If you're looking at the title and thinking I am relating that to the Olympics, you're incorrect. I am sad they are over, yes, I am saying so now. I am relating the title to this week. It was s-l-o-w at work...I am not complaining, but I am glad that next week is back into payroll again. YAHOO! Did I just say that?? I did but I am looking forward to that since I do love doing payroll. I do suppose that it is good to have days that are slow to break up the days that are busy and fast.
The family is doing well. Alyssa starts school again on Tuesday...7th grade!!! OH MY! She and her mom have been checking to see if she has all she needs for the school year. I think she is looking forward to seeing all her friends again, as any kid would, I think. She has started volleyball (v-ball for short) this week already, and there is a new girl (Joy) in her class that is also playing v-ball so I hope she and Alyssa get to be good friends.
This weekend, we are going to the coast. Many I am sure are going to the coast this weekend to enjoy the last bit of summer. Guess what? we get to take the dog with us as I just found out. That should be interesting.
Well, hope you have a nice weekend!
"And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist." Col 1:17
Friday, August 29, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
More than One Friend
Hi all! I am not going to talk about the Olympics much this post, because, in my mind, they are not over yet. But stay tuned for a top 'undetermined number' list of Mare's highlights of the games.
First, for a work update. Regarding the merger, the closing date has now been pushed back to October 1. The goal is to have job offers out to those who applied for the new company by September 12. Then I got an email from the boss of the dept on Friday saying that they are working on the next level of positions and the chart should be out this week. It also said that, at this point, she could assure all of us that we would get job offers for those that applied, but not necessarily for what we are currently doing right now. There was one day last week that my coworker cut seven or eight finals, all in one day. We both decided that people are dropping like flies. It's only going to get worse, most likely, as far as cutting finals. This is a big trusting in God 'thing' so I will do my best to do so. Also it was a bittersweet day in that it was one of my friends' last day and another friend had come back from maternity leave. She is leaving though in a week to be a stay-at-home mom, but my friend that left, she told me that I was the one person that she wanted to find to say goodbye to the most. The good thing is that she wants to stay in contact (as do I) so we exchanged phone numbers.
Speaking of friends, I chilled out with a dear friend (Care) last night. We went out, did a little shopping, went to Powell's (both of us got to use our gift cards that we've had for a while), ate some late dinner (my meal was QUITE good) and had some VERY nice fellowship time. I appreciate her friendship very much! Thank the Lord for keeping us safe...
Saturday night I went out to meet some friends at a pizza place. We talked about the Olympics and other things. Among those things, I shared my epiphany I had the night before. I had the song, 'one is the loneliest number' in my head while I was out walking the dog. While I was in Mexico, there was a kid named Juan at the rancho and someone (who shall remain nameless) started singing that song. It made me think of the Lord and how He is One. Then I was thinking, 'wait!'...He is really THREE in One...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How do you say that one is the 'loneliest number', then?
I would end with a verse, but since I don't have my Bible in front of me, I know there is a verse that says, "The Lord God is One." (I am still baffled over this one).
First, for a work update. Regarding the merger, the closing date has now been pushed back to October 1. The goal is to have job offers out to those who applied for the new company by September 12. Then I got an email from the boss of the dept on Friday saying that they are working on the next level of positions and the chart should be out this week. It also said that, at this point, she could assure all of us that we would get job offers for those that applied, but not necessarily for what we are currently doing right now. There was one day last week that my coworker cut seven or eight finals, all in one day. We both decided that people are dropping like flies. It's only going to get worse, most likely, as far as cutting finals. This is a big trusting in God 'thing' so I will do my best to do so. Also it was a bittersweet day in that it was one of my friends' last day and another friend had come back from maternity leave. She is leaving though in a week to be a stay-at-home mom, but my friend that left, she told me that I was the one person that she wanted to find to say goodbye to the most. The good thing is that she wants to stay in contact (as do I) so we exchanged phone numbers.
Speaking of friends, I chilled out with a dear friend (Care) last night. We went out, did a little shopping, went to Powell's (both of us got to use our gift cards that we've had for a while), ate some late dinner (my meal was QUITE good) and had some VERY nice fellowship time. I appreciate her friendship very much! Thank the Lord for keeping us safe...
Saturday night I went out to meet some friends at a pizza place. We talked about the Olympics and other things. Among those things, I shared my epiphany I had the night before. I had the song, 'one is the loneliest number' in my head while I was out walking the dog. While I was in Mexico, there was a kid named Juan at the rancho and someone (who shall remain nameless) started singing that song. It made me think of the Lord and how He is One. Then I was thinking, 'wait!'...He is really THREE in One...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How do you say that one is the 'loneliest number', then?
I would end with a verse, but since I don't have my Bible in front of me, I know there is a verse that says, "The Lord God is One." (I am still baffled over this one).
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Safety in, through, and after the storm
Lightning and thunder came through town on Sunday night/Monday morning. I saw lightning on my way to work Monday morning, and heard thunder after I got to work. Monday night, I went over to Care's house and got to meet her uncle from Texas. Howdy! We watched our movie, Clue, again and I noticed things that I hadn't noticed before. On the way home on the main road, there was a tree down, blocking the road. The car in front of me went around and when it was safe, I went around it too. I am glad that no one was hurt by the tree. I hope they were able to get it off the road okay.
