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

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The Future mrs. Eric Morgan :D