Wacky Wednesday

So... last night was great! I was invited to go hang out but I didn't know where we were going. We ended up going to church last night. It was great, but kinda werid at the same time. I went with my friend April from work. From there we meet up with Charley (my best friend), her friend Diana (who went to the same school with me at Erwin, but never knew her... but she knew me... and works at another Walgreens), Priscilla (who went to school with me too), Priscilla's husband and baby, Ashley and her husband with their two kids (too cute), and Adam (friend of Ashley's). It was nice to see all these people again, but all at church? I was thankful none the less. It was a lot of fun and the message was guess what?... on paitence and trusting God's plan. It hit me hard but I'm glad it did. We decided to all go again next week. Pray that this changes my friends minds and views of God and maybe some of them get saved.

So... at work. It is still crazy. The same guy who robbed us robbed another Walgreens later that night. So all day, we were looking over her shoulder. We have cops and dectecives everywhere. Mr. B lectured me on how I acted in the situation. He said if I every did that again, he would fire me. (I'd have to tell the whole story to you in person).

So... at school. My application is there, so all I gota do is come up with 150 dollars and register for my class. I think things may work out.

Anyways, thanks for all the prayers and keep praying tomorrow! Gota go cook dinner before church... it's roman noodles! YES!

Blogs and Robberies

So, I woke up in the middle of the night because of a dream. Not a nightmare that you wake up all in a sweat and are screaming; but it was just one of those dreams where you wished you could forget the images you just dreamed. I'm so werid cause I always remember my dreams when I wake up. And it's werid too, cause it usually about something coming up or just happened. They are so real that it could happen in real life.

But anyways... forget my weridness. I love this whole blogging thing. I'm not too good with expressing my feelings. (I guess it goes back to my tom-boy childhood.) So, after I wake up, I decided to get on the computer to kill some time before I went back to bed. I got here on my blog and wrote everything out. I wrote about how I was feeling with the whole school thing, Mr. Ostrich, friends, the past, future.. well, you get the point. When I was done, I reread it. Mind you, I'm crying the whole time (good thing no one was up, I hate for people to see me cry). So, I deleted my blog and started over. This time with a prayer. It was even longer. Although I did delete both of those, it felt so nice to express what I was feeling. I know it's kinda sad that I did it with an electronic box, but it made me feel so much better. I don't know what's gonna happen in the future, but I know that Jesus will always be with me. Keep praying for us and especially on Thursday! Thanks :)

So, in other news... we got robbed today at work. Over 1200 dollars! It was crazy and scary at the same time. So, we spent most of the day talking to the cops, detectives, reviewing tapes. It was crazy today. I don't know why cops have to stand so close to you. It kinda gave me the creeps. But, at least today is over. I'm gonna head out with some friends tonight; maybe act my age? So, gota go get ready...

Yet another bump in the road...

I spoke with Jeff State, yet again, without any luck. They are still processing my application. I fear that if they stall any longer I won't be able to register and get the ONE class I need. And to top it all off, I can't start PT school until January 2010, because I have to have both anatomy classes done by the deadline (which is Sept. 5th). So, until then, I have three semesters to take two classes. I kinda wanted to be done with school by then. Oh, well. What can you do, right?

In other news, I finished my book, Twilight. It was flippin amazing. I think it is The Notebook worthy love story. I just couldn't put it down. So, I went out and bought the second one. Reading these books and watching stuff like the Notebook, kinda makes me wonder if true love fairy tales really do exist?

Well, anyways... in other other news. Mr. Chick-fil-a got arrested. Yah!

Mamma Mia

I went to see Mamma Mia today and it was awesome. I love Abba and it was great to see a movie with all those songs in it. If you haven't seen it, you should!

So, now I am laying in bed (on my laptop) with my three babies; Nikida, Sadie, and Sarah. Little Bit and Bear are laying on the desk. There is just something about a cloudy, rainy day that makes you wanna spend all day in bed. I'm gonna get my coffee, lay here in bed, and read my new book, Twilight.

I figure I'll clean up the house later on tonight, or maybe tomorrow?

I am third!

