It's me, Charity

I know, I know I say this every year but really, THIS IS THE YEAR!!! All thanks to Shutterfly. We all knew I needed professional help to get this accomplished and they are there for your every printing need! I love Christmas Photo Cards , true story! I actually use them as decorations, I hang them on my fridge and even hang them on my desk at work. Regular Christmas Cards I usually don't hang on to unless someone has really written something profound in them, but photo cards I almost always keep! I just love seeing the faces of those I love! So this year instead of buying cards at a store that I will never fill out I am going to hop over to Shutterfly and take advantage of their fabulousness!!! I have great love for Shutterfly, My Mom got me onto them a year or so ago and since then I have used them to make some really cool Photo Books which is definately my favorite product that they offer! You know me and my love of pictures, a photo book is perfect because it can hold all of yo...

In my attempts to be a better blogger :) I am going to join up with the December Photo Project, because we all know I love to take pictures!! And with my nephew arriving in less than two weeks I bet you can guess just what most of those pictures are going to be!!!!!! I CAN"T WAIT!!! If you want to join up and read all about it click on over December Photo Project

I can practically hear Ty Pennington in my ear right now! Well here is the tour of casa Cherrybear, minus the entry way and hallway where all the boxes are. ahem. and the kitchen table.. minor detail! Looking into my bathroom. Is anyone surprised its PINK???!! I love it!! And I looveeee my jewelry holders! You can't tell but they are all arranged in different categories. I know, I'm weird. Deal. Side view of my organization and my shower curtain! Closet door and front door. Not too exciting I'm afraid! My shoe holder is right after you enter the front door. Yes, I have alot of shoes. No this is not all of them! My Kitchen!!!! I love my kitchen! And I have an ice maker! Super Exciting! Its like a super ice maker too! I finally had to shut it off because it was over flowing! I put my Christmas tree up the same night I moved. I love it! :) Shot of the living room from the fridge area. You can get a little glimpse of the vaulted ceilings here. I love them! It makes th...

So Thanksgiving week was pretty crazy! Monday our office was open to students but we had no advising apts, which was great! Tuesday and Weds we were closed for Students but Apes and I were still there working. Our system was revamped all of last week so I'm kind of interested to go in Monday and see what they have done to it! Hopefully it's all back up in working order. Tuesday morning Apes and I had the opportunity to go to a Professional Development Seminar we went to one on Meyer's Briggs Personality Types and how to better interact with others. It was really interesting! And alot of fun!! Apes has been telling me that I was a certain type for the past year and what do you know she was right! Hello, My Name is Charity and I am an ESFJ! :) The only bad thing about the meeting was that it was when I was really getting sick with my Sinus Infection and double ear infection in both ears so I spent the whole three hours popping halls and trying to pop my ears open so I could h...

Well it is finished! I'm moved! YAYS!! We moved Friday and by Saturday at 2 pm everything was unpacked and in its place! I have to give a big shout out to my movers, Dr Avery, Bryna and Mr Bryna, Sarah and my Amazing Parents who cleaned my old apt while I was unpacking! It is SUCH a relief to be in my new home away from all the noise. I haven't heard a single person since I moved in. Of course it was a holiday weekend but still though. Fabulous!! Its really nice not to have someone above me either moving about when you least expect it! I have to say I was DREADING moving day so much I was sure it was going to be an absolute nightmare, but here's the thing, when you have 6 people helping you move it goes very fast! We started a little after 10 am and stopped for Pizza at 12:40 ish. Everyone was gone by 1:30 with everything moved into my apt! I spent the afternoon unpacking and my parents cleaned downstairs. It was such a blessing to have it go so smoothly. I have been horrib...

Today I am Thankful for: Being able to spend the entire day in my PJ's Getting more than 4 hours of sleep Mom fixing my laptop so I can get online at the farm Hardcore Antibiotics Being able to mostly hear out of my ears My parents house being so warm I can hang out in shorts -LOVE wood heat! The Green Bean Casserole I will be annihilating soon! The awesome friends that will be helping me move tomorrow! Being done with moving soon I hate it!! Dad setting up the tv so I could watch Dr Phil and Oprah last night, it was sweet! My comfy bed at my parents and the SILENCE Two Days off work! Getting off work early yesterday :) My Parents holding hands right now, its so cute!! The Arrival of Little No Name in less than 2 weeks!! The end of the semester approaching My Parents that love me probably more than they should seeing as I'm a stinker! My wonderful Friends that know me and love me anyway! The great journey God has taken me on over the past year! Where he leads me I will follow!

