you're not going to believe it!

me and the beckster:)
solvang
is so lovely
the place
it happened

i am ENGAGED! really, REALLY friends:) i can hardly believe it myself but it is so true! it was the neatest and most unexpected thing and i am so thankful and excited. i actually have a friend who said, "wow, roxi o is getting married?!"...eh eh eh to that:) i will write more about the day another day but for now here are just a few shots from the day.

us:)

i'm not sick:)

well, i still have a tiny cough and scratchy throat BUT that is nothing. this past week and a few days has been so challenging for me. have to deal with a MONSTER flu can take a huge toll on any person no matter how super hero like they are...i am not one of those super hero ones:) anywho, i feel so great and this week has been so amazingly good thus far. there has been a couple bumps but even those bumps added to the goodness of this week. we have a Creator who is capable of making even the crummy things become not so crummy and i love that so much. sunday night zack and i went to rock harbor and it was so good. the pastor said something that i just can seem to shake. something so simple but so good. he said, "the worship you experience during your week should validate what you sing in the service on sunday." our everyday lifestyles should make our words we sing in church full and meaningful. how true and lovely is that picture. on top of a neat message i was able to see dear friends. friends that i don't get to see as often as i would like so seeing them was ultra enjoyable.
i can't really remember monday but yesterday was fun. work, nap and hang out with chris and nicole! it was my first time meeting nicole and she was super fun. plus a new skirt, tights, and nail polish from forever 21. everything amazingly priced so i don't feel bad:) funny story...i was looking at the nail polish trying to decide on which brown. i was holding the bottles by the tops and when i shook one the bottle flung of and hit the lady standing next to me...the top still in my hand...yikes! she jumped and i apologized and when she said all was well i walked away smiling. a little bit chuckling but at myself not the super sweet woman. today i helped my sister pack and move everything in her apt. she and her husband just bought a new home. we are having thanksgiving at their house:)
i am so looking forward to the weekend. zack and i are visiting my little sister in slo and after we will be having a day adventure in solvang! i have been waiting to go there for years now and it is finally happening and i am so excited! it should be fun. hope tonight is so fun for you:)

ps- i haven't been able to do much lately and today i looked at my phone and saw that i had messages. when i listened, the first thing i heard was,"you have SEVEN new messages." yikes! sorry friends, i will be calling you soon.

it could have been so much worse...

halloween that is. saturday morning was the most crummy part of this flu i am experiencing. and i just couldn't believe it especially because i spent so much time making my costume and zack's costume this year. i made zack's while watched great pumpkin...i really love charlie brown. i was so disappointed at the idea of not wearing them and fortunately zack said that was not an option...not wearing them, that is. so, we got dressed up, took a couple photos, made a couple quick stops and that was it. but it was so nice:) i am so glad we got to wear them. we ended the night by watching the fall, if you have not seen it, please watch it. the little romanian girl is the sweetest thing ever:) anywho, it was a really nice halloween even if i was sick. if you can't tell, we were owls. yay:)

zack made his hat and he had a hard time parting with it...this photo was taken the day AFTER halloween:)
thanksgiving, i am so ready:)

still sick..

i just can't believe it. i am with fever and in bed and it is just horrible. but i am not throwing up so it is not ultra horrible. please pray for me.

sort of sad/happy halloween...moslty.

yesterday, i came down with the stomach flu. i just don't know why but boy oh boy, does it suck. when it first came about, it was just a fever. a couple hours into it, it finally broke and i was so happy. zack and i had a wedding to go to so since my fever broke and i was feeling mostly ok, i wanted to go. to support our friends, to see our friends, and to see cael in a tux:) i made it through the ceremony which was just beautiful but we had to leave soon after because the blasted flu was on the attack. i had a little sprite to calm my tummy but on the way to the car, my tummy decided it couldn't keep the sprite in:( oh gosh, it was such a disaster.
i finally fell asleep last night but my stomach woke me up bright and early at 6am this morning. normally i am ok with waking up early...it was the fact that the toilet was calling my face that was the problem. I was so upset when i woke up feeling sick because i made my halloween costume this year and i was going to wear it to a fun party and i knew all of that was not going to happen if i was still ill this morning...and i did. anywho, my morning nastiness lasted until about 10:30am. i spoke to my friend erika, who is a nurse, and she recommended pedialyte and i was so surprised but so happy once i got it. thank you erika. it doesn't taste completely horrible and the throwing up has stopped...hopefully for good.
i won't be doing anything fun tonight which is mostly sad since i love halloween but i am so thankful that i am feeling better.
i hope you have such a happy halloween. be safe and eat tons of candy. it's totally ok tonight:)

pain...

