tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90106171803007607512024-03-12T19:01:48.684-05:00The Duncan's Newlywed Beginnings...As a newly married couple, we decided a great way for our friends and family to see some of the crazy happenings in our life together was to keep a blog! Hopefully we will update it regularly, but who knows what God will bring to our lives!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-67569996631163445762009-07-24T08:20:00.003-05:002009-07-24T08:25:00.338-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TRcQCuP2b5A/Smk86pw1rbI/AAAAAAAAHH0/K3su_53GfqY/s400/bell1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 257px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TRcQCuP2b5A/Smk86pw1rbI/AAAAAAAAHH0/K3su_53GfqY/s400/bell1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TRcQCuP2b5A/Smk-mw8QI3I/AAAAAAAAHIM/9_59asetHmE/s400/bell2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 257px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TRcQCuP2b5A/Smk-mw8QI3I/AAAAAAAAHIM/9_59asetHmE/s400/bell2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I found this on one of my favorite sites, mypointless.com I thought it was so funny that I would post it 'ere. This is an actual add by the way, the bottom pic is an enlargement.<br /><br />Want a fun excursion for the weekend?<br />okay. Here's a great idea. Go underwater, surrounded by fish. Wear headgear that is tight and enclosed... and have your cat share the splendor with you.<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">memos: Cats hate closed spaces. They hate water. They have claws. Faces bleed.</span><br /><div id="TixyyLink" style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.mypointless.com/#ixzz0MBOvWxOU">http://www.mypointless.com/#ixzz0MBOvWxOU</a><br /></div>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-57604866544843007122009-06-30T15:51:00.003-05:002009-07-01T12:32:33.097-05:00<a href="http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/fail-owned-carnivore-win.jpg?w=500&h=272"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 434px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/fail-owned-carnivore-win.jpg?w=500&h=272" /></a><br /><div>Stacey and I went to my parents this weekend which means at least one thing.... STEAK.</div><br /><div>I think my parents eat more steak than any other family I know. They recently bought fifty steaks at one shot for the back freezer.... FIFTY!!! Rib-eyes, New York Strips, T-bones you name it and it's sitting in the freezer. Any way, we went over to see them and of course we're cooking (usually over-cooking) the steaks on grill in the back. Stacey is floating in the pool with my mom, my dad is sitting on a chair next to me. The sun is beating down on us but not in an uncomfortable way. It really was a great afternoon until....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I walk over to the grill, planning on turning my steak after the prescribed four minutes or so (for meduim) when I see from the bottom edge of the grill the evil flames. I'm thinking, "boy there must be a flare up." Upon opening the grill I find no flare up, no, I find every steak engulfed in the mockingly joyful dance of orange flames. The steaks were more than flame kissed. If that was a kiss it was a shockingly big, wet and sloppy one. The steaks were toast, but only on one side. Dad braves the flames to turn the meat if only to slightly toast the other side after the flames had died down. Nothing however saved them. They were black and chared and grilled so far past medium so that I thought they had been substituted for shoe leather... :( Stacey and I ate our steaks while listening to my uncle, "Y'know for the char these arn't to bad..." Oh well, que sira.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-83105789307123109892009-06-25T13:24:00.000-05:002009-06-25T13:25:06.605-05:00I really detest television. I am happy to report that collectively I have watched maybe two or three hours of television in the last year or so. Typically Stacey and I will watch a movie, read, or play a game to enjoy the time (not just pass it).<br /><br />Nearly equal in my frustration are video games....<br /><br />I just don't get the level of dedication that teens afford these things now. World of Warcraft for example, you pay for the disks then you pay every month for a subscription to the online site, not just to play with other people but to play past the first couple of levels period! This bizarre addiction is turning the minds of our youth to mush.<br /><br />To prove my point, I offer the following...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc</a>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-24623832131112329322009-05-02T15:26:00.004-05:002009-05-05T17:00:20.395-05:00Daisy, Eggs, and Lightning<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Here are some pictures of recent haps around the Duncan hood...<br /><br />Daisy following Camma, the cat. Camma photos are a rare treat, so enjoy them!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyxcC1eO5I/AAAAAAAAAU8/5u930WBO-lw/s1600-h/DSC_7260.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyxcC1eO5I/AAAAAAAAAU8/5u930WBO-lw/s320/DSC_7260.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331331154255428498" border="0" /></a>For Easter, Mike and I dyed eggs for the first time! Yay! Here are some of the fun pics...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sfyxbjt1iSI/AAAAAAAAAU0/JaLcCz0kWEE/s1600-h/DSC_7247.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sfyxbjt1iSI/AAAAAAAAAU0/JaLcCz0kWEE/s320/DSC_7247.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331331145901902114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyxbdVb0rI/AAAAAAAAAUs/d_KV0lzE7Q0/s1600-h/DSC_7250.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyxbdVb0rI/AAAAAAAAAUs/d_KV0lzE7Q0/s320/DSC_7250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331331144188940978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyxbbYcAiI/AAAAAAAAAUk/zO9pW3D-QWI/s1600-h/DSC_7231.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyxbbYcAiI/AAAAAAAAAUk/zO9pW3D-QWI/s320/DSC_7231.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331331143664665122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyxbBpNXxI/AAAAAAAAAUc/8-LkDe2b8KQ/s1600-h/DSC_7209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyxbBpNXxI/AAAAAAAAAUc/8-LkDe2b8KQ/s320/DSC_7209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331331136755687186" border="0" /></a>Hmm...we had a storm one night, and before the storm hit us, I was able to practice my lightning shots from our back patio door! This was my first time taking lightning pics, so I was pretty proud! The last one is the best.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyuFLhsPhI/AAAAAAAAAUU/CMpHU49IL2Q/s1600-h/DSC_7205.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyuFLhsPhI/AAAAAAAAAUU/CMpHU49IL2Q/s320/DSC_7205.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331327462916505106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyuEzNCwbI/AAAAAAAAAUM/iJba2PqTlk8/s1600-h/DSC_7202.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyuEzNCwbI/AAAAAAAAAUM/iJba2PqTlk8/s320/DSC_7202.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331327456387449266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyuEmdj8rI/AAAAAAAAAUE/yaphpfE_Hwo/s1600-h/DSC_7199.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyuEmdj8rI/AAAAAAAAAUE/yaphpfE_Hwo/s320/DSC_7199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331327452967072434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyuEaK85sI/AAAAAAAAAT8/X8kCKG-4qrg/s1600-h/DSC_7188.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SfyuEaK85sI/AAAAAAAAAT8/X8kCKG-4qrg/s320/DSC_7188.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331327449667790530" border="0" /></a>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-54922356347524544802009-04-30T22:15:00.004-05:002009-05-01T06:21:50.048-05:00Daisy playing with MikeMike and I decided to make a video for for our parents (and anyone else) to be able to see our puppy, Daisy, since they live down in Houston. So here is a video I took of Mike playing with our puppy!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy_WMl4cnvV-voKaRRKceegDjDRVm9SM7W_HYVPB7SIgdqcr9ldINeiGsWAudWiNmk2kAeUlek_aSx7WGY-KA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-90719656068182376502009-04-28T21:55:00.003-05:002009-04-28T22:06:17.020-05:00Ben on the Ancient Crapper in IsraelI have to look through thousands of pictures for Ancient World, one of Dr. Spencer's classes. In class he doesn't use notes, he simply shows slide shows and explains from the pictures. I'm taking it as an independent study, so I don't actually go to class, so I have to look through all the pictures and write a journal of them. Apparently my good friend, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://whatsupmynerds.blogspot.com/">Ben</a>, has become a star in Ancient World due to his expressive use of the Ancient Crapper.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SffC840Yr_I/AAAAAAAAAT0/83LS36mdDJw/s1600-h/287.ToiletBethShean.....JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SffC840Yr_I/AAAAAAAAAT0/83LS36mdDJw/s320/287.ToiletBethShean.....JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329943035316318194" border="0" /></a>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-91929536494566765152009-04-28T16:42:00.002-05:002009-04-28T16:44:54.064-05:00Just for Ben Welcome to the Blog world<a href="http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/fail-batman.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 372px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/fail-batman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>As a welcome, I thought I would concede Superman as the greatest superhero of all time.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>EPIC BATMAN FAIL</div><br /><div></div>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-33722267926516178732009-04-08T15:33:00.000-05:002009-04-08T15:34:28.031-05:00Woman to Woman Walk for Life<span><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(205, 46, 132);font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#cd2e84;" >I am walking <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_0">on May 2nd</span> to support <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_1">Woman to Woman</span> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_2">Pregnancy Resource Center</span> in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_3">Denton, TX</span>. <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_4">The Walk</span> for Life - Leaving a Legacy of Life is a fundraiser to support the many ministries of Woman to Woman, which include:<br /><ul><li>Woman to Woman <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_5">pregnancy testing</span> clinic</li><li>Twice as Nice Resale shop</li><li>Living Choices abstinence program</li><li>Abortion Recovery group</li><li>Abuse Recovery group</li><li>and the many services that each of these ministries provide.