I did a lot today....

Today was a crazy day. I almost ran out of gas (i can hear my mom now.. "you should NEVER let it get lower than....." but by the GRACE OF GOD i made it to a gas station. I went shopping for jewelry for the girls in the wedding party, but I didn't buy anything because I want to make sure that they like it. Today, i really wished that Beth and Kelli were with me. :( Tear..

Moving on....Today I bought our ring bearer pillow! (Seth, this is what you will be carrying in the wedding!) and some ribbon for the wedding favors. Hobby Lobby is where I bought these items. Hobby Lobby is probably the best craft store out there. If anyone disagrees with that, they need to say it to my face. I also bought a medium sized, black chandelier to hang in our apartment. It is so pretty and I had been looking for one for a long while, so I called Aaron and got the green light and bought it!

When I got home, I was sticky and gross. yuck. I'm thankful for hot running water and air conditioning. We are SO blessed here in America.

so all in all, it was a good day!

Whoa, What a Weekend

I had a blast this past weekend in Corpus. Unfortunately, Aaron had to work on Friday and Saturday, but I had a few appointments, so I was pretty occupied.

• One of these dreadfully boring appointments was........ cake sampling!!! It was SOOO good. I tried strawberry, yellow and white. Guess which one I picked? .....well, you'll just have to wait and see. But believe me, I picked the yummiest one! So the cake is picked out and it's going to be beautiful! ; )

• I also talked to a flower lady. She was very kind and helpful. Everything that I picked out will look beautiful! This lady caught my vision and I think she's going to make everything look great. \o/

• I got to spend some time with my FMIL (future mother in law) she had knee surgery so she was stuck in bed. We had a McAllisters lunch in her bedroom, it was great fun :0

• Friday night, we got dressed up to go to WaterStreet Oyster and Sushi Bar. Aaron ordered me an shrimp quesadilla appetizer. Then I had some seasoned chicken alfredo something. Of course Aaron's plate was better than mine. He always gets something better than me and I always want whatever he orders. he also wanted to order sushi, but i declined. : {

• On Saturday, I had to run more errands. One of which was going to zales to get my engagement ring cleaned and inspected. Aaron set me off with all the paperwork. Poor guy. I already told him that I lose things easily, but he still gave it to me. So i didn't lose the paperwork, but I did forget to give it back to him. sorry, Aaron :(

• Saturday night, I took Aaron on a surprise date. I asked him to bring goggles (to throw him off since he was trying to guess where we were going) So he wore goggles the whole car ride while seriously trying to convince me that they improved his vision. BAha! so as we approached the restaurant I covered his eyes which made him EXTREMELY nervous. and then (after checking that there were no cars around) I slammed on the brakes just to get him hyped about dinner. We ate at Wings n More (he had never eaten there!) and I gave him a card because he's so amazing. :O
• On Sunday, there was only one service. Aaron translated to English since they combined the English and Spanish congregation. he did a great job. Afterwards there were activities and FOOD! I ate a ton! I had a hot dog and then nachos and then another hot dog. What? I was hungry :(

• Sunday afternoon we went to his pastors house for a BBQ. So it was me and aaron, the pastor and his wife, freddie the youth pastor and his girlfriend, and steve and liz, my friends that I stay with when I visit Corpus. I made my famous sopapilla cheesecake. Afterwards, we were all so stuffed that we all went to the beach for a walk. There were these little animals in the sand that would light up when we walked. It was like walking on stars. * :)*

• Aaron was off on Monday, so we got to hang out!!! we walked around Best Buy. We would have walked around it 3 times if Aaron had had his way. Then we made our way to the beach. the weather was perfect and Aaron didn't get burned even better. he tried to show me how to throw a frisbee. I'm still not very good :(

All in all it was a great weekend! I had tons of fun with Aaron. I can't wait to see him again!

You Are What You Think

Have you ever heard the phrase,"You are what you eat."? I want to make some people think out there. How about this: "You are what you think." What you think will determine how you feel. How you feel will determine the choices you make. I consider myself to be a pretty positive person. You might consider yourself to be fairly positive as well. But unfortunately, we can entertain thoughts of negativity. This poor thinking is a robber. A culprit that steals our happiness and fogs our minds. 

If we only could challenge this way of thinking. 

Proverbs 16:23, "Much food is uncultivated in land of the poor. For lack of justice it is swept away." 

So much food stays in the ground. So many answers. So much potential stays hidden in the ground, because of a poverty way of thinking. Can we challenge our thinking and line up our thoughts with God's thoughts. 

"I know that thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace, hope and a bright future." Jeremiah 29:11

Concrete Truth

So it's been pretty hot lately and I must say... I LOVE IT! I prefer hot over cold any day! I like the heat, I don't know why. I don't really sweat, so maybe that's why. Today, as with every day, I went to check the mail. I always (except for in the winter) check the mail without any shoes on. This is my idea of camping. Today the concrete was a little warm. The minute I stepped on the driveway, it brought back a memory of when I was a little girl living in Mertzon, TX. I remember playing outside and the concrete was so incredibly hot that it felt like it was really really cold. Do you know what I'm talking about? Today when I remembered this, I looked down at my toes like I used to when I was little. I remember that it used to weird me out because my feet felt cold concrete although I knew that the truth was that it was really very very hot.

It reminded me that we sometimes we allow our circumstances to dictate how we feel. The heat of the concrete was telling my feet to feel cold, when that clearly was not the truth.

Becareful not to let your concrete tell you how to feel. Stand on the Truth.

Make it Happen

Today is a make it happen sort of day. I have in my possession, my mom's veil from her wedding. By the time my wedding rolls around this veil will be about 29 years old. It's a gorgeous veil. (I would post pics, but I don't want you-know-who to see it.) It's exactly what I wanted, but could not find anywhere. HOWEVER, the lace has become, well.....aged. Yellow to be exact. SO, I need to find someone who can replace the lace, OR this will become a DIY project. so by the end of today, I will have some sort of solution. Lets see what happens......

kinda funny..

Lately, I've caught myself trying to spell my name Aaraceli. I guess I'm so used to texting/seeing/saying Aaron's name. The place I seem to do it the most is on those "sign here" checkout screens.

I Love "Hello's"

Well in about 15 weeks or so, my fiancee will be moving down to Corpus Christi. I have got to say that there are a lot changes on the way. The one thing that is going to be hardest to for Cheli to adjust to is... we only have TWO malls; and one of them is turning into a flea market; not good. But we love each other and like the good book says, "Love conquers all." 

I am for the first time going to experience having Cheli in the same zip code for the first time ever. As everyone close to us knows that Cheli and I commute by plane most of the time to see each other. This is SO hard for us when we have to leave. I don't like goodbyes. The end is coming for "goodbyes." I can't wait. No more driving around with an empty passenger seat. From now it will be, "make that two please."