Happy Thanksgiving!
Ok, so it is two days after thanksgiving, but you get the point!
Thanksgiving here was good. Went to my grandma’s, seriously stuffed myself, played with my cousins pretty hardcore, did the teeter totter with my aunt (yeah, 2 grown women on the teeter totter, pretty funny!) ate some more, played some games. good times were had by all. my cousins, ages 3 and 2 are pretty stinkin hi-larious, so we had a good time!
Yesterday, I recieved the gift of staying in my pjs til almost 4 pm. it was pretty great! I don’t get to sleep in and be lazy very often, so it was good to do that.
Last night i went out with my dad and his wife, today I am hangin out with my mom if she wants to. She seemed kind of tired when she left to go have brunch with a friend.
I hope you had a happy and healthy thanksgiving!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!!!!
Today is my grandma’s birthday. I know she doesn’t read this, because she doesn’t have or know how to work a computer. My grandma is one of my heros in life. She is a fantastic example to me of faith, and unconditional love. Because for each one of her grandchildren, we can do no wrong.
My grandma uses great superlatives. The words wonderful, fabulous, and outstanding are words she uses to describe what most would consider to be the everyday mundane. She inspires me to look at life in that way and to enjoy every minute.
My grandma gives great hugs, and is always really excited to see me. She makes me feel good about myself!
She makes beautiful quilts, and says things that are so funny, she just cracks me up!
and she can burp!
These are just a few things I love about that woman! Love you Grandma!
The insanity of it all
So yesterday, it was about 4 ish, i was in my office doing some reading, and all of a sudden i hear familiar voices outside. 4 of my craziest 8th grade boys came to see me. oy. Ok, so i think the other staff was a little annoyed, because we were really loud, (they are 8th grade boys) but i was really excited they came to hang out! now, i just need to get some stuff in my office to keep them occupied so they will stop asking if they can photocopy their butts on my office copier. Oh boys!
I then left work a little early to do some out of the office ministry, and went and watched my 7th grade girls play basketball. It was fun. When i walked in a couple of the girls yelled my name and waved, and when the teams switched to start game 2, the girls on the other team called me over to talk to them. I felt wanted and loved! yeah!!!
So, again, I feel like God is showing me that I am really, truly good at my job, and I need to rise above the staff insanity that is plauging me right now.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! I am so excited! I am totally forgetting weight watchers exists for one day and I am going to put away food like none other. and then maybe go for a walk…it is beautiful here, and I am having a hard time remembering it is November, since it is like 60 degrees outside! I love it!
I got 2 more Christmas gifts out of the way. I have spent less than $70 and I am almost done. I am pretty thrilled with that! yeah ebay!
and an aww moment for you, I had this text from the boyfriend last night: “Thinking of u and thankful 4 u.” Yep, he wins the good boyfriend award for the day! He doesn’t do stuff like that super often, so I have to brag about it when he does. I am a lucky woman.
Ok, i have to go home and start getting stuff together to head to my mom’s. Still haven’t 100% decided that i am going home tonight! I want to, but i also would like to sleep in my bed.
Happy, Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
I have friends!!!!!!
I don’t know if you realize quite how exciting that is for me. I didn’t have friends when i lived in my last place. Last night, 2 of my friends and i went out for hot chocolate and girl talk after a youth event. ooh, now i get to think of fun nicknames for them…
The bride: obviously, she is getting married in about a month. we became fast friends and have a ton in common. She is the one who makes my hair look fabulous.
GI Jane: yeah, i am going to call her this just because she is a military chick, but she is pretty much not like GI Jane.
so, at hot chocolate, we talked about the upcoming wedding and marriage of the bride, the new man in the life of GI Jane, and then my issues at church came up. They were both so good and encouraging. I was nervous about talking to them about it. Ok, well, not so much the bride, but with GI Jane. she is really close to one of my co workers who is giving me a hard time. but she was really supportive too. and i know i can trust her to keep it to herself.
