Ramblings On A Monday

This weekend was the weekend we had Christmas at my Aunt's house. I always enjoy getting together with my family. Like with anything else right now I could not simply let go and enjoy 100% like I normally do because of having worries of what will happen in the next two weeks. I feel like I have a chain around both ankles keeping me in prison waiting for answers. I do love my family. God has blessed me. For the first time in a long time it actually felt like Christmas all weekend long. For someone who is still lacking in the enthusiasm this year, it was great! Now I feel like Christmas is done and it is a huge downer.

I am hoping and praying I hear from a job in the next two weeks. I have no clue when. If this does not work out, I am not sure where else to turn.

There are many many many things on my mind I am working around which would be easier if I had answers.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas week!

Happy Tuesday Morning!

Well.....God is blessing and giving hope! I am doing follow ups this morning and seeing where God leads.
Last night my friend and I went driving around Rowlett to see the Christmas lights. Our original plan was to drive around for an hour then go to see Old Dogs. Well, it was time for us to go to the theatre and we both were so sad to stop seeing the lights. We decided to go to the late movie and drive around for another hour and half. We still did not cover the city. So many people had beautiful decorations and lights up! A cold front came through while we were driving around so the temps felt like Christmas. It was so windy all of the decorations were whipping around. It was soooo relaxing and theraputic! We were both yawning! We were soo relaxed! It was AMAZING! After looking at lights, we went to see the movie. It was so good! Much better than the commercials dipict.
Blessings to all on this cold sunny day!

Thoughts From The Week

Thoughts from the week......or more like venting on a Friday morning.

1. Why I am I always thinking I am one step ahead, get all excited, then find out I am 12 steps behind?
2. Why can I not get principals to contact me back? I have tried calling, emailing, even went to a school. Yet I still cannot get to the principal, even with an amazing contact!
3. When are they going to get done with this road work?!?!?!? I am stuck listening to it day after day after day after day. Not to mention I had a very bad experience with them this week!
4. Why do I spend an hour cleaning my floors to have the dogs go outside and drag in clumps of black clay all in my house.
5. I am tired of people thinking I do nothing in my job search and are suprised when they hear otherwise.
6. I am in serious need of a mental vacation but cannot take one yet.
7. I hate it when you buy something but cannot find it when you get home. I have checked the reciept and its on there. I have checked the car repeatedly and its not there. Who knows!
8. Why is it this time of year I have so much static electricity? Seriously! I am scared to touch anything!
9. How does one person have so much laundry???
10. Why did they change the Texas State Drivers License? I had to call my aunt to make sure I got the right thing in the mail.

Ok...enough of the negative....now some happy thoughts from the last week!
1. I love my neighbor! Her hubby is out of town this week and she has graciously allowed me to cook dinner for her every night.
2. I made a super yummy cake (this cake came from frusteration with road workers)
3. I love how my neighbor and I spent hours playing with clothes on Wed.
4. I love how God is healing me, molding me, and making me grow right now even though it is painful.
5. I love waking up in the morning to a nice warm bed and two dogs that are cuddled up next to me!
6. I am so grateful for a now working garage door opener so I can pull my car in while they are doing roadwork! WooHoo!
7. I love love love my fireplace during this cold weather!!!!!!!!!
8. I love my fuzzy socks that keep my feet warm on the cold winter days!
8. I love how Freddie comes and tells on himself when he does something wrong! Saves me a lot of time lol.
9. I love love love my dishwasher! I do not think I can ever live without it again!
10. There are presents under my Christmas tree and I love it!!!!!
11. I am so glad God is preparing me for a job and preparing it for me even though I cannot visually see Him at work. This is where faith comes in. (Even though I am ready ready ready to move on, I know it is for the best. He has my best interest at heart and can do a better job at my life than I can even though it hurts immensely. Growing hurts.)

Wishing everyone a blessed weekend!

Ramblings On A Busy Monday Morning

This past week I have been given new hope on the job front. There is a small ISD about 30 min from me that is hiring two positions in the elementary school. I feel a job is so close! On Thursday I sent out prayer requests for this job to all the people I KNOW will pray for me. Friday a sweet lady from the church called saying her daughter was a teacher in a town 20 min from the church and an aid position opened up. She said her daughter had already talked with the principal about me and he said to go to the school. Sunday she asked if I was bilingual. I am not so that throws me out of that. Also at church yesterday I heard of a couple more possibilities and made a few contacts with the ISD's. God is blessing in so many ways! I am so ready for this job! I am praying that God puts me in the place He wants me. Today I will be following up with my new found contacts, cleaning out my closets, and mopping the floors.

