See ya later

Okay! I am outta here. I will be in Houston for the weekend. Take care!

Busy, Busy, Busy

My goodness! Today went by pretty fast so far. Ever since lunch I have been busy. I guess that is a good thing. It makes the day go by. Nothing to exciting. We have church tonight and then immediately right after work tomorrow we are driving down to Houston for fine arts. Gotta go again. Seems to me that every time I try to start updating this again I get hit with something to do. Talk to ya later!

This morning

I have one more day of work this week! Yeepee. Although this weekend is going to be pretty eventful, it should be okay.
This morning was quite interesting. I woke up feeling very nauseous. So I got in the shower and was trying to ignore the fact that I was feeling like I was going to puke. I got out, got dressed, brushed my teeth, starting doing my hair, and oh yeah here it comes. I opened the bathroom door and then turned on the fan and shut the door and just started throwing up. I didn't want to wake Josh up. I felt awful. Then when I was done I felt really relieved. Now, I am at work and I have had a cup of coffee and am feeling a lot better. I don't know what that was all about it, but I hope it was just a one time thing cause I hate feeling like that. I am gonna go try working a little bit and try and make myself look busy. I will write later.

Hangin in there

I didn't get a chance to post any of the Fiesta pictures yesterday cause I got pretty busy even after work. Josh and I went to Sam's yesterday to get some stuff in bulk. I like doing that better. I don't feel like I always run out right away like that. An incident happened yesterday that made me feel very frustrated and lack of trust! Some things in life are just really aggrevating and there is nothing that you can really do about it. I just have to keep praying about. Ugggghhh! Anyways, it is over and I just need to let it go and let God deal with me about it. Well, we are going to Houston this weekend with the youth for Fine Arts. They are pretty excited about it. They have been working on their human video a lot. I hope and pray that they do good. If not that's okay too cause it will be an experience for them considering that they have never been in fine arts before. Can't share any more feeling on that! ...still frustrated. I am going to get back to work and try and get my mind off of things. Talk to ya later.

Hello Aunt Barb!

Well, now that I know my Aunt in Pennsylvania is reading my blog I wanted to say hello! I hope everything is going good up there and tell the rest of the family hello too for me. Hey Granny! Talk to ya'll later.

Giggle

I had to giggle to myself today because I went to get Wendy's today for lunch. I ordered a large chili and a side ceasar salad. I wanted to say when I ordered the chili "I would like a large chili without thumbs please". It is funny to me although I am sure it was gross for those who found it. Of course when I brought it back to work everyone was like "Are you sure you want to eat that?" I though heck yeah! I love the chili. I'll just pick out the thumbs if I find any!!! Ha ha. So yeah that's it. Be back

Fun time this past weekend!

The weekend just wasn't long enough. We had a great time at the Fiesta parade. I will have to post pictures later on my home computer. I have a little work to do now, but I will be back later to post. Good morning to all!

WHAHOOOOOOOOOO

It's 5:00 pm and Alicia is outa here!!! Have a great weekend and I will try and post some this weekend too.

SOOOOOO SLOOOOOOWWWWWWW!

I can't take it anymore. I am gonna go insane. I need to get away from all clocks. I need today to be over. Come on clock, show me the five!!!!

Me (thanks Kristen)

