blogging nelgected for 8 months!

I have neglected to post anything in several months...more like 8 months, but who's counting?! RIDICULOUS! I am finding it a lot harder to blog when I don't stay on top of my "blogging". You would think that after several months of not blogging I would have plenty to say. The reality of that is, I do...I just can't gather all my thoughts to even know where to begin. I am sitting here thinking of all the reasons I have not updated my blog...

1. too busy ...likely excuse
2. facebook is my addiction...it is distracting
3. still unpacking and getting settled (good try Lee Ann)
4. hip-hop class takes up a lot of time....okay, so I do take a hip-hop class but no it does not take up time
5. learning to play Xbox 360...NOT, that is Bryan's liesure time
6. traveling...even more of a reason to update the blog
7. learning to cook for two
8. too tired when I get home
9. attending toga parties...ok, only attended ONE and it was in my own home with my family

...and none of them are even close to a good excuse.

I feel like lately I have putting more and more things off...procrastination if you will and then when it comes down to it I wonder why I am getting a bit overwhelmed. Why is it, we (I) can not find the time or make the time to sit down and write? American life in my opinon is so busy. We are always on the GO GO GO! That is one thing I miss about the European life, taking my time. I never really felt like I was on a time clock there. I tried to tell myself that I would put that into practice here...and well, that has been extremely difficult. When you do slow down you can't keep up with the people around you or even attempt to.

Over the past several months our lives have taken a few changes, besideds full speed ahead...We have both gone on staff with North Star church. I am a Campus Connector, which means I hang out with kids (mainly high school) and serve the community and help bridge the students back to a church, and Bryan is now our College Pastor. We are both really excited about our jobs and feel these are doors the Lord is opening in our lives during this season. While Bryan is still at his FT job at the airport (we can't affort to lose the insurance yet) I have been trying to help him with college as well. I have really enjoyed being with all these students.
Since Bryan has taken this job, we have also moved out of our flat and into my parents old house. We are renting for them in the interim while we try to find our own place. It works out for everyone. Not only that, the house is set up perfectly for our ministries...to bad we are not staying here. We have a huge meeting room on the lower level and a seperate apartment attached to the house so that we can rent it out to college students...it really is a great deal.