25 More Random Facts (It was supposed to be 50 so I split it up)

1. I am obsessed with candle holders.
2. I love a cold house when I go to sleep.
3. My dogs are my children.
4. My favorite verse and I guess saying is 1 Corinthians 13 13 (hence the name of the blog).
5. I am a huge hypocondriac (Remember the girl on My Girl? Well that is me minus the dr trips).
6. I have recently discovered I love black swirls. You look around my livingroom and thats all you see are black swirls lol.
7. I can never ever ever live without a dishwasher again!
8. I have my mothers piano. I want to learn to play but do not. She had a list of things she wanted to teach me before she died and that is the last thing on the list.
9. I never answer the door unless you call or text me.
10. I do not like getting small drinks. When I get a Dr. Pepper I want a Large!
11. I love getting Christmas cards (But the last few years I have moved around so much people do not send them)
12. I love getting handwritten notes in the mail.
13. I just joined a church and for the first time in a long time I feel like I am home when I go there.
14. I cannot stand when people are late! When I am late I feel so bad!
15. I hate bathing dogs!
16. I eat ketchup on scrambled eggs.
17. I only eat white meat on chicken and turkeys.
18. I strongly dislike roadwork (especially when it is in front of my house)
19. I love hot baths (I want a huge bathtub soooo badly)
20. I snore
21. I have no clue about guys (seriously no clue!)
22. I do not like to fold clothes.
23. I love pigs in the blanket!
24. I love camping (one night kind of camping)
25. I have a zebra print blanket that I absolutly love!!!!!!

25 Random Facts About Me

1. Lately I have been liking sock monkeys.
2. I love love love Dr. Pepper!
3. I check facebook at least 50 times a day.
4. I love going to bed early.
5. I am a complete girl. I love getting my hair and nails done.
6. Cheese is my favorite food group.
7. Golden Girls is on my tv all the time!
8. I love fresh flowers.
9. My hall closet is full of candles.
10. Christmas is my favorite day of the year!
11. I am terrified of drains!
12. My bed is my favorite piece of furniture!!!!!!!!
13. I love cooking for and taking care of other people!
14. Currently red is one of my favorite colors.
15. I love bargain hunting!
16. When getting a pedicure I ALWAYS clip and file my toenails!
17. I dress my boy dog up in pink dresses sometimes (only because there are no cute boy clothes).
18. I love fires in the fireplace!
19. Cleaning out my closet is therapy.
20. I love having craft projects.
21. I love scrapbooking!
22. I love hoodies and warm fuzzy socks.
23. I am allergic to pineapple.
24. My favorite part of the holidays is seeing family I only see once a year!
25. I am blessed to have a yard that needs to be mowed but I dislike mowing!

Until another day.........

A Cold December Morning

Good morning world. It is a whapping 42 degrees and the weathermen are slightly predicting some snow flurries over the next two days. Its so unreal! This year seems so different.

Yesterday was a different kind of day. My day started with me paying bills and in the bill stack was an ATT bill. I recently switched from their cell service to another because their customer service is horrible and they do not respect their own policy. I have cut off my service but I got a bill for so many minutes used this month. It has been turned off since September. The lady and I had several rounds about this with her saying she just didn't understand why I am leaving ATT when she is YELLING at me. It was ridiculous!
I then had some business to take care of with my broker who ended up counseling a very upset version of me for over an hour. I just love her! She is a sweet Christian woman who truly has a heart of gold! She has been a blessing to me in so many ways!
I then had errands to run. The places I went were soooo unusually busy. After leaving Walmart some random woman called me five times on five different phone numbers saying this was her husband's phone number and why I was on it. Insane! When I was unloading the groceries in my car I notice a brown and white chihuahua dog. He (or she) was just wondering the sidewalk. Well the pretty dog wondered into my house! Then the dog took one look at me and ran out the door and down the sidewalk! I'm not sure how to take that haha! Like I said it was an interesting kind of day.

I am still praying and anticipating God to move and provide me with a new job. I am trusting Him to provide. I thank Him for the time of growth this has been.

