I know It's almost all the way through January (wow)...
But it was my first week back in Bible study after our Winter Break, (and I missed last week due to family in town). I love my Bible study so much! Though we were really small tonight, I still felt so loved and prayed for by these girls! I was so blessed to be a part leader in this group of young women, and we are growing right along eachother. I can't believe how far we all have come in six months... I am so excited for where we will be another six months from now. If you're in town and need some girlfriends, let me know, we'll go!
Plus, this Bible study is Kick-a.
It mixes enough intelligence into it Daniel that I feel like I'm really thinking and not just blinding following. So, if you haven't looked at it its Daniel from Beth Moore. I know some of you that follow me are into this Study as well, doesn't God just speak to you? And if not you, then you know its speaking to someone else directly?
Ok, thats all, I'm just super jazzed about this.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
The Dreaded Sunday Night....
I have come to HATE sunday nights....
There is only one reason for this.
School is the next day.
Please note the following items:
-I love teaching. Each day is an adventure, and I have a bunch of kids to impart my knowledge on.
-I love my school. Though we are working through the kinks of a brand new school... We are all passionate about what we do. Teaching. And we are all good at it.
-Really, and truely i am not a bitter teacher who hates her students and can't wait for the day to be over. In fact, my day flies by and suddenly I'm done.
But... after three weeks of sleeping in and not seeing some of the knuckleheads that plague my classroom - I'm beginning to like it. I think anyone would rather stay at home in thier PJs and watch day time TV. I know i do.
But... I am the worlds largest and biggest procrastinator. I was planning on using my time home to catch up on grading, and also to lesson plan so I wouldn't be in the place I am here at 8pm on sunday night.
And this leads me back to Sunday Night, and the hatred I have for this type of night. Here I am, avoiding the inevitable with facebook, blogging, unpacking a box... anything to get away from the lesson planning, the finishing of the new seating charts, the looming pile of notebooks...
Maybe tomorrow will be review of rules day....
There is only one reason for this.
School is the next day.
Please note the following items:
-I love teaching. Each day is an adventure, and I have a bunch of kids to impart my knowledge on.
-I love my school. Though we are working through the kinks of a brand new school... We are all passionate about what we do. Teaching. And we are all good at it.
-Really, and truely i am not a bitter teacher who hates her students and can't wait for the day to be over. In fact, my day flies by and suddenly I'm done.
But... after three weeks of sleeping in and not seeing some of the knuckleheads that plague my classroom - I'm beginning to like it. I think anyone would rather stay at home in thier PJs and watch day time TV. I know i do.
But... I am the worlds largest and biggest procrastinator. I was planning on using my time home to catch up on grading, and also to lesson plan so I wouldn't be in the place I am here at 8pm on sunday night.
And this leads me back to Sunday Night, and the hatred I have for this type of night. Here I am, avoiding the inevitable with facebook, blogging, unpacking a box... anything to get away from the lesson planning, the finishing of the new seating charts, the looming pile of notebooks...
Maybe tomorrow will be review of rules day....
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Project 365
I have been convinced by Bri and Jen to start up this Project 365 or i've also heard it called Daily me. But the concept is the same. Document your life. A picture a day. Share it with the world.
So here we go. They won't all include me. and they won't all be exciting, but they will be my life.
I hope to capture some little piece of my life and be able to see how far i've come since this day (or actually yesterday.)
This also requires me to be uploading everyday, and I know how busy i get at work, so i'll need ya'll to keep me accountable. This also means I'll probably be more prompted to add a few of these to this here bloggy blog. So follow along! Join in! You dont have to start on the 1st just start today, or the 3rd!
So to start of this new decade, here we go. . .
So here we go. They won't all include me. and they won't all be exciting, but they will be my life.
I hope to capture some little piece of my life and be able to see how far i've come since this day (or actually yesterday.)
This also requires me to be uploading everyday, and I know how busy i get at work, so i'll need ya'll to keep me accountable. This also means I'll probably be more prompted to add a few of these to this here bloggy blog. So follow along! Join in! You dont have to start on the 1st just start today, or the 3rd!
