Turkey

I have a almost 19 lb turkey marinating in the fridge right now. I sure hope it tastes good for tomorrow's work pot luck. I am trying a butter flavored marinade. I was going to make my own, but I saw this one at the store and it looked interesting, so there ya go. :) And, it's easier.

I leave for DC in just two weeks, LESS than two weeks. I am really really excited. Not only to see the sights, someplace new, but to spend time with my cousin. I don't get to see him much, but he and I grew up together, and now that he lives so far away...well it's hard not seeing family.

Off the beaten path with this thought here, but Smokey Robinson has a really nice voice. He is on TV singing for some ice skating thing right now, and I just thought I would share. lol.

If I don't get on here before Thursday, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! love to all!

Been Awhile

Not to much new going on. But mostly the same thing over and over. And hey, that aint a bad thing! One thing that is consistant, is God's love, gracy, and mercy that gets me through each day. He is my Savior, and I love HIM and need Him in all parts of my life. Work is still fun, there are lots of ups and downs, but I am so thankful for a job right now. God is good and always provides for me. Church has been so amazing, it always is, but lately there is such an encouragement from the Lord to keep going, keep fighting. Really, HE fights our battles, amen?! God knows what is ahead for His children, and the battles are stronger, toughter, longer, but WHO is the same, yesterday, today, and forever? GOD!! That my friends is encouraging!

I have been jogging, and it feels good. I can feel it in my body, and its nice. Woo. The exercise and sore muscles actually feel good. Make you feel like youre doin something!

If you read this, please pray for my teeth. That may sound funny, but they have been aching lately. Not having insurance, I really don't want to go unless it gets unbearable, so I will keep praying and ask that you pray too.

I love you all. God loves you more!

Candles?

Today I made 12 candles... hand poured, soy wax, candles. Five different flavors. Candle making is a science, and one I normally don't follow all the rules on. When I say rules, I mean there is a "melting temp", a "pouring temp", and paying attention to all the "flash points" of the different scents. Now, I did pay attention to the flash points because, well...no one wants a fire in their kitchen, right? But last week, I made 7 candles and really tried to pay attention to the melting and pouring temperatures. RESULT? Nearly flawless tops on all of my candles, and good adhesion to the sidewalls of my jars (Ball canning jars). I will admit, I paid a certain amount of attention to temps today, butnot nearly as much as last week, and my tops prove it. Some of them...I don't think I will even try to sell at the bazaar. In all my efforts to do my fun new fall/Christmas scents, I FORGOT to scent one batch of wax. And, it was after I had poured it, and set the wick...that I noticed. Thank the Lord, it hadn't set yet (except for one) and I was able to pour the wax back in, scrape that which had set, and remelt it, and add the scent. I scrubbed the jars (the good thing about soy wax, is to clean you only need hot water and soap) pulled the wicks out, and retabbed with a new wick, violla i was ready to re pour. Tonight, after coming home, I noticed...I had forgotten to empty one of the scentless candles...needless to say I have a jar of scent free wax, maybe I should save it as an in case of emergency candle. Just in case you are curious, my scents are:

Kettle Corn (yes, it smells like sugary popcorn, it's neat)
Cranberry Marmalade...one of my favorites!
Very Vanilla (usually a crowd pleaser)
Spiced Wassail, a heavy scent thrower. Makes your house smell yummy
and lastly, Home for the Holidays. I am not as crazy about this one as I thought, but it does smelly woodsy and pepperminty, maybe someone will like it. :)

This week has been a blur. Last night was my band meeting, and after the scripture and lesson time, we had a big bone fire (HUGE) thanks to my dad, and a hay ride, thanks to mom and dad. Mom and Sybil drove us around (well, mom did, sybil rode) for about 30 minutes, we had nine on the trailer with 5 bales of hay around the edges and racks up around the perimeter, so we wouldn't fall out. It was lots of fun. As we would drive by the cars, in the dark mind you, we would wave and shout "HEEEYY" and most would wave back, I am sure some thought we were crazy! It was loads of fun. We made smores, roasted hot dogs, and I made home made apple cider. Okay, so I sorta cheated. I bought pre made cider, but I also added a few things. I put the cider in the crock pots and added three sticks of cinnamon, an orange sliced in rounds and split between both pots, then also quartered an apple and added to each, topped it with about 1 tbsp of sugar per pot and let that heat up. I must say, it was pretty good. :)

We went to the corn maze on Wednesday, and didn't ever make it out the right way. But, we did make it out of where we started...it was pretty fun. The night ended in a rain shower, but we were mostly done before the rain started to fall to hard. I was glad to get to be with the youth. I realy love them, and their desire to spend time with one another. Most of all, I appreciate their seriousness and desire to press in with the Lord.

My heart is heavy tonight. I am not sure who all has seen the video I posted on my facebook account, but it is about the call to anguish by David Wilkerson. I don't know who this man is, or what he stands for, but this message is good. I realized, I have become complacent about so many things. I pray for my family, but do I get under such a burden for their souls, that I am in anguish?? God doesn't call people to be bench warmers. If I won't let Him use me, He will find someone who will let His will be accomplished in their life. I want to find an anguish for this world, to know I am doing my part, however small or great it may be. I know God loves me, I know He loves you, He is an all knowing and good God. But I know, He has so much more planned for each of us, than we can even begin to think of or imagine. He is the I AM.

Much love.

Heya!

It's FALL! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am so excited about fall. Such a wonderful time of the year!!! Spicey cented candles, fresh baked pumpkin and zuchini bread, fuzzy sweaters, beautiful leaves in my favorite colors (brown, red, orange), pumpkins, corn mazes, clear crisp mornings...need I go on?? UGH! I just love this time of year!! To me, it's the most peaceful time of the year. It is also harvest time. Harvest. Hmm...so much is entailed in that word. It's the time where a farmer reaps the benefits of the hard work he started putting in this time a year ago, all of the time spent tilling his earth, watering it to keep it moist, cultivating fertilizers into the rich soil, making even rows for good watering, finding the perfect seed. I wonder if we (and I am speaking to me) put that much effort into harvest one soul for the Lord, how much more would our results be. As this time of harvest is here, God grant me the spiritual eyes to see the crop before my eyes, and help me to be a worker of your fields.

mom and i

are trying to get one more camping trip in before it gets TOOO cold. altho' this weekend may be debatable on if that point has already been reached. pray for our safe journey and that we have fun. pray for me to feel better, my tummy is upset. your prayers are appreciated! loves much.

Smith and Wesson

Not much to report...other than I bought a handgun. :) A smith and wesson model 60 with a 3 inch barrel and adjustable sites. I know that probably won't excite to many people, but I am excited. Growing up with the father, and in the family I did, hunting, guns, and the outdoors were/are a big part of our lives. Now my dad isn't much into hand guns, but I wanted something to have when Mom and I are out four wheeling by ourselves, should we encounter any wild animals, or...people. I also bought a helmet to use when four wheeling. I never rode with one before, but have noticed a trend towards safety and people telling me I needed one, so I caved. The Lord is good, and thats all that matters most. Love to all.

SO...UNDEDICATED!

I haven't blogged since August 25th! Good grief. I am pitiful.

Today, I am blogging via free wi-fi at the Salt Lake City airport. This weekend was great. I got to attend my churches General Assembly, and was so abundantly blessed at how the Lord moved. One of the best messages I have ever heard came on the Youth Program Saturday night. Brother Brandon Hale gave an awesome message about stepping out of the boat (when Peter walked on the water) and if we are going to call on the Lord (as Peter did) we best be ready for Him to grab our hand and usher us to the shore. Meaning, leading us through the seas of life, no matter what they are, to get us to Heaven's shore. I am sure he had more to it than that, and I am not quoting him...but that is what I feel I personally got out of the message. He is our God, He is waiting to help us, but we can't keep taking our life and our situations in our own hands. We HAVE to re commit everything to Him! And KEEP it committed. It was just a fabulous-ly blessed, amazing, wonderful time. :) I am so glad I was able to go. Hopefully next year, Lord willing, I may be able to attend for the whole time.

As far as a trip run down, I flew in late Thursday night then drove straight to Clevenland and got checked into my room. Thank the Lord for traveling mercies. I was very nervous about traveling by myself, in the dark, with the perfect time for deer to be feeding and running across the highways, what if I got a flat tire, and so on...I didn't get to Cleveland until 2 am, so I was also worried i would get tired. But I kept remembering something Sis Joyce said to me before I left when I voiced my late night traveling concerns to her...she said, the Lord will take care of you. So simple. It repeated itself through my mind, actually, it was the Lord speaking to my heart. I really didn't get tired, I saw two deer, but they stayed on their side of the road, no rain, no car troubles, and seriously...that trip from Nashville to Cleveland has never went so fast. I plugged my ipod into the auxillary port and bam...I was on my way. The Lord really really helped me. He must have sped the time up or something! I got up early and went to the Friday morning session. It was great to see the growth and all the people. Saturday was WMB breakfast, I will admit, I was lagging...we were to be there at 7, and I kept hitting snooze until 6:40. Somehow, I managed to get ready, even curl my hair, not forget anything, and pull into the restaurant parking lot by 7:05. Shew. :) But that's how I roll...rushed. I sang that morning and was pretty sure I heard my voice crack more than once, but oh well, I sing to and FOR the Lord, not myself. That night my girls, Chels and Hays spend the night with me. We were up to sing on prelimaries the next morning...but before bed could come...we had to find a milkshake. No joke, we pulled into hardies drive through and as soon as Chels went to grab my purse from the trunk, they turned the menu box lights off and said over the speaker "we're closed" ha...we laughed. So then we went to BK, open, YA!!! "Our shake machine is down"...then it was really hilarious...so we crossed the street to McDonalds...ahhh, McDondalds satisfied the shake quest. Our choir director is ALSO chels and hays mom, I knew if I didn't have them there...I'd be in trouble. She said 8, we had to be there by 8. Out of pure stubborness (me, stubborn??? ha) I refused to be late. I got all packed, hair curled and put into my Ginger do (will explain later) and was there EARLY. YAYA again! Now for Ginger, we were doing a skit using the characters and story line of Gilligans Island, and for some reason, I was chosen as Ginger. I don't feel I fit the role of Movie Star Hottie-esque, but I digress. It was a TOTAL hit! Sadly assembly came to an end. I made my way back to Nashville, technically Smyrna, to see my friends. I had hoped to make it to Antioch that night, but Emily called saying it was over. I ended up leaving later than I had thought from cleveland. I really wanted to see my family, but it was late by the time i got to Smyrna and already dark. Emily had a little bday party planned for me and EVEN MADE ME A CAKE! It was great to see the face I did. My mini me, aint so mini anymore. She almost comes to eye level now..sigh. Why must time pass. ;) Emily got me some way cute sun glasses that I have been wearing today, and a awesome picture of us, which I look uber cute in. No I am not being boastful, I rarely like a picture of myself, and this one is good, SO I AM KEEPIN IT! And a uber cute wallet, in one of my favorite colors, and some head bands which I am wearing oene of them right now.

