need to vent

Jonathan calls me in the morning when he is on his way to work (or I call him if I leave for work first). We call each other on our lunch breaks to talk briefly. Jonathan has respect for our relationship and would rather spend time with me, than with other people/playing video games or playing sports. When Jonathan sees that I am upset with a situation, he stands up for me and he is offended too. Jonathan values my opinion and I do his.

Clingy? Dependent? or LOVE?

I have genuine respect for others. I'm not intentionally disrespectful. I am twenty years old and I understand what etiquette is. I understand that spitting/shooting/throwing/smearing anything at any dinner is immature and uncalled for.

I am a Christian, a leader, and a role model. I behave myself and act with respect around everyone because I know that people hold me to a higher standard. But the main reason that I respect others and that I value honor and friendship is because

God sent His Son to die on the cross for my sins. That is honor, that is respect, that is LOVE.

P.S. Jonathan, you are my world. I love you with every ounce of my body and soul. I am so grateful to God for making our union part of His plan. I am amazed daily by your strength, courage, respect, honor, maturity, and LOVE. You make my days on this earth worth living. I can not ever imagine my life with someone else and I look forward to the day we are officially joined together as one. I see how serious you are with our love and our union. You are the man that God has given to me and I am just awed by God's glory. I am so impressed and amazed by the love that we have for each other through the blood of Jesus Christ. To my solemait, I love you (3).

P.S.S. thank you Jessica for being such an amazing friend. You are honest and you genuinely appreciate our friendship. I love you for that and I am so grateful that God has put you in my life. I look forward to every time that we hang out and goof off. I love that you understand me and you defend me and you are a real friend. I love you and I hope you know how much richer you make my life.

i scrapped some this past week!

This is a lo that I did to mark my first scrapbook class! I am so glad I got to spend that time with Jessica!

















This is a 2 page lo that I did to mark this years fathers day! I had a lot of fun with it!

OLW Seek

Seek Heritage
The journaling reads "I wear my green Ireland hat with pride! Although I may complain about having red in my hair... I will always be proud of that heritage I own!"

I really enjoyed this project and I hope you enjoy looking!

such an exciting week!!

matt and carla got married!!! it was so beautiful, I am so excited that they have made this commitment! Weddings are a glorious thing, if only may 10th 2008 would come around a little sooner!

OLW challenge SIMPLICITY

IT'S TAT SIMPLE

this is my lo for the 5th week of olw challenge. my fiance and I got tattoos as symbols of our love for God and God's love for us.

The journaling reads: 07.14.07 Jonathan and I got tattoos today. they are a cross & the word agape in greek. they are a constant reminder of Jesus dying on the cross. that is amazing love. we decided to write love on our arms.

1 john 4

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

the beginnings of my "about me" book

the cover of my album. it reads, i am... me.


my soulmates page. the quote reads "if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.


this page is about my favorite jeans. it reads, "my OH YEAH jeans are worth 154 dollars!"














these are my two pages about my love for gerber daisies.


my favorites things pages


i am THE bride!!

jojo and i got tattoos!!!

it reads ἀγάπη, which is greek for agape (ah-gah-pey). agape is the word that Jesus used to call the disciples his own. many people think that eros is the love between two people (like a husband and wife), but it is really is more like a self-satisfying love. agape also means a love that completes you. we got these tattoos as a constant reminder that God sent his son to die on the cross for us. we also got them to remind us of that love and to remind us to love others as God has loved us, self-lessly. The tattoos also represent our love for each other that comes from Christ.

friends...

