A Long-Overdue Update!

Hi folks! Yes, I realize it has been an eternity since I have ever said anything on here...quite honestly I had kind of forgotten I had this site. :) Ha!

So, in January, I was ever-so-blessed with this pretty little car:

Yeah we've made great friends. I have sometimes missed my other car (perhaps because we were parted so suddenly and without ceremony!), but in some ways, this one is everything that one wasn't...which is kind of nice.

School is just about over now! Technically, it is, but I am still finishing up a class that I have to submit to the teacher by July. It's hard to get motivated when I am tired of school, but easier to get motivated because that is the only thing I have to work on. Seriously, though, when you really think about it, who is THAT motivated to do school, anyway? ;)

I have been offered some summertime responsibilities at work (in addition to what I normally do), mainly in the finance department (I totally saw this one coming, our VP has been shoving me toward finance for months!). It is a great opportunity to learn some new skills and help out, and put in some more hours. Last week I worked my first 24-hr. work week in ages...it was insane, I left at 2pm on Thursday to go home till Monday! It was fun, though. Anyway, I never imagined that I would ever do anything in finance. However, one thing I have learned about my job is: my supervisors seem to know more about my ability than I do...so when they ask me to do things I have no clue about, it's better to just trust them. LOL!

And, of course, here are Abby and Baylee (and Samson!) now. Notice the abundance of fur in comparison to my Oct./Nov. posts!

An update!

The "children", now slightly fluffier:

Well, it's been an eventful couple of months! I passed the senior competency exam, so Lord willing I will get to graduate in May! I finished the semester okay, despite exhaustion from so many deadlines, both at school and at work. This wreck was what my desk looked like most of the time:

However, it was a really good semester. :)

As many of you know, my first week of break, I wrecked my car. Yeah, a very sad event, not only did I really like that car, but I also got pretty bad whiplash. :(

Here's a picture:

So right now my excitement is in finding something else to drive! Also in working my way through Christian Theology I directed study! God's been really good to me, I am still alive and well, and He provides. :)

What happens when I work at home...

Who can get anything done? :)

Happy November!

My extra pictures:

Baylee, the little one.

Abby, who loves to lie on me (have I mentioned she is like 75 lbs.?)

And of course our beloved Samson, who's been a little weary of these new dogs. The girls don't have the manners that he does, and often step on him if he is in their path. Poor kid.

A growing family

Here I am with the newest members of our family, Abby and Baylee. We got them last weekend- they're Great Pyrenees.

Abby, the one on the left, who's very obviously invading my space, does this on a regular basis. My first clue was right before these pictures were taken, when she walked up to me, stared me in the face (about 1/2 an inch or less from touching me) and then literally sat in my lap. LOL...needless to say, I didn't let her stay there, but she still tried to be buddy-buddy with me as you can see here:



The black dog on the far left is Samson, our other dog, a flat-coat retriever. It's interesting if they are all together, because they all want my attention at the same time! Thankfully there are only three of them.. :) I have more pictures but I don't have them accessible at present, so they'll come later. Times have been crazy, so my new furry companions have been a welcome distraction.

Gilbert

My family decided we had a bunny-shaped void in our lives, since we just lost our 6+ year old rabbit friend, so we picked up this cute little guy named Gilbert. He's really small and will stay that size! Even if you don't like pets you have to admit he is precious... :-)

The Fog

As a coastal dweller...fog is most definitely not a stranger here. I see it on my way to work and school; some mornings it is so thick, it's zero visibility.


Sadly, sometimes this is what life can seem at times. Zero visibility. Hard to focus, hard to move. Come to think of it, where am I, where am I going? This is SO not an okay position to be in!


"The fog" represents a form of confusion. Perhaps as a result of a flashback to the old life.


The Lord's been doing a lot of work in my heart. Like the sun burning straight through the fog, so He cuts through the wishy-washiness, the zero visibility.







This figurative "fog" is every bit as dangerous as the real thing. To try to maneuver your way through life when you can't see where you are going is bad, to just sit there because you can't see in order to go anywhere is even worse.

I've heard before from my mom, that in regard to being called to live for Christ,

"stop turning aside to old neighborhoods. You don't live there anymore."

Just when you don't think you need that reminder anymore, you find that you do. Thank God for reminders! May God grant us the grace and the humilty to move on in this new life and serve Him wholeheartedly, without looking back.

(disclaimer: neither of these pictures came from my area...the first looks like it did, but the second is from the UK)