Chel's Live Journal

Writer's Block: Cyberstalking

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:01:38 GMT

No I do not keep track of exes on social networking sites. I don't really care to know what they are doing...they are exes for a reason.

Writer's Block: Le Quatorze Juillet

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:24:06 GMT

Je t'aime l'eclairs.

for those of you not on Facebook here is the news

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:12:31 GMT

I am pregnant and am due in November.

Writer's Block: Technology Lends a Helping Hand

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:41:21 GMT

Technology lends a helping hand in making list exchanges easier. I can email my Christmas list to my siblings and parents without having to make three copies. I also can get shopping done via the internet. Email makes it easy to get updates on what my nephews want for Christmas.

I haven't done this since before the wedding

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:37:03 GMT

This morning I went to Sunday School. I haven't done that in like 8 months. I stayed because I had signed up for the post-VBS picnic which was after Sunday School. I liked it and am planning on going back next week.

Because of LiveJournal

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:54:12 GMT

I am married to Jim because of LiveJournal. The week before he and I met my best friend Ben hacked into my livejournal and pretended to be a guy I had been talking to. I got the closure that I would need. Therefore I was able to go to the Young Republicans meeting on Saturday with my mind clear. I got up and went to the meeting. The last thing my Mom said to me before I got out of the car was, "You never know, you might meet someone." I said, "I doubt it."

Visit this and watch the video

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:09:34 GMT

I heard about this today. I want you to watch this video and share the joy. The kids in this video are students of mine from church. Ayla, the oldest is in 6th grade. Airron the oldest son is in 5th. Hunter is in second grade and Genna is in first. This is a priceless video of a wonderful patriot we call Lt. Kennedy.
www.wfmj.com. go to Sharon Soldier's Homecoming Surprises His Kids.

My day off

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:11:13 GMT

I spent the a bit of the morning at the doctor's office. I had an allergic reaction. I am now taking prednisone and putting Patanol in my eyes. I am such a pro I could tell my new doctor what worked. He didn't argue with me. He and I tweaked the plan and I got 10 pills to take over the next 5 days. My mom is going to get me some Patanol drops or something better than that.

Goals for 2008

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:42:20 GMT

I know the new year is almost three weeks old and I haven't updated in a few weeks to a few months.
Here are my goals for the new year.
1) To be published in Guideposts. Either the magazine or the devotional book. Probably the devotional book.

2) to begin working toward my degree (unless of course I get pregnant between now and then).

3) if I do get pregnant to become a homemaker. It is not a bad thing. I wanted my degree to make being a wife and mother easier but to be quite honest I always wanted to be a homemaker and to sit in a rocking chair or on the floor making up stories for my kids and playing games to broaden their imaginations.

4) To grow nearer to God.

5) To be the best wife I can be to Jim.

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:40:28 GMT

Shortly after my husband left for work this morning, I had the radio on and the song "Stealing Cinderella" came on the radio. Being that I am very much a newly-wed I was struck by the song. By the end of the song, I was sitting on the couch crying. Thankful that Jim was not home at the moment. I love him so much. I cannot believe how natural it is to be married to him. He is so many wonderful things rolled into one awesomely handsome guy.

interesting quote

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:52:01 GMT

There is a quote here in the classroom where I am at. It says, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt

My presence will go with you...

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:17:39 GMT

In Exodus 34:13, there is the verse, "My presence will go with you and I will give you rest." The context is the Israelites are roaming in the desert.
God offers that promise to us as well. Three years ago, I was tense with the requirements to qualify for Student Teaching. God gave me that verse then and it became somewhat of a lullabye for me.
I was thinking of that last night. Here is what I came up with as what is His promise and then my reply.

My presence will go with you
and I will give you rest.
So close your eyes and rest your weary head
I know the pain you're going through and the
questions that remain.
I will sing you a Heavenly lullabye.

I promised that I would go with you
even when the way is not clear.
I will never forsake you, that promise remains.
I know the plans I have for you and I am not quite done.
I will sing you a Heavenly lullabye.

Your presence will go with me,
You will give me rest.
Now I will close my eyes and rest my head.
You know the path is not clear and there are questions that remain.
So please sing me a Heavenly lullabye.

When I cannot trace your presence hand, I know I can trace your heart.
Lord, please sing me a Heavenly lullabye.

Stefan

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:45:22 GMT

My cousin Stefan is 37. He was just diagnosed with colon cancer. It had not spread to his other organs. They are going to treat him aggressively to make sure it doesn't spread. Pray for his wife Sandy and their three children.

The test

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:43:50 GMT

Jim and I spent from Thursday morning until yesterday afternoon together. Nothing illegal or immoral happened but you know if you can spend that much time with someone and still love them, I guess it is a good sign you can put up with each other for fifty-years. I love him so much. It made me cry having to leave yesterday. A year ago I could never have imagined loving someone so much and so completely as I do Jim. In five months I will be days from being his wife. The thought thrills me.
He has helped me conquer fears. Fears of escalators, driving and trusting someone so completely.
Jim cares about me. I love who he is in my life. He makes me laugh and he makes me think. Think of how to show him how wonderful I think he is.

