Some people. . .

A certain number of things have compelled me to write this post. I feel that most Christians are narrow-minded and like to stay in their little bubbles and don't really truly greet the outside world with open arms and heart. Recently I have come across some people that choose to think that God can't work in mysterious ways. They think that they can put God in a box and that's that!!! I really don't agree and can't stand when people do. God is not someone or something you can just push around and make into what you want!!! God is our creator and does what He feel is best for our lives and puts us in different situations to stretch us and make us stronger. Why can't these people just open their eyes to that fact? And as for those people that live in their bubble and think things are going to be just hunky-dorey all the time, well they are going to have life smack them straight in the face and they aren't going to like it!!! Real life does exist and unless you step outside your bubble how can you possibly affect anyone around you??? If you are constantly surrounded by other Christians then what are you doing to proclaim the word of Christ??? Oh, that's right, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!! To not give people the benefit of the doubt and at least give them half a chance to see how wonderful God is, it's just not right and if you proclaim that you are doing these things and aren't what do you think that God is going to ask you when you get to Heaven???? Just some food for thought and I probably should stop now before I really get carried away. Well all have a good day!!!

~Me

K, I'm bored at work. . .

1. Time of starting: 8:52 a.m.
2. Were you named after anyone? My first name is from a guy in Alta Loma's grandaughter named Rebecca Maloof and my middle name is my mom's middle name.
3. Do you wish on stars? Sometimes on shooting stars.
4. When did you last cry? The other day, something having to do with my inlaws.
5. Do you like your hand writing? Some days are better than others.
6. What is your favorite meat? Sometimes chicken sometimes beef.
7. What is the most embarrassing CD on your shelf? Not quite sure.
8. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? Most likely.
9. Are you a daredevil? Not really.
10. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell? Nope.
11. How do you release anger? I try to stay calm but that doesn't always happen, so I start yelling. :(
12. Where is your second home? Work unfortunately.
13. Do you trust others easily? It depends.
14. What was your favorite toy as a child? Headless Holly.
15. What class in school do you think is pointless? History, do we really need to know those things!!!
16. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Most of the time.
17. Have you ever been in a mosh pit? Yes, and I started getting clausterfobic. (sp?)
18. What do you look for in a guy/girl? The qualities I found in my husband.
19. Would you do a bungee jump? Heck No!!!!
20. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Nope, and depending on what pair of shoes I am wearing I don't even have to tie them.
21. What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Winter White Chocolate from Baskin Robbins.
22. What are your favorite colors? Blue
23. What is your least favorite thing? My mother in law at work.
24. How many people do u have a crush on right now? Only one, my husband sillies!!! :)
25. What do you miss most right now? Rancho and being with my family.
26. What color underwear are you wearing? White with flowers.
27. What are you listening to right now? The traffic on the street and me typing.
28. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Silver
29. What is the weather like right now? Cold, partly cloudy and sunny.
30. Last person you talked to on the phone? Debra
31. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Smile/Teeth
32. Do you like the person who sent you this? Well, nobody sent it to me, I copied it off of someone elses blog, and I really don't know her so I have no clue if I like her. :)
33. What good qualities does the person who sent this have? Yet again I don't really know her sooooooo I don't know. . .
34. Favorite drink? Water and Dr. Pepper
35. Favorite alcoholic drink? None
36. Natural hair color? Medium Brown
37. Eye color? Blue
38. Wear contacts? Almost regularly, I try to let my eyes rest at least once a week. :)
39. Siblings? 3 sisters and 3 brothers: Chrissie, 43, Gilbert who would be 42, Charron 41, Cody 10 on the 23rd, Bryce 8, and Mikayla 4
40. Favorite month? Any month that is cold.
41. Favorite food? Homemade food, like last nights dinner, oooo yummy.
42. Last movie you watched? The Dukes of Hazzard
43. Favorite day of the year? May 7th or November 7th
44. Have you ever been too shy to ask someone out? No, but I always got rejected. :(
46. Summer or winter? Winter, duh I LOVE the cold!!!
47. Hugs or kisses? Depends, who am I hugging or kissing?
48. Do you want your friends to write back? If they choose to, I was just really really bored! :)
49. Who is most likely to respond? I have no clue.
51. What book/magazine are you reading at the moment? People Magazine.
52. Time of finishing: 9:14 a.m.

Realization. . .

Well, Bryan and I went to an open house of a condo on Sunday to kill sometime and we got kinda excited!! But then we went home and worked the numbers and while we can afford it the amount of money that we would be spending over the next 5 years in mortage would be $174,000 and in the end we would only have $35,000 roughly in equity!!! Isn't that just crazy??!!??!! So, instead of spending all that extra money we have decided that we are going to go find a 2 bedroom hopefully 2 bath apartment/condo to rent for the next 3-5 years. Then all the other money that we would be spending on a mortage we are going to put into a savings account and let it accure interest as well instead of the other kind of interest, like them charging us interest. :) So hopefully we will have a large chunk of money by that time and we can buy a house instead of buying a condo! And then our kids will be happy to be in a house with a yard and such. :) Well, that's it for our home front issue. :)

And tonight maybe sometime we are going to have dinner guests. My friend John and his friend Lindsey are coming for dinner. So much drama has happened because of it but its all good. Well I should probably go and finish that so I suppose I will talk to you all later!! Adios!!

