May 16, 2011

Nothing helps to crush your hopes during a job search (which is long, hard, & frustrating) than seeing in bold red at the top of a job information page: "you do not qualify for this position" before you even apply for the job. Lame...

May 15, 2011

Today at church in Anson, all of my senior students in my youth group were honored by the church & their parents. I was even included in this for graduating college. It was a good service & it was neat for Momma Whiting to get to experience my church for the first time.

May 14, 2011

Well I did it. After 5 years, several major changes, countless memories & lots of fun, I finally graduated from college. I had such a great time at McMurry & met so many great people who have shaped me & helped me grow as a person. I will never forget what I learned here & will definitely miss the campus, its people, & all the great times I had there.

May 13, 2011

Tonight marked the start of the graduation festivities at McMurry. It was the baccalaureate service at Aldersgate UMC. It was a beautiful service where Timmy P preached & all the graduates were honored & blessed for our journey into "adulthood."

May 12, 2011

Met up with this guy on my way back to the apartment after listing this morning. He was leaned over, drinking out of the swimming pool. Once he knew I was there, he just stared at me as I walked by. Creeper cat...

May 11, 2011

Today was a pretty historic day. It was the day that I took my last test as an undergrad & the last time I sold my books back to the bookstore. I took my religious epistemology final for Dr. Kinlaw & sold my books back to a store called Books 2U, across from HSU, because they give you a lot more money than the McM bookstore does. This here is my sweet "I'm thug, rolling in the dough" shot with my $41 buyback on my books. You know you're jealous of my swag!

May 10, 2011

This has been my favorite study spot at McMurry for 5 years & I'm actually kind of going to miss studying there, creeping on people as they walk to class or watching the won't blow the trees, etc.

May 9, 2011

Liz & I went on a very nice date that ended at our favorite place: the lake by the zoo feeding the ducks. It's so much fun & reminds us both of when we were first starting to fall in love.

May 8, 2011

Today was Mothers Day. Happy Mom's day to all the sweet moms out there. BEEYAH!

May 7, 2011

At the Region 14 Service Center there are a lot of different conference rooms & each one is named after a county in the region. We were there today to attend a Twogether in Texas relationship & marriage seminar & we spent most of the day in the "Jones Room" How perfect is that? We also got the $60 fee for the licence waived because we attended this event so out marriage license will be super cheap, hooray!

May 6, 2011

It's a little hard to see but when I was driving to pick up Liz from work there was this random little duck just chilling in the grass median of FM 604. What a brave soul...

May 5, 2011

This little dude is Jarod's addition to the RLC office. It's a little playdoh donkey he made at lunch. Pretty sweet!

May 4, 2011

This is what club is all about: impromptu group hugs. Tonight was another last: my last Makona club. It was a great club & I'm sure gonna miss these guys & their crazy antics! BEEYAH!

May 3, 2011

Today was my last chapel of my McMurry career, & I got to speak! It was so awesome to be able to share my story with the McMurry community. I'm gonna miss RLC hardcore!

May 2, 2011

Today was my last MSG meeting. So Vanessa & Kate got all the seniors a cake to celebrate our last MSG ever. The cake was meant to be for everybody in MSG but we ate about 3/4 of the cake by ourselves.

May 1, 2011

Snuggle time!

April 30, 2011

Yay RLC rummage sale! We found some great stuff at the sale, including this little Chevy basket thing. It probably doesn't seem like a treasure to anyone else but us, but it has a lot of value for Liz, her mom, & myself because her dad worked for GM building Chevy cars & trucks. It was really great to find this little guy.

April 29, 2011

Nothing quite says "I'm a truck driver" quite like a rubber chicken tied to the back of your trailer.

April 28, 2011

I for my tassel for graduation today. It's official now, I'm gonna graduate haha But this little thing cost $8. That seems a little high, specially when they were only $2 last year.

April 27, 2011

Oh Anson! The silly little town with its crooked goal posts.

April 26, 2011

I don't know who this lady is but we got our new tv today! One of Liz's family's friend let us have it for helping her out with some chores. Yay new big tv!

April 25, 2011

Hail damage! When we got back from Copper this morning I had mondo hail damage on my car. I have a huge dent on the back, lots of small dents all over, & a shattered side mirror. Yay!

April 24, 2011

Happy Easter! Today was a great day, but not so great for this tree last night. There were really high winds & rain last night & this morning on the way to church there were branches & leaves blown all about. By the donut shop in town this tree was split in half & it definitely made me double take as I drove by.

April 23, 2011

Roxie & Vincent getting all lovey-dovey. Happy Preaster!

April 22, 2011

We dyed Easter eggs tonight & I tried to draw a bunny, but this is what came out. Poor guy...

April 21, 2011

New couches! Thanks to everyone who helped Liz & I move them in. They look so nice!

