My Trip of a Lifetime

.....Is just beginning!!! I've had boyfriends. I've lived to a certain degree through my friends, co workers, and family. But to finally move in and get MARRIED??! Now THAT is truly a trip of a lifetime!!!!! I know yesterday I was talking about having cold feet. I swear that sometimes the Devil (and I sometimes allow this to happen) to take over my heart and convince me that I am doing the WRONG thing by marrying Patrick. It is the RIGHT thing for me to do...marrying Patrick. Sometimes you have to banish the bad stuff out (or in my case, the Devil himself). I'm pretty good at doing that....I just pray and demand and pray some more that the devil leave me alone and stop giving me bad thoughts. It works.....until he comes back. But that's because I don't continue to pray that he stay away. So, again I ask you, please follow me on my personal trip of a lifetime!!!!!

"At Last" singer, Etta James, passed away yesterday. Sad news for a lot of people....her fans and most importantly her family. She unfortunately lost her battle to leukemia. Bless you, Ms. Etta James!!! May you rest in peace. May your music continue to live on in your honor here on earth and may you continue to make BEAUTIFUL music up in heaven!!! God Bless you!!!

Guess what??! I'm moving!!!!!! I've been packing some of my room up today. My fiance, Patrick, and I have found an apartment. We are renting it for 14 months.....kinda scary, but exciting all at the same time.  I can't wait to step foot into the next chapter of our lives. I'm just ending this chapter.  Chapter 1--our first date and us dating/being in an exclusive relationship. Chapter 2--engagement. Chapter 3--moving in together. (Not all couples chapter 3 is living together.) Chapter 4--us getting married. Chapter 5--me getting into school and going to nursing school, then graduating. Chapter 6--starting a family (or having kids).  I'm a little excited, yet apprehensive about this new step. I'm sure that it's completely normal to feel this way. I'm thinking that us living together will help us learn even more about each other. How we like things, how we do things, how we like stuff set up, etc. If you are the praying type, please pray

If you watched Miss America, then you saw Miss Alabama get saved. I want to tell her congrats for making it all the way to Miss America. I also happen to have had the pleasure of graduating from high school with her. Courtney, you made EVERYONE proud of you...from your former high school all they way to around the state. You were BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS, and STUNNING all at the same time. I know that your mom would have been SOOOO proud. She was cheering for you from Heaven!!! I know I was (and still am) extremely proud of you!!!

Christmas.....WHEW!!! What fun I had!!! (And no, I'm not being sarcastic!!!)  Christmas Eve, my fiance and I went up to his parents house. We had tons of fun. We hung out, played a few games, opened a few gifts, ate dinner, opened some more, and then went to church. (He's Roman Catholic...it was my first time to attend a Catholic Christmas Eve Mass).  Kinda interesting.  Had tons of fun with his family for Christmas. Can't wait for next Christmas!!!!!

...spank your child(ren)? I was spanked as a child and I don't hate my parent's for it. I'm not in any kind of therapy because of it. I am actually a better person for it. I never once was taken away by DHR for it. Why you ask??! Because that's how I was disciplined. It seems like more parents now a days are more terrified of their own children than the children are of their parents. I was a little spoiled, but not like kids are now (or it seems like they are). I say that because it seems like kids that are 6, 8, or 10 or older are DEMANDING Wii's, PS3's, XBOX 360's (all 3 sometimes with everything that comes with each game), an iPhone 4, ect...you get the picture. I didn't get a tv in my room until I was like in the 3rd or 4th grade. I didn't get a cell phone until I was in like high school (YES you read that right!!!). I knew my boundaries, even though sometimes I tested those boundaries. I knew the consequences for each thing, too. I was e