Grocery Shopping!

I have spent the majority of my day out shopping, trying to find the best deals and spend the least amount of money.  My goals for today were 1) our monthly sam's trip to restock, 2) grocery shopping for the menu I planned out for the next 2.5 weeks, 3) pick up a few good deals and spend my walgreen's register rewards that were about to expire.  Oh, and I was also aiming to spend less than $200.  So here's how that went.

First stop: Walmart.  Nothing much to say here.  This was the bulk of the groceries we needed, most of which I couldn't find coupons for.  I did save $0.55 off of some Chef Boyardee.  I also used comp ads.  I got a pound of strawberries for 0.99 (aldi's price) and green grapes for 0.89 a pound (also Aldi's).
Total: $96.12

Second stop: Sam's.  Nothing at all special here, just our monthly restock.  Total: $56.28

Third stop: Home to unload the cooler and get dinner put together.

Fourth stop: Target.  All except 2 items here I had a coupon for.  I would spell it all out but the receipt is really confusing.  The gist of it is that I spend $27.02 and between coupons and sales, I saved $15.05.  The best value here was I had 3 coupons for $1 off sharpie and 2 papermate products.  I got 2 sharpies and 2 ten-packs of pens for free because they were on sale for a dollar.
Total: $27.02

Fifth stop: Walgreens.  The bummer here is that I really didn't need anything that I bought but I had $4 in register rewards that were about to expire so they were going to go to waste.  I bought:

• A snack pack for $1 (I had to have one item without a coupon because otherwise the register rewards won't work.)
• A colgate toothbrush and toothpaste.  They were on sale for 2 for $6 plus I got $4 back in register rewards plus $1.15 in coupons so I basically paid 0.85 for both of these products.
• Aussie 3 min conditioning treatment.  It was on sale for $3 and I got $1 register rewards back and I had a $1 off coupon so I basically paid $1 for this.

Using my $4 RR, I paid a total of $3.85 and I now have $5 RR.

Sixth stop: CVS.  This was the highlight of my day!  I started with $11 EB.  I bought a Schick Hydro Razor that was on sale for $8.49, got $5 EB back, and had a $2 off coupon so I paid $1.49 for this product.  I also bought some skintimate shave cream that was on sale for $1.99 and I had $1.50 coupon.  

Using $5 of my EB, I paid a total of $1.06 and I now have $10 EB

Last stop (thank goodness!): I only stopped here because they had ground turkey on sale for 1.99 a pound but unfortunately they were out of that priced stuff so I had to pay 2.50 a pound.  So I got 2 pounds of ground turkey for $5, a colgate toothpaste (on sale for .88 and I had a 0.50 off coupon) for 0.33, and some really yummy looking bread on sale for 1.99.

Total: 6.99

Total for the day: $191.32!  I was very happy to come in under my goal, even if just by a few dollars.  What I got us today should last us at least the next couple weeks except for bread and milk.

In other news, I bought tilapia and plan on using it in a recipe next week.  This was huge for me because I don't like fish and never ever figured I would cook with it but Eric and I are trying really hard to lose some weight so I opted for chicken, fish, and ground turkey on the menu instead of the normal hamburger.  It will definitely be an adventure!

In other, other news, I officially start my new job taking care of babies at a daycare on Monday.  I am very, very excited!  I am a little nervous because I am going to be a ton busier than before between working, three online classes which start a week from Monday, and being a housewife but I kind of like to be busy so I think it will be great!

That's all for now :D

Thx for readin~

Mrs. Morgan

Savings for this week

I just went on my weekly hunt in search of great deals.  I feel like I'm getting better at weeding out the really good ones and passing on the so-so ones.  I made two stops today.

First was Walgreens.

• 2 Bottles of Irish Spring Liquid Soap.  This was on sale 2 for $6.  I got $4 register rewards.  I had two coupons worth $0.50 each.  Final cost = $1 for both
• Cetaphil bar soap was BOGO* 1/2 off so I got 2 bars for $6.75.  This really wasn't a good deal, but I have to use that soap and there is never coupons for it so half off one is better than nothing.
• 1 Sharpie for $0.39
• 2 Sharpie highlighters for $0.69
• All in all i paid $13.83, saved $9.63, and got $4 register rewards to spend next time.

Next was CVS (conveniently across the street)

• 2 bottles of Palmolive dish soap.  It was on sale for $0.99 plus I had two coupons worth $0.25 each.  Total was $1.50 for both.
• Renu Contact solution (Best deal of the week!) on sale for $7.89.  Got $6 EB (Extra Bucks). And had a $2 off coupon.  So I made $0.11 on this!
• One a Day vitamins.  On sale BOGO 1/2 off.  Plus 2 coupons worth $2 each.  Final price was $9 for two 100 count bottles.
• Loreal Eversleek Shampoo and Conditioner.  Originally $7 each.  $5 EB because I bought 2 bottles (one shampoo, one conditioner).  Plus two coupons worth $4 each.  Final price = $2.50 a piece.
• All in all, I paid $28.20, saved $18.28, and got $11 EB to spend next time!

My goal is to get to the point of not buying anything unless its $1 or less but there were some things this week that we just needed like the soap, shampoo (maybe didn't need that but it was time to buy shampoo and I really like that kind and it was a great deal), and vitamins.  Plus, I plan to save the register rewards up and start paying for these weekly trips with those.  It is all a learning process.  I am very thankful for My Frugal Adventures as that is where I spot most of these deals.

On the homefront, everything is going well here.  I got a job at a daycare which I am thoroughly excited about!  I have truly missed working with babies and I've been getting a bit bored.  It's part time so I will still have time for school, which starts August 22nd, and for Eric, and for keeping up with my house (I hope).  We, me more than Eric though), are both excited about going camping next weekend.  We're going to Lake Fort Smith.  Looking forward to seeing my brother, sister, bestie, niece, nephews, and the rest of them, and my family!

Happy Friday everyone!

