Update

Okay, we're still here and life is still good. I just feel like I can't take the time to create a single, coherent post. And that when I do, I'm avoiding doing something else I should be doing. But I'll just do it anyway...

1. Shin just opened a new restaurant (he's managing, we don't own it). It's called Martha's Place and it's a southern buffet. So far, he's enjoying it but it's a lot of hours at first as he tries to figure out how things should go. (Please pray for him and me as we adjust to this new schedule/life.)

2. We are both enrolled in a Teaching English as a Second Language class and our final is due next week. It's REALLY hard. So, that's what I *should* be doing right now. I'm avoiding it for this post but I definitely need to jump on it and focus.

3. I'm hosting a Mary Kay party on Saturday and I'm nervous no one will come. Or no one will buy anything and I won't get my foundation and primer like I really want. This is clearly not the end of the world, it's just something I've been thinking out/preparing for. I'm really hoping my friends and coworkers can come through. I think it'll be a fun time if anyone actually shows up!

4. It's so humid here these days. Like, winter is 100% vanquished.

5. I miss talking to my mom. We're in different time zones now and it seems like our schedules never quite align like they did before. We have to schedule intentional talking time, which is different from when we talked just a little bit twice a day.

6. Karen and I are really trying to get in gear with India Child Sponsorship and that's exciting. I'm looking forward to strengthening and improving the program.

7. My sister (and possibly Julie) is coming for spring break. We're planning to go to the beach while she's here. This will be Shin's first trip away from the restaurant. I'm SO excited. About all of it. Really looking forward to seeing my sister.

8. I made a song about Lent to the tune of "Rent". It's pretty bad, but I still like it and it gets stuck in my head sometimes.

9. My cat's still alive and annoying. He's meowing riiiight now. (as I write this and probably as you read it)

10. Shin's home! Huzzah!

Recap: November

I had an awesome birthday on Nov. 12th. Big thanks to my friends and family for making it a wonderful day. My super sweet husband helped me host a 90s party and we had tons of fun with friends playing Mall Madness and eating yummy food.

We came to AR for Thanksgiving break. We had an amazing time visiting family and friends from Tuesday through Sunday. I got to see The Muppets with Julie. We treated each other for our birthday presents (which is NOT the same as dutch/doug's treat). The movie was GREAT. I also got some fantastic gifts from my mom and Derrick, some brand new and some lovingly used.

I created an ICS Facebook page, uploaded some pictures, and figured out how to install a "like" link on my blog. Yay! I messed with code and my blog didn't explode! *Rhyming*

Hesitation

I'm pretty hesistant to make a second post. I know it's ridiculous, no one reads this. (Literally, I've only shown it to Shin and he wasn't even interested enough to read the first post). But anyway, we went to Montana. I wish I knew how to put a picture in. Let me see if I can figure out putting in a picture.
Holy cow. I did it. Here is the snow we saw.

Now I can't really figure out how to write around the picture. Oh well, I'm learning. Yay blog!

The First

So... I've begun a blog. This is a little strange and new for me. Honestly, it's a lot of things coming together. My friend, Jordan, has a really great blog. It's inspiring and I love knowing a little bit of what her life is like even though we live so far away. My friend & coworker, Melissa, has a blog which has chronicled her adoption process for her first and (soon-to-be) second child. Ashley, friend and former roommate, has a blog just to keep her sane. Andrew Jones & my pastor, Alan Cross, both have blogs that I love to read to find out what the heck is going on in the crazy world of Christianity.

The tipping point: my sister is in France. She's far, far away and living a mysterious lifestyle. She's not super communicative when she's stateside, so being abroad has made it even harder to know what she's up to. However, she sent an email out the other day that was hamazing. As she was writing it, she made several disclaimers about how long and boring it was. But NOBODY thought that! My mom and I talked about how we LOVED hearing about who she ate dinner with. Or eating baguettes (there's a lot of eating in France). Or just small, stupid stuff that we all think that no one cares about- but as family, I cared about every single detail.

Thus, my blog. I figure it will have musings about my marriage, my cat, my garden, pop culture, my faith. This is a lot of me, me, me- but hopefully my family and friends want to hear about me, and if you don't, just close the screen. :-) I find that to be the amazing thing about blogs. When I get tired of Jon Acuff, I go to a different site. So, when you get tired of me, go read Jon Acuff! And hopefully it won't really be all about me, but just this amazing life God is letting me live.

Alright, we'll see how this goes. Oh, and I know calling this the Jeongle gives you some ideas that it's going to be a pretty wild time. I hope at the very least, it's mildly interesing. And we do have a king of the Jeongle, but other than that- I just LOVE the wordplay. *nerd pants*