Christmas isn't quite over for us yet. We are heading to CO on Wednesday for a week. I am so looking forward to getting away from the daily routine, which translated into getting away from my job! David's brother has 3 little ones that we only get to see at Christmas time, so we are anxious to see them. In fact, we have a niece that we haven't even met yet, Riana.
Hope you all have had a Merry Christmas and will have a wonderful New Year!
Be safe!
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Dinner Theater Mania
Only 4 weeks until opening night . . . . ok I'm freaking myself out right now! For those of you that aren't familiar . . . our church does an annual Christmas dinner theater the first weekend of December. Of course, since David & I arrived at RCC they have looked a lot like a version of Christmas in the Chapel only with a meal. What do you expect when Jeff is your mentor. . . : )
I have been involved in the Choir every year . . . singing & dancing, which I love! And then I always find myself getting involved in designing & printing materials (i.e. posters/flyers, tickets, ticket folders, etc.). Since last year, we found out about a lady in our church that does graphic design for the State Journal Register! She took care of the general design and poster layout. Praise the Lord! So my only roller-coaster event was to get the tickets ready. I was doing great, until the tickets and the color copier/printer collided. That is when it all fell apart . . . and of course I started over-reacting about absolutely nothing. Thankfully, David is realtively patient and helped me cope. Needless to say, they all got printed and look awesome! In fact, they went on sale this past weekend and we already sold out one of the performances!!
Lots more details to get taken care of in the next few weeks . . . especially costumes! We are doing all matching formal costumes for the first and last number, choir robes for a couple numbers, and then the really fun one is a mall scene in 1984. We are each responsible to get our own costume for this number . . . any suggestions? I am hoping that Goodwill or another thift store will still be a little behind in the times and I can find something there! Maybe even some acid wash jeans : )
I have been involved in the Choir every year . . . singing & dancing, which I love! And then I always find myself getting involved in designing & printing materials (i.e. posters/flyers, tickets, ticket folders, etc.). Since last year, we found out about a lady in our church that does graphic design for the State Journal Register! She took care of the general design and poster layout. Praise the Lord! So my only roller-coaster event was to get the tickets ready. I was doing great, until the tickets and the color copier/printer collided. That is when it all fell apart . . . and of course I started over-reacting about absolutely nothing. Thankfully, David is realtively patient and helped me cope. Needless to say, they all got printed and look awesome! In fact, they went on sale this past weekend and we already sold out one of the performances!!
Lots more details to get taken care of in the next few weeks . . . especially costumes! We are doing all matching formal costumes for the first and last number, choir robes for a couple numbers, and then the really fun one is a mall scene in 1984. We are each responsible to get our own costume for this number . . . any suggestions? I am hoping that Goodwill or another thift store will still be a little behind in the times and I can find something there! Maybe even some acid wash jeans : )
Monday, October 18, 2004
Colors of Autumn
I love fall . . . I love the changing colors AND I love beautiful fall days like yesterday. The sun was shining and it was cool, but not too cold, where you can wear a sweater and be comfortable. David has starting doing some amateur photography more as a hobby than anything. So yesterday we took advantage of the day . . . we went out to Lincoln Memorial Gardens. It is a wooded area with trails and bridges along part of Lake Springfield. . . . we stumbled across it this summer. And it was just wonderful . . . the colors were so rich. So we set up the tripod and started snapping away. We got some really great pictures of the two of us (our camera has a remote, which comes in handy). I love how God can make even dying leaves look magnificent! Kind of funny how He does that! : )
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Almost 24 . . . .
So as I approach my 24th birthday, I have started reflecting on well . . . my life. God has truly blessed me with so much and I often forget to thank Him. I have a wonderful husband who loves me so much. We have a house, nice cars, good jobs . . . and a great church family. Though I still occassionally struggle with truly feeling a sense of belonging at RCC and in the community. God has also blessed me with 2 great nephews and 2 wonderful nieces. I love them so much! Oh, and I almost forgot . . . one on the way. . . though I don't know yet if he/she will be another nephew or niece. Well, anyway . . . I just love their free expression . . . Kids don't worry about who is watching or what kind of embarrassing things they're doing. It doesn't matter! And they are never shy about sharing how they feel or sharing their affection with you. I guess that is why I love playing with my nieces and nephews so much! Well . . . enough reflection for now . . .
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Shooting
If any of you have seen the local news you know a security guard was shot and killed at the State Capitol Building in Springfield. I work directly accross from the Old State Capitol Building and a few blocks down from the new. It happened at 1:30 yesterday (9-20) afternoon and they didn't find the guy until 7:30 this morning (9-21). They had most of the buildings and schools in the area locked down much of the afternoon as they searched for the suspect. It was a 24 year old guy originally from Olney. We have shootings in Springfield every once in a while, but it is always in the bad neighborhoods. This one was a little scary!
