tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197059102024-03-13T13:33:35.537-04:00Freedom Dwellinga splotch pad for lifemeekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-73687429496538169042011-05-01T00:59:00.002-04:002011-05-01T01:05:59.139-04:00New BlogHello friends!I've started a new blog over at Wordpress, so I will no longer be posting here. Say goodbye! Change your links! Check out my new blog: http://marikamagazine.wordpress.com/Love to all.meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-60320903729296587962011-03-14T20:52:00.010-04:002011-03-14T22:45:52.487-04:00Ramblings of a Working Warrior PrincessHere we are, the middle of March, already. I feel like life is moving past me so fast now. Working full-time, is really just that--full-time. But I feel really blessed and lucky with my job. I think I forgot to mention (back in my December post) that I work at a boarding school. The school is 90% boarding students--the remainder commute. I'd never even been to a boarding school before working meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-69096984781136277722011-03-01T21:55:00.002-05:002011-03-01T21:58:18.837-05:00meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-77587466238505315952011-01-22T00:37:00.003-05:002011-01-22T01:06:29.876-05:00pingueculaThis last summer I went to an eye doctor because I noticed these little white bumps just outside my pupils (on the side closest to my nose). I was freaked out that it was some kind of eye cancer, but the doctor told me it was just "pinguecula," a non-cancerous growth of the mucous membrane...blah, blah, blah. So, I was fine. I got a hefty medical bill for 5 minutes in the doctor's office to meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-12802108809630599622010-12-25T01:47:00.004-05:002010-12-25T02:38:48.933-05:00a merry christmas eve to you! Christmas Eve is one of my very favorite holidays, and I much prefer to it Christmas. I love it because of the hope and anticipation--something to look forward to! I also enjoy Christmas eve church services and just that most of the celebratory activities take place in the evening or late night. Things just seem cozy and warm in the nighttime.My family has always opened presents on Christmas meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-65407435922516276562010-12-02T22:52:00.003-05:002010-12-02T23:16:58.167-05:00you know you're poor when......you find yourself taping together broken Christmas ornaments that were free in the first place!We make do. :)Here's what our living room looks like, after several "cheap" updates.Pictures from Ross. Donated couch and rocking chair. $40 love seat. $20 Christmas tree.Donated coffee table. Flea market vintage mirror. Wedding gift chest and pottery. Gifted bookcase. Donated TV. Handmade pillow andmeekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-31219679687511576732010-11-19T13:35:00.002-05:002010-11-19T13:48:49.831-05:00three very different jobsMy last post was exactly a month ago! I have so much new news!I went to a temp agency because I was starting to get desperate for work, and about three weeks ago, they got me a temporary job at this company called W i r e l e s s W a t c h d o g s. They said it was only going to be a two day data entry job. Turns out, it was over three weeks long, and the job was half on the phone, half data meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-69293467537993470872010-10-19T03:21:00.005-04:002010-10-19T03:56:29.182-04:00my soul singsWe went for our second time to this church in Pasadena yesterday, called "Epicentre," and I'm really loving it. It's nothing like I've ever experienced. It meets in an elementary school, and there are about 100 or so people that go, the vast majority of which are Asians. Yesterday we got there early, by accident, and discovered that there are lot of people that come early to pray for the church meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-9918367898607698942010-09-27T18:39:00.005-04:002010-09-27T18:47:53.898-04:00help!So, last weekend I went on a vintage hunt, and one of the things I came back with are these crazy and fabulous vintage earrings.I'm trying to list them on my store right now, but I have no idea what to title them! May I enlist the creative muses of my fellow lurking bloggers? I need you! Don't let me down. :)meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-52885330023607361232010-09-27T00:19:00.003-04:002010-09-27T00:41:47.332-04:00an unlucky hourWe went out tonight to Trader Joe's to pick up some groceries. When we got back, I noticed a mighty speedy and large bug running around our floor. Paul proceeded to find a way to kill it. First choice: broom. We looked all over the house and then realized we don't have a broom because we didn't pack our old one. Paul resorted to chasing the insect around the house with his Chaco's for the next 20meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-42276989465868984942010-09-19T00:41:00.003-04:002010-09-19T01:20:34.091-04:00my other husbandJesus is my STRENGTH! We've been here for two weeks, and already God has used this change to get ahold of my attention. I am so thankful! I have been so concentrated on getting a job, but how many times have I stopped and PRAYED about it? When I realized this, and started praying about it, over and over I just kept realizing how it doesn't even matter! I feel like for so long I've put my hope in meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-41407902710409415792010-09-17T21:30:00.003-04:002010-09-17T21:40:25.237-04:00dreamLast night I had a dream that I had a really cute baby girl! Haha! She had really big cheeks, and never cried. Whenever I have baby dreams, I always dream that I forget to bring a camera to the hospital and don't get any pictures of the baby just born. I also dreamt that I forgot to get the baby's weight. Anyways, in the dream, I was walking with my mom somewhere and we had a lot of luggage we meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-35822274264662858192010-09-15T14:00:00.002-04:002010-09-15T14:04:42.250-04:00the threat of rapeSad that I relate so much to this post.A guy's guide to approaching strange women without being maced.meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-58191188131588073652010-09-11T17:10:00.003-04:002010-09-19T01:27:21.296-04:00Why being a vegetarian is the most environmental thing