A double whooper for all those out there that read our blog.
So as I said in my earlier blog Be anxious for nothing is humanly impossible. I am learning as I thought I had done before that only true focus and trust in God can take away this anxiousness. Singing Praises, focusing on words God tells you to stand on, trusting God has your best in mind. This is the only way I can truly receive the Peace that Jesus has for me as well as any of you. Do not look to the left or right; Be still and know I am God, etc.
So the ship has a date for tomorrow or the next day to leave if I focus on this I freak but again that is looking to the Left or Right. All I can do now is think how Great God is and that he won't keep any Good thing from me. If the good things is Israel then we shall go. If it is not a good thing for Joel and I to go to Isreal He will not allow it to happen.
Praise you Father for even though your best to us isn't always how we like it at least we can stand on the Fact that you will do every thing in your power to provide the best.
So as of now this moment I am peaceful. Praise God for that.
Peace in Christ Jesus,
Dess
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Be Anxious for Nothing (Not Humanly possible)
So it has been a while since we have jotted down anything on our blog. And right now I need some therapy. So here it is.
Israel Israel Israel. That is all that has been running through any Friend Ships crew head since August 2nd when they made the announcement we were heading for Israel in two weeks. As of today it has been four. We have been working long hours with little time off. We are tired and exhausted. But for me these are nothing compared to my anxiousness. Jesus says be anxious for nothing in all things bring your supplications and requestion to the Lord with thanksgiving . . . . (I don't think I got most of the scripture right but I hope you get the point)
So why am I anxious because Joel and I still do not know if we are going to Israel or not. If the ship leaves before we get our immagration interview which is Sept 6 a week from today then we won't go if the ship is held up we go.
Back and forth back and forth.
Plus on top of this Joel and I have responsiblities for the mission trip. Joel has more than I but I seem to stress out a bit more than he does. He is arranging the cargo that will be leaving for Israel. Very hands on!!! I don't know all of his Job but he works a lot later than I do. I have been procuring to get food for the voyage. This is stressful to me because it is parishable foods that we need at the last moment but the companies need time to order the food in advance . . . so we think we are leaving this day we order the food in advance and then we don't leave on that day. Yikes. Plus all the extra running around to get items that departments need for the voyage.
Joel and I have recently become sick. I gave it to Joel. Poor Joel. I was in bed all day yesterday, didn't feel that good today but there is too much to do.
Sorry if words, sentences, phrases are choppy I am tired and not thinking straight. So that is Joels and my life in a nut shell these past few weeks. Pray that we will be less anxious. We really want to go but God does not with hold any Good thing from those that love Him.
Love ya'll very much.
Blessings,
The Butlers
Israel Israel Israel. That is all that has been running through any Friend Ships crew head since August 2nd when they made the announcement we were heading for Israel in two weeks. As of today it has been four. We have been working long hours with little time off. We are tired and exhausted. But for me these are nothing compared to my anxiousness. Jesus says be anxious for nothing in all things bring your supplications and requestion to the Lord with thanksgiving . . . . (I don't think I got most of the scripture right but I hope you get the point)
So why am I anxious because Joel and I still do not know if we are going to Israel or not. If the ship leaves before we get our immagration interview which is Sept 6 a week from today then we won't go if the ship is held up we go.
Back and forth back and forth.
Plus on top of this Joel and I have responsiblities for the mission trip. Joel has more than I but I seem to stress out a bit more than he does. He is arranging the cargo that will be leaving for Israel. Very hands on!!! I don't know all of his Job but he works a lot later than I do. I have been procuring to get food for the voyage. This is stressful to me because it is parishable foods that we need at the last moment but the companies need time to order the food in advance . . . so we think we are leaving this day we order the food in advance and then we don't leave on that day. Yikes. Plus all the extra running around to get items that departments need for the voyage.
Joel and I have recently become sick. I gave it to Joel. Poor Joel. I was in bed all day yesterday, didn't feel that good today but there is too much to do.
Sorry if words, sentences, phrases are choppy I am tired and not thinking straight. So that is Joels and my life in a nut shell these past few weeks. Pray that we will be less anxious. We really want to go but God does not with hold any Good thing from those that love Him.
Love ya'll very much.
