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Finding Out Favorites in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I've made a decision to try to start making new friends lately. The reason is because I love people and I'm really interested in their life stories. What I say to people to break the ice is I ask them what their favorite things are, because this generally gets them talking for a while. People's most favorite topic to talk about is themselves lol. It's not a bad thing, it's just true. Because I've been doing this, it's got me thinking ab

New Moon Greatness in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Yesterday was one of the best days ever. My husband and I pretty much had the day to ourselves and had a great time working out, shopping, and watching a movie. My husband was actually the one who remembered that New Moon came out on dvd yesterday and I couldn't believe that it was already March 20th. I'm so glad I have a husband who actually listens to me when I talk about how excited I am about Twilight stuff to come out lol. <

Cecilia Halpert on The Office in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Isn't it so crazy that Jim and Pam have a baby now on The Office?! It feels like they just got together, but its been 2 years. I guess I just thought they would never get together, and then the writers decided to go the awesome route and let us experience them dating, getting married, and having a baby. It's such a cool thing to see Jim and Pam have a baby together. Okay, now I know that

I Wish It Wasn't So in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Life is hard for me right now because I just got diagnosed with IBS. My stomach has never been normal, but it has never been as bad as its been for the past 6 months. It eventually got to the point where I couldn't handle it anymore and had to go to the doctor about it. I was so nervous to go though because its pretty embarassing. When I went

Yay for Tax Returns! in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

There is a debate going on in our household as to what we should do with our tax return money. Not really a debate, more like a discussion. We have never gotten any money back when we do our taxes, so this is the first year its ever happened. We don't know what to do with ourselves lol. Most of our money is going into savings because we are saving up to put a down payment on one of <a title="http://maplestreethomes.com/" href="http://ma

Birthday Boy Brother in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Recently, my brother celebrated his 29th birthday. I can hardly believe that he is 29 years old now. I feel like he should always be in his teens or something lol. It's so weird that we are actually growing up. Anyway, my brother and I are pretty close, so I usually know what to get him for his birthday. However, this year I came up short for an idea of what to get him. I asked his w

This Should Be My Job in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I'm seriously considering that my husband and I should start our own business in pre-wedding event planning lol. It feels like that has been a part of our everyday lives for the past few weeks. We are both in two important weddings that are coming up very soon. Our friends Chris and Lisa are getting married in late May, and my husband and I are a part of the wedding party. Actually my husband is the best man and I am a bridesmaid.

My Partner in Crime in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

A lot of people are scared by the word marriage. They think it means the giving up of their wants and desires to be eternally locked arm in arm with someone who is going to annoy them for the rest of their lives. This couldn't be further from the truth in my opinion. I would say that the people who think that have not seen a good example of what a marriage really is in their life. I feel sorry for them, I really do.

Getting Into Saving in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

One of my husband and I's many goals this year is to do a much better job at managing our money. Specifically, we want to be able to build up our savings account. We have a lot of things in our life that we want to be saving for. We want to save for a down payment on a house, for children, and for an emergency fund. We were going to open multiple savings accounts, but we decided to just start with one and see how that goes.

Photos That I Love in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

One of the things I love most in life is photos. I love the way that photos capture a moment. Natural, unposed, moments are my favorite, but even the modeled moments bring back happy memories and capture the beauty of the moment. I have many albums full of pictures that I and others have taken. Among the many photos I have, there is only one that I

Say Your Please and Thank You's in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I think our culture nowadays has done away with a lot of the manners and nicities that come along with interacting with one another. I'm not quite sure why though. My mother raised us to always say our please and thank you's. Infact, she used to make us write thank you notes for any gift we ever received, whether we liked it or not. Because of that, I feel like I'm always writing thank yo

A Knack for Video Games in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Some people just have a knack for video games. I do not happen to be one of those people. But I will say that I have developed some skill over time. My brother trained me from a very young age. He made me play video games with him all the time because he knew that I wasn't any good. But like I said, over the years I got better and better. My brother and my husband are ju

A Little/Big Surprise Today in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

There's a saying that goes, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." I'm sure you know who said that, but rarely we get to see the truth in it. Today I got a huge surprise. Two close friends of ours pulled us aside after church and told us that they are pregnant! Isn't that such great news! What really makes this news so great is