Monday, September 13, 2004
Mrosko Studio
My sister's wedding proofs are finally on-line. If you click on the heading for this blog, put in 061104 as the password and browse away. They turned out pretty well. I am still learning how to post pictures on my blog, so bear with me.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Yeah, so what!
So I guess I'm still not handling the whole "my sister is having a baby before me" thing very well. You see we went down to good ole' TH this past weekend for the traditional Labor Day festivities. Part of which include a parade and lunch with some extended family. Naturally all anyone could ask about or even talk about was the new baby news. Well, I thought I was doing ok until the third or fourth person says . . . "so your sister is beating you by having a baby first". Unfortunately, the last guy that said that to me got to see my true ugliness . . . and that is when David and pretty much my whole family decided I wasn't dealing with this very well. Really, you think?!
Of course since David and I have been married for over 3 years we have been getting the "so, when are you guys going to have kids?" question more and more often. I just want to say, relax . . . we will have them when we are good and ready! We will have David's undergrad loans paid off in February and then he will graduate from the seminary in May. So things are starting to line up to start a family in the next year or so, but with all of the current baby excitement bubbling all over . . . I am not quite as excited as I was before!
Well, enough about my sob stories . . .
Of course since David and I have been married for over 3 years we have been getting the "so, when are you guys going to have kids?" question more and more often. I just want to say, relax . . . we will have them when we are good and ready! We will have David's undergrad loans paid off in February and then he will graduate from the seminary in May. So things are starting to line up to start a family in the next year or so, but with all of the current baby excitement bubbling all over . . . I am not quite as excited as I was before!
Well, enough about my sob stories . . .
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Yeah, ok so it's been 3 months : )
Yeah, ok so I'm the worst blogger ever . . . . it has been 3 months since my last entry. I would like to say that it will never happen again, but we all know that would be a lie.
This summer has been a complete whirlwind! The beginning of the summer was devoted to the preparation and exacution of my sister's wedding. And then the following months have been spent coping with a slight surprise . . . that she got pregnant on her honeymoon! Ok, so if your in complete and utter shock, please breath! Yes . . . she is due the second week of March. So it is safe to say that I have been through a variety of emotions this past couple of months. David & I are still sorting through our feelings about not having the first grandchild (on my side of the family), etc. But we just try to push those thoughts away as they are very selfish considering the situation. Both she & Brent still have a year and a half of classes and an internship left at LCC. So the road ahead of them will be a tough climb.
Aside from that summer excitement, David and I (along with my parents) spent a week in Virginia. It was a quaint area not too far from Charlottesville, VA at a resort called Shenandoah Crossing. There were a lot of different amentities (i.e. swimming pools, lake, paddleboats, fishing, mini golf, golf course, horseback riding, etc.) so it made for a nice relaxing time away. Just the break we needed . . . but of course as in any vacation it was not long enough!
Right now, we are focused on Christmas . . . in fact as soon as we got back from vacation we have been looking to Christmas. Our church does a Dinner Theater every year the first weekend in December. And this year, David decided he wanted to partner with another man from the church and write the show. He is still putting the final touchs on it, but so far it really turned out well.
Well, stay tuned for my on going sagas : ) Thanks for reading!
This summer has been a complete whirlwind! The beginning of the summer was devoted to the preparation and exacution of my sister's wedding. And then the following months have been spent coping with a slight surprise . . . that she got pregnant on her honeymoon! Ok, so if your in complete and utter shock, please breath! Yes . . . she is due the second week of March. So it is safe to say that I have been through a variety of emotions this past couple of months. David & I are still sorting through our feelings about not having the first grandchild (on my side of the family), etc. But we just try to push those thoughts away as they are very selfish considering the situation. Both she & Brent still have a year and a half of classes and an internship left at LCC. So the road ahead of them will be a tough climb.
Aside from that summer excitement, David and I (along with my parents) spent a week in Virginia. It was a quaint area not too far from Charlottesville, VA at a resort called Shenandoah Crossing. There were a lot of different amentities (i.e. swimming pools, lake, paddleboats, fishing, mini golf, golf course, horseback riding, etc.) so it made for a nice relaxing time away. Just the break we needed . . . but of course as in any vacation it was not long enough!
Right now, we are focused on Christmas . . . in fact as soon as we got back from vacation we have been looking to Christmas. Our church does a Dinner Theater every year the first weekend in December. And this year, David decided he wanted to partner with another man from the church and write the show. He is still putting the final touchs on it, but so far it really turned out well.