Have you ever asked God for something and when he gives it to you, you wished he hadn't? Or looking back on it, you're grateful that he did? Well, I'm at step two right now. I saw this whole thing as a way to learn to trust more and become more patient. I thought I got this, no big dealio. So, I asked God and he gave me what I asked for. Now that I'm in it, I kinda wished I hadn't opened my mouth in the first place. But I know that God is at work in this person's life and ultimately His will will be done.

So, I took last night as an opportunity to spend some serious alone time with God. When I picked up my Bible, a letter fell out. It was given to me on my 19th Birthday during my Senior year. It was from my sixth grade math teacher. I hadn't look at in forever. So, I stopped and read it. Of course, it made me cry, but a good cry. The letter is from Mr. David Holiday (the man in the pic). He stayed in my life from sixth grade till I graduated. (The pic is of us at my ninth grade Honor Society Induction). He is in the Marine Corps so I don't see him as often as I'd like to. I told him one day that he was offically my adopted uncle. I learned so much from him, and I am truly thankful to have met him. The most important thing I think I have learned is "I am third." I guess you could say it's his life motto. By being third, we put God frist, followed by family and friends, and then us.

Right now, I need to put God and his plans first. I know it's gonna be tough, but I know in the future when I look back on this time in my life, I will see God's glory and be thankful.

So, things are getting better. Continue to pray for us!

All I have to do is call His Name!

It's been so long since
You felt like you were loved
So what went wrong
But do you know
There's a place where you belong
Here in My Arms

Chorus:
When you feel like you're alone in your sadness
It seems like no one else in this whole world cares
And you want to get away from the madness
You just call My name and I'll be there
You just call My name and I'll be there

The pain inside
Has erased your hope for love
Soon you will find
That I'll give you all
That your heart could ever want
And so much more

Chorus:
When you feel like you're alone in your sadness
It seems like no one else in this whole world cares
And you want to get away from the madness
You just call My name and I'll be there
You just call My name and I'll be there

You just call My name
You just call My name
Call My name say it now
I want you to never doubt
The love I have for you is so alive
Call My name say it now
I want you to never doubt
The love I have for you is so alive

You just call My name
You just call My name
You just call My name


The love I have for you is so alive
The love I have for you is so alive
You just call My name
You just call My name
You just call My name

What I Need to Finally Learn

I am the type of person who wakes up at six o'clock in the morning and be happy as can be. I love to talk and live in the moment. Later, if I have time, I sometimes will sit and think about what I've done or what needs to be done. I usually am the type of person who has to have my projects done a.s.a.p., get to the quickest and easiest answer, etc. I think you get the point.

I have never had a great deal of paitence. I know with my job, friends, and in other aspects of my life, I need paitence. For me, that is the hardest thing. I know I need to work on it, but I always put it off for another day. So, lately I have come to the realization that, that time is now. It is so frustrating cause I have so much going on in my life and I want the quick fix and fastest way to get things done. I am still waiting to hear from my school about PT school, I am wondering what to do at my job, trying to learn when to shut my mouth and listen, and the list goes on.

I also have a huge problem with trust. When stuff happens, I like to take matters into my own hands and handle it myself. I don't usually trust people with situations in my life and for me it's sometimes hard to trust God.

So, right now I just ask that you keep me in your prayers as God deals with me about these two issues... Trust and Paitence.

Blood, Sweat, and Tears...

All week, Missy has been getting Lana's new room together. And I think it is done. There are a few minor things to tend to, but it'd pretty well done; and it looks so beautiful. (I'm hoping Missy does my room next ;)!).

So on Monday, Marsha a.k.a Marmi and Adam came down to 100 degree Alabama with furniture for Lana's room. It's so pretty... Anyways, Adam and I took the kids bowling. Let's just say that Lana and I lost... pretty bad. Logan did an awesome job. He only had one gutter ball and he made us remove the bumpers b/c he didn't need them. And Mr. Bowling League didn't do too bad himself ;). To top it off, the guy at the shoe counter commented on how cute and well-behaved mine and Adam's kids are. We just said thank you and laughed.

