I am so excited to have a whole 2 weeks off before I officially start my new career! I am going to try to use my time wisely (as I sit here by the computer:) to thoroughly clean the house. I started bright and early this morning with the girls rooms/closets/drawers...things have been shoved and crammed and just generally tossed about for too long...it is time to nip this in the bud!!!
The other nice thing is that the 2 older girls are gone for a couple of days...it is so much easier to "purge" things when they aren't here to claim they can't live without whatever it is that has been buried in the very bottom of the closet/drawer/under the bed for the last who knows how long...you get the picture.
I hope to be mostly done with this daunting task by Thursday night...we are leaving for a much needed vacation to the U.P. and it is always nice to come home to a clean house...what's even better is the girls (all 3 of them) will be at camp next week...so my house just might stay clean for a while...
...I better get back too it...hope you all enjoy your week...and have a great holiday!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
from the bottom of a big hole...too cloud nine...
Anyone who knows me well, knows that I am a worrier. I come by it quite naturally...I come from a long line of worrier's, it's who I am...it's not a strong point...I'm getting better...but those who love me accept it!
I have been down a long road that has taught me that God is a great provider. I have also learned that He likes to hit me square between the eye's with blessings when I feel like the whole world is against me.
We have had a crappy couple of years for sure...it seemed like everything that could go wrong...did!!! I worried, I stressed, and cried a tear or two (thousand)...but in the end God gave us everything we needed...one day at a time.
Lately I have been feeling down in the dumps...just when I felt like we were "getting ahead" I was hit with an unexpected bill, or some other financially draining situation! I was feed up...I was angry...I was un-trusting...I was unhappy!
Hind site being 20/20...I realize that in the blessing's department...my glass is overflowing...a wonderful husband who works hard every day...three healthy children...a wonderful family...a home...(that is not flooded)...the list is endless! But...at the time, the way I saw it "if there was "poo" coming down the shoot...it was going to land on our house 9 times out of 10!" Yes...I said it...out loud...more than once!
And then...as is usually the case...God decided that I needed a little lesson in trusting...real trusting...I'm talking 24/7 trusting. He not only found me a job...He let me have the job that I've been wanting since I started school...and He even opened up the possibility of that job being located 2 miles from my home!
Do I feel a little (read a lot) sheepish? YES!!! Do I know better? YES!!
I am so very thankful that I have a God who is willing to work with me...that He allows me to be a work in progress...that He realizes that I am not perfect, but He is willing to love me anyway...and love me big time! Do I deserve it? NO!!
So...while I am still enjoying the view from cloud nine...I am also realizing that I need to give praise where praise is due...I certainly didn't do this by myself...and I am so glad that I didn't have too!
I have been down a long road that has taught me that God is a great provider. I have also learned that He likes to hit me square between the eye's with blessings when I feel like the whole world is against me.
We have had a crappy couple of years for sure...it seemed like everything that could go wrong...did!!! I worried, I stressed, and cried a tear or two (thousand)...but in the end God gave us everything we needed...one day at a time.
Lately I have been feeling down in the dumps...just when I felt like we were "getting ahead" I was hit with an unexpected bill, or some other financially draining situation! I was feed up...I was angry...I was un-trusting...I was unhappy!
Hind site being 20/20...I realize that in the blessing's department...my glass is overflowing...a wonderful husband who works hard every day...three healthy children...a wonderful family...a home...(that is not flooded)...the list is endless! But...at the time, the way I saw it "if there was "poo" coming down the shoot...it was going to land on our house 9 times out of 10!" Yes...I said it...out loud...more than once!
And then...as is usually the case...God decided that I needed a little lesson in trusting...real trusting...I'm talking 24/7 trusting. He not only found me a job...He let me have the job that I've been wanting since I started school...and He even opened up the possibility of that job being located 2 miles from my home!
Do I feel a little (read a lot) sheepish? YES!!! Do I know better? YES!!
I am so very thankful that I have a God who is willing to work with me...that He allows me to be a work in progress...that He realizes that I am not perfect, but He is willing to love me anyway...and love me big time! Do I deserve it? NO!!
So...while I am still enjoying the view from cloud nine...I am also realizing that I need to give praise where praise is due...I certainly didn't do this by myself...and I am so glad that I didn't have too!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
sitting on cloud nine...
and loving the view!!
A little less than two years ago I made a huge decision that sent me back to school. When I started school, one of the first things I said...to several people...was that when I was done with school I was going to work for Metro Health. I began applying for position with Metro fall of last year.
With my school career coming to a close I applied for 3 more positions there around the end of April. I was ecstatic when I was called 2 weeks ago to come in for an interview!! Today was THE day. My interview was at 11am...I was surprisingly not very nervous at all...the interview lasted one hour and thirty five minutes...I had to answer a ton of questions...and I asked a couple too.