So today was the first day our office was closed for business! YAYS!! We started off the morning with a 3 hour Professional Development where we learned about Meyer's Briggs. I am, which I allready knew thanks to Apes, an ESFJ. To the T. It was pretty hilarious actually. After that we headed to Spaghetti's for our first lunch together! We take staggered lunch breaks so the office is always open but since we were closed our boss told us to go have fun and have lunch together! It was great! I had Chicken Parmesan and it was soooo good. Although I will say that combined with the Starbucks we picked up afterwards made for some not good breath. I would not reccomend the two together. No sireee. Thank goodness the office is closed! Here we are looking all festive in our attire! I realized after I got to work that my shirt doesn't look that white and it bothered me all day long. I think I packed the one I wanted to wear. Dangit! I can't wait to be unpacked and have all of my...

Welcome to Christmas in 2144! Here is my festive desk! And yes, that is PINK tinsel with lights! It's a WINTER WONDERLAND!!! I love love LOVE the snowflakes hanging from the ceiling! They make me SO HAPPY!!! Here is our middle counter. As I like to say, the Stockings were hung by the file drawers with care! HA! And the stockings on the other side! Pretty Snowflakes! Muy Caliente/Sheryl's Work station.. It needs more.. We still haven't made curtains for this so it looks messy :( but we have all the reindeers, a melted snowman and lights! Corner Area.. Top of my Cabinet! Looking at my desk, yes it's messy! Alot of stuff to do!! Glittery!!

Well Thursday night I finished packing my bathroom and attacked my bedroom! I am proud to say that they are both DONE!!! And Friday night my kitchen will be the last stop! I still have a few odds and ends like the top of my coffee table and my storage closet has some cubs in it that need to be packed but other than that I'm almost done! YAYS!! Laundry baskets with the clothes from my armoire. Yes, I have a lot of clothes. Cleaned off my Baker's rack and went through all of my papers. You will also notice like 7 bags of trash over by the trash can. I cleaned out EVERYTHING!!!! My Poor living room. Its just looking pathetic. I have to quit stacking stuff in front of my tv or i'm not going to be able to see soon! Speaking of Struggling.... Why is my kitchen table the catch all? ALWAYS!

Today I had the pleasure of spending time with Emboz and snuggling Madi over lunch!! Sweet Baby girl likes to be held like this, and she also liked me to shake my legs. My ankles still hurt! HA! She was all ready for Pink Weds!! Thats my girl!!! She was fighting sleep I got her to sleep several times but then we would talk and wake her up :) Sweet Precious Girl! My Auntie Skills were alive and present! I can't wait untill my nephew comes!! Madi's first self portrait with Mommy and Auntie Cherry. She wasn't too sure what she thought of it! Love the look on her face! HA!!! She is just such a precious little dumplin! I love her to pieces!!

1. 1 confirmed person helping me move! YAY Stimpy!! 2. Snuggles with Madi. 3. 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4. Kicking butt and taking names today!! 5. Yummy breakfast drink! I LOVE carnatino bfast blends!

Well I am STRESSED to the max right now!! I just found out today that I will be moving apts to get rid of the noisy dude who likes to play scary video games in the middle of the night and have dance parties all night long. I am thrilled to get away from him. A tad miffed that HE doesn't have to move, excited to see my third floor apt with vaulted ceilings, DREADING moving all my junk, wondering how i'm going to get it all done, and saddened that my thanksgiving break will be taken up by MOVING. NOT.A.FAN. I hate moving. I would rather have my blood drawn or an iv in me than move. For those of y'all that know my intense fear and aversion to both this says alot. I don't get my keys untill 5 pm Weds. thats right the night before Thanksgiving. I will get them, drive home to my parents for the night and next day. have thanksgiving where mom is threatening to serve STEAK since K&L won't be there, sleep, get up early and go back to Laffy and start the nightmare. So thi...

1. Deb coming to my rescue not once, but TWICE today and doing it happily!! She is my HERO!! 2. Finally making a dent in my drawer/desk. 3. 3 days!!!!!! 4. Looking forward to a new apt and a dishwasher that hopefully works!! :) 5. My awesome parents who help me out even when they dread it! HA!

"For as he thinks within himself, so he is" Proverbs 23:7 And here we have come to the last bible study until Spring Semester starts. I am so sad not to meet with my bible babes :) every weds night, truthfully I don't know what I'm going to do with myself! But I'm almost happy for a bit of a break because man alive God's really been workin on me! Learning every week's lesson through real life experiences has been a tad painful. But as our good ol buddy Joanna Weaver says, its a good hurt :) I walked into this bible study exhausted. Mentally, emotionally, physically. It had been a very rough week already and I had two more days to go. It was do or die week at school and the stress and tension was rolling off everyone in waves that all seemed to hit me. Working at the front desk you hear everything from EVERYONE and I had just gotten to the point where I couldn't take anymore. I was spent. I couldn't listen to another sad story, whine, rant, I just ...

