the year 2009 will be a great year. though the economy has gone to the dogs, as they say, i know God is at work. with people getting laid off from their jobs left and right, i'm appreciative that i at least have a part time job. jonathan and i have worked out our budget to get ourselves out of debt...slowly but surely. it would help to have the opportunity to work full time, both in the purpose of furthering my career and speeding up the debt free process. i've been proactive in searching for something a little more substantial than the part time position i currently hold, but its clear after another round of resumes to about 40 places in the area that i'm right where i'm supposed to be. and i'm okay with that.
my twin sister's wedding is quickly approaching...down to about the two month mark, and i've been busy planning her shower for the weekend, as well as trying to offer her some creative ideas and plan her bachelorette weekend getaway. she's doing a rustic kind of theme in a rather industrial building thats in downtown atlanta. her colors are green and yellow and she's been using birds as a motif throughout. i thought it would be adorable to use cutout bird shapes for guests to write their wishes on and hang on a small "tree". later, they could take all the birds and place them in a scrapbook as a guestbook! i think it would be absolutely adorable!
she is going to use green and yellow jelly beans for her favor...another cute idea i have is to make little bird nests out of spanish moss or something economical and making them double as place holders (they'd look like little eggs!). anyway, to fit the rustic feel, she's using galvinized watering cans, gingham cloth for the table centers, and wildflowers. i'm telling you, i'm just too full of ideas.
photoshop and i are good friends.
anyway, jonathan and i have also been quite busy with church events. we took the youth snow tubing last weekend. i can't quite explain how hilarious this was, but i'll attempt. jonathan let me go down ahead of him one time and i was waiting for him at the bottom of the long steep hill. he wasn't slowing down at all and i barely got my tube out of his path when he went barreling by, launched up the 4 ft snow berm (which was there to stop people) like it was a ramp, and all of a sudden he was 5 feet in the air, tube going one way, feet kicking in the air, silly hat heading in another direction....he landed in the muddy area on the other side (everything was manmade snow and none was in the area behind the berm) on his butt. it was irristably funny. whew. i was rolling on the ground in tears it was so funny. sadly, there is no picture of this hilarious event.
apparently, jonathan thought it was too cold to look at the camera. the only shot i got of us together the whole day :(.
a good one of jonathan in his funny hat.
