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Name: McKenzie
Country: United States
State: Texas
Metro: Lubbock
Gender: Female
Interests: I love having nothing to do, wasting whole days with Chris Gordon, watching movies, mexican food, or spending time with friends and family and hanging out with our students. I'm married to the man of my dreams who just so happens to love Ok State as much as I do. We love to watch sports, especially anything OSU. GO POKES!
Occupation: Unemployed/Between Jobs
Industry: Other
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  macme01
Yahoo:  mac_me01
Member Since:
12/27/2004
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| Some of you may know that I'm starting my own event planning business, Tailored Events, and I'm trying to gather vendors to recommend to people. And I need your help. Any vendors you used and loved from your own wedding, or the weddings you've been apart of please recommend them to me. I trust all of your opinions so let me know. Also, if you had a bad experience that will help also because I don't want to unknowingly recommend people who aren't professional. And lastly, if you know anyone whose getting married and needs a wedding planner please give them my website and contact info. www.gettailored.com Thank you all very much! You're great friends and I really appreciate each of you!
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| And to top it all off someone stole our dog today... Merry freakin' Christmas! Who takes someone else's dog and doesn't call the number on his collar? SAD DAY! Sure doesn't feel like Christmas today at the Gordon house! | | |
| Amazing Grace how the sweet sound that saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but not I'm found, was blind but now I see
T'was grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears my relieved
How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed
My chains are gone I've been set free my God my Savior have ransomed me
and like a flood his mercy reigns unending love amazing grace
The Lord had promised good to me, His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be as long as life endures
My chains are gone I've been set free my God my savior has ransomed me
and like a flood his mercy reigns unending love amazing grace
My chains are gone I've been set free my God my Savior have ransomed me
and like a flood his mercy reigns unending love amazing grace
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun forbear to shine
But God, who called me here below will be forever mine
Will be forever mine
You are forever mine
It's ironic what things can make you ache for the lost, in this case it's the lost in my own family. My grandpa (my dad's dad) died in a car wreck yesterday. I didn't really know him. I can't recall a single memory with him in it. And I'm not sad because he's gone. I'm sad because yesterday I sat with my family and couldn't know for sure that any of them, besides my sisters, would go to Heaven if they had been in the car with him. They asked Chris to preach the funeral and I'm singing the song above. As I sat here trying to learn it, my heart is breaking because of the lostness I saw yesterday as my family gathered to comfort each other. No one had hope to offer. No one knew what to say. I've always been a black sheep of sorts because they couldn't understand why I would choose such an expensive college or why I'd want to give up a summer to live in Africa or why my husband makes so little money and is happy with his career choice. They have no idea the magnitude of Christ's love and sacrifice. His grace really is amazing. And they have no idea. I don't know what to say or do to help. I worry they all already think I think I'm too good for them because that's what they think about my mom. Please pray for Chris, my sisters, and I as he preaches the service Friday and that the rest of us would know how to be a light for a family whose floundering in darkness. Pray that we would be Jesus with skin on without worrying about offending them. Pray for Monday when we all have Christmas together. Pray that throughout this whole experience Christ would be glorified and that He would choose to use us as his instruments of peace and salvation. Your prayers are coveted this week. | | |
| Why is it so hard to take a risk to do something that you would potentially love doing? I want to be a wedding planner. I've wanted to do it since college. (many of you OBU people may remember my formal, it was quite the party) I know that some may think it's stupid but I'm good at that kinda thing. There are a million other jobs out there but none that get me as excited as this. I've asked myself how I can persue this particular job here in the metropolis of Chickasha and the there are only two things that I can come up with. 1 is to drive to OKC or Norman everyday which is not all that appealing and 2 is to start my own business, but that really scares me and I'm not sure why. I've planned several weddings, including my own and I think I did a pretty decent job. I'm organized. I've got all the tools I need to do it. I'm just scared. I don't know if it's of failure or of messing up the most important day of a couples life or what. Some friends of ours got engaged this weekend and as they sat behind us in church this morning I mapped out exactly how I'd decorate and execute their wedding. It comes very naturally yet I doubt myself. What am I so worried about? | | |
| Since my last post much has happened...the most exciting of which is I'm a new aunt. Emrie Meyer Hays was born August 20th and weighed 6 lbs and was 18 inches long. She's beautiful and perfect.
I painted the outside of our house and it looks much better. It needed a facelift desperately.
Chris is back in school and because of church stuff and a night class we have one night a week free this semester, which is so much fun for me. He is on target to graduate in May and neither of us can wait!
I'm thinking of starting my own wedding planning business so I'm doing research on that at the moment. It's not a for sure thing and I still have a lot to learn about it, but its a possibility. Names for the business are welcome...I'm thinking Big Day Events but that's subject to change also. Tell me what you think and if you have any ideas I'll definitely consider them.
Church is going much better than it did this summer. We had a rough time of it there for a while but with a fresh new crop of 6th graders things are looking promising.
I can't think of anything else...
this post is dedicated to Drew Cunningham, who I must say, since he has gotten married has gotten very demanding!
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