It's me, Charity

1. I have already started writing my Mid Week Confessions for next week. The first one is an epic idiot moment. 2. I'm so excited about house sitting and Cubbie sitting for Audie this weekend!! I feel like I'm going on vacation as well! I can't wait to snuggle up on the couch and watch cable tv with Cubbie while it's cold and rainy Saturday. 3. I randomly went to Sears this week and managed to clean up at their massive clearance sale! I got 6 new shirts for 25.00!!! 4. I'm trying to dress cuter for work but i just really struggle putting outfits together and i feel like none of my pants fit me perfectly. Like they fit in one section and are too big in another. drives me nuts!! 5. I am BEYOND excited about seeing my Apes in May!! 6. My hair is finally starting to take off growing and it's getting so bushy and longer!! YAYS! 7. I really envy people who have tans. But I don't envy people who have skin cancer so i'm good.

1. I am BEYOND thrilled that it is the weekend! I feel like this week has drug on forever and a day. I cannot wait to have two whole days with nothing but Church! Sleep-here I come!! 2. I have worn my glasses 3 days this week. That has to be a record. My eyes are so itchy from the pollen that is hugely abundant that contacts are just NOT going in. 3.  I have a new found love for Annie's Organic White Cheddar Macaroni. I love.it. mmm... It's become one of my safe foods I can eat when i'm having a health flare up. So very yummy!! 4. I put inserts in my shoes so my feet don't slip and slide all over and the inserts glue apparently did not stick. So now my inserts are sliding all over and it is driving.me.nuts!! 5. I can't wait to go home for Easter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6. After the insanity yesterday my brain is utterly and completely fried. Thank goodness it's Friday! 7. In preparation of my move I'm cleaning out my apt...

1. I am So so SO Excited because tonight I am getting my hair done by the one, the only BRYNA! not only do I miss my sweet friend, but I'm excited to get my birthday highlights put in!! 2. I am in love with my pink tulips that are on my desk. in.love. so beautiful! I love fresh flowers! 3. Next week I start two new Piano Students! Brings me up to 5 total! 4. A week from now I will be fixin to head home to the farm for my birthday weekend. I really miss home and my family so I am uber excited for this as well. 5. I have been thinking about tanning for my bday, you know to have some color other than pilsbury dough boy white, but I'm afraid of burning! The only thing worse than a pasty white birthday is a bright red birthday! 6. My teeth and jaw have really hurt lately. I think I am clenching/grinding them all day and night. 7. I still have not found a place to live come July. This could be the reason for #6!!

1. I am pretty happy with my little blog design re-do. I know it's not super fancy, but after a year of Jordy's FAB design, I was ready for a change! 2. I may even like it so much that I have went to look at my blog, just to look at it, several times now. Sad, I know. 3. After being gone 4 nights this week I crashed tonight and didn't go to the Cafe at church. Truth be told around 7 pm I almost fell asleep.  4. I painted my toes a bright pink tonight, hoping that it will spur Spring to come. Unfortunately it's still snowing outside and we have a forecast of 7 degrees for tomorrow. fab. 5. I am excited for Spring but I am not excited to see everyone's feet again. See, I have a love hate relationship with feet. Mostly hate. I can't stand to see people with gross long toenails. PEOPLE OF THE WORLD! Your toenails are supposed to be shorter than your toes. Gross.  Cut them and keep them trimmed, so I do not have to see such nastiness. Blech. 6. I...

1. I promise I will start blogging more actual posts than Mid Week Confessions and 7 Quick takes. Life has been very busy and very sickly lately! 2. I am loving that I haven't had to wear a coat for the past week and a half. Ok well maybe I should be wearing a coat, but seriously, I'm a hoosier, it gets above 34 degrees and I find it warm. And I hate coats! 3. Plans are starting to come together for my 30'th Birthday and I'm starting to get excited!! Still not thrilled about the number, but I'm looking forward to getting to spend some time with my friends! 4. I got one of those fancy new waterbottles where you press the lever at the back of it and it slides open the drinking hole. Yeah you should really be careful when you release the lever and it closes. I got sprayed on my face with ice cold water. It did however wake me up so that was a bonus. 5. I've looked at two potential homes this week, and I really liked the second one! The first had mo...

