Twick or Tweat!

Happy Halloween!!

Today I dressed up for Halloween for the first time in probably 15 years! I was a Care Bear....Champ Bear...everyone at work was a Care Bear. We were pretty dang cute, if I don't say so myself. Amber designed our tummy logos and helped me put them on the shirts. During our lunch break, we had a photo shoot. It got pretty silly...

After work, I went over to see Jami, Camden, and Matt. They dressed up as Jaguar fans. They were so cute in their jerseys. Matt pulled Camden around the neighborhood in a wagon....SO CUTE! Camden filled up his Elmo basket with lots of good candy...lollipops are his favorite. I got to pass out candy while they took Cam around. There were some really cute kids...and some really scary ones too!








My favorite costume of the night was a kid dressed as Stewie from the Family Guy! It was HILARIOUS! This was the most fun I've had on Halloween in a long time....my only regret is eating too much candy...ughhhh...

the CHAMPS!

The Red Sox win again! Way to go guys! I'm so pumped that they did it again. With a four game sweep over the Colorado Rockies, the Boston Red Sox are the 2007 World Series Champions!!



My current favorite player for the Red Sox is Jacoby Ellsbury. AMAZING! (I'm borderline obsessed...) He is just so fast! Ever since I saw a story about him on Outisde the Lines, I've been hooked! I love to watch him play. He did a great job for the Red Sox in the post season. I think Jacoby is going to do great things in the future. Let's go #46!!!



I can't wait for next season...

Spooky!

This morning I ran in the Pumpkin Run 5K with Jessica and her dad. The course went through a cemetery. It was an overcast morning, which made it extra spooky. Some people wore costumes. I saw Wonder Woman, a couple of witches, a fairy princess, a baby lamb, and a giant pumpkin! Could you imagine running in a costume?!? Overall, the race went really great! And I got to bring a pumpkin home...

I don't think my day could have been any better!

YAY!

McFarland is back to blogging!

WOO HOO!!



Welcome back, Matt...welcome back!



check it out: http://www.mcmcfarland.blogspot.com/

Holla!

This is a shout out to my girl, the one, the only, Courtney Couch!

She's pretty awesome! Always with a smile on her face and words to encourage, she lives every day an incredible example to those around her of the love of Christ.

Other things I think are pretty great about CC, in no particular order are:
-that I have my own key to her house
-she lets me come visit whenever I want
-her fun curly hair
-not having to explain what I'm thinking because she already knows
-Hank aka Crack Head
-her new bedroom furniture!
-her dance moves
-she loves sports
-getting to work at camp together
-she's training for a half marathon
-we share a brain


Fun times in the convention center at Jekyll


Matching tattoos...except one is real...and the other is not so real...


Vacationing in FWB is almost as fun as working in FWB! :)


Bridesmaids in Sharon's wedding (who also shares a brain with us!)


Working hard at Impact...

There is so much say...I could go on and on and on...Court and I have been through a lot together. I look forward to all the times we have ahead...

I am so lucky to have a friend like her!

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:34-35

Thanks for being who you are, Court! You're the best!

I Miss Moldova

I really do...

I miss...
-bumpy van rides
-drinks with no ice
-sleeping with no a/c
-eating weird food

-saying things in Romanian (ok, only like 3 things...)
-not having to say anything...a smile says enough
-VIVA...grapefruit soda
-julia

-violeta
-olesa
-naked babies
-my team- dooglas cooch, block...my seesters...bradushka and kitty...pauly...world traveler jon...
-being pushed out of my comfort zone
-fields of sunflowers

-not caring what was on tv
-my Russian brother
-not having a cell phone
-playing potatoe
-jon and vadim
-playing volleyball in a skirt
-doing everything in a skirt
-walking to the castle store to buy ice cream and fanta
-singing songs in three different languages
-communist barracks
-farm animals tied up on the side of the road
-incredible people who love the Lord


Ok, maybe I don't really miss drinks with no ice or the weird food...but my heart longs to be back there, in spite of those things. It is hard for me to type this and not cry. It was only two months ago, but it already feels like forever. I'm already forgetting peopIes' names that I tried so hard to remember. It is crazy how quickly life goes back to normal...how quickly my attitude has becomes less and less mission minded and more and more self-focused...how easy it was to get back into the routine and file away the trip as just another trip...

Paint it Black

Whenever I was having a bad day, my good friend AnnE would tell me paint my toe nails red. Why? "Because red toe nails make you feel sassy!" It makes a bad day turn around...just try it! It really does work!

Normally, I'm not a nail polish wearing kind of girl. It's just not me. It takes too much time and is borderline high maintenance. When I have it on and look down, I don't recognize my toes!

Sometimes though, I get a little crazy and decide to paint them...today was one of those days. I thought about painting them red, but wasn't really in the sassy mood...so I raided Amber's collection and settled on something a little darker...


Ta da! Black toe nail polish!! My feet look tough, don't they?! If red toes make you feel sassy, then black is for when you're feeling feisty! It says, "Don't mess with me!" It's kind of trendy and rock star-ish too! (Both things that I am most definitely not! haha) My toes definitely go with my tough looking tattoo though! hahahaha!

I'm not sure how long it will last...but for now I'm looking forward to the reactions I'm going to get to my painted piggies from my friends!

rain, rain, GO AWAY!

It has now officially been raining in Jacksonville for FOREVER! We can't get a break! And I don't mean it is just drizzling...it is pouring...monsooning...raining without ceasing...


This is what it has looked like outside everyday...from sunrise to sunset...people are starting to be depressed...


Puddles everywhere...places are flooding...roads are being closed...it's crazy! Our retention ponds are about to overflow. There is no place for the water to go!


These are my pants after the football game last night. Thanks to the rain, there was standing water on the sidelines...which quickly became mud...sticky, smelly mud! The players were covered in it! I was covered in it! I had to hose my pants and shoes off before I could bring them inside. What a mess!!


The rain did stop for a minute today...just long enough for Lauren, Solin, and I to go to the beach! Even though it was slightly overcast, it was wonderful! I even got a little sun on my face!!

The forecast is calling for a little more rain tomorrow...

....sigh....