Prayers for my Nani...

Update 2:

My Aunt Julie called and said that Nani is doing MUCH better. After 2 days of little sleep and a lot of tests, it's been diagnosed as a severe case of Diverticulitis. She should be able to go home as early as tomorrow morning! Such an answer to prayer...thank you!!

Update:

She had a rough night last night, still bleeding more than she should...they ran some tests and we'll see what they come up with this afternoon! I'll let you know...until then, keep praying :)

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It seems like when it rains it pours. We lost my grandfather just three short months ago, and now my Nani is sick. My sweet Aunts have taken her to the hospital. She's lost a lot of blood and is a bit lethargic. We don't know exactly what the problem is at the moment, but I would covet your prayers for her at this time!

I'll update when I know more...

Merci!!

It's nice to feel appreciated! As I finished a lesson with one of my students, whom I've been teaching for the past six months, he brandished these beauties from his briefcase. Nice, huh?


He said it was a token of his appreciation. Well actually, no he didn't. He doesn't exactly know those words yet...but you get the idea!

Vindicated!

This video proves I'm not that crazy for my infatuation with "the Sound of Music." It could be worse, right?

(located in Antwerp, which is in Belgium for those of you that didn't know)

Look out D.C. You've got nothing on Liege :)

Hello Spring!

Stephen's Birthday Celebrations

Today is Stephen's 27th birthday!!! We've had so much fun this weekend...on Friday we went out with some co-workers to play pool and darts...and of course ended up at a disco afterwards!







On Saturday we headed to Brussels to spend the night and had dinner with some friends from church. Michelle made "Toad in the Hole," a British specialty! It was delicious!!!



Today at church we had cake and fun fellowship. Yes, we have church in a public place, and yes there's a bar! Unique, and we love it!



Happy Birthday Stephen...I love you MORE!

P.S. Sorry for my voice singing loudly in the video. I always forget it picks up the closest voice...annoying! Sorry :)

Fashion forward?

When I was 16 I worked at Tommy Hilfiger at the Galleria in Dallas. I had to wear all the preppy clothes and deal with really ridiculous people who just wanted the "label." Case in point: We would wrap all purchases in tissue paper and then seal it with a "Tommy" sticker...well they would BEG for a roll of the stickers. Strange. I digress...

This morning I woke up and it WASN'T RAINING. Do you hear the "hallelujah?" So I decided to forego the living room work out and go for a run. I hadn't eaten breakfast, and this bit of information would be completely asinine if it weren't that I was about 100 feet behind a woman 10-minutes into the run that was wearing copious amounts of "Tommy Girl," and I really felt like if I had eaten I would have chucked right there on the street.

Without warning I was right back in that little store in the Galleria. Busy Saturdays with at least 500 "trial sprays" of Tommy Girl from obnoxious groups of teenage girls on the prowl. I guess this is all to say that not all Europeans are "fashion forward."

Spring?

Photo by: Grefft

I really wish I could take credit for this photo, but I can't. It's in NYC...and it's amazing! But the rain here isn't so magical!

I rode my bike to work this morning...had to be there at 8. It wasn't raining, but in Belgium (especially in the Spring) there is ALWAYS potential. It didn't rain the entire time. Wow!

I rode home at 9:30 and it rained the whole time. I rode back at 12:30 and the sun was shining. I rode home at 4:45 and it rained the whole time. Do you see a pattern?? NO?

There ISN'T ONE! It's the most random weather right now. I guess you could say that "Spring has Sprung?" I don't know...I don't love it, that's for sure!

Monday night I ran from one class to another and as I arrived, my sweet student looked at my rain-soaked face and hair and said, "Yep, Belgium in March."