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Today's has been a nice day off... the morning started with a lazy breakfast in bed (Starbucks!). Then I got up and sat outside, reading with Sean for a while. I am currently reading Nefertiti... its the first in a series of historical fiction about Egypt. It is so good and I'm almost finished with it! I can't wait to get the next one to read while we are on our flight to Egypt!!! I had an eye doctor appointment today, so while we were at Costco for that, we had a late lunch there, too. Later this evening, I had a blast unpacking all my new Mary Kay make-up. So much fun!!! We grilled out some cilantro-lime flank steaks, and caught up on a lot of DVR. Great day! Tomorrow, I'm hoping to be more productive around the house, but we'll see what happens....

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Tonight, I had the honor of attending a "Dreams and Dessert" even for a brand new pregnancy resource center. They are in a rural town, and the center is in its very beginning stages. There were about 40 people there, which is great for such a small town! They are located in the heart of one of a county that holds our nation's highest teen pregnancy rate. It was a great evening. We even had the mobile unit out there, since we will be coming alongside them with our ultrasounds. During the program, an amazing woman shared her personal testimony and experience of how abortion has affected her life, and how the after abortion bible study has helped her-- she just started it two months ago. This woman is 80 years old. In fact, tonight was her 80th birthday. For more than 60 years, she has carried with her the guilt, shame and pain of her abortion. SIXTY YEARS. Most of us can't imagine what it would be like to even live sixty years, let alone carry such a heavy burden that many. Sixty years. And to hear her so courageously share her story of healing and redemption... of course God had already forgiven her long ago, but by walking through this healing process the past two months, she has taken a foothold right out from under Satan. I praise God that she no longer has to live with this burden, and has truly been set free!

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Man, what a crazy busy week this has been! I still haven't been in the office at work! I had a mobile health clinic network meeting most of the day today... it was so awesome! Being a part of a new mobile medical ministry is so exciting. We really are pioneers in this new area of medical services. Kristi and I had a great time networking with other mobile service providers from all over California. Tonight we have another FPU class. We still haven't done our homework (lots of budget forms!) from last week... so that's why we had TB and headed to Sean's office to work on it before our class!! Today's pic shows the total cumulative debt of our FPU class... I can't wait to see what this number is going to be when we are finished with the class.

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Today was another good day... the classes I taught all day were pretty fun. They were all interactive and listened, so that was fun! I wasn't nearly as tired today as I was yesterday, but I still don't think I'll be changing career paths to 'full time teacher' any day soon. When I got home, Sean and I sat outside for a little while. It was the perfect evening. The breeze was gently blowing, our kitties were exploring the backyard and we were sitting together under the big blue sky, talking about life. One of those "I really, really love my life" moments. So I just had to capture it. As soon as I set my tripod in the grass to snap our 'perfect' moment, Seal came over and started sniffing the camera! I'm glad he got out of the way before the timer went off! I have to say this is one of my favorite photos of the year so far.

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I am teaching sex ed at one of our High Schools this week. I"m going to be here both today and tomorrow. There are four classes a day at 88 minutes each! I really hope my voice holds out!! I love talking to students about relationships, sexuality, healthy choices and things like that. The group I'm teaching this week are all 9th graders. Its just a fun age group. And this group in particular was really great-- super respectful. When I got home tonight, I was so worn out. I don't know how teachers do it all day, every day! I used to think I'd like to be a teacher... but as much fun as I had today, IT IS EXHAUSTING! I have a great husband, though. When I got home, he gave me a great foot massage while we watched some movies-- "The Blind Side" and "Sherlock Holmes." The Blind Side was sooooo good. Both Sean and I cried the whole way through it! It is one of my top 10 movies. However, I only made it about 30 minutes into Sherlock Holmes before I just about fell asleep on the couch. So I went to bed early while Sean finished watching it. I really was tired! The picture is of our bookshelves/window seat that jimmy is building... its pretty much done! we just have the shelves to add, then Sean and I will start painting it!!

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Sean is working on a "Mystery" mother's day project for me. He asked me to take a picture of Whitney's bunny for the project, so here's the picture I took. I'm so curious what this project is! He was working hard on it all day! I can't wait to see! I love my husband so much! We had lunch with some friends today at a Mexican place, then Jimmy came over and put the doors on the bookcases/window seat that he's been building for us. It looks so great! I can't wait to get it painted and all decorated!!!

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Happy May Day! As a little girl, I remember filling paper baskets full of flowers and leaving them on our neighbors' doorstep. Such great memories! Today, we woke up and got some Starbucks after we checked out of our hotel. Then, we headed toward Gilroy to go to the outlet malls there! We were so close to IKEA, but just didn't have time to stop. It KILLED me to be so close and not dart in for some more of the curtains I've been wanting. Guess we'll just have to make another trip up there for that!! We stopped in Gilroy and made a killing at the Banana Republic and Gap outlets. I also saw TONS of stuff I loved at JCrew, but I was on a mission to find clothes for our upcoming trip to Egypt. So JCrew's fabulosity will have to wait for another trip. After all our shopping, we stopped at one of our favorite fastfood eateries, Arby's. Yum. How can you not love that place?!