Sightseeing and camping in August

Hiya! Hope you have all had a good August! The answer to my last post title is, no, I was not in Arizona...it just felt like it because of the heat. I started mine with a trip to Ireland/Wales/England and flew into Belfast and my family met me there. I will share more about it later, but I wanted to get a post in while I still have 1 hour and 50 minutes left of the month.
Work has been going alright. Not much new in this area other than we expanded with another office/branch about two months ago. It's good in that way that the company is growing, in this economy.
Last weekend I went on a camping trip with my friends from church. It was nice to get away from town in that environment. I think that would be our third annual camping trip...I did not make the first (I was on a mission trip I believe during that time). We all enjoyed the time together and seeing God's creation in wildlife. Deer, birds, plants, and squirrels oh my! I am already looking forward to next year's time! OH! On the way there, I was riding with my friend...we had just left the store to get ice and we heard a strange sound. We pulled over to the side of the road and discovered we had a flat tire. No longer than a minute a car pulled over in front of us and it was Peri and her husband from church. Her husband was kind enough to fix it for us and put the 'donut' spare on. They had just left Starbucks and boy, what timing! God is SO GOOD!!! My friend and I were like speechless afterwards and eventually got to the campground around 8pm. They wondered what happened to us and we told them. We got settled in and had dinner and started in on our fellowship. God was definitely there with us as a couple other things fellowship times and peaceful times (such as reading in Numbers 33-34 where the children of Israel went camping at several places and how cool is that when I was camping the same time I read that?!) happened.
Just this weekend I went with my family (got Friday off) to the coast and the weather was actually quite nice. It was my first time back since before the trip.
Well, hope you all have a good first part of September. It's amazing how fast summer has gone. It will be over in about 21 days (Sept. 22 is the first day of Autumn).

Am I in Arizona?

No, I am not but it sure feels like it with this HEAT! My goodness...temperatures of over 100 degrees for 4 days now. That is just ludicrous!! At least it will cool down to 100 tomorrow and gradually cool down back to the 80s by the weekend but we have to wait until then for it to be 'normal'.
Hope all is/has been well with you all. I am about to go on vacation and am looking forward to going to a place where I don't have to worry about my glasses slipping off my nose because of the sweat. Ahh! I will blog again after I get back to let you know how it all went. Please pray for safety and for wisdom for me.
I am glad it will be getting cooler as it will be good on the pets we have and the flowers that are close to dead because of the scorching heat. I have been watering them every day but it probably isn't helping a great deal.
Switching subjects briefly...The Blazers signed guard Andre Miller to the team. He came into Portland yesterday was officially announced at Nate's summer basketball camp. It will be interesting how he welds with the team. I think he will fit in pretty well with the players.
I will pray for you all and hope you all continue to have a good summer. Take care!
Remember to drink lots of water (I am guilty of not drinking enough myself but am working on that)!

07/08/09

Greetings! Yes, I know today is not the 8th day of July but there is significance in that date. It only happens once every 1K years or century. At 4:05 and six seconds AM yesterday it would have been 04:05:06 on 07/08/09. Also I was thinking that you could have 10:11:12 on 07/08/09. The two would just be 'backwards' if you get my gist.
Today could also be a significant day as well. 07/09/09. Wasn't there a seven of nine on Star Trek? Ooh, I think there was on ST:The Next Generation. I used to watch that show with my dad...I think that was my favorite out of all the series. We also like Babylon 5. My favorite character on TNG was Deanna Troi.
Okay, well then...it is supposed to get hot this weekend...in the mid-80s. I took the dog for a walk tonight...on our longer version in the neighborhood. Then I played with her for a few minutes after...wonder how she gets all that energy!
Hope you all had a good 4th of July! I spent it at the coast with the family and the dog and we had a good time. We played a couple games, watched a couple movies, ate dinner at Mo's, and went to a glass-blowing shop. The weather was really nice too which was amazing!
Oh, and I played in the orchestra (and my sister did as well) for our patriotic services at church the weekend before the 4th. I always look forward to them knowing that the 4th is coming soon. I am such a patriotic girl! We honored the servicemen from our church that serve in the various military groups plus all veterans. We also had a retired General speak and it was really interesting to hear the stories he told. It was a great weekend!
That be it for now. Hope you stay cool this weekend!

June 30th already?!!

Hi all! Boy, it's the end of June already. I thought I should post before it ends in 48 minutes. Hope your June was a good one and here is to July. I am so looking forward to the 4th of July!!!!! It is my favorite holiday besides Christmas, celebrating the country's birthday and all the fireworks and spending time with family. If I don't blog again before then, have a good and safe 4th!

Free as a Bird!