</li></ul><span><span><span>Please prayerfully consider supporting me as I walk by giving at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.firstgiving.com/stacey4life"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_6">http://www.firstgiving.com/stacey4life</span></a>. Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to support my fundraising efforts. If you would like to mail a check or cash instead, please </span></span></span>make checks payable to Woman to Woman Pregnancy Resource and mail it to:<br /><br />PO Box 610<br /><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239211479_7"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_7">Denton, TX 76202</span></span><br /><br />Your gift is tax deductible, and when you send your donation, please include your name, address, and zip code.<br /><br /><p>Woman to Woman Pregnancy Resource Center provides <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_8">pregnancy tests</span>, childbirth classes, peer counseling, <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239222826_9">STD testing</span> referrals, and many other services free of charge. I am the receptionist at the clinic, and it is such a blessing to serve the women of Denton and the surrounding areas. Please consider supporting me as I walk to leave a "Legacy of Life"!<br /><br />Many thanks for your support -- and don't forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!</p><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Blessings, </span></strong></div> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div><span style="font-size:100%;">Stacey Duncan</span></div></span></span>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-37779622639731284602009-04-06T08:34:00.003-05:002009-04-06T08:53:09.716-05:00DaisySo, we are in our new house! yay!!! and i will soon post pics of it (once things are unpacked and in their place...) but the biggest news is we got a new dog yesterday! She is an 11 month old boxer girl named Daisy. So beautiful and so precious!!! She moves so fast and is very hyper right now (apparently she will calm down once she gets used to us and living here), so the pics I got of her are while she was in motion...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIR8jyeTI/AAAAAAAAATs/YeDEpkaGju8/s1600-h/DSC_7133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIR8jyeTI/AAAAAAAAATs/YeDEpkaGju8/s320/DSC_7133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321575014098696498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIRsWXwBI/AAAAAAAAATk/WziKSCVTxY4/s1600-h/DSC_7123.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIRsWXwBI/AAAAAAAAATk/WziKSCVTxY4/s320/DSC_7123.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321575009747451922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIRYAPhUI/AAAAAAAAATc/qU5mbRTUL0E/s1600-h/DSC_7119.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIRYAPhUI/AAAAAAAAATc/qU5mbRTUL0E/s320/DSC_7119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321575004285928770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIRFYnBPI/AAAAAAAAATU/EGInk9pF4z0/s1600-h/DSC_7114.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIRFYnBPI/AAAAAAAAATU/EGInk9pF4z0/s320/DSC_7114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321574999287858418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIQ-UaUhI/AAAAAAAAATM/qId66kBFq3E/s1600-h/DSC_7118.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SdoIQ-UaUhI/AAAAAAAAATM/qId66kBFq3E/s320/DSC_7118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321574997391200786" border="0" /></a>Isn't she beautiful! She has a little white on her tummy, and she is very very strong! Her muscles are so defined. She is so lovey and was literally loving on us within seconds of meeting us. So we are very excited to have this new addition to our family!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-46467215540200509102009-03-18T20:39:00.006-05:002009-03-18T21:33:06.970-05:00House Pictures!Well, I visited our house today because I had to go get the water ready to be turned on, so I took some better pics of the house using my good camera! I got some different angles, and pics of the backyard, so I hope you enjoy!<br /><br />This first one is walking into the house, from the entry way looking into the living room.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkBZ0Zw4I/AAAAAAAAAQc/k2eFAUe_FYo/s1600-h/DSC_6201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkBZ0Zw4I/AAAAAAAAAQc/k2eFAUe_FYo/s320/DSC_6201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314709379291399042" border="0" /></a>This is a side view of the living room, standing near the kitchen area. The door on the right is the master bedroom, the door on the left is the coat closet.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkBnWL7RI/AAAAAAAAAQk/9U1P1P04et8/s1600-h/DSC_6206.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkBnWL7RI/AAAAAAAAAQk/9U1P1P04et8/s320/DSC_6206.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314709382922759442" border="0" /></a><br />This is standing by the windows in the living room, looking back at the front door and the kitchen area. You can see the breakfast room and the big blue area is where the fridge will go (when we buy one!!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkC_jsdEI/AAAAAAAAAQs/8QSUfCDqRdQ/s1600-h/DSC_6165.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkC_jsdEI/AAAAAAAAAQs/8QSUfCDqRdQ/s320/DSC_6165.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314709406601737282" border="0" /></a><br />This is the breakfast area and the kitchen.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkDAo2-LI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/02Ei3CSw1D4/s1600-h/DSC_6202.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkDAo2-LI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/02Ei3CSw1D4/s320/DSC_6202.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314709406891833522" border="0" /></a><br />Here is another view of the kitchen. The double doors are the utility room, and the single door is the pantry.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkDVqVQJI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/T28TJWL_xr8/s1600-h/DSC_6203.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGkDVqVQJI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/T28TJWL_xr8/s320/DSC_6203.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314709412535156882" border="0" /></a><br />This is yet another view of the living room! You can see from left to right the front door, the garage door, and the utility room door. The big wall is where we will put our couch, I think.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGlbY0RxNI/AAAAAAAAARE/X5VF1w0AaGQ/s1600-h/DSC_6177.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGlbY0RxNI/AAAAAAAAARE/X5VF1w0AaGQ/s320/DSC_6177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314710925210666194" border="0" /></a><br />This is the master bedroom. I love the conferred ceilings! I hate the paint color. Its like peachy...and you can see the people who lived here before had their bed up against that wall and it needs to be repainted. Immediately. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGlb1WddDI/AAAAAAAAARM/XbXsEIagfE0/s1600-h/DSC_6178.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGlb1WddDI/AAAAAAAAARM/XbXsEIagfE0/s320/DSC_6178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314710932870231090" border="0" /></a><br />Another view of the master bedroom. Closet on left, bath on right.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGlcf6i5QI/AAAAAAAAARU/Hc6e0_jgC7c/s1600-h/DSC_6180.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGlcf6i5QI/AAAAAAAAARU/Hc6e0_jgC7c/s320/DSC_6180.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314710944295871746" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the master bathroom.It looks yellow because of the light, but the walls are the same ugly color as the bedroom. blah!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGlctbg4pI/AAAAAAAAARc/PDX2os8wdIE/s1600-h/DSC_6181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGlctbg4pI/AAAAAAAAARc/PDX2os8wdIE/s320/DSC_6181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314710947923813010" border="0" /></a>Ok here are some backyard pics. It sits on a quarter acre, so the backyard is gigantic! I'll try to explain the angles...<br /><br />This is the middle of the backyard. I am in the middle. There is still a whole other side of the backyard behind me! The random poles have a wire fence attached to them (for a dog or something...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGn5LssCVI/AAAAAAAAASc/beYSKTsGYiY/s1600-h/DSC_6197.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGn5LssCVI/AAAAAAAAASc/beYSKTsGYiY/s320/DSC_6197.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314713636108503378" border="0" /></a>This is me standing at the fence on the west side of the house. That is the whole backyard (minus the side on the east side of the house, which you will see in a minute). You can see the fence door next to the house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGn4sPr5wI/AAAAAAAAASU/23q9NlPAre8/s1600-h/DSC_6187.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGn4sPr5wI/AAAAAAAAASU/23q9NlPAre8/s320/DSC_6187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314713627665360642" border="0" /></a>This is the whole east side of the house from the gate door (seen above). so the backyard makes a "L" shape around the house, with a wire gate cutting it in half.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm92UhDOI/AAAAAAAAASM/nZ43cJrH8NU/s1600-h/DSC_6192.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm92UhDOI/AAAAAAAAASM/nZ43cJrH8NU/s320/DSC_6192.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314712616757693666" border="0" /></a>This is the back of the house with me standing against the fence in the very back.