgot how messy that can be and how nasty the orange stuff in the middle is! Ew! We enjoyed them for about a day before they became infested with bugs... even more gorse! Either way, Happy be-lated Halloween!
Kirk's pumpkin is on the left, mine is on the right.
Happy Halloween!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Fall in Columbus, Ohio
Well, we will start off by updating everyone from our last blog. Thank you for the prayers, little Reagan has left the hospital! Praise the Lord! She has a long road ahead of her, but she is headed for a new life in South Carolina with her mommy and daddy.
Kirk and I have been thoroughly enjoying the gorgeous fall weather! It always amazes me every season that God continually changes things, and makes sure that we never get bored. I am grateful that our God mixes things up and keeps things interesting, as well as puts beauty into nature by changing colors. It truly is amazing.
With the fall of course comes Ohio State Football! The past few Saturdays we have been able to enjoy having friends over and watching football all day long. To our happiness, the Buckeyes keep winning! Go Bucks!
Going along with the fall fun, we went to purchase pumpkins this past weekend and are planning on carving them soon. Although, I don't know much about pumpkins, that's something my parents always took care of, so how soon should we carve them so they will be ok for Halloween?
This past week, we also celebrated our first six months of marriage! We went to Sapparo Sushi Factory - it was a wonderful date and great sushi! Highly recommend it. Our camera wasn't quite cooperating with us, so the picture is a little pink, but it's from our date last Monday.
Sarah came to Columbus this past week as well. We had a blast and got to see So You Think You Can Dance Live! My friend, Steph, came with us, and not only was it great to see an awesome show, she was also celebrating getting accepted to Optometry School! It was an incredible show, again, highly recommend it to anyone who has the chance to go! It was well worth every penny, and we left so energized it was hard to fall asleep that night!
Steph sporting her awesome glasses as a gift for getting into Optometry School!
Stay tunned for more fall fun updates!
Kirk and I have been thoroughly enjoying the gorgeous fall weather! It always amazes me every season that God continually changes things, and makes sure that we never get bored. I am grateful that our God mixes things up and keeps things interesting, as well as puts beauty into nature by changing colors. It truly is amazing.
With the fall of course comes Ohio State Football! The past few Saturdays we have been able to enjoy having friends over and watching football all day long. To our happiness, the Buckeyes keep winning! Go Bucks!
Going along with the fall fun, we went to purchase pumpkins this past weekend and are planning on carving them soon. Although, I don't know much about pumpkins, that's something my parents always took care of, so how soon should we carve them so they will be ok for Halloween?
This past week, we also celebrated our first six months of marriage! We went to Sapparo Sushi Factory - it was a wonderful date and great sushi! Highly recommend it. Our camera wasn't quite cooperating with us, so the picture is a little pink, but it's from our date last Monday.
Sarah came to Columbus this past week as well. We had a blast and got to see So You Think You Can Dance Live! My friend, Steph, came with us, and not only was it great to see an awesome show, she was also celebrating getting accepted to Optometry School! It was an incredible show, again, highly recommend it to anyone who has the chance to go! It was well worth every penny, and we left so energized it was hard to fall asleep that night!
Steph sporting her awesome glasses as a gift for getting into Optometry School!Stay tunned for more fall fun updates!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Prayer Requests
The power of prayer is incredible.
We are requesting today specifically for prayer for Holly's cousin, Melissa. She gave birth to a baby girl, Reagan, on Thursday. There have been a lot of complications for Reagan and she has been placed in the NICU while she continues to undergo testing and such. Please pray for Melissa and her husband Joe for strength and wisdom and peace, as well as their precious baby girl, Reagan, for health and healing.
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God. And now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generation, for ever and ever! Amen.
~Ephesians 3:14-21
We are requesting today specifically for prayer for Holly's cousin, Melissa. She gave birth to a baby girl, Reagan, on Thursday. There have been a lot of complications for Reagan and she has been placed in the NICU while she continues to undergo testing and such. Please pray for Melissa and her husband Joe for strength and wisdom and peace, as well as their precious baby girl, Reagan, for health and healing.
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God. And now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generation, for ever and ever! Amen.
~Ephesians 3:14-21
Monday, September 21, 2009
Weekend in Perrysburg
Kirk and I spent the weekend in Perrysburg visiting his parents. It was very relaxing to spend time with them, chow on 7 layer bean dip that Paulette and I made right before the game! It was also wonderful to see our Buckeyes bounce back with a 38-0 win over Toledo!
Kirk also enjoyed a night of hanging out with his old roommates, Charlie and Blake. I know the boys enjoyed being together, they haven't all seen each other since our wedding.
We've been enjoying seeing some of the leaves start to show some color, but also sad to say good-bye to summer. However, we are still enjoying our pool until it closes on October 4.
Some events that we are looking forward to are; our 6 month anniversary next Monday, and Sarah flying in to watch So You Think You Can Dance Live on Oct. 1! We are VERY excited!!
Stay tuned for more updates!
Kirk also enjoyed a night of hanging out with his old roommates, Charlie and Blake. I know the boys enjoyed being together, they haven't all seen each other since our wedding.
We've been enjoying seeing some of the leaves start to show some color, but also sad to say good-bye to summer. However, we are still enjoying our pool until it closes on October 4.
Some events that we are looking forward to are; our 6 month anniversary next Monday, and Sarah flying in to watch So You Think You Can Dance Live on Oct. 1! We are VERY excited!!
Stay tuned for more updates!
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