5 "Happies"

5 things that make me happy
(I apologize for poor picture quality. Most pictures were taken with my iphone.)

1. Camping
          - We are going camping this weekend and I am SO excited. There is just something so marvelous about stepping away from everything and just relaxing. Honestly I need some down time. Between school, work and balancing one car, I have been running on 4-5 hours of sleep a night. We all know that doesn't work well. You know it is bad when you are so exhausted that when you have free time to actually get things accomplished at home, you are so tired you can barely function. Yeah, housewife fail. I am looking forward to sleeping, fishing and reading this weekend.

2. Coach and Lady
           -These sweethearts have kept me company while T has been working and vice versa. I am looking forward to the day when we will have a yard for them to play in. I hate that the poor things are cooped up in the apartment all the time. P.S. I am longing for a home, a place to really call our own.

 3. Adventures in Odyssey
          -  Did you ever listen to Adventures in Odyssey? If you aren't familiar with AIO it is a radio drama that is done by Focus on the Family. Some of the first Bible stories and verses I learned were from this show. We listened to them all the time when I was little. I remember many time frame responses in amounts of Odysseys. We had to clean our room for one episode. Or on long car trips, "5 more Odysseys". My sister, Winnie, has almost all of them on her computer and has recently transferred the first 25 albums to my laptop. I have been listening to them as I clean the house or at school on my breaks. I still love it!

4. Josie, my little Monkey.
          -  I miss her so much. Thankfully things seem to be working out better with her parents but that means that we no longer have her every weekend. I miss our walks, cuddling watching Disney movies and playing. The first picture is her "monkey face" - absolutely hilarious and precious. The second picture is from one of our many walks to the pond to feed the ducks

5. Spring
          - Despite the fact that with spring comes pollen, I love it! The colors, flowers and everything coming alive. It makes me desperately want to take a walk every day. I seriously wish I had the time. Maybe soon. And you know what else spring means? One step closer to graduation! 4 weeks from today I will be receiving my 2 degrees. I am so excited but scared at the same time. I am learning a lot about patience and prayer through this whole process. My type A personality wants everything planned out and to know what is going to happen ahead of time, but not everything can be controlled or planned. Please pray that I find a job soon and if there is a move involved that it will all go smoothly.


What are 5 things that currently make you happy?

Wells Fargo Wagon

 

Ok, so it didn't exactly come by the Wells Fargo Wagon... But that is how excited I was when I found out I had a package at the post office yesterday.

I recently joined the Disney Movie Club and I got 7 movies for $21.90 plus free shipping.
I picked some and T picked some. These were my treasures this go-round.

The Muppet Movie. I LOVED this movie when I was little and I remember watching it over and over again with my younger siblings on VHS.

T's first pick - Hercules. I don't even know that I have seen this all the way through. We're going to fix that. ;)

Love, Love, Love this movie!

 

I have already busted out The Muppet Movie and watched part of it before I fell asleep last night. 

We pick Josie up tonight at 5.

Looking forward to snuggling with this sweet girl and watching some of my Disney favorites with her. ;o)
This Monkey is absolutely and has absolutely stolen my heart.

P.S. For those who may not know, Josie is my niece. She has been staying with us on the weekends. It's a complicated situation and I don't feel like it is my story to share with bloggy-world. But prayers are definitely appreciated.

Strep

I started feeling rough Sunday morning when I woke up and have gradually gotten worse. At first I thought it was just a sinus infection because of the weather changes. But yesterday, I was so sick by the end of the night at work, I came home and passed out. T's mom took me and Josie into her office this morning. She thought Josie might have the flu and wanted to check me out too since I wasn't feeling well. Turns out we both have strep. Thank goodness for a MIL who is a nurse and who kindly called in a prescription for us. She said that Josie started feeling bad Thursday or so but just thought it was a cold. Josie has been staying with us on the weekends and she probably gave it to me this past weekend. Fun. ;)
I missed classes today and will probably miss class and work tomorrow. For now, I am just going to try to relax and rest.

Princesses Around the World (Epcot)

Yes, I am just now getting around to uploading and organizing our pictures from our trip that was nearly a month ago. My excuse is that I am keeping the magic alive. Yup. I'm sticking to that.
Our first day in the parks we went to Hollywood Studios for the morning because our friend Greg let us in and had an hour or so to kill. T, Greg and I did the Tower of Terror and Rockin' Roller Coaster. Even though Greg has worked at Disney for years, he has only been on Tower of Terror once and had never ridden the Rockin' Roller Coaster. Ridiculous! Ha. We had a fun morning. After Greg went to work, we took the boat over the  the World Showcase in Epcot where we hit the Princess  Jackpot.
Here are some collages I made(thank Myra for suggesting Picasa!) I think these are pretty self explanatory. Josie had a great time doing character meet and greets. Her favorites were the princesses, of course.What I loved is that no matter how long the line was the Princesses took their time talking with each child. It isn't like the other characters where you will sometimes get pushed along as soon as 2 or 3 photos are taken. Her birthday button was a great conversation started. You'll notice several pictures with 3 fingers being held up. ;o)

*You can click on each of the collages to enlarge them and see the pictures better.*

We caught Aurora right as she came out and Josie was the first in line. So stinking cute. There wasn't anyone else in line for a while so the photopass guy went nuts.

Belle is my favorite. =)

 We caught Jasmine and Aladdin in Morocco. Personally, I think Aladdin's grin is a bit too cheesy... and we won't comment on Jasmine. ;)

Josie adored Snow White. She gave Josie a kiss on the forehead that she was SO proud of. It was a fight to get her to eventually wash it off.

We caught Mulan during the perfect moment during the show in China. Unfortunately there wasn't a Photopass person there and my ice cream cone was melting too quickly to take too many photos. Ha. Josie also got a "lip print", as she calls it, from Mulan on her cheek.