today i felt physical pain in a way i have never felt before and it was completely miserable. i woke up this morning and did my workout which was wonderful. i showered, got ready, and went over to zack's for lunch. we had a really neat study from philippians, we went for a bike ride, and after we went for lunch at panera which was great. i know, you are probably wondering where the pain comes in...here it is. when lunch was over we went back to zack and jame's home and i was sleepy so i laid down for a nap on the top bunk. bad idea. when i woke up from my nap, i got up ultra fast and i bonked my head on the ceiling and when i say bonked, i mean BONKED. it beat the time i was smashed in the face by a tennis ball. it was loud and painful and it was ten minutes before i had to go into work. i set my alarm to wake me just before my 2:00 shift:( my head hurt so bad, so work was a bit tough tonight. my head feels like it is going to roll right off of my neck. i know it isn't but it is the biggest ouch i have experience in a long time, maybe ever. lesson learned...don't EVER take the top bunk. overall, my day was still lovely. i hope yours was as well. sweet dreams ahead.

ps...i know it is silly, but please pray for my head:)

new...

zack just launched a new photo blog and it is wonderful and you should look. it is not full yet but he will be posting more in the days to come which is super exciting. if you ever need someone to snap a few shots, he would be a neat pick:)

owls.

if you know me, you know that i happen to really love owls. and when i write really, i mean REALLY. every time i find an owl, i buy it, if it is reasonably priced that is. there have been times when i have purchased two or three of the same owl just because i loved them so much...true story:) i even have lovely friends who have gifted me owls for no special reason but the fact that they thought of me when the passed by an owl in a shop. so sweet.

well, this year i decided to get a bit creative for halloween. i know, i know, you are probably thinking, "roxi, aren't you a little too old for halloween?" and you know, maybe i am but i still really like it and i am going to like it for a long time, i think. well, i am just bits and pieces away from creating an owl costume and truly, i am so excited about it. i am going to a fun little party on halloween and i want to dress up a bit:) like i said, i still have a bit to go, but i am really enjoying it thus far. i like halloween so much and this year, i get to wear something homemade:)

cra-zy.

today was such a fun/funny day. well, it ended funny but the overall day was wonderful. i woke up early this morning and got ready for a wedding...i wore my homemade headband and i really like it so much. once i was ready i picked zack up, and the two of us headed out to brea. he took photos for a friend's wedding and i sang during the ceremony. it was a really special ceremony and i am pretty sure it is safe to say that everyone there enjoyed the experience.

ok, onto the funny:) a little while ago zack got into a car accident...this is not the funny part yet. it was a pretty bad one so his car just went downhill no matter how much he has been trying to care for it. well, last week, the poor thing finally gave in and it just isn't drivable anymore. zack decided to go on a search for a new/used car and one of the places he is searching is craigslist. he doesn't have very much money to put into a car so since we have both found some pretty super things through craigslist, why not try the car search. well, he found a super deal and today after the wedding, we decided to go take a gander at the vehicle.
long story short, when we were walking over to meet the man who was selling the car, he ran across the street and nearly killed a man. yes, really. he ran over, knocked a man down and gave him a pretty hard kick in the head...the man did not get up. the car owner(well at least we thought he was the car owner...we don't really know) walked back over to us, apologized and smiled, and proceeded to tell us about the car...what?!! it got that much worse when an older woman came out of the house and suggested that someone go over to make sure the man was still breathing! oh gosh, i almost peed my pants. zack did the smartest thing ever and got us out of there asap. it was so crazy mostly because we were in a nice part of town so i am not sure what in the world happened. well, we took off and it is safe to say that we will be avoiding that type of scenario at all costs from here on out:)...by the way, the man on the ground, he got up...we saw as we were leaving...yikes. so zack still needs a car. if anyone out there has one or knows of one, zack is looking. thank you.
when we got home, we told my folks about it and all had a good laugh. i decided to work on my halloween costume a bit. i am so close to being done and it is going to be the sweetest owl costume:) i will post photos of it and of the wedding when i get a few.
friends, i hope you experience peace this week. i am going to do my best.

a day like today...

is the kind of day i don't want to experience often. i have not been in such a funk in a very long time. i don't know what it was but everything that could have been strange in a bad way and wrong was and more. i don't know that i ever believed that weather could be a factor in a person's emotional state but zack and a few other individuals told me it can be(really???). it makes me a bit more upset because i like the fall so much but the sudden weather change was so weird for me today. it really was. i don't know what else to credit my sudden mood change to because i work with lovely people who care about me and there was no specific event that had potential to devastate my day. i am getting ready to open my Bible in a bit. i can't think of anything i would rather do right now. and sarah is coming over.