Blessings,
The Butlers
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Check out our Flickr Sight
Hey Guys,
Just wanted to let you know we put pictures from our anniversary on our flickr sight. Hope you guys enjoy them.
Sorry it has been so long since we blogged last. We are working overtime weekdays and weekends for the Israel mission coming up.
Please pray that God will give us ALL the energy we need to make it until the ship sails for Israel.
God bring peace to Jerusalem!!!
Blessings to you all,
The Butlers
Just wanted to let you know we put pictures from our anniversary on our flickr sight. Hope you guys enjoy them.
Sorry it has been so long since we blogged last. We are working overtime weekdays and weekends for the Israel mission coming up.
Please pray that God will give us ALL the energy we need to make it until the ship sails for Israel.
God bring peace to Jerusalem!!!
Blessings to you all,
The Butlers
Saturday, July 22, 2006
He has made everything beautiful in its time.
On Friday July 15th I had a very bad afternoon. I am in charge of the food ministry and I am driver to pick up the food. But when I am not doing pick ups I am doing errands for Sharon my boss.
The Celica was nearly out of gas so she asked me to go fill it. I went down the street and pulled behind a car that was done filling up. There was no one in front of the car so I pulled right behind him. He started backing up. So I slowly started backing up. I didn't see anyone behind me. So I kept going. A few seconds later there was a car bumping my car on my passengers side. We had hit parrallel to one another. There were three people in the car. The passenger in the back rolled down his window and started yelling at me "You are going to pay, You are going to pay!!!" In my head I started asking God "God am I going to get beat up?" The possibility was very high. Should I run or should I stay. I looked at the driver he didn't roll down his window. So I mouthed sorry and shrugged. He motioned me to move forward. I started to move forward. The passenger that had been yelling at me jumped out of the car, got right in front of me and started yelling at me even more. "Oh no you are going to pay. NO you are going to pay." as if I was trying to run off. I told him the driver had told me to go forward. He had obviously not seen the driver motioning me to move forward. He finally let me through. I thought one more time do I run or do I stay. I decided to pull up to a gas pump. They pulled behind me at a gas pump.
A large girl from the front seat and the angry yelling guy both backed away when they saw me get out of the car. I got out to talk to the driver and the other two stayed distant behind him. I realized I was a lot taller than both of them and felt if I had to I could defend myself if they started throwing punches but I really didn't want to do that. I asked the driver "What do you want from me?" He was a lot more calm than his two friends. He said you need to pay me. (Just so you know I have never been in this type of situation before. No has ever told me what to do. So I did the best I could.) I asked "how much?" (I really didn't want to get beat up or in a fight I thought this would calm them down) The girl said you owe him big. In my head I was like I only have 150 in the bank I don't have that much to give this guy. He said 40 dollars. That is when his two friends started freaking out. "No NO she owes you big. Make it 50." I looked the drive in the eye and said "What do you want from me." "50" he said.
I go in pay for the gas then went to the atm with my bank card. The ATM would only let me take out money in 20's. So I got out 60 went gave it to the driver. He said "I really appreciate this" I then filled the ministries car and left.
I felt so horrible. I cried and cried. The car was fine it only had a little paint off of it. No dents or anything. But I had lost 60 dollars. Well with the atm charging us it was $62.50. I felt horrible. God had told Joel and I that we would leave Friend SHips in about a year so we needed to start saving our money and then our anniversary is in July so we wouldn't have much money to do anything. I cried when I told Joel. I then gave it to God and said "I can't do anything about it, here it is God."
The next Thursday I was over it and it didn't bother me any more. During lunch Joel and I came in our room and there was a little homemade envelope that said to Joel and Dess Butler. We opened it and there in it was 65 dollars. I cried all day after that. I was so touched that God had "remembered" I was touched that some one was obedient to follow what God told them.
You know when you cry so deep and hard because your heart is breaking with sorrow well I was crying that hard for the rest of the day because I felt the deepness of Gods love for me. I had written in my journal the day after the accident. "God were you there. Did you protect me?" Then I wrote "God I know you were there I know you love and took care of me"
It was awesome. It says in Ecclesiastes 3:11. He has made everything beautiful in its time and this fullfills that scripture to me. Thank you Jesus for what you did. I truly deeply love you.
