Number 5 is Always Number 1 to Me!!

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So when Frank and I were in premarital counseling, our pastor imparted a ton of wisdom on us. I’m sure he’d be happy to know that it didn’t go to waste. He told us that he and his wife go through seasons in their marriage. He mentioned that he had just been through a particularly difficult season and he was excited to see what was in store for them.

I noticed that Frank and I also go through seasons, even though we are fairly new to the married game. Right now we are in a particularly contented season of our marriage. Ahh… ::Sigh:: It feels really nice.

This weekend was Frank’s birthday, so we had a busy one. First, Friday, we celebrated Erik’s birthday at Dor and Erik’s beautiful new coach house! It’s absolutely stunning and very new. I love the things she’s done with it so far, even though she doesn’t even live there yet. (technically 😉 )

Saturday I spent A LOT of time with Kate. I say that because it took us 1 1/2 hours to get to a mall 4 miles from my house. And once we were on the road, there was no way to get off because the next exit was the exit to the mall. It was nuts.

Saturday night, we went to Famous Dave’s for Frank’s birthday dinner with a bunch of people and then we went out to Cubby Bear North to see Mike & Joe–very fun! We stayed out very late (way past our bed times!) and danced and sang and everything. GOOD STUFF!!!

Sunday we went to the National Restaurant show–very fun! We ate a ton and came home and napped… ahhh!

MY PEDOMETER…

This brings me to my nifty pedometer. I found that it is great to see how far I’ve walked and all that, but what is even cooler is that if I shake it, it moves a step. That’s MUCH easier than walking all those steps.

So far, I walked 10,564,392,456 steps. I rock.

🙂

I have not forgotten…

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I could start out this blog saying, “Oh, I’m such a bad, bad, terrible human being for not updating my blog–oh, my poor fans that read this blog loyally, I have disappointed you. I am not worthy, I am NOT worthy!”

But, eh, I’ve been busy. It’s a wonder that I have managed to change my clothes. 🙂

Well, as I have mentioned before, I was rotated to a new client, which has its ups and downs. I am not sure that I am too enamored with my new boss, but I think I can work past it.

I was struggling (and still am, a little bit) with God’s design for my life. I think that right now, this is what God has given me and I should do it with “gusto” as a friend put it, and use this time to figure out what I am good at and what I am not good at. It’s not exactly morale building to work so hard for so little monetary reward, but with any luck, a promotion is in my not-so-distant future. Hopefully I’ll be ready for one in less than a year, but I’m not holding my breath. My employer has been taking longer and longer to put through promotions 😦

Frank and I are doing exceptionally well. We laugh a lot, every day, in spite of our sometimes overwhelming schedules and stressful jobs. Frank inspires me to work hard and keep going… and I inspire Frank to clean. It’s a beautiful relationship. Actually, I was telling Jamie the other night that I am fairly impressed with Frank’s cleanliness. (although, if you saw the state of our apartment right now, you would NOT be impressed… oy)

I think that we have decided to renew our lease at our current apartment. The deal on the renewal is far better than what we could get anywhere else, so it makes sense to stick it out and avoid moving costs, etc. Plus, who has time to go apartment hunting right now??? We’ve got bigger fish to fry, I tell you.

What’s coming up…

Frank’s birthday is this weekend and we are going to see his all-time favorite cover band, Mike & Joe. Frank Fest 2004 should be lots of fun 🙂

Friday night is Erik P’s birthday, so we are swinging up to their new home to celebrate and part-ay–yay! Can’t wait!

OUtside of that, I plan on sleeping in on Sunday, taking a leisurely stroll to Starbucks and possibly making Frank some of my famous pancakes (hee hee–I just buy a bag of the pancake mix from Cracker Barrel–they’re yum, so who cares that they’re not from scratch? I make sure to include a slice of love in every batch… 😉 )

Moving On…

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The difficult and challenging part of moving to a new position in our company is first leaving the people you love working with behind and second, trying to figure out the new people.

I loved working with my team–good, bad and ugly. It was my first position out of college and I learned so much with them. This new team is a little freaky because no one has good things to say about my new boss. UGH. But I will survive.

More on this later. And God’s design for my life. Yeah.