Michelle Morgan

*BOGO= buy one get one

Getting harder

As the days go by and I'm spending (what seems like) more and more hours at home alone while Eric's at work, it is getting harder not to miss people. Its not like I havent been missing anyone, but days like these make it harder not to think about it and let it get to me. The great thing is that I have an awesome husband that does come home in the evenings and spends time with me and I have made a couple friends. So it's not like I'm completely lonely and out of luck....just missing Arkansas. I am looking forward to starting my last three classes to get my associates degree in late august and I have a prospect for a job. I believe as I get busier and have more things to occupy my mind, it will not be so hard to miss people.



That's about it for now

Thanks for reading

Mrs. Morgan :D

First Couponing Adventure

Hi there :)  I just got back from my first couponing adventure and weekly grocery trip and I'm exhausted and don't feel so good so I decided to take a break and write about it.  I'm very excited about my savings!

I have been reading the blog at My Frugal Adventures about couponing and deals and freebies and such and have been inspired to start trying to save more money!  So I started with getting a paper on Sunday.  There is one paper around here that has double coupons which is awesome.  I also print coupons offline.  To clarify, unless it is free, extremely cheap, or we need it, I skip or save the coupon.  We don't really have the storage space for me just to be buying stuff we don't need because it was on sale.

My first stop today was Hobby Lobby.  Since we just celebrated our 1 month anniversary, I decided it was about time to get our thank you notes sent out and I had a coupon for 40% off one item (which is a fairly regular coupon they send out) so i figured I would get the biggest box of thank you notes they had and then go back again next time i get a coupon.  I lucked out though because they were having their bridal event and they had boxes of 50 thank you notes normally priced at $10 for half ($5).  So I bought 3 boxes and saved $15.

Second stop was target, best deals of the day.  I bought some crest toothpaste that was originally $2.49.  I had a $0.75 off coupon.  This wasn't a great deal but I bought it because we needed toothpaste and it came with a travel size toothpaste, a floss thing, and $10 worth of coupons (the real catcher for me).  Next I bought some Purina cat treats (because we will be getting a cat in the near future).  They were on sale for 2 @ $0.99 each and I had a coupon for $1.00 off so I paid $1.00 total for both of them.  The best deal I got all day was some free bengay.  Yep, FREE!  My Frugal Adventures posted a coupon off of www.coupons.com for $5 off any bengay product.  I actually made money on this one.  I bought a tube of bengay normally priced at $4.24 so with the coupon, I made $0.76!  So I paid a total of $2.04 and saved $6.91 :)  I was very happy with this stop!

Third stop was dollar general.  All I got here was 3 lysol cleaning products for $5.  I don't normally buy lysol products so I'm not actually sure if this was a good deal or not but it was cheaper than what I normally pay for other brand cleaners.

Last stop was Kroger.  This was just my normal grocery shopping.  I spent $45.53 and saved $16.51.  The only big savings here was they were having a "mega 10 sale" where if you buy 10 of these marked items, you get $5 back essentially.  They had Pepsi 2 liters as part of these, so I ended up buying 10 at $1.39 each.  the mega event which gave me $0.50 off each one, I paid $8.90 for 10.  This wasn't as good a deal as I thought it was but oh well, I got the for $0.89 each and we won't need more for a while :)

It was fun and tiring.  I need to go clean now.  Hopefully my hubby will be home soon.

Thx 4 readin~ check back soon!

Mrs. Morgan :D

One month :)

We celebrated our one month anniversary yesterday. I made sausage gravy and biscuits all made from scratch. I was a little nervous but my gravy turned out awesome! All credit goes to my mom. I've watched her make it many a times plus she called and gave me pointers yesterday :)

In other news, I love being married! This first month has been amazing! I love every second that I get to spend with my husband. And to answer your question, no we haven't had a fight. Everyone and I mean everyone we come across asks us that and when we tell them we haven't they tell us to wait for it and that once the "honeymoon phase" is over, basically it won't be so great anymore but I plan to defy the odds. There is absolutely no reason for us not to enjoy being married and being with each other so I don't forsee that changing.

On the baby front, we're getting a kitten :)

Thats all for now

Join us next time for......guess you'll just have to come back and see because I don't know what I'll be writing about :)

~mrs Morgan

Cooking :)

If you knew me say a month and a half ago, you might not believe what I'm about to tell you, but hear me out because it's all true!

I have really grown to enjoy cooking!!!!! Wait, what? Maybe I need to rephrase this. I think it's probably not the cooking I actually enjoy, I think it's more the part where I get to take care of my husband. I really love and enjoy that part :) he takes such great care of me, the least I can do is attempt to cook a nice meal for him during the week. This has already had many benefits. We have both lost weight since cutting back tremendously on eating out and we've also been spending a lot less money on food by eating at home. I love it! I get up every morning and make him breakfast before he goes to work (okay I'll admit sometimes it's only poptarts) and I fix him something for lunch to take unless it's a day we meet for lunch or he has a business lunch. Then, except for Wednesday's, I try to have something ready for him for dinner when he gets home. I'm going to post a picture of the first dinner I cooked. It was super yummy. Okay well it's not going to let me upload a picture right now but there's one a Facebook :)

I was asked to share the recipe that I cooked tonight, so here it is. Crockpot pizza (trish sitton's recipe)
1 pOund hamburger
I/3 box rigatoni (or other pasta).
8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can of mushrooms
1/2 an onion, chopped
1 jar pizza sauce
1/2 package pepperoni
Cook the meat and pasta then layer the ingredients in the order listed and cook in the crockpot for 4 hours on low. You can also cook it in the oven in a 9x13 dish On 350 for about 45 minutes. Enjoy :)

This has been the first of many cooking with the Morgans :). Tune in next time for "my first adventure with "gravy-making"

Time!

ahhhhhh! Has it seriously been over a month since I touched this blog? I'm so sorry! In case anyone missed it, I am now very happily married to mr Eric Morgan :D we will be celebrating one month together this weekend! I have absolutely loved every minute of being married!

In case you didn't notice, I changed my title for the blog. Why you might ask? Well because my plan is for this blog to take on a new theme. I plan to be writing about married life, being a wife, being a housewife, and my cooking adventures! I hope you enjoy reading about this journey as much as I enjoy writing to you about it!

Thx for reading~
mrs Morgan :)

The days are numbered!

5 days to go!


Wow




WoooooW!



It's so soon and I'm SO excited!

