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Just feel like writing...
I really don't have anything significant to say, but I kind of feel like I do. Good times, good times. I'm actually feeling okay today. I went to bed super late, but I feel alright. It also helps that the day has been going by pretty quickly. Also, I'm pretty stoked about the keyboard tray I had installed on my desk. XD It already feels much better, and it helps me to sit with better posture. Woohoo! No carpal tunnel for me! Also, my thermometer came in. :3 I have mixed feelings, lol. Part of me
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Just some babble.
I've again made some adjustments to my diet (diet as in what I eat, not diet as in what I am doing to lose weight since I am definitely not trying to lose). --For lunches, I will be packing more tuna sandiches (light chunk on yummy 22-grain whole wheat) and green leafy salads. Yum! I was never, ever a tuna fan growing up, but I've learned to like it within the past year or so. Gotta get my good fish servings in! We don't eat a whole lot of fish at home, but when we do, it's usually salmon. Salmon
Posted to ☜Choensa's Corner☞
(Weblog) by Choensa on April 13, 2008
Filed under: plans, church, hubby, baby talk, TKD, God, health, baby prep, baby names, business, food, Sunday School
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Seriously, I love my husband.
So like yesterday, I have BOTB like woh today. It's just really neat because now, I am feeling a lot of anticipation. This will sound corny, but my heart keeps fluttering at the thought of discovering we're expecting (and I've been examined many times--it's not a murmur! ^.~). I checked last night to see if I was on my last pack or if I had one left, and I do have one left. I've kept thinking about it, and I very shyly emailed my husband today (no prviacy here!) asking him if it would be okay if
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Can't focus!
So after dinner last night, I was talking with my husband about how I'm worried that the new school won't necessarily do the business we're hoping to do and that we'll basically never be able to have a baby because I don't want to be working full time as the breadwinner after the baby is born. Suddenly, as though a light bulb had finally clicked (it takes blondes awhile), an idea came to me for a sort of backup plan if all else failed. It's basically the reverse of any other back-up plan we've thought
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Redeeming Love book review-If you are getting married you have to read this!
Do you ever have those days where you just wake up in awe of God's creation? Where everywhere you look is beautiful because it was made by His hand? Today is one of those days for me. I had no idea when I woke up at 8 a.m. this morning that it would be such a special day for me. I have to admit this year Easter just felt like another day. I could not feel the joy in Christ's resurrection as I had in previous years. Today I felt something, I feel something! It's as if Christ came back to me or I finally
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Ceremony-THE BIG I DO
I just got off the phone with my mother discussing the newest crisis in my life, which happens to be what to do for our wedding ceremony. I have heard of all different ceremony traditions including unity candle, sand commitment and handing of roses to the mothers. All these new options to have in a ceremony along with who to select to do readings is a little too much to handle in my mind. What ever happened to the simple, "I do!" I love the thought of a simple God focused ceremony that just expresses
Posted to katiedollaz's Blog
(Weblog) by katiedollaz on April 6, 2008
Filed under: God, ceremony, worship, wedding, love, religion, groom, candle, commitment, vows, romance
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Looking good so far...
So his interview apparently went very well. They were almost all set to hire someone else, but once they received my husband's resume, they made sure to meet with him. The lady talked about how impressive his resume was several times over and that she just needed to talk to someone else before they proceeded any further. She asked him if he'd be available to start on the 10th or 12th or something and if he'd be available for summer activities. Everything looks good so far, but it's taken a little
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Finally, Some Great News!!
I've mentioned before how my husband is reluctant to check the mail at times since it can be so heart-wrenching with waiting for news from immigration. Today was one of the days he just couldn't bring himself to do so. I had checked the USCIS website early this morning for processing times, but they still hadn't been updated since last month. I had resigned us to waiting a couple more months based on the current times displayed, anyway. Much to our utter surprise today, our interview notice came
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Good Friday and Easter
The weekend was interesting, to say the very least. My husband and I went to the Good Friday service at our church. It wasn't anything particularly special, but there was one part of the message that really hit home with me and was exactly what I needed after some recent struggles. Pastor Brent spoke partly on the idea of suffering for Christ and taking joy in it. Being a devout Christian for many years now, I had always equated suffering for Christ with "real" suffering, like missionaries do in
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Am I really okay?
I've felt pretty pleased with how I've been handling the load of stress on our plates recently. I've been optimistic and haven't let anything really weigh me down, except for at random moments of increased vulnerability. However, with a breakdown last night, I find myself wondering if I've really learned how to manage it, or if I am simply pushing it away and, in essence, avoiding it. My husband felt inclined to check up on some stuff with others who are going through the same immigration process
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My Prayer
My prayer is that God renew His Spirit in me... If God had a wallet, your picture would be in it...that's how much he loves you.