The Celica was nearly out of gas so she asked me to go fill it. I went down the street and pulled behind a car that was done filling up. There was no one in front of the car so I pulled right behind him. He started backing up. So I slowly started backing up. I didn't see anyone behind me. So I kept going. A few seconds later there was a car bumping my car on my passengers side. We had hit parrallel to one another. There were three people in the car. The passenger in the back rolled down his window and started yelling at me "You are going to pay, You are going to pay!!!" In my head I started asking God "God am I going to get beat up?" The possibility was very high. Should I run or should I stay. I looked at the driver he didn't roll down his window. So I mouthed sorry and shrugged. He motioned me to move forward. I started to move forward. The passenger that had been yelling at me jumped out of the car, got right in front of me and started yelling at me even more. "Oh no you are going to pay. NO you are going to pay." as if I was trying to run off. I told him the driver had told me to go forward. He had obviously not seen the driver motioning me to move forward. He finally let me through. I thought one more time do I run or do I stay. I decided to pull up to a gas pump. They pulled behind me at a gas pump.
A large girl from the front seat and the angry yelling guy both backed away when they saw me get out of the car. I got out to talk to the driver and the other two stayed distant behind him. I realized I was a lot taller than both of them and felt if I had to I could defend myself if they started throwing punches but I really didn't want to do that. I asked the driver "What do you want from me?" He was a lot more calm than his two friends. He said you need to pay me. (Just so you know I have never been in this type of situation before. No has ever told me what to do. So I did the best I could.) I asked "how much?" (I really didn't want to get beat up or in a fight I thought this would calm them down) The girl said you owe him big. In my head I was like I only have 150 in the bank I don't have that much to give this guy. He said 40 dollars. That is when his two friends started freaking out. "No NO she owes you big. Make it 50." I looked the drive in the eye and said "What do you want from me." "50" he said.
I go in pay for the gas then went to the atm with my bank card. The ATM would only let me take out money in 20's. So I got out 60 went gave it to the driver. He said "I really appreciate this" I then filled the ministries car and left.
I felt so horrible. I cried and cried. The car was fine it only had a little paint off of it. No dents or anything. But I had lost 60 dollars. Well with the atm charging us it was $62.50. I felt horrible. God had told Joel and I that we would leave Friend SHips in about a year so we needed to start saving our money and then our anniversary is in July so we wouldn't have much money to do anything. I cried when I told Joel. I then gave it to God and said "I can't do anything about it, here it is God."
The next Thursday I was over it and it didn't bother me any more. During lunch Joel and I came in our room and there was a little homemade envelope that said to Joel and Dess Butler. We opened it and there in it was 65 dollars. I cried all day after that. I was so touched that God had "remembered" I was touched that some one was obedient to follow what God told them.
You know when you cry so deep and hard because your heart is breaking with sorrow well I was crying that hard for the rest of the day because I felt the deepness of Gods love for me. I had written in my journal the day after the accident. "God were you there. Did you protect me?" Then I wrote "God I know you were there I know you love and took care of me"
It was awesome. It says in Ecclesiastes 3:11. He has made everything beautiful in its time and this fullfills that scripture to me. Thank you Jesus for what you did. I truly deeply love you.
Monday, July 17, 2006
8 Things you never knew and might not want to know about Dess hehehe :)
Joel and I have searched DEEP within me to find 8 things. Here they are:
1) I am afraid of giving an excessive amount of change to a cashier. I actually go into a panick attack: turning bright red, stuttering with my words, heart starts beating really fast, etc. I don't know where I got the idea from but I always feel like the cashier is thinking I am a big pill for giving more than a dollars worth of change.
I see other people pull out a whole sack of change and count it out slowly while there is a huge line behind them and the cashier is getting impatient. Now being in the ministry there has been a few times they have sent me with a whole envelope of change to get stamps. I start prepping myself in line "I can do this, I can do this" But by the time I get up there I am like "I have my debit card on me I will just pay with that and by pass this embaressment"
2) My love Language is Words of Affirmation. When I first read the book The 5 love langauges and I was dating Joel I thought mine were Quality time and Physical Touch. But as time went on I learned that the less Joel gives me words of affirmation or kinds words of affirmation the more I decrease my physical touch and quality time.