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm9ZeN1fI/AAAAAAAAASE/-oosgnDMTgM/s1600-h/DSC_6195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm9ZeN1fI/AAAAAAAAASE/-oosgnDMTgM/s320/DSC_6195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314712609013749234" border="0" /></a>Huge backyard, right?!!!?? Ok, back inside. This is the guest bathroom.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm9GM2whI/AAAAAAAAAR8/h6u0-4vGY9Q/s1600-h/DSC_6173.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm9GM2whI/AAAAAAAAAR8/h6u0-4vGY9Q/s320/DSC_6173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314712603840659986" border="0" /></a>Blue bedroom. without closet doors. and with a cable hookup in the closet. Weird? Yes. Notice the dark blue floorboards...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm8wpmIkI/AAAAAAAAAR0/zJ8UouOV1MA/s1600-h/DSC_6172.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm8wpmIkI/AAAAAAAAAR0/zJ8UouOV1MA/s320/DSC_6172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314712598055625282" border="0" /></a>And the UT Longhorn room! With a poor paint job. But hey, its got doors! Only one wall is burnt orange, too...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm8mimIdI/AAAAAAAAARs/h_gu0168wys/s1600-h/DSC_6175.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGm8mimIdI/AAAAAAAAARs/h_gu0168wys/s320/DSC_6175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314712595341910482" border="0" /></a>And here is the garage...See the extra space on the right? That is a perfect space for a workbench or something! Sorry its so dark, I didn't check the light meter when I took the pic.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGldYApGlI/AAAAAAAAARk/ePZS8Uiv6OM/s1600-h/DSC_6184.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/ScGldYApGlI/AAAAAAAAARk/ePZS8Uiv6OM/s320/DSC_6184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314710959353829970" border="0" /></a>So that is our house! Lots of different (better) pics, so now you have a better idea of the wonderful house we are buying! We close in 6 days! And then....the moving process. fun. Hey, if you want to help, we'd sure appreciate it!<br /><br />Lots of love...Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-7966171059021942102009-03-15T21:58:00.004-05:002009-03-15T22:23:28.627-05:00The Countdown!So, we are nine days from closing on our house!!! YAY!!!! We are so excited - there is so much going on in our lives, but this is so cool! We haven't even been married a year and we are buying a house!!!<br /><br />We started packing up this week, so everything is looking bare. We have gotten the bedroom, the living room, and the dining room mostly packed. Here are some pics of how empty everything looks and how many boxes we already have packed up!<br /><br />Our study/dining area<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sb3CCJasBMI/AAAAAAAAAQE/rkktK192Vgw/s1600-h/DSC_5919.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sb3CCJasBMI/AAAAAAAAAQE/rkktK192Vgw/s320/DSC_5919.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313616477510436034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sb3CBh7xstI/AAAAAAAAAP8/Ph5HEaaLEvM/s1600-h/DSC_5906.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sb3CBh7xstI/AAAAAAAAAP8/Ph5HEaaLEvM/s320/DSC_5906.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313616466911802066" border="0" /></a>The living room...where all the boxes are going. Its a tower of boxes that is taller than me!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sb3CkOFDUtI/AAAAAAAAAQU/ZD3Y2SqVjU0/s1600-h/DSC_5898.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sb3CkOFDUtI/AAAAAAAAAQU/ZD3Y2SqVjU0/s320/DSC_5898.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313617062877418194" border="0" /></a>How insane is that?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sb3CBe2Kt9I/AAAAAAAAAP0/WHSLSwPDpUk/s1600-h/DSC_5899.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/Sb3CBe2Kt9I/AAAAAAAAAP0/WHSLSwPDpUk/s320/DSC_5899.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313616466082969554" border="0" /></a>And we still have the kitchen, bathroom, two closets and the porch. I have the whole week off for spring break, so I will be spending it packing and cleaning - yay!<br /><br />The other big news that is going on is that I have been working on starting my own photography business, part-time. I have a website up, <a href="http://www.goldapplephotography.com">www.goldapplephotography.com</a>, and have been getting all the necessary details going, and am currently trying to expand my portfolio! Please be sure to check out my website and look at my photo albums! Its so very exciting!<br /><br />Mike has some VERY big news that we are over-the-moon about! He has been accepted into the Young Guns program at Denton Bible Chuch (our church), which is a discipleship/pre-seminary program taught by Tommy Nelson (our pastor) and two of the other pastors in the church! Its VERY competitive and is highly regarded by most conservative churches/seminaries, so it is very exciting news that he will start the program in September! He will be in the program for a full year before he applies for seminary at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS from here on out).<br /><br />I am not sure when I will be applying for grad school at UNT, but hopefully in the next couple semesters. My job at the pregnancy center has been going remarkably well, I absolutely love it and every single person I work with, and have been growing tremendously by working there! (a side note - in our new house, I will only be 15 minutes away from work, instead of the 35 mins I am now! yay!)<br /><br />I will put up lots of the pics of the new house once we get closed and get keys! Please pray things go smoothly and that we have lots of help moving!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-13497726675137247992009-02-25T19:16:00.009-06:002009-02-25T20:02:44.194-06:00Glory Street House!Ok, so this is the house we are buying! We are so excited! It is a 3/2/2 on .25 acre, and here are some of the pics we took while we were initially touring the house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX1O3XalmI/AAAAAAAAAPc/QClB59FgyNY/s1600-h/P1060868.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX1O3XalmI/AAAAAAAAAPc/QClB59FgyNY/s320/P1060868.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306917371655132770" border="0" /></a>Its a corner lot, so its pretty big and has a HUGE backyard! See the fence?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0_3PeVEI/AAAAAAAAAPU/wmGD0dBn3FA/s1600-h/P1060837.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0_3PeVEI/AAAAAAAAAPU/wmGD0dBn3FA/s320/P1060837.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306917113923785794" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the living room when you walk in the front door....see the high ceiling and the big windows? (the people are Mike and our realtor, Pam)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXz0njTuFI/AAAAAAAAAOk/4a0c8kcnYKM/s1600-h/P1060859.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXz0njTuFI/AAAAAAAAAOk/4a0c8kcnYKM/s320/P1060859.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306915821221820498" border="0" /></a><br />This is a view from the other side, that is the front door and the breakfast room that Mike is in. The floors are not real wood, but they look like it!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX2MWn_GsI/AAAAAAAAAPk/LAOeMZAQYj0/s1600-h/P1060861.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX2MWn_GsI/AAAAAAAAAPk/LAOeMZAQYj0/s320/P1060861.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306918428018154178" border="0" /></a>This is the breakfast room and part of the kitchen...I love the light fixture! We will be repainting the walls..... The fridge will go under that tall cabinet.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXz0dCOUBI/AAAAAAAAAOU/z6YY9H4yHVk/s1600-h/P1060860.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXz0dCOUBI/AAAAAAAAAOU/z6YY9H4yHVk/s320/P1060860.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306915818398699538" border="0" /></a>Mike has the pantry door open, and next to it is the utility closet, where the washer and dryer go. The kitchen cabinets are custom and absolutely beautiful!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXz0pTeR4I/AAAAAAAAAOc/puLkJ_Vj3lQ/s1600-h/P1060841.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXz0pTeR4I/AAAAAAAAAOc/puLkJ_Vj3lQ/s320/P1060841.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306915821692274562" border="0" /></a><br />This is the master bedroom, the door on the far left is the entrance and the middle door is the closet, and the last door is the bathroom.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0p2zNzdI/AAAAAAAAAO0/CBsJ1bXgR68/s1600-h/P1060853.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0p2zNzdI/AAAAAAAAAO0/CBsJ1bXgR68/s320/P1060853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306916735848140242" border="0" /></a>There is Mike being goofy..... :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0q2yyvjI/AAAAAAAAAPM/ir-bg1aTfIc/s1600-h/P1060862.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0q2yyvjI/AAAAAAAAAPM/ir-bg1aTfIc/s320/P1060862.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306916753026235954" border="0" /></a>Our JACUZZI tub! with jets!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0qb-Y8EI/AAAAAAAAAPE/kur1D6KUN9E/s1600-h/P1060856.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0qb-Y8EI/AAAAAAAAAPE/kur1D6KUN9E/s320/P1060856.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306916745827119170" border="0" /></a>The master bathroom...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0qEa1hhI/AAAAAAAAAO8/0w9SYYJT2Sc/s1600-h/P1060855.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0qEa1hhI/AAAAAAAAAO8/0w9SYYJT2Sc/s320/P1060855.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306916739503982098" border="0" /></a>This is the ceiling in our bedroom! How cool is that???<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0pvqC8vI/AAAAAAAAAOs/NlOrFI79w_c/s1600-h/P1060852.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaX0pvqC8vI/AAAAAAAAAOs/NlOrFI79w_c/s320/P1060852.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306916733930631922" border="0" /></a>Here is our closet (its bigger than it looks).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXzzxKI9hI/AAAAAAAAAOE/DEaa9FSuffI/s1600-h/P1060854.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXzzxKI9hI/AAAAAAAAAOE/DEaa9FSuffI/s320/P1060854.