Hi Folks! Hope your week(s) have gone well so far since I last posted. I will indeed get that post out of my word study on 'manifest' this weekend. Work has gone about normal. I have news about work but I will leave that for a 'special' post later this week.
Church was good last weekend as it was Global Outreach time of the year. Afterwards, the group had game night and we played Sequence. I had not played it before but turns out to be a pretty fun game. There was only four of us then another showed up that we had not seen in a while. We went out to Applebees for dinner and had a nice talk.
We have had two rehearsals now for Christmas services. Both have gone fairly well, I think. Someone will be happy to know that...yes, we are doing 'Send the Messiah' again. Yes, you may jump up for joy now!
May you have a lovely time on Thursday with your family members/friends.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Pre-thanks givings
Greetings! Hope this post finds you well. After I wrote my last post, I remembered a couple of things that I forgot to mention. For instance, on my niece's birthday we , along with my brother and sister-in-law, went out to lunch at Chang's which I think...no, that is her favorite place to eat. Meat. Yep, that is all she gets there, and the only sauces/liquids she puts in the bowl is lime juice. She loves lime with her meat!!! Silly girl!
On the 9th, I went with my sister to her friend's house who was hosting a jewelry party. It was neat to see my sister's friend again as it is not very often that my sister and her see each other. It was a good and interesting time. That morning we had gone to second service at church because we had gone to the Blazer game the night before. The Blazers played the Minnesota T'wolves and we won, mind I forget the score. It was a good game, though. So was church, too!
Well, work is going about the same. We transmitted payroll today and got it sent a little earlier than last time but didn't get some of the processes done. I guess we can do some after we have sent it off. We've been getting more new hires come in, I think from the acquisition we made. Each time we do this process of payroll under the new company, I suppose things will ????? (can't think of the word, phrase again) under our belt.
Lately, in Mosaic, we have been studying 1 John. I have been noticing that the word, 'manifest' is mentioned a few times. I plan to do a word study on that this week so stay tuned. Speaking of study, I missed Women's Bible study tonight because of rehearsal which went fine. I hope WBS went well, and look forward to hearing about what was taught in the message.
This last weekend, I was home by myself as my family had gone to the coast. I watched the Lakers/Pistons game Friday night and 'twas fun watching the Pistons beat the Lakers...oh yeah!! Oh, and thank you Lord for watching over me on my way home from work Friday night, too!!! I can't say that enough...how great is our God!!! Saturday, I spent an hour and a half at the car dealership waiting to get an oil change done on my car. I ended up getting the brake flush, too, as it was one of two services needed at the # of miles I had driven on the car. Then I went and got my hair cut. I had thought about it for a while and just couldn't get in because of working, etc. Oregon State was playing CA in College football in the afternoon and I watched some of it...Go Beavers!!! Saturday night I went to church where a good message was spoken and then went to group. Sunday, I slept in and went shopping in the afternoon, after I went to hear a good friend do a presentation about where she has been a missionary in Africa. Good to see her and the work that she is doing down there, with God's help!
Here is Phil 3:9 which is what I mentioned in my last blog but didn't have my Bible by me to quote it.
"and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, byt that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness whichs is from God by faith;" NKJV
On the 9th, I went with my sister to her friend's house who was hosting a jewelry party. It was neat to see my sister's friend again as it is not very often that my sister and her see each other. It was a good and interesting time. That morning we had gone to second service at church because we had gone to the Blazer game the night before. The Blazers played the Minnesota T'wolves and we won, mind I forget the score. It was a good game, though. So was church, too!
Well, work is going about the same. We transmitted payroll today and got it sent a little earlier than last time but didn't get some of the processes done. I guess we can do some after we have sent it off. We've been getting more new hires come in, I think from the acquisition we made. Each time we do this process of payroll under the new company, I suppose things will ????? (can't think of the word, phrase again) under our belt.
Lately, in Mosaic, we have been studying 1 John. I have been noticing that the word, 'manifest' is mentioned a few times. I plan to do a word study on that this week so stay tuned. Speaking of study, I missed Women's Bible study tonight because of rehearsal which went fine. I hope WBS went well, and look forward to hearing about what was taught in the message.