you can do!Paul and I recently found a really interesting website about the effects eating meat has on the environment. Check it out here.Basically, when you think about all the resources that go into raising an animal for meat...it's enormous! And when the average person eats 176 pounds of meat per year....that is a lot of waste happening.Check out the chart on the website for water usage alone...It shows meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-72723864316860764912010-09-06T12:44:00.000-04:002010-09-06T13:25:06.988-04:00Update from PasadenaWe made it to Pasadena yesterday! We left Washington on the 1st, and stayed the night at Paul's grandma's house in Corvallis, OR...then drove all the way down to San Fran area to Paul's other grandparents' house in Hillsborough, CA the next day. We spent three nights there hanging out with them, and Paul's aunt's family, then made the final trek down to Pasadena yesterday morning.I was so curiousmeekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-24942776357684776222010-08-17T13:59:00.002-04:002010-08-17T14:45:47.876-04:00Awesome video about how MonaVie worksmeekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-52049655068585953062010-06-21T19:17:00.004-04:002010-06-21T19:45:20.533-04:00change of plansWell, I got the letter today, and I didn't get accepted at Fuller. I've been kind of expecting it these last few days since I hadn't been called for an interview, but now my hunch has been confirmed. I'm surprised I don't feel more distressed. I feel okay, I really do. I feel like this is God's way of guiding me--by closing this door. And it's alright with me. I trust him.Yesterday, Paul and I meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-19650842580522604852010-06-06T00:13:00.003-04:002010-06-06T01:04:31.634-04:00thrivingSo, I'm staring at our fish. Did I tell you we got a fish? We did. I bought it at Craft Warehouse out of pity. We sell these beta fish for five bucks in these little cups that are have full, and the fish just lay there and several die daily. Then we flush them down the toilet. So, I decided I'd buy one of these poor little guys, and give it a better life. But Paul and I have this problem with meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-48025325993820820012010-05-12T00:38:00.002-04:002010-05-12T02:05:50.485-04:00fun dayI hung out with Rachel most of today, and we went shopping and found this most amazing antique store, with a ton of beautiful old books!I found a precious old book from 1909 called "Widow's Wisdom," which is full of cute little "proverbs" about life and accompanied by quirky illustrations. I'll share some of my favorites so far:~ "Don't take anything too seriously; not life nor love nor even Meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797187932118721982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-11464548456034048632010-04-25T23:10:00.003-04:002010-04-25T23:56:39.729-04:00feeling aimlessI'm feeling a bit aimless. I feel like I'm standing in one place and turning around in circles while staring out at nothing but white space. That sounds depressing. I don't really feel depressed though, just aimless. I'm thinking about the move down to Pasadena and jobs down there. I search for jobs and I don't even know what I'm looking for. I still have no clue what I want to do with my life! meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-57792335787960470622010-04-19T21:29:00.002-04:002010-04-19T21:59:17.525-04:00we got internet!Haha, we finally got our own internet today. It's a Mifi, so we can have it anywhere there is cell reception. It's sweet!Well, if you don't already know, we decided to go to Fuller! I have a peace about it. I've been thinking about doing the Marriage & Family MA program there, and I'm pretty sure I'll start that next year. I think I need a year off of school, and I think I'll be more ready Meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797187932118721982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-88794065882646771322010-03-31T21:23:00.002-04:002010-03-31T21:52:27.620-04:00decisions......or more positively put--choices. Paul has been accepted at George Fox, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Rosemead. They all have their strengths:George Fox: We love the area. We felt the most welcome there. But it's only a PsyD, not PhD.Fuller: Very culturally diverse, strong integration emphasis, and you get an MA in Theology as well as the Clinical Psych Doctorate.Rosemead: Most "prestigious.Meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797187932118721982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-7273452027685236302010-03-18T23:23:00.003-04:002010-03-19T00:24:29.598-04:00the world and my observationsI've always felt uncomfortable writing non-fiction, because whenever I've tried in the past, I can't help thinking that I'm putting my life up for sale. Especially when it involves other people--which it always does. I don't have any right to tell their story to the world, and call it non-fiction and get any credit for it...it's theirs, and I don't feel right taking it. This is something I've Meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797187932118721982noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-73235923404530124882010-03-01T00:09:00.003-05:002010-03-01T00:35:10.451-05:00thinkingThere's not much new, but I feel like posting anyway.I went to a baby shower after church today, and I got to talking to someone about birth control. I'm on the pill, and she told me I need to be careful about getting enough zinc, especially when I go off the pill. She said zinc is really important in the early stages of making a baby, and so some women who get pregnant right when they go off themeekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705910.post-70741410607530910042010-02-17T22:07:00.003-05:002010-02-17T22:39:34.138-05:00back in washingtonI'm mooching off the neighbor's internet right now. :) I've been doing a lot of internet mooching lately, mostly at a coffee shop a couple blocks away called The Coffee Cabin. We don't have internet at our place yet, since we are trying to keep our bills down a little bit until I get a job. Sometimes it works to get on to the neighbor's internet at home, but only rarely (like right now!). So, meekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461625504106624793noreply@blogger.com2