1. What is your full name? Alicia Joy Allard
2. What color pants are you wearing? Tan
3. What are you listening to right now? Classic Rock!
4. What was the last thing you ate? carrot and raisin salad from chick-fil-a
5. Do you wish on stars? Not any more
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Green
7. How is the weather right now? It is hot, humid, and sunny
8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? my mom
9. Do you like the person who sent this to you? nobody sent it to me. I took it off of a friend's blog (Kristen)
10. How old are you today? 23 going on 24 on Sept. 1
11. Favorite drink? I like a lot of stuff, but I think my favorite is water
12. Favorite sport? I enjoy watching football and baseball, but I think my favorite is baseball (GO YANKEES!!!) Oooo I like dodgeball too
13. Hair color? Blonde
14. Do you wear contacts? Yes, I wish I could get that laser eye treatment
15. Siblings? One older sister, and then if you want to include in-laws I have two sister-in-laws and one brother-in-law
16. Favorite month? December! Jesus' birth, Christmas holiday, and that was the month Josh and I got married
17. Favorite food? I love artichokes baked or cut up in a salad!
18. What was the last movie you watched? The Final Cut, it was okay but it wasn't a favorite
19. Favorite day of the year? Christmas
20. What do you do to vent anger? Clean
21. What was your favorite toy as a child? Winnie the pooh
22. Summer or winter? winter by far, I love love love snowboarding
23. Hugs or kisses? Hugs and kisses, they both make me feel really special
24. Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla
25. Do you want your friends to email you back? Of course!
26. Who is most likely to respond? My dad, he is pretty good about responding back to anything!
27. Who is least likely to respond? probably my sister cause she hasn't been checking her email or Josh cause his always rejects emails because it is too full
28. Living arrangements? Josh and I live in a beautiful duplex and hoping to buy a house next year
29. When was the last time you cried? Can't remember right at the moment...Oh yeah duh, the day after my mini surgery and the pain medicine had worn off. Oh my GOSH! I can't explain the pain that I had in my butt literally!
30. What is under your bed? Clothes, blankets, table pieces to make a table bigger, I think that is it, oh and probably Sidney (our bassethound)
31. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Well, unfortunately I don't have friends that I have had very very long because all of those friends were a bad influence, so after I got saved again I had to get rid of them, so my mom is my friend and I have had her my whole life
32. What did you do last night? Helped Josh with trying to make the new youth room in the storage building and then we practiced a song for a little bit
33. Favorite smell? little babies (when they are poopie or throwing up)
34. What inspires you? youth
35. What are you afraid of? I don't know really, I guess I'm optimistic with everything in my life, I originally was going to say not being able to have kids then I though well I could just adopt so really I have a positive way of looking at things.
36. Plain, buttered or salted popcorn? Plain
37. Favorite car? My one and only XTERRA! I love that car so much
38. Favorite Flower? Sunflower
39. Number of keys on your key ring? 8
40. How many years at your current job? 0 years 3 months, my previous job, that I miss so much, I was there for 5 years. I loved working at The Breakers. It was so much fun and the people there were great and it was right on the ocean. Oh it was beautiful
41. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
42. What did you do on your last birthday? When out to eat with my parents to the Lobster Shanty and ate a huge lobster! Man, I miss Jersey so much!
43. How many states have you lived in? Two (NJ and TX)
44. Have many cities have you lived in? 3 (Wall, Dallas, San Antonio)

IT'S THE WEEKEND!!!

Finally, I thought this day would never come, and it was a short week for me too. I am in big trouble for next week. Just kiddin. Well, my life has it's abundant amount of things going on of course. Let me start from the beginning. San Antonio has this thing that they do every year called Fiesta. They say it is like their version of Mardi Gra. I haven't experienced it so I don't really know, but from the looks of it on the news it just looks like one big party fest going on down town. Drinkin, dancin, talkin funny, and just wastin away in margaritaville! Yeh, okay so now today and tomorrow it is like the end of Fiesta so they have two huge parades that go all through down town SA. Our youth and church have been selling tickets for this and all the profit they make is all going to Speed the Light. That is pretty cool. I can't go to the day parade today because obviously I am here at work, but they have another one tomorrow night, which is suppose to be their grand finale. It should be fun. The crazy thing is that all of SA school districts and City type jobs like the post offices and things like that are off from the jobs or school! That is just funny to me that it is that big of a deal. I guess I shouldn't say that around native Fiesta people. They'll be sending this yankee up yonder! Well, I guess I am gonna go get some more filing done and see if that makes the day go any faster. We'll see! Talk to ya'll later.
HAPPY FIESTA! and Happy Earth Day!

