Christmas begins!

we put up our Christmas tree today (satuday)! it was so great!!!!! laure and i wanted to do it so that we didnt have to spend a lot of money. she doesnt want to stay in belgium and i dont know how long ill be here. we saw fake trees for like 60 and 90 euros. PRETTY RIDICULOUS!

today was the day we had time to spend looking for a tree and decorations. since there are no real trees available right now we decided to go with fake. (ive never had a real tree before...one day!)
we found a tree and ornaments for not so cheap! we ended up having a beautiful tree for under 75 euros. that is pretty unbelieveable granted all things here are outrageously priced.

we put on some Christmas music and had a great time sharing in this experience of putting together and decorating our tree!

i was also able to put up the nativity scene that used to be my grandfather's. he used to put it up every year! when he passed away in May, i asked my mom if i could have it. luckily no one else had requested it. so, now it is here in belgium! from brasil to the states (but not put up) to belgium!

its been a hard year, but i think i might do a resume of the year at the end of december. hope you are well. thanks for reading!!!

sunday

ugly sunday....went to church, had lunch, went to the gym for 20 min, oh and in between lunch and the gym i took a wonderful 1 hr nap. now im preparing for tonights study!

just wanted to ask for you to pray for me. i have a lot of work to finish for training and i dont want to be stressed right before. ive gotten a good head start, but now im slowing down and am no longer motivated.

thanks!

long time

hey there!

oh my goodness...i cant believe i havent blogged in a MONTH! that is so incredibly long. this month has been pretty awesome! of course it was busy, but busy isnt always bad.

i know that november will be quite busy as well because i have to prepare for my training. there is so much to get done. i will have to really work on managing my time.

tomorrow is technically my day off, but i know i will try to get a few things done for work. from tuesday through thursday i will be in holland for a regional meeting. im excited to see my collegues and friends!

ive signed up for twitter. ill be researching it a bit more before i get the word out, but if you read this and want to follow, please do!

a bientot!