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:29:06 GMT

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I am a lot weirder than the rest of you?

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:11:59 GMT

So, ChelLeigh1979, your LiveJournal reveals...

You are... 13% unique (blame, for example, your interest in watching gac or cmt) and 19% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy working out). When it comes to friends you are lonely. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are wary of trusting strangers. Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is conventional.

Your overall weirdness is: 47

(The average level of weirdness is: 27.
You are weirder than 88% of other LJers.)

Find out what your weirdness level is!

My crazy week

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:56:19 GMT

This past week has been insane...okay make the last two weeks. A few weeks ago my computer crashed and I am still trying to get it back in order. Then Monday Jim's grandma fell and broke her knee-cap. So this week was spent talking to him about what was going on. Today we spent the day in the Critical Care Unit.

Engagement ring

Tue, 01 May 2007 03:38:17 GMT

For those of you on Facebook, you probably have seen the last entry. Jim gave me the ring during the fourth inning once the message was on the JumboTron. I dropped the baggy that the ring was in as I tried to find it in the Cracker Jacks.
It has been on my finger and was only off my finger long enough for me to take a shower this evening.
The amazing thing is that I have decent fingernails and so my ring looks wonderful.

Yesterday

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:52:45 GMT

Jim had told me earlier in the week that he was planning on doing something special for my birthday. He wanted to know where I was working at to deliver my present. He had been hoping I would end up at one of the local high schools so that he could have the choir sing to me. He had planned on coming to the one high school and giving me the ring but alas I was not called to go there in time. I did get called to Sharon High School where he wanted me to go.
Instead of getting seranaded by a bunch of high schoolers, I received 2 dozen daisies. I was seranaded last night by my future father-in-law and then later by 3 county commissioner candidates following the Republican commissioner candidates' debate.
I spent last evening at a debate between the four Republican candidates.

Update on the ring

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:04:02 GMT

No I don't have it yet. According to Jim, he is going to Ultra Diamonds on Wednesday or Thursday. So I just might have it by the weekend. I am going to be on the edge of my seat for the next few weeks.
Rob and his fiancee Rachel are getting married next month. I really think I am getting the ring on the 28th at PNC Park. So you all that live in the Burgh might just want to watch the Pirates' game.

Copied from my Yahoo 360 blog.

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:01:01 GMT

It has been twenty-six week since Jim and I sat beside each other during the September meeting. He made a motion that would change both of our lives...the motion was a date.

Five minutes later, I finally answered and he asked me if I would be his girlfriend. I said yes. We went out on dates and began to realize that there was something different and special about our relationship. People noticed that my eyes gleamed. Something that hadn't happened in awhile.

Three and half months later, on New Year's Day, we were at his house sitting on the floor talking when he asked me to be his wife and I said yes. Our plans began to take shape and now we are knee-deep in wedding plans for our December nuptials.

God's Gift

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:40:51 GMT

I am reading Dee Henderson's book God's Gift while I pass time after work at the local community library. I am an avid reader of Dee Henderson's books but until last week, it didn't occur to me that the book I am reading has a striking familiarity to my own life. There are a few characters who seem a bit familiar to me. One is Rae---short for Rachel and her significant other is James. I started laughing as I read the book. How ironic that the characters have the same names as Jim and I.
Jim and I began reading True Courage on Friday. He likes the book. Or he at least likes listening to me read.

Our song

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:13:37 GMT

If They Could See You Through My Eyes

Verse 1:
Everyone tells me how beautiful you are | And what a lucky man I am | And though they all can see the way you look at me | They don't see it like I can

Chorus:
If they could see you through my eyes | They'd know where the real beauty lies | Deep inside your heart | Who you really are | If they could see you through my eyes

Verse 2:
All I have to do is gently touch your face | And baby I can tell so much | Though I'll never see the way you look at me | I know I'm the lucky one

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
In the quiet of night when I hold you close | I can feel how bright you shine

Repeat Chorus

Tag:
If they could see you through my eyes

This is a song that Gordon Mote, the piano player for the Gaither Homecoming Concerts, wrote for his wife. He is blind.
I cried through this song. This is the song that will be played at the wedding and will be playing while my pictures are on the screen at the reception.
For the first time, I am with someone who loves me for who I really am. There is no "I am attracted to you emotionally but not physically." Jim loves me completely. He loves who I am in all aspects. Could I truly wish for anything more? No.
I say no because Jim and I have this little ritual where during our conversations, we read the Bible. He actually initiated this one evening and we have read through Luke and about 1/2 of Matthew.

Dresses!!!

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:30:40 GMT

Saturday I went dress shopping with my mom, my mom's two sisters, my sister and sister-in-law, my cousins Madisyn, Makayla and Valerie as well as my future mother-in-law Ginny. We spent close to three hours shopping for dresses by 1:00 we had chosen all the dresses we needed to.
I chose my dress. If you want to see my dress go to bonny.com and click on Unforgettable. My dress is on page 3 and it is 1601. The flower girls dress is under Flower girl and is 4212. The bridesmaids dresses are on majesticbridals.com. The dress is BM017 and is the two on the right.

Come on you know, you want to take this test

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:20:58 GMT

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