Tuesday night came another storm. I was sitting in my room on my bed reading in the Word and a big wind gust came up, shaking the walls. Whoa!
Wednesday night, I went to the airport to pick up my parents. They were coming back from Florida/Georgia on vacation. If you have been watching the news, you know about Tropical Storm Fay. It was making its way toward the Floridian/Georgian coastline. Just as they were getting on the plane, the person taking the tickets said, 'oh, you're not going to stay for the hurricane party?'. It sounded like they were going to have a 'lovely' time at the airport (from what ma and pa told me). Yes, my parents made it home safe and sound. (My sis and niece came back tonight from the coast). In fact, we watched the weather channel tonight about their discussion of the storm. It is right now, where my parents were, and about 20-25 inches of rain have already fallen in the area. I hope and pray that the people down there would be kept safe and secure from the storm.
Well, it was nice to have the house to myself for a few days, but then it's nice to have family back home.
Work this week was busy the first couple of days (payroll) and has slowed down. Hope you all have a good rest of the week and weekend.
"For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." Matthew 24:27
Tuesday night came another storm. I was sitting in my room on my bed reading in the Word and a big wind gust came up, shaking the walls. Whoa!
Wednesday night, I went to the airport to pick up my parents. They were coming back from Florida/Georgia on vacation. If you have been watching the news, you know about Tropical Storm Fay. It was making its way toward the Floridian/Georgian coastline. Just as they were getting on the plane, the person taking the tickets said, 'oh, you're not going to stay for the hurricane party?'. It sounded like they were going to have a 'lovely' time at the airport (from what ma and pa told me). Yes, my parents made it home safe and sound. (My sis and niece came back tonight from the coast). In fact, we watched the weather channel tonight about their discussion of the storm. It is right now, where my parents were, and about 20-25 inches of rain have already fallen in the area. I hope and pray that the people down there would be kept safe and secure from the storm.
Well, it was nice to have the house to myself for a few days, but then it's nice to have family back home.
Work this week was busy the first couple of days (payroll) and has slowed down. Hope you all have a good rest of the week and weekend.
"For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." Matthew 24:27
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Eight grasshoppers
Happy August 16! Friday, I was on my way home from work, listening to the Fish on the radio. They had not yet played the Fish money song and then a few minutes later, a song came on. "Oh, that's the song!' I thought to myself. I got my phone out and went down to the Fish and called just after it had started playing. I heard, after a short pause, 'caller...8'. I quickly called again and got a busy signal. See, they take caller ten as the winner. I was SO CLOSE! That was the first time I had gotten through. Oh, the song was Shackles by Mary Mary (hence I thought it would have been cool if I won). The 10th caller was Marina who was very glad to get the money as she is getting married next weekend. So I am glad it wasn't me who was the 10th caller as she sounded like she could definitely use the money.
So, on my walks with the dog this week, I have been noticing grasshoppers. They have been on the sidewalk as I am walking down or up the street. I think I have mentioned them before in a previous posting. God was very clever when He made grasshoppers.
The Olympics are still going, just to let you know. It has been fun watching the girls gymnastics all-around final on Thursday night as I watched until 1:30 in the morning. I amazingly was not all that tired at work on Friday from staying up late. Nastia Liukin deserved the gold, I think. She did a great job in every event, and not to count Shawn Johnson out. She got the silver so it was cool that we got gold and silver. A Chinese gal got the bronze.
Misti May and Kerri Walsh played again on Thursday versus Norway (if I remember correctly). They were tied 1-1 after the second set and they won the third and final set (which only goes to 15, not 21). Hoorah!!! They are really fun to watch!
Well, my family is away on vacation as of today so I hope they all have a good time.
'But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption--that, as it is written, 'he who glories, let him glory in the Lord'. 1 Cor 1:30-31
So, on my walks with the dog this week, I have been noticing grasshoppers. They have been on the sidewalk as I am walking down or up the street. I think I have mentioned them before in a previous posting. God was very clever when He made grasshoppers.
The Olympics are still going, just to let you know. It has been fun watching the girls gymnastics all-around final on Thursday night as I watched until 1:30 in the morning. I amazingly was not all that tired at work on Friday from staying up late. Nastia Liukin deserved the gold, I think. She did a great job in every event, and not to count Shawn Johnson out. She got the silver so it was cool that we got gold and silver. A Chinese gal got the bronze.
Misti May and Kerri Walsh played again on Thursday versus Norway (if I remember correctly). They were tied 1-1 after the second set and they won the third and final set (which only goes to 15, not 21). Hoorah!!! They are really fun to watch!
Well, my family is away on vacation as of today so I hope they all have a good time.
'But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption--that, as it is written, 'he who glories, let him glory in the Lord'. 1 Cor 1:30-31
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Red and Yellow (where's blue?)