I felt like it was going well...and then my interviewer said...so...how does July 14th look for you? To which I said "You mean for me to start working? As in I have a job here!?" And she said "If you would like one"!! I could hardly contain myself...It was a huge YEAH GOD!! moment!!!
I still have to pass the criminal background check and a drug test...and they have to contact all my references...but I am more than confident that that will all go over without a hitch!!
And to top it all off...there is a possibility that I may be working at the Metro office right here in Hudsonville!! Which would be fabulous...but I am not holding my breath...I am just glad to be right where I wanted to be...right where God planned for me to be!!
A little less than two years ago I made a huge decision that sent me back to school. When I started school, one of the first things I said...to several people...was that when I was done with school I was going to work for Metro Health. I began applying for position with Metro fall of last year.
With my school career coming to a close I applied for 3 more positions there around the end of April. I was ecstatic when I was called 2 weeks ago to come in for an interview!! Today was THE day. My interview was at 11am...I was surprisingly not very nervous at all...the interview lasted one hour and thirty five minutes...I had to answer a ton of questions...and I asked a couple too.
I felt like it was going well...and then my interviewer said...so...how does July 14th look for you? To which I said "You mean for me to start working? As in I have a job here!?" And she said "If you would like one"!! I could hardly contain myself...It was a huge YEAH GOD!! moment!!!
I still have to pass the criminal background check and a drug test...and they have to contact all my references...but I am more than confident that that will all go over without a hitch!!
And to top it all off...there is a possibility that I may be working at the Metro office right here in Hudsonville!! Which would be fabulous...but I am not holding my breath...I am just glad to be right where I wanted to be...right where God planned for me to be!!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
perfect timing...
God always knows when a little laughter is needed.
I think that is why we have the children we have. They are good for a make you cry laugh every now and again...and no one is better at that than the youngest of our children. As I type this she is upstairs entertaining her sisters...I can tell by the occasional bouts of laughter!
I thought I would share a couple of the newest "Haidynisms"...
the other night well the girls and I were messing around I took and accidental elbow to the head...I slumped to the couch and played dead...and Haidyn yelled "MOMS DEAD...CALL CPA!!" While we are sure she meant "do CPR"...or "call 911"...we had a 5 minute belly laugh about why exactly our CPA would even care if I were dead...or what it is Haidyn thought she stood to gain financially from my death that would warrant a call to the CPA prior to a call to 911???
Then this evening she came into the living room wearing her lovely new robe...which is a hand-me-down, and WAY to big...as she entered the room I noticed that a little covering up was in order...so I said "Oh dear...I see boobies!" to which she replied..."MOM...they're not real!" I thought Tate was going to wet herself...and I for one didn't realize that they were performing the enhancement surgeries at such a young age...I think she might want to look into a refund, because...not only are they not real...they really just aren't even there!!
What a hoot!! I needed this sort of entertainment this week...laughter really is the best medicine!
I think that is why we have the children we have. They are good for a make you cry laugh every now and again...and no one is better at that than the youngest of our children. As I type this she is upstairs entertaining her sisters...I can tell by the occasional bouts of laughter!
I thought I would share a couple of the newest "Haidynisms"...
the other night well the girls and I were messing around I took and accidental elbow to the head...I slumped to the couch and played dead...and Haidyn yelled "MOMS DEAD...CALL CPA!!" While we are sure she meant "do CPR"...or "call 911"...we had a 5 minute belly laugh about why exactly our CPA would even care if I were dead...or what it is Haidyn thought she stood to gain financially from my death that would warrant a call to the CPA prior to a call to 911???
Then this evening she came into the living room wearing her lovely new robe...which is a hand-me-down, and WAY to big...as she entered the room I noticed that a little covering up was in order...so I said "Oh dear...I see boobies!" to which she replied..."MOM...they're not real!" I thought Tate was going to wet herself...and I for one didn't realize that they were performing the enhancement surgeries at such a young age...I think she might want to look into a refund, because...not only are they not real...they really just aren't even there!!
What a hoot!! I needed this sort of entertainment this week...laughter really is the best medicine!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
the current definition of my life...
o·ver·whelmed:
To be affected deeply in mind or emotion
(the emotion being an overwhelming urge to vomit, and the feeling that I could completely lose it at any given moment)
Sunday, June 8, 2008
great scripture...
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Can it really be?
Is it even possible that today is the last day of the school year? I do remember vividly waiting for the bus on the first day of school! Where has the time gone?
The girls are very excited to start the summer...they are looking forward to summer camp and trips to the U.P. to visit my brother and his family, trips up to the Baldwin area to either my in-laws cottage or my parents cottage...and we are all looking forward to our annual Michigan's Adventure trip with the Roelofs.
