Its Almost My Birthday

Tomorrow I turn 26. Pretty crazy, eh? I have opened almost all of my presents already as my husband can't be patient enough and kept on asking me if he can give me my present. So I finally said yes, mainly because he was sad when his dad and brother and cousin left this morning.

He got me a silved ipod nano. I have wanted one for a while as I like having music when I go to the gym. Althought, I have not been to the gym in a while with all the funerals that I have been arranging. I am pretty happy about my gift.

Mom and Dad and sister got me a bread maker which i am excited about especially since the cost of bread is going up and up. I like the idea of fresh bread in the morning. Yummy!

I am having some friends over tonight for a bbq as I have to work tomorrow and all that. Should be fun. Just really casual eating food and hanging out. Maybe I will make myself a cake :)

Random picture of me and a cute little girl named Jazira. She was an orphan in Africa and told Marina a story about how she dropped the water she was carrying on her head once because a giraffe ran by her. She hides chicken bones because she is scared that one day she wont have anything to eat. I have a big heart for this girl!

So tonight was our last night of youth for the summer. Sometimes its hard saying goodbye to the kids and they will be going off to high school so you have to leave them in God's hands as they do not have Christian parents and are already not hanging out with the best crowd. There is one girl in particular that I know I will pray for constantly. I just hope she gets the emotional help she needs before she makes a lot of massive mistakes.... which unfortunately I can see her making.

Curtis' dad gets here on Thursday. I am a little nervous but I am really hoping that it will be a good opportunity to strengthen my relationship with him so it makes it a little easier when we go there in two weeks. We will see. I am not really expecting him to invest time in me but I have to prepare myself emotionally with that.

So I will have Tuesday nights free for the next little while which will give Curtis and me a good break. Maybe we will make it movie night or something, i dont know :)

I have one more funeral on Tuesday and it is going to be a HUGE one. I am so stressed out that I feel like puking all the time. They are expecting MANY people. They actually announced the location of the funeral now on CTV/Global news. Kinda scares me. So pray for strength, patience, and that everything would run smoothly. I am truly frightened!

ME and Curtis decided to take a random trip to Canadian Tire the other day to see if they have our chairs from last year in stock for the summer. NO SUCH LUCK! There will be no matching chairs at our outdoor table.... oh well.
Randomly he wants to see how much he weighs so he sets on an adventure to find a weight scale. So we did and then he tells me to weigh myself. Not such a good idea. Only to find I had gained weight. What is the point of eating healthy if it doesnt help. Gym, you suck! You are by my work and well you do not motivate me.
Ordered a dress for Erin's wedding only to have to order a size 18. The lady was quite amused at my rantings about how i hate bridal stores as they make you feel fatter than you really are. She said they are about 4-6 sizes smaller than you would actually wear in a normal store. With that I sit happily at my size 14 trying to cram myself into a size 10 sample. Who only carries small samples? Oh well. It is order, and going to be altered... hopefully for the better.