Mom's Birthday & Mystery Trip

As I was scrolling through my blog today, I realized that it looks kind of blah with just all of my typing, and it is time to post pictures.


Last Sunday(before Easter) we celebrated Mom's birthday. Heidi and I made dinner for her, but I'm not sure how good it was... at least the stuff that I made. I thought I was a good cook, but according to my family, I'm not sure. I think they were partly teasing me, but I don't know... they were probably serious. :)
One of the things I made was rice. I hate rice and I never eat it. So why would I ever make it? Well Heidi made me make it, and yes, it might have been a bit watery, but it worked... I guess :)

Anyways, it was a beautiful day out, so it was nice to just hang around the house with the fam. Especially Bridget. :)

These aren't the greatest pictures, but hey, they're pictures, right?

Little Miss Bridget seriously loves the piano. :)

Bridget was so helpful with the bow... I think she continued to chew on it long after unwrapping.

Uncle Luke & Bridget-- she ADORES him. She just laughs and giggles at this silly dude.



Ok, now I'm totally switching topics here. A few weeks ago our young group took a "Mystery Trip" and we had no idea where we were going. We got on a bus and we began to drive. We figured out it was somewhere in Iowa... and sure enough, we went to Bloomfield!

I was excited when I found out we were going there, because I already knew a couple people from there!

We got to the church in Bloomfield at around 2:00, and then we went and toured some Amish places because 1/4 of their population is Amish.

We came back to church and had a dinner, which was fun because they did some things kind of different, and then we had a singing.

Kendra L. and I got to stay with Kendra Wuthrich... which was super fun. We went into town and went power walking with Meredith and the girls staying with her.

Then we helped Kendra with her cat chores, and stayed up way too late talking.

All of us girls, + the little boy of the people Meredith lives with.

Sunday morning... with the 2 Kendra's. LOVE these girls!

Sunday church was really good. We sang at a home afterwards, ate dinner, and then headed back. It was a wonderful weekend... I want to go back again soon because I love the girls out there! Oh, and just the church in general. :)

Good Friday

I know, you probably know all of this, but I just wanted to share what I've been thinking.


Today is Good Friday. Although I have grown up learning the story of what happened on this day, it never really meant anything to me like it does now.


Even though I have always known and believed in God, and what Christ did for me, I never truly appreciated what event took place on Good Friday until I came to Christ and was forgiven for my sins. I realize that I DO NOT DESERVE THIS!

It just still amazes me when I think about what Christ has done for all of us sinners. Why did He do that for all of us? Because He loves us with a love that we cannot comprehend or grasp.

Something has really stuck out to me lately, that I've really never realized what happened:

Matthew 27:46 says,
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me?


Christ was forsaken by His father, in the midst of his suffering, because of us. Because Christ forgave us, and took all of OUR sin on Himself, was the whole reason God forsook Christ for those few moments.

THAT is just one of the few things that shows and proves Christ's love to us.

Thanking and Praising Christ for shedding His blood for us! I've never enjoyed the Easter season so much in my life!



Out onto Calv'ry's hill,
where Jesus died I'll go,
to hear the words He speaks,
to see him in His woe.

How great the pains,
O Lord, Afflict Thee on this day;
"My God, my God," He calls,
"Forsake Me not, I pray."

No vengeance fills His heart;
for them I hear Him plead;
"They know not what they do;
forgive them for this deed."

Now Mary weeps for Him;
In love He soothes her lot;
"See, mother thine own son!
Thou friend, forsake her not!"

The thief in penitence
is pardoned ere he dies:
"Today shalt thou yet be,
with Me in Paradise."

"I thirst," He cries in pain,
fot here is no distress,
which Christ, the Friend of Man,
endured not at His death.

He bows His head and cries,
"'Tis finished, all is done,
O God, receive my soul."
Life's victory is won!

~The Seven Words of Jesus On the Cross

Seriously Government?

So. I've been putting off doing my taxes for way too long.

Actually, I kind of forgot about them until last week.

But I decided I was going to do them myself... because after all, I AM an accounting student! And I took a tax class last semester, so I though I should use what I learned.

This week was crazy with school so I told myself I'd do it after Thursday's classes.

Well, turns out that mine are kind of complicated because I have to file Self-Employment for teaching, babysitting, and cleaning.

So I ended up sending them down to the CPA my parents use, instead of wasting my time and still probably have it totally wrong. And guess what... (even though my forms aren't done yet)... I have to pay A LOT, more like A TON in taxes.

Wow. Seriously Government?

My mom says I have no right to say anything because I'm not even registered to vote .
You'd think they'd be kind of nice to a college student though.

The point of all this is, I hate being an adult.... WHY DO I HAVE TO GROW UP ANYWAYS?