So to start of this new decade, here we go. . .
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Moving Day!
After much stress with loan documents, underwritting mishaps, random loan audits... living with boxes for a couple of weeks, and off of Fast Food and paperplate (i packed up my pots and pans and plates a LONG time ago).... finally we have arrived at moving day for the McPherson's. I have been so sad that I hadn't been able to decorate my place all Christmasy or even put my tree up!
But I can now! Just in time for Christmas!
We got our keys last night, and honestly, as soon as my realtor left us with keys, i starting crying just at the thought of how blessed we are, and what God has done in BOTH our lives to bring us to THIS point. So we prayed over our house asking for continued blessings. It was a sweet sweet moment. And then we ran up and down the hallway about a billion times.
pictures soon soooooon to follow. (well, not too soon, because I won't have the internet for a few days!
But I can now! Just in time for Christmas!
We got our keys last night, and honestly, as soon as my realtor left us with keys, i starting crying just at the thought of how blessed we are, and what God has done in BOTH our lives to bring us to THIS point. So we prayed over our house asking for continued blessings. It was a sweet sweet moment. And then we ran up and down the hallway about a billion times.
pictures soon soooooon to follow. (well, not too soon, because I won't have the internet for a few days!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The bid to end all bids...
So here we go. I've been so busy that I haven't even updated ya'll on our house hunt!!! I've tried to let as many people as I could in on it without OFFICIALLY announcing anything. (and by official I mean facebook status.)
So lets Back up the train...Tad and I were praying for the short sale would be the house for us. Or at least His will would be working in our hunt. Just let us know.
Fast-forward to a few weeks after that. Tad & I have been really wanting to purchase in a certain neighborhood (for its schools, respectability, lot sizes...etc) But it was just out of our price range. So then this house pops up in this area,( and not the fake part of the neighborhood... right in the heart of it) and its right at the price we were wanting. But because of our -*my* busy schedule, we couldn't plan a showing until the following Monday. But its a whole week... and houses have been flying off the "shelves" like same day...
Fast-forward to the next Monday. Earlier that day the seller of our short sale dropped out. THE SAME DAY we went to look at this house (Thank you Lord for hearing our prayers... you know me too well). This freed us to go to this showing with an open heart and really look at this house with intent. We could look at each room and think I COULD BE HERE... HERE. and we did.
In no particular order here's some awesomeness of the house:
Awesomeness #1 - It has a HUGE lot!! I have a giant (for Bako) pine tree growing in my lot, and three or four oaks. I can plant my very own Michelle Obama Garden!
Awesomeness #2 - It has a gas stove. Thank GOD! I am two unevenly fried eggs away from tossing my electric stove outta the window
Awesomeness #3 - Super quiet area - I no longer get to hear gosford's traffic and street racers all night long.
Awesomeness #4 - All the walls have been freshly painted so I can go in with a blank slate!!!
Awesomeness #5 - its a regular ol' sale. Not a short sale/bank owned property - So no one stealing baseboard or stoves, or crappy dead landscape.
Awesomeness #6 - It's OURS. Come December 11th when escrow closes We will own our own house. home. God is good.
So lets Back up the train...Tad and I were praying for the short sale would be the house for us. Or at least His will would be working in our hunt. Just let us know.
Fast-forward to a few weeks after that. Tad & I have been really wanting to purchase in a certain neighborhood (for its schools, respectability, lot sizes...etc) But it was just out of our price range. So then this house pops up in this area,( and not the fake part of the neighborhood... right in the heart of it) and its right at the price we were wanting. But because of our -*my* busy schedule, we couldn't plan a showing until the following Monday. But its a whole week... and houses have been flying off the "shelves" like same day...
Fast-forward to the next Monday. Earlier that day the seller of our short sale dropped out. THE SAME DAY we went to look at this house (Thank you Lord for hearing our prayers... you know me too well). This freed us to go to this showing with an open heart and really look at this house with intent. We could look at each room and think I COULD BE HERE... HERE. and we did.