April 21, 2011

New couches! Thanks everybody for helping Liz & I move them in today. They look so nice!

April 20, 2011

I found a new friend while I was walking Sadie today. He (or she, you never know) was chilling up on the second floor checking us out.

April 19, 2011

Hi I'm Sadie. I'm the cutest thing ever. Ok bye

April 18, 2011

No more couch or blue chair in the living room. It's weird seeing it so empty in there. Thanks to Lee for helping me move the old couch out.

April 17, 2011

These are the new couches that Liz & I found at home zone. Hey were a phenomenal deal & Momma Whiting was awesome & helped us out with purchasing them. Yay new couches!

April 16, 2011

Today was a big day for Momma Whiting: she ordered off the senior menu for the first time. Haha too good not to share!

April 15, 2011

There are so many wildfire burning around the Big Country & its getting crazy. I woke up this morning & could smell the smoke from the fires in Abilene. Our cars even had ashes from the fires on them. I hope the fires get under control soon or rain comes soon so that no more people will get hurt & no more property/homes/or businesses will get destroyed.

April 14, 2011

Little Sadie Bug got all cuddled up with Mr. Frog tonight. She's so stinking cute!

April 13, 2011

Oh man this little book shelf would be PERFECT for Liz's classroom someday. It was super cool.

April 12, 2011

I made this little invite for Liz to ask her to come to Makona banquet with me. I'm glad that she checked yes :)

April 11, 2011

We had to give little Socks back to the SPCA today because of a lot of different reasons. I knew it would be hard, but it was way harder to give him up than I had thought it would be. I really love that little guy & I hope that he can find a good home sometime soon.

April 10, 2011

Today was a good day. I started it off by preaching at my church in Anson, followed by a great lunch with a very grumpy waitress. Then Liz & I went to the new-look Abilene Zoo & had a blast! The zoo is so awesome! We loved it!

April 9, 2011

I saw this today. Either somebody really loves Elmo, or someone really hates Elmo. Either way, poor Elmo. Haha

April 8th, 2011

Liz & I heard this really weird noise coming from the laundry room this afternoon & when we went to investigate the sound, it turned out to be Socks stuck behind the washing machine. What a little goober!

April 7th, 2011

Creole for "City of Hope", Cite' Lespwa is a fantastic event organizer by Lindsey Lowry to raise funds & awareness for the 800,000 people in Haiti still living in tents. It has been going on since Tues night & will continue until next Tuesday. I sent some time out there today for RLC lunch & did a little panhandling & it was really awesome seeing how generous the people of Abilene can really be. If you have a chance definitely go check out Cite' Lespwa!

April 6th, 2011

This was on the fridge at the church where I work. I just thought it was funny since I am.preaching I'm Anson on Sunday.

April 5th, 2011

Today was our day without shoes at McMurry & I was blown away with how it went! There were so many people who joined us by going barefoot & there was a great turn out for the prayer walk at 7. We were even in the news on KTAB & KTXS for what we were doing so I got to talk to reporters & they filmed a lot of us during the day which is always neat. We got so much great press for our Cite' Lespwa so I really hopeful that it has a great turnout. God is good!

April 4, 2011

Socks was VERY curious of the popcorn maker & the loud noises it was making haha

April 3, 2011

Liz & I chilled out by the pool today because it was 90-something degrees outside today. Very nice!

April 2, 2011

Bacon Salt. "Because everything should taste like bacon."

April 1, 2011

So the tail gate on this truck had the most "Anti-Obama" collection of stickers & junk that I've seen since the super sketchy gas station that we stopped at on the way home from our MTC retreat in New Mexico. I can understand not always liking the President & different things, but you should at least be respectful to the man since he his running your country. & if you are that upset about him being president then you can always move somewhere else (& then probably complain about the leadership in that country too).

March 31, 2011

This little house is about 2 blocks away from where we live right now. Liz & I would very much like to live here. Ok good talk.

March 30, 2011

This is my new friend at McMurry. I have no idea where this little guy came from but he was following me around through the Quad this morning so I stopped & hung out with him for a few mins. He's a pretty "cool cat" ZING!

March 29, 2011

So here's something that you don't see everyday: a train passing through town about a block down from the intersection of South 11th & Treadaway. It was very, very surprising to turn the corner & see a train chugging along.

Marct 28, 2011

I had my first sub job at Clue Elementary School today for a second grade class. It was quite the experience but I enjoyed it very much. The kids seemed to enjoy me too & I got a lot of hugs They liked my name I guess so a few of them wrote me some sticky notes with my name all over them as a going-away present.

March 27, 2011

Today Liz & I had our first meeting with our officiating pastor for our wedding. I forgot to take a picture of her way cool office but I got one of the beautiful church we are getting married in.