Now I am on my way back home. I miss Idaho. When I moved back, I really missed TN and all it had been to me in my life. All the memories it held. It took me a good six months to transition back to Idaho life. I will never forget the time I had in TN, and it will always hold a very very special place in my heart, my friends and family are tucked deep inside and make me who I am today. But, I do feel excited to be getting back to the state I grew up in, the place and family and friends who make up my history and now my future. I am ready to be home.

I love you all.

About That Time ;)

Well, it's about time...I need to post. :)

As I type, Facing the Giants is playing in the background. I have been almost a month without cable...any sort of TV except for movies. I don't miss it as much as I thought I would, but I was all excited for Dateline the other night, yes dateline...only to realize I couldn't watch it. BOO. I was at my parents and thought, oh I'll head home so I can watch it, it sounds interesting...and it's been a long time since I sat down to watch Dateline. Then...as I was watering the horses (filling their stocktank, not watering them so they would grow like a plant..haha, I crack myself up)I was like..ah, I CAN'T watch dateline. I don't have TV. I have those converter boxes, but no antenna. So I either need to get an antenna, or do something. I miss the noise mainly, but some of the food network shows. And, as much of a nerd as I am, I miss the 24 hour news channel. :)

Dinner was good tonight, I made frozen pizza. YUM. It was the wal-mart brand,like Digornio. I actually thought it was better than digornio. YUM-O

Momma has been outa town visiting her friend in pocatello. They are professional thrift store shoppers. Even went out of state to go thrift store shopping. I hope she is having fun...but i am ready for her to come home. I miss my momma.

Well, tis all to report. Nightie night.

Tuesday Days

today i procrastinated in getting ready for work...again. then i got to work and my co worker brought me white chocolate mocha from starbucks, outa the blue. that was nice. :) I was excited...drank that thing in about five minutes.

Had choir practice tonight,then evening service,and now i sit at home just relaxing and reflecting.

Life is so full of choices, I want to make the right ones. So many things I would do different with my life. Chill out and realize in the grand scheme of things, I shouldn't sweat small stuff. laugh more, worry less. Be happy. ya know.

I can hardly believe fall is almost here. Christmas is only four months away. Time so flies. I guess that is all for tonight. I know, not to much that is interesting to read. But, have a great night :)

Alone

Is anyone out there anymore. Not many comments lately. I am trying to be better about commenting myself. I guess maybe my posts just aren't to thrilling.

I have been thinking alot about my husband lately. I obviously think about him, but even more so lately. I really miss him. He was so great to me. I know he is in heaven...and I know..I have said it all before, and I have said that I have said it all before...but I really miss him. I guess it's selfish, but I wish he was still here with me. I miss my nephews, my family in TN, the memories of our young married life...all the good times, the bad, the in between. I just miss life with him.

Mom and I are heading to my grandmas tomorrow. Albion, Idaho. Population 100 something. Its a reallllly small town. REALLY small. But, there is a ski resort up there...ha.

I am getting my hair cut tomorrow. Nothing extreme really, just about two inches off the bottom to make the layers closer.

Guess that is all. night.

Time

Time is such a funny thing. I remember a great piece of advice I got after Damon's passing. It came from one of the most encouraging, rock solid, dependable, Christian men that I know of, Brother Steve Fox. He told me that time never makes the pain go away, it just makes it less frequent. So right now, I sit here, missing my husband. And I know that this is normal, and I will always always love and miss him. On one hand it seems like just yesterday that he went home, but it also seems like ages since he was here. Damon was one of the few people in this world that "got" me. He loved me for me, and cherished me. It's amazing to know the feeling of being cherished. I miss him so very much. I love him still.

Prayer

I have a special unspoken prayer request. So for all you prayers out there :), if you could pray for me and this request (God knows) I would appreciate it greatly! love ya!

Boo

I guess...my love of blogging, or rather, my enjoyment of it- has grown cold. I am the bad blogger of the month it seems. Lots of things are going on. Just doesn't seem as though there is enough time to type it all out.

I cut my finger down to the tendon, but I didn't actually cut the tendon, thank the Lord. Having seven stitches in your index finger on your dominant hand, slows a body down a bit. I just got the stiches out Wednesday, and I am going to have a pretty gnarly scar on that hand. About an inch long smiley shape, just the smile part. I am back to typing, and have I would say about 95% movement again. Thank the Lord again. The doc wanted me to go the orthopedic doctor, but no insurance means that isn't an option for this chic. Anyway, I work with a nurse and she said if I can bend and move it, I should be good, and that the feeling I lost (apparently I cut a nerve cus part of my finger is numb) will most likely come back but could take up to two years.

The Lewiston trip was really fun. I need to post pics I know. The sole purpose of the trip was to encourage a smaller church of ours and I believe that the Lord helped us accomplish that. I took my band, the teenagers, and they definitely add spice to any occasion. haha. We had the worst ever moxie frappe's, such a waste of good coffee potential. Oh well, I shouldn't complain. Then we had a safe and uneventful five hour drive of 20 questions, fuzzy radio stations, and slow drivers in blue cars. We stopped for lunch next to a pretty lake, and then finished up our drive. We got settled in and went for ice cream, since Lewiston was 111 degrees that weekend. Yes, 111 DEGREES. Seriously hot. After that we rented the movie Australia. That is one LOOOOOOOOOOONG movie. The parts I saw were mostly good, I can't vouch for the whole thing since I fell asleep. Definitely a few things that weren't necessary, but it seems Hollywood must put something in each film. Then we went to take turns for the shower. One bathroom being shared by 11 people. You know, it's those times you remember, when you are out of your comfort zone...when you really bond with people, they are the special times. So I didn't mind the sharing! Next day we woke up to pancakes, fruit, and home made banana bread. YUM-O Then went to the Church Service. It was amazing. The Spirit of the Lord was there and I am so thankful. Afterwards they had a bbq for us, aww, so sweet. Then part of the crew drove home. New Meadows is seriously a beautiful area of Idaho. Happy Sigh. GREAT weekend.

Work has been busy, and I am thankful for my job. I got my yard mowed today, and some laundry done. Dad made homemade chille rellenos, or however you spell that, then homemade chili. It was all yummy. Now I am going to go read. Have a great night!

Lewiston

We are heading out tomorrow!! Keep us in your prayers! I am taking a bunch of teenagers, and a few adults, for a five hour trip to Lewiston, Idaho. Should be fun!

Lazy Saturday

Today I slept in, and it felt good. Last time it sorta ruined part of my day, but not today. After waking up, I had some cereal and just chilled for awhile. Then went to my parents to swim. After wrapping my hand up, so it wouldn't get wet, and putting on my sun screen, I was all ready to go. However, I soon found out how hard it is to keep one hand out of the water, while trying to get on the floaty without totally soaking my book. Not to mention, my hand got kinda hot wrapped in the plastic bag, so the swimming didn't last all that long. Then I read my book for awhile, and watched some TV, then ate an early dinner. Mom made an excellent dinner btw, stuffed peppers. I don't eat the pepper, just the stuffing. haha. :) It was delicious. :) Then mi madre and I went and ran an errand. After that..the news and some more reading. May sound boring to some...but, I kinda liked today :)

Strangely...nice!

I haven't been on the laptop as much lately. And really, it's nice! I noticed when I was up at camp, and you leave (for the most part) the normal conveniences of life behind, that it is easy to let it go! I think myself, and society, find it hard to imagine the life of those 100 years ago, even 50 years ago, and probably, even 30 years ago. No blackberrys, facebook, or world wide web...whoa...pump the breaks, that couldn't be living! Nothing against it, that's not what I am saying...I AM saying, that it's sorta easy to get into the groove of just living, without all the power chords, internet connections, and phone calls! :) I WILL say, I am glad to be seeing my facebook updates again. YAY!

Not much to report really. Working, and busy busy busy. God is good. I don't deserve His goodness or mercy. For sure!

Mom and Dad's neighbor, Duke, his pump on his well broke. So he has a hose running from my parents house, across the street, so he can have water.

Tomorrow is the car wash for church. In two weeks, is my band camping trip to Lewiston. WOOT WOOT!! I am uber excited and hope the "kids" ( i feel old just saying that) have fun! I am the band leader for the teen group and have tried to model my band meetings around those of some of my greatest band leaders ever, Galen and Amy. They were great band leaders to me, and I want to be atleast just a sliver of what they were to me, to these kids. God help me. I feel sorta useless at times, but in my weakness is when the Lord can use me the most.

I hope yall have a great day! I will be 27 in less than two months. Do you know what that means...I am almost 30. Shew. Well, praise the Lord!! :)

Tigger

IS HOME!!!!!!! Thank YOU Lord!

Thanks for your prayers!!!

Tigger

I would ask that you pray for my cat Tigger. Damon brought him home to me about a month after we were married. He was only two weeks old and I had to bottle feed him and the whole bit. Well, as he grew up he started fighting, even after we got him fixed. So after Damon passed away I made him an indoors only cat, because he was getting hurt to much. Last night he slipped out my door to the garage AS my garage door was closing. He is STILL gone. I was really mad at him because he sneaks out and it annoys me. I keep him in to keep him safe, but he tries every avenue to get out and sometimes does. Most times he just runs out the back door and parades around the yard and I can catch him, last night he ran for it and was gone. I went back out and couldn't see him. It was dark and I just had the flashlight. I have called and called him, but nothin. Please pray for him to come home, :(

Zuchinis

My parent's neighbor, Duke...aww I love that "kid" (okay, so he is in his mid 50's, but he CRACKS ME UP!)gave mi madre some zuchinis from his garden. She made an abundance of YUMMY zuchini bread. YUM-O!!! It is really so good. I just ate some. Bad for the diet...but uber yummy. And really...who turns down zuchini bread?

Things have been really busy. But I am so thankful for all of the blessings in my life. Spiritually, mentally, physically, etc. God continues to take great care of me, and I am very appreciative of His goodness towards me.