I just went through my to do lists for the rest of the week and no, I am not stressed or nervous.  Everything, with much care and planning and organization and help, has fallen into place perfectly and there are only a few last minute details that must be taken care of this week.

I am very excited that I have such things to do this week because otherwise I would be bored and impatient.  Busyness will help....I hope.



I am beginning to realize as I start saying goodbye that I am going to miss a lot of people, especially my church and family.  They have been my life for 20 years.  I'm convinced starting new will be SO fun and help with missing people.


I will visit, I promise!




I thought this was due time for a post.  Possibly could be my last post as miss snider....we shall see :)



See you Saturday...yes, you, you're invited :)


Thx 4 readin!
~The (very-close) Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

Update

This is a simple update basically to say that I have nothing to say.  I have not been talkative at all and not in the greatest of moods these past few days so really its best if I just keep my mouth shut.

So here's to the next update when I complete an attitude adjustment or have a wedding update

Thx 4 readin
~The future mrs. eric morgan :D

Random thoughts

• All these concerts I've been going to for my music appreciation class are starting to get to my head.  I went to two tonight and during the second one, while trying to focus on the music (and failing obviously), I had the thought that as a conductor or worship leader, it must be twice as hard to shop for clothes.  Why?  Because not only does an outfit have to look good from the front, but also from the back since they face the choir (orchestra, etc), not the audience.  Yes, my mind works in strange, random ways.
• I was thinking today about when I was accepted to College of the Ozarks three years ago.  I had visioned myself going there for a couple years.  It was going to be awesome.  But then I got the acceptance letter and things just weren't right.  I had a few reasons that made logical sense why I shouldn't move away and go to nursing school at this awesome college but nothing concrete.  Some people were upset or disappointed that I passed up such an awesome opportunity but looking back now, I see it was all part of God's plan.  I more than likely would have never met Eric.  Just proves that when it comes to making decisions in life, God should be the final and ultimate consultant :)
• I was sitting here talking to Eric on webcam and out of no where he goes "Hey babe, I've got good news."  (Me)"Oh yeah, what?"  (Eric)"I found out the Subway near our house has cherry coke."  Score!  And so random!  I love that man :D

I may be adding more to this post later because I really think I had something else in mind to write but now I can't remember.

Thx 4 readin

~The future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

(52 days, 15 hours to go!)

House, beauty, and a song

Sorry that it's been a while since I've updated. This is either going to be a lengthy post or in multiple parts :)

The weekend of April 2nd, we closed on our house (yAy!), got Eric mostly moved in, had our first of four wedding showers (got some really nice stuff and had a great time), went to a Ranger's game (opening weekend, they won woohoo), and had lots of fun with family, friends, and got to spend lots of time with each other. I didn't want to go home so I ended up staying an extra day. It was awesome :D

The next weekend, we had our 2nd shower with my mom's church (very nice and again lots of nice stuff and fun)

The next weekend (last weekend), Eric was here, we had our 3rd shower at my church (repeat last info from previous two showers) and we also got our wedding rings :D They are awesome!

This weekend (Easter), we didn't get to be together which was sad but I'm looking forward to getting to go there Thursday :D

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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I've heard this saying before but I've never really put much thought in to it. This week, I was doing my Bible study and the topic came up about beauty and how God sees each one of us as beautiful so when I'm holding myself to a standard of beauty, I should see my creator as the beholder, not myself, or others.

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This song has really spoken to me lately. Take a minute if you would to listen to the words.

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home,
It's not our home

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise

(Thank you to http://www.lyricshall.com/lyrics/Laura+Story/Blessings/)

That's all for now :)

Thx 4 readin

(~The future Mrs. Eric Morgan (only 54 days and 15 hours!)

Rough day

Today was a rough day...not bad, just one of those days.  Brandi and I set out to accomplish a lot and I really don't feel like we accomplished much of anything.  I hate how high gas prices are because it makes me feel like every trip anywhere needs to be productive and I get very frustrated if its not because I spent the gas on it.

In better news:

• my dad is very willingly going to help restore the candleabbras (sp?) we have at church so I (and hopefully many others in the future) can use them for decoration.
• We got all the flowers bought for the ceremony.  I'm very excited to see how everything turns out when Mrs. Betty (my awesome friend and flower lady) gets them all put together.
• I found shoes that I reeeeeaaaaaalllllllyyyyyy want, however they are waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too expensive and I can't bring myself to pay that much for shoes I will probably only wear once!  So I'm still working to find shoes.
• We have had two lovely wedding showers thusfar and have our third this weekend.  We are so blessed :D
• It has been a super productive week (thanks to Brandi and Mrs. Betty) and tomorrow night starts my weekend because ERIC will be here yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!  I have missed him so insanely much and am so stinkin ready for this weekend!

Now I must get myself motivated to clean.  Wouldn't want my future husband thinking I'm not going to make a good housewife (too bad, he already knows i can be lazy and let things get dirty when I want to, darn webcam hehe)

Thx 4 readin

~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan

I'm a mess

I really did not think through what I was taking on with everything I'm doing, or if I did think through it, I didn't realize how hard it was going to be.

Just a glimpse of whats going on with me right now:

• The birth control is making me a hormonal freeaaaaaaak!  This is really hard for me because I'm used to be a somewhat even-keeled person.  I've cried more in the three weeks since I started this than I possibly have my whole life!  (and sadly, most of it has been over nothing)
• Oh yeah, I'm planning a wedding.  The hard one with this is that I feel like I don't know what I'm doing and the to-do list for the big day is constantly running through my head.  It's like my brain wants to keep it there so I don't forget about it.  I'm so, so, so, so, so, SO thankful to all the people who are supporting and/or helping me including my bridesmaids, family, and fiancée!
• I hate being apart from Eric.  This last time I had to leave him, and our brand new home was crazy, super hard and waiting for him to come back Thursday has been just as, if not harder.
• School- down to the last month of the semester.  I'm so thankful for the decision I made to just take a couple basic online classes but still it requires time and effort.  Will definitely be glad when that is out of the way.
• Lastly, my schedule has just been insane.  I'm behind with a lot of things because I'm just on the go all the time.  I have yet to unpack from my trip which I returned from four days ago.  I had time to walk in, drop my suitcase and leave again.  I'm really trying not to stress but I think I've just got a little too much on my plate to completely avoid being stressed!  The one benefit of the stress is that its taking the place of what I assume to be "normal nervousness" regarding the wedding.  It's just not there (yet).