i am so blessed to have the friends that i do. God blesses us with amazing people to be in our lives and i don't think that we could go on with out them. yesterday i got to hang out with two of my favorite people, Ashley and Jessica! Ashley and I went to the galleria and both were able not to buy an Coach bags (on a side note, when i told my fiance that he should be proud because i didn't buy any purses he said something to the effect of "well if you were boring and didn't appreciate nice things than it wouldn't be a big deal" paraphrasing, of course!), we picked out a really cute piece of lingerie for our friend Carla. I am so happy for Matt and Carla, and a little jealous that they are going to be married in 15 days and Jonathan and I have ten more months left! ha ha! It just brings me so much joy to see people coming together in unions according to God's will. After the Galleria, we went to Scrap Etc. (one of my favorite stores ever!!) i managed to only spend forty dollars, which is AMAZING!! Speaking of Scrap Etc., they are getting some of the cutest stuff from CHA and I cant wait till it gets here! I am so excited and I know that I am going to need more storage space! My little dorm room is getting filled to the brim!

Later we went to Target (one of my other fav stores) and did some shopping, I helped this old couple pick out utensil organizers for their drawers. I felt like i was doing a good deed! Target also has some really cute scrap stuff that is more affordable than the AMAZING Scrap Etc. and i feel less bad buying things from there. But only on days that I don't buy things from Scrap Etc!

I really enjoy going shopping with my friends, it makes me feel less pathetic!

Anyway, after we got back to Ashley's house we decided that we wanted to scrapbook. Ashley and Jessica have been working these "About Me" books and I decided to join them! It really is a lot of fun to sit back and ponder over your favorite things and think about what makes your world spin! It is really fun to be self-centered sometimes.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS POST:

I am so in love with Jonathan Ashley Thomaston and I am so amazing by how perfect we are for each other and how amazing it is that God made him for ME!! It is the most incredible feeling that you will ever feel when God shows you the person you are meant to spend the rest of your life with. I thank God everyday and I just pray that our love will continue to grow stronger and that we will not get stressed out over planing our wedding. Actually I should pray that I don't get stressed out because he really doesn't get stressed out over flowers and cake. I just am s amazed by how strong of a man he is, and how convicted he is for the Lord, and how gentle he is, and how patient he is (i am def lacking in that area). I love this man so much and my life would not be complete without him.

Well I got called to babysit at 8am this morning and I am here until around 11:30am. That's it for now.

much love.
1 john 4:10

bridezilla...

It rained for like three days straight this weekend!! God is blessing us with so much rain! I think Jonathan has secretly been doing rain dances!


Jonathan and I watched this show on WE last night and it was titled "Bridezillas". After watching that show, I feel a lot better! I have been having these issues with our wedding and I was so glad to see those women acting horrible!! haha. I have been sort of stressed out about my choice of bridesmaids. I am so glad that I picked my best friends! They are wonderful and I wouldn't change who they are. When Jonathan and I became engaged I thought I knew who I wanted my bridesmaids to be. A month later one of my bridesmaids became engaged and picked her wedding date the saturday after ours. I dont want to sound like a crazed person, but I just feel that if she would choose to have her wedding the week after ours, than she probably wont be making any sacrificing decisions. I dont want to sound like I am insane, but I just want to be happy with my choice, and I'm not.

On another note, Jonathan drew me a picture when he was at work this week.
it says SS Honeymoon. He is so cute! He may not be an artist, but he has painted my heart with love! haha

This weekend Jonathan and I went to the Galleria to find a "honeymoon shower" gift. It ended up with me buying more stuff for myself than for the happy couple! When did Bath and BodyWorks become so sensational smelling

Jonathan loves the smell of this stuff! If he could wear it and not feel like a girl... well, he would! I am also a really huge fan of these

These warmers and oils... SMELL SO DELICIOUS!


Enough of that, I really want to scrap soon. My friends Jessica told me that she was starting an About Me scrapbook and I thought about making pages about me, but I think making an album would be fun! I took some funky pictures the other day that would be great for this book!

Saturday...

I have managed to get out of helping my fiance move into his new apartment! I have and assignment due for my online class and I need to get to work on it! I really want to scrapbook today... but I dont know if I have time to. I am also anxiously waiting for my fiance to tell me what he made on his LSAT. This will basically determine our future. I am really nervous! I hope everyone has an amazing daY!! I will leave you with something funny to look at!