Life

Hello very tired of waiting for new post friends. I have returned from the land of the internet unknown. (Where ever that is.)
It is now 7 days until Christmas, and much has happened in the last almost 2 months.
Way back on November 9th I turned 21 years old. I was really excited, like I always get, but I was once again reminded that it doesn't really matter once you are past age 12. *sigh* Dad and Mom gave me some really nice Thomas Kinkade light thingys. They're pictures turned into statue decor, with lights inside. So far I have 8 different pieces. Katrina made me a cake with Butterfinger candy on it. It was good. My friend Paula and her boys gave me a bag of hot drinks(cocoa, tea, cider mix) and a Purple Mustang with Flames!!!!!!!!!!! (It was a matchbox car. None-the-less, it is a car.)
The following Sunday was the Thanksgiving Banquet at church, and it was wonderful as always. My dear friend Melissa was home from IN for a week or so, and she sang "Amazing Grace" with her grandma. It sounded so sweet and precious.
We had Thanksgiving in a very different way this year. Rather than the usual turkey, potatoes, lefse, etc, we had Duck Stir-Fry! Nathaniel had gone hunting during youth season and shot 6 duck, which our game warden neighbor marinated for him. It was awesome!

December 2nd was an incredibly awesome day, because I got my top row of braces off!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The orthodontist said the bottom row might have to stay on til February, or even March. :(
With my braces off, my smile was much more confident, and I was able to get my drivers license renewed before it expired. So I am now a legal adult!

AND the most recent of all excitement................................(drum roll please!)
I bought my first car! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Its a Green 1999 Grand Am SE and its AWESOME!!!!!!! It was a really good deal, and the only thing negative about it, is a dent right behind the driver side door. But thats not a big problem. I am so happy to FINALLY have my very own car. Now I don't have to drive the van to Sioux Falls every day. WOOT WOOT!
(OR according to Nathaniel I should write, Honk Honk, because trains say "Woot woot". )

Christmas is coming up soon, and the plan is to go to Grandpas house in MN. All 3 of us girls have to work Christmas Eve, so we will drive up Christmas Day. And then Anika and I will come back the 26th, cause she works that evening, and I work that night.




God is good, even when I don't deserve it. The only reason I can think of for why is that He has a plan, and somehow I fit in.