So, four or five meals of awesome chicken potatoe chippy casserole later, we saw the new Batman movie. And met me say, it was GREAT! If you haven't seen it, you should. I am still thinking about it. It's one of those movies that when you watch it it is good, but gets better the longer you've seen it and think about it.

Then Mary decides to try to end it all and attempt to cut off her thumb. She didn't do a good job, but she bled a lot. She cut herself with a knife while we were cutting Lana's new flooring. I've never seen so much blood. So a few stiches later, she's all good and gravy.

So, a lot of blood (from Mary), sweat (from Adam), and tears (from all of us girls) went into this room. Lana loves it and we all had fun!

Cross Connection

So, tonight was our cross connection with area churches and let me say, it was AWESOME! Well, I guess I should start at the beginning...

You ever have one of those days where you wake up and know it's gonna be a good day?
I did today. This morning went really well. In Sunday school, we learned the difference between boys and girls. Well, in the way they relate to each other in marriage and money. Very interesting. Then the morning service was good. Great music, great sermon, and it was our pastor's 50th birthday and 5th year anniversary. So, of course like good baptists, we had to eat after the morning service. And I watched my weight... I only had 4 pieces of cake. So, then I went on a double date... my date was Cliff (Mary's 60 year old father) to eat lunch. Cause the 4 pieces of cake weren't enough. Then we helped get the church ready for tonnight. We acted a little crazy but we had fun.

So, people started showing up at 5 for the service that starts at 6. We had like 60 people in our choir, the church was full, the fellowship was great, the gym full of food after church was great, and I could go on.

I helped with the youth after the choir sang and two kids got saved tonight. That made this whole thing worth it all.

Anyways, I know it is late, but I wanted to let you guys know how tonight went.

Mr. Treebush

I need some help in committing a murder. I need to kill someone... or rather something. I need to get rid of Mr. George A. Treebush.

Last summer, lighting struck the tree in our front yard. Since then, I have been saying I'll cut the rest of it down. Then my chainsaw breaks, and here it is one year later and Mr. Treebush is still here. He's been here so long, he has a name. (I didn't know if I should still call it a tree or a bush; hence, Treebush).

As I was cutting the grass today, I realized how ugly he really looks. I need to end his miserable little life. But then I think of how plain my yard will look. I cut down all of the bushes in front of the house to put pretty flowers and flower bushes. Now, the summer is almost over and my yard is still naked. I have a pretty idea in my head of how I want my yard to look, but it's hard to find the time and money to do it. I'm such a procrastinator :(

I know this really has no point, but instead of cutting him down, I'd rather blog about him. I do have to say though... no house on the whole street looks like ours. And for now, I keep telling myself that's a good thing.

So until then, Mr. Treebush is here to stay...

The Room Every Girl Dreams Of...

The past week I have been helping Missy get Lana's room ready for when Marsha and Adam bring her furniture. I am not gonna explain what it looks or give out any details (I'll save that for Missy). But I will tell you guys this... I wish I was six and this was my room.

We started getting things together and we just stopped and stared. I couldn't help but just look and smile. It is so beautiful and it's not even finished yet.

I have had so much helping Missy. I have felt honored starring in her home improvement show. ;)! I am so excited and it's not even my room. When we were looking around, we both said that we wished we had a room like this when we were a kid. It's the pretty princess room every girl wishes she had growing up.

I can't wait till Monday when they bring the rest of the stuff for her room, and maybe see somebody...

Why does God do this?

So, at work a few of our managers are trying to quit smoking. And of course we sit around and talk instead of working. Well, the questions came up of why I don't smoke, drink, or in general act 21. The only thing I could say was because of God.

Last night at church, our lesson was in Ezekiel 37:1-14. Our question to answer was, "Why does God do extraordinary things through ordinary people?" The answer, so God get all the glory! In Ezekiel, when God used Ezekiel's voice, He showed God and his glory rather than Ezekiel's.

I am far from perfect, but because of God's grace, glory, and power, He is seen in my life. And for that I am truly honored. He has used an ordinary girl from Alabama to bring honor and glory to his name. And for that I am truly thankful!

