I could have danced all night....

Wow...I have not posted on here for a while...for quite a long while... :P
Well...Thanksgiving went well..and Christmas (just kidding, although it is coming up way too quickly!) We didn't get together with relatives or anything, because they all live in Minnesota and Wisconsin :( But we did get together with a family we have been friends with forever, it was just a very relaxing and eventful evening. Lets see, what other important events have happened in the past month? Ft. Nisqually's christmas event was last weekend, and that went really well. It was good to see everyone and be at my second home again for the day :) This weekend was quite exciting, full of important things and lots of snow and ice!! Friday was, umm..well, interesting to say the least. I had to go to the dentist and get a number of cavities worked on (the dentists can't understand why....i brush faithfully and NEVER have sugar or drink pop). But, unfortunately I had some cavities, and the dentist had my mouth pried open for TWO hours and worked on me. My right side of my face was swollen and numb all day and I couldn't talk well at all :P (I was quite the sight ;) After that, I was tired so I just read for a while, and then baked up some things for the weekend. Saturday was a full day....I worked from 8-12:30 (usually I have to work Saturdays 'til 5, but my boss let me leave early :) and then headed over to see everyone at the Ft. Nisqually AI Christmas party. I was only there for a bit, but it was good to see some people I don't usually get to be with (especially Kelsey, back from college in Mississippi!! :) Then a bunch of us drove over to Ft. Steilacoom, for their Christmas re-enactment, and began the long process of changing into our lovely outfits for the ballroom. The girls dressing room was quite fun, it was lit by candles, and everyone was doing each others hair, lacing up corsets, petticoats filling the floor :P It felt like a scene from Little Women or Pride and Prejudice or something :) Although, next year, hopefully I will be able to find a silk ball gown to wear (I was the only one not wearing silk) (except for the guys of course ;) But, I did like the dress I wore, and it was pretty nice for having found out the week before I needed to find a dress! Hopefully my sewing machine will be up and running again eventually and I can make a dress at some point. Enough rambling...moving on...the dance was quite fun! We had about the same number of gentlemen as ladies (a rare happening!!). So everyone was able to do most of the dances. Jonathan Pollock provided some amazing fiddle music and we all danced the night away! And I was able to learn some English country dances (like from Pride and Prejudice) and I LOVED them...they are so graceful and elegant! Although I never did get to waltz, which is always fun :( To top off the night, it snowed!! So we all took some pictures out in the snow and walked around a bit. It was quite the end to a great evening! I drove home in my period clothes, because I needed to get home and beat the ice and snow, and didn't have time to change. I ended up getting lost, of course (with my amazing sense of direction ;) and had NO clue where to go, when fortunately the Pollocks pulled up next to me at a street light, and I was able to follow them to the freeway. So Saturday was quite the day filled with adventures :) This morning, I woke up, and we had three inches of snow here in Bonney Lake, and roads were sheer ice. So I was not able to make it to church this morning. My dad and I tried to drive around this morning (with much slipping and sliding) and came up with a semi-safer route for me to get to the freeway for later in the day. So I was able to make it in time for the party starting after church, at the Pollock's church. It was a great day filled with laughter and dancing and fellowship. (I seriously love that church, the two times I have been there, I have already felt so welcome :). And it snowed for the last half of the party, which was a nice treat, but then there was the drive home. It was quite interesting, I drove 15 miles per hour on the freeway (that was how slow everyone was driving!), and when I got into Bonney Lake, the "safe route" I drove earlier to get to my house was still ok, although pretty slick in some parts. I just crawled along, and now I am home safe and sound. And I felt like posting all about my great weekend :)
I hope everyone else had a great weekend! And now I am off to go watch Anne of Green Gables :-) 'Night all!

Unleashing the un-techiness of Kendra

Ack, I can't figure out how to put anything on here! Facebook was not this hard....haha.
I can't figure out how to get a different background on here, I only got part of one, and I can't figure out how to get my music playlist on here! I suppose I shall figure it eventually.... :P

Of votes and notecards....

Wow...election day is over. We have a new president, Barack Obama.
I had to work all night, and as I sat in the back room, I listened to the news on the radio...and as I listened to the updates on the votes, I kept thinking why? Why does Obama have to be ahead? Why God are you letting this man in? The last hour of work I had to tear myself away from the back room and go clean up the library before we closed. As I picked up some books off a table in the children's section, there was a notecard sitting faceup on the table. As I leaned over to grab it, the words shouted off the card: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart." Wow. God wanted me to find that notecard with its message. I think sometimes I get caught up in whats wrong, and wishing I could do something, but I need to bring it all back to God. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart." It was the perfect reminder for me...just waiting on the table for me to find it. I love how God works like that. When I got to my locker at the end of work, I had a text from my friend Maddy...she told me who won the election. It seemed wierd, because we still had people in our meeting room voting! But that is how it goes. I cried as I drove home. I am scared for my country and its people. But, I do have hope. God is in control. Christians need to be on their knees before Him praying faithfully for this country. God has a plan. If McCain was meant to be our president, God would have allowed him to win. God knows what He is doing, and I am going to trust that.
I wish that our country was what it used to be...with foundations built on God. I miss our founding fathers and their morals and beliefs. That is what our country needs right now. Our world is just going so downhill, and it seems so many people have turned from God. These next four years are going to be a huge test of faith. I am so determined to live my life out for God and be a shining light to people, and I pray God will keep giving me the strength. We as Christians can stand strong.
Well, I think I am going to go to bed...it has been an extremely hectic day. Work was one of the most crazy days I have ever seen at the library, because we had a ton of people coming in to vote. So I am drained physically, mentally, and emotionally.
But I leave you with a word of encouragement on this election day '08. God knows what He is doing. He knows our every need and He will get us through times we are distraught. Place your hope and faith in Him and He will get us through.
"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:11-13
Seek God and stay strong. Through Him all things are possible. Goodnight everyone.

This was played on the news a couple of days ago...I put it here in a link, since I cannot yet figure out how to post videos on here :P

Dear Mr. Obama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8

Tomorrow is election day!!

A time for change...

Well...I thought I would start this blog over with a fresh start, I haven't posted in about 6 monthes! Seasons of life change, and I am in a completely different spot than I was then and I am a much happier person :)

As we get closer and closer to our upcoming election on Tuesday, I keep praying things will turn out right. I know God is in control of how the election turns out. This election is going to be really close as far as I know, but I am praying McCain and Palin come out ahead in the end! It makes me really nervous to think about Obama leading the country, especially with our economy the way it is right now! Yes, change can be a good thing, but not the kind I feel he is going to bring.
I am really excited I get to vote this election, and make my voice be heard for the first time :) All Christians need to be on our knees daily praying for the future of our country and its leadership.
Tuesday....it will be here soon....
Anyway...I am off to work...I just wanted to share some of my thoughts on the election and let everyone know I am back! :P Hello all!