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Name: Anette
Birthday: 12/10/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: Traveling, acting, singing, dancing, swimming, skiing, reading, hanging out with friends, photography, music, concerts, road trips, theology, writing, laughing, and being crazy!
Expertise: Encouraging, giving advice, helping ppl, supposedly. Also good @ writing stories & coming up w/creative ideas. Playing French horn. Running (6:36 min for one mile). 2 miles = 15:?? Good @ acting, skiing, swimming, & rollerskating.
Occupation: Student & babysitter
Industry: Education/Research
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| I'm married!I know this is really late, but...thanks to those of you that helped me in any way for the wedding; I truly appreciate it. Like helping with my bachelorette parties, decorating the church, decorating Idylwild, thinking of things that I forgot, taping the wedding, taking pictures, and even the little random favors here and there. And thanks to my bridesmaids for being in my wedding. I got married on June 21, 2008 at Calvary Baptist (our church), and our reception was at Idylwild in Pinewood. I have to say that was insanely fun. And a special thanks also to those who danced with Jason & those who danced with me for the money dance! Wow, let's just say we made enough to nearly pay for our honeymoon in hotel cost. And the hotels we stayed in were extremely nice, so we felt rich and spoiled  We spent the first 2 nights in Jacksonville, Florida (after spoiling Jason at Nascar in Daytonna) then the rest of the week was in Key West! We went on a glass bottom boat, on a sailboat too, went snorkeling, went to the beaches (where you can actually see your entire body underwater--the water is clear/turquoise/blue btw), and shopping. It was beautiful...just looking off the balcony from our room, the beach was right there, down below. And if you're a Jimmy Buffett fan, we went to Margaritaville too. "Searched for the lost shaker of salt" and "wasted away" from a "cheeseburger in paradise"...j/k. And the chef that cooked for us in the Japanese restaurant made a heart shape with the vegetables and also made a volcano out of onions. Maybe that's normal, but we'd never been to one til then, lol. So as of lately, we're remodeling our kitchen with new granite counter and new cabinets. Eventually new floor and lighting too. My mom and uncle plus Jason's mom were so sweet that they came over while we were on our honeymoon to clean up our house and move most of my stuff over! 
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| Bachelorette (for now)God is not sitting up there in Heaven, waiting to smite you for everything you’ve done wrong. This is a good thing, because if He was, I’d be out of luck...a long time ago. Everyone would. When the prostitute got caught in the Bible and was brought to be stoned, Jesus said whoever was without sin could be the first to stone her. Of course, nobody was without sin, so they all dropped their stones. And the prostitute was forgiven. It also says Jesus had written in the sand...maybe it was names and dates...how did these men know where to find her doing what she was doing? Maybe they each had had a turn before. We don’t know, but it’s a possibility. What causes Christians to do what God wants them to do? It is out of love and gratitude of what He did for us. He who has been forgiven much loves much. You “is” or you “aint.” Rather than looking for what you can get out of life, you will be looking to see what you can do for others. A real Christian will not stand on the bank and watch someone drown. They have to go pull them out. And they get more joy out of giving than receiving. Next on the list...my bachelorette party (part 2) was awesome and full of German traditions, of course. I am more percentage German than anything else, so it’s only right, lol. I had my lingerie shower, we broke plates, had Jeremy be “jack in the box,” and I got kidnapped. Yep, the reason we broke plates is because in Germany, when your friends break dishes, it symbolizes all the future problems in a marriage. The bride (with the groom if he wants to) sweeps up the pieces, symbolizing that the problems are being solved and “swept away.” So I guess all our future problems are gone! HA! And instead of getting a stripper to jump out of a real cake, Tana & I hired Jeremy to jump out of a box, decorated as a cake (with clothes ON). It was pretty funny. I think the box has just about had it. So the other German tradition (the kidnapping) is usually supposed to be done by a groomsman, but I didn’t really feel comfortable with that, so I got my friends to do it instead. Also, the kidnapping is supposed to take place at a bar, and hints are given to the groom until he finally finds out where they are. When he gets there, he is supposed to pay for all the drinks everyone had, while he was searching. This is what motivates the groom to hurry up and find them fast. But we went to a restaurant instead (Olive Garden) and made Jason guess where we were with little text msg clues here and there. It took him a few guesses, but he guessed it pretty quick! He’s too smart for these games. I can’t win with him, lol. But it was loads of fun. Those of you who came, thanks for coming, and I hope yall enjoyed it too! Oh, and the games Danielle brought gave us all such opportunities to be creative and make up our own crazy advice sayings! “A woman’s place...is doing missions!” “Every man’s home...is such a mess.” “A watched pot...grows plants that kill people.” (The Happening is a cool movie, aside from the liberal environmentalist freakiness) “If the shoe fits...hit someone with it.” “Home is...in Germany or on the beach.” “Too many cooks...are picky.” “A woman’s work...is sitting on her dairy air.” “My house is...the castle.” “True love...is for sissies.” “Marriages are...for crazy ppl.” “A watched pot...might blow up.” “Too many cooks...eat all the food.” Compliments of Tana & me... | | |
| Jimmy Buffett PsychologyOk, so here's parts of a conversation that a friend of mine & Jason's was having with him and me...well mostly with him but very entertaining to me...if you know anything at all about Jimmy Buffett and Gone With The Wind, you'll like!
