FIREPROOF Teaser Trailer

**Casey and I just saw this movie last night. We really needed to see it and recommend it for anyone who is married. So go see it! It's not the greatest acting and it is a "christian" movie BUT that's really not important. It's a great reminder of how to have a relationship with anyone, how to love unconditionally, and what that actually looks like in everyday life. It's awesome. **

http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/

Jade Jewel

Most of our furniture is pretty old-school (everything accept for our kitchen table). In attempts to make it cool, we took off the doors and painted our entertainment center jade jewel. :) I love it. I'm figuring out how I want to decorate it but right now it is still drying.





It's not exactly the easiest thing to do in an apartment..come to find out BUT we did pretty good considering.

We are proud of ourselves. :) We were inspired by the green desk at Pottery Barn and thought that we should could try to do it ourselves.



Now I just need a slip cover for our couch.

K.J.E.

Tuesday Casey and I went to the Social Security Office of Lenexa, KS and changed my name to Kristin J. Eldridge.

It's official.

Yay!!! :)

Casey's foot.

Casey's foot is healing. It is feeling much better. He went to the doctor Monday and was told the inflammation has gone down. He is still on medical leave. The foot needs a good 10 days to heal completely.

Commenting.

This post is for my mother.

Per last conversation, we talked about how to comment on blogs.

Here's a step by step guide just for you. :)

1. At the bottom of each post, you will find something that looks like this:



It tells you who wrote the post, when the post was written, and how many comments have been written about that post. When you move your mouse over the number of comments, it will become underlined which means it is a link.

2. Click on it and it will take you to this screen.



3. To leave a comment, go to the right part of the screen:



4. Write your comment in the big box under "Leave your comment."

5. Then you need to figure out your identity. Since you don't have a blog, you will want to click the circle by the Name/URL option. Then fill out your name. Don't worry about the URL.

6. Click the "PUBLISH YOUR COMMENT" box. It's orange. Your comment should show up on the other side of the screen.

Happy commenting. :)

Casey's Birthday.

Casey turned 27 yesterday!! To celebrate, we went to The Plaza in Kansas City and ate outside at The Cheesecake Factory next to a pretty foutain. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we enjoyed being out doing something.


Kansas City has zillions of water fountains everywhere.





(Here's Casey with his old man's cane.)

We ate our "Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookie-Dough" Cheesecake by the little creek that runs through the city. It was yummy.



The Plaza is basically this really nice shopping district with lots of hoity-toity stores. It was fun to walk around and look at everything knowing that there is no way we are buying anything....accept for one thing. Casey found a Cardinal tshirt at Urban Outfitters that he spent some of his birthday money from his Dad on. :)

It looks like this but instead of the Red Socks symbol there's a Cardinal symbol and instead of Boston it says St. Louis.

Neuroma

Casey's left foot has been bothering him these past two months. And since his job requires lots of walking, the uncomfortableness and pain has gotten progressively worse.

Monday he went to the doctor and was told he has neuroma:



The doctor told him to stay of his foot, soak it in epson salt two times a day, take some medicine, and use crutches. (Casey couldn't find crutches so he got a old man's cane. :) It's funny. I'll try to get a picture later.) So he's on medical leave from work and is enjoying this time off.

This is basically what he has been doing:

Tornados.

Last Friday, the Kansas City area experienced some exciting weather. The tropical storm that came through created the perfect situation for tornados. There were a few that hit ground but nowhere near our apartment. Sirens went on and off for several hours and warnings scrolled across the TV. It was crazy especially when you are use to ignoring tornado warnings. St. Louis never gets tornados.

And of course, Casey was gone and I really didn't know what to do. During one of the first sirens, I walked to the Walmart that is 3 minutes away. (Our apartment doesn't really have a basement.) I figured Walmart would be a safer bet. Sure enough while I was walking through Walmart they told all of their employees to head to the back so I followed and hung out there for 20 minutes. As soon as they let their employees go, I left and headed back to the apartment.

And I stayed at the apartment the rest of the time.

bumper.sticker.

Yesterday Casey was waved down while in his car by another driver.

They wanted to know where he got his NObama sticker.

He was so proud.

08.15.08

I'm starting to really like Photoshop.

WFM

I started my new job this week and have really enjoyed the extensive training. I have had lots of jobs where the training is lacking SO I have admired WFM for their desire to prep their new employees. I really like the company and it's not even about the food.