Well, stay tuned for my on going sagas : ) Thanks for reading!
Monday, June 14, 2004
Here Comes The Bride . . .
So we survived the wedding . . . (Large sigh of relief) : )
As I mentioned in my first post, my only and younger sister Courtney got married to Brent Warner this past Friday night. The wedding was at our church in Rochester and the reception was in a big outdoor tent at the country club in Taylorville. Everything went really well . . . and thankfully it didn't rain : )
The only mini-crisis was the unexpected heat. We decorated for the reception on Friday morning and during the course of the day. . . the lavender chocolate-mint daisies looked like a big blob of purple. Thankfully, Katie and Amanda came to the rescue and fixed everything up for us!! THANKS LADIES!! Of course, the other issue was when the cake could be delivered. Luckily, they agreed to wait and bring it about a hour before we were to arrive.
The ceremony was pretty and rather entertaining. . . if you know my sister at all you know how excitable she can be. And how she knows no embarrassment. So she was hurrying the minister up so they could kiss and swinging and swooshing her dress all over the place. Brent was a crying, snotty mess most of the service, but made it through his song wonderfully! At one point, he reached for his shredded, used tissue and blew his nose, responding with "Yuh, that was disgusting"outloud. : ) But it was fun and done in their own unique style : ) No one would have expected anything else. . .
They left the reception for Sunset Suites in Clinton and left Saturday for Pigeon Forge, TN. Our family is getting together on Father's Day for them to open their gifts.
Check back this week--I am hoping to have some pictures posted.
As I mentioned in my first post, my only and younger sister Courtney got married to Brent Warner this past Friday night. The wedding was at our church in Rochester and the reception was in a big outdoor tent at the country club in Taylorville. Everything went really well . . . and thankfully it didn't rain : )
The only mini-crisis was the unexpected heat. We decorated for the reception on Friday morning and during the course of the day. . . the lavender chocolate-mint daisies looked like a big blob of purple. Thankfully, Katie and Amanda came to the rescue and fixed everything up for us!! THANKS LADIES!! Of course, the other issue was when the cake could be delivered. Luckily, they agreed to wait and bring it about a hour before we were to arrive.
The ceremony was pretty and rather entertaining. . . if you know my sister at all you know how excitable she can be. And how she knows no embarrassment. So she was hurrying the minister up so they could kiss and swinging and swooshing her dress all over the place. Brent was a crying, snotty mess most of the service, but made it through his song wonderfully! At one point, he reached for his shredded, used tissue and blew his nose, responding with "Yuh, that was disgusting"outloud. : ) But it was fun and done in their own unique style : ) No one would have expected anything else. . .
They left the reception for Sunset Suites in Clinton and left Saturday for Pigeon Forge, TN. Our family is getting together on Father's Day for them to open their gifts.
Check back this week--I am hoping to have some pictures posted.
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
OK . . . so this is my first attempt that this whole blogging thing . . .
My sister's wedding is coming up in less than two weeks (Friday, June 11th). I love this time . . . you have worked hard to plan and prepare and now you are getting to see how it all pulls together! I love all those yucky details . . . maybe I am a little weird, but I love them! However, my sister doesn't! I think I about drove her crazy this weekend asking a million questions, Have you thought about the order? Who is doing this? How will this work? By the end I think she was ready to pull my hair out! : ) However, I must say, planning this wedding has helped us get along better than we have in our whole lives . . . who knew a wedding could do that!
As I help my sister with her wedding, the feelings of excitement and anticipation I felt three years ago all come back. I can't even believe that tomorrow will be three years since David and I were married. The past three years have been full of changes and transitions along with its own set of challenges. I know more challenges lie ahead, but I wouldn't want to experience them with any one else!
We are going to go out and celebrate on Friday . . . he has some surprised planned and won't tell me anything! : )
My sister's wedding is coming up in less than two weeks (Friday, June 11th). I love this time . . . you have worked hard to plan and prepare and now you are getting to see how it all pulls together! I love all those yucky details . . . maybe I am a little weird, but I love them! However, my sister doesn't! I think I about drove her crazy this weekend asking a million questions, Have you thought about the order? Who is doing this? How will this work? By the end I think she was ready to pull my hair out! : ) However, I must say, planning this wedding has helped us get along better than we have in our whole lives . . . who knew a wedding could do that!
As I help my sister with her wedding, the feelings of excitement and anticipation I felt three years ago all come back. I can't even believe that tomorrow will be three years since David and I were married. The past three years have been full of changes and transitions along with its own set of challenges. I know more challenges lie ahead, but I wouldn't want to experience them with any one else!
We are going to go out and celebrate on Friday . . . he has some surprised planned and won't tell me anything! : )
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