Not Me! Monday

It's been a long time, but I decided that it was time for a Not Me! Monday again! Besides, MckMama is giving something away today! How could I not?
It was absolutely NOT ME who suggested listening to a sermon to my husband on our three hour car drive and then proceeded to fall asleep. I would never leave my husband alone and bored on a road trip! Not ME!
There's no way on our return trip home yesterday, I got sick of my jeans mid-drive. I absolutely did not have hubby pull off into a deserted parking lot so I could change into my skirt. I was then NOT rewarded by sitting down on a bee who had flown onto my seat whilst I was getting my skirt. I did NOT scream and cry like a frightened child and shout at my husband (who was only trying to help) "get it off, get it off, GET IT OOOOFFFFFF!!!!!" It was NOT funny. Kinda.
After swearing I was gonna "start eating healthy" again, I absolutely did NOT go to bed last night with a bowl of Pioneer Woman's Coffee Cake and ice cream. That's just unreasonable.
I did not just answer the door with my bed hair and in my bathrobe. It is not almost 9 am. I am very responsible and of course did NOT just get up.
Hope you had fun reading my Not Me! Monday post. Head over to MckMama's and join the fun!

I'm ready

I am so stinkin' ready...

For these two little girls to come home :)



Oceana and Naomi.... you are missed! Be good for Mama and Daddy and have fun with your east coast family... cause when you make it back to the South Pacific... I'm not letting you go again!!! Get ready for lots of cuddles!

Love you girls!!! :)

Auntie Havie

funny moments

I've been at Mom and Dad's tonight and we've been laughing, teasing and various other fun things...

anyways, this was a conversation that went back and forth between my parents tonight.

Mom - you know mike, in about 10 days, Havalah will be at work, and Dahvede will be here with us, sitting in your lap. 

Dad - I'll be in _________ in a week.

Mom - No, 10 days.

Dad - well he won't be sitting in my lap......

Pause

.... no, he probably will. 

Hahahahahahaha! I love my fiance... and my family. that really really made me laugh. 

*disclaimer* He would be doing it as a joke. 

sweet relief

This morning, for the first time in two months... I was finally reunited with Dahvede. I found him at a random campground that is free for backpackers making their way through NZ. They didn't have a tent or anything, so him and his team slept outside under a tree. Or at least they tried to sleep. 

But that is not why I am blogging tonight. I am blogging, because after two months of tension, and two months of being emotionally drained, he is finally coming home. Finally seeing Dahvede today, and being able to hug him, and hold him was one of the most relieving things I could have asked for. Since he left, I have dreamt about seeing him again, and what it would be like. I was so grateful that I went to the wrong part of the park, because when Dahvede came to find me, it gave us a few minutes on our own. I could hardly believe it had been 8 long weeks since I had seen him. We have done much longer stints of long distance  - the worst of which being 7 months, just 10 days after we started dating - but it was so different this time around. 

God has grown us through this season, and for that I am grateful... but I'm ready for it to be over now. I'm ready to have Dahvede home, and to get to plan our wedding together again, and to get to plan our life together. 

Thanks for listening tonight. Did I mention how amazing it was to see him? I was jumping up and down telling my little brother about it. It's just a little later and colder now, and my musings have taken a different turn. 

I love you so much, Dahvede. I can't wait for our life together to start. :)

Nothing much

Had you asked me two hours ago, what my plans were for my day off, I probably would have said "nothing much," and a combination of some of the following:

~ Sleep in

~ watch movies

~ maybe read a book

~ hang out with little brother

~ maybe some shopping

~ dinner

But after realizing that my fiance, Dahvede, and his mini outreach team were just TWO HOURS AWAY I did some fast moving, got ahold of him, and asked if I could come visit. It was late and I didn't know if I'd hear back from him. After a half hour, I was in the bathroom when I heard my sister answer my cell phone. Immediately I knew it was him. AKK! After talking about some of the logistics with one of his team mates, and praying about it together, they decided it would be fine for me to come hang out and tag along with them for the day! I can't wait to see him!!! I have to be there (2 hours south of here) between 8:30 and 9 am, so it's gonna be an early start, but I don't care! i am just so excited to see him for a few hours!!! 

I'm off to wash dishes and get stuff ready for the morning. As if I could even sleep being this excited!

It's 1 in the morning and all is well!

What pray tell am I doing up at 1 am? Oh yes... I finally set about to read MckMama's monstrously long blog post about getting blurry backgrounds in your photos. I was sad when pretty much straight off the bat, she had no tips for those with point and shoot cameras. DRAT! But! Instead of giving up, i hijacked my sister's DSLR and had a go with it. Nothing fabulous came out, but I was able to understand what she was talking about and I saw the difference when I played around with the aperture. Haha. I feel so grown-up using that word. Anyways. I had a blast and I have decided that I want one. An SLR I mean. They are amazing. Maybe when I get through saving for the wedding/honeymoon/new life with hubby, I'll save up for one. Hehe. oh man. It would be so cool! When my camera dies, I'll have to look into it. For now though, my trusty Nikon and i will keep on keepin' on. 

Did I mention that my camera (and my ipod) fell, along with my purse, into a bucket of soapy mop water with bleach in it while I was at work the other day. *sob* I asked around about what to do, and ended up rinsing them with fresh water (never thought I'd see the day that I'd willingly pour water over my ipod!) and leaving them in the hot water cupboard for 6 days. Camera works. No problems there. It's older, but it's got some spunk :) the ipod also works. Sorta. It turns on, and after some fiddling with and resetting it completely, I am able to maneuver through it, and it plays! The backlight is busted, so good luck using it if there isn't light RIGHT nearby, but I'll take what I can get! Praise God!! It's gonna live to see another day!

Ok, I'm off to sleep now. Goodnight all!

joy

It's what I felt tonight as i glanced down at my phone. I had my phone on so it only beeps once when it goes off. I heard it go, but I assumed that it was just a text message, and since I was busy, I ignored it, planning to check it in a minute. But it kept vibrating, so i looked down. SO GLAD I DID! Dahvede called me! It's not completely uncommon for me to talk to him. In fact, we spend two hours on the phone last night. But because it's so expensive to call to cell phones here, I was not expecting him to call. He was calling just to say hi and to pray together. It was so nice to just have those few minutes catching up, sharing about our days and laughing together. Have I mentioned lately that I miss him? Good grief. I'm so over him being gone. As I was saying to someone a few days ago, "I might see him in 2 weeks, I'll definitely see him in three weeks, and in four weeks, he's home to stay." 

My project tomorrow (after I finish cleaning my room) is to make a paper chain. It's my tradition. If I can, I make one a few weeks before he comes home. I think I'll make one with mini goals of the 2, 3, and 4 week marks, because they're all exciting! I made one when Dahvede first went to Tonga on his own DTS outreach (before we were dating) and I've done it a few times since. It's fun, it childish, and it's still exciting to rip one more off everyday. I was having dinner at a friends house lately, and her husband had been gone on and off for 2 months. She has 2 small pre-school aged kids, so it makes it more difficult. Every couple of days they pull down the calender, and the kids both get to cross off a day until they see Daddy. It reminded me of my chain and inspired me to do one again. I love projects, so I'm excited! 

Ok, I've rambled enough tonight. I'm off to bed. Work will come too early tomorrow morning. G'night all!