This was really just a ranting post.  I was having a moment of just sitting here crying in the middle of my destroyed room in desperate need of cleaning and I thought maybe if I cleared my head, I could accomplish something.  Going to give that a try now...

Thx 4 readin~

The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan (10 weeks and counting!!!!!)

i am my parents child

Shocking revelation?  Possibly not :)

I am speaking of more than the fact that I was born to them, I am speaking of what I have "gained" from them.

And I am speaking of more than my dad's blond hair, blue eyes, and German, white complexion.

So, by now, you're wondering (I hope) what exactly I AM speaking of.

Two things: diet coke and dust.

(I apologize for the spaces but the thoughts are coming in little bits tonight as I write mixed in with all the to do lists, deadlines, due dates, places to be, etc!)

Diet Coke:  I have always hated diet coke!  My dad, however, loves diet coke.  Now whether I really obtained this from my dad or not is not really the point (okay, it really is the point, but this just has a funny story I want to share.)  Imagine, you wake up on Monday, go to work, and your assignment for the day is to care for two super sweet toddlers.  Yay!  Let me tell you something about toddlers, or at least these two toddlers.  As soon as they are awake, they are ready to get a move on with life.  It really doesn't matter that you only slept two hours last night and you would much rather have some nice quiet cuddle time until you wake up and ready to play.  So, you might be wondering what this has to do with diet coke.  Well, this is my job on Monday and I absolutely love it!  Makes for an awesome start to my week.  However, I am not at all a morning person, even at 9, I'm not awake yet, so I need caffeine.  Well this wonderful person that I work for, like my father, keeps diet coke on hand and I finally gave in to the fact that I need caffeine and started drinking a can of diet coke on Mondays and now I'm hooked!  I even got diet coke at happy hour the other day!  I am my father's child :)

Dust- our new house was very, very, VERY dusty when we moved Eric in.  I had to fix this right away.  I am completely OCD when it comes to certain things being dirty and dusty fans and such are at the top of the list! This OCDness I acquired from my mother (and of course swore I would never do when I had my own house hahaha)

This may seem silly, but its true :)  I am my parent's child

Thx 4 readin~
The Future mrs. Eric Morgan :D

I made it!

I'm here in Texas now :)  The long-awaited weekend has finally arrived!  I made the drive today.  Tomorrow morning we close on our house!  We will then spend the rest of the weekend getting Eric moved in, enjoying our first house guests- Mom, Brandi, and Anna (i'm very excited about this because it means I can actually stay at the house one night), painting, having our first wedding shower on Saturday, and going to a Ranger's game (yes, i'm really trying hard to be excited about this.  At least the company will be awesome!)

That's it for this post.  Eric and I are going to watch a movie then call it a night so we can make it to our bright and early closing date tomorrow.  Pictures to come....hopefully :)

Thx 4 readin
~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

This Is The Stuff

I absolutely did not like this song the first couple times I heard it. I really don't even know why. Then, after disregarding it a time or two, I heard it and it got stuck in my head. Drove me absolutely crazy until I decided to listen to what it was saying. Some powerful words. My favorite line is "in the middle of my little mess, I forgot how big I'm blessed" Isn't it true? In the chaoticness (or sometimes overexaggeration) of my life, I get too carried away to realize the blessings that God has put all around me.

Just a thought ;)

Thx 4 readin

~ The Future Mrs Eric Morgan :D

Using the spaghetti God gave me

If you're confused by my title, please refer to my last post :)

I've sat down to write this blog several times but I've just not been a writing mood.  To be honest, I really haven't been in any mood.  I've been pretty blah these last couple days.  After my last post, my heart was extremely burdened and I got down on my knees before my great and mighty God and turned it all over to Him!  What an amazing feeling!  I really believe theres a lot to the action of physically getting on your knees before God.  It was something I hadn't done in quite some time and as humbling as it was, it felt great!  I believe I had returned to a place of carrying others burdens on top of my own, those burdens that aren't mine to carry!  God gets me on this one a lot.  I always feel the need to fix something (or someone) or help someone out or worry about something for someone, but I learn (almost on a daily basis) that it isn't my job to do so and its hindering me from living in the freedom of the life God has for me!  

Being around kids so much, I often have moments where God blesses me through those kids.  He blesses me through adults too, but I think it stands out more when its a kid!  I had one of those moments this week.  I had two kids in the car with me and one was picking music for us to listen to from her mom's ipad and this was the song that came on..
  
My first thought was that I love this song and then I watched the other child get very excited and start singing this song to the best of his abilities.  I almost had to stop driving because I really just wanted to watch him sing.  He had a huge smile on his face and he meant every word.  It was such a blessing to my heart and I couldn't stop smiling for hours.

In other news:

• We close on our house on Thursday :D
• We have our first wedding shower on Saturday in Texas.  
• I get to be in Texas from Wednesday to Monday (yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay)
• I have a lot to do between now and then and unfortunately, my productivity levels have been waaaay too low!
• Tomorrow is church :)
• I miss Eric
• I have officially started birth control
• I forgot the rest of what I was going to say

Thx 4 readin

~The Future (only 83 days!) Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

Unsure what to say

Eric and I read a devotional this week that compared mens and womens thought processes, very interesting.  A man's they compared to a waffle, very compartmentalized with each thought disconnected from the next and having its own space.  A womens, however, they compared to a plate of spaghetti with every thought somehow connecting to every other thought and just being one big blog of thoughts.  SO TRUE!  We take turns reading them out loud and it was my turn and I could barely make it through it because I was laughing so hard because it is just so true.  So, going with my title, I've been considering writing this post for a couple days just because I "needed" to post something (if I don't post for two long, I lose the habit), but I didn't want to write a post just to be writing it.

So the last few days for me have been hard.  For every day that I have Eric in my life, it is that much harder to be away from him.  I know I just saw him Sunday, but it seems like forever ago.  I'm so ready for the day that in those moments, when I just need him by my side to back me up, or support me, or give me a hug, or just to be my friend, he'll be there!  (only 85 days to go!)  With pending to-do lists, a busy schedule, and just life on my mind, just a thought of missing him and I'm in tears.  Maybe this all sounds pathetic, but it's just been my reality these past few days.