Because of these conversations at work, one manager has asked to be off for the next to Sundays so he and his fiance can go to church and he threw away all of his cigerettes. I can see God working in this young couple's lives.

Isn't God amazing!?!

If you can pray for this couple as they get ready to embark on the greatest journey two people can share as well as our other two managers.

Ding, Ding... I believe my roast is ready! Time to eat....

At the End of the Day...

Today has been... well... a day! I went to work around 7:00 this morning. I was so tired cause I just tossed and turned all night. Not only was I tired, but today was my long and boring paperwork day. I got done around 3:00 and I was just doing a few little things waiting for 4:00. When it's time for me to get off, I am told I need to cover photo while the photo tech takes a "lunch break." I really think a message goes out to our neighborhood saying, "Hey! Jeanny's in photo. Send all the orders you can." I finally left around 5:30 and went to church. The tech was still not back from her "break." I really considered not going to church because I was SO tired. Now, looking back I am so glad that I did.

We had a causual youth night. All my girls came back. (They really don't have the best family lives and it was nice to see them after two weeks). Then we had choir practice for Sunday night. (Now, sunday night is Cross Connection at our church. I think there is gonna be like seven churches worshipping with us.) I really enjoyed singing tonight and the songs were so beautiful. I know the Lord enjoyed it. It didn't feel like practice at all. It was just so nice to sit down and sing to my Lord and Savior and let the worries of the day fade away. I am so pumped about Sunday. I really hate it that Mr. Ostrich won't be there...

So, in the meantime I do need to learn two songs before Sunday. Keep prayin' for my girls and pray that souls would be saved on Sunday.

From freak-out to Romans 8:28

Last week, I went to register at UAB. Come to find out that UAB changed some policies and what not. So, in short I was gonna have to retake some classes to get an even higher grade, be in school longer, and ultimately owe even more in student loans. My advisor advised me so well and told me to just drop out. I was gonna go from 1 year to 3-5 years for PT school. I was starting to freak out just a little.
I had no idea what to do.

My fall back plan (if anything every happened with school) is that I would just continue to work at Walgreens and manage my own store. I really don't want to do that for a couple of reasons. Working in a hospital would have better benefits, better pay, and hours. There are hospitals every where but there aren't always a Walgreens around the corner.

So, all weekend I have been in freak-out mode.

I meet with Jeff State this morning and I think everything is gonna work out okay. I have to take Anatomy/Phsyiology 1&2. Other than that I have meet all the requirments for PT school. I gota fill out the application, once they send it to me; but my advisor said based on my grades I should be accepted with no problem.

When I heard this, I felt like a ton of bricks had been lifted off of me.

Time after time, God shows that he will always take care of his children. And I am so thankful once again for his mercy and grace.

Thanks to all who kept me in your prayers this weekend.

How Deep The Father's Love For Us

"How deep the Father's love for us,
how vasy beyond all measure;
That He should give his only Son
to make a wretch His treasure.
How great the pain of searing loss;
the Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the Chosen One
bring many sons to glory.

Behold the Man upon a cross,
my sin upon His shoulders;
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice
call out among the scoffers.
It was my sin that held Him there
until it was accomplished.
His dying breath has brought me life;
I know that it is finished.

I will not boast in anything:
no gifts, no power, no wisdom;
But I will boast in Jesus Christ;
His death and resurecction.
Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer.
But this I know with all my heart:
His wounds have paid my ransom.

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer.
But this I know with all my heart:
His wounds have paid my ransom."

Sarah

Today I added another member to my family. I adopted a Shetland Sheepdog Sheltie Mix. She is five years old and her name is Sarah.

Her story is actually kinda sad.

She has been up for adoption for a while and they were considering putting her to sleep due to a lack of room. Her tail was cut off and her back was broken once. Now she waddles a little and she has a little nubbin for a tail ;)! I think this just add to her character.

She gets along with both of our dogs, Nikida (a husky mix) and Sadie (a german shepard mix), as well as our three cats: Skully, Little Bit, and Bear.

I know, my house is a zoo. Until I have kids, these are my babies. I'll try not to adopt any more, at least for a little while.

Well, someone is hungry... So, I'll be seeing you guys tomorrow.