Jessica Simpson

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I have to tell you–I’m obsessed with her. I want to BE her. Is that sick? Wrong? Both???? Sometimes, when Frank and I are putzing around the apartment, I pretend that we are Nick and Jessica… 😉 “Oh, Frank, of course we need million dollar sheets!” Ha. ha. Sometimes I practice my dance moves for him, too.

Me: So this is the Funky Frog Hoppity Hop move I’m using in my song and dance Friday.

Frank: Um. Yeah.

Me: Hoppity Hoppity, jump froggy, jump!

Frank: You’re blocking the TV.

Me: Whatever! Don’t come crying to me when your solo album bombs!

Frank: Huh?

So yeah–the reason this comes up is because I was looking at Michelle B’s blogger and she had pics of Jessica and I was inspired.

There you have it, folks. I’m crazy.

Frank is So Smart!!!

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My husband is not only incredibly attractive, hilariously funny and amazingly suave–it turns out he’s a genius too! Last night he told me about a site called the DrudgeReport.com. This site features breaking news before it even gets to the networks! Holy cow! It’s fantastic!

For example, this morning they have an article on a White House memo that hasn’t even been released to the public yet!

Frank–you’re awesome. Everyone else–check out the website! CLICK HERE!

A Day that Made Me Love My Job

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Yesterday was one of those days that reminded me of why I sometimes love my job. I worked for an hour, then went to a meeting where they had pastries, fruit, juice and a raffle for prizes. I worked for another hour, then went to lunch with a magazine at a fancy restaurant for 2 hours. I worked another hour and then went to the Peninsula Hotel for afternoon tea for the rest of the day and went home. I didn’t eat dinner, that’s for sure! How could you NOT love a job on a day like that?

Shout out to my peeps…

I gotta say “hey” to my cousin Meghan who reads my blog–What’s up girlfriend?? Ow ow!

Have a great weekend!

What's goin' on this weekend

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This weekend shouldn’t be as action-packed as previous weekends. We’re going to a movie night at Dave & Andrea G’s house on Friday. I’m making my famous (infamous??) baked brie. Frank should be very happy–both of us could eat half a brie wheel each. Ugh. Bad for the waistline.

Saturday I have ground school. I am a terrible future pilot, I have to admit–I hope I pass!!! After that, we are driving to lovely Champaign-Urbana to see Entertainment Night at Frank’s old college church. This year I don’t think Frank has plans to perform (thank goodness), so it should be a laid-back night full of laughs. 🙂

I’m not sure what we’re doing Sunday, but church is definitely included.

Mmmm…

That’s it, I think.

Things at work are better, I’ve calmed down a lot, which is good. I wouldn’t have made it through that time without God and Frank (I know some of you get confused–they are not one in the same 😉 ) and my family and friends. So yeah. As I find more quotes that I want to post, I’ll throw them up on this board.

~Em

Hoppy Easter!

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I know, so cheesey. Anyway–quick update. Friday night was Dave G’s birthday party–yay–good times. He’s aging rapidly–25 yrs old! eeek!

Saturday morning, Mom and Dad picked me up and we went down to Roanoke for my cousin’s bridal shower. That was loads of fun. Good to see the family. Found out one of my other cousins is having child #6. Can’t BELIEVE that. That’s just nuts. Two of my other cousins are also expecting, no need to worry keeping the population up, that’s for sure.

Saturday night we went out to dinner with my friend Ann and her new boyfriend, Jim. He is totally nice and we had a great time. They are a very playful couple–obviously very happy. Yay for Ann and Jim! 😀 We saw Lady Killers after dinner, cute movie. I love Tom Hanks as a general rule. He’s in my top 5.

Sunday we went to church at 9:30 and then went to brunch with Frank’s parents and his sister. His other sister, her husband and our nephew were all sick and couldn’t make it. That was quite disappointing since we rely on my nephew for all of our entertainment 🙂

After brunch (which was quite an amazing spread), we went to my parents’ house and took a much needed nap. Then round 2 of eating! We didn’t eat too much dinner, but what we did have was just so tastey.

So today, I guess it’s not surprising that I woke up exhausted. 🙂 Thank goodness for the work week, right?