On the agenda today:
Give Mr. Freddie a hair cut
Finish decorating for Christmas
Clean the house
Continue on the hunt

Have a great and blessed day......

Reflections...

Wow! So it has been a long time since I updated my blog. In the last month I have had many many many ups and downs in this seemingly long journey. Still awaiting good news of a new job. I do have to say my relationship with God is definitely on a growth spirt at the moment. I have seen God move in so many ways and seen His heart in so many ways. I have learned that I have put God in a box which He does not belong. It has been a time of crying, healing, and rejoicing. As in any growth spirt, it has been painful at times. The outcome will be so worth it!

The holidays are coming up. I am excited to be with my family. I just cannot get in the Christmas spirit. Normally by this time of year I am driving everyone around me batty because I love Christmas so much. This year I am seeing everything in the stores, Christmas commercials, and Christmas movies and it makes me sad because I cannot find the spirit to celebrate. I am afraid that I will miss it and Christmas will be gone for another year.

Until another day............Amy

Just a rainy Sunday afternoon

I am all settled in to my new home. Pictures are hung, pots put away, and a new sense of home has occured. Pictures of the house to come. :)
I have been visiting churches in my new area. Today I do think I found a church I am going to continue visiting. It had a sense of my old home church that I grew up in. The people there are so warm and Christ centered. I am so glad I found a church that I am happy with visiting for a while. Visiting new churches is not my favorite thing to do. Never the less, God has blessed.
I am still on the job hunt. I do have to say it is coming down to doing what I do not want to do; but, I know God will provide in a mighty way like He has so many other times in my life.
Any day now I shoulde be getting my new bedroom set. I have been wanting a new set forever! I found the set at Sam's a long time ago and feel in love! Well...I have ordered it and there are some issues with the delivery company. My new mattress is here! Yay! I simply cannot wait to sleep on it. I am ready to have more space on my bed when the dogs are in bed with me.
I have been in the project mood (when am I not in a project mood really?). Unpacking I found a box of pretty frames I have not used. I unpacked them and hung them. As I was looking through photos to put in them I decided I didn't want to do a simple photo in the frames. I decided I wanted to scrapebook the photos. Those frames turned out so stinkin' cute!!!! Everytime I walk down the hall I have to stop and look at them! (photos will follow) Inspired by my new creation, I decided I wanted to create a bigger framed scrapbook. I went to Hobby Lobby (I LOVE this store) and bought a poster frame. I scrapbooked the whole thing with photos of my home I grew up in and my now precious and fragile memories. More of these projects are in my near future I do believe!
Well I guess these are enough ramblings of my life on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

And A New Life Begins!

Well....I have successfully moved in to my new home in Rowlett, TX! I still have some tweeking to do to the decor but other than that I am done done done! Woohoo! Still on the job search though. I know God will direct me in His time. He has blessed me so much already in this move. Sugar feels right at home in this house. It is set up very similar to the house we grew up in. Freddie is loving it because his doggy best friend lives next door, so he gets to play with her a lot. There is a whole between the fences and he will stick his little nose in the hole and if his bff isn't there he will bark! It is soooooo sweet!

And yet aother box......

Yes I am STILL packing! I only have the living room area left to do. The sad news is-it is the room with the most stuff in it as of now. The big move will be taking place Tuesday and Wednesday. Praying it does not rain while the movers are doing their thing. There is a 40% chance of rain on both days! I will be glad to break away from the box maze that has formed inside of my house. I am going to try to stay motivated enought to finish the job TODAY! I need to go get a huge Dr. Pepper that will help. ;)

A New Change...

Wow, God has really been at work within this last week. I went last Thursday to see a house in Rowlett next door to one of my best friends. God worked it to where I got the house within hours of applying! So the next day I came home and started packing. Packing has been a lot easier this time around than any other move I have made. I think after three times I am just now learning the ins and the outs lol. Nana came yesterday and she packed my kitchen! She did a wonderful job! I do not know what I would do without them! They are an AMAZING source of strength. I love my family! Tomorrow I am going up there to move some stuff in and get everything switched over into my name. I am still looking for a job but that is the great adventure God has me on right now. Simply trusting in Him.

Return....

Hello blogging world! I am once again returning! As life continues in its ever existing momentum, I will post more on here.