Blessed, Bridal Shower, Bad Weather

As I was deciding what all to talk about tonight, I found that I had so much to say and so forgive me if I seem a little long winded :)

Blessed:

I have always known that I am blessed to have a wonderful family and group of friends, but I don't think that I (or maybe anyone else, for that matter) spend enough time reflecting on this and how different our lives would be without these people. I recently graded some essays in my sophmore class and some of the students wrote about some of the their horrible home lives, and it just really made me aware as to how wonderful I have it. Sure there are days when I come home from school/work tired and butt-dragging and then there's this little note at the end of the island asking me to do the laundry, vacuum, sweep, or something of the like, and I get thoroughly upset because all I want to do is relax. However, after reading about how bad some people have had it (and still do have it) I am thankful that God has given me the life he did.

Mom, Grandma Foogie, and Me at my bridal shower.....I have such a wonderful family :)

Bridal Shower:

This topic kind of ties into the "blessed" category. Today Martha and Teresa had a bridal shower for me and Nick (although, naturally Nick didn't come :) ) and it was so wonderful to get to see some family members that I had not seen in over a year, and whom it will probably be another year before I see them again! There were probably 25-30 people who came which is a wonderful turnout for a shower! Teresa and Martha just worked so hard on everything and the food, games, and just everything turned out amazing! I was glad that Martha and Kati finally got to meet, seeing as they will both be in my wedding about 2 months from now :) And I kid you not, Nick and I seriously got tons of wonderful gifts!!! It took me probably 45 minutes to an hour to open all of them, and then when I got home I brought them all in the frontroom to show Dad and they literally filled up the entire frontroom! We got everything from towels, kitchen utensils, a standing mixer (that I have wanted for soooooo long! LOL), to a clock, photo albums and picture frames, and an amazing hope chest that Dad made for me (another thing I have wanted for years!) I am just so thankful for having such a wonderful, supportive family and am so glad that we don't have to go out and buy these sorts of things now :)

The gorgeous hope chest that Dad made me is in the front :)

Bad Weather:


Tonight around 9 p.m. we had our first tornado warning of the year (as far as I can remember, anyways!) which I was dreading. If you know me, then you know that I hate bad weather especially since we don't have a basement because we have to go out to Grandma and Grandpa's when the weather gets bad. Nick and I have been talking and have decided that a full basement (finished or unfinished....doesn't matter to us) is pretty much a requirement in our next home, especially if we stay in the Midwest. Hopefully this year we don't have as much severe weather as we did last year.....it seemed like every night in Omaha there were tornado warnings, which particularly bothers me there because we don't have anywhere to go for shelter there, and because about 3 miles away from Nick's house a tornado hit last summer and did a lot of damage. In other words, I am a big baby and would love to live somewhere tornados aren't common :)