P365: Day 22-41

hello friends!  my it's been a while since i last posted anything hasn't it!  well...it's been a busy past couple of weeks to say the least.  a quick recap of what's been going on:

my mom suffered a "mini-stroke" and was in the hospital for 5 days :(  doctor's ran all sorts of tests and fortunately all tests came back with good results.  seems that stress was the biggest factor in triggering the attack.  it broke my heart to see my mom in that condition. i'm so thankful to live close enough so that i could get to her side as quickly as possible.  anyhoo - she's do much better now and although her energy is still low, she's feeling 100 times better than that Friday.
the day my mom was discharged was also the day we had new guests arrive from opposite sides of the country to attend a house church seminar that was being held out Seoul Baptist Church / New Life Fellowship.  We had a young lady from southern California and another young lady from New Jersey.  both wonderful to meet and get to know over a period of about 5 days.

during that weekend, DH and I also managed to go see The Blind Side movie with Sandra Bullock.  LOVED.IT.  Seriously...I had to control myself b/c I just wanted to cry out loud so much.  Maybe I'd just had a very emotional past week or so...but this movie was SO GOOD.  if you haven't watched it.  GO NOW.

i also didn't get to work out for that entire last week of the month...but that's better than not working out the entire month, right?

last weekend we celebrated my niece's 100th day of life.  it's a Korean tradition known as "paegil" believe.  something about it being a signifucant milestone for Korean babies to make it to the 100th day of life.  her parentals held a lunch at Todai and we got to hang out with family and friends.

also, this past weekend was Nancy's bridal shower hosted by her friend Lola - who is an extremely sweet and kind friend of the bride to be.  it was a Sex and the City themed shower complete with Cosmopolitans, yummy food, and of couse all the girls looked fabulousl  one of the best things about the shower was being able to spend time with out of town girlfriends...Jane, Kai, and Diana - was soooo good to see them all!

i made two sets of cards this past weekend as well.  a set of thank you cards..and then a set of kid's birthday cards.  it was so nice to get back into my card making. it felt like it had been forever since i last scrapped.  i even had to pick up a few new tools and goodies to get me back into the swing of things.
my mom suffered a "mini-stroke" and was in the hospital for 5 days :(  doctor's ran all sorts of tests and fortunately all tests came back with good results.  seems that stress was the biggest factor in triggering the attack.  it broke my heart to see my mom in that condition. i'm so thankful to live close enough so that i could get to her side as quickly as possible.  anyhoo - she's do much better now and although her energy is still low, she's feeling 100 times better than that Friday.

P365: Day 22-Day 41

 

Day 22 = trip to costco during lunch

  

Day 23 - dinner with my niece and her parents :)  love her in the cute little Puma track suit we got her for Christmas

 

Day 24

 

Day 25 - fruit bowl in preparation of arrival our of house guests

 

Day 26 - the only pic captured of my mom's hospital stay..my parking stubs from visiting my momma

 

Day 27 - appetizers (water crackers topped with cream cheese, cucumbers, and smoked salmon) we made for a special dinner with our two guests and our house church members

 

Day 28 - arrived to find this on my desk at work :)  thanks, Chris!

 

Day 29 - the formally bare wall at our church that got a beautiful makeover with some specialized wallpaper...design courtesy of Chan Do :)

 

Day 30 - last day of the House Church Seminar.  This is a group shot of the attendees along with their hosting shepherds (i'm in the pink scarf, DH behind me and our two guests are to my right)

 

Day 31 - wow.  this first month of the year went by FAST

 

Day 32

 

Day 33 - my running shoes need to look a bit more worn in.  clearly i work out indoors.

 

Day 34 - a rice cooker.  no Asian home is complete without one.

 

Day 35 - a sweet surprise that DH brought home for me.  Cupcakes from Crave.

 

Day 36 - the new goodies i got to get me back into my card-making :)

 

Day 37 - cosmos from Nance's bridal shower

 

Day 38 - congrats to the Saints on their Superbowl XLIV...and this is what happens to Colt's fans in my workplace.

 

Day 39 - meeting A for the first time!  such a cutie!

 

Day 40 - flowers at my mom's house

 

Day 41 - hanging out with my mom and her friends for an early Lunar New Year celebration dinner.

Okay, i think i'm pretty up to date now...i'll post more pics from that past weekends event later!  TTFN!

weekend recap

well, another weekend has come and gone by so quickly.  fortunately it was a good weekend  :o) the weekend started kind of early for me...by earlier i mean that i took friday off as a vacation day to do what i've been doing for the past 4 years now...volunteer my day to help at Inspire Women.  They have an annual luncheon/conference and my bff is the COO for Inspire Women.  They are dedicated to training and equipping women for serving in ministry.  you can learn more about Inspire Women here.  it was a long day but always such a blessing to meet the other volunteers and people that really make the conferences a success.  plus, they always have such amazing speakers and folks.  one year, i got to meet Elizabeth Elliot and was in charge of her book table during/after the luncheon/conference.  one year, i got to meet Jill Briscoe and again got to be in charge of her book table during/after the luncheon/conference as well. last year, i got to help at Anita Carmen's book table and that was pretty cool as well.  all of these women - so amazing.  And this year, I got to meet Arthur Blessit - a man who literally carried a cross over 38K miles.  He was the keynote speaker this year and he was so awesome.

Above is a picture of Arthur Blessit during the 9th Annual Inspire Women Conference.  Picture courtesy of Anita Carmen's weekly e-devotional.

 Amazing to see God in the lives of these very humble and interesting people. anyhoo - this year's conference was really great and i'm am able to be a part of it because of my BFF Mia...who with me realized that she and I have now known each other for 15 years.  so many things have happened and it's been such a memorable past decade and a half.
let's see what else happened this weekend...

on Saturday morning, DH and I went over to our friends' house to watch their 2 kiddos while the parentals when to get one of the kiddos 1st bday.  watching a toddler is a lot harder than i imagined it to be.  watching a baby not too bad. both of these kids, however, we like angels.  then it was time for us to head to the restaurant that the birthday party was being held at. all in all, it was a lovely afternoon filled with yummy food and cake (which was so nice!).

by Saturday afternoon, DH and I needed a nap.  so we took one.  we were pooped. 

that evening, we met up with two of our neighbors. we all were the first three couples that moved into our cul-de-sac.  this was the first time that we've gotten together outside of our neighborhood to go have dinner together and then we went to shoot some pool afterwards.  i have't been in a pool hall in probably a decade so that was really interesting..and fun :)

today, we woke up and ended up not making it to church because we were having car issues...which left DH in the garage all day getting that car taken car of.  he's great :)  and i on the other hand, have done about 4 loads of laundry whilst trying to get my card pics in order. 

i've managed to post a photo gallery with some pics i've done this past year.  hope you get to take a peek at them if you have time.  and if you have any suggestions or comments, i would love to hear them.  i say this as if there's anyone out there reading this.