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306915806620743186" border="0" /></a>This is the garage, its very deep so we will have room for a workbench or whatever in front of our cars!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXulmBOjeI/AAAAAAAAAN8/8BtWaVYNSig/s1600-h/P1060858.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXulmBOjeI/AAAAAAAAAN8/8BtWaVYNSig/s320/P1060858.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306910065554263522" border="0" /></a>This is the back of the house from the backyard. The backyard is HUGE!!!! I will have plenty of room for a garden!!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXulpz8cTI/AAAAAAAAAN0/IqxM5TXKQ7M/s1600-h/P1060851.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXulpz8cTI/AAAAAAAAAN0/IqxM5TXKQ7M/s320/P1060851.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306910066572292402" border="0" /></a>Here is one of the other bedrooms....it needs to be painted.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXula6zL1I/AAAAAAAAANs/kT-L5ZIXQlE/s1600-h/P1060843.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXula6zL1I/AAAAAAAAANs/kT-L5ZIXQlE/s320/P1060843.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306910062574514002" border="0" /></a>This is the other bedroom (also needs to be painted)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXulOCZ9DI/AAAAAAAAANk/ZROalyooFTU/s1600-h/P1060845.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXulOCZ9DI/AAAAAAAAANk/ZROalyooFTU/s320/P1060845.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306910059116753970" border="0" /></a>And this is the second bathroom.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXuk7nn_MI/AAAAAAAAANc/Wd5pAE53U2s/s1600-h/P1060844.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SaXuk7nn_MI/AAAAAAAAANc/Wd5pAE53U2s/s320/P1060844.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306910054172589250" border="0" /></a><br />So that is it! Our house on Glory Street! We are in the option period right now and will be getting an inspection on Friday, and we are supposed to close on March 24!!!!!! Less than a month away!!! It is so exciting!!! Pray that the whole house buying process is smooth for us, and that nothing comes up on the inspection, if you think about it. More updates on other stuff soon!!!!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-3192143670050071662009-02-18T11:55:00.002-06:002009-02-18T12:19:18.447-06:00UpdatesWow! So it has been almost three months since we have updated! A lot has gone on, and so I have lots of things to update and post pictures on, but the biggest news is that Mike and I are looking for a house! We have put a bid in on a house and are waiting to hear back on it, but we are still out looking at other houses in case we don't get this one. There aren't a lot out there in our price range that are fairly new, so we are trying to see all the houses we can. Its an exciting, albeit crazy, time in our lives. If you think about it, please pray that we get the house that God has for us, and that we would be patient as we go through the process.<br /><br />I won't go into details on everything else that is new, but here are some other updates:<br />-I started a new job at Woman to Woman Pregnancy Resource Center in Denton! Its so wonderful!<br />-I graduated from UNT in December with Bachelor's degree!<br />-Mike is applying for the Young Guns program at our church, a seminary-prep discipleship education program taught by our pastor, Tommy Nelson!<br />-Mike is graduating from Criswell in May, so he is getting excited about that!<br />-My good friend Julie got married in the beginning of February, and it was a beautiful wedding! I was the matron of honor, and it was so wonderful to be part of her day!<br /><br />So, as you can see, we have been busy with lots of stuff, with Christmas thrown in the middle of all that, as well as both Mike and I being sick twice for the full month of January. I got a new camera for graduation (a Nikon D80 DSLR) so I have been experimenting with my photography, and so I will probably be posting some pictures that I am proud of on here. I will try to update with pictures in the next few days though!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-67880660084915180502008-12-02T08:56:00.010-06:002008-12-02T10:15:52.906-06:00My First Turkey! and other happenings...For Thanksgiving this year, Mike and I went to his parents' house to eat turkey and all that. It was good, and I was sad that we didn't have any leftovers because (obviously) they stayed at his parents' house! So I decided I was going to make my very first turkey so we could have leftovers. I didn't really follow a recipe, I just read some tips from Food Network magazine and called my mom to hear her tips, and made a beautiful turkey!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVashSCGzI/AAAAAAAAANE/IQ_-ITjvvpM/s1600-h/christmas+tree+003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVashSCGzI/AAAAAAAAANE/IQ_-ITjvvpM/s320/christmas+tree+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275222259429153586" border="0" /></a>Then, three hours later, the turkey was done and beautiful and YUMMY!<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVWvsTtTeI/AAAAAAAAAM8/Z2iHpocXwb8/s1600-h/turkey+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVWvsTtTeI/AAAAAAAAAM8/Z2iHpocXwb8/s320/turkey+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275217915882065378" border="0" /></a>Look how yummy that looks!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVWvbWDLPI/AAAAAAAAAM0/KuGQpJ40gNs/s1600-h/turkey+011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVWvbWDLPI/AAAAAAAAAM0/KuGQpJ40gNs/s320/turkey+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275217911328484594" border="0" /></a>Mike carved it because I have never been good at carving a bird...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVWvEb3qYI/AAAAAAAAAMs/4KtyI7K8iA4/s1600-h/turkey+013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVWvEb3qYI/AAAAAAAAAMs/4KtyI7K8iA4/s320/turkey+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275217905178880386" border="0" /></a>Our finished post-Thanksgiving dinner (I did this on Sunday, not Thursday). So pretty!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVWu_-aMhI/AAAAAAAAAMk/24vuR3meISs/s1600-h/turkey+016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVWu_-aMhI/AAAAAAAAAMk/24vuR3meISs/s320/turkey+016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275217903981572626" border="0" /></a><br />While the turkey was roasting, Mike and I put up our Christmas tree and put our few decorations up around the house! Its a little four-foot tree Mike bought me as a pre-Christmas gift two years ago, but it works great in our little apartment!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTXnUyFFI/AAAAAAAAALs/haOTfGkGkCQ/s1600-h/christmas+tree+011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTXnUyFFI/AAAAAAAAALs/haOTfGkGkCQ/s320/christmas+tree+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275214203692651602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTX3g15fI/AAAAAAAAAL0/MoXpJYXDuHw/s1600-h/christmas+tree+026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTX3g15fI/AAAAAAAAAL0/MoXpJYXDuHw/s320/christmas+tree+026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275214208038200818" border="0" /></a><br />The stocking hanging up behind the tree is my stocking I have had for 19 years (from when Kelsey was born), and I love it. Its a mouse head on a stocking. Mike's stocking is still at his parents' house. I'm thinking I might bring my stocking back home this year and we could go buy new stockings for our house, that way we still have our stockings at our parents' homes... I don't know though.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTYqLWsRI/AAAAAAAAAME/V0nX6uCD4jw/s1600-h/christmas+tree+176.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTYqLWsRI/AAAAAAAAAME/V0nX6uCD4jw/s320/christmas+tree+176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275214221638283538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTYdDVNfI/AAAAAAAAAL8/R98rRIxzpsc/s1600-h/christmas+tree+047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTYdDVNfI/AAAAAAAAAL8/R98rRIxzpsc/s320/christmas+tree+047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275214218114971122" border="0" /></a>The little Nativity scene under the tree is so cute - Its a VeggieTales Nativity scene, and I love it!<br /><br />Mike's parents got a new kitten (well...the kitten found them) named Sophie, and she is so adorable! Mike had a blast playing with her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPs5Z1ZZI/AAAAAAAAALk/obWbmAA11E4/s1600-h/november+036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPs5Z1ZZI/AAAAAAAAALk/obWbmAA11E4/s320/november+036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275210171276420498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPspFG5cI/AAAAAAAAALc/puu96gMdOYo/s1600-h/november+039.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPspFG5cI/AAAAAAAAALc/puu96gMdOYo/s320/november+039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275210166894519746" border="0" /></a>I love this pic...when he was trying to kiss her, she kept swatting at his face! It was so cute.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPsL9kToI/AAAAAAAAALU/b7o0URIh9ew/s1600-h/november+040.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPsL9kToI/AAAAAAAAALU/b7o0URIh9ew/s320/november+040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275210159078264450" border="0" /></a>On the way home from church on Sunday, we saw the most beautiful, CRAZY tree! This is actually two trees growing together - one inside the other! There is really just one trunk! But its a beautiful evergreen (or something...) inside with this bright red burst of color exploding from the tree! Mike also liked the yellow tree in the background. (Click on the picture to see it full size)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPr7jkGHI/AAAAAAAAALM/TS3x32YkKpI/s1600-h/november+059.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPr7jkGHI/AAAAAAAAALM/TS3x32YkKpI/s320/november+059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275210154674231410" border="0" /></a><br />We also saw a car driving away from DBC that had this as the license plate...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTYzUBzxI/AAAAAAAAAMM/LXKTT0qcCsA/s1600-h/november+086.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVTYzUBzxI/AAAAAAAAAMM/LXKTT0qcCsA/s320/november+086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275214224090582802" border="0" /></a>with a older guy driving it and an older girl in the front seat! It was adorable.