J: B wants to know what you're wearing to the thing. me: Spaghetti strap dress.
J: Ok, she's wearing spaghetti...with fetticune maybe a nice garlic bread i dont really know. She just said spaghetti...like anyone has ever heard of that.
J: Break up with the loser...I hear Shane and Shane are single....unless i have a say in that (yes, yall...Jason has a huge man crush on them...he's in looove with them). Usually, the rule is that if the guy doesn't call for 2 weeks, it's over.
B: That's what I hear. J: Exactly we're on the same page...so call me tomorrow and tell me how he took the break up..."if the phone doesnt ring...youll know that its me"....or the other way around. (Jimmy Buffett psychology begins) B: Okay. i've decided that when its all over..."i'll never be hungry again!" Haha (plus GWTW psychology)
J: Yes, and just be single after that.
B: Forever? Lol
J: No, just long enough to find the right one. "200 years too late." (more Buffett, see all quotes)
B: Yeah...i hope its not..but if it is...at least we'll have "boat drinks." J: And "boats to build" B: And a "license to chill. Come Monday..it'll be alright."
J & me: Hop on my "slow boat to China." B: No, "please come to Boston in the spring time." J: But "theres fins to the left" B: "Fins to the right!" J: "And youre the only bait in town." B: "If you're a caribbean amphibean."
J: Well I need to go...work will come early....
B: "Work work work...a big pile of it, and my boss is a jerk."
J: Well actually, my boss is great. We go fishing together, and he loves me.
B: 10 ways to a better life according to Jimmy Buffett
J: "Mother Mother Ocean....I have heard you call...in your belly you hold the secrets" of how to break it off
J: "Here's seeing you kid" (nonBuffett thrown in)
B: "Rhett..if you go..where shall I go...what shall I do?" (GWTW) me: "Frankly my dear...I don't give a damn!" J: Flip that role and you have a solution on how to break up. You could be Rhett.
B: "Do you remember when...we used to sing?"
J: Ok, not completely.
B: "Sha la la la la la la la la lala ti da."
J: "My brown eyed girl"...so you gonna do it?
B: I'm working on it! J: Well I work on a lot of things....I do few....but what I do do is worth it....see if that applies in this situation.
B: This whole conversation is very enlightening on more than one level. J: Well that is good...that is Jimmys doing though. I'm confident that deep down....God is using Jimmy. B: Uh, yeah He is! So what's up now?