I am the Lord's servant" Mary answered, May it be to me as you have said~Luke 1:38 In this chapter we looked at having a willing spirit and heart. It was kind of funny because right before the lesson started Whit had an announcement about a need for help with the Awana Parents program in a few weeks. They needed women to bake cookies and then to help serve. As she's asking for help and starting to pass the sign up sheet around I kid you not this is going through my head... I am coming up with 8978079897 reasons why I am unable to help out that night. I can't cook very well.. People are so much more talented than me.. I should let someone else do it... But I wanted a free night!! I wonder how long I'd have to be there.. and on it goes... Well the sign up sheet got to me and before I even realized what was going on, I was writing my name in the blank spot for people to serve. (I later became the head of that committee but i digress!ha!) As I sign up and wonder what o...

1. Apes found the straw to my water bottle that we have been searching for, for TWO WEEKS!!! YAYS!!! 2. Happy people at work today! 3. Pepe's with Dr Avery 4. Possible end to my neighbor nightmare! 5. Warm enough outside to not wear my jacket!

1. Less than a month untill little no name comes!! 2. Parking spot in A- no creepy fri night walk. 3. PJ's-glasses-magazines-couch. 4. Dr R cracking my neck back in to place. ahhh relief!! 5. Bryna found me on FB!! YAYS!

1. I am so looking forward to a night in my pjs and glasses, hanging out on my couch catching up on magazines and dvr'd shows more than I can express! 2. We're having insane weather here in Indiana. Today its 75, next week we're getting rain/snow mix. Did I mention I wore flip flops yesterday? 3. I heart Danny Gokey's song "It's only Love" I think it's one of my favorite songs of the moment, along with Stuck like glue, and Just the way you are. 4. Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away!! Sad that my bro and sil won't be there with us, I miss them :( but we will see them soon enough when Little No Name decides to make his appearance!! 5. I am behind in blogging about Bible Study, I promise I will get caught up with that this weekend!! 6. I will be setting up my tree next Thursday when Mom brings it and all of my Christmas decorations to town. I am SO EXCITED!! It always looks like Christmas threw up in my apt and that makes me very happy :) 7. I a...

Thursday night we had our once a month craft night at church and I actually made it this time!! I worked on decorating two stockings for our office, Sheryl and Muy Caliente were not here last Christmas so they didn't have stockings. I quickly remedied that situation!! Here I am working away!! Me and Foxy!! Funny- she is a good friend of Becky whom I worked with for three years in college at Watson's! So I have known her for 6 years and now she is coming to my church and bible study so I have gotten to know her in a different way and deeper and I think that is just so cool! And plus its great to have a friend thats taller than me!!! Me and Berger... Glitter Glue is just one of the best inventions evah!! I will say though, Bryna let me borrow some of her glitter glue to have several different colors for my snowflakes, and i'm drawing them and getting glue ALL OVER my hands. I couldn't figure out how untill after the 6'th snowflake I realized there was a hole in the...

1. Having a shower today and not a shower bath! YAYS for a cleaned out drain!! 2. GREAT parking space this morning when I had a ton to carry in! 3. Hug from Carmine! 4. Finding the perfect snowflakes to hang from the ceiling at Dollar Tree. 5. Only one car in front of me at the drive thru this morning!

Ok so I was doing this awhile back and fell off the wagon but now I am committed to it again! Apes and I decided that every day we are going to come up with and share 5 grace in the small things with eachother to help with our stressed out crabby attitudes. And wouldn't you know after we did we both felt so much better and Twanda was nowhere in sight!! So without further ado here we go!! 1. Marc Broussard- Pandora Radio- Dr Avery turned me onto this singer and I really like him! I discovered he gas a pandora station and i'm loving it!! 2. A really relaxing lunch break sitting in my truck with the windows down and the 70 degree in Nov!!!! wind blowing in. 3. Being able to get a salad with my sammie instead of the fries I don't like. 4. Not feeling like puking at all today! YAYS!! 5. Sheryl completely cracking me and a student up today with something so out of character, I almost died laughing!

Today's Festive Blue Monday outfit! I wore my tried and true trouser jeans, a short sleeved beaded top I got on clearance at Macy's of all places for 6 bucks!! And my awesome new jeweled flats! Sooo comfy and cute! Since it was in the 60's today I was able to get away with this warmer weather outfit! Beading on the top, I love it! Shoes, so ugly they are cute!!