An evening happening

I only have two evenings at home a week, and I love those nights. This is just a random (but I found it funnier than it probably was) happening in the Pfaffmann household last night...

I was filling out my scholarship application form.
I told Dad I needed his AGI for the year.

My mom pipes in and says, "What's your AGI?"

Me: "Seriously? You don't know what AGI* stands for?"

Mom: "Nope, but I know what my AGE is."

Me: (totally serious) "What, Adjusted Gross Earnings?"

Mom then dies in laughter and says, "hahaha, you actually fell for that!"

Good joke Mom....
Why am I so dumb sometimes?

**....and for those who don't know, your AGI is Adjusted Gross Income. :)

Ok, so maybe you just had to be there. :)

Great Weekend

This past weekend was so great for many reasons. I didn't even touch my homework until Sunday night and I got to be with friends. :)

Friday I worked most of the day, did some homework, and then went to Kendra's with the young group.

Saturday I cleaned congregate living and then came home and cleaned and cleaned again. That wasn't so much fun... But then that afternoon I went and picked up Kendra Wuthrich and we went to the Inivite-A-Friend thing! I also invited Kristin Stoller. :) I felt really bad because I didn't really help out very much for this Invite.. I brought food and did a few dishes was all. It was fun to just be with people instead of being stuck in the back of the kitchen though. :) Thanks to those who DID do all the work!! I'll do it next time! :) Kendra and Kristin came to my house afterwards and spent the night. It was super fun, and there's never a dull moment when Kristin's around! :) It was fun getting to know Kendra better too.

Sunday was church, singing at the nursing home, and then goodbye's. :/ It was so short but so fun. The church had an invite-a-friend thing too, so I was at church all day because mom was in charge of it. Some girls(not my guests though) stayed for the dinner that night too, which was fun.

Then I had to study. Why do my weekends always have to end like that?

Randomness.

So this is going to be randomness.

Basically I just wanted to write something on my blog from my new laptop I just got this week. :) Let's just say I've probably wasted too much time on this thing when I should be studying.... I'm sure the newness will wear off soon. :)

Monday I turned in my project that I've spent the last few months on. What a relief! I haven't gotten my grade on it yet, but I'm kind of expecting it to be good.... haha, that might be the wrong thing to be thinking.
For this project we had to complete an accounting system by hand, instead of doing it on the computer and having it do all the transactions automatically for you. I can't believe how much I've learned from it though! I can already relate the stuff to things I'm learning in other classes. Kind of exciting to see that my work wasn't a total waste of time. :) Thank goodness for my friend and tutor, Kathy who I have spent sooo much time with. She has helped me thru this project! :) My poor family always hears about Kathy when I get home...
....I think they're a little annoyed by it. :) Just a LITTLE. :)

It's been hard getting back into the school routine even though I only had a week off. I think I might have been better off with just skipping spring break.

This weekend I'm excited that the young group is having an Invite-A-Friend. I get to spend some time with friends I never get to see!

Oh, so when I went shopping with mom, I got cute rubber boots for work. :) But I think I'm going to wear them to school too, if the right day comes around... :) Or maybe I won't have the guts to do it. :)
I also got new tennis shoes!! Call me nuts, but I LOVE getting new tennis shoes. I wear them pretty much everyday to walk/run, so new ones just feel SO much better. :) They have so much more support!

I'm fighting a cold right now, and I think I've dranken about 10 cups of tea today... no joke! I used to be a major coffee drinker, but I kind of gave that up unless it's decaf. Now I'm into tea... and not flavored tea. That's disgusting. I love green tea, and that's about it. Oh, and one other kind that Shelly gave me for Christmas is really good. Otherwise, I think tea is just so gross when it's all flavored. I even HATE chai.
I know... I'm weird. I've always been picky about my drinks though. Just give me water please.

Ok. I'm done. Back to homework!

Have a wonderful weekend, I know I will (as long as I forget about all the homework I have to do. :)

Spring Break

Yep. That was my week...SPRING BREAK... but now it's almost officially over.

I've had a very enjoyable week at home. I'm kind of regretting not going to Nashville, but then I think about all I have gotten done this week and it makes me realize I don't really care. It's life.

I sat down here at the computer to begin my paper that is due on Tuesday, but since I have writers block, I thought maybe I'd write on here to get my brain in the writing mode. I'm writing a paper on Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and a christian man. If you don't know anything about him, his story is fascinating. I watched a movie about him this week, and even though I had seen it before, it was once again so cool! It's called "Gifted Hands," and if you haven't seen it, you really should. Except I watched it with Jenna, and she couldn't watch a lot of it because it actually shows more than you think it would during surgeries. Anyways. This really should be a fun paper to write.

So.. what I did this week:)

Some of the highlights my spring break consisted of:

-Sunday we actually had people over for dinner and we didn't just sit around like we've been doing most of the times on Sunday nights. And I didn't do a bit of homework. It was wonderful.