As for wedding stuff, I'm being a procrastinator right now.  I've set a deadline of having addresses collected and the invites to the calligrapher by Wednesday.  I should have time this weekend that I can make that happen.  I need to make a trip to Springdale and pay for my dress and pay the photographer, I just don't like driving to Springdale so I've been putting it off.  I need to figure out decorations for the church and flowers and all that stuff.

Tomorrow shall be interesting.  I have my appointment at the health department in the morning for a physical and to hopefully get a prescription for birth control.  No other major plans for tomorrow.  Maybe doing something productive like homework or cleaning.

I think I'm going to try to attempt to sleep now.  It's kind of been a rough evening.

Thx 4 readin
~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

Just a thought

A sovereign God.  I had it explained to me today that when we refer to God as sovereign, we are saying that He is in control.  Okay, duh, I know this, I've know this since I was two.  But there is a very clear difference between knowing and believing!  EVERY situation that happens in life, God is in control.  Good or bad, God is in control.  What would it look like if I truly believed and lived out the belief that God is in control?  In Isaiah 9:6, God is referred to as the Prince of Peace.  So not only is God in control of EVERYTHING, but He also wants to give each and every one of us peace, a peace only He can give and we could never understand.  So why as Christians, myself included, do we live in fear and worry about everything?  For myself, it's because I've never taken the time to understand the privileges I have as a Christian; nor do I spend time growing closer to God.  But as I said yesterday, I'm making a point to change this.  I failed this morning to get out of bed early enough to have my quiet time in the morning.  I still had it in the afternoon but its just not the same.  There is just something about starting my day off with God.  It's amazing and totally worth losing an hour of sleep.  Somebody unknowingly gave me the idea to pray that God would give me the want, desire, and awakefulness (yes, I just made that up) to get up when I need to in the morning to accomplish this so that's what I will do tonight and try again tomorrow :)

In other news

• I got to see my bestie today.  Because we see each other so very little, its always great when we do get to spend some time together.  We had taco bell (it's tradition) and talked about boys, parents, and life.  
• Our engagement pictures turned out great!  Thank you again Jennifer :D  I'll sample a few at the end of this blog but they're all on facebook.
• I'm missing Eric but thankful to be another day closer to seeing him again and to marrying him (88 days, 15 hours!)

Thx 4 readin and feel free to comment :)

~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

Priorities and Contradictions

(Please don't let the title confuse you, these are separate ideas I will be writing about)

I got to go to my mom's church for service tonight.  I honestly don't remember a lot of what the preacher said (my mind is too full of to-do lists to absorb everything i hear), but one thing stuck out to me.  He was talking about priorities and how our number one priority should be God.  I know, I know, duh right?  Well, as simple as a concept as this is, somehow, I've missed it for years.  As I got to thinking about what my priorities were, what came to mind was sad....to-do lists, losing weight, eating better, running more, looking good, being healthier, being more productive and on and on it goes.  Now, none of these things are bad, what is bad is that they are all at the top of my priority list.  (Where's God in there?  ooops)  Without really realizing it, I've become one of those people that has put God in a box.  Yes, I go to church every time the doors are open, and I'm a "good" person, and occasionally I even read my Bible at home and talk to others about God.  But I've made the very unfortunate mistake of taking control of my life and putting God in the passenger seat.  Well, that's all about to change, and hopefully, so am I!  My goal this week is to start my day out with God, every day.  This isn't going to be easy considering that means I have to be up early, but He's so totally worth it!

Now, moving on to the contradiction part of the title.  I was driving home from church tonight and the car in front of me had two bumper stickers on the back of it.  On the left was "Obama sucks" and the other was "Let Go and Let God."  The only things going through my mind at that point was WOW!  what a contradiction.  How so, you ask?  According to Romans 13:1 "Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.  The authorities that exist have been established by God."  Now, if we truly were to let go and let God, then by this verse, wouldn't we be dishonoring God by saying that someone in a political position sucks?  And if I may go so far to say that God does as well because He is the one that established this person in authority?  Wow!  What a contradiction.

As for wedding stuff, we close on the house on March 31st (less than two weeks! yay!!!), we have a wedding shower 4 out of the 5 weekends in April which I'm super excited about!  We're fixing to send the invitations to the calligrapher as soon as we (aka I, Eric has his list done already.  don't want to talk about it hehe) get all the addresses we need.  I'm starting to get down to planning the finer details of the actual day.  It's all quite exciting :D  Someone asked me today if I was getting nervous yet and the answer is no.  I don't see the point in being nervous.  I know I am doing the right thing and whatever happens I have God, Eric, and my great family and friends to back me up and support so really there is no need to be nervous, only very, very excited :D

I miss Eric like crazy already and I don't get to see him until next Thursday.  I didn't want to let go of him yesterday when we were saying goodbye.  I had my arms wrapped around him in a hug and instead of letting go, I just kept holding him tighter and tighter.  I cried, let go, hugged him again, and eventually let go again, still crying, and finally said goodbye.  For some reason, its harder to let go some times more than others and this one has been the worst so far.  But, it will be ok.  I have a busy to-do list to keep me occupied for the next week and a half and only 89 days and 14 hours until I get to marry him and say goodbye much less often :D

I must sleep now so that I can achieve my goal of getting up early to spend time alone with God

Thx 4 readin
~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

the perfect man

i know you're all laughing at me, but hear me out :) i was thinking today about a movie i watched a couple weeks ago, beauty and the briefcase, super cute movie. The part i was thinking about was the girl having this list of things that she wanted in a guy. now dont get me wrong, i had a list growing up and through my dating years of what that perfect man for me would be like. But i'm realizing now that i and most of my generation are way off on this. Of course, most of the things on these lists are physical characteristics or common interest or even important things like personal convictions and stuff like that. Now dont get me wrong, all these things are important but they shouldnt be our focus when we're dating. So what should be? How do you find the perfect man? I was reminded of a saying, dance with God and He'll let the right man cut in. So truly, the only way to find the person you're supposed to be with is to be completely focused on God, not on finding the right person.

