Friday, July 31, 2009

Great Dessert/Snack

For those of you who read my last post and saw I had forgotten to post the recipe, I thought rather edit the current post I would make a new one. For as good as the snack was I thought it deserved it own post. So here it is.....


Cool Whip delight (my made up name)

1pkg of cream cheese, softened

1/3 cup of sugar (may want 1/2cup for a little sweeter taste)

1 1/2 cup cool whip (not frozen)


mix the cream cheese and sugar together with a blender, then mix in the cool whip with a spoon or wisk.


Place mix on a graham cracker and top with a piece of fruit.


This is only good for about two days in the fridg.

GREAT with Rasberries, Stawberries, Blueberries, and grapes.

Monday, July 27, 2009

My weekend



So I know I told you all a little about my weekend, but I really didn't tell you how it all started. Since I don't have much to do right now but take my little furry child out for a walk I will fill you in a bit.


Back on Thursday night, went to do a load of laundry and discovered water throughout my laundry closet. So I finished my load, I needed the clean clothes, and cleaned up the mess. I was looking online that evening to find out how much it was going to cost me to replace. When I looked at Home Depot and Sears I didn't really find anything less than $450, so I proceeded over to craigslist and found one used about 30min away from me for $150 (much more in my buget). The next question who how to get it from point A to point B. Well I really didn't want to spend the money on a new washer and it was stressing out my brain that I just stopped thing about what I was going to do and I just lifted up the situation to my main man, Jesus.


On Friday work was so slow I think I can count on both hands how many times the phone rang. That is besides the point. I still thought about my problem with my washer in fact I complained about it to a few co-workers and proceeded to aske them if they had one they wanted to give me!! They all just looked at me and laughed. I was thinking I would look through the saturday paper and try to find some garage sales that had a washer for sale and I would go take a look at them on Saturday morning after I went to the gym and before I cleaned my room.


It was near lunch and Blevins (a girl that I work with) asked me what I was doing for the weekend, and as I thought about how quiet it was going to be and all the stuff I was going to be able to get done at the house, I told her I am not sure let me look at my calandar, no sooner than I touched my finger to the phone I remembered I had a girls night to go to, oh wait I am suppose to bring dessert too!!! There goes my plan for heading to the gym right after work. Not only that but I need a dessert, a fast, healthy, yummy dessert.


Then later in the day I received an email about the church work day. Then I remembered I told my mom I would meet her in Emporia and help SAG (dad was in the Dealth Ride) on Sunday afternoon after church. So there went my weekend. It was all planned out before friday even really began.




I did find a great dessert. I will put the reciepe below for those of you who are interested. I had a great time watching "The Confessions of a Shopaholic" and eating great Wheat State Pizza and tons of fruit with 4 wonderful women. Then I spent my Saturday day at the church moving tree branches, more like mini trees, and that evening I went and saw G-Force. On Sunday I taught the 4 and 5yr olds then went on down to Emporia to meet up with my parents. It was hot I felt bad for those guys who road those 84.3miles in the heat of the day in the Kansas Desert. After Dad finished he decided that he was going to drive up to KC, about 1.5 hrs to come and take a look at my washer. We went and ate at Noodles and Co., great place by the way, will definately try it there again. We came back to my place and he finshed looking at it around midnight. Needless to say it is only going to cost me about $32. God is so good. He really takes care of me, I need to remember to never doubt the BIG man. =)


Monday morning started out a little earlier than normal. I needed to be out at the Dr. house/office because I had some training online at 8am. It was a conference training so you had to call in. Well when I got to there house there was no one there 7:45 I rang the door bell, thinking I hope they are home, he mentioned going out of town and they weren't at church yesterday....I just hope there here. Rang the door bell no answer, waited...rang again. Went around the house to look in the garage door saw head lights thought Oh good they are home. Back to the front door rang again....no answer, called their house phone....no answer, rang again....no answer. Did I really see headlights? Yes did but they weren't the right car. there was only one car in the garage and it wasn't the van. So I went to work without the training. Now I must set up a new appointment.


Now Monday is about to end in a very relaxing evening. Kayle and I will go out for a little walk and I will come back in do a little bit of reading and then off to bed it will be for me tired eyes.


Thank you Lord for giving me this time of rest after a fun filled weekend of activities.


Saturday, July 25, 2009

What a day...


Many of you know this but I will share for those of you who read this but don't necessarily see me or aren't in my everyday life.



Well, my church has been doing alot of building shopping for a long time. I go to a Calvary Chapel here in Johnson County. The church is currently being held in a strip mall and has been for quite some time, as is the same for many Calvary's. For about 6months they have been doing some hard search and found on sometime between Oct. and Dec. Because we serve a God who throws curve balls every now and again nothing had been set in stone until this last Monday when the keys were handed over to Pastor Rick and Pastor Dean.



