Weekend Nightmare!

This weekend was a moderate nightmare starting at 7:30am yesterday morning.
I got tons of text messages, facebook messages, and phone calls from everyone I've EVER, I repeat, EVER have emailed with or have received an email from.  What might they have called about??

Oh just the mere fact that some LOSER hacked my email and used my email to spam out to my entire contact list, and I have spent the last day and a half trying to reverse what he's done.  Every time I would get logged in and get things set up with the proper security - I would get kicked out and my password would get changed on me.  I wanted to scream & cry!  I hadn't experienced that kind of pure frustration & the feeling of being attacked so much ever in my life.  It was unreal!  And of course it hampered my ability to log in here!

Even now, I have my password changed and am checking to see if anyone else is logged into my account from other locations than my own or my phone -- and closing it out.  Thankfully one time I was logged in I caught his email address & an IP address which I promptly forwarded to my favorite computer gal to see if she could help me in any way.

We'll see how long it takes for me to take back my account fully without concern -- but until that time, I have set up a new hotmail account just to use in case something else goes wrong with the gmail account.

Cross your fingers that lame-o has moved on -- he's certainly wreaked havoc on my life & internet life for this weekend, and honestly - that's more than enough for me!!!

Hope you had a great weekend though! The weather here is so nice now! Summer has arrived finally!!

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Mental Vacation

I have a strong feeling that today is going to be a quiet day - and I'm going to take advantage of that by taking a small mental vacation. How might one do this, you may be asking?

Easy...Re-live peaceful, wonderful, sweet moments from vacations past...in effect, tapping in to my stored memories & emotions about times on vacations & times in my life that I loved.  So I'll share some photos with you of what I'm remembering & treasuring right now! :) ** All photos taken by me

Day one of our honeymoon in Kauai, hubby Isaac & I took a small hike out to this lighthouse...so peaceful

Waterfall we stopped at on our helicopter ride around the island of Kauai

We had such a fun day being together & snorkeling.  I think we were planning

a late night trip for saimin at Hamura's -- local spot for killer saimin!

Brother came & supported me as I accomplished my first 1/2 marathon in San Fran. 

What a great brother!

Any true Disney fan will appreciate this :)

Palm Springs - love it

My thoughtful husband - planned a getaway for us the last weekend

before football started....love my Oregon coast!

Even though it was sad at the time - this picture makes me so incredibly proud

to be a part of the family I am. Love my veteran dad & active duty brother - they're the BEST

Daddy's girl from day 1!

Beautiful Hawaiian sunset -- Princeville, Kauai  Hawaii

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Some People

Despite the fact that today I have dealt primarily with wonderful people who I like very much....

I have come to the end of my day dealing with one of my least favorite clients, who is a bully, rude, and passive aggressive....  And we all know how much everyone loves a man who's passive aggressive!

All I want to do right now is scream! And if I didn't have a splitting headache, or about 50 other things to do before I leave to go run, I just might!!

I need a vacation to start a countdown for... Sheesh!
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A Bit Stressed

I hate when things are up in the air - I hate when things are not certain - I hate when I don't have more control over things.


And now...I believe that I will be on the part time job hunt to add to my full time job currently.  Adios vacation I so wanted to go on - Adios....


A little down in the dumps today -- humph :(

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Friday Thoughts...

Two of mine & Isaac's friends were recently divorced - which in itself was heartbreaking.  They were our "go to" couple friends, we matched with one another so well and got together often.  We so loved our friendship.Through the divorce though we have remained friends with both - and still treasure our friendships with them. They are two of the greatest people we have met and spent time with.  And in this year, my friend has come to know the Lord as her personal Savior, she has accepted His gift of forgiveness & transformation & has become a new creation through & through!  It's been so sweet to see how God has softened her once distant heart - and changed it in to a soft place, yearning for the love & guidance of Christ.  Her desire for the Lord is so evident - it is so clear - so concrete.... it challenges me to find that place within my own relationship with the Lord.  To put my earthly self aside and seek out His will, His wisdom, His power, His forgiveness, His love first above all.

There have been some definite hard times in the last couple months that she has faced and is facing now - but I know and am incredibly confident that her primary focus will be on leaning on the Lord & on His understanding.  There are so many scriptures that come to mind when I think of this friend & the situation... But I lean on this...
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?  As it is written:  'For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'  No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:35-39

Regardless of the situation - no matter how desperate the circumstances I am not alone - nothing can come between the love my Father has for me and I for Him.
So I will wait & trust in that.

Hope all have a great weekend -- it's time to rest for sure!
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Parker Backyard Project UPDATE!

I think perhaps going out of town is beneficial to the completion of our backyard project!  Isaac gets so focused and zeroed in on completing about 100 projects.  Have I mentioned lately how grateful I am to have such a handy and creative husband?  What luck?!  A man who enjoys building things - and has the deep love of creating & designing it as well.

Here are the latest photos of the pergola out back - the biggest part of the project to date:

 

He even angled off the over hanging boards!

It looks so great! 

We're thinking of putting some shade beneath the boards -- a sort of roman shade.  And my dad, who's an electrician, will be helping Isaac switch out the light & add an outlet for some patio lights that we'll string up.

Next on the agenda: sod the back yard (my hubby enlisted some of his football players to lay a couple yards of fill dirt to start leveling out the yard), barkdust, finish flagstone side spot for garbage cans (get those puppies outta the garage!!), & finishing touches -- i.e. patio furniture, flowers, colorful pillows for patio furniture, etc.  The best part about this entire project was a text message I received from Isaac while I was in San Diego... He said that even though he's exhausted, what keeps him going is the excitement of being able to enjoy & play with our future children in our beautiful backyard.  What a sweetie!

Any other ideas on who to really finish off the yard project?  Or what projects do you have for your yard this summer??

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Home & Back At It!

I survived the road trip with Brother -- but now is the time to work work work!
Will catch up on the blog & photos soon!!

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