One time I was having a hard time with a person who had ripped me in two with words she spoke over me. I prayed asking God way did I let her words get me down so bad. He brought me to Proverbs where it said: In the Tongue are life and death and those that love it will eat of it's fruit (something like that I don't have the bible right in front of me) But God showed me since my love language is Words of Affirmation that no matter if a person speaks goodness over me or horrible things I will eat its fruit and take it more to heart than a person whos love language is physical touch or quality time.
3) I am an extremist. I am either on one side of the spectrum or the other. I do not have any shades of gray. I am either hyper or barely mobile. Hard worker or Lazy. Example: For about 2 years Joel and I have been mindless with our money. We don't have bills, we don't buy our own food, we pretty much don't live in the real world so no need for a budget. But we started praying and God showed us in about a year we would be leaving Friend Ships so we needed to start saving our money. I went from not caring about our money to saving every penny. I am not kidding. When I would be walking outside I would look for change on the road or in pop machines. This got pretty excessive and God put me in my place and said I am not going to provide for you through pennies, dimes, nickles, and quarters. I am going to REALLY take care of you. This stopped me from looking for change. I still am pinching dollars though. :)
4) I am a food magnet. Do not sit by me or around me during a meal if you want to stay clean. I am blessed or cursed (dont' know which one yet) to always walk away from a meal with food on me or on others around me. One time I had spilled a lot of Ranch Dressing on the table. (I was proud that I didn't get it on me or any one else) So I got a napkin. Put the napkin at the tables edge where I was going to scoop the ranch into. Some how I missed the napkin completely and got all of it on Joel, who had just taken a shower and had clean clothes on. BEWARE all you who sit by me.
5) I struggle with letting my imperfection for God get me down. I hate messing up when it comes to God. I beat my self up terribly. Even on the things I am ignorant about but especially on things that I know better. When I do mess up I ask for forgivenes but then I find it hard to pray as if I can't look up at God to talk. Like a child with its head down while talking to the parent after making a big mistake. I pray this will go away before I get to the other side of Glory.
6) (Getting a little more serious now) The last guy I dated before Joel I had a lot of problems with his Family. Mother and Siblings. So I get very nervous and even freaked out being around Joels family. With Casey family (the guy I dated) it was so hard. I would cry every time I would be in their presents. On time behind my back his mom and dad tried to get Casey to date other girls. One of his sisters lied to his parents about me. Said some pretty horrible things. His oldest sister (who I thought had my back) wrote a horrible email about me to Casey. I loved his family very much. They meant a lot to me. It was hard not being excepted by them. If I were to see any of them today I would get pumped and excited to see them. But for his parents I wasn't LDS (or mormon) so I would never truly be excepted. I was best friends with his one sister but that turned out horrible. With the other siblings they believed lies from his sister who was my best friend and therefore the siblings didn't always like me.
7) I have come to the conclusion and the opinion that mirrors are not just for vanity. I have believed for a long time that mirrors were just to look at yourself/stare at yourself/reflect (as my dad would call it). Until one day I was out with a friend outside at Port Mercy and some one came by about ready to through away a mirror. My Friend Sarah said "hey Dess do you want it" I go "Oh no thanks I have enough and they are just for vanity reasons. " She was like no they are not I was like yes they are. She then said " what if you have a booger and you need a mirror to show you." I then said well "I have you who I know would tell me and I know Joel would tell me so there you go. I don't need a mirror." That was that.
Later on I had a late lunch that day so I wasn't with Joel and I ate a huge hamburger with lots of Ketchup. After lunch I went to do a few errands for the ministry. When I got in the car I looked in the mirror and there on my cheek was a huge smear of Ketchup. I had just come from the office and had been all through the office and none of the ladies had said any thing. After that I knew that mirrors are not just for vanity.
8) My grandmother was born in Canada. She was still a US citizen some how. But CANADA is in her blood therefore mine. I know I rip on Canada only for the purpose of bugging Joel but some where deep in my blood I have canada flowing through.
That is it. 8 Things you know about me and may never of wanted to.
And Paul Butler . . . . TAG YOU ARE IT!!!
1) I am afraid of giving an excessive amount of change to a cashier. I actually go into a panick attack: turning bright red, stuttering with my words, heart starts beating really fast, etc. I don't know where I got the idea from but I always feel like the cashier is thinking I am a big pill for giving more than a dollars worth of change.