<br /><br />We also went to Michele's wedding this past week. Michele was my boss for three years when I was a nanny for her two precious girls, Natali and Isabel. This first pic is at the reception of me and Natali (so adorable!).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPrX8V8_I/AAAAAAAAALE/qnPCzoN14Zo/s1600-h/michele%27s+wedding+051.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVPrX8V8_I/AAAAAAAAALE/qnPCzoN14Zo/s320/michele%27s+wedding+051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275210145114485746" border="0" /></a>This is Michele and her daughters, the flower girls! (They got married at her house, so that is the staircase)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN6n9TYQI/AAAAAAAAAK8/qCMpscGqpNw/s1600-h/michele%27s+wedding+044.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 331px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN6n9TYQI/AAAAAAAAAK8/qCMpscGqpNw/s320/michele%27s+wedding+044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275208208088260866" border="0" /></a>Me with my precious baby girls! I love them so much!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN6TWSEJI/AAAAAAAAAK0/lKlWKJ_SHXc/s1600-h/michele%27s+wedding+035.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 234px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN6TWSEJI/AAAAAAAAAK0/lKlWKJ_SHXc/s320/michele%27s+wedding+035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275208202555887762" border="0" /></a>Now, you may not know Mike and I work with the 1st and 2nd graders at DBC, leading worship and leading the large group drama. A few weeks ago was the end of a series we were doing with the kids, and we had a jeopardy game where the kids got to dress up two leaders of their choice. Of course Mike was chosen, and by the end of the game, this is how cute Mike looked...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN5hG8opI/AAAAAAAAAKs/JmVzsFzHPAY/s1600-h/sunday+school+118.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN5hG8opI/AAAAAAAAAKs/JmVzsFzHPAY/s320/sunday+school+118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275208189069795986" border="0" /></a>I love it! How funny! It was a blast to watch.<br /><br />Taryne, my best friend in Houston, drove through Dallas a couple weeks ago and we actually got to shop and have dinner at Cheesecake Factory! It was so good to see her, we had never "hung out" in Dallas before, so it was fun for her to be on "my turf" instead of hers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN5H40rcI/AAAAAAAAAKk/mAbDki5VcD8/s1600-h/nov+009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN5H40rcI/AAAAAAAAAKk/mAbDki5VcD8/s320/nov+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275208182299667906" border="0" /></a>And lastly, about a month ago I got in a car accident, no big deal, I just rear-ended a girl in traffic, going like 25 miles an hour, and this is my car at the scene. I just thought I would post it because I hadn't, and it was my first car accident! What was great was my rental car while it was getting fixed - a Volkswagon bug! I LOVED it!!!!! I want one so bad!!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN456O8FI/AAAAAAAAAKc/7Wzei2hNR8g/s1600-h/nov+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STVN456O8FI/AAAAAAAAAKc/7Wzei2hNR8g/s320/nov+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275208178547486802" border="0" /></a>That's all for November. We are officially in December now, so I'll have more photos of graduation (on the 13th!) and other stuff later!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-16444997862681513822008-11-28T11:56:00.004-06:002008-11-28T12:14:10.119-06:00Scrapbook OrganizationSo I am a scrapbooker. If you know me, you know it is one of my favorite things to do. I have a lot of supplies, so when I scrap I have to take everything out and spread it around me on the floor (because we don't have another place for me to scrap - small apartment), and I pretty much have to take over the entire living room when I scrap. Mike doesn't mind, but I usually leave my scrap stuff out for a week or so because I will go back to it when I have a free hour, or because I will spend a whole weekend scrapping. Mike says I am like a tornado when I scrap. Here is my typical scrapping mess.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STAxXX-sRFI/AAAAAAAAAKM/F9iRDYoMpcA/s1600-h/michele%27s+wedding+004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STAxXX-sRFI/AAAAAAAAAKM/F9iRDYoMpcA/s320/michele%27s+wedding+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273769441294566482" border="0" /></a><br />However, Mike and I decided to rearrange some stuff in our house last week to make more space, and I decided to take over the baker's rack in the dining room to create a scrapbook corner! I am so proud of my organization skills and my creative use of space! What is great about this is everything is within arm reach so I don't have to make a whirlwind of stuff around me to scrap! I've got the top of the baker's rack for scrapbooking, and everything else is organized so I can reach it when I use it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STAxX_sq7MI/AAAAAAAAAKU/UJLyWpc6T1E/s1600-h/michele%27s+wedding+158.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/STAxX_sq7MI/AAAAAAAAAKU/UJLyWpc6T1E/s320/michele%27s+wedding+158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273769451956399298" border="0" /></a>Ta-da! I even printed these pictures and made a scrapbook page of it! I'm actually scrapbooking right now, and I thought I would share my excitement!<br /><br />And I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-7646691690104600632008-11-26T09:11:00.002-06:002008-11-26T09:20:25.545-06:0099 Things to Do<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ok, so I am doing this because it sounds like fun. You are supposed to bold the items that you have done, so here I go! ( I also *starred the items I want to do)</span><br /><br />1. Started your own blog</strong><br /><strong>2. Slept under the stars</strong><br /><strong style="font-weight: bold;">3. Played in a band</strong><br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;">4. Visited Hawaii*</strong><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Watched a Meteor Shower</span><br /><strong>6. Given more than you can afford to charity </strong><br />7. Been to Disneyland<br /><strong>8. Climbed a Mountain</strong><br />9. Held a praying mantis<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10. Sang a solo</span><br />11. Bungee jumped<br />12. Visited Paris*<br />13. Watched a lightning storm at sea<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14. Taught yourself an art from scratch</span><br />15. Adopted a child*<br />16. Had food poisoning<br />17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty*<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">18. Grown your own vegetables</span><br />19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France*<br />20. Slept on an overnight train*<br /><strong>21. Had a pillow fight</strong><br />22. Hitch hiked<br /><strong>23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill</strong><br /><strong>24. Built a snow fort</strong><br />25. Held a Lamb*<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">26. Gone skinny dipping</span><br />27. Run a Marathon<br />28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice*<br />29. Seen a total eclipse*<br /><strong>30. Watched a sunrise or sunset</strong><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">31. Hit a home run</span><br />32. Been on a cruise*<br />33. Seen Niagara Falls in person*<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors</span><br />35. Seen an Amish community*<br />36. Taught yourself a new language*<br /><strong>37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied</strong><br />38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person*<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">39. Gone rock climbing</span><br />40. Seen Michelangelo’s David*<br /><strong>41. Sung karaoke</strong><br />42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt*<br />43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant<br />44. Visited Africa*<br /><strong>45. Walked on a beach by moonlight</strong><br />46. Been transported in an ambulance<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">47. Had your portrait painted</span><br />48. Gone deep sea fishing<br />49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person*<br />50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris*<br /><strong>51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling</strong><br /><strong>52. Kissed in the rain</strong><br /><strong>53. Played in the mud</strong><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">54. Gone to a drive-in theater</span><br />55. Been in a movie*<br />56. Visited the Great Wall of China*<br />57. Started a business*<br />58. Taken a martial arts class<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">59. Visited Russia</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">60. Served at a soup kitchen</span><br />61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies<br />62. Gone whale watching<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">63. Got flowers for no reason </span><br /><strong>64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma</strong> (well I tried, but my vein collapsed...)<br />65. Gone sky diving<br />66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp*<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">67. Bounced a check</span><br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;">68. Flown in a helicopter</strong><br /><strong>69. Saved a favorite childhood toy</strong><br />70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial*<br />71. Eaten Caviar<br />72. Pieced a quilt<br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;">73. Stood in Times Square</strong>*<br />74. Toured the Everglades*<br />75. Been fired from a job<br />76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London*<br />77. Broken a bone<br />78. Been on a speeding motorcycle<br />79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person*<br />80. Published a book*<br />81. Visited the Vatican<br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;">82. Bought a brand new car</strong><br />83. Walked in Jerusalem*<br /><strong>84. Had your picture in the newspaper</strong><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">85. Read the entire Bible</span><br />86. Visited the White House*<br />87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating<br /><strong>88. Had chickenpox</strong><br />89. Saved someone’s life*<br />90. Sat on a jury<br /><strong>91. Met someone famous</strong><br />92. Joined a book club<br /><strong>93. Lost a loved one</strong><br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;">94. Had a baby*</strong><br /><strong>95. Seen the Alamo in person</strong><br />96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake<br />97. Been involved in a law suit<br /><strong>98. Owned a cell phone</strong><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">99. Been stung by a bee<br /><br /></span>Man, I've only done 39 items on this list! There are so many other things I want to do. I'm going to go back and *star the items I want to do.