1. Sweet Mercy. My right arm hurts way more than I thought it would after falling. It's to the point where I whimper a little bit whenever I try to squirt lotion from my dispenser. 2. I am becoming a little bit overwhelmed trying to think about moving this July. Before you ask, I have been in this apt building for 4 1/2 years, yes I moved once over a year ago, up one floor, to get away from a noisy neighbor. Now that my lease is up I'm looking towards a house of some sort, and it's overwhelming me. 3. I have decided that I am done with Winter. After falling in the ice and snow, snow is no longer pretty and it needs to be done with. Unfortunately Winter did not receive that memo as we are getting 5 more inches of snow today. Fab. 4. My hair is finally getting longer, only now it's to the annoying stage and needs thinned out. I don't have time for that so it's froofy. way froofy. I need to invest in some hair clips. 5. I am loving, LOVING my Rok...

1. I have been informed (and now catch myself doing it) that every time I leave my office to walk anywhere, I look both ways before walking out the door. Like a little child. If you have ever walked our halls you would do the same thing! Safety first!! 2. I am such a creature of habit it is not even funny. I park in the same space or area in every parking lot that I use, I go as far as even using the same bathroom stall at work. TMI? 3. I've been strangely fascinated lately by the Christian's in the public eye. Of course everyone is watching Tim Tebow, but awhile back I started reading Baron Batch's Blog (which I would highly recommend) and he has some really interesting thoughts on living his faith and recently on protecting himself as a Christian Male, and one in the public eye. I definitely wish that all guys had the respect for themselves and for women that he is trying to show. It gives me hope. 4. I have to say that while I enjoy reading People magazine ...

1. Last 7 quick takes of the year! Woot!! Next year I promise I will be better at doing them! 2. Getting kind of annoyed with Encore Router's support. Or lack thereof. Trying to set up my wireless and their directions-not working. ugh. 3. Looking forward to spending another NYE with Katie Marie and the bubbies. Oh yeah and her hubs as well. It's become our unofficial tradition! 4. I  still can't believe that Christmas has come and gone. Seems like it didn't even happen. I don't think our warm weather helped make it very Christmas-y. 5. Add to that I can't believe my 30'th birthday EEKS is coming up in less than two months! Must start the celebration planning! This one is gonna be BIG!!! 6. I have a deep and abiding love for Target. I always come out of the store with much more than I planned to buy, yet items I cannot live without! 7. I have some deep spiritual posts coming up. Some things to chew on that I've been learning and ta...

1. Spending time with my nephew last week has left me with some bad habits. One of them being the urge to "vroom VROOM" several times a day. 2. I also almost Peek A Boo'd a student that came through earlier this week. 3. Yes, I embarrass myself on a daily basis. 4. I am in LOVE with the Chicken Salad that Target sells. It's sooooo good! 5. Bryna is coming over to un-fluff my hair this evening. I can't wait! I need some Bryna time and my hair desperately does! 6. I still have no idea what to get my Mom or Grams for Christmas. Any thoughts? Everyone else is done! 7. I am loving Maybelline's new Baby Lips Lip Gloss- Peppermint. It's soooo yummy and very smoothing!

1. Katie had me flat out laughing out loud alone in a waiting room this evening. I love getting texts from my friends! What did I ever do before cell phones and texting? I have no clue! 2. Mr Benjamin's Birthday Presents are purchased and ordered, now we just pray that the big present makes it to Iowa by next Friday night! (his little birthday party with us!) 3. Props to Audie for finding one of his presents at Gordman's and texting me a picture of it telling me to buy it for him :) 4. I renewed my driver's license online tonight for a mere 21.00. I thought that was rather pricy but for keeping my smiling picture and not changing my weight from HIGH SCHOOL, small price to pay my friends!! 5. I'm getting Comcast internet tomorrow so if I never blog again you'll know why. And yes, I know I hate them, but I could get a better deal on tv/internet than my tv alone that was raising another 20 bucks at the end of the month. I'm paying less for both than I was for just ...