I see other people pull out a whole sack of change and count it out slowly while there is a huge line behind them and the cashier is getting impatient. Now being in the ministry there has been a few times they have sent me with a whole envelope of change to get stamps. I start prepping myself in line "I can do this, I can do this" But by the time I get up there I am like "I have my debit card on me I will just pay with that and by pass this embaressment"
2) My love Language is Words of Affirmation. When I first read the book The 5 love langauges and I was dating Joel I thought mine were Quality time and Physical Touch. But as time went on I learned that the less Joel gives me words of affirmation or kinds words of affirmation the more I decrease my physical touch and quality time.
One time I was having a hard time with a person who had ripped me in two with words she spoke over me. I prayed asking God way did I let her words get me down so bad. He brought me to Proverbs where it said: In the Tongue are life and death and those that love it will eat of it's fruit (something like that I don't have the bible right in front of me) But God showed me since my love language is Words of Affirmation that no matter if a person speaks goodness over me or horrible things I will eat its fruit and take it more to heart than a person whos love language is physical touch or quality time.
3) I am an extremist. I am either on one side of the spectrum or the other. I do not have any shades of gray. I am either hyper or barely mobile. Hard worker or Lazy. Example: For about 2 years Joel and I have been mindless with our money. We don't have bills, we don't buy our own food, we pretty much don't live in the real world so no need for a budget. But we started praying and God showed us in about a year we would be leaving Friend Ships so we needed to start saving our money. I went from not caring about our money to saving every penny. I am not kidding. When I would be walking outside I would look for change on the road or in pop machines. This got pretty excessive and God put me in my place and said I am not going to provide for you through pennies, dimes, nickles, and quarters. I am going to REALLY take care of you. This stopped me from looking for change. I still am pinching dollars though. :)
4) I am a food magnet. Do not sit by me or around me during a meal if you want to stay clean. I am blessed or cursed (dont' know which one yet) to always walk away from a meal with food on me or on others around me. One time I had spilled a lot of Ranch Dressing on the table. (I was proud that I didn't get it on me or any one else) So I got a napkin. Put the napkin at the tables edge where I was going to scoop the ranch into. Some how I missed the napkin completely and got all of it on Joel, who had just taken a shower and had clean clothes on. BEWARE all you who sit by me.
5) I struggle with letting my imperfection for God get me down. I hate messing up when it comes to God. I beat my self up terribly. Even on the things I am ignorant about but especially on things that I know better. When I do mess up I ask for forgivenes but then I find it hard to pray as if I can't look up at God to talk. Like a child with its head down while talking to the parent after making a big mistake. I pray this will go away before I get to the other side of Glory.
6) (Getting a little more serious now) The last guy I dated before Joel I had a lot of problems with his Family. Mother and Siblings. So I get very nervous and even freaked out being around Joels family. With Casey family (the guy I dated) it was so hard. I would cry every time I would be in their presents. On time behind my back his mom and dad tried to get Casey to date other girls. One of his sisters lied to his parents about me. Said some pretty horrible things. His oldest sister (who I thought had my back) wrote a horrible email about me to Casey. I loved his family very much. They meant a lot to me. It was hard not being excepted by them. If I were to see any of them today I would get pumped and excited to see them. But for his parents I wasn't LDS (or mormon) so I would never truly be excepted. I was best friends with his one sister but that turned out horrible. With the other siblings they believed lies from his sister who was my best friend and therefore the siblings didn't always like me.
7) I have come to the conclusion and the opinion that mirrors are not just for vanity. I have believed for a long time that mirrors were just to look at yourself/stare at yourself/reflect (as my dad would call it). Until one day I was out with a friend outside at Port Mercy and some one came by about ready to through away a mirror. My Friend Sarah said "hey Dess do you want it" I go "Oh no thanks I have enough and they are just for vanity reasons. " She was like no they are not I was like yes they are. She then said " what if you have a booger and you need a mirror to show you." I then said well "I have you who I know would tell me and I know Joel would tell me so there you go. I don't need a mirror." That was that.
