Let me start off by saying God Blesses us in mysterious ways. I've been praying for a new job; preferably in a law office somewhere. I've also been praying for kids and a deeper faith. I've prayed for God to take away my spirit of laziness and just dive into reading the Bible and studying its word. I've made plans that I never followed, bought books that would take me step by step through the word that I never finished and just kinda chalked it up to...I wasn't going to be the best child of God because I never really studied the word.
Don't get me wrong...I believe..with all my heart believe. I pray everyday...multiple times a day (even though I still don't feel like I am sufficient in that area.) I go to church, I'm active in the church, but I KNEW that because I wasn't diving into the word like we've been taught to that I was missing some crucial part of my faith and it was haunting me.
So back to the mysterious blessings...on June 6th I was offered a job with a construction company. I snapped it up! Working in this office has been so enjoyable I can't begin to tell you how much this company has blessed me! It is a Godly office. Everyone is a believer and spends time during their day pouring over the Bible. The owner has a home church and spends a lot of time preparing lessons and such during the week. My boss...the Office Manager...has asked me so many faith questions that get me thinking and encourages me to read this portion or that and to have a deeper relationship with Christ. I've started leaving my Bible at work along with a study by Beth Moore that I am working through on my own called Living Free. It's here that I come to my Biblical Question....in the study...Beth Moore refers to Jesus as God quite frequently. It started my brain buzzing and I've never heard it put that way.
I've always been taught Jesus is the son of God. But there are strong arguments out there that Jesus is God because of the miracles he could perform. God is also referred to as I AM and Alpha and Omega and in Revelations 22:13 & 16 Jesus calls himself the Alpha and Omega. And I can't find the scripture again but refers to himself as I AM also. I guess my questions are:
1) Have I been living under a rock or not listening to the word and Jesus really is God?
2) Do you believe Jesus is God?
3) Would you help me with some scripture that supports or disproves that Jesus is God?
I'm actually shook up about this because I feel as if I've missed some really important piece of my belief system. HELP...anyone?
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Products that I'm loving
I've been wanting to do a post on things that I am completely loving for awhile now. Below you'll find something for just about every part of your body...including your stomach!!!
I'm a very low maintenance person when it comes to makeup. And that's why this highlighter is absolutely fantastic and a much needed staple for every makeup bag. This is a triple threat that can be used as a highlighter, eye shadow, and blush (when mixed with a color or without.) I tend to go with minimal makeup but need something that's going to look like I spent a bunch of time getting ready in the morning. (My coffee is more important than my makeup!) I can just prime my eye lids with a primer (I switch between NYX eye pencil and Sumitra's brow bar) and on the lid place a heavy amount of Mary Lou Manizer. Then do a gentle sweep up to the brow bone. Throw on some black or brown eye liner and go! Voila...makeup in practically seconds. If I'm feeling really good and have more than a minute...I'll sweep some across my cheek bones for a high light of color and get a gel liner on my eyes. This product has helped me keep a minimal style and receive maximum compliments from coworkers and guests when they come to my work. Definately worth getting for your make up bag. But don't take my word for it...get one for your bag too!
Speaking of coffee...most of you have seen or heard about the new Keurigs right? NO! I MEAN HAVE YOU LIVED UNDER A ROCK??? Nah, just kidding...I really don't know of anyone who hasn't at least seen one. Anywhoo...Keurigs come in all sizes and the brew all different things...including Iced Beverages! And most of your K-Cups that have tea leaves or coffee grounds you can reuse! I can make 3 cups of coffee from the same K-Cup!!! And they even have a attachment that allows you to brew using your own coffee grounds. Less waste, more savings, and I don't have to brew a whole pot of coffee....SCORE!!!! And...for the time conscious of us...it takes literally like a minute to brew whatever your brewing. Who doesn't like that?! It can run pricey, but believe me my friends...save up for one...cause it is totally worth it!!! (Incidentally the one pictured here is exactly like the one I have at home!!)
Next up is NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencils. These creamy beauties are used to layer under power eye shadow. Or you can glide them on as their own shadow. They come in colors to help make your powder POP! Or I like to use them along the tear line on my lower lids. It creates a pop of color that really opens up your eyes. My favorite color to use is Gold and Cottage Cheese. Really because I'm a shimmer girl, but if you want just a general base go with milk. It really intensifies the colors of everything you put over it.