The games have begun! The Olympic games, that is. It is the 4th day of the games, and already a lot has happened. I watched our US women's volleyball team beat Japan's team on Saturday, three games to one... the third game was neck and neck...quite exciting! Kerri Walsh and Misti May-Treanor were great as always beating Japan on Saturday and Cuba on Monday (2-0 versus Cuba). Wahoo! I saw a little bit of rowing too on Saturday which is interesting. Swimming has been fun to watch as well. Phelps has three golds so far in this Olympics. Natalie Coughlin won the gold in the 200 free last night and another US teammate won the bronze in that race. They have started the gymnastics too. It's good to see how the US men's team is doing considering Paul Hamm had to pull out because of an injury. Let's hope they all do well. The ladies team final is tonight so hope our ladies do well too. I also have watched a little badminton, which I think I forgot was an Olympic sport.
Hope you got to see at least a little bit of the opening ceremonies on Friday night. The reason for my title is that, in my opinion, the fireworks they had, especially at the end, were all red and yellow which you all know of course are China's colors. They were pretty, though. And everything else that I saw was pretty neat.
Church service was quite cool this last weekend as we had communion, a little differently. I think maybe we should do it that way more often. Psalm 139 was spoken on which was cool as I remember that from Women's Bible study.
Work this week is busy with month-end. I won't go into Monday (yesterday) as it was totally a Monday ( it did start out well, though). Today was a lot better. Month-end isn't 'yucky' unless you are working on a report frustrated because it doesn't balance the way it should, or you are just doing something that you don't look forward to doing that isn't all fun. Work is supposed to be work, though. (Profound, I know.)
Oh, and one more thing! I went out with Care on Sunday late afternoon/evening. We went to a few places and ate dinner at a nicer place (thanks Care for offering the 'loop'). It was another 'loverly' time with a dear friend!
Okay, I hope you have a good rest of the week.
"Do all things without complaining or disputing." Philippians 2:14
Hope you got to see at least a little bit of the opening ceremonies on Friday night. The reason for my title is that, in my opinion, the fireworks they had, especially at the end, were all red and yellow which you all know of course are China's colors. They were pretty, though. And everything else that I saw was pretty neat.
Church service was quite cool this last weekend as we had communion, a little differently. I think maybe we should do it that way more often. Psalm 139 was spoken on which was cool as I remember that from Women's Bible study.
Work this week is busy with month-end. I won't go into Monday (yesterday) as it was totally a Monday ( it did start out well, though). Today was a lot better. Month-end isn't 'yucky' unless you are working on a report frustrated because it doesn't balance the way it should, or you are just doing something that you don't look forward to doing that isn't all fun. Work is supposed to be work, though. (Profound, I know.)
Oh, and one more thing! I went out with Care on Sunday late afternoon/evening. We went to a few places and ate dinner at a nicer place (thanks Care for offering the 'loop'). It was another 'loverly' time with a dear friend!
Okay, I hope you have a good rest of the week.
"Do all things without complaining or disputing." Philippians 2:14
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Countdown to the Olympics!!!
Happy August to you, first of all! I must say that there is less than 48 hours until the start of the 2008 Olympics!!! I look forward to watching the Olympics when they come every four years. I don't watch every event but I watch what I can...maybe I will get interested in a new event this time. The opening ceremonies begin in 42 hours and 47 minutes. They should be neat to watch as all the athletes come in from all the countries participating in the grandiose event.
My niece came home from camp on Saturday, exhausted. It sounds like she had a good time, but not a great time. I am glad she had the experience, though. I think she turned into a cheese cracker...she ate at least two bowls of cheez-its that day. She does love cheese! This week she is attending a basketball thing at her school which I heard is a bit challenging for her.
Work was slow last week as I thought it was the calm before the storm. Last Wednesday I took the time to fill out my application for my job. Now it is time to wait and trust that the Lord will put me where He wants me to be. If He wants me to be with the newly-formed company or go somewhere else. This week was payroll and it is going well so far, I think. Oh, one of the ladies at work who was pregnant welcomed her baby girl into the world today...yahoo!!!
I am looking forward to the weekend. I will be getting an oil change on my car on Saturday (it's first one since I bought the car), and then go to church in the evening. Sunday, I plan to chill out with my dear friend in the afternoon.
"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Romans 10:17
My niece came home from camp on Saturday, exhausted. It sounds like she had a good time, but not a great time. I am glad she had the experience, though. I think she turned into a cheese cracker...she ate at least two bowls of cheez-its that day. She does love cheese! This week she is attending a basketball thing at her school which I heard is a bit challenging for her.
Work was slow last week as I thought it was the calm before the storm. Last Wednesday I took the time to fill out my application for my job. Now it is time to wait and trust that the Lord will put me where He wants me to be. If He wants me to be with the newly-formed company or go somewhere else. This week was payroll and it is going well so far, I think. Oh, one of the ladies at work who was pregnant welcomed her baby girl into the world today...yahoo!!!
I am looking forward to the weekend. I will be getting an oil change on my car on Saturday (it's first one since I bought the car), and then go to church in the evening. Sunday, I plan to chill out with my dear friend in the afternoon.
"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Romans 10:17
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