Later on I had a late lunch that day so I wasn't with Joel and I ate a huge hamburger with lots of Ketchup. After lunch I went to do a few errands for the ministry. When I got in the car I looked in the mirror and there on my cheek was a huge smear of Ketchup. I had just come from the office and had been all through the office and none of the ladies had said any thing. After that I knew that mirrors are not just for vanity.
8) My grandmother was born in Canada. She was still a US citizen some how. But CANADA is in her blood therefore mine. I know I rip on Canada only for the purpose of bugging Joel but some where deep in my blood I have canada flowing through.
That is it. 8 Things you know about me and may never of wanted to.
And Paul Butler . . . . TAG YOU ARE IT!!!
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Knitting Dess
I never thought it would happen but last night, Dess asked me to teach her how to knit. I thought it was a big step in proving that Dess is maturing. She's always been repulsed by the idea of learning how to knit. She says that she isn't patient enough and it takes too much time. But when i started to show another lady on the ship how to knit, Dess caught the bug. It's pretty cool how you can use some needles and yarn to make beautiful projects. Even though Dess didn't get to far with the knitting last night (she learned how to cast on and did 2 knit rows and 1 purl row before she got tired and wanted to go to sleep) she still did a great job and it's a good start.
I'm suffering with another bout of poison ivy rashes. This time i've got rashes up and down both my arms and a little bit on my chest and stomach. What a pain!! Really it is painful at times. I'm usually pretty good about not scratching. I was getting excited too because the rash on my legs had cleared up and i was looking forward to being able to scratch my body and not have to worry about there being a rash or not. Oh well, i guess that's what i get for being so hands on with my work. I was probably chopping down some limbs off a tree and the poison ivy sometimes crawls up the side with other vines. I don't exactly know what poison ivy looks like, even though i did a google image search for it and saw the plant, i can't really distinguish it when i'm out in nature. I guess those are the breaks.
Dess is out right now at a shelter for women and children. Her and her friend, Kippin, wanted to go and feed them a meal and make them feel special. They made lasagna. I think they also took salad, fruit and ice cream. I really love Dess' heart for other people. Especially for the poor, homeless and those in need. She really likes to be able to meet their needs and to do it out of Christ's love for them. As i've mentioned before, i'm not that way inclined, so it's awesome when i see her move out in it. It sort of spurs me on to get out of my normal selfish habits.
Thanks for the feedback on my 8 things. It was good hearing from Anna and from Rachel. Oh yeah and i guess you too Dad. I hope Dess comes up with her 8 things soon. Well, it's hot and humid and i'm hoping to call home tonight. I hope you are well and we miss you.
I'm suffering with another bout of poison ivy rashes. This time i've got rashes up and down both my arms and a little bit on my chest and stomach. What a pain!! Really it is painful at times. I'm usually pretty good about not scratching. I was getting excited too because the rash on my legs had cleared up and i was looking forward to being able to scratch my body and not have to worry about there being a rash or not. Oh well, i guess that's what i get for being so hands on with my work. I was probably chopping down some limbs off a tree and the poison ivy sometimes crawls up the side with other vines. I don't exactly know what poison ivy looks like, even though i did a google image search for it and saw the plant, i can't really distinguish it when i'm out in nature. I guess those are the breaks.
Dess is out right now at a shelter for women and children. Her and her friend, Kippin, wanted to go and feed them a meal and make them feel special. They made lasagna. I think they also took salad, fruit and ice cream. I really love Dess' heart for other people. Especially for the poor, homeless and those in need. She really likes to be able to meet their needs and to do it out of Christ's love for them. As i've mentioned before, i'm not that way inclined, so it's awesome when i see her move out in it. It sort of spurs me on to get out of my normal selfish habits.
Thanks for the feedback on my 8 things. It was good hearing from Anna and from Rachel. Oh yeah and i guess you too Dad. I hope Dess comes up with her 8 things soon. Well, it's hot and humid and i'm hoping to call home tonight. I hope you are well and we miss you.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
The long awaited "8 things you didn't know about Joel"
Well I've thought about it and talked it over with Dess and i've finally got the 8 things about me that you probably don't know.
1. I have a tendency to wear womens clothing for shock value.
2. I am a pyromaniac. I love setting off fires and playing with fire. The only problem is that i've burnt myself numerous times. Yesterday i got to light off the burn pile which was filled high with broken up wood and rags. Wee!!