I am absolutely in love with Kiehl's Orange Blossom and Lychee Fruit Body Wash. The smell is absolutely divine and it makes your shower feel like a tropical/citrus paradise!! Bonus is it leaves your skin feeling absolutely divine! I never had to moisturize after showering when I used this product. For hard core moisturizers...they have a moisturizer too!! It can be a bit expensive...for a larger bottle it's $28. I'm telling you...it's totally worth it though!! I keep an empty bottle in the shower and just crack it open and smell it....I have to say...it's my crack! These can be purchased here. And if anyone finds it somewhere else...let me know...I shall reward you handsomely!!!!
WEN!!!!! ER MAH GERD!!!!! This stuff is fantastic! I have had a life long problem with what stylists used to refer to as dandruff. But I'm here to tell you the flakes that I had coming off my scalp was not dandruff....I was either allergic or had reactions to just about every shampoo out there. I had to constantly change my shampoo so my scalp didn't constantly feel like it was burning and I could keep the flakes and itching down to a minimum. Wen...wow...where to start with Wen. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love the product! I've tried the original, the pumpkin spice (my fav) and the Tea Tree Oil. I'm not particularly fond of the Tea Tree Oil and it's supposed to be the best for my scalp. I do not recommend going through the actual Wen website. They will set you up on a shipping plan and send you new shampoo every month (or just about.) I use a bottle for about 4-6 months depending on how long my hair is. I purchase from ebay and get it for just about the same price or a little cheaper. And going this way... I can pick my own scent and if I don't like it afford to try another! My next try is either going to be Lavendar or I'm going back to pumpkin spice. (OH! BTW...my husband says the mix of my pumpkin spice shampoo and Orange Lychee body wash when I'm just out of shower is irrisistable...so buyer beware! ;D)
And last, but most certainly not least...Miche. I know many of you are purse lovers. Chanel, Dior, Gucchi, Coach...in fact my last workplace was full of women who just couldn't keep their hands off Coach purses. They got FANTASTIC deals on them, but the prices...I MEAN THE PRICES they paid for these things were....it just blew my mind, and my pocket book. I was turned on to this company called Miche by a coworker at my last workplace and it's purses. Or to be exact...shells for your purses. You buy a base bag, which you then put all your stuff in. And then you change out the shells whenever you want. Simple! You go to work with one shell and when you want to switch cause your going out...slip the shell off and the other on. That simple!!!! Miche is currently selling their biggest shell (Prima..which is roughly the size of a diaper bag...it's also what I carry. :D) for about $39-$49. I'm not exactly sure which. They get smaller too...if your used to small hand bags..I'd spring for the classic. And if you want something in between...go with the Demi. Looking back...I probably could have gotten away with a demi, but...they didn't have as many pretty shells as the Prima's. So check out Miche or if you want to get started on the cheap...go to ebay again and just search for Miche. Oh and make sure when looking at the pictures...if their not in a bag, check the inside of the shell cause they always have their names in them!!!
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| This is the classic base and shell instructions. |
These are just some things I'm crushing on right now...if y'all get a chance; go watch this video series from Craig Groeschel called From This Day Forward. It's about relationships and how they need to be founded in God. My church...MOmentum... is following this series right now. It is fantastic and very informational. Just make sure on week 3...if ya have kids...don't play it while their around. Not that they will or should know what its talking about (cause it's PG) but...just in case.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
New Starts & Stale Farts
We are at T minus 30 minutes until I start a new chapter in my work life. I've been wanting to get out of the hotel industry for some time now and never really tried to make that happen. After some serious consideration and soul searching with my husband; I decided to just get my resume out there and see what happened.
Within a week I had an interview with a law office in Springdale, AR. It was fun! There was a timed test, which I was the only one that passed, and then a character profile. All in all I spent 2 hours going through that process. A week later they called me back and asked me to come in for another interview. It went great again! But this time they told me it would be almost three weeks before the office manager would get back from vacation and then I might get a call.
