zzz. (9-14-10)

and who I now put to sleep.

The life of a bug. (9-12-10)

To my disappointment, I do not have a picture to share. When I attempted to snap one, the subject was gone. But here is my post.

As John and I were arriving to his house, an Albino Ladybug, as we named it, landed on the windshield of his jeep and hitched a ride around the block. This phenomenon has always baffled me. Imagine yourself in the place of the windshield bug. The shear wind of the moving vehicle would instantly hurl you into an oblivion. But the insect remains until you come to a stop and then travels along its windshield path and flies away.
So here we find the windshield bug, attached to the jeep glass. Once we arrive at the house, it decides to take a few steps, tuck its little legs underneath the shell and have a "sit". At this point I am pointing this out and chuckling. John runs into the house to get something, and I yell at him to go get the camera, THIS is how I am gonna start my blog back up. The bug then decides to rapidly tuck both of its antennae into it shell body and then but a split second later, bring them back out again. And now, in my dorky observation, I am laughing histerically. It now decides to get up, and start the long journey across the glass. Upon John's return, I received the long awaited camera and when I looked back to take the picture - it was gone.

House Mate. (9-14-10)

Well... I'm starting this up again. Now only 5 months later. The purpose is to track an entire year, which I apparently daily failed at - so I am giving myself a little more le-way and going to blog every other day or once a week. Therefore, I start here...

This is my new house mate. Or I should say that "I" am the new house mate. Who is now attacking my feet when I walk...

Multi-tasking. - j (04-14-10)

Wedding budget and Creative flow all at the same time.

Oh, Sista, How I have missed thee. - j (04-12-10)

LOVE LOVE LOVE, that my sistas Serena and Kaylee decided kick it at the Gypsy Den with little ole me. I miss them dearly.

My base is 1400 - j (04-11-10)

Spending time with the Shivers and the Clarks, playing a game that lasted a good 10 hours.

Whoa - way over my head - j (04-09-10)

My mother and her incredibly awesome sewing skills altering my bridesmaid dress. I still can't even tell you how she figured it all out.

It is so great to be in the arms of Jesus - j (04-08-10)

To my grandfather, Stephen Ratke, you lived such a fascinating life and I am honored to have been a part of some of the pieces. You are loved and will be missed, but those of us here are comforted to know that you are sitting with our Lord and Savior at this very moment. :)

*my brother may not like me for posting this picture, but I like it!

Another late night - j (04-07-10)

Couldn't get out of Orange until late, but snapped this picture as John and I were leaving to go to the desert for my g'pas funeral in the morning.

A more than typical night - j (04-06-10)

This is where you find me most often; sitting on my bed, staring at my computer screen, working on another project to finish out my day.

A Vegetable Heaven - j (04-05-10)

Me and my man out for a fondue-licious dinner. :D

The grass is always green on a golf course - j (04-04-10)

A busy Easter Sunday. Parentals joined John and I at church, then they met his parents for the first time at their house for lunch, and then we traveled to this golf course location to show them as an awesome venue location. My dad looks SO happy - doesn't he!

uh oh - j (04-02-10)

No picture for today... forgot my camera :(

Y-U-C-K - j (04-01-10)

After working a holiday day at work, my own shoes grossed me out. By the middle to the end of the day, they were stuck to the floor and to each other.

gooOOO ANGELS!!! - j (03-31-10)

Got to spend the evening with 4 incredible people.

With the Angels playing the Dodgers, tension was high and THIS guy knew it was time to "bring out the rally monkey!"

A Frequent Vision. - j (03-30-10)

Seems that every time I drive somewhere, it ends up being in the middle of the night.
God bless Southern California traffic.

Inventory. - j (03-29-10)

Scoped out some ideas for centerpieces. Anybody got stuff that I can potentially borrow?

Whoo-Hoo! - j (03-28-10)

Today was a crazy day.. BUT got to see one of my most awesome friends, pictured here in his totally gangster, well-deserved, shiny new ride :) , at family dinner night. Then drove the trek to the desert to work.

WHAT HAPPENED!?!

