i wish...

that i had my own computer hooked up to the internet. i would so be posting more often. i'm kind of sad about the fact that its been almost a month since i've posted anything. wow...how does time pass so quickly? i really don't know.

for a quick run-through of the important things:

• katie (sarah) came down from kamloops and stayed with us for a week. she's coming back the first of november to stay for awhile. luv her to death.
• last weekend (the 7th and 8th) was our curcuit assembly and i had a part on the program. dawn and i were talk #3 on the TMS. it was quite a privledge to have a share. i loved it. some people get so nervous on stage, but i have never been that type of person. lol.
• chris and his parents came up last weekend for the assembly too and they all came to our house for dinner on saturday night. it was my parents first time meeting his parents. crazy...but it was good. they seemed to get along fairly well, which is good. :P
• on wednesday chris lost his job with chim chimney. so as a surprise he drove up and surprised me with flowers and dinner to celebrate. things had been not so nice with his work for awhile now, so it was a very very good thing that he's not there anymore. he sounds so much happier now. now its just a matter of trusting in jehovah to provide for us, for chris to find a new job. things will be alright. :)
• work in going well. we lost two more people, so we've been pretty short staffed which means i've been working more. all day on tuesdays and fridays. more money=faster to spokane!
• i went to the pioneer meeting in spokane the end of last month. it was very nice and encouraging. its amazing having an entire hall full of regular pioneers. 127 to be exact. you can only imagine the singing. pretty loud...pretty incredable. things are looking good for my eventual move to spokane to be part of the sign language group. i'm excited about it.

so life is going well....chris and i are doing great. we learn more and more about each other every day. its a fun process. we've got so many plans for the future and everything. i am so happy.

'till next time...

i've been sick.
i've been tired.
i've been sick and tired of being sick and tired.

feeling a little better today. i think my body is fighting back. i've been "going, going, gone" for so long...i rested all last weekend. it was nice.

so i got a cell phone finally! yay! loving it already.

i've been metally preparing myself to jump into the scrapbook for jeff and kelly's wedding. i couldn't sleep last night so i started planning it out...papers, accents, layout ideas. it was nice even just to think about it. i've missed scrapbooking so much! i can't wait to get started. who know when that will be, but at least i have a plan!

a woman with a plan...and a mission.

a woman of action. :)

12 things to be happy for....

1) life
2) the smell of the air after it rains
3) finding little things to smile about
4) real laughter
5) hearing "i love you" and knowing its true
6) memories of white rice
7) my new "big brother" Ty and all his wisdom
8) a new cd to listen to
9) paycheck today! yay!
10) text messages
11) sleep
12) chris :)

The perfect end to the summer....

this past weekend chris, jen, and i met up with jeff, kelly and katie in kelowna. it was a beautiful day...perfect weather and good company. things kind of started off a little rocky. it was the first time my best friend met my boyfriend. things didn't really go as smoothly and i had hoped. kelly says that she just has higher standards for me. but in the end she said... "shaina, he makes you laugh...what more could i ask for?" so true kell....

we camped at a little campground called the owl's nest. it was really nice. we were the only ones stupid enough to be in tents (yes, it was freezing!!) so we had the whole section to ourselves. we had a big bon-fire down by the beach. it was so nice. chris brought his guitar, so he played for us and we made smores and talked and sang songs. made some good memories.

chris bought me john mayer's new cd in kelwona at the mall. i am LOVING it. smooth jazzy music with his amazing voice. on repeat in my car. :)

well, that's all that's new really. work is being stupid right now. i'm just back from all this training and its like i'm expected to be the best sales person in the world. having a hard time with all the pressure. i've been really stressed out about that and a lot of other things. i think my body is fighting back now, because i've been sick the last couple of days. i didn't go to work yesterday and i stayed home from service this morning. i hope that i get better soon. all the sleeping that i did should do my body some good.

well, good night for now. :)

news:

• our first kiss.... sept. 9th 2006 at the okanogan county fair.