The weather is beeeeautiful. It is so mild here lately. Today we were in the mid eighties I believe. Starting July,and in the eighties?? With a nice breeze? Who could complain? I need to get my flower beds weeded this weekend, hopefully the weather holds.

I am also thinkin of painting my bedroom. Most of my house has been decorated/painted, and I have yet to do my bedroom. I think I have chose the color "leather bound". It reminds me of saddles, and horses, and western stuff. Which I really enjoy, so, I hope it's nice. :)

Well folks, thats about all. I hope you have a great night and day!

The Wind Down

So these past few weeks have been REALLY busy. First we had Camp, then we went into Regional Convention. I missed the tail end of convention to go to wedding. A close family friend of ours was getting married on July 4th near Pendelton, Oregon. About four hours away. It was quite the trip. Once you hit La Grande area, the scenery is beautiful. Very nice. We saw a few does on the way back, they were right next to the road so I honked to scare them away. I didn't want them getting smooshed. The wedding was outdoors, and it was held at her parents farm house (I put some pics on facebook)surrounded by fields of wheat and beans. It was really really pretty. Then we made the drive home. From there we had church that evening, then work the next day, and its been busy but not as busy, since. :) Hope you all are having a great day. :)

Back from Nature

I could live in the mountains, I tell you. Except for...TICKS. YUCK. I do not like those things. This is short, I just got home and need a nap. I dont have exact numbers, but this camp was truly one of the best camps I have been to. The Spirit of the Lord was strong, and mighty, and compassionate, and directive. If that makes sense. He led us deeper, yet you could feel Him holding the hands of all of us there, to let us know (especially those who were new to church like this)He would make it okay. Not to fear what He had for us. I had one girl in my cabin that I was really praying for. She comes from an LDS background and so our church services as you can imagine, are quite different. But she wanted to seek the Lord. He met her there, and through her uneasiness about it all at first, worked through that with her. She got saved and sanctified, praise the Lord. Another one of my peewee campers got the Holy Ghost. It was just amazing. There were several more experiences but I wanted to share a high light.

I am so glad to be home, but now I am re couping. Ha. So sore I tell you. It amazes me the amount of energy kids possess.

Good Morning Wednesday

I leave for camp in two days. I got 95% packed last night, thank the Lord. I just have a few last minutes pieces of clothing, then all the stuff for my cabin. Borrowed a sleeping bag from mom. Need to buy batteries for the flash light. Happy sigh, I am so happy to be going to camp. Mom is watching my animals, and my neighbors will be keeping an eye on things around the house. I just need to clean and get everything loaded. I am going to one of the most beautiful parts of Idaho (atleast in my opinion) too. Beautiful country up there. Mountains and more mountains with rivers that wind through it all and lots of lush green grass. *Happy Sigh, again!* Not to mention mountain air. I wish you could bottle that stuff and make it a candle.

My little nephew, granted he isn't so little anymore, received the Holy Ghost at TYC last night. PRAISE the LORD!!! I cried, oh, God is so good! I am so very happy for Noah. He reminds me so much of Damon, in how he looks and walk. He has the Damon walk. I pray he continues to get all of Jesus he can!!

In other news, my friend is getting married July 4th, so right after I come home from camp, just a few days later we will be heading out of town again. This time to Oregon. I pray they have a great marriage full of God's leading, guiding, and blessings. It should be a pretty wedding, held out in the country at her parents farm. Pretty neato setting if you ask me.

Well kids, I need to get off here and get ready for work. I am proud of myself for blogging. ha! ;)

I Am So Bad

I have been lacking as a blogger. :( sadness. Work is so busy right now, we are in the middle of summer program. Camp is coming up. Plus, weeding. I am pretty sure, that my front flower bads are in all out weed rebellion towards me. haha. Needless to say, it is just so busy, praise the Lord! I like busy-ness. Well, that is it for now. I hope everyone is doing great!

Kudos to Mi Madre

Excellent dinner tonight!! Roast, potatoes, green beans. YUM-O!!

not much goings on. working and going to church, and life is grand. :) Really, routine is under appreciated. each day contains blessings. I am so thankful to the Lord for His everyday help, guidance, mercy, and grace!

I hope you all have a great weekend. :) Its coming soon.Speaking of soon. Camp starts NEXT week. WHOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I am soo so so, excited. :) I haven't been to a full camp since 2004. Anyway, thats all folks. Night and loves.

June 14th, 2009

So a few weeks ago, my friend Sylvia asked me to be with her in her delivery room. She felt like I had a way to getting in her face and getting her to focus. Ha, imagine that. Me, in your face?? ;) Anyway, this was a VBAC and she was a bit nervous about complications, etc.. It was just to be her husband, Sylvia, and me. Needless to say, having never seen a live birth and not really knowing a whole lot about the birth process, I was nervous myself. But I knew I needed to be there for my friend. After a false labor on Friday night, we assumed it probably would be Monday sometime as she was only dialated to 4 and the contractions were highly irregular at best. Well, last night around 10:00 PM I got the call that her water had broke and they were admitting her to the birthing unit. So I got my stuff ready and headed that way. I got there shortly after 11 and labor really seemed to pick up from there. Her goal was natural. I had to keep her focused on that goal. She didn't really like me at a few points, as you can imagine. She received only one does of something through her IV to take the edge off the contractions, but no epidural. I had people praying, because as I said (even though, its NOT about me at this point) I was nervous I would even know what to do and how to help. The Lord really came on the scene. All credit goes to Him. Not only did He help me, but He delivered Sylvia of all her fears and gave her a beautiful birth. She went from a 4 to a 10 in a few hours and hardly had to push and little Sophia was born at 3:54 am weighing 7lbs 10oz. She is a beautiful baby girl, with lots and lots of hair, and looks a lot like her big brother. The nurse said I was a great coach, and I could definitely be a Doula. And you know what, that's God, and I am so thankful. I read a little book, had what i saw from baby story, and some knowledge of what I saw from a beginning of labor with someone else, that was it. HE helped all of us in that room. I am so thankful that God loves and helps His children!! Welcome Sophia!

Random

Admittedly, I have become a facebook fan. Took me awhile to get to this point, but there it is. Thus, I haven't quite been blogging/commenting as much. I need to get ready for work, but wanted to put a quick little something down on my blog so I don't feel like I am neglecting it quite as much.

Lesson one, multi vitamins. I am not consistent in taking them. They make me SICK. Nauseous. BLECH. Well, today I was a good little girl and took one. The only ones thus far that have not made me sick are my flinstones chewables. I can't find them. So I took the regular vitamin after eating almost all of my breakfast and I can still feel the nausea coming. So gross.

Two, the "everything" bagels with roasted vegetable cream cheese, are delicious. Really.

Three, I have two most played songs in my car right now, Oceans from the Rain, and missing pages (well, I play them alot, not sure if they are the MOST played). And I REALLY like that group. Amazing I tell you. Especially the story behind them. I haven't listened to all of their songs, so I am not giving a thumbs up to everything, but these two and the new praise CD are awesome.

Lastly, I hope you all have a great day! That you would put your hand in the Hand of the Man who can calm this stormy sea of life.

Two Years

It is hard to believe that it has been almost two years since my wonderful husband went to Glory. I am missing him :( Say a prayer for me and the family. It is wonderful for him, but still hard on us. I still love him very much.

Austria

Bianca and Me

Here is a my friend from work, Bianca. Her last day was this past Friday, she is heading back home to Austria :( sad for me, but yay for her. She missed her family and was ready to get back home. Her husband worked for his company as a engineer here in the states, and apparently travels all around the world for them. She was one of my favorites. Very sweet girl, and awesome accent. They have a beautiful accent I tell you. Makes the German language sound so elegant. Should I ever hop a plane (yeeeah) to Austria, I have my contact! I will miss this chick!

Batteries

Tricky little things, they are.

So at almost midnight last night my smoke detector started going off. I was all sleepy and ready for bed. It went off, I reset it. And, repeat. Well I finally took the battery out, but that didn't fix the problem. So I called my local dire department and had a huge firetruck outside my house at 11:45 with four firemen show up, just to tell me, it's the battery. They replaced it, and now I will need to replace all of the others soon. He said batteries need to be replaced about once a year. So praise the Lord, there wasn't anything for my fire alarm to really go off about. :)

Long Time, No Blog

Well, here I am.

Today has been a mixture of things, emotions, and events. I have been lazy, grumpy, happy, and motivated all in one day. Today I slept in, mistake number one. Fine for you, but not for me. Really...makes the day go to quickly and feel unproductive. Normally, on Saturday mornings there is a prayer service at church at 8am. I usually am up and go to that. I don't like missing. Well today I let laziness reign and didn't make it. So, even though it was nice to sleep in, the pros did not outweigh the cons. I slept til almost 11 and felt like a bum. I then mowed the lawn and was all excited to put my pool up.

Ahh, the pool. Mom and Dad bought it for me after Damon passed away. I had always wanted a pool and they bought that for me to have when I moved back to Idaho. So the past two seasons it has been set up at their place. Today was the day, I was finally going to put it up here at my house. Mind you, my yard is a decent size, but by no means huge. So I have debated back and forth, do I really want to kill my lawn, especially when it will essentially be 1/3 of my back yard?? Well, having the pool outside my back door won over the bads in my mind. So off to mom and dad's I went. Come to find out, dad doesn't want the pool to come to my house. Understandably...he wants to keep it there because he likes to swim in it too, I really only live 5 mins away, and its already got a level place there. At my house, I'd have to dig out one side of my yard to make everything ready. Its one of those ring top pools and if everything isn't level it will "fall down and go boom"...so...then I decided to go buy my own pool, then changed my mind and took the pool back. I need to save up some more and, who knows, by then I may have changed my mind all together and not get one. Well, in between all the pool drama, I went and bought paint. Brevity Brown. My mom n dad's neighbor, Duke, is painting his kitchen and he told me to pick the paint color. So, his son and I picked out Brevity brown. Its a nice cocoa-y, warm brown tone. We will paint three of that walls that color, then the other side after he gets the cabinets redone, etc., we will paint with the color three steps up on the color chart. After getting the paint, I then came home and we shaved dogs. Summers are hot here, so we shaved spike (mom n dad's rough hair, JRT) and then shaved one of Duke's dogs, Freddie. They both felt so much better, and cooler. Go dog boys.

