New Blog!

Check out www.aaronandabby.blogspot.com for wedding pictures and more frequent updates than I've been giving out around here. I plan to be a good blogger.

hair

I got my hair cut. I always want them to take more out of the thickness of my hair then they actually do. But oh well. I don't really know what else to say. I used to be a witty prolific blogger, but all I have to write about right now would make me seem like a bridezilla. My to-do lists every day are way too long and I am tired all the time and I like never get to talk to Aaron. The end.

Nannying vs. Babysitting

When I have a regular babysitting job in the summer, I say that I am "nannying." It doesn't mean that I live with the family, but that I take care of the kids while their mother works nearly full-time. I am incredibly blessed with a fabulous job this summer nannying for 4 little boys (G is 9, M is 8, L is "ALMOST 5!!!!!!!" and cutie H is 3). I would like to have fun things to tell you about, and these kids are funny, but I'm trying to come up with a delicate way to say this: They are a family full of boys and they are kind of obsessed with being boys. I am constantly saying "No, girls don't have those. You should only talk about that if there is something wrong with it and you're telling the doctor!"
One adorable thing they talk about is me getting married. The little ones always want to practice saying "Abby H" and the older ones drew pictures of me in a "get-married veil." They are precious when they ask if I am a mommy or when I am "getting" a baby. I say "No! Babies shouldn't start growing until after you get married!" Then they say "But you're getting married! You should start one soon. You would be a good mommy." I guess I think it means something special if kids I take care of think I would be a good mom. Or maybe it just means I remind them of their mom because I'm not afraid to be mean and give them time-outs.

Also, I am working on an online class. For some reason I expect it to just take care of itself and it doesn't!

Aaron is in Peru and I talked to him for 5 minutes last night after not hearing from him for a week and half. Might hear from him again in another 10 days. Might not. I respect the military, but I also REALLY hate it sometimes.

I have been talking about wanting to go to graduate school, and I think I still do. But I have also been watching lots of Martha Stewart On Demand shows and I feel like I would probably be okay without a masters degree as long as I always did a good job repotting my plants, creating delicious breakfast buffet spreads and arranging my sofa pillows in an aesthetically appealing manner. I feel horrible saying that. But maybe after a few years of rocking out my BA I will have a clearer idea of whether or not I want to work for something academic again. What the heck, it would just be a 2 year program. I could totally do that. But what if I was too busy stuyding to notice that my window planters fell into disrepair and the charming antique chairs in the dining room needed to be reupholstered in a lovely chartreuse satin damask?!?!

wow!

I realize it has been a while since I wrote on here. I have done amazing things like graduate from college, move back home, go to Minnesotan Boundary Waters for a canoe and camping trip and started a nanny job for 4 cute and active little boys.

What I came here to say was that I've been in wedding-land too long and I know it, because I had a dream last night that Bed, Bath, and Beyond changed the layout of their online access to bridal registry.

At Last...

My sisters said I need to post more and include pictures. I don't have a working camera right now, so here are some shots I got from Julie at my bridal shower in April: Cate came from Chicago!

Alisa came from NYC! She and Audree did a fabulous job.

The flowers and food were lovely.

I was showered with amazing gifts (this one is from Alisa).

artes liberales

It is the end of my last semester at college.
Because I decided at the last minute to double-major, I'm doing 19 credits of hefty upper-level classes and still have an Old Testament class to take online over the summer.

Right now I am in the middle of finishing the following projects:

A 35-40 page thesis on the influence and theological implications of contemporary worship in the protestant church.

A 12 page research paper on Christian Ethics and Population Control. I think this one is my favorite. Best quote comes from Stephen Moore in the Washington Times. He said: "To help women and children in the developing world, the United States should be exporting capitalism, not condoms."

And an 8 page exegetical paper on Romans 7:7-12.

These are all due on Monday. I am mildly stressed, but not freaking out. I figure, I practically have a liberal arts education by this point, so I should DEFINITELY be able to whip these all out. If I can't get all these done, what was the point of the past four years, really?

check it OUT!

check out my sister's post about my senior recital this weekend! It's all right HERE.