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>If you want to copy and do this, please do! <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-16619515874807602882008-11-19T10:30:00.000-06:002008-11-19T10:58:35.855-06:00November so far...I don't blog as much as I would like to, but I guess that's ok because I don't really have the time (or very much interesting stuff), but this past weekend was busy! Full of stuff! So I am posting pics. We went down to Houston because our good friend Randy Turner was getting married (yay Randy!), so there are a lot of pics from his wedding on here. But they posted in a weird order, so forgive the chaos please. We went to see my mom, and realized Kelsey and Mom's hair is exactly the same length! Or at least it was, because Kelsey chopped off her hair two days ago.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ97M2KSfI/AAAAAAAAAJU/aBgx8HS36Rk/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+462.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ97M2KSfI/AAAAAAAAAJU/aBgx8HS36Rk/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+462.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270405551200291314" border="0" /></a><br />In any case, it was pretty funny to see how similar they look not only in the face, but because they have the same hairstyle.<br />We also went over to the Turners after the wedding on Saturday night, and got to see Moose, our beloved kitty! He is the cutest thing ever! Mike played with him most of the night, and I took a ton of pics, but here is one really cute one.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ96g-k37I/AAAAAAAAAJM/IHSM-IYI3KQ/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+453.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ96g-k37I/AAAAAAAAAJM/IHSM-IYI3KQ/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+453.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270405539424427954" border="0" /></a>On to Randy's wedding. One of the absolute best things about the wedding was getting to see Erwin and Vicki Wood. Now, most of you probably don't know them, but if you do, you know they are some of the greatest people alive. Erwin is like a grandpa to me, he is the sweetest, funniest, most passionate man, and he loves the Lord so much. He was such an important part of the WoodsEdge youth group (so long ago...) and has influenced me in so many ways. It was so good to see him because he has been battling brain cancer for some time now, and the last time I saw him was at our wedding six months ago. Since then he has steadily gotten sicker, and so it was pretty scary for me to see him as sick as he is when six months ago he was in great health (enough to come to Dallas for our wedding!). But he is so wonderful, and I love him so much.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ96N4DsDI/AAAAAAAAAJE/vTTu4o-CWmE/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+348.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ96N4DsDI/AAAAAAAAAJE/vTTu4o-CWmE/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270405534296813618" border="0" /></a>I also got to see a couple old WoodsEdge people I haven't seen in so long! Mike Ruse (little Mike, not his dad...) and Eedee Frascella. I have the pic here of me and Mike. We were good friends way back when, and he lives in Austin now, so I haven't seen him in years!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ95xmE-UI/AAAAAAAAAI8/czFrTvhIZgw/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+139.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ95xmE-UI/AAAAAAAAAI8/czFrTvhIZgw/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270405526705207618" border="0" /></a>On to pics of Randy's wedding. He married Jessica, one of the sweetest girls! She is so adorable and hilarious! These pics aren't in any order, so just enjoy as they are.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ95owXGbI/AAAAAAAAAI0/AuDzNikdscY/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+387.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ95owXGbI/AAAAAAAAAI0/AuDzNikdscY/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+387.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270405524332419506" border="0" /></a>Their wedding was so beautiful! Fall colors and vibrant leaves everywhere!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7Ucr_srI/AAAAAAAAAIs/7Tk8IjNUj-A/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+297.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7Ucr_srI/AAAAAAAAAIs/7Tk8IjNUj-A/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270402686414467762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7UOqtACI/AAAAAAAAAIk/r3mkY8rZ2Ps/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+316.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7UOqtACI/AAAAAAAAAIk/r3mkY8rZ2Ps/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+316.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270402682650951714" border="0" /></a>Ok, this beautiful cake was made by Mrs. Turner, Randy's mom! She makes excellent cakes! She also made the cake topper to look like the arch that Randy and Jessica got married under!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7T8ZbRrI/AAAAAAAAAIc/6ncdTyWU3D8/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+323.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7T8ZbRrI/AAAAAAAAAIc/6ncdTyWU3D8/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+323.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270402677746648754" border="0" /></a>This is one of my favorite people in the world - Julie Turner. We've been friends for almost 9 years, and I cannot tell you how great she is. She has always been there for me! She just got engaged like a month ago, and is getting married in March or Feb next year! Its so exciting! And I'm going to be her "matron" of honor! Pretty nifty!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7Tpl-l_I/AAAAAAAAAIU/cqyERDqflJo/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+356.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7Tpl-l_I/AAAAAAAAAIU/cqyERDqflJo/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+356.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270402672699021298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7TQbtoFI/AAAAAAAAAIM/tozo0hocAE4/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+367.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ7TQbtoFI/AAAAAAAAAIM/tozo0hocAE4/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+367.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270402665945079890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSREcRzA0-I/AAAAAAAAAJk/0N_UonVBsfo/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+050.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSREcRzA0-I/AAAAAAAAAJk/0N_UonVBsfo/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270412716534715362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5Gf3XfLI/AAAAAAAAAIE/6oJWO4AQdiA/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+217.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5Gf3XfLI/AAAAAAAAAIE/6oJWO4AQdiA/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+217.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270400247726046386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5GIpuw_I/AAAAAAAAAH8/Pd4qdEUnP_A/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+177.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5GIpuw_I/AAAAAAAAAH8/Pd4qdEUnP_A/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+177.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270400241494836210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5F9ZInoI/AAAAAAAAAH0/Saace1ed6ig/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+127.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5F9ZInoI/AAAAAAAAAH0/Saace1ed6ig/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270400238472437378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5FgLAlzI/AAAAAAAAAHs/7j3fTRgQE9U/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+120.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5FgLAlzI/AAAAAAAAAHs/7j3fTRgQE9U/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270400230628562738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSREctz-BnI/AAAAAAAAAJs/DJtEcLrrlQ8/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSREctz-BnI/AAAAAAAAAJs/DJtEcLrrlQ8/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270412724054918770" border="0" /></a><br />This is Julie's fiance, Nathan. I love this picture of them! They are so adorable.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSREdeHqwNI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/N1TG8GVjskQ/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSREdeHqwNI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/N1TG8GVjskQ/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270412737022443730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSREdOqHeeI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/QvoOqpbyFdI/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+069.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSREdOqHeeI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/QvoOqpbyFdI/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270412732871965154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5Fd91R4I/AAAAAAAAAHk/uxFR1IRvsKc/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ5Fd91R4I/AAAAAAAAAHk/uxFR1IRvsKc/s320/nov+15+randys+wedding+082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270400230036424578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ3CPqYoFI/AAAAAAAAAG8/68mDUTuL5vA/s1600-h/P1050720.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ3CPqYoFI/AAAAAAAAAG8/68mDUTuL5vA/s320/P1050720.