Sunday, April 30, 2006
My new Car :)
Here is the picture of my beautiful new car :) YAAAHHHH! Also, we just found out a cool thing about the car too... when you drive at faster speeds the volume on the radio turns itself up and as you slow down it automatically turns the volume down. So awesome!
1 year anniversary and NEW CAR!
Hey Everyone, Friday and today we celebrated our 1 year Anniversary. We went to the Hilton Waterfront in Huntington Beach and stayed 1 night. Awesome view from our room, we went to the Palm Court in the hotel... Andrew ordered the duck which was awesome and I ordered the Salmon which was awesome and followed dinner with a banana foster. Which was very good also. Saturday we woke up late, ate breakfast at Mimi's Cafe in Corona and stopped by the Honda dealership in Riverside. We stopped just to look at the civic.... but after some thought and some coercion we ended up walking out the door with a 2006 Honda Civic sedan silver, such a smooth ride and it makes me feel like I am driving a lexus not a junked escort anymore. I absolutely love it and it gets better gas mileage than my escort...imagine that! It was a little bit more than we wanted to pay but we will keep the car for 10 years and we are looking to pay it off pretty quickly. I can't wait to drive it again :) Also later went hiking to a waterfall near upland, here is the picture:
A side note, I ended walking out on my ending job this last friday. My boss yelled at me for the last time, so on my lunch I decided to go to the President of the company and explain to him what happened. I already gave them my two weeks notice on Wednesday, but Friday she started retaliating against me for me leaving. So, I told him the situation and that I cannot handle this kind of stress for another week and half... it is so ridiculous. Through all my tears in front of him and telling him of my frustration with the position and her as my boss... we both agreed that it would better to make today my last day. I told him, you know I really tried to do this the right way so I could get a good reference and be re-hireable if necessary. He guaranteed me I would be getting a good reference. I told my boss that when I was up the hill I ran into Charlie and had a conversation with him and we agreed that today should be my last day. She said with an attitude, What do you want me to do with your check, I said you can mail it. She said are you sure? I said yes. She said with more attitude, I hope you represented the situation correctly. I said, I did. As of right now, this is my last moment here.
I will be getting a check this week for this last pay period, my two weeks in which I was trying to complete, and any vacation time I had in the bank that was accrued. Which was fair. I didn't want this job to end this way but I guess this is the way it had to happen. So now, I contacted my new employer and wanted to see if it would be possible to start earlier due to new availability. Haven't heard from them, but Monday I should hear whether or not they would start me early which will be like me working two jobs and only working one. So, any money would be nice to put towards my new car!
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
I gave my resignation today...
Thank you to all of you for your prayers for me and also for my sister. My sister is 5 weeks pregnant and has had cramping for about 3 weeks now. So needless to say she was very worried and scared. I thought she may have had a tubal pregnancy because of the pains but she went her 1st dr's appt today and they told her that everything looks fine and that the cramping doesn't concern the dr. So praise God, and thank you to all my friends that knew about this and prayed for her. God is working... just keep her in your prayers that things keep going smoothly.
Monday, April 24, 2006
From the Passion
She answers, "If you cannot see truth right in front of you, no one can tell you what it is."
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Ayiesha Woods "Happy"
From the album Introducing Ayiesha Woods
No record deal, no dream fulfilled, no three minute video
No catchy jingle, no big hit single playing on the radio
Can make me happy enough
Can make me feel the way you do
You make me happy
I wanna make You happy too
You make me happy
You make me happy
No flashy cars, no movie stars, no man, woman, boy or girl
No fancy things, no diamond rings, nothing in the whole wide world
Chorus:
Can make me happy
Can make me feel the way You do
You make me happy
I want to make You happy too
You make me happy
You make me feel the way I do
You make me happy
I wish the whole world knew You too
No I cannot count the ways You have made my life so blessed
All I know is that You came and made beauty of my mess
Said I cannot count the ways You have made my life so blessed
All I know is that You came and made beauty of my mess
Label: Gotee Records
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Job update
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Hiking... WOW
Okay we went up to Marian Mountain Saturday and went hiking. What I thought was going to be an "easy" trail ended up being more of a trail for people who hike regularly. So, there was snow, which we were all not prepared for. My socks and jeans were completely soaked. By the time we got to walking down the trail, my legs and ankles started to give out and I kept falling in the snow. So, yeah I was frustrated and tired and my butt was wet on top of it because I kept falling. By the end of the night, my throat hurt from the breathing, and my legs ached from the hiking. We were dead tired. This morning after a mega dose of tylenol I feel a ton better. Will be sore for quite some time. I think I will keep hiking though, I want to keep losing weight.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Heart Pains
Thursday, April 13, 2006
I've been moved
God hints at His purpose for you by planting dreams within your heart.
-Women of the Bible
Ever since I read this quote, I have such a hope. I have been touched by this quote and I don't know how to describe it. I have such dreams of being able to work from home and start a somewhat business from home so I can stay at home once we decide to have kids. That is my ultimate dream, something I so desire. Finding what it is that God wants me to do from home, well that it is totally different story. I know I am pretty good at Marketing Publications, so I might try and send out some flyers offering services for marketing publications for churches or church events. Ehhh, this has been a constant place of frustration for me, I need a business that will be able to make money and allow me to be home but also that won't totally consume me once I have kids. I thought about also doing daycare from the house we move into. So, I have a few ideas but I just need the answer from God on what He wants me to do about this hopefully within the next year because that's when we plan on having children. Pray for me that God will reveal his purpose for this to me. Also, I have an interview on Tuesday for an Human Resources Assistant for the Riverside Medical Clinic, starting pay should be a lot higher than what I am making. Pray that if it is God's will for me to get this job that I will and if not His will, will be revealed.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Addicted to "Lost"
Andrew and I recently bought the "Lost" 1 season when we were in Oregon to watch on the plane and we CANNOT get enough of watching these episodes. Each one is so intriguing and different. Everytime I finish an epidode, I want to keep watching more and more. Oh man, I am gonna finish the DVD set before the new episodes come out :)
Monday, April 10, 2006
New job opportunity
Thanks All and Love ya!
Friday, April 07, 2006
Journal entry 4/7/06
I lift these heavy burdens with frail hands
to the heavens I give my every care
For only you, my Salvation. can carry them
I hide within you, my fortress and
I rest on your neverending love
Set me free from this thorn of empty frustration
Deliver me from the pain that haunts me
in the midst of this depth of despair I still cling to you
Don't let one finger lose grasp of what your love has done for me
How could I ever make sense of such chaos
You dear Father, calm the storms within me
I will never let go, I will not be taken over
I have not forgotten your mercies and I see your grace daily
I praise you my dear Savior, I worship you gracious Lord of my life.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Rain to wash away the dirt
God has shown me how sometimes our problems or worries can be like the dirt
on our cars. Sometimes when we forget to wash our cars, the dirt can get
more and more and become even crusted over and hard. Then a puring rain, of
God's love and mercy, flows down and can wash away even the thicker and
caked on dirt of our lives. When we surrender to Him, we allow Him to bring
all the good things that come from being a child of His. Our Father, dear
Father, opens up His arms and we crawl in. We rest in the strength of his
grace and gain wisdom and understanding of who God could be and wants to be
in our lives. Don't take lightly what He truly wants us to obtain... A saving
knowledge of Christ, our Adonai and El Shaddai.