Same ol' Same ol'. . .

Well, not much of anything exciting has been going on around here. Bryan and I have been contimplating buying a condo. We aren't sure whether we want to rent something or try and stretch and buy a condo so that we wont be throwing money away. But on the other hand we live in such an inflated area that its kinda difficult to get into something. Something decent and in a decent area is going to cost roughly $350K and if we want a 2 bedroom so we can start a family before buying a house thats going to start in the $420k range. Why do stupid people have to raise the prices of their homes so much so that people that make decent money can't even afford to buy a house. To some extent to live in Los Angeles if you are making minimum wage you must have like 3 or more jobs to be able to afford to even rent anything. Our small 600 square feet 1 bedroom apartment cost us near $1200/month, thats roughly $14-15k in rent every year which is more than someone minimum wage is making. Then they want you to prove that you make 3 times what your rent is. If you can't tell I am getting quite frustrated at this whole housing thing. And I would LOVE to move home to Rancho and get my old job back and live in SunScape and have a 2 bedroom apt for less than we pay now, with about 300 or more square feet. Or heck if we moved back there we could even most likely buy a decent house instead of a condo!!! Housing is just rediculous and has gotten out of hand. But I think that I am going to step off my soapbox now and talk about something else.

Let's see, well the New Year has started and so many things are already planned. We are going on a cruise in April with almost our entire family. There will be 19 of us going. Isn't that exciting???? A couple of Bryan's Aunts and Uncles are going and his parents and cousins and then from my family, my mom and 2 sisters and 1 niece. I am very excited but at the same time I am not because guess what? I am in charge of the WHOLE thing!!!! AHHHAHAAHHHHH!!! :) Do your realize how much crazy madness goes into planning a trip for 19 people? It's crazy!!!! There were 8 different credit cards and lots of details and one very dingy travel agent!! So because we are traveling as such a large group we are getting a "Cocktail Party" for free which will have an open bar and snacks. They are also going to take a group picture of all of us and each cabin gets one 8 x 10 for free. :)

Well, the next thing is we are planning a surprise party for Bryan's parents 30th Anniversary. Now things have started to get stressful because Bryan's oh so lovely Aunt has decided to try and take over and if you know me well that just doesn't sit well with me. This was my idea from the beginning and I NEVER asked for her help at all, all I asked for were some ideas on how to get his parents back to church that night dressed in nicer clothing. Now shes trying to get all possesive on me. GGGGRRRR that just ticks me off!!! Well, I won't try and dwell on it and there will hopefully be more to come soon on this.

Well, I think that I should probably go now and I will talk to you all later!!! :)

Whoppie. . .

Well, the first week back to work has been interesting in its own taste! It was quite quiet till today! Things were mad crazy today!! I had a bunch dorky people in the store today. But other than that things have been okay I suppose this week. :) We got our new mattress in yesterday!!! :) I had a nice nights rest last night. It is a wonderful 10" memory foam mattress. The mattress we had before was a 14 year old mattress. YIKES!! :) The mattress was delievered by DHL so you can imagine for them to deliever it, it had to be fairly well wrapped and such. The mattress was rolled up in roughly a foot and half wide roll so we were skeptical on whether or not the thing was a mattress. When we finally got all the outside wrapping off it was about an inch thick and then it was vaccum sealed in another bag. So we cut open that bag and it was like the mattress was coming alive. :) It just started to grow and grow till it became 10" and we slept on it like babies! ;) Well, I think that is all the exciting new that we have from the last week. :) Sorry we are not exciting people around here.

Oh by the way. . .

Today is our 8 month anniversary we went to dinner!!! :)

Happy New Year. . .2006?

Well, another year has passed. So much has happened this year yet it is gone. Well, I don't know about all of you but I am ready to see what God has in store for Bryan and I this year.

On another note, Bryan and I went to Disneyland for New Years but we didn't quite make it. :) For those of you that don't live in Southern California it was raining all day on New Year's Eve, so we went down to Anaheim and checked into our hotel. By the way that hotel was the nastiest thing I have seen in a long time. They were so cheap the fridge, microwave and alarm clock weren't plugged in. It gets better, the toliet seat was pitted and the tub was cracking and the bathroom sink was painted to hide scratches. Bryan and I also woke up with really bad back aches and not very well rested because the bed was ROCK HARD!!! The floor might have been more comfortable, seriously!! Anyhow, we had an okay New Years we did go to Downtown Disney and we saw Cheaper By the Dozen 2. That was a cute movie just not as good as the first one. But I think thats true of most sequels.

Well, I suppose I will let you all go and have a good day. Talk to you all later. :)