This last weekend, I was home by myself as my family had gone to the coast. I watched the Lakers/Pistons game Friday night and 'twas fun watching the Pistons beat the Lakers...oh yeah!! Oh, and thank you Lord for watching over me on my way home from work Friday night, too!!! I can't say that enough...how great is our God!!! Saturday, I spent an hour and a half at the car dealership waiting to get an oil change done on my car. I ended up getting the brake flush, too, as it was one of two services needed at the # of miles I had driven on the car. Then I went and got my hair cut. I had thought about it for a while and just couldn't get in because of working, etc. Oregon State was playing CA in College football in the afternoon and I watched some of it...Go Beavers!!! Saturday night I went to church where a good message was spoken and then went to group. Sunday, I slept in and went shopping in the afternoon, after I went to hear a good friend do a presentation about where she has been a missionary in Africa. Good to see her and the work that she is doing down there, with God's help!
Here is Phil 3:9 which is what I mentioned in my last blog but didn't have my Bible by me to quote it.
"and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, byt that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness whichs is from God by faith;" NKJV
Monday, November 10, 2008
Reminiscing Chocolate
Happy November! First of all, let me reply to a recent comment made that Jesus is the one True Perfect being. There are some things that some of us think are perfect...it would depend on one's perspective of it. Let's see...
The last time I posted, I mentioned I had a free weekend. On that Sunday, I went out shopping for a bit and then got a call from Carrie to go have some much needed chick time with her. I gladly accepted her offer of chick time and we went to a few stores, ate a good dinner at Elmer's, and just enjoyed each other's fellowship. The night before, we were at her house with our Mosaic group, carving pumpkins getting ready for 'that' day. It was good to see those that came!
Monday the 27th my sister and I had tickets to go see Amy Grant do a concert at RHCC. It was her 20th anniversary tour of one of her albums, Lead Me On, which came out in 1988 (hence the 20 years). She, along with Michael W. Smith were the first Christian artists I grew up listening to. It was a great concert, but we noticed that things have changed. Back in the '80s, when people went to concerts, they stood up the whole time and clapped or when it was a slow song, they still stood up or sat down, depending on the mood. Of course, those concerts I believe were in a non-church arena so we were more 'free' if that is the right word, to stand up and make noise and dance. This concert we were sitting most of the time, until the last two or three songs. It could be that because we were in a church setting this time that we should be more respectful (is that the right word?) of the surroundings. There was this one group of young ones, around my age I think, and they were sitting, or shall I say standing, in the middle of the auditorium, clapping their hands and dancing and having a good ol' time! Eventually they made it up close to the stage and were still dancing away to her music. She asked us to get up for one song for some audience participation which was reminiscent of the concert from that tour in '88. Oh, and she had conjured up her original band members from that time, some who now play with some major music stars such as Faith Hill, Keith Urban, and Trisha Yearwood. All in all, it was a great time, getting to hear those songs again and remembering the words to some of them, and singing along. Ahh...
Work has been quite busy still but has slightly calmed down. We transmitted our second payroll last week, which I think went a little better than the first but still some 'hiccups' getting it ready to go. In all of this merging business, we are acquiring another company of about 300 employees. That brings the total to somewhere around 2600 employees.
Bible study has been good, even though I come straight from work and get in late. I still enjoy being with the group and having that fellowship. Next week, we start orchestra rehearsals for Christmas services so I will miss Bible study next week but will still do my lesson. I have enjoyed this week's lesson as it talks on justification in Romans chapter 3.
Another big election day has come and gone, and we have a new president, and also a new Senator from our state. I was listening to Pres-elect Obama's acceptance speech in the car on the way home from Bible study last week. Even if we may not like those that get elected, we must remember that God is always in control!
OH! I must mention the chocolate part of my title. My niece had a birthday recently and guess what kind of dessert she wanted?? Dark chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate ice cream! Is that enough chocolate for you??! That's almost too much for me! She had a great birthday, with her uncle and aunt-in-law over to help celebrate it. And what's amazing, is that she liked all of her presents she received.
So, now you are caught up with what I can remember of the last couple weeks. Hope you have a great rest of the week!
(please read Phil 3:9)
The last time I posted, I mentioned I had a free weekend. On that Sunday, I went out shopping for a bit and then got a call from Carrie to go have some much needed chick time with her. I gladly accepted her offer of chick time and we went to a few stores, ate a good dinner at Elmer's, and just enjoyed each other's fellowship. The night before, we were at her house with our Mosaic group, carving pumpkins getting ready for 'that' day. It was good to see those that came!