Anyway, now I am at home. I finished my book, got some sun, and now I blog. I am reflecting on the day and what I could have done better. I feel, especially lately, that every day is one day closer to Jesus' return. Am I living how I should, in every form and fashion, every moment? Is my attitude always right? etc....I know the answer is no. I desire for the Lord to mold this clay into a beautiful piece of pottery. I don't want to tell the Potter, "no, You can't mold me, this is as good as it gets". So, that is the day. Pools, no pools, paint, shaved dogs, sun, and a desire to be more of what He would have me to be. Adieu

Summer Favorites

SO, summer is QUICKLY approaching. Summer comes, well, once a year. So here are some top things that can ONLY be enjoyed in the SUMMER!

1. having my very own swimming pool. WHY, because it's mine, I can get in it whenever I want, and it's private!

2. snow cones...remember Tiger's blood?? Man, I want to get one of these this summer. MEMORIES

3. FLIP FLOP tan lines. Just because they are cool (so I think)

4. Summer ball games, softball, football, etc....playing sports, coolers filled with water and gatorade, charcoal flaming hot cooking some dogs. All of it.

5. The sun not setting until almost 10 PM

6. Watermelon decor, and fresh watermelon from my dad's garden.

7. grilling out and marinades. Something about summer grillin'. YUM-O!

8. breezy skirts

9. summer night sky, and how the stars are so close they seem to be right above you. AND how you don't freeze while looking at them!

10. the carefreeness that seems to come along with summer.

11. outdoor living

12. the hope of lots of camping trips!


What are your faves?!

Wow...really.

So I guess I am a clutz (Klutz sp?). I ran into my shopping cart last night with my right pinky toe. It is now purplish and split. :( Who does that? Me apparently. So then I went limping through Wal-Mart, trying not to cry right after it happened. We have a softball game tonight, so I hope it feels okay by then. I need to get my glove out, it's really cool because it was my dads when he was younger. It's all broken in and old, and it just fits my hand really good. :)

I think my ipod is really broken. It won't take a charge, and my laptop "doesn't recognize" the USB device. :( sadness.I just bought 5 or 6 new songs too. I can put them on a CD, but still...I haven't really used my ipod since I got it, and now I do and its a bummer it is broken. Oh well, worse things in life, right?

Onto happier things, I am still playing Farm Town. I officially can vote FB better than myspace. And, tonight as I said I am getting a soft ball game together with a bunch of the youth here. YAY! We are going to grill out and play and have a scavenger hunt too. I guess I am off for now, my yard needs mowed and my weeds killed. :)

Farmin

So, I have been playing that farming game on facebook lately. I am not normally one to get into that type of stuff, simply because I don't seem to enjoy it. But this game is pretty fun!!

I worked out tonight, and I am already sore. It felt good to know I was working out though, I went jogging then rode my bike. It was a little over an hour by the time I was done.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day at work. Thank the Lord for my job. YAY for my job.

Thank the Lord fo so much.He is so good to me. Ahhh, I just love Him. Goodnight.

44 Hours, 4000 Miles

Remember that song, "if i could walk five hundred miles...", I know it was on Benny and June, anyway...I am so glad I was able to go 4000 miles just to be with my family and friends this weekend. I have really missed them, and even though I am sad, like my mini me reminded me...be thankful, atleast I got to come! It was a quick trip. I am really tired, and burnt, my face is turning tan, but everything else is STILL red. I got to see my nephew graduate, I am so proud of him. I got to hang out with the youth, it was just so fun. I was all prepared to post more, but now I am sorta tired. OHHHH and I got to meet Sara!! Sara from here, that knows Tammy, and her cousin is Amanda. We met for coffee on Saturday morning and I got to hang out with her. She was so funny. Super cool chick. Interjecting Friday night here...Mo was there when I got the apt. Me and that kid have so much fun, I miss her. We wrestled, as usual, for awhile, then stayed up and talked and LAUGHED. hahaha. Till past two in the mornin I think. Then we had the softball game, which is where my flesh met the sun. Sigh. I shoulda remembered sunblock, but completely forgot. Needless to say, three and a half hours later I was nicely cooked. Then we had pizza and watched a movie, then I went to Old Hickory with Crystal and saw the family. My cousin, Lillie, is soooo cute. Seriously that kid is a ham! Oh and I had a SWEET rental car. I reserved a "mustang or something similar" and they ended up only having a Chrysler Sebring...which I didn't want just because it was NOT a mustang. Well she upgraded me to a Ford Escape. Normally I haven't been all that impressed by them (personally) but this one was GREAT! It even squealed the tires, good power, it was loaded, had just over two thousand miles on it, black leather...nice. I want it. Not NEED, want. Ha. So then it was Sunday and I went to church and sang. Bro Bobby preached an awesome message. Then i got a quick lunch and headed to the graduation for Michael. That place was PACKED. Shew. We screamed when they called "MICHAEL STEPHENS" wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Something like that. THEN i faced the parking garage, bah. Bro Steve talked about patience in SS that morning and I am pretty sure I failed. :( :( Then I had to hurry and fill up the gas tank, then turn the car in, then hurry to wait at the gate. All to wait. Should teach me something, things happen for a reason, HOLD ONTO your patience your witness. My plane was late, all that impatience for nothing. THEN I had a much much smoother flight home. It was rough comin in, I was praying, really praying. I got in late last night, and bam, that was my GREAT weekend.

Prayer

Please pray for my flights today. :) Boise to Denver, Denver to Nashville. YAY!

Tomorrow

I leave tomorrow for TN. YAY!!!

ESTJ

I took that personality test from Chelsei's blog. I guess I am a ESTJ personality...and it's pretty accurate. So interesting how God creates each one of us so unique, hand made for His will and work. Wow.

Portrait of an ESTJ - Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging
(Extraverted Thinking with Introverted Sensing)

As an ESTJ, your primary mode of living is focused externally, where you deal with things rationally and logically. Your secondary mode is internal, where you take things in via your five senses in a literal, concrete fashion.

ESTJs live in a world of facts and concrete needs. They live in the present, with their eye constantly scanning their personal environment to make sure that everything is running smoothly and systematically. They honor traditions and laws, and have a clear set of standards and beliefs. They expect the same of others, and have no patience or understanding of individuals who do not value these systems. They value competence and efficiency, and like to see quick results for their efforts.

ESTJs are take-charge people. They have such a clear vision of the way that things should be, that they naturally step into leadership roles. They are self-confident and aggressive. They are extremely talented at devising systems and plans for action, and at being able to see what steps need to be taken to complete a specific task. They can sometimes be very demanding and critical, because they have such strongly held beliefs, and are likely to express themselves without reserve if they feel someone isn't meeting their standards. But at least their expressions can be taken at face-value, because the ESTJ is extremely straight-forward and honest.

The ESTJ is usually a model citizen, and pillar of the community. He or she takes their commitments seriously, and follows their own standards of "good citizenship" to the letter. ESTJ enjoys interacting with people, and likes to have fun. ESTJs can be very boisterous and fun at social events, especially activities which are focused on the family, community, or work.

The ESTJ needs to watch out for the tendency to be too rigid, and to become overly detail-oriented. Since they put a lot of weight in their own beliefs, it's important that they remember to value other people's input and opinions. If they neglect their Feeling side, they may have a problem with fulfilling other's needs for intimacy, and may unknowingly hurt people's feelings by applying logic and reason to situations which demand more emotional sensitivity.

When bogged down by stress, an ESTJ often feels isolated from others. They feel as if they are misunderstood and undervalued, and that their efforts are taken for granted. Although normally the ESTJ is very verbal and doesn't have any problem expressing themself, when under stress they have a hard time putting their feelings into words and communicating them to others.

ESTJs value security and social order above all else, and feel obligated to do all that they can to enhance and promote these goals. They will mow the lawn, vote, join the PTA, attend home owners association meetings, and generally do anything that they can to promote personal and social security.

The ESTJ puts forth a lot of effort in almost everything that they do. They will do everything that they think should be done in their job, marriage, and community with a good amount of energy. He or she is conscientious, practical, realistic, and dependable. While the ESTJ will dutifully do everything that is important to work towards a particular cause or goal, they might not naturally see or value the importance of goals which are outside of their practical scope. However, if the ESTJ is able to see the relevance of such goals to practical concerns, you can bet that they'll put every effort into understanding them and incorporating them into their quest for clarity and security.

Jungian functional preference ordering:

Dominant: Extraverted Thinking
Auxiliary: Introverted Sensing
Tertiary: Extraverted Intuition
Inferior: Introverted Feeling

YUM

Grilled cheese and BBQ sauce mixed with Ranch. Sounds gross, but I dipped the sandwich in the BBQ and Ranch. YUM-O. :D

Short Term Ticker

I need a short term ticker count thingy for my blog. I leave in FOUR days for TN. YAY!!!

Me n' Bea

You know...I think me and Aunt Bea could have been really good friends. :) I really like The Andy Griffith show and wish life and the world could be like it was "back then." Call me old fashioned but seems like everything was so innocent (for the most part) back in those days. Course' I could have lived in the late 1800's like Laura Ingalls to. I really enjoy history and simpler times. The world is so fast and complicated and selfish now. Guess what though, we will go home soon to meet the Lord. Time is QUICKLY winding up.:) Love yall!!! Oh, and on a side note I got TWO new shirts last night on clearance. They are soooo cute. I wore one today. YAY! Tennessee in T minus 5 days. :)

Terrific Thursdays!

HEEEEEYYYYYYYY!!!! How ya'll doin?!!

Today is a great day. I woke up with the sunshine streaming through my windows (thankful for the rain, but happy for the sun), read my Bible, curled my hair, and headed to work. I got to see some of my favorite kiddo's. Ah, I love them. K is such a cutie, her hugs are so sweet, good for the heart. :) :) I got to talk to my new friend from work, and go to lunch with another new friend, who let me drive her hubby's truck. Dodge Hemi, I was pleasantly surprised (this coming from the Ford girl). Then, I had a nice ending to the day, time seemed to move pretty fast. I had blimpies five dollar foot long and spread it from lunch to dinner. YUM-O go Blimpie! Now I am home, chillin' on the couch and typing on my blog. I am supa excited for this weekend, and next weekend. SHEW! All I can say is YAY YAY YAY!!! Night!

