EXCITEMENT!

I CANNOT WAIT FOR BREAK!!! Only 4 more official classes, then two finals and two pseudo-finals where we either present or turn in work. SWEET DEAL! Bah! Can you tell I'm just really excited to get away from Eau Claire for awhile? Or away from the US for that matter! :)

And another thing that brings me great excitement is that MICAH is coming to visit on Friday, along with DANIELLE! Excitement!

Christmas gift ideas...

Christmas seems to be just around the corner with the first snow for us appearing yesterday. So lately I have been jotting down things that would make good christmas presents. So for all you relatives who may be wondering what I would like for christmas... let me just give you a little shove in the right direction. :) I even included some stocking stuffer ideas, NANA!

Camelbak Water Bottle with straw, 24 oz- 1st choice green. Black or clear is good too!

Black puffy vest- Old Navy, size M                            

Chapstick... just the plain old stuff!                                            

 Plain black hair ties- metal free please!

Short little no-show socks to wear with flats. Black and tan.

Orbit gum- peppermint. Or any other kind of gum!               

Forever stamps                                                

 Target gift card- I have my eye on some warm winter boots there!

Romania Blog up and running!

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or just visit heathertoromania.blogspot.com.

Romania!

I sent out my support letters for Romania! So keep an eye on your mailboxes...

Week One- CHECK!

Well, the first week of our 5 Week Challenge has come and gone. And I'd say that overall, my roomie and I did pretty good! I did ab workouts 4 times, cardio 3 times, and stretched 2 times. I flossed and rinsed 6 days (mom... you know how good that is!), and practiced guitar 4 days for a total of an hour and 15 min. All my spiritual goals were met every day as well! Bedtime was a little sketchy what with being on duty and hanging with friends, but we definitely did better than previously! And the dessert rule was broken twice this weekend since we were at a retreat and the only snack during snack time was cookies. Otherwise, the food plans have been right on track!

So the only thing we are changing is that bed time will not be our number one priority. For example, if we have some friends over and are having a great time of fellowship, we might not kick them out right as the clock strikes 11. Another thing is we will not shorten our nighttime quiet times because it's "bed time." This was tempting to do at the beginning, but if we are having a great time with the Lord, what's a few lost minutes of sleep?

If we can do it, YOU CAN TOO! (Believe me, we really don't have very good perseverance!) :)

5 Week Challenge

READY?! Okay, so my roommate and I have decided to challenge ourselves over the next couple of weeks. We feel that change is needed in our lives, that habits need to be formed, and that with lots of strength from God we can do it! We decided to focus on mainly two aspects of our lives- spiritual and physical. There are a couple other things thrown in there as well. The things we decided to change/work on, are really quite normal, and are habits that should already be formed in our lives, but aren't. We aren't proposing anything outlandish such as sticking to the Atkins Diet, running 5 miles every day, or reading the whole Bible in a month. No. But we are proposing change in our lives, and as most of you probably know can be pretty difficult in general. But, we are confident that all things are possible through Christ!

So, here are the areas of our lives that we are going to be more intentional with:

Spiritual

Quiet Time: 30 min/day every day

Prayer

·      Pray together to start day (Mon, Wed, Fri when we get up together)

·      Pray impossible list every day

·      Pray for peers

Memorization: 1 verse/week

Giving: 10% or more, bless others

Physical

Exercise

·      Ab routine 5x/week

·      Cardio 2x/week

·      Stretch 2x/week

Diet

·      Drink water (water bottle or with meal)

·      NO dessert

·      Pasta no more than 3x/week

Dental

·      Floss 5x/week

·      Rinse once/day

Bed time: 11:00pm

Other

Facebook

·      30 min/day or less

Guitar

·      Practice 3x/week

And we have decided to do this until Thanksgiving break, so November 23... FIVE weeks from today! However, we do reserve the right to alter this plan, if need be, after one week's time. 

FARM

This past weekend (Friday and Saturday) I visited a farm... and it was great, to say the least! I did sooooo many new things, like...

• Milked cows
• Petted a NEW BORN (same day) calf
• Shot a gun
• Went on a 4-wheeler ride
• Went deer-shining
• Played croquet in the dark
• Played fruit/veggie baseball
• Got up at 5:30 for chores
• Saw both the sunrise and sunset on the same day

There was great fellowship as 5-10 Navigators from UWEC fed cows, sloshed through manure, wrangled up calfs, hit old tomatoes into outfield, ate delicious home-cooked meals, garage-saled, and just spent time together. Here's some pictures to show you what all I'm talking about. :)

Overall, it was a beautiful weekend! The weather was great, my face even got sunburnt! I wouldn't say I left the experience wanting to live on a farm, but I definitely learned a lot and appreciate milk so much more! :)