CHURCH PARTY AND THE IPOD CAKE:

Now for Birthday Party 2! We had Chad and Josh a surprise party after church. Dawn made an awesome iPod cake, we had a piñata and the boys got sweet mugs with gift cards…Olive Garden here we come!

CHURCH PARTY AND THE IPOD CAKE:

Now for Birthday Party 2! We had Chad and Josh a surprise party after church. Dawn made an awesome iPod cake, we had a piñata and the boys got sweet mugs with gift cards…Olive Garden here we come!

I will follow you

This has been such a wonderful week! God is so great! Last week was truly a downer...another no on a job that would of fix all our driving problems. I had my life fixed. But you see that was really the problem I have been so fixated on me and my life that I have lost so many opportunities to minster. I am reading Ruth and Psalms right now,  learning about praising God and about being faithful when it hurts. There is a new song by I think Chris Tomlin called 'I will Follow' The words are so fitting and with a broken heart I fell on my knees and told God...

Where you go I'll go
Where you stay I'll stay
When you move I'll move
I will follow you
Who you love I'll love
How you serve I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow you

and that is my prayer that I am a complete reflection of Christ in all ways.

We had a women's event 'REAL Women' and I was reminded of being authentic, that sometimes things are crappy and sometimes things are great but in both situations we need to share and live life beyond ourselves.

CHRISTMAS LIST

What a daunting task. I don’t need anything and have trouble wanting things, but here is what I have come up with:

·         2011 Spiral or Bounded Calendar/Planner (not a binder) - can be 8.5x11 or 5x8 basically any size. (Must have the full month view, can have the weeks too)

·         30 Rock Season 4(DVD), 

·         Blue Tooth for phone(small), 

·         Brown Ouchless Headband (goodie brand),

·         Cord Clips(they attach to your dresser or desk and hold your phone or iPod cord in place so you don’t have to search behind the desk for it, about the size of a quarter)

·         Fourth Book from the Circle Series by Ted Decker (I think it is “Green” Book 0)(Christian Book Store), 

·         Look What’s New Cupcake(book), 

·         Pedicure (it can be in Columbus or somewhere in Dayton…I can schedule a time to go either place)

·         Polka Dot Bag (like the black with multi colored dots that I use now) I know flower factory has the black and white one which I like

·         Purple Flats Size 7.5 or 8 (nice for work, dark purple, they can be any design for the most part, Closed toed please)

·         Snow White DVD

·         Stationary set (I would like it to be a set of just flat cards(about the size of index cards) with matching envelopes, any colors or patterns(prefer no words) I have gotten them from Wal-Mart in the past

·         Zelda Skyward Sword (Wii Game) 

JEWELRY

So mom has now given me a new hobby…Jewelry making. You see we went to a Premier J party and I indicated that I could make stuff pretty similar so mom wanted to try me out. It went really great I have made 15 or so necklaces earrings and such mainly for the family and friends.

JOSH AND BEN’S BIRTHDAY PARTY

My side of the family is a little Birthday crazy, this year we had Ben and Josh’s together it worked out nicely the guys are both pretty laid back and good with whatever. Happy Birthday Boys.

VISIT FROM A STRANGER AND THE PACKAGE NEVER MADE IT

Marie came to visit this weekend!! We miss her very much. She is teaching in the Deep South J no accent yet lol. We went to Brunch before she headed home. Oh did I mention I got to see her puppy he is so cute! It was sad to say good bye again. Now about that package we sent her a package a while ago and it should have been there by the 11^th but no sign of it, I ended up telling Marie and she checked …it was at the office the whole time. Hope you like semi stale cookie L

STUDY CIRCLES

Today I began study circles at work; it is a cultural experience and development class. I feel like I am back in college lol.

SEEING THE RAIN IN A NEW LIGHT

As I drove home today it was raining and not only outside. I sometime ok often feel like my sky is falling. And as I drove in yet another rain storm there was a dark black followed me. So my 1+ drive was going slow and painful! As I approached 35 the clouds broke a little and as I looked to my right I could see streaks of light and in the light you could see the rain pouring out, the rain that I so deeply despised looked beautiful. In that moment I realized that sometimes it takes the sun or the Son to change your outlook on a so called storm. I am not saying out life got any easier that moment but I found a new hope that will help me weather the storm.

APPLE PIE, BREAD, CRUMBLE?

Each year after apple picking I get to make lots of yummy desserts!! This year we did apple bread, pie and a GF(Gluten Free) Crumble mmmmm so good. Thanks Dani for all your help!

CHILDREN'S CHURCH TRAINING

Sunday I was able to train a few of our girls to work with the children that attend our Sunday night services. Thank you for the help!

SUNDAYS’ WITH STEPH

God has really been showing me that I need to reach out and devlop my relationship with some of the ladies at the church. I have been praying for a while about this and God recently opened a door for me to start meeting with one of the girls! Thank you!

APPLE PICKING

We stayed in Columbus after the wedding and got up nice and early to go apple picking with my family. We go pretty much every year it is lots of fun and I love the apples. After apple picking we headed to Dayton to have dinner with Josh’s family! Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JP

Today is my Husbands birthday! LOVE YOU!!!

THE BRIDGE MERGER (CORBIN AND JORDANS WEDDING)

We attended Jordan and Corbin’s Wedding it was very nice. We are super excited for you guys and are praying for you as you begin your life together!

ULTIMATE AND A 3 DAY WEEKEND

 I love holidays they make me think I am getting rest but we all know that it is not true…I often do more on the off days than the days I am at work, funny but true. This holiday I played ultimate after church with the kids and slept on a very firm bed.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA

Oh how time flies by!

Hebrews 10:35-36 (NIV)

"So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised."

        

MONSTER COOKIES AND MONSTER APPETITES

Ok so we had a parents dinner with all the kids and their families. Some of our students volunteered to cook the dinner. So I got there early to help out. Dinner we good, it took a little longer then planned to get everything ready but it worked. I had made monster cookies, apple and zucchini bread for the dessert. It was crazy I had 16 mini loafs of bread and probably 7 dozen cookies, they were all gone and I mean gone quick! It was a lot of fun to get to meet some of the parents and have dinner with adults!

Overwhelmed by it all.

 Poor Marie, my venting pal, last night was one of those nights where everything seems to continue to pile on and you are just ready to collapse. I drove to oxford for kids night after work..it went well. We went to dinner..it was fine. See yesterday was not the problem. There is not one thing that stress’ me out it is the distance I have between me and everything that is causing me grief. I drive over an hour to work one way. I see my mom during the day, which has been an amazing blessing. I see the rest of my family maybe once a week. I see Josh most evenings not all. I see the student Sundays and the occasional Friday. I feel like I am spread all over the place with no real place of my own. I want a house I really do. I mainly want somewhere that is mine. I am tired of driving; I am tired of always being on the go. I need something to change.