splendid ... just splendid

I had THE most splendid coffee today ... it sure wasn't the coffee that made it so spectacular ... it was my dearest friend Mariel!  I think I sometimes take for granted the amazing people I have in my life, until they go away and I don't see them for a while ... and I realize how amazing they are and how much I love them.  And sometimes friends don't even have to 'go away' ... maybe I won't see them for a few days ... and when I hang out with them I realize how lucky and honored I am to have such wonderful friends!  


I spent New Years Eve with my family (Matt included :)) and Sara and Jordan ... It was the perfect way to ring in the New Year ... trying to eat 12 grapes in 1 minute, sitting at the edges of the table eating, and watching a movie that, of course, I feel asleep in!  ... but really ... if I was to describe to you a splendid evening with family and close friends ... last night would have been it!!  


So thank you to all of you who make my life so amazing and who have invested in my life and made me the person I am today.  


I wish each of you a year full of happiness and many blessings.  


HAPPY 2011!!!!

Such joy ...

So I bought a cute little Christmas tree last week ... It has brought me so much joy!!! I spent ALL night decorating it!! Well it was probably an hour and a half! It's so pretty!!!! All color coordinated and perfectly porportioned decorations! It's just amazing!! I want all of you who read this to come and see it so it can being so much joy and a permanent smile on your face!!!

Hope you day is filled with much joy!!

goals, routines, crazy people & secrets

wow its been awhile ... but i'm gonna get y'all caught up with me in this post!

i have made some big goals for my self in the last couple months - here they are, in no particular order
>  growing closer to God in a more personal and intimate way
>  lose 10 pounds by christmas
>  keeping a job for more than 6 months :)
>  meeting new people
>  going to a bible study
>  planning a trip for next year (greece?, australia?, fiji?, italy?, france?)

routines ... so sarah will laugh at me because she thinks its funny when i get into little routines and have to write EVERYTHING down .. ok maybe i am a little crazy, BUT i feel like i do much better when my life is in order, as much as i can ... When really in the end life never goes the way i want or the way i think it will ... but its perfect in God's eyes.  Thats a huge thing that i'm learning right now, I can't control ANYTHING ... so why do i try to make everything perfect and have everything in order?!

so ... i quit my job at stillwater spa ... i start at riverside spa on tuesday!  i can't tell you how much of a relief it was when i woke up this morning, i now know i made the right decision in leaving ... but i didn't leave without getting a few good stories out of my job ... thats where the crazy people & secrets part comes in!!

people seem to feel like they can share ANYTHING and EVERYTHING when they are at the spa ... it keeps the job interesting, but every once in a while you get crazy people who come in and tell you their secrets, or some people make it so obvious that they are hiding things ... the truth ALWAYS comes out!!  clients share everything from having affairs to people they can't stand to telling you they are pregnant, one month in.  i'm waiting for the day when a client talks about someone and i know who they are!!  never a dull moment at the spa!

i sometimes wonder why i love what i do ... with having clients who drive me up the wall and having back pain ... BUT when i get a client who has AW-FUL feet and i make them look beautiful and soft, i then realize, THIS is why i love what i do!!

blogging

i am seriously the worlds worst blogger!  maybe i can find time this month to blog more.  hmmmm we will see ... HAPPY SEPTEMBER!!!!  maybe as linda puts it .. i'm a 'flogger' (fake blogger) :( 

Patience ... ... ... ...

So here I sit at work ... I had 1 client ALL day long.  And its 8:03 ... They are letting me leave at 8:15 ... That is a whole 12 minutes to wait ... And that is the hardest thing ... WAITING ... being patient.  I let time take over, in the way that I can't even stand to wait here for now only 10 minutes!  How sad is that?!  But if I could just learn to love while being patient ... Life would be so much easier ... If only I wouldn't complain ... If if if ... If i only knew what was coming next, life would make sense, but NO ... gotta wait till the timing is right!  Again waiting!  My life revolves around waiting!!  And your sitting here reading this, whoever you might be, WAITING for this to be over!  Patience is a virtue ... which I obviously have yet to obtain!!  


Ok so one good thing that came out of today is this:  I found out that I am the top retail seller at the spa for August, so far!!  I am the newest Aesthetician and haven't been busy, BUT have managed to shoot up in the retail/sales world!!!  It was very exciting to see my name right at the top of the list and highlighted!!!  


Well ... This post has helped me to get through my 12 minutes!!!  


"But the fruit of the Spirit is LOVE, joy, peace, PATIENCE, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."  Galations 5:22-23a

question ... thought ...

So i need some feed back ... does this make sense?!

"We need humility in order to have perserverance."

I was reading James 1 last night & only got through half of the chapter because I got hung up on the whole perservere part.  We will all go through trials but we need to perservere in order to mature and be complete.  BUT then when you keep reading it talks about doubting ... we will not receive anything from doubt. Thats when faith steps in.  Faith in God gives us the ability to perservere during those rough times.  Then James continues by stating that you must be humble when in a high position.  This is where i come up with my statement:  We need humility in order to have perserverance. Once we perservere through these times we will have passed the test and receive eternal life. 

Feedback would be great!!!!

one man's trash is another man's treasure

We are having a garage sale today ... everything that we are about to put in the trash ... people come and buy! What a weird concept! I think half this stuff is trash, rubish, garbage, etc etc ... But we are making money!! Someone is about to enjoy all this ... stuff!

This isn't any profound post ... just thought its really interesting how different everyone is. Can you imagine if everyone was like you?! UGH ... Jealousy would rule don't you think?! I like that I'm unique ... I'm different than everyone in my family, but we have common denominators. I guess thats how it works ... thats why we can live together! Or like they say ... Opposites attract!

Anyhow ... Thats all for now!!! Just some random thoughts for y'all!!

I am fearfully and wonderfully made!