Monday the 27th my sister and I had tickets to go see Amy Grant do a concert at RHCC. It was her 20th anniversary tour of one of her albums, Lead Me On, which came out in 1988 (hence the 20 years). She, along with Michael W. Smith were the first Christian artists I grew up listening to. It was a great concert, but we noticed that things have changed. Back in the '80s, when people went to concerts, they stood up the whole time and clapped or when it was a slow song, they still stood up or sat down, depending on the mood. Of course, those concerts I believe were in a non-church arena so we were more 'free' if that is the right word, to stand up and make noise and dance. This concert we were sitting most of the time, until the last two or three songs. It could be that because we were in a church setting this time that we should be more respectful (is that the right word?) of the surroundings. There was this one group of young ones, around my age I think, and they were sitting, or shall I say standing, in the middle of the auditorium, clapping their hands and dancing and having a good ol' time! Eventually they made it up close to the stage and were still dancing away to her music. She asked us to get up for one song for some audience participation which was reminiscent of the concert from that tour in '88. Oh, and she had conjured up her original band members from that time, some who now play with some major music stars such as Faith Hill, Keith Urban, and Trisha Yearwood. All in all, it was a great time, getting to hear those songs again and remembering the words to some of them, and singing along. Ahh...
Work has been quite busy still but has slightly calmed down. We transmitted our second payroll last week, which I think went a little better than the first but still some 'hiccups' getting it ready to go. In all of this merging business, we are acquiring another company of about 300 employees. That brings the total to somewhere around 2600 employees.
Bible study has been good, even though I come straight from work and get in late. I still enjoy being with the group and having that fellowship. Next week, we start orchestra rehearsals for Christmas services so I will miss Bible study next week but will still do my lesson. I have enjoyed this week's lesson as it talks on justification in Romans chapter 3.
Another big election day has come and gone, and we have a new president, and also a new Senator from our state. I was listening to Pres-elect Obama's acceptance speech in the car on the way home from Bible study last week. Even if we may not like those that get elected, we must remember that God is always in control!
OH! I must mention the chocolate part of my title. My niece had a birthday recently and guess what kind of dessert she wanted?? Dark chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate ice cream! Is that enough chocolate for you??! That's almost too much for me! She had a great birthday, with her uncle and aunt-in-law over to help celebrate it. And what's amazing, is that she liked all of her presents she received.
So, now you are caught up with what I can remember of the last couple weeks. Hope you have a great rest of the week!
(please read Phil 3:9)
Friday, October 24, 2008
Is anything perfect?
Hi! Hope you have made it through another week of time. I just thought I would say time since my last post I talked about time. It was another busy/crazy week, but we did what we could in the time that we had to get payroll prepped for payday today. As one of my Bible study group leaders told me on Tuesday night, she prays and asks God to multiply her time to get things done. I don't think I had ever thought of that, or at least it's been a while since I have done so. I'll have to keep that in mind for future. All four of us in payroll were given the order to have this weekend off (after having worked so many hours the last couple weeks), so I am up to my ears in free time. Okay, maybe not that much. I'll find things to do, I'm sure.
Oh, today was payday and this morning went by SO FAST! We were all busy getting phone calls and emails from people who were saying their checks were not right, missing hours, charged for something they don't have (blackberries...not the ones you eat), the location of their check, and so on and so forth. It is good to have an evening at home, and I am looking forward to having a good weekend.
I had mentioned in my last post, last Saturday I went to a good sister-in-Christ's house and had breakfast with her and about four other sisters-in-Christ from our Bible study group last year. It was nice to chat and catch up somewhat, and she had made a casserole that she was testing on us she'd never made before. Then after leaving there, I went to my niece's v-ball tourney closeby and got to see her team play two rounds worth. They had lost the first round in the morning but won the second round. In the afternoon, they won their first round, and played the second round right away (after some warm-up). They lost the second round but played well.
One last thing to share before I blog off. I was listening to KLOVE on my way home last night from work. They have been having their fall pledge drive. One caller called in with a matching gift of up to $10K and for everyone that called in, they would match it for the whole year. Usually on things like that, it's just for the first month. One song had played (I think it was MercyMe, God with us) and they said that they had reached that mark. In just ONE song, enough callers had called in with pledges to reach the $10K!! WOW! OH! They were going to end the drive at 6:00 but they had decided with the number of calls coming in, they would go into OT for 24 hours. God is amazing and to think that He called upon people to pledge to a good radio station that changes lives for Him. Just thought I would share that encouraging word.