In the mean time I kept sending out resumes and not really getting any replies back. Until last week...I got a call to come in for an interview with a local company here in town. They were looking for an office assistant. So I went in and met with the office manager who I could tell instantly liked me...or my skills...not sure which. I think the only things that kept her from hiring me on the spot was she wanted someone who could start on Monday and she had another interview lined up for the next day. Either way, she said she'd call me on Friday. Well Thursday afternoon she called and offered me the job! So I had two dilemmas to solve. One...do I take the job and give my bosses basically three days notice? And two...do I take the job and effectively turn down the legal job? Russ and I decided that ultimately we didn't think we were in a place to have me commuting everyday to work. I'd need a lot more money than we think they would be willing to pay me to make it even out and the stress of commuting and maybe not even seeing him for days...really freaked me out. So this is my last day at the hotel. I've offered to come back and work relief days for them if they need me...they just have to call.
As for the law office...this past week or this coming week is when I should be hearing if I got another interview...I thought about just calling up there and leaving a message that I got another job...but I think that's very presumptuous of me thinking I already had another interview...who knows...maybe I was supposed to hear last week and just never got that call?
Within a week I had an interview with a law office in Springdale, AR. It was fun! There was a timed test, which I was the only one that passed, and then a character profile. All in all I spent 2 hours going through that process. A week later they called me back and asked me to come in for another interview. It went great again! But this time they told me it would be almost three weeks before the office manager would get back from vacation and then I might get a call.
In the mean time I kept sending out resumes and not really getting any replies back. Until last week...I got a call to come in for an interview with a local company here in town. They were looking for an office assistant. So I went in and met with the office manager who I could tell instantly liked me...or my skills...not sure which. I think the only things that kept her from hiring me on the spot was she wanted someone who could start on Monday and she had another interview lined up for the next day. Either way, she said she'd call me on Friday. Well Thursday afternoon she called and offered me the job! So I had two dilemmas to solve. One...do I take the job and give my bosses basically three days notice? And two...do I take the job and effectively turn down the legal job? Russ and I decided that ultimately we didn't think we were in a place to have me commuting everyday to work. I'd need a lot more money than we think they would be willing to pay me to make it even out and the stress of commuting and maybe not even seeing him for days...really freaked me out. So this is my last day at the hotel. I've offered to come back and work relief days for them if they need me...they just have to call.
As for the law office...this past week or this coming week is when I should be hearing if I got another interview...I thought about just calling up there and leaving a message that I got another job...but I think that's very presumptuous of me thinking I already had another interview...who knows...maybe I was supposed to hear last week and just never got that call?
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Yesterday, our friends Daniel & Laura decided to have a spur of the moment cookout. It was super fun and kinda crazy, which they always are. My husband has this knack of being able to fart on cue....so as soon as our friend Daniel bends over to pick something up...Russ runs up...points his back side and Daniels head and lets it rip! This is the second friend, unfortunately, that he had fart on their heads.
And if that wasn't crazy enough! The boys have some of their friends over and decide they have to show off their toys! My husband and Daniel have been going crazy over throwing knives and axes here lately. They decide to go out back and light some torches and throw some knives. Now mind you...it's dusk..their lighting torches to see clearly, but the longer their out there...the darker it gets! All of a sudden Austin's (a FSPD friend of Daniels and Russ') daughter comes back and basically is like...Dad just tried to cut his foot off! I mean this dude walks into the kitchen with a DEEEEEEP GASH in his leg! I wasn't able to get close enough to the wound...the boys are trying to be doctory about it...but it was deep enough I'm pretty sure he cut through either some tendon or muscle cause it hurt for him to flex his foot and the range of motion was seriously impaired. Haven't heard about it today...but Laura and I now have this saying that we keep nagging the boys with...."If you can't keep from breaking your toys/friends you don't get to have anymore toys/friends!"
That's all for now! Have a good one folks!!!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Friends
Oh the magic of friends...
I've had such an out pouring of love and friendship that last couple of weeks that it just makes my heart happy. I have been facebook free for 2 weeks now...and really haven't missed it. It's a little hard keeping up with my cake page, but to be honest I don't get a lot of traffic through there anyways.