Now the work begins. Wow!!! I never thought this much work was going to need to go into a building just to get it ready to have fellowship in. Which also helps me decide that I will not be buying a house until I have someone in my life who is going to help with the yard work. It is hard work. Today at the new church, from 9-3:30 we worked outside cutting trees down pulling out the stumps, weeding, digging up bulbs (I will never plant bulbs after what I saw) cutting grass racking and laying mulch. A lot of work was put into what we did, but it definately looks nice after all our hard work. The last time I was that dirty, I went and played in the mud. This was so bad that at the end of the day when we decided to take a group picture in the sun, the dirt on me started to turn to mud. Ewwww nasty!!!!!

Two weeks from now we will be doing more work. Tile tearing up, painting and a few more decorative details. Fun Fun...God is so good! It is time to remember to pray for the community around the church. May God show us how to bless them.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Something I never posted.

This is something I hadn't posted yet but am no sure why. I haven't read it yet so I am sorry if it isn't finished.

"It is clear, then, that God's promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was not based on obedience to God's law, but on the new relationship with GOd that comes by faith. So if you claim that GOod's promise is for those who obey God's law and think they are "good enough" in God's sight, then you are saying that faith is useless. And in the case, the promise is also meaningless. But the law brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)

So that's why faith is the key! Good's promise is givento use as a free gift. And we are cerain to receive it, whether or not we follow Jewish customs, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe. That is what the Scriptures mean when GOd told him, "I have made yo uthe father of many nations." This happened because Abraham believed in the GOd who brings the dead back to life and who brings into existence what didn't ecist before.

When GOd promised Abraham that he would become the father of many nations, Abraham believed him. God had also said, "Your descendants will be a s numerous as the stoars," even though such a promise seemed utterly impossible! And Abraham's faith did not weaken, even though he knew that he was too old to be a father at the age of 100 and that SArah, his wife, had never been able to have children.

Abraham never vabered in beleiving Go's promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in ths he brought glory to God. He was absolutely convinced that God was able to do anything he promised. And because of Abraham's faith, God declared him to be righteous.

Now this wonderful truth--wasn't just for Abraham's benefit. It was for us too, assuring us that GOd will also declare us to be righteous if we believe in God, who brought Jesus our Lord back from the dead. He was handed over to die becuase of our sins, and he was raised from the dead to make us right with GOd.



Therefore, since we have been made right in GOd's sight by faith, we have peace with GOd because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into htis place of hightest privilege where we new stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory.

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us- they help us learn to endure. And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expecation of salvation. And this expectation will not disappoint us. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Me and My Dog


So lately I have been more bored than ever. Sure there are things I could do, go to the gym, go to the movies, watch a movie at home, and go shopping all of which require me to go alone. Well if you know me, being alone is not an option. So I was on my computer the other day. Just reading around trying to think of something that I could do to get me out and it finally clicked. I have a wonderful dog who loves to hang out with me, what more fun would it be for us to go out and have fun together. Agility classes. I have always wanted to get involved in something with her, weither it be taking her to the hospitals to put a smile on a little childs face, or a nursing home to bring a little joy to the elderly, greeting a solider who doesn't having anyone to greet him when be comes back to the states or even something a bit more active like the agility courses. There is nothing saying we can't do both but the other requires different training which I have had difficulty finding places even when I looked online. Maybe I should ask the vet about it?
Needless to say, I think my mind is made up. I am going to do this, but training class doesn't start until next week, and I may have to wait until Sept. We'll see, though I hope sooner than later.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Beauty of...

WOW!!! It has been a good 2 months since I updated you all on how things are going in my life. I think its because nothing has really been going on. I work and help and church not much more until this week. My family took a vacation to Durango, CO. My dads side of the family all came to hang out and have fun. Which is exactly what we did.
We left on our 13hr trip on Sunday 7/5 at 3am, midnight was the goal. What else can you expect from our family. My grandparents have a time share with Wyndom Resorts so that is where we stayed. Most of the time when we stay at the resorts it usually is about a mile out of the main downtown area, but when we got here we were definitely surprised to find the resort right in the middle of town. It was so cool because we really didn’t have to drive anywhere until we were heading out of town. Here is what we did throughout the week.
Monday- we took a tour of the town, and found some really good soda Zubber Fizz



Tuesday- we went out to Yankee Boy Basin. It was about 2 1/2hrs away and it had a beautiful water fall and some need wild flowers that were blooming.




Wednesday- We went to Mesa Verde National Park to see the cliff dwellings. We did a lot of hiking that day.






Thursday- We took the Land Rover off-road and I was suppose to ride a train from Silverton to Durango but I missed the train because of a flat tire at 1300ft elevation. My aunt then had to driver her vehicle on a doughnut all the way down the mountain, we had to go really slow.






Friday- We all went rafting, it would have been even amazing if we could have gone on the longer tour, but the hour ride was still fun.




Saturday- left at 10am =(
We had a pretty eventful week and I have added pictures for you to be able to see what we saw. I can tell you though these pictures don’t do what we saw any justice. When we went off-road on Thursdays the pictures that we took at 1300ft can’t even capture the true beauty of what we saw.