I really should be sleeping HOWEVER this is the quiet time that I enjoy so gonna go get a cookie and when I finish this I'm going to bed! The exciting things are that I still have 3 days of vacation left this week! I am able to stop going into DC to work starting next week and if I can avoid going next week so much the better! I'm getting a new work computer on Monday, YAY! We're talking to someone tomorrow about being our nanny for the summer so the kids get a break from all day at camp/daycare/whatever you want to call it it's not home! Celebratin' with that cookie now!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
My Soul Magnifies the Lord
And Mary said
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced
In God my Saviour.
For the that is mighty
Hath done to me great things;
And holy is His name.
Luke 1:46-47, 49
Maybe ecstatic is pushing it a bit but there was no option for elated to describe how I’m feeling. I don’t typically get all religious on my blog but had to stop and testify to the fact that just as God carried me through a previous bad time on the job He’s led me to the right people to have the right conversations so that I can be in a better spot once again. “My work here is done” is about right to sum up my current gig and I have something in the works but in the interim there appears to be some project work to keep me busy (and out of trouble) and so I can transition next week rather than playing the waiting game to see if the new position pans out or not.
I am so eternally grateful that God has not only shown me that the only way to go is to rely on Him completely but has delivered the right thing yet again. There’s no need to fear or panic….so now I’m off to make dinner then try out a kick-boxing class.
And in my head I’m singing Boston’s
Don't Look Back
(Scholz)
Don't look back
A new day is breakin'
It's been too long since I felt this way
I don't mind where I get taken
The road is callin'
Today is the day
I can see
It took so long to realize
I'm much too strong
Not to compromise
Now I see what I am is holding me down
I'll turn it around
I finally see the dawn arrivin'
I see beyond the road I'm drivin'
Far away and left behind
It's a new horizon and I'm awakin' now
Oh I see myself in a brand new way
The sun is shinin'
the clouds are breakin'
'Cause I can't lose now, there's no game to play
I can tell
There's no more time left to criticize
I've seen what I could not recognize
Everything in my life was leading me on
but I can be strong
I finally see the dawn arrivin'
I see beyond the road I'm drivin'
Far away and left behind
Thursday, March 13, 2008
People
PEOPLE
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and GOD;
It was never between you and them anyway.
My friend just sent this to me. I just googled it and the author is Kent M. Keith. This poem is often attributed to Mother Teresa who had it hanging on the wall in her school/orphanage. However, Mr. Keith wrote these words in his book Do It Anyway: The Handbook for Finding Personal Meaning and Deep Happinessin a Crazy World
Now Hear This!
My very own baby sister (I'm 46 and she's 43 but she'll always be my baby sister) won 2nd prize at the Philadelphia Flower Show for a floral arrangement she worked on with another designer (whose name I don't know but when I find out I'll give her props)!!!!!!
Yay Valerie!!!!
Val started designing about 25 years ago - geez time flies! and does a lot of wedding flowers and special event type things. 25 years worth is a lot of flower petals! You go girl!!! Big Sis is so proud of you!!!!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Working for the Weekend
Don’t mean to wish my life away but I am looking forward to a week off. Since September when our lives started coming under the rule of the Loudoun County School system I’ve discovered I enjoy taking time off when Jackson is off. It’s a lot of fun hanging out with him. I even think it’s fun for him to be with his mom all day. So two more work days. Not even going to get into that now. Not sure what’s going on but I’m committed to disengage from the nonsense that has been going on and the resolution is in someone else’s hands. I put the wheels in motion now have to go about my business and see what goes down. Still have to polish up my resume for the new opportunity but today was crazy busy with moving stuff out of space we’re giving back to the client and making plans to go to NYC for an overnight adventure with Jackson. We’re taking the train up and meeting friends – h.s. friend of mine and her son who is older than Jackson but will be fine to be big brother for two days. (then happily go back to being an only child I’m sure). It’s 1:39 on Thursday and I got up just before 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday which means it’s time for me to get some rest. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Wicked Wednesday
Does anyone else hate the term "hump day"?
Today is wicked Wednesday in a good way - instead of cool, it's gonna be WICKED because it's going to be a great day. The dilemma that has been bringing me down for months has been placed into the proper hands and there is nothing for me to do but be me. Do my thing, ply my trade, practice my craft, the whole bit.
Yesterday I was sitting at my desk at work and feeling better but like maybe I could be pushed in either direction and my friend in NY sent me this:
out of the blue and just because! He's another one that I bonded with before I even met him in person and he's an adorable young man I recruited who's gone on to another company but still keeps in touch because I am his AMERICAN MOMMY! It's so nice to be thought of by people you care about...that is why I try to let the ones I care about know I'm thinking about them whenever I'm thinking about them.
I'm up early - just paid bills online which makes life so much easier - and now I have a little time to mess around with Chester's layout! Maybe even squeeze in a little yoga before I hit the shower!
I told ya it's gonna be WICKED today!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
I'm Here, I'm Still Here
have been MIA for a bit haven't I? Work's been an ordeal. I've
been blogging a bit on my scrapbook.com page (I'm ScrapJoy there) and
I've also been interacting with the group I'm getting to know on
another scrapbook site (A Scrapping Friendsy if anyone is interested
in what that is). I started a 2nd journal - possibly to torture
myself because now I have two that I feel I don't write in often
enough - but the 2nd I picked up because I was on the road and felt a
need to write about what I was reading in a book called "Devotions
for Lent". I just got home from Mass a little while ago, a Mass that
I almost didn't go to because I was running late. I thought about
going this evening to another church but lately I've felt a
connection with my own that's stronger than it had been before. What
I have to share is that I decided to get in the shower and go to
12:15 Mass at my own church even though I'd be walking in part way
through. I was so glad that I did that I talked to the priest about
it afterward because I literally walked in during the sermon and
heard him say the very things I needed to hear today as I struggle
with the nonsense in the workplace. Without giving you the whole
rundown it was basically about Jesus' suffering and the fact that He
is right here in our lives every single day with us not just hanging
on the cross in an empty church and that by letting go of fear and
putting our faith in Him great things occur and we are taken care
of. Landing in the job I'm in right now was a miracle at the time
and I knew it. I need to make a move now and I was foolish to worry
that I wouldn't be taken care of again. It will all be fine.
I didn't mean to get preachy right there - just wanted to share what
I experienced today. (Whether you believe or not - just sharing my
experience - hope I didn't offend anyone with the religious aspect as
it's not my intention to try to push that on others or cause
controversy.)
Also, another revelation. I have my dining room table pushed down to
the far end of the dining room right in front of the double window
and I'm sitting here right now realizing it would be the perfect
place to have a home office/art studio because it looks out over the
backyard which is the most beautiful area of our property - My
dogwood tree is directly in my line of sight out there.
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