In no particular order here's some awesomeness of the house:
Awesomeness #1 - It has a HUGE lot!! I have a giant (for Bako) pine tree growing in my lot, and three or four oaks. I can plant my very own Michelle Obama Garden!
Awesomeness #2 - It has a gas stove. Thank GOD! I am two unevenly fried eggs away from tossing my electric stove outta the window
Awesomeness #3 - Super quiet area - I no longer get to hear gosford's traffic and street racers all night long.
Awesomeness #4 - All the walls have been freshly painted so I can go in with a blank slate!!!
Awesomeness #5 - its a regular ol' sale. Not a short sale/bank owned property - So no one stealing baseboard or stoves, or crappy dead landscape.
Awesomeness #6 - It's OURS. Come December 11th when escrow closes We will own our own house. home. God is good.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
It has come to that...
I have made a desicion:
I have been soooo busy with teaching that I need to close PARTS of my shop. (Who knew - you actually have to work and grade, and lesson plan. Phew.)
So because of that I am going to have to scale back A LOT on my shop. In the coming days I'll be taking down any custom work (i.e. mongramed and personalized onesies.. probably my fav part) any other made or order work. Which means I can only leave in my account items that are ready to ship!
Tad has been bugging me in a sweet way to take care of myself- But recently I had two of my custom orders be later then what I intended, the guilt has caused me to second guess the quality of my shop. So to prevent future customers any uncomfortablness and me the extreme stress... it must be done.
The great thing - since I STARTED my store with jewelry - i can focus on that more! (plus it doesn't take as much time/steps and a hand-embroidered cuteness!). And since since i started, i haven't sold a lot of jewelry pieces. Maybe the fall is my time to SHINE! (pun intended).
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Bids and Things
Taddy and I found a home we love!
And I'm not worried that we found one after only seeing 4 houses. When my family first moved into town we loved the FIRST house we saw. But then, to be diligent, we subsequently stomped through 20 or so more houses until finally realizing that the first one was perfect: pool, stockdale school lines, THE oaks, and split wing.
So I'm confident that the LORD showed Tad and I this house. It jumped out at my from my automated-email listings!
We put in our first bid to this house... and two days later the seller accepted our bid. BUUUUT its a short sale. so I'm thankful the seller responded,but we know the long drawn out process that it involves. (My sister bought a short sale house so I have a feel on what we can expect. oy!)
So knowing the bank could respond in a week or in months, we have been sitting on our savings account. I am so proud that Taddy and I have been saving our monies so well that we are able to afford our OWN down payment!!! What an accomplishment!!!! Saving every last penny!!!! This week though has kinda sucked, because usually we pull a bit out of our savings to cover our bums for those days before payday and repay ourselves when we get paid.... EXCEPT - we don't know when the bank is going to call on us and check out our account!!!! So I'm on a spending Freeze until Friday. No eating out - no quick trips to Von's - no sale perusing at Joann's....
And I'm not worried that we found one after only seeing 4 houses. When my family first moved into town we loved the FIRST house we saw. But then, to be diligent, we subsequently stomped through 20 or so more houses until finally realizing that the first one was perfect: pool, stockdale school lines, THE oaks, and split wing.
So I'm confident that the LORD showed Tad and I this house. It jumped out at my from my automated-email listings!
We put in our first bid to this house... and two days later the seller accepted our bid. BUUUUT its a short sale. so I'm thankful the seller responded,but we know the long drawn out process that it involves. (My sister bought a short sale house so I have a feel on what we can expect. oy!)
So knowing the bank could respond in a week or in months, we have been sitting on our savings account. I am so proud that Taddy and I have been saving our monies so well that we are able to afford our OWN down payment!!! What an accomplishment!!!! Saving every last penny!!!! This week though has kinda sucked, because usually we pull a bit out of our savings to cover our bums for those days before payday and repay ourselves when we get paid.... EXCEPT - we don't know when the bank is going to call on us and check out our account!!!! So I'm on a spending Freeze until Friday. No eating out - no quick trips to Von's - no sale perusing at Joann's....
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