Chic-fil-a Promo by Me in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I don't know if you have ever eaten Chic-fil-a food, but if you have I think you would agree with me that it is by far the best fast food chain on the market. A lot of people complain that it is pricier than the other chains, but you get so much with that price. I have participated in 2 First 100 Grand Openings for Chic-fil-a and I can tell you that the sacrifices I made to do that were well worth it. Getting 2 years worth of free Chic-fil-a

A Brillant Home Idea in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I'll get to the idea in a minute, but first let me tell you how the idea came about. We have two friends of ours that are getting married and moving in with us soon. They needed a cheap place to live for a little bit, so we offered them our spare bedroom. We are excited about being able to help them in this way because they are like family to us. We've known them forever and they are like family to us. After talking to them about the practicalities of the

Valentine's Day Switch in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I feel like my husband and I had a very successful Valentine's Day this year. I think that that's mostly because we did not celebrate it on Valentine's Day lol. We decided to use some strategy this year and miss the Valentine's Day rush. It was awesome. So needless to say, we had our Valentine's Day celebration yesterday instead of today. It was seriously such a great day. <span style="font-size: mediu

Honda CR-V=Best Car Ever in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I know that you might disagree with the title of my blog, but that's cool. Let me explain my statement. My parents recently gifted my husband and I with their old Honda CR-V. They bought a new Honda Odyssey, so they didn't need the CR-V anymore. It was so kind of them to give us their car, and we can never thank them enough for giving it to us. The situation is that we've bee

Sitting...Babysitting in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It's kind of a busy time of year for me right now. I just picked up another job. Its just doing some easy babysitting for a friend who only works during tax season. I like having the flexibility in my regular career to be able to pick up something extra and to be able to help a friend. It just makes things a little bit more hectic in my life for about a month or so. But that's okay.

I Got Me Some Football and A Dress in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It's been a cool day to be able to enjoy two things that I love. I got to go dress shopping and I got to watch a sweet football game. I went dress shopping at a bridesmaids luncheon for my cousin's wedding. She had picked out a couple dresses she wanted all the bridesmaids to try on and the dress shop provided drinks and food. We even had a birthday cake because it is my aunt's birthday today. We got her <a title="http://crumpler.

Snow Time Surprise in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I can't believe the amount of snow we've gotten here this weekend. It's been fun to have it, but its also been kind of a burden. My husband and I got trapped in our house Friday night because of it, and had cabin fever by the time it was Saturday morning. We decided to drive down to my parents' house so that we could use their awesome hot tub. It was a bit hard getting out of our drive way, but the drive to their house wasn't too

Sick for a Week in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

It's been hard to be me this week. I've been really sick all week and it has sucked! I had a weird stomach virus at the beginning of the week, and now I have a bad cold! Can any of you feel my pain? I guess it is cold season so probably everyone has a cold right now. Nevertheless, it has been bad because I haven't been able to do any of the stuff that I want or need to do. The only thing that comforts me when I'm sick is to watch funny show

Gatlinburg Vacation in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Our Gatlinburg vacation is over, and I can hardly believe it. It feels like we were barely there. I wish we would have gotten to stay longer, but its not the summer time so its hard to take time off. We had a great time though. It was hard at times, but we got over it and found ways to have fun. I think that it was only hard because it wasn't the trip that we expected it to be. We went into the trip expecting it to be relaxing, but it w

I Miss You CoCo in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Conan O'Brien has been off the air for a week now, and I miss him so much. His last show was sooooo good but it definitely isn't enough to get me through the next few months. I can't believe he can't do anything else until September. That is way too long. I don't know if I'm going to be able to last without Conan until then. Last Friday was Conan's last show, as you probably already

Preparing for My Trip to Gattlinburg :) in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

In a little over 24 hours, my husband and I will be leaving on our trip to go to Gattllingburg with friends! We are so excited about this opportunity that we can barely contain. It's going to be so much fun. The best part about it is that we get a break from our every day lives and get to spend a lot of quality time together. We've been wanting this for a very long time, so its great to finally get it. As I mentioned before, we are going on

Great Weekend at Great Wolf in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Right now my husband and I are at Great Wolf Lodge for a Leader Weekend for Young Life . A Leader Weekend is like a retreat for us as leaders to get trained to do the ministry of Young Life. My husband and I have been leading Young Life for about 7 years, so we've been to a lot of these weekends. But this one is my favorite because Great Wolf is such a nice facility. It's