Thankfully, im no longer on this quest and although i didnt always follow this principle which is is why i found a bunch of duds before my mr. Right, i believe this whole-heartedly and wish more girls could understand it!

Thx 4 readin
~the future mrs. Eric morgan :D
P.s. There really is no perfect man, just the perfect match God has for you

Rare times

A day off here lately has been rare but when I woke up with an almost migraine this morning, I knew I had to take the day off.  It was much against my better judgment.  Between scheduled jobs, wedding to-do lists, other to-do lists, and just life, it's really easy to get behind.  But I did it anyway, well almost.  I still went to church and studied but I couldn't completely let the day go to waste, right?  Thankfully, I'm feeling better and I think I'm ready for the next few days.  Its going to be really full days Thursday and Friday as I have jobs all day tomorrow and then Eric will be in late and then we're doing engagement pictures Friday morning which I am completely excited about!

This month in youth group, we've been discussing spiritual gifts- what are they, why do we have them, and why should we use them.  I was really excited to teach going into this study because I really feel like our group doesn't always see the big picture in that we are a part of a church and because of that, we need to act that way and be willing to serve outside of our group.  I'm praying that the kids understand what their spiritual gifts are and  how they can start using them both in and outside of the church.

Eric will be here tomorrow.  I'm spoiled and I know it and I'm very thankful for it.  Getting to see him two weekends in a row is more exciting than a kid in a candy shop with unlimited cash on Christmas day.  I love him and I can't wait to marry him in 93 days and get to see him every day instead of every other weekend!  We got notice today that our loan got approved so now all we have left on the house is closing and moving in which will take place in two weeks!  This is all so exciting!!!!!

Thx 4 readin
~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan

Pride

This past weeks Bible study material covered a lot about pride and how it was the downfall of a lot of people.  It challenged me to find the pride in my life and deal with it.  At first, my thought was that I don't really struggle with pride (which made me wonder if that was pride in and of itself).  But the more I thought, prayed, and spent some time dwelling on this thought the more I realized that I do actually struggle with pride, just in a way I have never considered.  You see, in my Christian life, during the good times when everything is going my way, I tend to not worry so much about praying or having a quiet time because I don't "need" it, but in thinking that way, i'm being prideful.  How, you may ask?  Well once the bad times go away and everything is going fine, I take control back from God, basically telling him "I've got this now, thanks".  When really what I should be doing is being on my face before him, humbly thanking him for blessing me and giving him all the honor and glory for bringing the good times.  Not flaunting my blessings like its something I earned or deserved, because I don't!  But HE does!

Hopefully a humbling thought :)

In wedding news, our first wedding shower is in three weeks (first weekend in April).  We're having four and they're all in a row.  So it's going to be a busy month but should be lots of fun!  Three out of four of them will be couple's showers which will be really nice since I don't like being the center of attention!  Also, we are closing on our house on March 31st!  I'm so excited!  Although, I am quite jealous that Eric gets to live there first but it would be really impractical for him to also be renting his apartment after we close.  (I did come up with the idea of him staying with his parents for two months.  He didn't really go for that idea lol)

As for no facebook, its going well.  After like day 2, I stopped missing it.  My awesome Brandi friend keeps me updated with any important news which so far has been about people getting hurt or other such stuff :(

In other news

• I miss my best friend A LOT.  
• I'm excited to take engagement pictures this weekend
• I'm getting married in 13 weeks, 4 days, and 15 hours (call me pathetic, I call it excited)
• I love kids.  I've been responsible for anywhere from 1 to 5 kids every day for like the last two or three weeks and although it has been very tiring (mostly because they keep getting me sick), I love it!  They bring joy, laughter, learning, and excitement into my life and it's always something adventurous and new.  I had one today come up and tell me in her sweet, soft, i-just-woke-up voice "i love you chelle". I almost broke down crying it was so sweet.  Can't wait to have my own some day!  (please catch the some day there and don't try and rush us, k thanks :)
• We updated our registries last weekend which can be found at Target and Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
• I like lists :)

Thx 4 readin

~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

Great song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT-QWSxV0Hs

This song is a good representation of my prayer and hope as I go through this Bible study

Moody

I don't really have much to say tonight.  It's been a really long day and my to-do list still isn't complete.  Even if I ever tried to be a morning person, my life just requires me to be up too late to make that happen.  I get tired and grumpy way too early, like now, poor eric.  I don't know, I guess I just need routine...maybe once I'm married.

One exciting thing from today was that our invitations have made it to the shop where we ordered them and they have inspected and counted them and everything looks good.  Now we just need addresses and we'll get this suckers mailed :D

Thx 4 readin
~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

Early bird :D

Figured I would start my blogging early today because I was up early today (shocker, right?)  Few things that have already crossed my mind (I've been up since 5:45...yuck)

• I really think I could be a morning person if I tried.  After all, when driving at 6 this morning, I did realize how peaceful and calm it is.  It's not that I'm not a morning person, its just that I must have a reason to drag myself out of my nice warm bed.  If the motivation isn't there, its not going to happen.  And a to-do list is not motivation for it can be accomplished when I'm wide awake in the middle of the night when it is also quite peaceful.
• My reason for being up this morning was that I was helping a friend out, getting her kid to the school bus on time.  I've done this on a few occasions and honestly, if/when I have kids, and if/when we must be somewhere like school or church by a certain time, I can only hope that my kids are as disciplined and have as great of a morning routine as this child.  She gets up as soon as I wake her up, she immediately starts getting ready, and she's ready in like 15 minutes!  I don't even do that good and I'm 21...sad, I know.  Anyhow, I'm just realizing the importance of routine (and wishing I had one!)
• Another embarrassing topic I must admit- my brain is facebook trained.  My thoughts happen in cute cliches because they usually end up as a facebook status at some point.  It really is quite sad!  Hopefully these 40 days will break me of this destructive thought process (okay, is it really that bad?)  After all, who really needs to know all this about me?  I don't think most of my friends really care that much!