Back at work

Well, I am finally starting to heal. Praise God! I never knew that this stupid thing would evolve into something so big. Today, is my first day back to work a full day. It feels good in a strange way, but if I never had to work again I wouldn't argue that. I don't know if that day will ever come. Ha ha. So I will take each day as it comes. My sore is still an open wound but it so much better than what it was. I thought I was pretty good with pain, but I guess this little thing proved me wrong. I don't know that the pain is what bothers me the most or if it is just the uncomfortable feeling and the "not normal" feeling. Anyways, thanks for all the prayers. I know they were heard from God!

This was one of our engagement pictures that was taken on the Jersey Shore by my home. 

Missing Church

I really didn't want to miss church, but I figured I would look kinda funny trying to sit in the pews on my side. The doctor said that it was probably gonna heal up in about 3 weeks! It's funny how such a small sore can cause a huge pain. It literally is a pain in my butt. Okay, well I just figured I would update ya'll on the situation so far. Talk to ya later.

Boooo to skin infections

Well, today I got to leave work early. Not for a good reason though. I had to go to the emergency room. Monday when I woke up for work I noticed that I had something on my butt hip area like a bite. It progressively got worse and worse until the point that it was swolen up like a golf ball. I tried to ignore it thinking it would go away but it didn't. Today I was sitting at my office desk and couldn't hardly lean to that one side. We have a medical unit at my work because I work at a treatment center for troubled teens. I decided to ask the med tech to look at it for me to see what she thought. She looked at it and said "Girl, you need to go to the ER". So I went and they ended up having to give me a needle to numb the area and then they had to take a scaple to open up the infected spot and drain it out. Yeh, it was gross. Now, I have a hole in my butt cheek and gauze is inside it. They gave me pain medicine to ease the pain. Oh yeh am I feeling loopy. I don't have much pain though so that is good. But please keep me in prayer. I have to go back to the doctor's office on Monday or Tuesday to get it checked out and to see if all the infection has gone away. Totally not what I wanted my weekend to be like, but what are ya gonna do right? Talk to ya'll later.

New beginnings

God is really awesome and works in some strange ways. Just today I finally decided I would leave a comment on another one's blogspot just to say that I enjoyed reading it, and low and behold I end meeting some really nice people out of it. I really thank God for working out some things. It was so nice meeting all of you new people. Maybe someday we could meet up. Be blessed today!

I should be in bed!

Good Morning from the sleepy desk of Alicia!
I need to be in bed right now. I am not functioning right yet. I just need it to be friday already. Josh and I are suppose to go on a date tonight but man all I can think of right now is being in bed under the covers with the whole room completely black. Ahhhh that would be so nice right now. Wishing thinking. Oh well. I am gonna go stretch a little and start doing something to keep me awake. Right later!

Here is the kids! Aren't they just angels!!! 

This is another angle 

Here is the china! It looks so pretty! 

This is what our living room looks like now 

Hey Mom and Dad and everyone else too. Here are the curtains! They look pretty don't they? 

This is the last one for tonight. This was at Outback for Josh's birthday. Sister Janet, Danielle (my mom-in-law!), and me. 

...and the Bride and Groom take their first dance! 

Here is another picture 

If I could do this day all over again I would!  

Home sick

Everyone who knows me should know that I am from Jersey, that is New Jersey. Well, to be honest I am kinda getting a little homesick. I moved down here to San Antonio in November. The last time I saw my family was in December at Josh and my wedding. So it is has been 5 months since I have been to Jersey and 4 months since I have seen my family. I knew that I would miss home but it just starting sinking in. It normally happens when my time is not preoccupied with other things. Josh is in Houston tonight for his Dad's birthday and for District Council. Now, don't get me wrong when I say this, but it kinda makes me jealous to know that he can drive 3 hours to see his family but I have to fly 4 hours and pay a buttload of money or drive 2000 miles and pay even more money with these ridiculous gas prices. I have always been a family girl and being away from his family is sad but being away from my family is just heartbreaking sometimes. My mom is like my best friend that I can do just about anything with, my dad is a cool dad that I can do guy stuff with like going to car shows or just driving around in his old hot rod, and my sister is fun to sing with when she plays the piano. I guess I just took advantage of everything when I was younger and now I am appreciating all of it. I do know this that when I start having a family of my own that I am going to make it feel just like I felt. I always knew that I was accepted and loved at home no matter what! Well, with that said I think I am going to put my babies to sleep now and I am gonna go to bed. My babies meaning the dogs! (Bailey and Sidney) Talk to ya'll soon again!