Oh, about my title, I thought I would have that, as this was the first payroll and it was not perfect. Of course, many things on the first try are not perfect. There is one and only one thing that I can think of that IS perfect...
"Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love." 1 Jn 4:17-18
Oh, today was payday and this morning went by SO FAST! We were all busy getting phone calls and emails from people who were saying their checks were not right, missing hours, charged for something they don't have (blackberries...not the ones you eat), the location of their check, and so on and so forth. It is good to have an evening at home, and I am looking forward to having a good weekend.
I had mentioned in my last post, last Saturday I went to a good sister-in-Christ's house and had breakfast with her and about four other sisters-in-Christ from our Bible study group last year. It was nice to chat and catch up somewhat, and she had made a casserole that she was testing on us she'd never made before. Then after leaving there, I went to my niece's v-ball tourney closeby and got to see her team play two rounds worth. They had lost the first round in the morning but won the second round. In the afternoon, they won their first round, and played the second round right away (after some warm-up). They lost the second round but played well.
One last thing to share before I blog off. I was listening to KLOVE on my way home last night from work. They have been having their fall pledge drive. One caller called in with a matching gift of up to $10K and for everyone that called in, they would match it for the whole year. Usually on things like that, it's just for the first month. One song had played (I think it was MercyMe, God with us) and they said that they had reached that mark. In just ONE song, enough callers had called in with pledges to reach the $10K!! WOW! OH! They were going to end the drive at 6:00 but they had decided with the number of calls coming in, they would go into OT for 24 hours. God is amazing and to think that He called upon people to pledge to a good radio station that changes lives for Him. Just thought I would share that encouraging word.
Oh, about my title, I thought I would have that, as this was the first payroll and it was not perfect. Of course, many things on the first try are not perfect. There is one and only one thing that I can think of that IS perfect...
"Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love." 1 Jn 4:17-18
Friday, October 17, 2008
Gone Military!
Hello ladies and gents. Boy it has been a long week! Being in this process of merging, one of the changes is keeping track of time. Goodbye civilian time...hello military time. Yes, you heard right...we now are going by military time on our hours. That makes us think even more, for those that may not know the transfer (for lack of brainpower of the 'right' word) of hours. For instance, right now I am blogging in civilian time at 10:40pm (at least that's what it says on the computer now). That would transfer to being 2240 in military time.
We have had a couple of temps in helping us get payroll gone through and validated and checked and verified and changed. I could go on and on...There is so MUCH information that has to be entered and downloaded and not everything is getting loaded as it should so we are having to go person by person. I guess that's what we get for merging three companies into one. We have to get done as much as we can by Tuesday as we transmit our first payroll on Tuesday.
Speaking of Tuesday (the one this week) it was nice to get off of work at 1830 and go to Bible study to finish up the first chapter of Romans and to see the ladies again in the group. Every week we are getting to know each other more and get more acquainted. It was good that we started off in prayer in mini small groups to pray for each other. I am looking forward to tomorrow...going to a friend's house to chat among sisters in Christ, next to my niece's v-ball tourney, and then later to church. It will be nice to have a break from work.
At ease...
(Insert here a verse from Scripture on time...I'm thinking of Ecclesiastes)
We have had a couple of temps in helping us get payroll gone through and validated and checked and verified and changed. I could go on and on...There is so MUCH information that has to be entered and downloaded and not everything is getting loaded as it should so we are having to go person by person. I guess that's what we get for merging three companies into one. We have to get done as much as we can by Tuesday as we transmit our first payroll on Tuesday.
Speaking of Tuesday (the one this week) it was nice to get off of work at 1830 and go to Bible study to finish up the first chapter of Romans and to see the ladies again in the group. Every week we are getting to know each other more and get more acquainted. It was good that we started off in prayer in mini small groups to pray for each other. I am looking forward to tomorrow...going to a friend's house to chat among sisters in Christ, next to my niece's v-ball tourney, and then later to church. It will be nice to have a break from work.
At ease...
(Insert here a verse from Scripture on time...I'm thinking of Ecclesiastes)
Sunday, October 12, 2008
As the craziness continues...