1. I'm a little upset with Greys Anatomy not having a new episode until the New Year. What is up with making us wait so long??!! 2. I'm excited to have Girl's Nite and snuggle time with Katie and her little baby tonight! I can't wait to see how much he has grown! 3. Next week I have another busy social week. I'll only be free on Monday night. Go me and my social life! Woot!! 4. It snowed Thursday. There were flurries when I came in from lunch and when we left work it looked like a full on blizzard. I was rather surprised. 5. To that end I finally caved in and started wearing my coat. I just couldn't put it off any longer. 6. My boyfriend, Cubbie, other wise known as my long lost twin, is coming over with Audra to my house next Weds night. 7. Even though I have my tree up and Thanksgiving is in two weeks and it's cold and snowy outside it just hasn't sunk it that it's November and winter and the Holidays are coming. I still can't believe we're...

1. I put my tree up tonight. Yes, I know it's only Nov 4, but I am busy the next two weekends and want it up before I leave for Thanksgiving. 2. I am almost all done with my Christmas shopping!!!!! I have a few more things to purchase and I'm making several presents but they are almost ready! Yays!! 3. Yes, I really do LOVE Christmas, why do you ask????? ;) 4. I finally ordered some new prints of pictures so I can have something different in my picture frames. Great timing since most of my frames were put away tonight for the Christmas season. Way to plan Cherrybear, way to plan!! 5. I really need to renew my driver's license. Apparently you can do it online these days. I just don't want my picture changed since I have a nice smiling pic. 6. Yes I smile like a cheeseball in my driver's license pictures and NO i am NOT HAPPY that the new law says you can't smile because of the "face recognition" software. Try and recognize me without a smile on my face ...

1. I had a really rough week. Thursday night I came home to the sweetest card from Mr. Caca (hubby to Caca one of my BFF's.) It literally made me cry. I love having such great friends, and serving such a great God that knew I needed some encouragement and love and had that card come to me right when I needed it. 2. It was 35 degrees this morning. brrrrrrrrr.. 3. I can't wait for it to be November and to go see my Snugglemuffin for Thanksgiving! I miss him sooo much! In his pictures he is turning more and more into a little boy and less of a baby. sniffles. 4. I can't wait to get my tree up and decorate for Christmas! I need to get the entertainment center and tv out of my bedroom so I can move my rocker in there and set up the tree in the living room. Yes I put my tree up before Thanksgiving (since i'm always gone) 5. I'm really struggling coming up with 7 things today. How sad is that?! I am also hungry .

1. I started reading the book of Mark tonight. It's quite a page turner!! I think I might have a new favorite book of the Bible! Although Nehemiah is next on the agenda after Mark so stay tuned! 2. Sometime while I was sick and encased in my apt it suddenly turned into Fall, cold weather and dark outside when I leave for work. I was sad to turn my heat on. :( 3. I am SOOOO excited for Jboz' Wedding tomorrow afternoon! Emboz and I have a little something up our sleeves. *Muahahah* 4. I had my first real meal today at lunch-Moe's Homewrecker-Streaking. It.was.yummy. Not puking or feeling like puking afterwards=priceless. 5. I can't believe that it's almost November BUT I am uber excited that means I will see my Snugglemuffin soon! I miss him. :( 6. I am a 29 yr old adult and yet I have a favorite blankie. Sad. 7. I have an addiction to Magazines.

1. My drink blender broke. I am very saddened by this! Iced Coffee instead of my Fraup was not so yummy. :( 2. I have been home ONE night out of five. I am TIRED. With that said, Saturday is being spent in my Pj's on my couch. 3. Now you know why I have barely blogged lately! 4. I kind of like it being cooler outside and I'm starting to get used to the rain. Not ready for winter but I'm ok with fall! 5. I had the best cookie possibly in my entire 29 years of life on Weds night at bible study. I am saddened that I only had one. boo. 6. I can't wait for Madi's first birthday party next weekend! I got her some super cute stuff! And my BFF Kim made her some neat things for me to give her as well!! I love birthdays! 7. I discovered our campus bookstore sells magazines. Like up to date magazines. Like the newest issue of People on the day it comes out. I LOVE magazines and faithfully read People every single Friday night. I was pretty danged excited. Its the small things ...