Time to get on that to-do list since my day is already started :)

Thx 4 readin

~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

No facebook day 1

• this is my favorite song right now
• We got the official notice today that the sellers accepted our 2nd offer complete with the repair amendment and our close date is tentatively set for March 31st!  I'm so excited!!
• It's really not that hard to be off facebook.  I did kind of think that it would get me away from drama but the reality is that life is full of drama and you don't have to be on facebook to see it.
• I'm so ready to see Eric on Friday!  Only four jobs and two nights of sleep stand between me and him!  I'm so thankful to have a whole weekend to spend with him.
• I started a Beth Moore Bible Study today- Breaking Free (the updated edition).  I'm doing it with my mom's church group on Monday nights.  I missed this Monday night because I had kids so she brought the dvd home so I could watch it.  I'm so excited!  Starting this and giving up facebook on the same day....coincidence?  I think not :)
• We are talking about spiritual gifts on Wednesday nights this month.  I'm aware that one of my gifts is service and another is mercy.  Does this mean that I will always be someone that never says no?  I just can't do it!  If I can do something to help someone or make someone's life easier or anything like that, I can't so no!  Unfortunately, this often leads to me getting taken advantage of and I know the easy answer would be to say no, but I just can't!  HELP!

I think this is all for now :)

Thx 4 readin

~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

ashamed

i truly am ashamed to admit this but its the truth. i woke up this morning and was reading peoples post on facebook about giving things up for lent. Now i dont necessarily observe lent but i think its a good time to challenge yourself. So i began thinking what i could give up and the first thing that came to mind was facebook because thats probably my biggest addiction right now. But i quickly shut down that idea. After all, it would be really hard to do. So i thought of other ideas that would be easier such as giving up fast food or caffiene or something like that. I quickly realized that i was defeating the purpose of this whole thing. If i didnt give up something that really meant some thing to me, it would be pointless and definitely not a challenge. So i did it, i made the decision to give up facebook for 40 days.

In other news, we are anxiously awaiting either the acceptance or counter-offer on our house. I am really hoping we hear something today!

I suppose that is all for now :) due to giving up facebook, i will probably be updating my blog more lol

Thx 4 readin
~the future mrs eric morgan :D

Good news :D

I praise God that He is in control.  I'll admit that I was a little worried about the house but I knew that if I would just turn it over to God and not worry, it would all work out, and it has!  We got the report from the roofer today and he said that there's only around $300 dollars worth of damages and that its a 20-year roof and it should still have 7-8 years left on it!  With that report, our realtor (laura), added those damages to the amendment she had already written up covering repairs we wanted done before closing and we're asking for $1000 basically to add to the fund to replace the roof in 7-8 years.  That was sent to the sellers today and we now wait for either an agreement or counter-offer.  We also heard from the lender asking if we wanted them to go ahead with the appraisal and we said yes since its not looking like anything will be stopping us from buying the house at this point.  Also got an estimate on home-owners insurance.  I was kind of having a down day, but hearing all this from Eric really made my day!!  Next time I'm in Texas, I will be taking my own pictures to show y'all the house :D

In other news, Eric will most likely be here this weekend!!!  He wasn't supposed to be until next weekend but that was reaching the three week mark of not seeing each other and after talking today, we decided that it was going to be horrible to wait that long (although not impossible if necessary).  This also really made my day.  I miss him terribly!!

I suppose that's about all that needs to be said.  I hope everyone had a great day.  Please continue to keep the Africa group in your prayers.  The last update I received was that they had made it to their first stop in Africa but I believe they still had more flying after that.

Thx 4 readin~
The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

Time for an update :)

Since my last major post was about the house, I will start there.  We have worked with our realtor to write an amendment to our contract that includes the repairs of some of the major stuff needing fixed on the house according to the inspection.  The biggest was the roof and we are still waiting on an estimate.  Once we get the estimate, we will finish the amendment and send it to the sellers and wait to see what happens.  Please pray that everything works out with the roof inspection for the estimate.  Today is the 6th and we only have till the 9th to amend our contract.  It's a little bit stressful but I just keep reminding myself that God is in control and if this is our house that we're supposed to start our new life and family in, then it will all work out!

As for wedding stuff, this week will be fun.  I get to go pay off my dress and the photographer!  I'm reaaaaalllllllyyyyyyy excited to get to bring my dress home!  I can try it on occasionally (or every day) hehe!  Not this next weekend, but the one after that, we get to take engagement pictures which I am definitely excited for!  I'm really starting to get down the "smaller stuff" and details of the actual day.  I would like to say thank you to everyone that has, is, and will be helping me.  You are all amazing.

I would like to ask prayer for my very dear friends, Michelle Downs, Bobbi Mills, and Cherry Mills.  They will be leaving tomorrow morning to go to Africa for two weeks on a mission trip.  It will be a long trip to travel and be away from their families so please keep them and the people they will be reaching out to in your prayers!

I have got to be up insanely early in the morning but I'm up waiting for Eric to get home so I can talk to him for a little bit.  Yeah, I just love him that much.

Thx 4 readin
~The Future mrs Eric morgan :D

21

I've finally reached the magic number of 21...and honestly, it feels no different than being 20 yesterday haha.

I must say though that this has been an amazing birthday.  I got to celebrate it first with my amazing fiance last weekend.  Dinner at Johnny Carino's, went to see Hall Pass, and we found a house!  Then today, I celebrated with my family.  Had lunch at Red Lobster with Mom, Keigan, and Pastor Mack.  Mom made spaghetti (my favorite) for dinner and pina coladas (and yes, the real ones haha).  I didn't really care too much for it, but hey, i enjoyed a first drink for my 21st birthday.  tradition or something right :)  I got a ton of facebook messages, texts, and calls today from my amazing friends and family.  Everyone really made this day special.  Thanks guys!

Wedding stuff:  they've accepted our offer on the house.  We've met with both the realtor and lender and having the process moving along.  We're having the inspection done Thursday.  Our approximate closing date in March 31st!  I am so insanely excited!!

I need to get some sleep now.  Gotta be up at 5:30 to get back to the gym tomorrow!

Thx 4 readin:
~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D  (15 weeks and 3 days!!)

WE FOUND A HOUSE!!!!!

In case you missed the title WE FOUND A HOUSE!!!  :D  I am beyond excited.  We put in an offer today.  We offered asking price because we want it that bad and it was in our price range!