Rain and Rain, and More Rain

Shew, we are getting lots of rain. Praise the Lord. Sure sometimes it makes it "feel" dreary, but it is really really good for the land. Specially since we have so many farms and crops and once summer hits, this part of Idaho being in the desert region, doesn't have a large rainfall. So thank the Lord, rain or sunshine. :)

I thought it was clearing up a bit, so I began to mow my lawn. I was hoping just to get the front yard done before more rain hit. HOWEVER, it was thundering fairly loudly, and as I pushed mowed (my hands gripping the METAL bar) and I was praying for safety, I thought...seriously. Thats like knowing you are on empty, having the capability to fill up with fuel, but NOT, then praying for the Lord to help you. I know its one thing to not be able to control the cirumstances and ask for help, but to be able to choose the safety and good outcome of the situation and NOT do the smart thing, I though it kind of silly of me and just finished the side and quit. I did weed eat really quickly, just the front. I got the wrong size weed eater string, so I need to go get more. :( I shouldn't have used it since I knew it was bigger than the other string once I compared them. But I thought it might work, WRONG. *sigh*

I cannot believe this time two weeks from now I will be with my TN buddies. So excited. :)

I will chat atcha later!!

Good Ol' Rocky Top

I go to Tennessee in 14 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you see those exclamation points?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's some more for ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) I get to see my wonderful Nephew graduate. I am proud of the young man he is and how he is continuing to grow in the Lord. I only get to stay for the weekend, but I am still glad I am able to come. I get in late Friday and leave late Sunday. I have never heard of a graduation on Sunday, but that's when his is, so I am thankful I was able to find a flight to accomodate. So much to do before I leave. Anyway, I am just so so excited. I get to see all my buddies, shew. It feels like ages. Okay, well have a great morning.

Daily Bread

I was reading this morning's Daily Bread online devotional and it really spoke to my heart. I wanted to share part of it with you.

Jesus whispers “I am with you”
In the hour of deepest need;
When the way is dark and lonesome,
“I am with you, I will lead.” —Morris


First make sure you are with Him, then you can be sure He’ll be with you.

What a comfort it is to know that the Maker of the stars, Creator of the sun, Artist of the flowers, is OUR God. We are His. I can't imagine, nor do I want to, what life's problems would be if I wasn't in the Lord's hands. He (as the song says) is my strong Tower, Shelter over me. Thank the Lord.

It has been BEAUTIFUL here these past few days. It is Thursday already too, I can hardly believe how time flies! My nephew is graduating, and it seems like just yesterday he was so young. My goodness, I hope I take sime to savour each moment of life, it is a blessing. Good or bad, we are here for a reason. I don't seem to have anything more, but I hope you all have a wondermous day out there!!!

Cold Soup

I heard a story today...a family had a little boy, he grew and grew, never saying a word. The older he got, he still didn't speak. The doctors determined there wasn't anything medically wrong with him, but for some reason, he just didn't speak. One day, in his teens, his mother was making his lunch. Out of the blue he said "the soup is cold". Astonished that he had just spoke for the very first time, she asked him why he had never spoken before. He told her, "well up until this point, things have been pretty good." As I thought about this, a point was made how we don't want our relationship with God to be like this. Only speaking to Him when things are rough. These past few weeks, the Lord has so taken care of me and kept me. He always has, but He knows our trials and what each one of us face daily. I really have felt His nearness and keeping power and strength. In my weakness, He is made strong. But, I do NOT want to forget that, the NEED of Him, just to live and make it through each moment of the day. On fire, each and every day, in Service to Him for He is MY Creator, Friend, God, Savior, Comforter, my Everything.

Today and yesterday were really really good. Yesterday was uber fun, because I got to go yard saleing almost all morning and part of the afternoon. So fun. We had a fun day, just me and my momma. I am so glad she is my momma. I love you momma. :) Part of my super cool yard sale finds yesterday were lights. You know how brass finish fixtures are "out." Well, I have been wanting to change my fixtures for awhile, update them ya know. However, fixtures are pricey. Yesterday the second yard sale I went to, they had two fixtures that I really liked and were the rubbed bronze finish. Guess what, ONE DOLLAR each. I got both. Then, we went into this community yard sale and they had a whole set of matching fixtures for sale, but I only wanted the chandelier for above my dining room table. Well, the only reason they were out there was because they bought a new house and wanted different fixtures. This one is a heavy iron , will have to take a pic I guess, that is antiqued creamy white colored. My walls are dark dark brown and pale creamy yellow, so I thought it would look good against the colors. It does! I got that one for 15, and you would normally spend probably 120 (guessing) for it. I thank the Lord, just stuff like that is so neat. He gives us the desires of our hearts, no matter big or small! My daddy hung all three fixtures for me today. Yay! Thanks Dad. Love you!

It is late, good night everyone!

Not Much

Not much going on these days. The Lord has been really helping me with some things that I need His strength for daily. He has also been teaching me what it means to praise Him in all things. The Advice To Members says not to give in to discouragement or despondency, and sometimes it is easy to do that, but when I learn to praise Him in all things then I won't give in to those sad feelings. :)

Work is going good. My boss thinks the owner will really like me, so I am glad about that. The owner has been out on Family business for two or three months, so I have yet to meet her. I am kind of nervous, but God gives us the strength for all things, right. :)

I have been riding my bike alot, well more than usual. Went six miles on Sunday and six on Tuesday. I think it's six, anyway on Sunday I was really wore out and I just kept praying and that scripture came to mind about how we can do all things through Christ because He is our strength. Guess what, I made it! Thank You Jesus!!

I also won tickets to a concert from the Christian Radio Station here today. It's funny, in Nashville they have "the fish" and I STILL call our station here (which I grew up listening to, and you'd think I would be used to the name) the fish! I am rambling...sigh ;) Anyway, I was caller number five! It was exciting. I called my mom and I was so happy and I was like "mom I just won tickets!" and she thought I said something like I got a speeding ticket, needless to say when she realized, her enthusiasm wasn't as high as mine. hehe. Well i will chat atcha all later.

God is Good

The Lord is so good to all of us. I know I could give Him more praise and Honor, and I want to learn to truly praise Him in "all things". I am so glad He loves me through the mountains and the valleys, and encourages me to a closer relationship with HIM.

I would desire your prayers. I am still having trouble eating and know that I need to just give it to the Lord, all my fear and worry. So your prayers are appreciated.

Did some work in the yard tonight, felt good. Just being outside really perks me up sometimes. My dad is coming over later tonight to turn my sprinkler/irrigation valve on. I couldn't do it as it seems I am not strong enough.

Work has been busy, and the week has flown by. I am still really enjoying seeing all of the kids. We have a bulletin board that I change monthly to go kinda with that months theme. Like April showers bring may flowers is this months board. Well for May I wanted something really bright, and flowery, and viney, and butterfly ish, so I found this really cool pic on Word. I printed it out, and the participants and one of the staff are drawing it for me. Adding their own touches, it's going to be so cool, simply because it holds a piece of each different person that worked on it. Not just something I put together to make cute. Many hands made it into what it is. I am excited for May to roll around to hang it up. :)

I hope yall have a great night. :)

A Wish For You

I wish you a wonderful Easter. Remembering the true meaning, Jesus. He who died so that we might be free, healed, comforted, restored, renewed. He deserves my praise, so thank you Lord for all You have done for me, and all You are, and that You will continue to help me day by day. I need my Jesus each day. Thank You Lord.

Hypochondriac

I really need yall's prayers. Since Damon passed away, I have really had a fear of not being able to breathe. This throat thing has took me for a loop, I am scared nearly all hours I am awake. I know where fear comes from, I know. I have been praying, trust me. But your prayers are appreciated too. I went for a checkup with the doctor today and she said I was fine...but I ate lunch today, and since then it feels like I have a lump or something in my throat. Please pray. Love yall.

Turns Out...

...I scratched my throat. They did an x-ray and the fry was no longer there. I just thought the fry was still there because it felt that way, but it was really only the scratch the fry created and the swelling. So, I was put on an all liquid diet yesterday, and then soft foods today. I just ate some very YUMMMMY soup. It is one thing to give up food for whatever reason, but to have to give it up because you can't eat it, makes you really start to want stuff. Like a steak. MMMMM. That will have to wait though. I go back to the doctor tomorrow just to make sure she thinks I am doing okay.

Lesson one, chew chew chew your food. I thought I had, but guess I was wrong.

Lesson two, french fries taste good, but are monsters. ;)

Lesson three, they are bad for me anyways...so I guess I may not eat them again for a VERY long time.

My Throat

This may sound strange...but please pray for my throat. i was eating dinner tonight and something went down crossways. Now 6 hours later it still feels stuck and it bothers me. :( :( Please pray. thanks.

Procrastinate

I remember being a kid and having a bed time. I believe I had the thought, how cool it was going to be when i was "older" so i could establish my own bed time. Now I am an "adult" and I need that bed time back. I really do need to make myself go to bed earlier. Makes the next day/routine go so much better. I am procrastinating at getting to sleep though. I will finish this blog, do my devotions, and hit the hay.

I cleaned the house today. Shew, I got a lot done and it feels good to get it done to. :) I also got some more of the yard work done today also. I am nearly all ready for summer. Okay, well, nighty night. :)

Don't Do It

So, my mom is thinking about getting rid of her blog. I don't want her to. Check out her blog http://kdbaby1.blogspot.com/ and leave her a comment as to why you don't want her to delete her blog either. :(

HEEEEY

Nothing much to report. Another day that the Lord has made, and I am thankful to Him for it. My prayer is that each and every day, I draw closer to Him and bless Him with my actions, thoughts, and words. :)

Work was really busy today. :) Made the time go by real quicklike. I am so thankful for my job, and how God provided for me. I especially enjoy the participants. I feel like I am a part of their good experience at the center, and that, to me- is so cool. There is one girl who comes in, she has down syndrome and I just love her to pieces, but I taught her to say "peace out" and put her hands in a peace sign over her chest. I just love it! I know, its not much, but its enjoyable to me!

well thats all yall. Have a good night!! :)

Home Sweet Laptop

My beloved laptop is home and running. Happy sigh. Okay, so maybe "beloved" is a bit of a strong word, but I am TRULY happy to have her back. Again...happy sigh. Just nothing like the good ol' stand by, the normal, the tried and true. Haha, I have gone on long enough about it I guess. I thank the Lord it wasn't anything serious. We have a computer savy guy at church and he said I just had a corrupted file on my hard drive, but otherwise everything was fine. So, he took care of that file and we are back in business. :)

My sinuses are still acting up a bit, but not nearly as much. I have found when I have sinus issues that I have dizzy issues. I don't enjoy dizzy-ness. Keep me in your prayers please :)

I guess that is it! Night!!