Last Friday Russ and I were able to take a spur of the moment trip to Tulsa with Daniel and Laura. We all rode up there in their Jeep. Thankfully they let me ride up front or else we would have had some issues. We all shared in the gas and tolls...it was actually a really fun trip! We started out at Tandy Leather. I bought a Celtic knot work buckle set and a strap of leather that Russ will be turning into my belt for me for SCA. Laura and I played around with the stampers and I discovered I'm totally okay with my belt being plain except for the buckle cause stamping leather is RIDICULOUS!!!! It's not hard per say...but time consuming and I never really got the hang of it and I definitely don't want a messed up belt.
So while I was being rung up in the shop Russ decided to head over to a hobby shop that was in the same plaza we had visited 2 years before while on our anniversary trip to Tulsa. Daniel drove Laura and I over there and we walked to Walgreen's while they played. We apparently didn't take enough time in Walgreen's and ended up walking around the little shopping center and then going back to the hobby shop and staring at the boys to tell them it's time to go.
We left there and travelled all the way through Tulsa to Jenks (which is a suburb) to go to the Aquarium. I've got tons of pictures but haven't had time to upload them and mess with the pictures yet so I'll upload those in a completely different post. We played with shrimp, touched star fish, watched all the fishes and Daniel even got a beaver to keep in his pocket. Very much an inside joke...after the aquarium we were all starving so we headed to Red Robin.
Now for those not in the know...our friend Laura is a somewhat picky eater. If it isn't yellow, brown, and sometimes green...it doesn't go in her mouth. So most times when we go out...she sticks with a burger. Hence, Red Robin. It is the mecca of burger eaters and should have pleased her. So what did she order? A plain Bacon Cheeseburger. Really? You can get a bacon cheeseburger at any roadside diner and flop house everywhere...you go to the hamburger heaven and you go simple?!!! Needless to say we had great fun teasing her about that.
We hit Barnes & Noble so I could check out the Doctor Who stuff. (Not that much) Went to the Promenade Mall across the road from it....which was pretty lame. We were headed to the Woodland Hills Mall and noticed the time. Since we wanted to get out of town before evening traffic started we decided to hit a game store on the way out of town. We chose Wizards Asylum because it was closer to us that Top Deck and I am so glad we did!!! We found Last Night on Earth which is a game Russ and I have been dying to purchase and play since we saw Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day play it on Table Top with Garfunkel & Oats. I've been studying up on the rules so hopefully we can play it this Saturday at our game night coming up!!! Their game section was smallish, but man was it packed with so many selections I think I've found where Russ and I will continue to go whenever we go back. We're hoping to some day hit Top Deck and see what they have, but will definitely be back to Wizards.
Now for the last bit of news....as of Wednesday last week...Russ and I...are debt free!!!! After the start of the year that we had; to be able to say that is freeing! Now granted we are taking a risk by cashing out his retirement, but if we hadn't...on top of house payment and utilities we'd be shelling out a whooping $600 in payments to credit cards and student loans. There was no way we could do it. By using his retirement we now not only can make it on one income and his unemployment, but we've started to sock away money in the savings account at an alarming rate. The idea is to live as frugally as we can and get his retirement built back up. I'm also hoping we can hit up some fertility doctors and maybe make us a baby!
I've had such an out pouring of love and friendship that last couple of weeks that it just makes my heart happy. I have been facebook free for 2 weeks now...and really haven't missed it. It's a little hard keeping up with my cake page, but to be honest I don't get a lot of traffic through there anyways.
Last Friday Russ and I were able to take a spur of the moment trip to Tulsa with Daniel and Laura. We all rode up there in their Jeep. Thankfully they let me ride up front or else we would have had some issues. We all shared in the gas and tolls...it was actually a really fun trip! We started out at Tandy Leather. I bought a Celtic knot work buckle set and a strap of leather that Russ will be turning into my belt for me for SCA. Laura and I played around with the stampers and I discovered I'm totally okay with my belt being plain except for the buckle cause stamping leather is RIDICULOUS!!!! It's not hard per say...but time consuming and I never really got the hang of it and I definitely don't want a messed up belt.