Pictures :D

huge backyard!!  :D

one bedroom

  another bedroom

 and another bedroom 

 breakfast nook

 garage is in the back of the house so the driveway is as well with an automated gate in the front

 RED kitchen :)

 master bath

 master bedroom

I have no more words.  I'm too excited!!!!!!

Taken for granted.

This post is dedicated to my parents.

Mom and Dad, thank you.  Especially Dad.  I'm beginning to realize what you guys have sacrificed over the years to be home and be around for everything.  No, you guys have never had 8-5 jobs.  That's something you sacrificed.  We've never had a lot of extra money.  That's something you've sacrificed.  And for what, for the ability to stay home with me and my brother and be involved in our education and in our lives.  It never bothered me to not have money because we always had what we needed- you two were there with us through everything from making me pass geometry, to yelling at me to keep running those laps as we spent countless days year after year as a part of the Knight Organizations, to the early mornings spent together, just the four of us in "Bible class" growing closer to God as a family.  Again, I say thank you.  I was very blessed growing with such great, Godly parents.

With this being said, I don't want anyone to feel that I am saying that parents working outside the home is wrong.  This is what my parents chose and it worked for them and me but I am not condemning anyone elses decision.  After all, working outside is the accepted norm these days.

So what brought on this post?  Well, Eric just told me that his business trip got moved and he's going to be out of town instead of here when we had plans to celebrate my birthday.  At first, I was mad.  But then I realized that I didn't have anyone to be mad at.  It's not his fault they moved the trip.  So then I was sad and I began wondering why I was sad?  Its just another birthday, we'll have plenty more to spend together!  I started talking to my awesome friend brandi and with her help, I finally made the conclusion that events like birthdays have always been a big deal in my family because they could be.  Everyone was always around to celebrate.  But Eric has a job.  And he works hard and I'm very thankful for this job and how hard he works and his desire to provide for our future together.  So this is not at all a bad thing, but it is going to be a change, something that I had not realized before today.  

Enough said.

Thx 4 readin

~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

30 hours

I have officially been awake for thirty hours and in that time, I have thought a lot about what I have on my to do list for the wedding and for life and how little I have been accomplishing.  At this point, I'm goign to get some sleep and pray hard for some productiveness for the rest of the week.

As for the wedding to-do list, we've got to get a number down for the guest list so we can order invitations, get the details of the cake worked out, get our honeymoon booked, and I just lost my train of thought.  I think those are the big things right now.  If Eric makes it into town next weekend, we will have our second counseling session.  Moving right along hahaha.

One thing on my to-do list is getting to the doctor and getting what I need to done so I can get on birth control.  We have talked it through and would like for me to finish school before having babies (although we are well aware that plans can change).  If anyone has any words of wisdom or advice or anything regarding birth control, please speak up.  I really know nothing and don't even know where to start to find what I need to know.

I think that's all for now.  It is definitely time for me to get some sleep!

Thx 4 readin!
~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan

Just think

In merely 17 weeks, Eric and I will be enjoying a nice warm beach and hour first days of being married :D

We have quite a bit to do but i'm not currently making process on anything.  A crazy schedule has kept me away from home a lot and when I've been home, such as today, lack of sleep and allergies have left me unproductive :(

Just wanted to give a quick update :)  only 16 weeks and 4 days until the wedding!!!

Thx 4 readin
~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

lovebirds

i've been noticing lately that people call eric and i lovebirds alllll the time. Now, at first i was embarrassed by this for some reason, but now i'm proud of it! I love eric allen morgan with all my heart and i dont care who knows it! That being said, i got to thinking today about how in love we are. We went on a hiking trail today and at first it was really exciting but the farther we went, the excitement faded. I want to know how to not let that happen in my marriage. I know the newness will wear off, but that doesnt mean that the excitement has to, right?

Just me thinking outloud!

Thx 4 readin
~the future mrs eric morgan :D

Say what you mean and mean what you say

As I enjoyed another great night of worship in the youth room, I began to think.  These songs we sing all have a purpose, but so often, because music has become just something we do or noise in the background, we miss what the song is actually singing.

These were two of the songs from tonight (thank you hunterhayes.com):

Ruin Me by Jeff Johnson

Woe to me, I am unclean

A sinner found in your presence

I see you, seated on your throne

Exalted, Your glory surrounds you

Now the plans that I have made

Fail to compare, when I see your glory

Ruin my life, the plans that I’ve made

Ruin desires for my own selfish gain

Destroy the idols that have taken your place

Till it’s you alone I live for

You alone I live for

Holy, Holy, is the Lord Almighty

Holy is the Lord 

Ruin me.  Ruin me.  God, I trust you with my life and what your plans are so take my plans and RUIN them!  Do you think we would always sing this song if we had a true heart of worship and were honestly asking God to ruin our lives? I know I wouldn't because sometimes I'm selfish and I want things to go the way I want them to.  I wonder if sometimes God doesn't just want us to truly mean these words so that He can have his way.

Thanks to www.sing365.com

If God is on our side by Chris Tomlin

Everyone around the world
Hear the joyful sound
See the heavens open up
Hear the music coming down
Nothing's gonna separate us from the Father's love
I can't help but celebrate
'Cause we're not alone

If God is on our side
Who can be against us?
If God is on our side
We won't be afraid
Though the mountains may fall
And the sky will crumble
There ain't nothin' gonna stand in our way

Come on down to the riverside
Wash it all away
Leave behind your troubled mind
For an uncloudy day
Nothing's gonna separate us from the Father's love
I can't help but celebrate
'Cause we're not alone.

If!  Well, He is!  He is on my side so no one can stop me and I have no reason to be afraid!  How much power could we possess if we truly believed that we do in fact have God on our side and that we can do anything (in his will).

I've been thinking a lot lately from the mindset of "i wonder what God is saying about this situation" and it just reminds me daily that the God of this universe wants to have a relationship with me and wants to help me live my life to the fullest.  I am humbled.  I am nothing, yet still, he takes time for me and waits for me to quit being stubburn and follow what He wants instead of what I want.

For those looking for wedding info, well, I have nothing today.  Just some random thoughts from my brain

Thx 4 readin~

The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D