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Aching Heart
Man, what a day so far. This morning, I went to go put my lunch bag in the fridge at work. There's one lady here who, as I learned this morning, is due in 4-weeks, and she was in the refresh area chatting with some others about it. I thought about how I long for the point where it's almost baby time for us, but I'm cool, I'm cool... So I was cool until about 10 minutes ago. One of the higher-ups in our department brought his family in, which includes a 7-week old. I haven't gone over there to see
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A Bit of Randomness for a Friday
Let's start out cheery. On Wednesday, I went to church to see what the Jr. High Youth Group was like, to see if it really is my calling since being recruited at the Women's Breakaway last Saturday. My goodness, it's either that 7th and 8th grade is a whole different ball game now, or MN and OH are seriously that different. I think it's a little bit of both. But anyway, even with just a group of ten girls, it was just insane seeing how different their personalities were. I am "gifted" with a seriously
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Oh, Happy Day!
I've turned my husband into a Johnny Depp fan. I feel victorious. When Sweeney Todd hit theaters, I had mentioned to him that I really wanted to see it, but I knew we'd be wasting money and that he'd just fall asleep. Thus, I've waited patiently for him to... acquire it with Korean subtitles. Last night, he suddenly felt compelled to download it. We just watched it a bit ago, and even once we reached the end, he wasn't so sure he liked it. Once we started delving deeper into what its message was
Posted to ☜Choensa's Corner☞
(Weblog) by Choensa on March 9, 2008
Filed under: church, hubby, car, baby talk, God, dreams, movies, fellowship, Bible study, eight months, ministry
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Coincidence? No way.
We are certainly being taken care of. Back in December, I received my job offer to work for Target.com. Shortly thereafter, my husband's boss decided that the school he is working at doesn't have enough profit with his salary, so starting January, they would cut back his salary. January comes, and we learn that right after I start my job, my husband is being converted to a part-time worker, which obviously means less money. We're still okay at this point with our roles as breadwinner being reversed.
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All Sorts of Self-Proclaimed Crazy
OK, so this is different from a post a few months back regarding being ready to check myself into the Looney Bin. (Though I did have some wiggy dreams last night, including one of my old Japanese teacher, who I haven't seen or heard from in quite some time, teaching drunk...) I'm not really crazy, but some people might think I'm...excessive. Maybe. In order to not obsess over, "Wah, I want a baby now," I have shifted my focus to getting my body good and ready to have a baby when our time comes. Food-wise,
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The Peacemaker Marriage
We started a mini Bible-study session at church last night called "The Peacemaker Marriage." It's about 4 weeks long, so not long at all. It was a lot of fun! I found that my husband and I share a lot of similarities with Pastor Roger and his wife in terms of how we are in marriage. We kept giving each other looks when something described the other to a T. He couldn't understand everything 100%, but he was able to even catch some of the jokes ("She's impractically romantic." ..."He's practically
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A Good Weekend
I feel really good today. Our weekend started off a little rough, but we got over it and have been having a great time just relaxing and spending time with one another. I had typed up a post on Friday because I was feeling down, but then my comptuer decided it didn't want to cooperate anymore. I still have the post, but I haven't published it yet. I'll post some highlights from it for now, though: -My job is going very well. It's still very hard for me to get up so early, but my husband joked with
Posted to ☜Choensa's Corner☞
(Weblog) by Choensa on February 17, 2008
Filed under: immigration, job, baby talk, God, health, chocolate, pregnancy prep, exercise, shopping, sex, music
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What is this, high school?
Background info: I was hired along with 5 others, 4 females and 1 male. We just finished our last day of official training/our second week, woohoo. So as soon as we were hired on, one relatively key person within our pyramid got promoted. Today was his farewell lunch, so a bunch of us had lunch together and just hung out and enjoyed ourselves. I sat between two of the other girls in my training group, and the girl on my left was sitting next to the only male in our group. So the girl on my right
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Garbage triggers insight
So last night I was cleaning up the kitchen and asked DH very nicely if he would do me a favor–take the trash out before he went to bed. A few seconds went by and he replied, “Why can’t I take it out tomorrow morning?” I had wanted him to take it out last night because I didn’t want the garbage to stink up our apartment. He wanted to wait until the morning because that is what we have been doing and he didn’t want to walk all the way out to the dumpster in the cold. To his reply I said nothing. Instead,
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