It is exciting to have friends. I have been working really long hours the last couple of weeks, so i am looking forward to having an evening at home tonight. i will proabbly clean some, and watch some tv. its going to be good.
I am getting a lot of Christmas shopping done too! I have my brother, sister, my dad’s wife, my best friend from HS all finished. and i know what i want to get my mom. Now i just have to figure out what to get my dad and the boyfriend…any ideas???
Hope you are having a great day!
Great is thy Faithfullness
So, this morning, for some reason i had the hymn, great is thy faithfullness in my head. and i was wondering why, since it has been such a cruddy week. then i got a phone call…
a woman in my church has offered to pay the full cost for a specific student to go on the mission trip this summer. HOW COOL IS THAT!!!!!! this isn’t a student who is very active, but she really wants him to be able to go. I seriously just sat in my chair and praised God for a minute once i got off the phone.
Ministry is going great…any way i can get rid of the rest of the people i work with? ok, kidding. well, probably not really, but, you know what i mean. I did have a great talk with a member of the church council, who knows everything, and he told me that he would stand up for me and speak up for me. I really appreciated that.
overall the weekend was busy. and today is busy, as I probably won’t get home til after 9 from church stuff, and then some friends and I are getting together after that. whoa buddy. I am so excited to sleep in on Friday…
It will be good to be home this weekend. and i think i am bringing my cats with me. I have been gone so much lately, and they are lonely. at least it is only an hr and a half drive!
Peace!
My Purse
So, I saw this post somewhere else and thought it would be fun to do too! So, what are the items I always have in my purse:
- my billfold
- lip gloss, probably Mary Kay
- anti bacterial lotion, right now in brown sugar and fig
- a book or my knitting
- sunglasses
- fem hygiene products
- cell phone
- reciepts
Right now in my purse:
- a software CD for work
Ok God, what are you doing?
The above was the question I asked myself last night. As you have probably read below, yesterday was not a good day and left me questioning my call to youth ministry. But then i had yesterday afternoon/evening…and there was amazing ministry time. For example
- I took out a sophomore for coffee, and we had great conversation
- I got back to my office and had 3 kids instant messaging me
- I went to the High School Musical and had parents and kids approach me to talk to me. I felt wanted and liked. The kids that were in the show were so glad I was there.
- I had another family (yep, that makes 2) who invited me for Thanksgiving, even though my family lives less than 2 hours away. my family lived 7 hours away from where i lived before, and i never had that many invitations.
So, i am confused, so if you could throw up a prayer for me that would be great. I am fortunate to have great friends, one of whom I am going to try to get together with this afternoon to chat.
I also have a great mom who has said if i need to, i can always come home. thanks mom, you really are the greatest. and i have a great boyfriend who is supporting me too. and a great mentor who is talking me through it all.
I am glad to have this new blog. I am glad I am healthy. I am glad i am surrounded by people who love me.
Ok, my time is up at the library computer. I better head out. st
Fresh Start
Well, here it is, the new blog. It is going to take me awhile to get used to this new format, since i am a newbie at WordPress. so, if you have any suggestions, i would be more than willing to take them!
So, why did i leave my old blog behind? Too many people that I actually know in real life read it. and guess what, i needed a place to vent. especially after today. and i just ethically couldn’t do that where i knew people would see it. So, its time for a fresh start.
I was told today that I basically can’t live my life the way I want to. That because of my job, I shouldn’t read cosmo magazine, or go out for a drink with my friends. and it is all swimming in my head. because i know who I am. I know I love Jesus more than anything, and that I have not compromised myself or my faith in any way.
I know part of it is generational. I think differently. I know part of it has to do with trust. I haven’t always given people a reason to trust me. Though that wasn’t intentional, it has happened. and part of it has to do what has happened in the past, before i was even around. But I am heartbroken to think that I may be giving up my calling because to other people it doesn’t match up with my life. I don’t think i want to live in a fish bowl anymore.
So again, I am at a cross roads. and part of this blog will be figuring out that cross roads. I hope you will pray for me and join me on my journey.
Peace.
