WOW!

So many times we have pretty significant changes that take place in our lives. This has definitely been the case in my life. Just recently I got a hired for a new position at work which I am so excited about. Second, was the conversation that I had with my husband about what he was wanting to work in the church as a career! I am so excited to see what God has in store for us but I have been scared at the same time. I was on facebook  and my friends status was a challenge

“Today, I will purpose to set aside all things, and to trust God alone, for alone He can do all things. I am his child, and for me , that is enough”

 

This is something that I really needed to do! I was so encouraged by this to just trust God and everything will be ok! As soon as I read this my mind went straight to my life verse Jeremiah 11-13
¹¹ “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. ¹² In those days when you pray, I will listen. ¹³ If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. “
God is so good all the time! He keeps his promises to us no matter what! I am truly blessed to have the things that I have and to have the people that are in my life! I feel that Scott and I are living proof of what it says in Jeremiah as we have been searching what God has planned for our lives!

So Much on My Mind

February 17, 2010

I have so much on my mind I just have to get it all out.

First of all it is my nieces first surgery in a couple hours today….so I am up thinking about her and my sister and her husband. I couldn’t imagine being where they are now, I am so proud of them both, they are so strong  to be going through all this at such a young age! I know that it is something that has to be done and that it will do nothing but benefit all of them (mostly Taylor) in the long run but it is still scary to think of such a small baby going into surgery.  My thoughts and prayers are with them all today and in the weeks/years to come as she will have at least 4 more surgeries. I love you guys!!!
Second and on a completely different note. I have been thinking about my husband and our future family a lot today. Scott is an amazing man and I am very proud of him and how hard he works to take care of me! He has been struggling with what he should do (career wise) with the rest of his life. He has talked about doing so many different things. Apart of me feels bad because I have told him that “I wish he would make up his mind and stick with his decision”. He was a massage therapist for 7 years and it didn’t work out (it wasn’t a stable income) so since May he has really been struggling with figuring out what his passions are and what he wants out of life. The reason that I feel bad is because I know that this has been a struggle and adding pressure has not helped at all. I have always said and meant with my whole heart that I whatever he decided I would have his back and support him all the way!

The last thing that he talked about wanting to check out was the firefighting program. This has worried me because he has a bad back and I would hate to see him get hurt…but I told him my concerns and encouraged him to look into it if that was what he wanted! This was several months ago. He has such a big heart and wants to help people which is great!
He decided to make a list of the things that he was passionate about God being number one, family, and helping people (in a nutshell). From there he has been praying about what he should as a career! Remember I didn’t know about any of this. Today he told me that he had a conversation with our pastor while hanging out at the church today or should I say yesterday, and he told our pastor that he has been feeling that he needs to be involved in the church in some way but he didn’t know what that meant (for him, for us, and just in general). So I am not even really if he wants me to be sharing all this but I just had to get it out! I am not sure what this means and neither is he but I will have his back no matter what God wants. In some ways I am scared because I am such a planner…I like to know what is going on and be in control but at the same time I am excited about this amazing adventure that we are about to go on together!  I know that God has a plan and he is just trying to figure out what that plan is and I know that God will provide for us in every way! So we will see what happens!
I should probably get to bed I have to work all day tomorrow! Another great day doing what I love to do!

Getting it Together

It feels like our apartment is finally coming together! I am so excited that I have a place that we can call home and have it actually feel like is. We have a small place so I have had to get kind of creative when it comes to organizing and storing things. I am always looking for ways to become more organized because I am a very scattered and forgetful person.

This is our very small kitchen

As you can see we have a very small kitchen so not much cupboard space or counter space.

We use these shelves to hold our small appliances and other things that won’t fit in our cupboards. So like our toaster, our wok, our cereal and other things! I love this, I think it adds character to the kitchen and makes it easy to find exactly what I am looking for. I also didn’t have a good place to put my pot holders and oven mitts so I decided to hang them on the wall. I figured this way not only are they with in my reach but they add color to the very plain walls.
I am so excited that everything is coming together and I am feeling very motivated to continue putting our home together. Normally I just feel overwhelmed and don’t know where so I just put it off. I am determined to not let that happen this time so I have decided every Sunday (because I for sure have that day off) I am going to focus on one room or project and tackle it! So this Sunday is deep cleaning this apartment: the bathroom, dusting everything including the walls (its an extremely old house), vacuum, sweep and mop and the kitchen floors, laundry, and just tidying up as I go! It is going to be a busy day tomorrow.

I just don't know

Alright so here is the thing this is like the third or fourth time I have tried this blogging thing, and every time I get started I find myself reaching a point of not really knowing what to write about. I consider myself a private person and I am not sure how to put how I feel or what I am going through into words. As I read all my friends blogs, I have found that they all have a theme that they write about. So I have been doing a lot of thinking the last couple of days about what types of things I would even feel comfortable talking about with the world (potentially).
I have decided that whenever I don’t know what to say about my own life, I would talk about the projects that I am working on. I just started designing again…I am so excited!! There is nothing like it! I am always looking for inspiration, ideas, and feedback to help me improve my designing skills. So there is it I am always open to suggestions and ideas. Yay, I am so excited to share about the adventures of my life and my art.