BIG NEWS.......SUPER EXCITED

OK for those of you who thought this was of my baby shame on you :D It's of my little niece or nephew.....That's right I am going to be an Auntie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sure most of you knew that already but this is me going super public with the news. My sister Carolyn and her husband Brad are expecting this little bundle of joy in June......I am ssssssssssssoooooooooooooooooo excited....Pray for my sister and the little baby growing inside of her....Also pray for my Mum and I cause we are going to fight over the baby whenever I am home of course I will win cause I will just use the argument that she can see the baby whenever she wants..LOL...

So now that it is becoming more and more real that my sister is having a baby I need a nickname to call "IT" as opposed to calling it "IT" so do you have any ideas?

IttiBitz....this post is costing me like 63US cents

So I was so happy with the response to the last post I was excited to post again so I was on the look out for something to post...So when Heidi and I were at the grocery store yesterday and I saw these IttiBitz Ice Cream thing I thought whoa that is weird I need to buy it so I can post it online. Of course I took pictures of them.I ate some but not actually that much. Because unlike Ice Cream that you usually just suck on a spoon this you end up with a bunch in your mouth. So to make a long story short it was making me really cold. Plus I don't LOVE strawberry ice cream but it was the flavor that was on sale. Speaking of cold it was really cold here today like -23 but it is actually warmer now than it was earlier in the day which is nice. It's suppose to get warmer and warmer as the weekend goes on. There expecting possible freezing rain on Sunday which would not be good since we will be driving back from North Dakota...Please pray for safe travels and a good event...

Have a Good Weekend

Sleep

so the last two nights I have been getting a fairly decent amount of sleep but when my alarm goes off the last thing I want to do is get up. it could be that I am just so comfy and warm in my bed. so now instead of getting up right away I hit the snooze button a few times...oh so lazy...on the bright side when I looked outside this morning there was a beautiful sunrise which I got photos of and will post them later....today will be a busy day I will leave for the office soon and then I need to work on some homework which should take about four hours and then after that is college and career prayer group so it will be a long day....but for homework I think I will go to the local Dunn Bros coffee location...I went there on Sunday and had a
Caramel Latte Macchiato Espresso poured over frothed milk with vanilla flavor and caramel

it was so good it was almost as good as if Jenn Z made it at Merchant's. I always order my drinks extra hot but Jenn seems to be the only one who can actually do it, like Starbucks sucks at it but Dunn Bros did a great job at it. I can't wait to go this afternoon.

Have a good day

Time Flys

So I was thinking maybe I should write a post but then I was like I just wrote the other one a few days ago. Then I looked at the date and realized I had written it a week ago. Time is flying by here. I have been here for almost two weeks now.
Things in the office are going great. Carmen is super flexible about my time and is always telling me in the afternoon that I should be leaving and then proceeds to ask me or say I should do some studying. So far I have only done that once but I really need to get on it. Yesterday was a long day as I drove one of the missionaries around to various appointments. So last night I was pretty tired because I went to Carmen's trafficking prayer group so I asked her if I could come in to the office at 9 instead of 8 and she said yes and said you don't even have to ask.
Today I got to go with Heidi and Carmen to this Ecuadorian Rose store. They have some beautiful roses and are really cheap. Today they were 2dozen for $10 I think. But if you get a vase then they are more expensive I think 1dozen with vase for $15. The prettiest roses I saw were were like a dark orange with red tips.
Funny story from this last week....I was outside one late afternoon and I was taking random pictures kind of in the front yard when I saw a cop car slowly coming so I thought just keep taking photos next think I know they are stopping right by where I am taking photos the one cop asks what I am doing so I tell him then he proceeds to chat with me about Nikon Cameras it was pretty funny. Tonight is the Ask for the Nations prayer group so I should be going.

Take Care

M 100th Post and my 1st one from the States

OK so I have already been here five days and haven't posted anything but part of the reason is this is my 100th post and I wanted it to be good and maybe a little long. Instead of just being like hi I am here.....

I arrived in Minneapolis last thursday night. I went to the office on Friday morning and got to meet most of the staff plus talked with Carmen who is my supervisor. Then in the afternoon I spent sometime unpacking I know what you're thinking me unpacking it's crazy....

This is the guest house that I am living in I am on the third floor in the back corner. The apartment building that you can see is where Pat L's mom lives.
This is the office where I work. My desk is in the basement.
Here you can see the corner of the office building and the corner of the guest house. This shows how close they are. The brown building in the background is the coach house that has apartments where staff live.
This is the front sitting room in the guest house.
This is my bathroom. It's a nice size.
This is my door with room number.
Here is my kitchen with full size appliances. It's a decent size kitchen.
This is the other side of my room. Which is where my sitting space is.
This is my bed and desk. This the one side of my room.
This is my door on the right. The door on the left is the back stair well which would of been used as the servant stairwell when the mansion was first built.
This is part of the landing area on the third floor and shows my laundry facilities. (When I just saw this photo I remembered that I needed to put my laundry in the dryer)

On Saturday I wanted to explore the neighborhood a bit so I went for a walk and then I saw a bus stop. So I went over to it and the bus came as soon as I got there. So I got on not really knowing where it was going but pretty sure it was going downtown. Thankfully it did so I got off downtown and wandered for a bit before heading to Target. Then I decided to walk home. I used the Hyatt hotel as my guide first and then Pat's mom's apartment building. Then that everning I watched a movie with Heidi and David. They are engaged and Heidi lives in the coach house.

I just realized I forgot about Friday night I don't know how I could do that. So one of my colleauges asked if I went to go to a Somalian Wedding with some people so I said ok. Actually that was after finding something to wear. So I went and it was so much fun. I would say 99% women in the room. I am unsure how many of them were Muslim. Anyways we didn't get there until about 10:15 we ate at 1:00 and I didn't get home until 2:30. I thought I was going to be deaf since the music was so so loud my ear was hurting. It didn't help my table was the closest to the speaker.

On Sunday I went to church with Carmen. It was really good. Then in the afternoon I went and visited Pat's mom Ruby and then had a nice supper with her and her friends. I am hoping to get over there as much as I can. I really enjoyed talking with her. She is such a women of God who spent so many years faithfully serving God overseas and didn't lose faith despite many hardships.

Monday was my first day in the office and it was really good and I spent most of the day trying to figure out Adobe.

But I gotta run I need to go make instant mashed potatoes for potluck supper tonight. I know what your thinking but I haven't gone shopping so that is the only food I have for like a group of people. Plus I talked to Heidi so we aren't bringing the same thing she is bringing instant sweet potatoes.

Take Care until Later

Note to God Mother: I wasn't going to post these photos on my blog because I figured everyone who reads my blog is on my facebook but then I remembered you so then I posted them just for you.