New couch and chair

We picked up the chair and couch last night. They're both really comfortable, especially the chair. We have now gotten four free pieces of nice furniture! (Also the entertainment center and my desk, which is nice except for the keyboard tray.) Now when we finally move into our own place, we'll have a pretty nice setup!

I like green tea!

Today I discovered that I do like green tea after all! Before this morning I had only ever had Arizona cold green tea, and I thought it was pretty nasty. But today I tried the jasmine green tea that I got for Christmas, and I loved it! I was sad when I thought that I couldn't appreciate green tea, so this makes me happy.

Ok, so that's a pretty boring post. So what else? David and I are going to get a couch and a lazy boy chair! The Wiggins family is getting a new couch, and they're giving us their old stuff! That means that when Dave and I are finally in an apartment on our own again, we'll have a comfy place to sit! I'm so excited! We'll probably be moving it on Thursday. I'll try to post pictures. Of course it's just going to go sit in the garage until we move because there's no room in the guest house. We might be able to squeeze the lazy boy in here, though. Maybe.

Sobe Wiggins

The Wiggins family let me look after their alligator lizard named Sobe while they were away for the last two weeks. He's pretty darn adorable, even if he is a tiny bit boring. He was very good and sat perfectly still for me while I did a little photoshoot for him (first picture), but of course that didn't allow for much variety in the pictures. Luckily when I took his box outside he became a little more interesting (second picture).

I know it's a little bit silly of me to write out "Sobe Wiggins" in the subject line like he's a person and that's his full name, but my family was always big on treating pets like family members. I once had a dog who even had a middle name!

Be sure to view the pictures full-size! :)

Update on life

David has a new job as a video game tester for Vivendi Games, the company that brought you World of Warcraft. It's in El Segundo, which is about an hour and a half away from where we live now. That's quite a commute, not to mention the fortune he'll be spending on gas. He would like for us to move there, but we just can't afford to move right now. I would need to get a job and work there long enough for us to have the money to move, and then I would have to quit and find a new job in El Segundo.

I would like to move there, I think. I don't want Dave to have to drive so far and I would love to live near the beach. The only thing is that Harvest is the best church I've ever gone to, and I've been to a lot. I would be extremely sad to have to leave. Also there's The Living Room, which is unlike any Bible study I've ever been to and has done so much for my walk with God and given me a passion for the Bible. Plus there's Come Reason, which is the only apologetics class I've ever seen in a church. Still, I'm sure we'll find a nice church if we move out there.

This is a little embarrassing to write, but only 2 people actually read this blog, so it's not a huge deal. Another thing David's work is close to is a college that I would love to go to. (After I make up for my horrible high school grades at a community college, of course.) I say it's embarrassing because I don't know if I would be able to succeed in college. If I could, I would love to go to Biola and get a Bachelor's degree in Biblical & Theological Studies.

I suppose that's really all the updates on life that I have at the moment. I'll probably post a little bit later with some pictures of the houseguest Dave and I have had for the past two weeks.

Roses!

David gave me a dozen red roses yesterday! ♥ Here are some pictures.

My church is going to Israel

For the next two weeks people from my church will be taking a tour of Israel. I wish I could have gone too. Granted, I don't know as much about the places they're going to visit as the people probably do who are actually going. They're probably very familiar with the Bible and know exactly what took place at all the different locations. So maybe in that sense I wouldn't get quite as much out of it...but I would love to learn. Maybe I can work on becoming more knowledgeable and then if Harvest does it again, maybe there will be a way I can go. You know, if David and I suddenly strike it rich somehow. Ok, so maybe it's impossible. But it sure would be incredible.