lol!...brian and i are great...i didn't mean for this post to sound as melodramatic as it probably does...all my references to "pain and suffering" are really meant to be about my individual relationship with God...talking about my marriage was just an example of how my perspective on things directly affects my relationships with other people...
Okay folks, well since there aren't anymore curious minds out there I'd thought I'd bring you something much more exciting and interesting...the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. If you haven't seen the opening ceremony from Friday night, PLEASE go see it online NOW. You'll be blown away at the creativity, beauty and imagination that went into the production of this amazing event. I got goosebumps probably 20 times and teared up probably 10 times just from watching it on this small 15" monitor. You can get complete access for free to all the streaming video footage of the Games on the NBC Olympic site. You can plug in your local info to connect you with the NBC station the most current footage in your area.
If I tried posting about normal everyday life stuff, like actually give you guys updates on what's been happening with me and being married and working and what not...well, I figure it's been over a year since I've done that, so I think I'll just keep that hope alive! hahahaa....
or you could just ask me questions instead, how about it?
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day to day life? Ummm...gosh well aside from working full time (see below) I'm still working on the whole being a wife thing (as prescribed in the bible :), cooking (NOT every night, or I'd shoot myself), cleaning (you could say i'm borderline OCD with that), working out (at the YMCA! swimming is my new/old thing and I'm loving it!), going to coffee shops while my husband draws and I read...or write, or get antsy, seeing my family/girlfriends once every several weeks (they live all within 20-30 mins of us), going to church (we're still working on a regular normal basis thing, that would be very good), or sleeping(that's good too)...driving to random places on my days off (when hubby is at work), trying to connect to some of my old girlfriends from high school (via the web)....attemping to get in touch with my warm, fuzzy spiritual side/being connected to God (I know it was there for awhile, I/we just need to work on it...it's been a constant struggle). I know there's more...and the next answer...
I do still work in the food business. I work full time at a restaurant called Harbor Lights on the waterfront on the edge of Tacoma. It's owned by Anthony's restaurants, which you may have remembered also owns Anthony's Pier 66, where I worked about 2.5 years ago when I lived in Seattle and was still single :) H.L. is a seafood restaurant, and actually almost a 50-year-old landmark restaurant on the Tacoma waterfront. The decor I think has never changed since it's opened and the menu items have stayed the same with a few minor changes (inflation of course). When we moved to Tacoma almost 2 months ago I knew I could secure a job at HL because of my awesome references from Pier 66. I actually got the job in less than 3 days, offered over the phone from the exec. chef after he had just talked to my former exec chef at 66.
I usually work days (8am-?) tues-sat, or mon-fri, either prepping or setting up the line for lunch and then cooking on the fry station, doing cold foods and a little bit of saute. So really I have become a bon-a-fied hot line cook (not just cold foods), which I have been waiting to be for a very long time. The restaurant is just about a 5 minute drive from home and I can park for FREE (this is unheard of in Seattle). :) It's a very fun job and Anthony's is an awesome company to work for (benefits and all).
this is me posting to say that I'm thankful for everything God has given me, a loving husband, our fairly good health, a peaceful apartment, a satisfying job, wonderful family and friends, a small church with friendly people that want to get to know us, our sense of humor, and time to rest and appreciate things :) It's okay that we haven't bought a house yet or had kids or are incredibly fit and skinny...we may or may not get there and that's okay :)