So while I was being rung up in the shop Russ decided to head over to a hobby shop that was in the same plaza we had visited 2 years before while on our anniversary trip to Tulsa. Daniel drove Laura and I over there and we walked to Walgreen's while they played. We apparently didn't take enough time in Walgreen's and ended up walking around the little shopping center and then going back to the hobby shop and staring at the boys to tell them it's time to go.
We left there and travelled all the way through Tulsa to Jenks (which is a suburb) to go to the Aquarium. I've got tons of pictures but haven't had time to upload them and mess with the pictures yet so I'll upload those in a completely different post. We played with shrimp, touched star fish, watched all the fishes and Daniel even got a beaver to keep in his pocket. Very much an inside joke...after the aquarium we were all starving so we headed to Red Robin.
Now for those not in the know...our friend Laura is a somewhat picky eater. If it isn't yellow, brown, and sometimes green...it doesn't go in her mouth. So most times when we go out...she sticks with a burger. Hence, Red Robin. It is the mecca of burger eaters and should have pleased her. So what did she order? A plain Bacon Cheeseburger. Really? You can get a bacon cheeseburger at any roadside diner and flop house everywhere...you go to the hamburger heaven and you go simple?!!! Needless to say we had great fun teasing her about that.
We hit Barnes & Noble so I could check out the Doctor Who stuff. (Not that much) Went to the Promenade Mall across the road from it....which was pretty lame. We were headed to the Woodland Hills Mall and noticed the time. Since we wanted to get out of town before evening traffic started we decided to hit a game store on the way out of town. We chose Wizards Asylum because it was closer to us that Top Deck and I am so glad we did!!! We found Last Night on Earth which is a game Russ and I have been dying to purchase and play since we saw Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day play it on Table Top with Garfunkel & Oats. I've been studying up on the rules so hopefully we can play it this Saturday at our game night coming up!!! Their game section was smallish, but man was it packed with so many selections I think I've found where Russ and I will continue to go whenever we go back. We're hoping to some day hit Top Deck and see what they have, but will definitely be back to Wizards.
Now for the last bit of news....as of Wednesday last week...Russ and I...are debt free!!!! After the start of the year that we had; to be able to say that is freeing! Now granted we are taking a risk by cashing out his retirement, but if we hadn't...on top of house payment and utilities we'd be shelling out a whooping $600 in payments to credit cards and student loans. There was no way we could do it. By using his retirement we now not only can make it on one income and his unemployment, but we've started to sock away money in the savings account at an alarming rate. The idea is to live as frugally as we can and get his retirement built back up. I'm also hoping we can hit up some fertility doctors and maybe make us a baby!
Friday, March 22, 2013
Deactivating an Addiction
I know I posted earlier about spring and how it's not just flowers that are popping up. But I wanted to expound on this subject a bit more, give you some back story and then flash forward to now and what I have done.
I've always known I was meant to be a mom. And while the majority of my high school was either sleeping around or just trying it once; I waited. My sister is fertile as a rabbit, mom never had any troubles conceiving so it never dawned on me to even think about sleeping with someone in high school. (Okay, take that back, I thought about it but was adamant about waiting for marriage.) I waited up to 3 months before my 24th birthday. Then I was decided I was done playing the virgin, being called a prude, and generally looked down on by my family. I decided to sleep with my boyfriend whom I had been dating for over a year and a half. I thought we were going somewhere...obviously he thought otherwise. After sleeping together once, he neglected to call me for an entire month and I shipped his ass out the door. In the process of officially breaking up (I couldn't reach him remember...) I met Russ. We sparked, we laughed, and hit it off big time.
It's been five years since we got together and almost four since we've been married; and still no kids...I've briefly tried rudimentary infertility treatments, such as being on Clomid for a year and a half. I've spent the past two years struggling to be okay and not so heart sore whenever spring rolls around. I'd been able to do it too...I had my moments of questioning why, but for the most part I was content to leave it in God's hands. This year though...something is just different. It's only the third day of spring and already five woman near to me are pregnant! I know of and are acquainted with a couple more. I haven't really "questioned" God yet, but I'm sure it's coming if I don't do something fast. I know I'm depressed. So since most of my pregnant friends are on Facebook I deactivated it. It took me awhile and it made me really want to do it. (Took me 2 days! Had to figure out how to transfer administrator privileges to Russ for my cake page.) But it's gone...its actually nice and freeing. I haven't spent as much time on my phone or on the computer. I actually wrote this post out on paper before I posted it here! It will be harder to keep in touch with me, but people who really want access to me will find a way. Hopefully this isn't forever, but right now I've got to do what keeps me sane. Hey and who knows maybe with this new found time I can work more to save for some trips, or pick back up hobbies or even go see a Doctor?
