No more midwest girl...

I'm now in everyway a resident of Florida. Today I change my plates over to Florida plates. It was a bitter sweet moment of giving up my Missouri for Florida. My car looks so naked with only one plate. I did however splurge and get the wildflower design. The name of the flower sounds like my name!! It was a tie between wildflowers and sea turtles. Other than that life is honestly pretty full on at the moment. I came in the office tonight to get a few things done and in order before I leave for Boston on Thursday. I'm due for a break down at some point in the near future and until then I'll press onward. CCF starts next week and please pray becasue they kicked all the clubs off campus and we lost our meeting room. God is good and will provide.

Art?

My friend Kelly messed with this picture of me. I think it looks cool! Looking forward to a wild weekend here in the FTM. I have no plans...yessssss! Tonight I think I'm going to get artsy and paint, modge podge, and listen to mellow tunes...so excited for it to be 5 and me to buy a canvas! I'll post the results if it looks half way decent (I don't claim any talent just a love of art)

Wacky Weinmans

Last night I got to babysit some of my favorite children. (ok, I have a lot of favorite children) Their parents had brain tumor suport group (Susan had a brain tumor taken out in May and is currently undergoing radiation and chemo) so I got to hang with Paula, Christina, Daniel, and their dog Mattie. I just love these kids...they are refreshing to be around. While I made dinner Christina made the table (check out the pic she did a great job!), Daniel the wildman Wienman played with Mattie (the kid has no fear), and Paula sang me the entire High School Musical soundtract. We ate and then we gave Mattie a bath becasue well she stank! Then came dessert and I quized Daniel on his spelling homework. Then it was off to bed...they wentto bed willingly at 8:15 and I fell asleep on the couch till 9:15 when their parents got home. That was the best hour of sleep I've had in 2 days!!! I was dead to the world it was beautiful!!! That was my exciting Tuesday night...it was so much fun. I love those Weinmans!


Daniel waiting to pounce Mattie

Christina is the huge cuddle bug!

Paula is a huge reader and the biggest Harry Potter fan I've ever met!

Dinner with the Weinmans...Christina made the table pretty!

Torture to Mattie but she sure smells so fresh and clean clean!

Kathy's Sour Cream Enchiladas

Here is my claim to fame...so easy to make...cook and invite friends over to share...maybe play loaded questions?

Sauce:
1 bag of chicken (I cube and then cook in a frying pan with garlic powder, a tad bit of salt, pepper, onion powder…drain access liquid)
2 pts sour cream (I use light sour cream)
15 oz of cream of chicken soup (I try to use the reduced fat kind)
(mix together well and I normally season it with more garlic powder, salt, pepper and onion powder to taste)

Cheese mix
5lbs of Monterrey jack cheese
2 cans of diced chile peppers
1 can chopped olives
(mix together well)

30 corn tortillas (not flour they will become mushy and gross)

Preheat oven 350 degrees

A very large baking dish (I like to buy disposable lasagna dishes)

In the baking dish put a layer of corn tortillas then spoon a layer of the sauce mix then a layer of cheese mix then layer tortillas (repeat until dish full…I normally do about 4 layers…the thicker the longer you need to cook it!) end with a cheese mix layer on top. Cover with aluminum foil and bake about an hour …check the middle to see how the middle is cooking…the cook another 30 minsish without the aluminum foil)

Let sit about 10 minutes to get solid so it’s easier to cut and enjoy. This should easily feed at least 10 people. This is easily doubled and I’ve feed 40 on a doubled recipe.

Home again...

So I'm home and back at work. I'm not going to lie I'm strugglin today. I am so glad I got to spend time with the Hunters but on the hand coming back to being a week and a half behind sucks. I hope the Hunters had a good time because they sure showed me a good one. I really enjoyed all the lil talks that happened and just seeing their pretty faces. I learnt that I'm a light weight when it comes to drinking...sorry about that guys who knew that 1 beer and 1 mixed drink could do me in. I personally hate drinking too much...it makes me feel guilty and like trash. Probally why I rarely drink and therefore l'm constantly a light weight. I did have fun though...it was probally the best time I've ever had playing scrabble (which is on my list of least fav games becasue well it makes me feel stupid) I loved church and enjoyed the format of a Bible Study...I learnt a lot. It was also really good to reconnect with Cara who is a huge reason I'm with NMSI. She is stinkin awesome and I just have always enjoyed her. She is just really easy to talk with and understanding. I pretty much want to be her...a small Asian woman who loves the Lord! The Mexican buffet was awesome...I think I'm still full! The flights were uneventful but I did finish the book I've been reading, "Searching for God knows what" by Donald Miller...a must read!!! I need to process it more before I can really talk about but stinkin good to be sure. I am glad to be home...my bed was amazing last night to be sure. Well I best get back to my email...Thanks Hunters for blessing me! Oh and I miss Duds!!!

Nashville...how do I love thee

So as much as I am continually learning to love Ft. Myers and the whole Florida life I still yearn for something more...wide open spaces if you will...more about that later.

So Evansville was awesome!!! I had a blast and I learnt tons. I'm pretty sure the students enjoyed it and grew too. Starr has some pretty embarressing video of me (She has me singing with the headphones on to that Carpenters song that's all like dododo doooo ahhhhhhh ...lovin you) It was great times of fellowship, fun, worship, and teaching. So on the way to Evansville I woke up as we were driving through Nashville and thought...hmmm I should just stay in Nashville on the way back and visit the Hunters. So I got me a one way ticket and I'm live in it up in the casa por Hunters (I took and failed French) It's been great so far...very relaxing...my first actual comp time I've ever taken. On Thursday I just layed by the pool and read (and swam to cool off at the end of each chapter...I'm reading Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller...it's a really good book...I love things that make me think) I got to cook dinner which was a blast to make and then had a good workout at the Y. I finally met the illustrious Todd Burka...who I've decided is impossible to read but is really funny. It's wierd to finally meet someone that you feel like you already know through other people's stories. I begin to suddenly worry how I look and what to say and ohhh crap what does this person know about me. I'm not normally a person who is easily rattled or comes across as shy (I tend to be an uber people person) but when I met the Todd Burka I got all shy and akward. But no worries I saw him last night and gave him plenty of sass back to his abundance of sass. A group went to go see Breakin 2...this 80s break dance movie. It was horrible and yet so funny! I decided that break dancing is awesome and I love my free 80s bandana. I am loving my time in Nashville...
Here's a picture from a few years ago...it's my first shot...so gross but a great night!

Indy here I come

So I'm out of town for a week...leaving in uhmm 10 mins actually...for Evansville, IN. We're going to the National Student Conference with CCF...I'm pretty excited. Praying God will do some awesome stuff in the lives of my students. It will be a bonding experience driving for like 18 hrs to get there! Can you say roadtrip?

I'm officially finally a legal Floridian and a registered Republician (which I'll just say I hate being put in the box) I will say that this is by far my best driver's licence picture to date.