Emails are an easy way to record your life

Mom,
Sorry it took me so long to respond!
Yes Richard JUST got the gift cards right after you sent the email, that was good timing. You were so generous! Wow! Thanks so much. He is really excited to use up the target gift card because I used all the ones up from our wedding myself (oops! I wanted frames!) And plus I am grateful you gave us a restaurant gift certificate so we can go on a date :-)

my add in---> Richard's birthday was October 5th! We went to Thai Chili Gardens (even though the last 3 times we went out to eat, we went there...*sigh*) and enjoyed some curries. I was kind of sick that day, so that's about all we did. I bought him an evolution-running DVD. He loves that sort of stuff.


I am SO excited about my classes next semester! I figured out finally how to fit all my classes in next semester without having to do some in the spring. It turns out a lot of the education classes only last half a semester (they are block classes), so even though they are about 2 hours long, I can take a lot more of them because I can take half before Feb 24, and half of them after Feb 25th. I was worried that I would have to go to school this spring, but thank goodness I don't! So I can make money and not get too burned-out. Plus, I actually get to learn how to teach, instead of taking all these ridiculous biology classes that (in my opinion) are a waste of my time. Plus, I am DONE with all of my generals finally. No more religion classes, no more history or English classes...just education and a couple biology classes.
Hopefully I didn't confuse you with all that mumbo-jumbo.

--->YAY! EASY LOADS OF CLASSES FROM NOW ON (mostly)!

I think I feel alot better about our beehive home situation knowing that we are going to move out before next fall, and also knowing that I have all summer to find a new job and work. We have actually saved a lot of money so we should be fine. We are planning on going on a cruise (we got a free cruise with our cookware) after we quit this job. That will be a lovely break/reward.
There is light at the end of the tunnel.

-----> we are officially moving out of the nursing home before next fall! YAY!!

OH! One more thing!
A lady (Myrle) this week broke her ankle (the same one who has had gangrene and is still healing from it---she has always been so hard to deal with) and Valoy has finally told her family to find a new home for her. Myrle's daughter has been spending the night every single day this week until they find her a new home. So yay! Now we don't have to find her on the floor in the mornings and clean up her diarrhea in the middle of the night!

---->Once Myrle moves out, there will be no level 2 ladies anymore! This means we can go to bed at 8:30 if we really wanted, instead of waiting up until 10:30 to give people pills. I would never go to bed at 8:30 anyway, but that just shows that we will have peace at night instead of stress. Myrle would always ask us for pills over and over, sometimes as late as 12 am. Thankfully, she is leaving, so this won't ever happen again. She will be placed in a care home that will take much better care of her because they will be awake all night to take care of her diarrhea, falls from broken ankle/gangrene toe/ dizzyness, and her continued alzheimers.

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Love,
Kristine

"This Marriage"

I found this piece written by Eric Whitacre. He is an amazing choral/ band composer.
Watch this you-tube video and read this lyrics while listening to this gorgeous piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzGkcZaCK_0&feature=related

It is very touching.


May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
May it be sweet milk,
this marriage, like wine and halvah.
May this marriage offer fruit and shade
like the date palm.

May this marriage be full of laughter,
our every day a day in paradise.
May this marriage be a sign of compassion,
a seal of happiness here and hereafter.

May this marriage have a fair face and a good name,
an omen as welcomes the moon in a clear blue sky.

I am out of words to describe
how spirit mingles in this marriage.