This also helps my addiction to facebook....I've felt like it's been taking up way too much time. I read it like the newspaper in the morning and right before going to bed. Then multiple times throughout the day...deactivating had already helped with this.
I've always known I was meant to be a mom. And while the majority of my high school was either sleeping around or just trying it once; I waited. My sister is fertile as a rabbit, mom never had any troubles conceiving so it never dawned on me to even think about sleeping with someone in high school. (Okay, take that back, I thought about it but was adamant about waiting for marriage.) I waited up to 3 months before my 24th birthday. Then I was decided I was done playing the virgin, being called a prude, and generally looked down on by my family. I decided to sleep with my boyfriend whom I had been dating for over a year and a half. I thought we were going somewhere...obviously he thought otherwise. After sleeping together once, he neglected to call me for an entire month and I shipped his ass out the door. In the process of officially breaking up (I couldn't reach him remember...) I met Russ. We sparked, we laughed, and hit it off big time.
It's been five years since we got together and almost four since we've been married; and still no kids...I've briefly tried rudimentary infertility treatments, such as being on Clomid for a year and a half. I've spent the past two years struggling to be okay and not so heart sore whenever spring rolls around. I'd been able to do it too...I had my moments of questioning why, but for the most part I was content to leave it in God's hands. This year though...something is just different. It's only the third day of spring and already five woman near to me are pregnant! I know of and are acquainted with a couple more. I haven't really "questioned" God yet, but I'm sure it's coming if I don't do something fast. I know I'm depressed. So since most of my pregnant friends are on Facebook I deactivated it. It took me awhile and it made me really want to do it. (Took me 2 days! Had to figure out how to transfer administrator privileges to Russ for my cake page.) But it's gone...its actually nice and freeing. I haven't spent as much time on my phone or on the computer. I actually wrote this post out on paper before I posted it here! It will be harder to keep in touch with me, but people who really want access to me will find a way. Hopefully this isn't forever, but right now I've got to do what keeps me sane. Hey and who knows maybe with this new found time I can work more to save for some trips, or pick back up hobbies or even go see a Doctor?
This also helps my addiction to facebook....I've felt like it's been taking up way too much time. I read it like the newspaper in the morning and right before going to bed. Then multiple times throughout the day...deactivating had already helped with this.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Spring Time; So what's blooming...
Well it's that time again folks....pollens in the air, flowers are blooming, gardens are being planted, sinuses are running and eyes are watering and the big kicker......everybody is popping up pregnant.
Yup, that's right folks, we're stuck in the middle of a pregnancy explosion. It seems like every spring you expect it, but somehow whether its people you wouldn't even think are pregnant or it's just a bit earlier than normal. That's the way it is for me right now. I've got several friends and about a billion acquaintances that are pregnant either...heavily pregnant or just finding out. I have to say...I think now is a great time for me to be away from Facebook, off my computer and just enjoying life outdoors. Screw the allergies...cause that's why God made Allegra or Zyrtec. Just get me away from all the pregnant ladies.
Guess that's all...I'll leave y'all to your regularly scheduled blog posts.
Yup, that's right folks, we're stuck in the middle of a pregnancy explosion. It seems like every spring you expect it, but somehow whether its people you wouldn't even think are pregnant or it's just a bit earlier than normal. That's the way it is for me right now. I've got several friends and about a billion acquaintances that are pregnant either...heavily pregnant or just finding out. I have to say...I think now is a great time for me to be away from Facebook, off my computer and just enjoying life outdoors. Screw the allergies...cause that's why God made Allegra or Zyrtec. Just get me away from all the pregnant ladies.
Guess that's all...I'll leave y'all to your regularly scheduled blog posts.
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