Howdy! Thank goodness that I, along with my coworkers, have gotten through these last couple weeks. It will continue to be busy and crazy for a while yet, I'm sure. Lots went on last week with payroll, and in other parts of the company. It is so weird, thinking myself as a employee of this 'new' company. I think though that I will try to continue being a 'old' company employee. Although, that could be still true considering that we still have two branches up in WA that are 'old' company. If I am confusing any of you, I understand. Anyway, I decided not to work this weekend, albeit I'm sure my supervisor would have liked me to come in.
Yesterday, I went with my sister to the Christian bookstore to look around as they were having a sale. We each got a couple of things there, including birthday gifts for someone in the family. I went to service last night, which was a good message and met up with my friends of Mosaic for the first time this fall. We decided on where we want this group to go this year...okay, at least until Thanksgiving. I'm sure the Lord will direct our group in the right direction. Afterwards, we went out to Applebees (Sean and Amy..where were you? :) ) to eat some supper and some good fellowship. Today I spent at home watching the Bears/Falcons game (I so thought the Bears were going to win, but the Falcons got a field goal right at the very end to win), doing laundry, took the dog for a walk, and studied Romans chapter one.
Yesterday, I went with my sister to the Christian bookstore to look around as they were having a sale. We each got a couple of things there, including birthday gifts for someone in the family. I went to service last night, which was a good message and met up with my friends of Mosaic for the first time this fall. We decided on where we want this group to go this year...okay, at least until Thanksgiving. I'm sure the Lord will direct our group in the right direction. Afterwards, we went out to Applebees (Sean and Amy..where were you? :) ) to eat some supper and some good fellowship. Today I spent at home watching the Bears/Falcons game (I so thought the Bears were going to win, but the Falcons got a field goal right at the very end to win), doing laundry, took the dog for a walk, and studied Romans chapter one.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Is this the 24-hour payroll dept?
Hello! My oh my what craziness at work!!! Thank you to those who have been praying for my work situation! Final checks went out later than expected on Friday because of errors found in the payroll, which had to be completely voided and re-ran. The second batch came mid-afternoon and found more errors (the one previous had been fixed). After some verification, only two employees were going to need corrections. It was a mighty fine crazy day on Friday...people had kept coming up to ask us about their checks. We wanted to put up the yellow caution tape by our desks and say, 'enter at your own risk'.
My mom's sister came up from the coast last Thursday and went back home yesterday. This was the first 'official' time spent here since we have moved here. I think she enjoyed her time, even though I was working a lot of the time but did some things with my mom. She and I did get to watch the last part of the Nebraska / Mizzou football game Sat. night and us girls played a game of Scrabble that night, too. She went to church with us Sunday morning, so she got a taste of this branch of His church. It was nice to have her here with us for a few days.
Hope you all have a good rest of the week. Tomorrow I get to go to the first pre-season game of the Blazers; it should be exciting to see what's become from training camp and summer league. Oh, I have also watched bits of the Red Sox/Angels series.
OH! I cannot forget to mention that Alyssa and her v-ball team participated in a v-ball tourney last Saturday and I got to see her play in a couple games. She was tired by the afternoon as she had played ALL three games in the morning. It was great to see them make it to the finals, though, and see other teams play. We also celebrated my dad's birthday last weekend and had my brother and sister-in-law over.
PS: After my last post, I was getting ready for bed and I heard, 'Mighty to Save' play on the radio. Go figure! It was really nice to hear again and I really focused on the words of the song.
My mom's sister came up from the coast last Thursday and went back home yesterday. This was the first 'official' time spent here since we have moved here. I think she enjoyed her time, even though I was working a lot of the time but did some things with my mom. She and I did get to watch the last part of the Nebraska / Mizzou football game Sat. night and us girls played a game of Scrabble that night, too. She went to church with us Sunday morning, so she got a taste of this branch of His church. It was nice to have her here with us for a few days.
Hope you all have a good rest of the week. Tomorrow I get to go to the first pre-season game of the Blazers; it should be exciting to see what's become from training camp and summer league. Oh, I have also watched bits of the Red Sox/Angels series.
OH! I cannot forget to mention that Alyssa and her v-ball team participated in a v-ball tourney last Saturday and I got to see her play in a couple games. She was tired by the afternoon as she had played ALL three games in the morning. It was great to see them make it to the finals, though, and see other teams play. We also celebrated my dad's birthday last weekend and had my brother and sister-in-law over.
PS: After my last post, I was getting ready for bed and I heard, 'Mighty to Save' play on the radio. Go figure! It was really nice to hear again and I really focused on the words of the song.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