J: Currently in a worship Shane and Shane mode...wait gotta refresh myspace so the song will start over...and I'm being abused by my future wife...but i have to type alot before she gets back so she cant see it so that it will be off the screen J: hurry type J: typppppeee J: ok itsgone now | | |
| Let Him Handle itIt’s freaky when school staff tells you not to leave the kids alone in the room, because they’ll steal your stuff. Wow. So I was talking to a friend of mine (she knows who she is) about how I get so upset and distraught over stupid things. My insecurities tend to get the best of me at times, especially when it comes to who I’m dating. I’m not saying that’s why past relationships didn’t work out. However I’m sure it helped things go downhill quite nicely, lol. So the friend of mine said, "Yeah, what helps me with that stuff is just giving it to God." I had to make her repeat herself a couple times, before I knew what she said. I thought at first, ‘Oh, how holy of you. So what are you saying, that I’m not as good as you?’ But of course that’s not what she meant, and I realized that I haven’t really done that in a while. I had forgotten that I don’t have to deal with my issues all by myself. God will take care of it, if I just ask and let Him. I have to remind myself of that sometimes, because it’s so easy to try to control things on my own. I was kinda speechless for a second. It reminded me of how it was, when I first got to know her (the friend). She was always so content and happy with life, no matter what was going on. I had been jealous of whatever it was she had and wanted it too. I had tried to figure out what it could be and thought through all the possibilities. I thought maybe she had a better family than me. Not really; our families are somewhat similar. They’re not bad families, but they’re not perfect either. They’re good & normal. Then, I thought maybe she had more friends than me…nope, not really. We were the same there too. I finally realized that it was Jesus she had. I had already believed in Him, but my relationship with Him was nonexistant…that was about 8 years ago. So it’s really neat to know that nothing’s really changed and that she’s still completely content, no matter what life throws at her. What’s also great is having that same thing. I just have to keep reminding myself of what I have and that I’m not in this alone. It’s like trying to swim up a creek…it aint happenin, and you must get help. Tana, Jeremy, Danielle, Cristin, and I know this from experience now, lol. At Village Creek, we stupidly decided to float down the creek a little while and when trying to swim back to where we were, the current was way too strong. At that point, I remembered hearing about at least one person that had drowned there. How comforting, right? So we had to swim over to the edge, where there was land. The problem was that you can’t just step out on it; you have to climb, because it’s a steep drop-off. Plus the ground there was slippery & slime-y. Had lots of ants too. So Jeremy, being the strong guy he was, climbed up the cliff and stuck out his leg, so the rest of us could grab his ankle to get pulled up there. Yep, we almost died…not really, but perhaps. LoL. As if we weren’t dumb enough before, we decided to see how far and high we could go, climbing trees, until stuff started cracking (limbs). ;-D | | |
| You're Shamu..."Just Kidding!"I got a new car. It was very random. I needed to eventually get one for the honeymoon and because my old one’s on its last leg, so we were just gonna go looking. Well, I found the one. It’s a red 2008 Toyota Corolla S. I think it’s cute…I mean, I preferred the Shelby Mustang with the stripes down the middle, but I aint rich. And those things are heavy gas drinkers. Yeah, so maybe some other day. When we’re eventually well to do. Ha. But this one’s really nice too; I’m excited. It’s quite something, compared to my 1995 Corolla. I was so technology deprived all these years. ;-b
Last weekend was D-Now at Crestwood. Our speaker (Eric) was weird, funny, and awesome. As also were the games Mafia, 4 On the Sofa, scavenger hunts, OrNan’s Floor concert, and lots of Bible study.
"You’re in Target. You have really bad gas. What do you do about it?
A. Let it out while you’re just standing there,
B. Go cropdusting down the aisle, or
C. Clench until the pain goes away?"
"Burger King or McDonalds?"
"Burger King."
"Sounds like a Mafia member to me. Any reason why we should not vote to kill you?"
"Well, I’m popular. People love me and would miss me too much. And I’m not in the Mafia."
"I really hate when people say horrible things to eachother, then say JUST KIDDING to get away with it."
"Hmmm. Well, you’re really funny looking…juuust kiddin!"
"I love you. Just kiddin!" (That’s cool, BUT…)
All inside jokes aside, I’m a little confused at the moment and have been for a long time. My issue is that I went to college to teach and am graduated and certified to do this. I’m not planning on changing my mind…but I’m so drawn to missions, it’s not even funny. If God just came up to me and physically told me, "I want you to do missions not just on the side but as a lifestyle," I’d totally do it. Really, missions are very much my passion. But kids are too. And yes, those both can be combined and blah blah blah. I love teaching; I love missions. And no, I actually don’t like both things put together. When I’m on missions, I’d rather be working with youth or people my age. It’s strange, I know. When teaching, I want to be with elementary age. I must be outside my mind! The only thing I can "get" from this is that maybe I’m supposed to teach during school and do missions in summer, when I have 2 months to do whatever.
Saturday was insane…Brandi’s graduation, my bridal pictures, Jason & I taking our moms out, getting a new cat (I don’t think it likes us too much yet), then Brandi’s grad party. It’s cool that the McFaddin-Ward house wants a copy…I wonder if they’ll actually put it on display like they said they would. I rode a 4 wheeler for the first time ever at Jason’s parents’ with him, then Nelda, then by myself. Just don’t ever gun it real hard, going over a tall steep pile of stuff. Not really the best way to go about it, lol. Though it is pretty fun…
"I want a picture, standing on the tip of Shamu’s mouth/beak."
"Well, ya got Shamu sittin right there beside you."
"Yall still wanna get married, right?"
"Well, we’re going to, just because we don’t wanna return any of the good gifts we got."
"No, it’s cuz Mom already spent arms and legs on the wedding! I’d feel bad if it was all for naught." (LOL, j/k) | | |
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