Tate has successfully finished her first year of middle school...and she went out in style...I came home the other day from work to find a print out of her grade so far...and she is pulling all A's...and from the sounds of it exams went well so that shouldn't change.
Quinn just loves everything about school and particularly like to read and write. as a matter of fact she walked out of the house this morning with a short play she had written for her a couple friend to present to the class on this the last day of school! We always find the comments from the teacher interesting...because they are so un "Quinnie like" to us. She is defiantly a different person at school...and we praise the Lord for that because she can be...well she can be something...that's for sure.
Haidyn...she had come a long way this year...she is the complete opposite of the other girls...this learning business does not come easy to her...she has to try and try her hardest, and bless her little heart that is what she did. She seems to excel in Math (which she does not get from me)...but that is good. Reading is her least favorite...I have a feeling that she can do it way better than she lets on...she is just very stubborn that way!
All-in-all it has been a great year. They now wait with anticipation to find out who they have for a teacher next year. This information will arrive with their report cards next week.
So...HAPPY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL to everyone...now I am off to bring lunch to the girls!
The girls are very excited to start the summer...they are looking forward to summer camp and trips to the U.P. to visit my brother and his family, trips up to the Baldwin area to either my in-laws cottage or my parents cottage...and we are all looking forward to our annual Michigan's Adventure trip with the Roelofs.
Tate has successfully finished her first year of middle school...and she went out in style...I came home the other day from work to find a print out of her grade so far...and she is pulling all A's...and from the sounds of it exams went well so that shouldn't change.
Quinn just loves everything about school and particularly like to read and write. as a matter of fact she walked out of the house this morning with a short play she had written for her a couple friend to present to the class on this the last day of school! We always find the comments from the teacher interesting...because they are so un "Quinnie like" to us. She is defiantly a different person at school...and we praise the Lord for that because she can be...well she can be something...that's for sure.
Haidyn...she had come a long way this year...she is the complete opposite of the other girls...this learning business does not come easy to her...she has to try and try her hardest, and bless her little heart that is what she did. She seems to excel in Math (which she does not get from me)...but that is good. Reading is her least favorite...I have a feeling that she can do it way better than she lets on...she is just very stubborn that way!
All-in-all it has been a great year. They now wait with anticipation to find out who they have for a teacher next year. This information will arrive with their report cards next week.
So...HAPPY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL to everyone...now I am off to bring lunch to the girls!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
bring on the pepto...
Well...20+ months ago when I started going to Davenport...I knew that the end result would be me in a full time(or close to full time) job. And...I sit here now with that reality staring me squarely in the face!!
I have a potential (nothing is final yet) job opportunity...that will be a full time, 5 days a week job. I jump for joy...because, as stated before, this has always been the end goal. But...this opportunity is going to start at the beginning of July...which poses a potential child care issue. Yet another thing that was defiantly foreseeable...but somewhat over looked. Right now my schedule is extremely convenient...I leave after they are on the bus...I am home shortly after they are off the bus. Tate is very capable of taking care of her sisters...the dilemma is tomorrow is the last day of school...and while they do very well together in the short term...8 hour days...may be potentially problematic!!
I will know more about the logistics on Friday...but could really use some big time prayer. While I trust that God has had His hand in leading me back to school, and to this awesome career that I know is my calling and something that I LOVE...I admit to being a bit "throw-upie" and feeling a little stressed and nervous about everything falling into place, and a bit sad about losing out on my summer with the girls!
I know that once we get through the summer, and back to school that this will become our "normal" and all will fall into place, it's just the getting from here to there that seems a lot like a GRAND CANYON sized hurdle!
I have a potential (nothing is final yet) job opportunity...that will be a full time, 5 days a week job. I jump for joy...because, as stated before, this has always been the end goal. But...this opportunity is going to start at the beginning of July...which poses a potential child care issue. Yet another thing that was defiantly foreseeable...but somewhat over looked. Right now my schedule is extremely convenient...I leave after they are on the bus...I am home shortly after they are off the bus. Tate is very capable of taking care of her sisters...the dilemma is tomorrow is the last day of school...and while they do very well together in the short term...8 hour days...may be potentially problematic!!
I will know more about the logistics on Friday...but could really use some big time prayer. While I trust that God has had His hand in leading me back to school, and to this awesome career that I know is my calling and something that I LOVE...I admit to being a bit "throw-upie" and feeling a little stressed and nervous about everything falling into place, and a bit sad about losing out on my summer with the girls!
I know that once we get through the summer, and back to school that this will become our "normal" and all will fall into place, it's just the getting from here to there that seems a lot like a GRAND CANYON sized hurdle!
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