Late night laughs

Oh my gracious! Este and I just got back from our friends' house. What a night! We started out pretty normal...eating that is. We had wonderful chicken burritos and a salad with amazing homemade dressing. After the men separated and got their "computer time" in and us girls got our talking out, we came together to battle with domino's. I have hated even the thought of domino's for the past 2 years b/c of one bad experience I had...BUT tonight completely sold me on the game. I laugh a lot throughout most of my days...I just find a lot of fun in life...but tonight, it just blew the can off of laughter. Even my hubby could barely catch his breath between roars. I'm so thankful for friendships...friendships straight from the hand of God.

BROKERS TEST ...ppffff

I took my brokers test today and I thought it went okay. Okay is meaning I thought that I had a chance of passing it. It was 200 questions and I have to get 75 or better. It will be 5-12 days until the results are mailed to me. I was in pretty high spirits until I came home and looked over some of the material I had questions on. Yeah, I feel quite bummed now. I don't think it's a pride thing...I think I just don't wanna take it over for 2 reasons:
1. I will have to spend more money
2. It was a doggone long test! I really don't wanna study and take it again.
I have already jotted down things that I need to go over more for next time. Bummer.

Trip to the dentist

I went to the dentist yesterday and it was, surprisingly, a good experience...mainly because of the dental hygienist I had. She was an older woman who took time with me and told me more about what I need to do and why I need to do it than any other dentist I ever have had.
Anyways, from my previous trips to the dentist, I already knew that I still had two baby teeth and no permanent teeth under them. Kinda interesting. Well, the last couple of months I started wondering if I just happened to miss the time that my wisdom teeth came in. Most people moan and groan as their wisdom teeth are surfacing. I don't remember ever having that. I thought, "well, maybe b/c I am made of Sprouse blood, that's why it didn't hurt so bad." My curiosity got the best of me, so yesterday I thought I would go ahead and ask how many wisdom teeth I have. The doctor looked in my mouth and told me that I had none showing in my mouth and she would go check my x-rays. Nope! She looked at me and said, "Man, you got jipped a total of six teeth!" Okay God, did you think I had enough wisom already? heheee. Yeah, I know...no comments please.
Even though I'm missing a few things I should have had, it actually is better for me b/c I don't have them. I don't have to worry about the pain of them, the crowding of them, or even the surgery that lots of people require because of them. How true is this about other things in our lives that other people have and we think we want them or actually should have them. Maybe God mysteriously blesses us and keeps us from pain by not even letting us have them to deal with. Thank you Lord for your wisdom...and thanks for my lack of wisdom.........teeth:)

5k

So, my friend Lisa and I ran in a 5k race yesterday before church. It was amazing! I thought I would share some clips. Cheesy but fun. Running/walking in a race is great motivation to keep going. If you would like to know some upcoming races, let me know and I will hook you up!

Race for the Cure

Yesterday I ran my first 5k. I thought I would post a picture of my excitement before the race. My last race I was so nervous I was thinking of ways to get out of running but this time, while I did have some butterflies, I was also real excited. I'm hoping to get some video clips up of the race and my pre-workout that I was digging! If they are not posted here, you can look on www.tifiny-healthjournal.blogspot.com.

I'll roll the stone away!

I think that we all know the story of when Jesus called out to Lazarus and He came out in his grave clothes alive. Wow, what a scene. But as I was reading today, something struck me that had never struck me before in my other times of reading this story. If Jesus had the power to raise Lazarus from the dead, didn't He have the power to remove the stone? Of course He could have...but was He looking for faith and obedience in the women?
I stopped to think about how many times in my life I pray to God to bring me out of the grave, to put new life in me, to pull me out of my trouble...and maybe all He's waiting for is me to push that stone away. For me to take that step of faith and obey... to give Him that part of my heart that's keeping me in the grave. OR maybe God's waiting for me to roll that stone away so that somebody else can walk out of the grave. Lord, I'm ready to roll it away!