19th Birthday & Colonel's Interview

I know I am skipping a lot of events, but this is most recent. I will post of the old sometime soon. . . hopefully.

I'm nineteen now. If you are wondering if I feel older, I don't. Just thought I would get that out now because most people that is the first thing they ask. I just tell them I feel younger :)

We went to Maine for Kurt's interview. They ended up moving the date from the 9th to the 7th. I forgot to update you on that. He did very well, and hopes to hear back soon. We are both very anxious and are thankful for all of your prayers! I am so proud of him no matter what the outcome.

Wednesday we went up to Bar Harbor for my birthday. It was a lovely day.





There was this one store that everything in it when it was taken into the light, changed color. The shirts looked like an empty coloring sheet, black outlines, with no color, and when put in the light, immediately there was color. It was very neat! My favorite part was the nail polish, they all turned a different color when you went outside.




Do I look older? That was a rhetorical question,
of "no"






Kurt supervising. haha.



For some reason I found this humorous.







Headed out for his interview.
He's so handsome :)

EDIT

I meant I have not eaten out for *EASTER* dinner. I have, of course, eaten out for dinner before. :)

Easter, Plants, and my love.

It has been a while. I always feel as if I do not have much to blog about, but I do. I will just write about a few things now.

Easter, our first one together! We went to the sunrise service at church and the afternoon one, then headed out to New Hampshire to meet with Kurt's family at a very nice restaurant for Easter dinner. I have never eaten out for dinner, the day was lovely.

we did not match so I had to make it black & white.
I greatly dislike it when things don't match.

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This may be random, but most everything I say is. My dad started plants a while ago. This year they seem to fascinate me more then ever. I helped out for a bit it was quite fun. I can't wait to plant them in the garden!







I was not eating them, I was replanting them to
larger containers.


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Some of you may know that my husband is in the process of becoming a state trooper. Some may not. For those who don't I will try to explain all that is going on as well as I can.

To become a Maine State Trooper you have to go through various steps before getting hired.

(1) Pass a Physical Test (Push ups, running, etc.)

(2) Pass a written Test.

(3) Fill out an extremely long application.

(4) Go to an Oral Board (Interview)

(5) The State Police do a wicked long and extensive back round check.

(6) Polygraph (Lie Detector Test)
Horrible, never go to one.

(7) Colonels Interview.

I think that is everything. Each step is pass or fail. If you fail at any point you have to wait 6 months to re-apply. Each step you take you have to wait for a letter to come in the mail to let you know if you made it to the next step. This process has taken Kurt over 6 months so far, he has passed each of the beginning steps, just passed his Polygraph and is now going to have his Colonel's interview June 9th. The Colonel decides whether Kurt is the right fit right now or not, and will let him know at the end of the interview if he is hired or not. Please pray for him! It would really work great for us if he can pass and head to academy in August.

I am so proud of my love for all of the hard work he has put into this.

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I have been enjoying the sun, and have already gotten burnt. ( I WAS WEARING SUNSCREEN FOR THE RECORD!) I have been keeping busy and trying to keep patient. :)

Today after cleaning through the morning, I am headed out to the bank for my daddy-o and then going to get shoes for the wedding and mother's day cards.

Have a wonderful day!!

Impatient Me

I feel as if I am always waiting for something in life. You would think it would be by now, but patience is not one of my virtues. I am a very impatient person. I hate waiting for pretty much everything. I know it is one of my biggest flaws, and God is constantly using it as a way to teach me something. Because when I have to wait for something to happen in my life and can't change a thing about the time frame, I pretty much go nuts. So at that breaking point when I'm about to pull my hair out, scream my head off, or get angry about my life, is when God really gets my attention. It's where I make my choice of which way to handle near disaster. Give it to Him, or give into my pathetic self. I can tell him, "Lord, I've REALLY learned my lesson now, can you PLEASE make your move I'm sick of sitting here waiting!" But God obviously knows what I need. I try to remind myself of that daily. Minute-ly I should say.

My stubbornness is good for learning lots of lessons and constantly putting me in my place. I am not sure why God makes some people more impatient or stubborn then others, but I'm sure he gets a good laugh out of how hilarious my thinking I can decide how my life should go at times. ;) In the long run I think He is trying to teach me contentment and to be thankful for what he has given me. It's so easy to fall into a negative attitude after so long of being positive and things not going my way, but this is when a joyful and thankful spirit is put to the test and I find if those attitudes are for real or circumstance depending.