-Monday, I got to go out to eat at Granite City with Larissa. It was her birthday the next day, so we celebrated that and just caught up with things. :)

-Tuesday, I made dinner and Heidi & Luke and Jenna came over. Jenna just came to hang out... we had a good time. :)

-Wednesday, was the second day Bridget was here. She stayed all night Tuesday & Wednesday night, which was super fun. :) I miss her now.... the more she's here the more I want to see her. :) It was so nice, I took her on a walk and she loved it.

-Thursday, hmmm.. nothing exciting happened Thursday. Except for it was a beautiful day outside! I went to school all day to work on my project though... :/

-Friday, I got lots done, and then went with Eureka young group because my cousin Emily had them over after singing for elderly people. Which we went to this older ladies house and she was hilarious. She seriously made my day. :) She thought 3rd graders were coming to sing to her, and when we all walked in, she was a bit surprised. :)

-Today, or Saturday, was busy. I went with my dad and Luke to the Mennonite Relief Sale at 7am! This guy we sat by at breakfast asked Luke how old he was.... and then looked at me and said, "You're probably about 15, huh?"

Um... actually, not. :) First I'm a 3rd grader, and now I'm 15? :)

I told him that most umpteen year olds probably don't go to breakfast with their dad on Saturday mornings to try and make him feel better. :)

My mom and I then went shopping in Bloomington all day. I actually found quite a bit of stuff! We shopped and shopped, went to Panera for lunch, and then kind of wandered around stores after that, and didn't really accomplish much. Too much lunch I guess.

When we got home my dad wanted to go to Monical's. So yes, you know what that means? I ate out all three meals. Gross. I know. At least I ordered somewhat healthy food. And went on a walk after dinner.

Those were just my highlights... things I don't usually do on a weekly basis. I still got to work/teach/babysit/clean... and everything else I do.

OF COURSE, it's time for some pictures of Miss Bridget. She was at our house for 2 nights & 2 days, so after all, you should expect some pictures! :)

I love how she's actually smiling in this one. She is such a little cutie bug, and I'm pretty sure she knows and remembers her Aunt Wendi each time she comes over. :)

Here she is when I took her on a walk with me. She didn't make a peep the whole time and ended up falling asleep for most of it. She was piled with lots of blankets because she didn't have a coat, and it was a little windy. I hope she could breathe in there.

Here she is in her Jumperoo, looking quite wide-eyed. She is hilarious in this thing... she goes crazy and is seriously soo entertaining to watch!

2 of my favorite girls. And we all match!

Hope you are all enjoying this spring weather.

I'm wondering when it's not too early and ridiculous looking to pull out my sandals & flip flops? :)

Decisions Decisions

That's what I've been up to.

School like I mentioned before, is crazy. Especially this past week.

This project I have that is due the day after Spring break is taking longer than I would have ever imagined. Of course it doesn't help that I am being like super detailed and particular. But still. I've even had a good school friend helping me along with the whole thing.

A while ago, in the back of mind I had frequently thought... If I really don't get this done in time, I won't be able to go to TN on the mission trip.

I didn't think that would actually have to happen until this week. I could NOT decide for the life of me if I should go or not. If I did... I would have to tell everyone no for everything for 2 weeks in a row.. the week before(in order to get everything done) and the week I'm gone.

I've gone back and forth and back and forth for the past week, trying to decide what to do. My project was coming along better than I had anticipated, so it gave me some hope.

Anyways. My final decision was made tonight. I am not going.

Am a little jealous that 5 of the girls I went to FL with are going? Yes. But I feel like I need to stay home and catch up on everything I have, do this project, and finally catch up on sleep.

I've never known what stress was until this past week it's weird. I usually don't stress out much about school/tests/etc. but this week has been horrible. I'm usually like whatever and sort of kind of laid back about it all. But not lately... I haven't even been myself, I feel like. Just ask my poor family and classmates who have to deal with me. :)

In fact, one of the ladies I sit next to in class told me the other week(after I probably went on and on to her), "Girl, you're going to die of a heart attack before you're 30!"

So even though I think I will regret not going on this trip, and all my friends will have a blast, I think I will actually enjoy my time at home. My mom and I are going shopping a day, Bridget's staying here a couple of days, I'm hanging out with friends who aren't going... it will be great. And then maybe if I catch up on homework I'll be able to have a little bit more of a social life for a few weeks after break....? I don't know, but I hope so.

OK. If you just read all my ramblings on my decision to not go to TN, I'm sorry. :)

2 more things thing.

--I'M NOW ON SPRING BREAK! :) [In case you haven't figured that out by now]

--I'm realizing how incredibly blessed I really am.

Love, Wendi.

*Hopefully I'll be back over break with some exciting/more interesting things.