Here are a few things I have learned about WFM that makes them really cool:

1. They have reached a donation amount of $11.9 million dollars per year. Twice a year they give 5% of their profits to an organization (5% days). They are involved with micro-lending projects which provide loans to people in other countries so they can start their own businesses and take control of their lives. These loans have helped 2 million people get above the poverty line. All of WFM's food that cannot be sold because it is past the expiration date but still good, packaging damage, etc goes to a local church which feeds poor people. The church said they could not feed the large amount of people they do without Whole Foods.

2. They emphasis their integrity. They know customers are looking at them for their honesty. A customer knows that when they say something is organic it is organic and WFM has made every effort to keep it that way. They want their customers trust.

3. Through their Whole Trade guarantee, they help other countries economies. "With the market¹s inevitable price and production fluctuations, paying producers a better price for their product covers their costs and more." from WFM website.

4. WFM has a vast recycling program that is used in all areas of the store. They hope to be waste free by 2009 and are looking for products that are recycable. (I honestly don't really know if recycling is that big of a deal but I know that I like having an additude of not wasting things. I think that God wants us to take care of what he has given us and use it well.)

5. Not all of their products are certified by the USDA as organic. For instance, fish cannot be organic. However each item in the store is held to their quality standards so you know you are getting a product. Speaking of their seafood department, they get fresh deliveries from a day boat (a boat that goes out to see and comes back each day unlike other boats that might stay out for weeks) Monday through Saturday.

6. WFM has a private label called 365 Everyday Value that is very comparable to any other grocery store prices. Granted they still have $40.00 olive oil but they also have the $6.00 olive oil (I made up a price.) All of their 365 products are still held to their quality standards....wholesome, fresh, chemical, antiobiotic, hormone free.

So....go shop at WFM. :)

You're Beautiful

I LOVED the song that played during my wedding as our wedding party entered. It was called You're Beautiful by Phil WIckham. Aaron Krause and Alex Holder did such a great job. I only wish I could have been a guest to see and hear everything happening. When I hear it now, I cry. :)

Here are the words:

I see Your face in every sunrise
The colors of the morning are inside Your eyes
The world awakens in the light of the day
I look up to the sky and say
You're beautiful

I see Your power in the moonlit night
Where planets are in motion and galaxies are bright
We are amazed in the light of the stars
It's all proclaiming who you are
You're beautiful

I see you there hanging on a tree
You bled and then you died and then you rose again for me
Now you are sitting on Your heavenly throne
Soon we will be coming home
You're beautiful

When we arrive at eternity's shore
Where death is just a memory and tears are no more
We'll enter in as the wedding bells ring
Your bride will come together and we'll sing
You're beautiful

I see Your face, I see Your face, I see Your face
You're beautiful, You're beautiful, You're beautiful

Bridal Portraits.

A few days before my wedding, I had bridal portraits taken. Tarah Craft (http://www.inthebeginningphoto.com/blog/) did them and I love them. They are so fun.

Casey joked that he was going to take groomal pictures out in a field with his tux on. I told him to go for it....and then suggested he just do them naked.

Here's one of the shots I copied from her blog:



I feel like somehow this is illegal but I wanted to put it up.

Stuffed Car.

This is right before we made our first trip to Kansas married.

Stuffed car:


Us:

Kristin has a job.

Thankfully I have been able to quickly get a job. I haven't really known exactly what I wanted to do in this area of my new life in Kansas City. I knew I wanted something that would work with Casey's schedule well and something that I would be on my feet.

A few days ago I applied at Whole Foods Market and actually interviewed this afternoon. They offered me the job at the end of the interview and I start orientation next Tuesday afternoon. I'm not quite sure how it will work with our schedules so I am going to keep praying about my job situation but it is something for now. :) I really like Whole Foods so I know I will have fun and I get a discount on yummy food.

Life in KS.

This is the GM plant where Casey works at. It's huge. There are 3,000 people that work there.

His plant makes the Malibu which is the North American car of the year and is very popular. To keep up with the demand, the factory is running a 10 hour line during the day and Casey has to be there for the whole time. He (we) get up at 5:30 AM and doesn't get home until about 4:30/5:00 PM. He's working really hard.


This is where I do laundry. So fun. Not really. But it gets the job done.



On Labor Day we went to a craft fair with Casey's friend from work, Dave, and his wife. There were tents and tents full of booths. It was fun.

I made Casey try sea salt scrub on his hands. He was tortured for a little bit. It was funny. :)

kabobs.

The kabobs we made this weekend on our new BBQ. They were really good.




A picture of where we are going to church, West Side Family Church. (http://www.westsidefamilychurch.com/) It's not the greatest picture.