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270397975633895506" border="0" /></a><br />Ok, so the eggnog is back. Its almost Christmas, so Mike of course has to buy his eggnog. Now, eggnog disgusts me. I never grew up drinking it, and just the name of it is enough to set me off, it is just the most disgusting thing. So of course Mike tries every year to get me to taste it, and I of course have to say BLAH! But still he persists. So I guess its time for me to batten down the hatches, because for the next month and a half I'll have to endure his sneaky attempts to have me taste it.<br /><br />So that's it... Maybe I'll remember to post again this month.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ3CPqYoFI/AAAAAAAAAG8/68mDUTuL5vA/s1600-h/P1050720.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ3DB9Pn7I/AAAAAAAAAHc/N2ekuHZZxKg/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+079.jpg"><br /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ3CX34UBI/AAAAAAAAAHE/aTyp9W656Ic/s1600-h/nov+15+randys+wedding+050.jpg"><br /></a></div>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-35760602583353894142008-11-19T10:29:00.002-06:002008-11-19T10:36:26.502-06:00Billy's getting older....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ_Rvy9TTI/AAAAAAAAAJc/Sc1wKFxAVMo/s1600-h/billy.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270407038050848050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SSQ_Rvy9TTI/AAAAAAAAAJc/Sc1wKFxAVMo/s320/billy.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It's an expected thing. We all know that we HAVE to die, unless the Lord comes back, but somehow it's painful to see loved ones getting older. I can only imagine how Franklin Graham is feeling knowing that his father is getting to the point where he no longer councils the president. Billy Graham has prayed with every president since Eisenhower. Franklin said something very appropriate...</div><div> </div><div>"He's always been ready to die, but nobody's prepared for him getting old."</div><div> </div><div>One of my professors wrote on this, check it out at <a href="http://www.markoverstreet.com/">www.markoverstreet.com</a></div><div> </div>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-91691693135248819322008-10-26T18:40:00.004-05:002008-10-26T19:55:14.448-05:00Beginning of Fall - FINALLY!!!I am so glad it is finally starting to feel like fall outside. I am sick of sweating as soon as I walk out the door, my car being hot as an oven, and I am getting tired of my summer clothes. Today I cleaned out our closet and put my summer clothes away and my winter clothes on hangers! Yay! I think from October-January are my favorite months. I love the cold, the holiday season, and the emotions that swirl around and wrap me in a bear hug every fall/winter.<br /><br />Mike is in the living room walking around in circles. He is practicing his sermon he has to preach tomorrow in his class, "Biblical Exposition". I'm taking off school and my internship so I can go hear him preach! Its exciting for us. He's preaching over 1 Peter 1:10-16.<br /><br />Its been an homemaking day for me...I organized our pantry, am currently baking two loaves of french bread (for our awesome roasted garlic soup tonight!), and I am soon going to be organizing the cabinets underneath our bathroom sink (my 'stuff' has become a chaotic mound of beauty products...Mike has been very patient with me taking over the bathroom). We also went and voted today! It was Mike's first time voting in a presidential election! I voted last time in the Bush election, and I've voted in primaries and stuff before. I have been mentally documenting (and exclaiming aloud to Mike) all the things we do "for the first time as a married couple!", and today before I could get to it, Mike grinned at me and said, "We voted today for the first time as a married couple!" It was cute. We are <span style="font-style: italic;">so </span>married!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SQUF-TdSc2I/AAAAAAAAAG0/ghOWXjbSl4A/s1600-h/Wedding+Photos+Edited+5+378.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SQUF-TdSc2I/AAAAAAAAAG0/ghOWXjbSl4A/s320/Wedding+Photos+Edited+5+378.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261618307585438562" border="0" /></a><br />On that note, I am excited we are about to go through our first fall/winter/holidays as a married couple! The other night (when it got down to 40 degrees) we hadn't turned our heat on yet, so I woke up in the middle of the night freezing! I scooted back and snuggled my feet under Mike's warm feet, and my first thought was, "Being married is so great!!!!" I had never thought about it from that aspect before...having someone to snuggle when I get cold at night. Usually, when I would get cold, I would get into a ball and try and get warm on my own (instead of venturing out into the freezing air to get a blanket...) and usually end up shivering for the rest of the night. Now I won't have to do that! How great! Awesome perk of marriage.<br /><br />Our house smells so good right now...I was baking the french bread at the same time that I was roasting 5 heads of garlic, and now I've got the soup simmering, so it smells like heaven! Mike and I talked today about whether or not God bakes fresh bread in heaven. Mike says that since God <span style="font-style: italic;">is </span>the Bread of Life, He just smells like fresh baked bread all the time. How cheesy are we?!?!<br /><br />Well, I've got to unload the dishwasher otherwise our kitchen will become a giant pile of dishes that will make me cry.Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-46374820978032848092008-10-15T11:44:00.003-05:002008-10-15T11:54:57.280-05:00<a href="http://www.irishcalvinist.com/files/2007/02/god-is-faithful.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 453px; CURSOR: hand" height="209" alt="" src="http://www.irishcalvinist.com/files/2007/02/god-is-faithful.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>God is Good,</div><div>He is Faithful,</div><div>We ahve been praying so hard, hoping beyond what seemed possible and God is faithful.</div>Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-43558823396154467452008-09-30T11:28:00.002-05:002008-09-30T11:33:19.972-05:00The sorrow of my friends is my sorrowI've been through a few <em>really</em> tough times in my life. I've just found out that one of my best friends is now going through something terribly similar.<br />I hate this feeling, like watching a car wreck knowing that<br />you can't do anything to help...<br />you can't do anything at all...<br />just watch like a documentary....<br />and hope, and pray that God would be most glorified...<br />and that he would do as he does...<br />and work a miracle...<br /><br />Psalm 10.14<br />But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; <br />you consider it to take it in hand. <br />The victim commits himself to you; <br />you are the helper of the fatherless.Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-58723188130057783722008-09-23T19:23:00.003-05:002008-09-23T19:53:27.739-05:00Is it already September? Seriously?<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>So I can't believe its already September!!! The year has flown by! We have already been married more than 4 months!!! How crazy is that? Life has been wonderful, though! Interning at the Pregnancy Resource Center has been the most amazing thing ever - God is using it to draw me to Him, and to teach me how to serve with joy and to love those who are society's "unlovable". What an incredible opportunity this internship has been! I pray I'll be able to serve there (or other centers) for the rest of my life! It is that powerful and wonderful!<br /><br />I've promised a pic of Mike's portrait of himself, so here it is! The finished product!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmMOEIpsiI/AAAAAAAAAGI/j06ixuk0SfE/s1600-h/sept+054.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmMOEIpsiI/AAAAAAAAAGI/j06ixuk0SfE/s320/sept+054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249381013933109794" border="0" /></a>It turned out very well. I also actually got a picture of our cat, Camma - who HATES having her picture taken. She runs away every time she sees my camera or my phone poised towards her. But I was able to get a couple good shots of her today! She is so precious!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmMOQqdh3I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Ff920PqG26w/s1600-h/sept+063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmMOQqdh3I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Ff920PqG26w/s320/sept+063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249381017296144242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmMOmgcgbI/AAAAAAAAAGY/EE481zDCTy4/s1600-h/sept+069.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmMOmgcgbI/AAAAAAAAAGY/EE481zDCTy4/s320/sept+069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249381023159714226" border="0" /></a>I did a Practicum Fair today for students trying to find an internship, and so I had to make a board with info on the PRC and what I do there to share with all the students who came to the practicum fair. Here is a picture of my table (its fuzzy because I didn't have my camera, I had to take this with my phone). I think a couple people were interested in finding out more about interning there, so that is cool!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ8VVspxI/AAAAAAAAAFY/kY61isYYfkI/s1600-h/0923081751.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ8VVspxI/AAAAAAAAAFY/kY61isYYfkI/s320/0923081751.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249378510290331410" border="0" /></a>I used to nanny two little girls named Natali and Isabel a couple years ago, and they were the flower girls in our wedding. Natali's 6th birthday was this weekend, so I went to her birthday party! It was so wonderful to see the girls - I love them so much, and I don't get to see them very often! Here is Natali decorating her cupcake!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ8joCoKI/AAAAAAAAAFg/xYOkF0h7ilY/s1600-h/sept+011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ8joCoKI/AAAAAAAAAFg/xYOkF0h7ilY/s320/sept+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249378514125365410" border="0" /></a>Isn't she just adorable????