What A Day

I got a nice nap today, and accomplished some yard work to boot. Dad and mom came over and helped load the big pile of branches and bushes that I had pruned. Now I just need to get the yard aerated (sp??), reseeded, fertilized, finish getting my landscaping rock put down and the black edging stuff in. It is starting to shape up. I don't know if I will atempt a garden again this year. It's kind of pointless when my dad does a huge garden every year and I can get pretty much anything I want from his garden. We end up giving away so much because its in abundance. Its a blessing to be around that. I know Damon really liked home grown tomatoes, and cucumbers. We never did so well with either, but we did manage to get a few here and there. Ha, I say we, but I mainly just helped him do whatever needed. He was the main gardener, and a cute one at that. ;)

Not much else to report. I have a uber busy day tomorrow. I need to get the house cleaned, and will probably do that maybe monday night. We shall see. I want to get my yard mowed for the first time this season also, that may happen on Monday night instead. Work is going good, although Friday was sorta slow. I have found how attached I am to the different participants. When they aren't around, and the office is quiet, I feel lonely. I really enjoy seeing there sun-shiney faces each day. :)

Oh, and Melissa...guess who found Banana milk today! :) It was good too. :) speaking of milk, here is one for you. My friend at work is from Kansas, and there they have a very unique flavor of milk. Root Beer Milk. Sounds gross right? She says its good though, tastes like a root beer float. Ha!

Night yall.

YUCK!!!!!!

I am sick. Like I mentioned in a previous post somewhere down the line, the state came through work last week inspecting us. Well, this meant that everyone was spending long long long hours the week before making sure all the i's dotted, t's crossed and so on. Long hours+lack of sleep= lowered immune system. So several people were sick. Some were really sick and now it looks like I am getting sick as well. I am starting my echinacea and garlic capsules this morning, and praying for the Lord to touch me. I would appreciate your prayers also! :)

Not much is going on here of late, I guess really that is something to be thankful for. :) Well, I need to get ready for work, have a great day. And, praise the LORD in all things!

Hey, I am live

Live from home that is. :) No, my laptop isn't running again. I want to take it into a repair shop to see what the deal is. I am borrowing this laptop from mom n dad until mine is fixed, or I may buy it, whatever. I am having a hard time getting used to this one though. Completely different lay out, and I am sooo a creature of habit. I miss my laptop. However, this laptop has a MUCH MUCH better battery life. It's crazy.

Today went pretty good. There is a little down syndrom boy who attached himself to me today. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOh, he is so cute. I love his little face. He has the prettiest green eyes. He would give me hugs and more hugs, and smile the biggest smile. Oh, melt a heart, I tell ya! That is one thing I really like, I still am working a desk job, but I get to interact with all the different participants. They are so unique and wonderful. :) :)

Well, night night!

CRY

My laptop has died. I am going to take it to the laptop doctor asap. See if it would be worth it to fix or not. I think its the hard drive. Sigh. So here I am at mom n dads. Night yall.

Long Day

I meant to get on here earlier, I just got home about twenty minutes ago, so here I am.

Today (now officially yesterday) was my five year anniversary. I guess the main thought I had was "wow, a lot has changed in five years". I never thought this would be my life, but God hasn't let me down once. He has continued to take care of me, and keep me, I am so so so thankful for my God. I miss Damon, I wish with all my heart he was here. I still trust that God sees the end from the beginning and still trust that He called Damon home for a reason beyond what I can see with human eyes. God is still good, in sunshine or rain, HE IS GOD.

I went to a concert tonight. It was great, my seats were great, and my hearing...well right now it is healing up I think. I shoulda took ear plugs. Part of me thinks, oh that takes the fun out of it, but shew...damaging your hearing from sitting in the second row (yes, you heard right, SECOND row ON THE FLOOR) isn't worth it. It was the rock and worship road show. The bands playing: Addison road, Tenth Avenue North, Hawk Nelson, Jeremy Camp, and Mercy Me. I enjoyed Addison Road, she's got a great voice, not just a studio voice. They entertained well. I enjoyed Tenth Avenue North a lot as well, really good entertainers, and some good messages. Hawk Nelson was very entertaining. Jeremy Camp was MY FAVORITE. He had his Bible on stage with him, prayed BETWEEN songs, and opened his set in prayer. He had the best ending of ALL the bands. Mercy Me, the lead singer has pipes yo. He has a clear and pure, beautiful voice. They ended really strong, he really talked to the crowd like Jeremy Camp did, and gave some good thoughts. Winner for tonight though, based on how my soul was touched, hands down, Jeremy Camp. It was only ten bucks, so that was neat. I got to go with some good friends, so it was lots of fun.

Speaking of friends, a friend of mine is in need of a touch from the Lord for both body and soul. I would really appreciate the prayers.

I guess I should go to bed, been a long day. Work was good. Momma and Daddy sent me flowers, all the bosses were gone at the NCAA tournies here in town, so it was super quiet. I am really enjoying learning all the participants names. There are some seriously cute children that come in there. God is so good. Goodnight.

Happy Birthday!!

*edited for typo in his NAME* goodness.

Today is my nephews birthday! Happy Birthday Zacchaeus!! I love you man, and hope you have a wonderful day!

My First Lunch and Dinner

I got invited to lunch today. Ha! I almost feel like I am in school again saying this, you know how when you are new and you get invited to places its like you really begin to fit in?? I feel like I am beginning to be one of the "crew". Then, I got invited to a surprise party dinner for one of the employees, so I went to that too. It's nice getting to know all of them. One of the girls...I know her husband from my last job I that I got laid off from. He worked at the same company, super nice guy. Anyway, he got laid off too, I found out. I keep in contact with one of the girls who still works there at my old place and she texted me asking me where I got my job, and when I told her, she texted back saying this guys wife worked there too. SMALL world. So I already feel like I sort of know her. Then there is this really sweet sweet girl who moved here from kansas.I SO want to get to know her and be her friend. She is a Christian too, although she does some things I don't agree with, it takes me back to who I was before the Lord brought me to The Church. So I am praying that I can be to her and anyone else, what someone once was for me. She has such a sweet and gentle way about her.

I rode my bike tonight, YAY! Thank the Lord! I probably rode about two miles, maybe less or more. Not sure. I rode from my house to my mom n dads.

Okay, night yall. :)

Ha! Seriously?!

I just read my last post on here. Talk about typos and grammatical errors. My my my, I really need to check these things before I post them. However, knowing that I really am not that personality type, I doubt I really WILL check these posts. Sigh...I digress.

Work went fabulous today. Seriously. Praise the Lord!! I had fun, knew a little bit more of what I was doing. Remembered a few more names. YAY! Being the kind of business we are, we are inspected by state officials at different times to determine if we are still fit to operate. Well, that week is this week. My very first week I am there full time is the week we are being graded by the very people who keep our doors open. What has impressed me is this: seeing that these people TRULY care about what they do, but even more prevelent is the fact they remain nice, funny, and laughing, during the most stressful time of this business. Sure there have been some tense moments, but 95% of the time they are still super great. That's a great ratio if you ask me. Also, I have really enjoyed meeting the kids and adults and seeing them at all different levels of disabilities and how they learn and grow and improve.

Guess thats all for now. :) :)

What A Day

This day has contained so much.

Firstly, pleaes pray, I have a headache. It's not a migraine by any means but it hurts none the less and I have had it since early this afternoon. PLEASE pray for it to go away. My friend almost blew himself up tonight. Goodness. His flame went out on his furnace and the company (not sure if it was gas company or repair place) told him he could relight the pilot himself. Didn't work so well. My furnace says DO NOT attempt to relight the pilot light yourself. He burned his arm a bit, and singed his eyelashes and hair. He could have died and he doesn't know the Lord. He is fine, doesnt need to go to the hospital or whatever, but still...what could have happened.I had to help mom n dad's neighbor with his new laptop tonight. He is so funny. Cracks me up. He is a total mountain man logger dude. Seriously, that what he did for a living, now on a smaller scale, but still cuts wood. He has carpal tunnel I think from all the years using a chain saw and so one of his hands, the fingers don't fell to well. Imagine trying to show a person how to use the mouse pad on a laptop, who can't really feel it. It was interesting as you can imagine. He cracks me up. Him and his wife both. I love those two.

Changing gears...I am so undeserving of the Lord and His care for me. I am just overwhelmed by how much I need Him daily and how little I deserve it. God please help me to be all the woman for You that You would have me to be. I thank You Lord for my family, and my friends, and for my job, and for Your care, and for the things and people You put in our lives just to make us smile.

And, work went fairly well today, thank You Lord.

First Day

Just say a prayer for me today...it is my first full day of work. I am still a bit nervous because I don't know the ropes yet, or even all the employees names. BUT, I realized last night, or maybe the Lord showed me, they (my employer) don't expect me to know it all yet eiher. That thought was comforting. Anyway, I appreciate your prayers.

And, please continue to pray for my friend in the loss of her husband (and for their kids) and my other friend who lost her mom and brother. She isn't ready for visitation yet sis net, because she just moved. She did seem to be doing better though.

Have a blessed day.

Please

Pray for my friend Amanda. I believe I mentioned her on an earlier blog, if I didn't, I will now. She lost her mother last week to cancer, and she just messaged me this evening saying her brother was killed in a car wreck today. Losing Damon, I understand the different thoughts that can go through a persons mind. What have I done to cause this, so on and so forth. But those aren't healthy, and not true. She is sort of feeling this way. If something happens, tragic or good, we have to praise the Lord and have faith He sees the end from the beginning. Sometimes it takes us awhile to get that and really rest in it, but we get there by HIS grace none the less (if we are seeking Him in our trials). I am asking you to pray for Gods comfort to wrap around my friends heart. She lives back in TN, I used to work with her, so I cannot be there...but I can pray, and would love it if you all would too. Thanks.

New is NOT Better

I just downloaded the new internet explorer last night. YUCK. I know I know..there are several out there who will go on about FireFox and so on. It is fine for you if you like it, but I am a creature of habit. One reason why I personally (note the term personally, my opinion only, not necessarily "right") am not a fan. Not because firefox is bad, it's just not what I am used to, and thus I am not a fan. I guess the main problem is I can't seem to get the handle of it. Its like xp to vista. I like XP simply because its user friendly. Yes, vista looks neater, but to me is much harder to navigate. I will stop my rant on this subject.

I hope everyone had a good day. Mine began early, and I am sleeeeeepy. nite.

