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Okay, I know it's totally lame for me to buy the prepackaged salad when I can create my own ensemble with a few soy nuts and a bottle of dressing, but this salad is absolutely AMAZING. There is a perfect blend of wonderful goodness in the poppyseed vinagarette dressing. The chosen greens, teamed with little rubbery carrots, and pea pods creates a meal that is so delicious. The one downfall (other than costing an arm and a leg for a bag of salad) is the first ingredient in the dressing is high fructose corn syrup, but it's SALAD! What's so bad about a little corn syrup when I am eating salad? 
I'm not a dark chocolate person, however the Lindt Truffles have changed my life completely...even the dark chocolate ones. These chocolates are heavenly and the perfect solution to a chocolate craving! 
I would like to take this opportunity to cordially introduce you to Bruno. He is an inflatable purple gorilla, and I like to think of him as my new best friend. I saw him once in Joliet at a car dealership and I have talked about him since. I create elaborate stories about Bruno's adventures which I share with my husband and brother-in-laws. Imagine my excitement when I saw Bruno just a few miles from my house! Currently he is doing a little advertising gig at a car dealership on Jefferson street. I love him. Seriously. 
So I have this friend, we used to be roomates and now we work together, we also talk on the phone most evenings, eat lunch together, have dinner parties on the weekends, and work out together in the mornings. Needless to say, I spend more time with Meghan that I do with my own husband, or really by myself for that matter! It's a good thing though because we encourage each other to stay active. I have been trying to wake up early and get to the gym and for some reason it's just easier to get out of bed knowing that someone else is going to be at the gym waiting for me. Cardinal Fitness in Shorewood is our gym of choice because it is close, cheap, and generally quiet in the mornings. They even have these great elliptical machines that I can plug my ipod into and play the music through the machine. I didn't see the point of this feature until one day I attempted to turn on my ipod and found the battery to be dead. By using the plug-in feature, I was able to have my tunes and enough juice left in the ipod to do abs as well! This past weekend Judson hosted it's first annual Women's conference. We have had a few Women's Retreats in the past, but this was our first attempt at this one-day conference format. We were pleased to have Marybeth Whalen, of Proverbs 31 Ministries as our speaker. Marybeth's honesty and open spirit made her easy to relate to and was encouraging to the soul. We also were blessed to have Holly Benner, from Redeemer Fellowship Church as our worship leader. Holly's beautiful voice led us into worship and connected us to The Lord. I was blessed through this conference and I can't wait for next year!
I guess it has been awhile since I have posted! 2009 is here and off to a crazy start. Graham and I spent 9 days in Montana over Christmas and had a great time celebrating our Lord's birth with my family.
or the upcoming months. 
Wisdom Warriors will be meeting on January 24. They are studying the Israelite's journey to the Promised Land and will be spending some time talking about courage. I heard a rumor that they may be eating ice cream sundaes as well!! 
We did it! Operation Christmas Child- The Musical was a HUGE hit. I am so thankful for all the work put into this program by the Bergesons, Miss Patty, the choreographers, the tech crew, the costume crew, the prop crew, and especially to the kids. I am so proud of you all!
Michael forgets where his mouthpiece belongs
The adoring fans
Sharon and Patty give the kids cues
Joe thinks he is Britney Spears with his super cool headset
Garrett loves rehearsal
ation Christmas Child. The photo does not truly represent how this project has overwhelmed my life. Not only are The Rock kids collecting boxes as well as the Sunday School kids, but we are also encouraging adults to get involved in this great ministry. I find myself constantly answering questions as to how to pack a box, what goes inside, etc. It's great. We are also preparing for Operation Christmas Child- The Musical. The characters have been practicing and perfecting their lines and I guarantee that it will be an amazing production. Stop by my office and you can catch a glimpse of all the fun props that dear Miss Nancy has been faithfully collecting! 
