Ernest Hemingway

In celebration of Hemingway's birthday:

"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another."
Ernest Hemingway

A Random Entry (with a little help from Google)

Today is Friday for me! It's even better because it's a surprise Friday - my boss just told me that I have a "lack of work" day tomorrow. I will be sleeping in and eating cereal while I watch TLC. Awesome. Today is also my half birthday, so if you're looking for an excuse to celebrate, that's a good one.

Congratulations to Greg and Kelsey who are now engaged! Wahoo!

The job search continues... We've only been officially applying for about a week and a half, but it FEELS like it's been forever. We are definitely getting antsy already - we need to work on being patient, so we don't go crazy. We've both started following up on a few applications and gotten some responses, so that's exciting. Any response whatsoever = progress, which is good.

Have an excellent weekend. I will try to get Jason to write on here soon - it really is a joint blog, I promise!

JOY

Wow. I am a NERD. So, apparently, I had some setting turned on for our blog that made it necessary for ME to publish the comments everyone left, before they would show up on the site. Well, since I didn't know about that feature, I never checked for comments. So here I am looking like some kind of comment-starved fiend, when actually there are lovely comments just waiting for my "approval." I apologize to anyone who thought I was being a tease.

I think I fixed it. Your comments may now flourish in peace.

Earlier this week we found the BEST surprise - we went to a conservation area only about 5 miles away from our house, and upon exploring it a bit we found a HUGE field of sunflowers. It was amazing - I'd never seen so many sunflowers all together like that. Such a beautiful moment. I can't put into words the joy and excitement of seeing them, I felt like a little kid. It was a completely unexpected sight. We walked into the middle of the field and just marveled at all the flowers - some taller than us! Each one so intricate and gorgeous. Plans to go back and have a sunflower photo shoot are in the works. We also picked about 13 cups of blackberries in the same area. One great thing about where we live: getting out into the middle of "nowhere" to enjoy creation is only minutes away!

July Already?!?

Happy (belated) 4th of July!
We had a great, LONG weekend over the 4th - after Jason got back from Detroit, we packed up and headed up to Minnesota for the weekend. We had a very relaxing visit, which was nice. And it was the longest vacation we've had since our honeymoon! Our trip to MN included: going to a church in Apple Valley to check it out (we like it - great Hispanic ministry, worship, etc), seeing "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Superman," fun lake time at my aunt and uncle's house, badminton, fireworks with Mom, and sleeping on our screen porch. It was great. We came back on Wednesday, which means a two-day work week for me! Jason is currently in Sonoma, CA working his magic with the yearbook kids out there.

In other news, we have been working on our resumes/portfolios/website etc. like crazy, and I am pleased to announce that the job search has officially begun! In fact, it began at about 10:00 pm on Wednesday night when Jason ceremoniously applied to his first job. I hope to follow shortly. Prayers for a job or two for us would be very appreciated!

I think that's all that's new here - have a great weekend!

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