Hello all! Yes, I realize it has been quite a while since I posted and that is why or at least part of the reason I am posting now. I just got back from the beach within the last hour with a friend. We had a great time and did such things as go antiquing, playing, watching basketball, among other things. It was a nice trip to get away from town and reality for a couple days. We both look forward to and anticipate going every year (this was her third year going with me as we figured out) and just have a ball together. And of course we both got in the Word too and had our own worship session. It was funny when we went across bridges and saw any Burger Kings (inside jokes).
Boy, I was so ready to go on Friday to get out of town with her as it was just my coworker and I at work as my supervisor took the day off and my other coworker was still on her honeymoon. It will be nice to see her back tomorrow. I did go to her wedding last week which was very nice. It's also payroll day tomorrow and not that this is on the subject but I also have orchestra rehearsal for our church patriotic services this Tuesday night. Wonder who all is playing this time???
Well, I may give an update on more things that I have done in the month of May and April since I last posted later. Hope you all had a good weekend, to a point! I heard it was really hot in town and hope you have a cool week ahead.

April 15th, 2009

Greetings on this partly sunny but cold Tax Day! Hope you all got your taxes in and done. I am cold as I just took the dog for a walk. Sometimes I think she is taking me for a walk. Anyway...it seems I have a lot to catch up on since my last post. I'll do the best I can.
You probably want to know about the work thing. Well, I have been told I am granted another three months. That would be until June if you're wondering. I am thankful for what I have been given. I hope that I can be more efficient these next couple months, not that I am not already.
Bible study is going well. This week we went over Romans 14 about food and how some is sacrificed to idols. It also talked how strong believers should treat the weak believers. Last summer I had read through Romans and I found some notes that I had written on this chapter. It was interesting to me how it mentioned vegetables in relation to what Paul was speaking of. Why eat only vegetables and receive only part of God's blessings and offerings when you could eat all food and receive all the gifts He blesses you? Looking at it more, meat is unclean and God does not want us to eat unclean food and not food that is sacrificed to idols. I think this lesson is one of my two favorites this year that we have done, and it's sad that we only have three lessons left of Romans. It's been a good year of study, though.
I can see more clearly, now that I have my NEW glasses!!! They are rather cool and new since I was the first one to try them on when I was picking out frames. My eyes have not changed that much, just that I am near-sided still.
The concert that my friend and I went to was WAY COOL!!! We had a great time in worship among 11K other brothers and sisters in Christ. Events like that are so encouraging and heart warming.
Things at home are quite a buzz. Spring is a busy time for my family. My niece is in drama with the school play, track and YMCA basketball. She happened to do a new personal record on her event, the high jump last Thursday at 4'5"...yea!!!
Oh, tonight is the last regular season game for the Blazers, against the Denver Nuggets. If we win tonight and Phoenix and San Antonio lose we go to third place in the conference and home court advantage in the playoffs. Go Blazers! My last game of the season of going to the games was when we played Phoenix during Spring break and that was exciting!!! I am so excited and looking forward to the playoffs!!!!!
Hope you all had a nice Easter and enjoy the sunshine this weekend.

Wild woman waiting for road signs

I wrote my last post on March 4th which was a good day for musicians. If you think about it, you will get it. Hope all has been well with you all. I was just checking my friends' blogs to try to catch up on their lives. I thought I would give you a quick update on mine.
Work is going fine, I guess. My 'temporary' job is up at the end of the month but I have been trusting the Lord that He knows what will happen and that it is His will for me. I think the Lord is also testing my patience too in this situation. It's good to have your patience tested once in a while. I wasn't going to ask my supervisor if she had heard anything yet but she asked me about vacation days that I wanted to take and I decided to bring up the subject of my job. This happened on Wednesday this week. She said no but as far as she is concerned I have a full time job. We'll just wait and see if anything comes up between now and 11 days from now. Thanks for your prayers in this, too.
You may be wondering about the title of this post. I had asked a manager at work for his mileage log for the month and if I didn't get it he would be taxed on his allowance. He comes to me and asks if I have a wild streak in me and wonders if I go out of control. Me? Out of control? Wild streak? That would be a rare sighting! He asked my coworkers about that and they laughed. Maybe it was a moment you had to be there. On the 'waiting for road signs', I went in and got my eyes checked last week. It had been a long time since I last got them checked. I always LOOK forward to getting them checked because it's exciting. A new pair of glasses were to be in order and they are in...I have to wait until next week to get them as it will be payroll again on Monday.
Bible study has been great the last couple weeks. We were in the last part of Romans 11 with the doxology and the first part of Romans 12 where it talks about living sacrifices and spiritual gifts. They both had a word study each lesson and I was happy to GET to do them!
Well, this 'wild' woman is excited to go to a concert on Sunday with a dear friend and she is LOOKing forward to it!!!