So... It has been 2 and a half weeks since the last time I posted a picture. Not because I did not take a picture to post, but because I was more worried about getting much needed sleep and some time with the family. So I'm catchin' up!! HERE IT GOES...

The search continues. - j

Today John and I met with another coordinator for a wedding venue.
When will we find the match?

Mmmmmm - j (3-26-10)

Sometimes it is the simple things in life that make it SO sweet!

We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus. - j

My small group has decided to take action. For our first step we are making bags to hand out to the homeless, and thanks to Johnny, we are able to include not only food but shirts. I'm excited to see what happens next.

The Fountainhead -t

Page 32 of 694. oh ha-ell.

A taste of perfection. - j

I finally quenched my crave. My incredible fiance purchased thin mint cookies for me, and I just now bought the vanilla bean, double churn ice cream that I had initially envisioned for them.
ahhh.. and it was just as I had imagined it would be. Perfect!

:) - j

Just got home from Family Dinner Night at the King's. This is one of my favorite nights of the week, and this night was especially great because of a couple of moments like in this picture. In this particular moment, Meyer was SO excited that he was clapping with mama.

Fattt -t

It's 11:55...and we're making brownies. fat.

Squeeek. -t

Mother and I found this like 10 minutes ago! We were watching "Precious" and heard a little squeeky thingy. I lifted up the trashcan and screemed at the sight of this little bugger. He (she?) was so effing adorable! ha.

I'm looking for wheat; anyone want my sheep?

It is TRULY the new addiction...

Sunday Funday -t

Drinking a deliciously sugar-filled Sonic heaven-ness while listening to Switchfoot. AND no school tomorrow (or two more weeks for that matter). Life is good.

Life as a Th3@t3r Geek (3-20-10) -t

Well....I didn't have a chance to post yesterday because I was computer-less. But I am here to cover it for you today. I'm in a show called "The Cross and the Switchblade" at Lifehouse theater, and it's quite the show. We have two shows on Saturdays, so by the end of the day i'm exhausted (and killed twice over). One week left! This picture is of the one and only Lauren Mosher. I think it may be one of my favorite photo's ever.

Feature a Friend - j

Today is feature a friend day [I just decided], so for my friend I feature;
"The Amazing Jamie Gomez."
We haven't known each other very long, but I have discovered
that we are meant to be friends.

Awww.... - j

IT'S PERFECT!!
(really - you think that I would post a picture of the dress online, you're crazy!)
Oh yeah - but I did get it today... SO excited!

"God Awards" -t (3-19-10)

Oh my. What a long and precious day it has been. It started off with the usual schooly school. But, unlike other days, it was kind of chaos. Euro-trip seniors (losers) were leaving 5th period so pretty much no one paid attention to anything. Also adding to this was the fact that it was the last day before spring break (JESUS!). I walked outside during lunch and seriously felt like i was in Mean Girls during the mall scene where wild animals are out of control. Needless to say, i enjoyed it. Then Matt, Elise, and I went and got fat over California Burritos. Then a nap. then scholarship stuff. Then off to my play with some family and friends. We rocked it (again) and threw down some jesus bombs on people. After that I headed to prayer night where I layed in the presence of God. Quite a refreshing time i must say. Now, i'm just getting home and I literally took that picture (^^) like two seconds ago. Timmy = exhausted. It's a good thing. :)

Go Green! - j

Bridal dress shopping tomorrow (first time, I know - scary. ) So I decided to get all the random papers within my clutter of a room organized.

Is that a cat? - j

Thursday: One of my favorite nights of the week.

"Senior Picnic" -t

One more day till break!!! Today was Senior Picnic. Oh golly.

"New Hair!" -t

I'm on my way to getting dreadlocks. But until then, I needed a sligh trim to get rid of some of this thick mess on top of my head. Christina used (for the very first time) her new mini straightener. I laughed quite hardly. It looks great. :)

Livin' green with a splash of yellow - j

It was one of those days.

Let the journey begin. - j (3-15-10)

3 days + 715 miles round trip (Pismo to Orange to Apple Valley) = exhausted

"A day at the park" -t

Boston Baxter Clark rockin out at the park.

"Lord, bless this house." - j

Prepping for the re-tiling; writing scripture on the house's foundation.