FYI

Yesterday went pretty well. It's funny, because on my second interview I was interviewed by three different administrators. All men. One seemed kind of serious and perhaps almost strict, the other seemed just plain serious, and the third seemed sort of shy. The third is my direct boss, and boy is he NOT shy. The guy cracks me up. He is more crazy, loud, and hyper than me. He will defenitely make it fun to work there! I still haven't worked with the first guy, he isn't there much, but it doesn't seem like (from the impression of the over all office environment) he will be like the persona I got in the interview either. The second guy is fun too. He isn't quite as hyper as my boss, but definitely is fun. I only spent about 2.5 hours training on my job yesterday, and today I will actually have about five hours. I didn't do to much yesterday, just got a office tour, and learned how to do some things with different files, and different processes in the office. The next thing I want to do when it calms down a bit (next week probably) is clean that desk!! I am right in the front office and my desk it sort of a hub for several different people, it just needs to be dusted and wiped down really well. I like my desk put together and organized soooooo, I hope to get it that way. Not to mention its HUGE. :) God is so good. Seriously, I know I will catch on to more as time goes on, but even in the beginning...I can see HE has been good to me with this job.

Well I am off to enjoy the day! Hope you have a great one.

Today

I have lots on the agenda today. Most of it to do with my job, but a walk with the dogs being before that.

I hope I didn't sound like I was complaining about my job (regarding being nervous and whatnot) in my previous posts. I'm not, I am sooo so so thankful, I just get skeeeered. :) But I am going to try to do better with not being so skeered. :)

Seems like there is so much sadness in the news lately, not to mention in the lives of those I love and care about. We NEED Jesus people, everyday. More and more.

Cyber Germs??

Becki...I think I am catching your nasal issues. GRRR. :) I am claiming it's your fault anyway. I have the mild sinus headache, the pressure, and the sneezy feeling but no sneeze. My nose is NOT stuffed, so thats good. I put garlic powder in my lunch, so I am hoping that helps the immunity. I need to take my echinaciea and garlic capsules also.

I made a delicimous lunch. Breakfast for lunch. yum. Southern Style hashbrowns (the cubed kind) and a southwestern omlet (sp?) chili, cheese, salsa, and sour cream. YUM YUM.

This morning the dogs and I went for a walk, it's sunny and nice outside. Except it is still cold. I don't know the temp, but a jacket is for sure needed. I haven't done anyyyyyyyy yard work this week as I had planned. It's to cold and I am too lazy. We had snow on Monday I believe. I will have to wait until it warms up and hopefully that will cause me to gain some want-to.

Today is my last day of "easy" training/orientation at work. They are discussing our benefits and payroll stuff today. Tomorrow I have to be fingerprinted, then I go into work early to actually do training for my position, then back to orientation at 3:30 THEN I have to take CPR training at 6:00. I have never ever done CPR training, but I know lots of people who have and they did fine, so I am trying not to be to nervous about it all. I guess what I am really nervous about is my position itself. I am getting about 2.5 hours on Thursday and the same on Friday, then on Monday I believe I will be by myself for the most part. I may have said all this before, pardon my repetition if I have. I would request you all just to keep me in your prayers. Like Emily told me, why be nervous? The hard part is over, you got the job, now all you have to do is learn it. But I am the opposite, I am more nervous once i GET the job. haha. I am silly, and I KNOW that (and I have said this before) God gave me this job, so He will enable me to do it. I just seem to let the nervous continue on. oui vei.

Please continue to pray for my friend and her family. I also just found out another friend in TN lost her mother this past Friday. Please keep both families in prayer.

I read something last night that has stuck with me and it goes something like this: "Live Joy, Live Love, in your little world, bring happiness". That isn't word for word, but I thought how true..God please help me to affect my "little world" with joy and love and happiness.

36

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!! They have been married for 36 years today! Wow, what an accomplishment and blessing from God!! I have great parents. I wish them a wonderful day!

My five year anniversary is next Friday. I am sad in that Damon isn't here for us to celebrate together. I loved/love that man! He was my perfect wonderful gift from God and I miss him dearly. But, I am so happy for him that he is truly free and happy. Jesus took death captive the day he died for each one of us, so Damon is most assuredly ALIVE in Christ this very moment. That is comforting.

I started getting back into a routine yesterday. I need to start going to bed earlier so I can get up earlier. I believe I was in bed and asleep before 11pm last night, woohoo! I even got up on my own without an alarm this morning, earlier than normal. I will continue trying to get to sleep earlier and wake up earlier. My goal is in bed by 9:30 and asleep by 10, and up by 6:15-6:30. I am so not a morning person, but I have found I must get my sleep then I can get up decently. I have a lot to get accomplished in the mornings before I leave for work so I need that extra time and can't be sleeping in. I am thinking my hours are going to be 9-6, not sure yet though. Speaking of work...pray for me, I am in orientation this week, and on Thursday and Friday I am getting about 2.5 hours each day for my actual job training because I am going to be mostly on my own come Monday. So I am thinking I am going to be thrown in and expected to swim. Which isn't a bad thing, and I have found is the best way I learn. HOWEVER, it doesn't make it any less nerve wracking and stressful. As I go further on with the orientation and realize the scope of what this company does for people, I feel less and less capable. So inadequate. But, I again think, that God GAVE ME this job. I searched and searched and searched, and my prayer has been God please only open the door You would have for me. I feel that totally happened with this job. They seem like a good group, who cares for one another and a great atmosphere, but more importantly they LOVE truly LOVE what they do. It is a labor of love, completely. So in all that, even though I fight these feelings of not being good enough to handle it the job, I try to remember how God has placed me there and opened this door for me. I must continue to remember if HE put me there then HE will make a way for me to do a WONDERFUL job by His grace and mercy. Just pray for me to do well, and remember that I can do all things THROUGH Christ.

I love yall, and please continue to pray for my friend and her family.

Urgent Request

PLEASE be in prayer for a friend of mine. Her husband committed suicide last night. Please please please pray for this family. I have known her since before I met Damon. They had moved from TN to Idaho to work, then moved back to TN, then I moved to TN, we have kept in touch for about 8 years I would guess. They have two children, so please be in prayer for them, the whole family really.

Plans for the Week

I have one week left before I start full time work. So, as I only have training for a couple hours each day (except Friday) this week, I am going to try to get all my spring organizing/cleaning done. TRY being the operative word ;)

I'd like to organize my garage and shed, finished pruning and preparing the lawn and beds, put my flower bed edging in (the stuff that is black and you dig about four inches down and place it in the ground then put the dirt/grass back in place so you have a border) pick up all the pruned branches and haul to my parents where they will burn, mainly...I want my outdoors TAKEN care of so that all I have to do when my water is turned on (I water my yard with irrigation water, not city water) I can just put some fertilizer and be good. There are already lots of flowers here, so need to worry about that. I put some new flowers in last year, and realized it a waste as the original owners created quite a good landscaping plan, just high maintenance, haha. What I would really like to do is put curbing in, but...we shall see. Not a need or priority, just a want. I really enjoy my back yard because I look right out to the mountains, so I want it to be pretty. I'd like one of those cover things for my back patio too, but again, not a need. My grandparents have one, its stationary and super cool. THEN, I also want to get my spring cleaning in the house done too. I want organize all the closets, and my kitchen cabinets, and clean the fridge, base boards, so on and so forth. You get the idea.

Well, good night. :)

Mr. Darcy and I

So it's just me, Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy. I admit, I have a crush on him. haha. As I'm sure there are a few others out there.

In other news, I am excited and nervous to get started on my training Monday. You know how you are always nervous with you begin something new. I really want to do a good job. So pray, pleeeeeeeease.

I want a nap. I went to bed late, and got up fairly early. So, I believe I will try to get a quick nap in. I feel boring, my posts aren't to entertaining. I am drawing blanks on anything interesting.

About

About My Job- the details...

My position is HR Manager for a business that deals with children and adults with developmental disabilities. I will start orientation on Monday then actual work work the following Monday after training. I will be the front office to greet everyone that comes in, but will also be dealing with the employees in the dealing with HR stuff (as the position name suggests..haha. Its only about a 25 minute drive, not a bad commute at all, has full benefits, pay is decent, and is NOT a temp position. They called me today just to welcome me to the "team" and kind of prepare me for the stuff going on when I get there. I am really excited, pray for me to be exactly what Jesus would have me to be while there.

Great news!!

I got a job!!!!! Rather, the Lord got me a job!! Woot woot! Thank You Jesus! I start orientation Monday. The best part is, its a GOOD job. God really provided me with something good. WOOOOHOOOOOOO. Thank the Lord thank the Lord thank the LORD!

Icky Chicky part II

Well, I am just now eating...my tummy has hurt all day to this point. I really thought I was gonna puke (sorry). However, mom prayed that during my interview I would forget these feelings and do well basically. And thats exactly what happened. I believe I did (thank You Jesus) pretty well, and I felt really good up until right at the end of the interview, and then it wasn't nearly as bad. So I believe God answered her prayers. Lord willing, I should hear something positive by today or tomorrow. Not His will, then I will still hear by the same time. Love yall.

Icky Chicky

Hey everyone. Today is my second interview at 10:30 Mountain Standard Time, and I woke up feeling SICK. I am eating an apple as that seems to help one of my problems, and drinking soda. But I really need a touch from the Lord, I have been praying and I believe mom has, and Emily, but if you read this, please pray as well. I feel a bit better, but not whole yet.

Hey

Thot I'd update in case anyone is wondering. Interview went okay today, definitely not great like the one yesterday. I feel like I could have done better with my answers. I know I could have on one in particular. Anyway, I have the second interview tomorrow, which I believe she narrowed down to only three or four of us. I am really interested in this job. It sounds like a fun environment, but the Lord is the only one who knows the end from the beginning, so it's in His Hands.

Prayers Again Please.

Okay, I know its been all about job stuff recently...but please pray as I have another interview today. Wow, what a problem to have. hehe.

woooooooooohoooooooooooo

I just got a call back from the place I interviewed at today. I am going in for a SECOND interview. WOOOOOT WOOOOOOT!! Praise the LORD!!! Seriously today has been a good day! Just pray, regardless of how excited I am, I still want to be in the Lord's will. I am so excited for the second interview. YAY!

FYI

Thank the Lord!! My interview today went FABULOUS!! Seriously one of the best if not THE BEST interview I have ever had! Thank YOU Lord!

Oh, I need prayer I can find a check...I have had duplicates for a long time, however, due to the cost when I reordered checks I decided against them. I am missing one check number in my register, and the check isn't in my checkbook. So, please pray it shows up...:(

Cats and Dogs

Man it is POURING here!! We don't usually get rain like that. I feel like I am in Tennessee (kidding:) but I do enjoy the sound of falling rain. I only wish I had a tin roof. Now THAT would be awesome. I do miss TN april's. That was a month where everything was green and we got lots of hard falling rain, except tornadoes, man that was something sooo different from Idaho. I remember sitting in the bathroom with Emily while the siren was going off in Old Hickory. Memories.