Okay, well I just wrote a whole bunch of stuff and it all got deleted. That always sucks. So let me try and recap what I had written. First of all, we had our pastor's retreat and it was very refreshing. We went to Rockport, TX and then to Port Aransas. It was very nice, but the beach wasn't nearly as nice as the Jersey Shore. There's no place like home!!! What I have learned from this retreat is that I basically need to seek God and find out what He wants for my life. I have had a lot of difficulties trying to adapt to this whole being a "Pastor's Wife". It was so much easier to be someone who just paid their tithes and listen to the message and that was it. I have been on that side and my is it a lot different. I know that God has Josh and I in the ministry for a purpose and He has called us to be in it together, but it has been very difficult to deal with all the bickering and murmering. I am not one to cater to others needs because they just want it their way. I do it Jersey style and they tell it like it is and there is no beating around the bush or making it sound pretty. That has been one of my biggest struggles. That and all the church politics. Hello, the last time I checked I wasn't attending a political party, I am attending church! Basically, what I got from this retreat and it wasn't because anyone spoke it to me or anything like that I really feel like God was telling me that "I need to seek HIS face and then and only then will I know that it is in HIS will what will happen and that I will be doing only what will Glorify HIM not anyone else". I really pray that God will soften my heart but to also give me a bold heart to speak out what will glorify HIM. He is doing awesome things in these last days and I want to be apart of it and be able to know that I did all that I can to save those who are lost. Amen!!! Talk to ya later. Believe me I have a whole bunch to say on this subject. It could fill many many blogs.

Aunt Linda helping with the dress! 

mom and Josh at the wedding 

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Here are a bunch of pics from our wedding, honeymoon, Josh's birthday, Easter Sunday, Gaitha and I, Jessica, me, and her daughter Sydney, puppy pics,and Lacey at Christmas. All are great pictures from great times! 

Happy April Fools Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Night

I had such a great night last night. Josh and I had a blast hangin out with each other. When I first got home I was in a crappy mood. There are some things and people that just annoy the heck out of me. Anyways, I get home and Josh greeted me at the door. We hung out on the couch for a little bit, and then we went for a two-mile walk. It was really refreshing and relaxing. We just walked and talked and enjoyed each others company. On the way back, Josh went and grabbed a flower from the ground. It was really pretty. He was really cute because that's what he used to do when we use to hang out at Southwestern and we went walking or was just hanging outside. He knows when how to work his charm when he wants to. When we got back home we decided to bar-b-que. It was fun! He made the meat outside on the pit and I made the baked potatoes and green beans inside. We had a blast! After that he charmed me again. These moments are the moments that I am so thankful that we are married. Not that every moment is, but these just make me extra thankful. I love being married to him. Now, of course today, I am super tired and I can't wait to go home and go to bed. It's FRIDAY!!!!! I don't know how I use to be able to wake up and be at school at 7:20am and then go out and party hard until like 2 or 3am. Man, I was stupid in high school. I don't get it. I had so much energy then. I am only 23 now. Yuck! I hate that number. I wish I could have 22 for the rest of my life. That was a good year. Maybe 24 will be better. It sounds better than 23. I have six more months until I am 24. Maybe I will be pregnant by then! That would be fun. Yeah, I can't wait until I have a baby. I can and I can't. Part of me is excited and part of me thinks I will never be ready for one. Oh well, we'll let God handle that one. Okay, I have to get back to work. Talk to ya'll later.
Alicia Joy Allard