<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ9OtBJmI/AAAAAAAAAFo/kYCKehfs93I/s1600-h/sept+017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ9OtBJmI/AAAAAAAAAFo/kYCKehfs93I/s320/sept+017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249378525688964706" border="0" /></a>That is Isabel, (who is 8) stuffing her face with the cupcake - we were joking that I should show this pic to her future boyfriends!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ9tNYyuI/AAAAAAAAAFw/xifqyvF7VJI/s1600-h/sept+022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ9tNYyuI/AAAAAAAAAFw/xifqyvF7VJI/s320/sept+022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249378533877795554" border="0" /></a>Nat is about to hit the pinata!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ93RFixI/AAAAAAAAAF4/PFHCKmF3Gt4/s1600-h/sept+034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmJ93RFixI/AAAAAAAAAF4/PFHCKmF3Gt4/s320/sept+034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249378536577665810" border="0" /></a><br />Here are both of the girls after swimming - they have beautiful smiles, but its so funny how they put on these weird "fake" smiles when asked to smile for a pic!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmMN9qmrrI/AAAAAAAAAGA/eWF_y8OTqCo/s1600-h/sept+053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SNmMN9qmrrI/AAAAAAAAAGA/eWF_y8OTqCo/s320/sept+053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249381012196470450" border="0" /></a>So those are my beautiful girls.<br /><br />Mike is crazy-busy with school, he comes home and reads textbooks every single night! It sucks, but his GPA certainly shows all his hard work! He couldn't come to Natali's birthday party because he had so much studying to do - but soon he will be done! Or at least, it will be less studying soon.<br /><br />Time to make some dinner - and maybe get some scrapbooking done!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-83104371775052939412008-09-13T14:52:00.001-05:002008-09-13T14:53:17.965-05:00If you want to live a long and happy life...Hilarious! Check this out....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flixxy.com/happy-life.htm">http://www.flixxy.com/happy-life.htm</a><br /><br />It is just a hoot!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-36380283084458970072008-09-12T18:59:00.007-05:002008-09-12T22:32:44.250-05:00Beginning of September!<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br />So it has been an eventful month! And it's not even half over! First, and most exciting for me, Mike and I went to the Robbie Seay/Alli Rogers concert at FBC The Heights! Alli Rogers is my absolute favorite singer ever (she even tops Ella Fitzgerald - which, if you know me, you know that is HUGE), so I was over the moon to get to see her in concert again. We even got to talk with her for a few minutes, where she told us she was pregnant! That was pretty cool, to find out before she announced it on the web. Here is a pic of us with her!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsKNZGRnaI/AAAAAAAAAEw/BeDBbJRm5Ko/s1600-h/P1050010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsKNZGRnaI/AAAAAAAAAEw/BeDBbJRm5Ko/s320/P1050010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297416194858402" border="0" /></a>Here is the Robbie Seay Band...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsKNtTxJBI/AAAAAAAAAE4/5FGAbV5y9TI/s1600-h/P1050013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsKNtTxJBI/AAAAAAAAAE4/5FGAbV5y9TI/s320/P1050013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297421620159506" border="0" /></a>And here is Alli playing - she was amazing! It sucked that she was only able to sing two songs, but she did beautifully!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsKOIuFWwI/AAAAAAAAAFA/VZSnHvIbqPo/s1600-h/P1050021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsKOIuFWwI/AAAAAAAAAFA/VZSnHvIbqPo/s320/P1050021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297428978293506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsKOeGhrrI/AAAAAAAAAFI/xl1v2roBtNw/s1600-h/P1050018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsKOeGhrrI/AAAAAAAAAFI/xl1v2roBtNw/s320/P1050018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297434717957810" border="0" /></a>Another thing that happened (that wasn't happy at all!) is we had to return Moose to his previous owners, the Turners. It was so very sad! I cried when they left.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJGpbpg9I/AAAAAAAAAEA/_XrA7S7GtuE/s1600-h/P1040934.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJGpbpg9I/AAAAAAAAAEA/_XrA7S7GtuE/s320/P1040934.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245296200808760274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJGxW79LI/AAAAAAAAAEI/C57PzAaOjsQ/s1600-h/P1040935.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJGxW79LI/AAAAAAAAAEI/C57PzAaOjsQ/s320/P1040935.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245296202936480946" border="0" /></a><br />The Turners drove all the way to Dallas from the Woodlands to stay with us one night and to bring Moose home with them - it was wonderful to get to hang out with them, but sad to see them leave with our kitty. He enjoyed walking all over their air mattress as they blew it up...<br />There they are, watching Moose play. He is such a hoot!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsHa-bwdrI/AAAAAAAAADY/HOZ0YqFft3I/s1600-h/P1040906.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsHa-bwdrI/AAAAAAAAADY/HOZ0YqFft3I/s320/P1040906.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245294351020488370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsHbYb7CHI/AAAAAAAAADg/AvJrF_ZW90Q/s1600-h/P1040910.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 363px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsHbYb7CHI/AAAAAAAAADg/AvJrF_ZW90Q/s320/P1040910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245294358000502898" border="0" /></a><br />Before they left, Moose climbed in his temporary litter box (before we put the litter in) and got nice and cozy! Isn't he just adorable???!!! He is the sweetest thing ever!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsHcHwiOJI/AAAAAAAAADw/H4Ib0Pd84Fo/s1600-h/P1040922.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsHcHwiOJI/AAAAAAAAADw/H4Ib0Pd84Fo/s320/P1040922.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245294370703423634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsHcR42ajI/AAAAAAAAAD4/9hR5qlUulS4/s1600-h/P1040927.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsHcR42ajI/AAAAAAAAAD4/9hR5qlUulS4/s320/P1040927.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245294373422656050" border="0" /></a>Although it was sad to have him leave us, the Turners report he is happy in his old home again, and the other cats (they have 4 other cats!) welcomed him back, so that is good news. And our cat, Camma, is back to her old self...which means she is snobby and high-maintenance, but at least she is loving us somewhat. She crawls on me when I get in bed at night and lets me love on her, so that is sweet at least.<br /><br />I have been working at the Woman to Woman Pregnancy Resource Center for my internship for three weeks now, and I absolutely LOVE it! It is such a blessing, and an amazing ministry. I couldn't be in a better place, and God is really using this time to teach me some important things, I'm not sure how to expand on them yet, but trust me - growing is part of the process of serving there!<br /><br />Mike and I also have been going to the Blues Jam on Sunday nights at the Prairie House Restaurant in Cross Roads. It is a live band that lets you sign up to play blues with them, and it is a lot of fun.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJHSJ8xcI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/rl_bbC-fk5Q/s1600-h/P1040939.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJHSJ8xcI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/rl_bbC-fk5Q/s320/P1040939.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245296211740378562" border="0" /></a>This is the whole band - Mike is playing the drums in the back.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJHn9yAEI/AAAAAAAAAEY/dzuQXuqpqtw/s1600-h/P1040993.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJHn9yAEI/AAAAAAAAAEY/dzuQXuqpqtw/s320/P1040993.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245296217594921026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJH3mNXKI/AAAAAAAAAEg/GYGmywK8Ni4/s1600-h/P1040982.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMsJH3mNXKI/AAAAAAAAAEg/GYGmywK8Ni4/s320/P1040982.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245296221791018146" border="0" /></a>That's the most "up-close" pic I have - he looks great though! He did wonderfully too! (I am so in love with this man!) Its fun for him to have opportunities to play with a band, because at home its just CDs he has.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMszNADPHkI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/29rZ4jTJSM4/s1600-h/P1040972.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N0cTfLKpwDw/SMszNADPHkI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/29rZ4jTJSM4/s320/P1040972.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245342489447964226" border="0" /></a>Lastly, please keep my family and friends in your prayers if you read this before or during Hurricane Ike - all my family are scattered in North Houston, and they are prepared to ride out the storm, so hopefully it will have lost some of its strength by the time it really hits them. They are just experiencing wind right now. Please especially pray for my grandma's house - she lives 5 minutes from the Galveston Bay (only like 3 or 4 blocks!), and her house could very well be flooded or destroyed by the storm surge/flooding/wind. Thankfully she evacuated to my mom's house, but still, please pray for her house to still be standing and not destroyed after Ike.<br /><br />We love you all!Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010617180300760751.post-12493664366653477362008-09-03T11:21:00.003-05:002008-09-03T11:28:49.140-05:00I loved this!!<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zXi90EVeg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zXi90EVeg</a><br /><br />Newt Gingrich makes some really good comments. A lot of this is sounds just like the same political positivism that saturates the televised portions of politics but the last fifteen seconds are perfect.<br />The Reporter by the way is asking Newt about the Democrat, former VP candidate when Gore was running, Lieberman.Mike + Stacey Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586238752108418142noreply@blogger.com0