Well, I have one of my two interviews tomorrow. Pray it goes well please. That is one thing, even though I don't have a job yet, God has continued to encourage me with interviews weekly. I need to pick out something professional to wear.

I did yard work today. I have what you would call a high maintenance yard. The original owners had a landscaper in the family so they knew what they were doing when they planted stuff. I have "year round color" in the bushes they planted. But, all those bushes take lots of pruning. So, I got my apple trees pruned and the remnants over the fence to pick up with the truck here in a couple to three days. Got all the rose bushes pruned, and I got caught too. :( Ouch. Im wearing a bandaid from that encounter.I just need to rake up everthing and put it in the truck to take to my parents to burn, or bagged for the garbage. Lots of work. Good to get outside and do it though and have it be warm enough not to need a jacket, and not to warm so you aren't burning up. :)

Guess thats about all thats going on. Love and Prayers.

Sick Saturday

Blech. I feel sick all the sudden. YUCK. Pray for me.

Otherwise today has been fairly uneventful. I woke up late, must have shut my alarm off. :( Mom and I went and did some running around today. Our local farm store was having a big sale, the whole store actually, so she got a few things and one of the things I got was a pair of borne flip flops...they are sandles with the flip flop v, if that makes sense. Anyway they were already on clearance with an additional 20% off. Woot woot. I enjoy deals like that. :)

I have TWO interviews next week. Yes folks, you read right. TWO. :)I am praying for a job, and more importantly the job Jesus has for me. I want only the windows opened that He would open.

Oh and this morning my mom and I went door to door on their street trying to find a home for this cute little dog that has been hanging around their place recently. He looks like a miniature rottweiler. He has a pug face, but is much taller, about 14-16 inches tall and has the color of a rottweiler. Anyway, noone knew who he belonged to for sure, but one neighbor thinks he lives on the very end of the street. So hopefully Rico ( I gave him that name) finds his home soon.

Hope yall had a great Saturday.

Please Please Pray

So, I just found out, and most might already know (but for those that don't)...that Emily went to the ER tonight with the flu. Please pray for my friend. God is able to touch and heal her completely.

Weary-ful Happiness

So, yesterday I got to babysit a VERY active three year old. I will say, I did enjoy it, but shew...by last night at bed time- I was READY for bed time. Kudos to all the moms out there. :)

I got a call today, and have another interview set up for next Wednesday, it's exciting. I am thankful to the Lord for the encouragement. I am still waiting for His will in a job, and praying He will give me the job He wants for me.

Dad is doing better after surgery. He kinda had a rough time yesterday, but is on the mend now. Thanks for the prayers.

Guess thats it, I wanted to blog, but am drawing blanks.

Surgery and Babies

pray for my dad please, he is having a outpatient surgery for his heavy eye lids. It runs in the family, his dad had to get it, now my dad.

Also, please be in prayer for Mandy. She and Coby are in the hospital today to have their baby.

Prayer Request

I have another interview tomorrow. I would appreciate your prayers. :)

Thank You Jesus!

So after I got home last night and was finally winding down for the evening, settling into bed to do my devotion and read through a new mini cookbook I got for Christmas, I started to feel REALLY sick. **Disclaimer- grossness**

I thought I was going to puke. I got nearly all the signs from my body I was going to, except the light sweat. I felt sick all over. I really really really, do not like throwing up. So I prayed and asked the Lord to touch me, it was nearly instantly (probably within about five minutes or less) and I felt better. I went to sleep, and woke up this morning still feeling good. I know that God touched me, I really really do. I am so thankful. I don't think I have ever had a healing like that or so quickly. I just appreciate Him and His care for me.

Tagged, again. Kaseyology

Let others know a little more about yourself, re-post this as your name followed by "ology" Then tag 20 people of your choice.

FOOD-OLOGY
What is your salad dressing of choice? ranch
What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? sigh...good one...hmm Maybe Olive Garden, or Palmas Verdes, or Demos (in TN), Macaroni Grille
What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of it? Pizza
What are your pizza toppings of choice? ham and black olives, YUM
What do you like to put on your toast? buttuh

TECHNOLOGY
How many televisions are in your house? working, two, not really working, 1
What color cell phone do you have? black n silver
What does the first text message in your inbox say and who sent it? I didn't get up and check but I believe "yes at 6"
Who was the last person to call you? Mandy
Are you right-handed or left-handed? Right
Have you ever had anything removed from your body? tonsils, adnoids (sp?), and teeth
What is the last heavy item you lifted? heavy?? hmm, bag of dog food.

BALONEYOLOGY
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? part of me says yes, but mostly probably a no
If you could change your name, what would you change it to? I don't think I would, but I like old fashioned names...Laura, Caroline, etc.
Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? sure would

DUMBOLOGY
How many pairs of flip flops do you own?hmm...two or three (i think two)
Last time you had a run-in with the cops? Two weeks ago...got a speeding ticket :(
Last person you talked to in person: momma
Favorite Month? No idea...i like September, its my birthday, and the air is crisp and fall is beginning. I like March too

CURRENTOLOGY
Missing someone? My husband, he was amazing.
Mood? bleh..ponderative. Is that a word?
What are you listening to? a survival show
Watching? the blinking AIM message box from sunshine
Worrying about? failure

RANDOMOLOGY
What's the last movie you watched? number five in the love comes softly series..dont remember the name.
Do you smile often? i dunno, i try to
Do you always answer your phone? most times, 99%
Its four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? hmm...i dont know if I have ever gotten one at 4 am. My friend I used to work with, she sent me one at 5 or 6 am one time.
If you could change your eye color what would it be? temporarily, green then brown.
What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? Apple
Do you own a digital camera? Yes
Have you ever had a pet fish? Yes.
Favorite Christmas song? The Christmas Song
Whats on your wish list for your birthday? thats a long ways away...Salvation for those i have been praying so long for.
Can you do push ups? girly ones
Can you do a chin up? yes...i just lifted my chin towards the sky..haha. Oh you mean the traditional ones, yeah. NO.
Does the future make you more nervous or excited? a bit of both.
Do you have any saved texts? yes, two.
Ever been in a car wreck? unfortunately...
Do you have an accent? yes...i sound all northern again. i picked up a bit of southern in my accent when I lived there, (hard not to) and I noticed how northern I sounded tonight. I think I thought of Autumn. Love ya girl :)
What is the last song to make you cry? I am not sure the title, the adams girls sing it. "Here I am, Lord send me"
Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? yes.
Plans tonite? went to Emmett with some friends for a Bible Study
Name 3 things you bought yesterday. yesterday..hmm I don'tknow, i am thinking I bought something, but can't remember.
Have you ever been given roses? yes
Current worry? no comment.
Current hate right now? the devil
Met someone who changed your life? When? Damon, May 14th 2003
What song represents you? Amazing Grace
Name three people who might complete this? ??
What were you doing 12 AM last night? watching tv/reading...not sure
What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Who is calling me? my phone woke me up, was my aunt. :)

Ooops

For the random 25 facts...

I tag:

Shanna
Momma
Melissa
Tam
Sara

Water Under the Bridge

Today is the one year anniversary of arriving back in Idaho and stepping into my house for the very first time. Lots of things have happened since then, lots of water under the bridge. Really there hasn't been to much that has stayed the same, consistent, except God, and I am so glad He is mine and I am His.

25 Tidbits

I was tagged, thus...I will TRY to think of 25 interesting things about myself.

1. I have a scar right under my chin from when I was about 5 years old and fell of my horse onto the pavement.

2. I was a rodeo queen nine times from the ages of 4 to 17.

3. I adore the 40's era and wish (to some extent) I would have been born in the 20's so that I coulda been one mean housewife during that era.

4. I play the drums. I started at age 12 due to the influence of a former crush named Cody, and got into it pretty heavily in high school playing in jazz (set), concert, and marching (snare and bass) band.

5. Pizza is easily one of my favorite foods, and I could eat it often and NOT get sick of it.

6. I didn't really start singing until I was in Junior High

7. I have sang the National Anthem at about 5 rodeos. One time I absolutely bombed, another time was the best I have ever sang it (still to this day).

8. My favorite color is blue, hands down.

9. I signed the papers on my house (actually buying it) on the one year anniversary of Damon's passing to Heaven.

10. I had two jobs in high school. One was working at the airport fueling planes, running the landing tower, cleaning the bathrooms and main terminal, and occassionally flying guard. The other was working at the saleyard pushing cattle on my horse.

11. I have four fake teeth. One a crown, three in the form of a bridge. yum

12. I had a dream about the man I would marry and our wedding before I ever met Damon. I dreamt about the surroundings, saw him in his tux, and his hair...but there was a foggy oval where his face should have been (just like you see in the movies). It matched my wedding right down to Damon's hair cut.

13. I adore being sockless. I only wear them when I have to. Otherwise, you will not find me wearing socks. YUCK.

14. I love babies...love them, how they feel (you just wanna hug em and hold em all day) love feeding them, change diapers (even the poopy ones), and in general completely enjoy them, unless I cannot make them happy.

15. I have a mini me in the form of Morgan Fox. That child is the spitting image of me (aside from the fact we don't look alike and she's skinny). We think alike, act alike...its really quite scary in a good way.

16. Before I met Damon, I wore high heels frequently...now I cannot hardly wear the things. I really have to want to look sophisticated to wear heels.

17. Traveling is very very very enjoyable to me. I want to go to Hawaii, Australia, Austria, Pennsylvania, DC, and take a complete road trip of the 50 United States, with no time limit. Like take an all out 3 months road trip in a big ol RV. That would be cool.

18. I found what I believe to be a SECOND gray hair. I knew I had one..but now I believe its two. This makes me feel old.

19. Walmart is comforting to me...I have no idea why. It just is.

20. I despise smelling like food. If you go out to eat..and then your clothes smell like the restaurant or whatever you cooked, or if you get fast food and then your hands smell. YUCK. I have to wash my hands ASAP. It REALLy bugs me.

21. I have never had really really long hair. I want to have it as long as waist or just above at some point. Only about 6 more inches to go.

22. I love old people, i think I want to be an activities coordinator for a retirement/assisted living/ nursing home center.

23. Singing is very enjoyable to me

24. When I get very very tired, I am one of two things. either VERY laughy, or I cry.

25. I got engaged on my 21st birthday.