I have chosen to give my frustration and impatience to Him, so now I am trying to be thankful for so many things and remembering how much God has done for me. He really is amazing and has done so many wonderful things for me that I do not deserve!! I have a safe place to live, food to eat (even extras like ice-cream, coffee, and starbursts!! :D ) family, and last but not least, a husband who provides for me and loves me even when I am a cranky impatient person ;)

So many blessings in my life, I will count them while I wait.


"Those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary."
Isaiah 40:31

Bridal Shower

Over the past month I have been planning my sister, Amelia's, bridal shower. I figure I planned my wedding so I should be able to do alright with a shower, but other then my wedding it's really the first party I've ever planned. I was a little nervous about it but put a lot of work into it and think it turned out alright. I tried to make it a lot of fun for the Bride, I was there 10 months ago and know how stressful it is at this point. A quite a few people came and we had a downright pink party =D

Not sure why these are uploading so blurry.








We played a few games.













I love this face. What I was hoping for :)



I was scared.



















I gave the Bride a white daisy to wear in her hair.
And all the bridesmaids a pink one.







Memory table. I had the married ladies bring photo albums or
pics from their weddings. It was fun to look through them!



My hair.



Congratulations Mia! I hope your wedding is all you've dreamed of and you have a great time away. Many happy years to come!



(thanks Alyssa for all of the great pics!)

My Week & My Pattern

NEW:

Highlights of my week:

Monday I went all around with Amelia in the morning to prepare for her wedding. It's crazy how some of the things you think will be so quick and easy to get done end up taking hours!

Tuesday I met up with Janelle at Solomon Pond Mall and we shopped for 3 hours. I didn't get anything of course, but we had a great time and enjoyed lemonade smoothies.

Wednesday I spent the morning with Kurt, then met Amelia and we got our nails done. :) I have been waiting to get mine done and was extremely excited to go. I normally get a french manicure on acrylic nails, but this time I got a light pink color and they look fabulous. =)

OLD:

It feels so strange posting a week like this. Pathetic, actually. Because the last few months I worked 40 hours a week and half the time was driving to and from my work and Kurt's and home. I didn't have a moment to myself.

Before that I was at my new apartment all day everyday, cooking, cleaning, organizing, creating, and of course, relaxing :) I even made myself a rice pack out of one of Kurt's T-shirts. It works great and actually resembles a rectangle. But I was definitely not busy, so un-busy it scared me having all of that time to myself. I didn't even have internet or cable or anything. :o

I miss my old apartment in Maine so much. It was honestly the cutest little apartment and down here it would go for more then TWICE as much. I think that is cry worthy. I mean, yes things were more then tight in Maine even with both of us working full time, and yes I feel down right spoiled now shopping and getting my nails done and going out so often after months of staying home and thinking an iced coffee once a month and new polish from the dollar store was the greatest thing. BUT I did start to love Maine and had just gotten adjusted and then BAM! I'm back in Mass. Don't get me wrong, I love it down here being with family. But I will never forget my first apartment and will always cherish those days.

AND before that I was working all the time and wedding planning and all was so crazy. I seem to be constantly switching from extreme opposites. Mass, Maine, Mass. Does this mean the next step in the pattern will be back to Maine and working full time? hmm.

I guess this is just random thoughts. I'm reminiscing and missing Maine, but definitely enjoying the here and now.

Boston

Today Kurt got called in to Boston for work in the morning, but only for a quick run, so we decided to spend some time there for the afternoon. He is in Boston quite a bit for work, but it's a lot different when you are trying to find your way around for fun. After a while of driving in circles and the GPS trying to sending us down (in the wrong direction) one way streets, we ended up at Quincy Market / Faneuil Hall. Parking was very tricky to us newbies, but managed to find a spot relatively close. It was FREEZING out today. We shopped around for a couple of hours, with my normal routine of shopping and not buying. Then spent a ridiculous amount of money on lunch in the market. =) Then topped it all off with a fruit smoothie for Kurt and Fruit cup for me.

It was a great date, Boston is a lot of fun! I hope to go back when it is warmer and more planned. I can't believe I lived 45 Minutes from Boston for 5 years and only went a couple of times.



Quincy Market

We ate on the upper level.
random cute couple holding hands in the pic.







I love history, Kurt thinks it is boring.
BUT I noticed this one cool thing,
It said it was where the first telephone was used.
Very Cool.



made me feel like it was summer.
but tasted like rubber.



YUM!
(note: the tip cup)



Me with my handsome husband =)


*Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures. I remembered my camera, but forgot my memory chip. heh, so I had to use the cell