VACATION!!!!

I don't think I could possibly be more excited!!! I get to go on a real vacation...to Homer, Alaska...to visit one of my bestest girlfriends (and her family) ever! And I'm sitting here, at work...trying to work...it's not working too well though. So I'll post some pictures of them and of Alaska instead!











I'll be sure to take lots of pictures while I'm there and post them if I can. I'm video taping it too because it's H's first vacation also and I don't know when we'll be going up there again. So I'm taping it so she can 'remember'.

Anyway, I'm praying that she travels well because it's a long journey there and back. I'm also praying for patience for me if she doesn't do well, that I would know how to help her have a better time.

A moment to brag

I must say that I honestly believe I have the cutest little girl in the whole world! I know that you may think I am biased but really take a look and then tell me I'm wrong!



She's doing so many new things, it's as though she's trying to conquer the world in the month of May. She's been sitting by herself since she was 5 months; she's about to crawl-the coordination thing has taken a while; she's sitting herself up from laying down/crawling!!!; she got her first tooth on Sunday; she's pulling herself up all by herself now; making attempts at walking; in a big girl car seat although still rear-facing; and she even helps me clip coupons for shopping!!!



I love her soooooo much and so I couldn't help but brag on her for a moment. However, all the credit goes to God cuz He made her just the way she is! I know He's proud of her too!!

PS31

I'm obviously not talking about the newest version of Play Station but rather the Proverbs 31 woman.

10 A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still dark;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her servant girls.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.
18 She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
19 In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
20 She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 "Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all."
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
31 Give her the reward she has earned,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Does anyone else feel like they take two steps forward and one step backwards? I wish that transformation had taken place the moment I gave my life to Christ but [sigh], it did not and so just like everyone else I must go through the journey.

I do hope that someday I will be a woman of noble character, clothed with strength and dignity, speaking with wisdom and faithful instruction. I do know that it's not by my own strength but by the Lord's and that all of the following comes through/by fear of the Lord.

I don't like how my flesh/the old me rises up in some circumstances and reacts. It's ugly and unbecoming and unlovely. Lord, please change me and make me into the woman you want me to be. I want to live my life for You and I also want H to see You in me and want to be just like that. I want her to, one day, rise up and call me blessed not for my own glory but Yours Lord.

Legacy

I am so moved by music as I'm sure most everyone else in the world is, at times it can bring me to tears. So yesterday I was driving home and listening to the country station, don't knock it unless you've tried it, and an artist was singing a song about his wife! I loved it and it made me want to live my life so that someone will write a song about me. I know, kind of self-centered huh?! But deep down, I do want someone to write a song about me, I think that's so romantic. Hearing how you're appreciated and cherished for even the littlest things is so sweet. Maybe I'm a sentimental goof but oh well!

I want to live my life to impact others for the kingdom of Christ. I want to leave a legacy, just like that song says (see below). I want the Lord to use me in ways that will bless others starting with my little family first. And I think I've discovered that I'm a lot more of a romantic than I thought I was. So, in saying all that...even if no one here on Earth ever writes a song about me I was remembering in the Bible where it says that the Lord sings over me.

He, God, Almighty, King of Kings and Lord of Lords sings over me. And maybe, just maybe, He's singing about how much He loves the littlest things about me...just like He does for you too!

Nichole Nordeman \ Legacy

I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much

I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl'
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
The temporary trappings of this world

I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who
blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy

I don't have to look too far or too long awhile
To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy

Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...

Cub foods parking lot

So, last night H and I were on our way home from Cub foods and by "on our way" I mean safely buckled up and slowly backing out of our parking spot, slowly as in 0 mph, when SLAM!!!! You got it, somehow I'd backed up into a car heading up the aisle. I say somehow because, I was very carefully backing out because of all the kids in the parking lot at that time. I'd just looked over my right shoulder and turned to look over my left shoulder and in an instant there she was!

I, personally, think she was racing down the aisle and not paying attention because later when I asked her why she didn't honk she replied, "I didn't see you". Which is not possible because I was slowly backing out and was two feet beyond the cars on either side of me. She just plain wasn't paying attention. And then she decided to be a jerk about it even after I'd given her ALL my info minus SS# and birthday AND started the filing of my claim on the after hours service. AND H had started crying by now and she still didn't want me to leave. Her car has two little dents in the passenger side doors, it's not like I'd totaled it!!!

Anyway, I finally told her I was leaving, she has all my info and if she needs anything else she can call my insurance company. To which she replied, "Well, I want them to know that you backed out into me". And I said, "Well, I think that's pretty obvious, it couldn't have happened any other way" (meaning someone picking up the rear end of the car and smashing it into a 'T' formation with my tail end.) Yep, that only happens in cartoons my friends!

Anyway, I left and went home after 20 minutes of being harassed and that is how my pretty good day turned poopy for a while...cuz then my mom came over and it was great from there.

"Hi, I'm a...shhh don't tell...PC"

My computer is poopy! My PC at home is at least so that is why I'm pining away for a Mac. We use them at work and I love them, not only that but I use it so often then I'm forgetting how to use my PC which is ok because it needs to go to the doctor soon anyway. It's kind of like the computer cart PC on the commercials, to see what I'm talking about go to: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

Computer cart explains my PC, poor thing...

When the timing's right I'll be putting my PC 'to sleep' and taking things to a whole new level! But that time is not now and so alas, I wait till the day that I can use my computer without issues.

Aside from that, all is well...

William Congreve

"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." ~William Congreve

So I've been thinking about this quote for a little while and oh it's so true. However, I've been doing a lot better with the whole anger issue until...this morning...on a whim...I decided to....

do a people search and whaddya know...2 contacts showed up, one in NY and the other in GA...so now here's my dilemna, do I try to contact them? I don't want to be the one to call cuz I don't want to talk to him, in case it is him. I doubt that it is him because the name is pretty common and the locations are pretty full of Senegalese Wolof peoples.

Anyway, I am no longer full of rage nor am I furious with him. What he's done is done and it is what it is. I know ultimately what I am going to do and have prayed about it and have peace about it too. I am no longer going to live my life in fear and worry about all the 'what ifs'.

So, I was reminded of this quote because I'm such a girl...obviously but, I mean it in another sense too. I am so curious and want answers and do so many things to get answers. Sometimes I need to just leave well enough alone.

Once again my prayer for today is that I would leave things in the Lord's hands and let Him do what needs to be done and lead me in His footsteps...and that I would follow instead of trying to see what's out there on those other pathways...a.k.a. my imagination etc.

That's all folks!