my birthday

Carrie Berrie


the "drink" table



my cake

krista and i

mitchell brickle

peter and lauren

me blowing out the cake

people having fun at my house on my birthday

carrie and her to-go box

complimentary dessert

my dinner


anthony and thomas

jenn and courtney

carrie and i at dinner

Happy Birthday

happy birthday to me...happy birthday to me...happy biiirrrtttdddaaayyy toooooo meeeee....happy birthday to me!

I am 24 today. Woo woo. Off to celebrate :)

Christmas

Christmas in pictures


my empty wine glass, rachel's tea and ruth's pretty stuff


dinner at the "kids" table



we got my mom a canary

chelsie's present from Bryan

Thomas and I

a mouse

my mom made mice, they were super tasty

mmmm food

chelsie and bryan

It's that times again

thats right it almost christmas and my birthday! here are some ideas if you need them:

Nuts in a shell and Hughson Coffee Co

So to sum up workness in a nut shell, i loved interviewing with Chipotle but it just didn't feel right and Bev Mo was super rude! So i'm staying at the coffee shop which is now Hughson Coffee Co and am hopefully geting a pay raise. We just hired 5 new people and after we get them all trained (after next week) then we'll extend the hours and start rolling in the dough :) here are some pics of the shop with it's semi new decor.

Matt Nathanson

So Thomas, Darren, Chelsie and I went to see Matt Nathanson last night at the State Theater in Modesto and it was so fun! He was amazing, he is not only a singer/songwriter but an entertainer. He was sooooooooo good!

i will do almost anything to go to another one of his concerts. it was such a blast!

TND Oct. 28, 2008

Hurray for TND!


Chelsie, Bryan and Darren


Chelsie and Paisley


Darren and George


Nikole and i


Darren and Ricky


Thomas and his smiling apple pie

Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to work i go

So as most of you know (well all of the one person that i know of that reads my blog) work hasn't been going so well for me. The FD was flailing (much like failing but with crazy arms) and my hours has been severly cut back. Well in a bitter sweet decision the land lord has taken over the shop and is making drastic much needed changes. Although since i have like no hours i have yet to see said changes but and looking forward to while i host rock band tonight.

and on a stranger note i had applied to a few places since the shop wasn't doing so hot and no one had called me back except Chipotle but they couldn't hire me because they are slow too. well yesterday i got a call from Bev Mo have have an interview this coming wednesday. my only reservation is that i think they are only hiring seasonal employees so i don't want to leave the FD for a seasonal job... what do i do?

Aunt Flo

So it's one of those rare times that i am excited for my period. you may wonder about my reasoning... well i am (was) 8 days late. yup pretty scary. i'm never late. and add that to the fact i stoped taking my birth control (i'm a much happier, nicer to be around person now) three months ago and voiala! fear of a bun in the oven. 1 pee stick and some serious thought later i am bleeding like a stuck pig and oh so happy about it.

lol

after work

hurray i have my computer back! the video card melted but circut city fixed it and now it's home again. :)

work update. since checks bounced and creditors are calling we've cut hours. we are now open M-Th 6-2, Fri 6-9, and Sat 7-2. So i now have a whopping 10 hours a week :( sucks to be me. although anothe employee has worse availability and has no hours. sucks worse to be him.

pray that we get more business and are able to keep the customers we already had.

at work

ok, i'm super bored. i've cleaned tons but don't feel like doing more since my work check was returned and then rent bounced... Why am i still here? sigh. I need a different job, any ideas? pray for me. please.

So on a lighter note, i organized a Rock Band competetion last night at the Flying Dutchman Coffee Co. and it was a success! We didn't have a TON of people show up but enough for me to bring in half the day's revenue. We only had two "bands" show up. one was my friend George and his crew, although they brought the TV, playstation and instruments. the second was a group of boys from the Monte Vista H.S. youth group. they were amazing! they played on expert (the highest level) and got at least 90% on every song they played. it was awesome to watch. i sang some and it was an overall good time. i now know how to do it better (faster, stonger lol) next time.

i should have taken pictures... mmm, another thing to add to the next time list.

on the way to work

So I was behind a truck on the freeway on the way to work earlier. It was a company truck, DJ's Carpet and their slogan was "We do it on the floor" Wow, our society loves the innuendo...

JJ Heller

So lately i've been listening to JJ Heller all the time! i love her. her songs are so beautiful and so emotional. they keep me calm and in a good mood when i drive (i do have a tendancy toward the road rage sometimes). i have been in such a better state all around too. here are a few i love:

True Things
I’m not the clothes I’m wearingI’m not a photographI’m not the
car I driveI’m not the money I makeI’m not the things I lackI’m not the songs
that I writeI am … who I am I am who I amThere are true things inside of meI
have been afraid to seeI believe, help my unbeliefWould you say again what you
said to meI am loved and I am freeI believe, help my unbeliefI’m not the house I
live inI’m not the man I loveI’m not the mistakes that I carryI’m not the food
that I don’t eatI’m not what I’m aboveI’m not my scars and my historyThere are
true things inside of meI have been afraid to seeI believe, help my
unbeliefWould you say again what you said to meI am loved and I am freeI
believe, help my unbeliefTo your love I’m waking upIn your love I’m waking
up

All I Need
Don’t need a thingMy good Shepherd brings me
allYou are all I needYou let me catch my breathEven in the valley of deathYou
are all I needAll I need to be complete Is Your loveYour blood that covers meYou
lift up my headYou provide the wine and breadYou, You are all I needThere’s no
need to fearEven with my enemies hereYou are all I needAll I need to be complete
Is Your loveYour blood that covers meGoodness and mercy are following meYou’re
all that I needYou make a home for meWhere pastures are green as far as I seeYou
are all I needAll I need to be complete Is Your loveYour blood that covers
me

You Would Love Me Too
We could talk for hoursIt doesn’t
matterYou don’t hear a word I say‘Cause you don’t listen when I speakSo I’ll
sing insteadLa la la la la I love youOoh I really doIf you ever paid attentionI
think you would love me tooYou say you want to know meI get the feeling that
you’re telling me a lie‘Cause every time I talk about emotionYou shake your
pretty head and say goodbyeLa la la la la I love youOoh I really doIf you ever
paid attentionI think you would love me tooWhy do I love you like I doWhen you
ignore me Just like the sun ignores the moonAll you see is youI love youOoh sad
but trueIf you ever paid attentionI think you would love me too

I wonder how often God feels that way about us as in that last song. i think it's so true of me...

anyway, go download her newest CD!

Naruto

So Thomas and I got a new beta fish. He was only like two dollars so we couldn't resist. At TND (Tuesday Night Dinner) earlier tonight one of our friends (Jaeson) named him, Naruto

612 Flower St.

So Thomas (my husband) and i are looking at houses to buy and this one has come along. Here are some pics, in no particular order. It's a super cute house: all new paint, carpet, roof. the carpet needs to be stretched though. It sits on .21 acres, so the backyard is huge.

there is a four plex barrio on one side so that is a bit of a downer...

so yeah, that's kinda it. i think we are going to make an offer, but we're not sure if we're going to get it.

my personality