Birthday Kidnapping!

So the Friday after thanksgiving I was at my parents house chilling with my sisters when all of the sudden some girls come barging into the house. It was my friends Lisa, Juli, Kim and Laura. Several months ago we started this thhing where we kidnap the birthday person and take them out to dinner. The birthday person usually has no idea. In my case I knew they were up to something but I didn't think they were going to do it that day. So they totally surprised me and I had no way to escape them. They blindfolded me and tied my hands up. They put me in Juli's car and drove around for awhile to try and confuse me. They did a preyty good job distracting me so I couldn't figure out where we were going. We ended up at Bellagios Pizzeria. I had to guess everyone who was there before I could take off the blindfold. I guess my sisters were in on it too becuase they were there. They were all very sneaky. All in all it was a lot of fun though. I can't wait to kidnap Lisa!!

This is a picture with me and my birthday flowers!

No Good Very Bad Week

So November has been kind of a rotten month for me this year. I am not even sure why but it seems as though so many things have gone wrong. I usually consider my self really blessed and I still do, but right now the roller coaster has a lot more downs then ups. This week started out really good..not really sure what happened.
I went to the Momorial for my co-workers husband earlier this week and cried my eyes out. It is still hard for me to think about with out crying. Death is a part of life yet it is still so hard.
Then I found out this week that I am going to have to have surgery on my front tooth.....so not fun. I broke my front tooth when I was younger. The dentist did a root canal and put a crown on it. About 4 years ago they took that crown off and did another root canal and put a new porcelian crown on. Well the alst couple of months I have noticed some pain above my fornt tooth. Being stuborn and not really wanting to go to the dentist I put it off as long as possible. My dentist refered me over to an Endodontist. Instead of doing another root canal they are going to save my tooth/crown and do surgery. I thought ok I can handle that but then they started talking about a few of the possible side effects and kinda got me scared. We will see how it goes.
So today I had to run to home depot and was driving out of the parking lot when I heard a pop. Eeek! I got home only to find a huge screw in my left front tire. Great! So Jimmy being the great brother that he is offered to take it to Big O Tires and have them fix it. Easy right...NOT. Since my tires are old they couldn't just patch it. All my tires are bad and they suggested I get all new tires. I couldn't afford that so I only got two new ones. That is just life I guess.
There were a lot more bad things that happened this week but I guess they are little. Sometimes it is those little things that get me frustrated. I hope this next week is better and end November on a good note.

Stars and City LIghts

I had the opportunity to go on a night hike Monday night. It was so incredible and the weather was perfect too. As out of breath as I was I it was still calming and peaceful. At one point half way up I stopped to take in all the amazing things. It was a clear night and you could see all the stars. That is something you don't see as well in the city. Then I looked out and saw all the city lights and was even more in awe. I could see the outline of a cactus which reminded me I was still in the desert. Who would have thought that hiking at night in the middle of the desert would be so awesome.

Tough times

So my emotions are all over the place right now. At the beginning of this year I always heard "2008 is gonna be great". Well I am starting to see this as not being so great a year. It has definitely been a hard year...in so many ways. Lots of heartache, loss, stress, lots of change......and the list goes on. Through it all I know that the Lord is there and will bring me comfort when I need it.
Monday afternoon I found out that my co-worker's husband was killed in a tragic accident while doing his job. I am very close to my co-workers. We are like family. When one is happy we are all happy when we have heartache we all do. I know that she is having a hard time and I want to help but I don't even know how. Death is such a difficult topic but yet it is all part of life. Whether we are prepared for it or not.

I think I am going to take the leap and finally jump on the band wagon and start a blog. I am going to at least try it out. I have never been really good at writing so we will see how this goes. If you have any suggestions or advice that would be very helpful. I am not really sure what I am doing so I am just going to play around with it until I like something