1. I am having the time of my life with my Snugglemuffin here!!! Tomorrow we head to Nana's so I am sure he will forget all about his Auntie, but he has warmed up to me quite well!! 2. Getting off work at 12 on a Friday is pretty doggone awesome as well!! 3. Perfect weather tonight, 70 and raining. I have the balcony doors open. I love fall!! 4. Jessi has got the organizing bug into me. I finally cleaned and organized my bottom drawer at work today. If my former adviser had seen the un-labeled files, she would have had a heart attack. 5. I don't think my apt has been this clean since I moved in last Nov. 6. I am getting tired of people asking me if my hair is curly. It wasn't exactly straight before I cut it short! 7. We transitioned our office into Fall Decorations this week. I had to laugh when people who previously weren't sure about the flowers hanging from the ceiling, were excited about now having leaves. I have brought them to the dark side!! muahahaahah

1. I am in a word, EXHAUSTED. I got a taste of what the faculty go through last night as I was at work until 9:45 pm and then back here at 7:50 am. Needless to say the weekend is going to be like the Bruno Mars Lazy Song. 2. I stepped out of my box and tried the chicken club tacos at Chili's today when I met Emboz for our monthly lunch. They were really really good!! and cheap!! 3. I really get the weirdest twitter followers. Does anyone else have this issue? I wonder where these people find me? and yet they don't tweet me? odd. 4. We made it through non instructional week without ANYONE crying!!! This is HUGE!! Nor did I eat ANY ice cream! That is WAY HUGE!!!!!!!!!!! However Payless had Edy's on sale tonight so I may or may not have bought some to stock up for the first week of classes :) 5. It made my day to have Holly visit me this afternoon!!! She was at the bookstore and stopped by to see me. I am recycling my magazines and giving them to her every week...

1. I have been amazed this week to see answers to prayer, that were even greater than I expected! I laughed/cried last night once I realized God had done something totally cool over what I had imagined! He is AWESOME!!! 2. Bible Study starts 4 weeks from now! I am so excited! We're doing Joanna Weaver's next book Lazarus Awakening I believe It's called. I really love her studies! And I love my bible study babes! 3. So sad that Covert Affairs and Switched at Birth are done for the summer! They are two of my favorite summer shows! 4. My lazy butt has discovered an easy way to take trash out. Take it with me when I go to work in the am! No, not take trash with me to work! That would be gross! But take it to the dumpster! This alleviates me having to tromp up and down the stairs several times. See, I told you I was lazy! 5. I can't wait for a year from now when hopefully I will be out of apt life and have a house of some sort. And a garage. And my wonderful ...

1. After complaining, my apt complex actually credited my account to make up for leaving my balcony door open with the A/C on! That was a great blessing! 2. Today I am picking up my new glasses that I ordered TUESDAY!! I got two pairs and I'm really excited! No fears I will model them on the blog! 3. 5 weeks from today I'll be spending the afternoon with my Snugglemuffin!!!!!!!!!! 4. My Parents are coming to town Saturday and taking me out to lunch at TEXAS ROADHOUSE!! Super excited for yummy rolls and sirloin beef tips but especially for some fun time with my family! 5. Before Apes left work I had sticky notes of my to do lists. Now I have a legal pad of paper with two sheets written on. Let's just say I am tired by the time I get home! 6. Holly and I have decided that we are pretty much the same person. Finally I have met someone who knows random weird things and celebrity gossip! 7. I am fully taking advantage of the great deal at Walgreen's this week on Complete Ey...

1. When you read this I'll be at work which will most likely turn into the longest day in the history of the world. bet on it. Pre Holiday weekend days are always dead and laborous. 2. I'm excited that Saturday I will get to see my dear friend Chantelle, and her little boy Ethan at his 2nd Birthday Party! Chantelle is a good friend of our family and was the MOH in K&L's wedding and I haven't been able to see her since so I'm very excited!! 3. And to add the the fun fabulous fourth I will get to meet in person, for the very first time after knowing eachother for over 8 years, the one, the only, JOY GEER!!! YEAH!!!!!! It will be a PCC Reunion and I am so excited to see her sweet face!! 4. I may die from a happiness overload this weekend. I just very well may. 5. I got this new makeup that I'm not sure if I love or not yet. Its Revlon's Colorstay Aqua and its quite interesting! Its a powder but when it comes in contact with your skin its cold and wet!! I wa...