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it is here! this weekend zack and i will be gone. we will be sleeping on the floors at cbu celebrating togetherness with our teams in order to prepare for our coming projects! i remember the last one and it was a blast so i don't think i will be too disappointed:) i will have to update with photos and more come monday. until that time, i hope you all have a lovely weekend...stay dry but do something fun:)

number three thing...ARTIST...if you are, read this.

i don't just mean if you are fantastic with a paintbrush:) if you create and that is a big world, i NEED your help! my canada team is doing a fundraiser to raise money for our coming journey to canada to serve the people! i have done it before and so many people were so generous so i am really hoping you will again this time around. we are collecting art, all kinds, from people who are willing to donate it to us. it can be a painting or a photo or something sewn or anything nice and sellable:) we will be doing it at CBU in riverside towards to end of march so please start creating! last time we did it it was such a success and i know it can be this time around but we will need your help to make it happen...so, are you in???

facebook me or leave a comment or email me or call me. thanks a million friends.

happy tuesday.

two things...maybe three:)

hia:) this weekend is going to be busy, busy, busy! zack and i and 400 other people will be spending the weekend at cbu having tons of fun...ehehehe:) training for isp. i remember the last one and although i was tired when it was over, it was so memorable and i am pretty sure this one will be just as memorable if not more! my team this year is AMAZING. four students and two leaders, steff and i, and we may be small in number but every person on the team is incredible....VERY much worth knowing:)

i will be leaving for a couple hours on saturday night to be part of a haiti relief day in downtown pasadena called love fest for haiti. brian and the rest of us will be musicing at this place called the james brown coffee roasters..how cool is that?! if you are in the area at around 8ish, you should def come by:)

there is a third thing! but i will post it in another post:) the next one. now!

photograph, photographs...

the past couple days have been a bit on the tougher side due to a few different things. yesterday, i was blessed...i don't know how else to put it:) the rain went away and zack said it was a good time to take a couple photos for our wedding blog...we are putting one together:) they are not engagement photos, just some fun photos to make the blog look not so bland. SO i thought i would post a few here. zack posted one on his facebook so i figure why not?... :)

zack and i(zack mostly..i just took the one of him:)took these and i like them so much but mostly, i love him so much:) i'm so happy we took these because so far, the blog is looking really nice...you'll see:) it was a good way to close the day.

noapte buna:)

For laughs:)

I am working with Zack this morning and we are listening to sufjan obviously:)...on a record player. Well, if you know me you know I love his music most...above all others:) and so I said:

"Zack I wish sufjan would start performing again...and I wish he would do auditions..." Zack started smiling at this point. And I said, "because I would audition. And I think that maybe he would like me." and Zack smiled big and said, "I think he would." it wasaybe just to humor me but it is ok, I will take it:) happy Thursday morning friends:)

music, music, muzac:)

my friend brian and myself and a few others have been doing a bit of music here and there. the other day brian and i did a little recording and if you go here you can have a listen, i am on the second track. both are not mastered, very raw recordings but i think brian did such a lovely job. zack and i and everyone in his immediate environment are so proud of him and what he is doing and i love being a part of it. we have another show coming up shortly in pasadena, it is for a haiti benefit. what a neat opportunity. i will be sure to keep you posted:)

ps...i am getting custom flower girl dresses...how perfect is that?!

since thursday...

things have been go! go! go! but not in a bad way...mostly:)

thursday zack and i worked together and that was a blast...how many couples actually get to work together and enjoy it?...we do. after work we met up with our friends, terry and esther, whom we had not seen in quite some time and it was such a treat. they are two very talented individuals, esther the baker and terry the chief and i am sure they each do a bit of the other. they are going to be making our wedding cupcakes and although i do not have any photos, they are going to be incredible. and we figured out a pretty neat meal plan which was a complete blessing because zack and i were not sure about the food. and now we KNOW it is going to be incredible...mouth will water:)

last night we went out to long beach to see nick and julie and heidi and chip and we had such a nice time. i got to hang out with julie and cael, we saw him as well:), while zack and heidi when to this fun art thing and chip and nick did music. we always love going out to visit them because they are just wonderful people and i wish we were closer.

i'm home now and i should be napping because church is in an hour and well, i am sleepy:) have a wonderful evening!

and one more thing...

a few days ago i said i would post photos from our last show...so:we all had a really nice time:)

before i go back to bed...

i thought i should post a couple photos. a few people told me it was supposed to be really cold today...well, i woke up to snow outside!! schools are shut down today and people are excited...facebook is telling me so:) these photos were taken about an hour ago and it has been snowing since that time...i will take more later...i am ultra tired at the moment and it is my day off so sleep first, more photos later:) enjoy today.

so how about that rain...

i can't believe we are in southern california right now. the rain has been wild these past few days and i mostly like it...but being wet every time i walk out of the house sort of sucks. i don't really like being wet. but i like the rain:)

today i picked up my WEDDING dress! it is at home with me now and an alteration that will take ten minutes max will make the dress perfect:) it is the perfect dress to marry the boy i love in:) i think he will like it a lot...well, everyone that saw it did so i can't imagine he won't. my boss and friend linda went with me and she just loved it...zack will too. i was worried that it would not fit and my big sister even joked about finding out how much i would have to eat to make it fit but that won't happen.

later on in the afternoon zack and i went over to brian's house. he is a boy i have been doing music with lately and it is pretty fantastic if i am allowed to say so myself. he has the sweetest recording studio set up in his room and we recorded for a while...and the end result left all of us smiling...that is a good thing:) i can't wait to hear it finished.

watched american idol, yes i know...and now i'm getting ready for bed. sweet dreams all:)