3. Here's a story which Dess reminded me of: It was the day of our wedding. We were on our way to our honeymoon destination which was about a 5 hour drive from where we got married. During our drive we were opening up cards and presents which we'd received for our wedding. Dess felt the need to make a pit stop, so we pulled into a Wal-Mart in a small town in Texas. We sat in the car for a bit and i made sure to take all our cash gifts into Wal-Mart with us because i didn't feel it was safe in the car. When we were finished at Wal-Mart we started back for the car. As we approached it i told Dess, "i locked the keys in the car." She thought i was just joking. I was puzzled because the car hadn't done it's usual dinging to let me know the keys had been in the ignition. Then i figured it out. I'd locked the keys in the car with the car running. We had to go back into Wal-Mart to get a "wrecker" to open our locks. As we were waiting in the Wal-Mart, a lady asked us if we were coming from a prom. We were still dressed up in tux and wedding gown. Very embarassing.
4. I never thought it would happen, but i've married my mom. Well, not actually my mom, but Dess and Mom are very similar in their personalities and even thoughts. I remember telling Mom about how i wasn't going to marry someone like her. I don't remember why i said it, but i did. I think it may have even made her cry. I'm a mean person.
5. I'm an instigator at heart. I like to incite others to do things that are bad. One time i conviced my friend on the ship to "moon" Mary, the facility manager of the ship. He slipped down his pants and drew her attention. It was great.
6. My addictions are video/computer games and chocolate.
7. I feel like i've become part of the "system" at Friend Ships. Like i'm the one who explains why we do things the way we do them when it doesn't make sense to anyone else. It's frustrating because i never wanted to become a part of "The Man" but now i think i am.
8. I struggle with feelings of inadequecy in my life. This extends to all parts of my life, like as a supervisor or as a husband or my spirituality. I just don't feel good enough.
There's my 8 things. I'm going to tag Dess next. She's a good victim and i'm sure you'd love to know more about her. Also this keeps you checking out our blog for her 8 things.
joel
1. I have a tendency to wear womens clothing for shock value.
2. I am a pyromaniac. I love setting off fires and playing with fire. The only problem is that i've burnt myself numerous times. Yesterday i got to light off the burn pile which was filled high with broken up wood and rags. Wee!!
3. Here's a story which Dess reminded me of: It was the day of our wedding. We were on our way to our honeymoon destination which was about a 5 hour drive from where we got married. During our drive we were opening up cards and presents which we'd received for our wedding. Dess felt the need to make a pit stop, so we pulled into a Wal-Mart in a small town in Texas. We sat in the car for a bit and i made sure to take all our cash gifts into Wal-Mart with us because i didn't feel it was safe in the car. When we were finished at Wal-Mart we started back for the car. As we approached it i told Dess, "i locked the keys in the car." She thought i was just joking. I was puzzled because the car hadn't done it's usual dinging to let me know the keys had been in the ignition. Then i figured it out. I'd locked the keys in the car with the car running. We had to go back into Wal-Mart to get a "wrecker" to open our locks. As we were waiting in the Wal-Mart, a lady asked us if we were coming from a prom. We were still dressed up in tux and wedding gown. Very embarassing.
4. I never thought it would happen, but i've married my mom. Well, not actually my mom, but Dess and Mom are very similar in their personalities and even thoughts. I remember telling Mom about how i wasn't going to marry someone like her. I don't remember why i said it, but i did. I think it may have even made her cry. I'm a mean person.
5. I'm an instigator at heart. I like to incite others to do things that are bad. One time i conviced my friend on the ship to "moon" Mary, the facility manager of the ship. He slipped down his pants and drew her attention. It was great.
6. My addictions are video/computer games and chocolate.
7. I feel like i've become part of the "system" at Friend Ships. Like i'm the one who explains why we do things the way we do them when it doesn't make sense to anyone else. It's frustrating because i never wanted to become a part of "The Man" but now i think i am.
8. I struggle with feelings of inadequecy in my life. This extends to all parts of my life, like as a supervisor or as a husband or my spirituality. I just don't feel good enough.
There's my 8 things. I'm going to tag Dess next. She's a good victim and i'm sure you'd love to know more about her. Also this keeps you checking out our blog for her 8 things.
joel
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