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| "Zanga", you're great... It's not you, its me... Well, it is actually you. Yeah... you're too hard to figure out, especially now that you are trying too hard to resemble other blog and social networks. Yeah. Sorry. I have found something better. Peace out!
Visit my new blog site!
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The 'Burbs
By Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman
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I love reading blogs. I check them on a consistent basis and love watching others' lives unfold. Some of these people I don't think I've even met in person, which sounds weirder to say out loud than I think it actually is. And, once in a blue moon, I decide to actually blog for myself. Landy had an interesting point: who cares if there are people reading what we have to say; blogs can be a mere outlet of expressing and "journaling." And my chance to display correct grammar, which I think I'm very good at.
I got a job! Yes... and I actually love it, with all its ups and downs. I found this job through a friend who I happened to join for dinner at a youth group leader event, which I attended merely as another leader's girlfriend. So, now I work with two other lovely ladies, and we are all three of widely varied personalities. This makes for a continual learning experience as well as a very fun time. I work for a motivational speaker (no, NOT Matt Foley and he doesn't live in a van down by the river) who travels all around the country speaking to ministries, churches and doing leadership enhancement events for corporations and schools. This man is very fun, very encouraging, and embraces life to the fullest. He prays and we all do devotionals to commence our staff meetings, each of us taking turns presenting something new out of the Word at each meeting we have. I book travel, sell my boss's books, do a little graphic design here and there, and generally help out where needed in the office. With only 2 other staffers full-time, we all do a hodge-podge of duties in this semi-fledgling organization. I love it, mainly for my co-workers and the interesting problems we face and deal with each day.
I also live with a family I did not know 3 months ago, but am already being called "half-sister" by the little girls. This family are friends with another family I happened to babysit for as a favor to one of my own friends, who is a regular babysitter for the "other" family. Through a series of connections and calls, I met the family I now live with. We instantly clicked and enjoyed each other, and now I live in their cute little backhouse, complete with a bathroom, closet, kitchen area, huge day bed and 'mondo' T.V. Yesssss. The family has 5 kids, ranging from 8 months to 11 years. I babysit them about 4-5 times a month, which is becoming more and more of a fun task. Especially when Foster comes to help, which he did last night. He uses a perfect balance of fun and keeping order with these kids, and they love him! Anyway... sometimes it can be a challenge living in close proximity to children, when they often want you to play when you are not in the mood. Without an excuse, it is hard to say no to children without feeling cruel. Therefore, I find myself coming home from work, lighting candles in my room, and making dinner in the dark so they don't look out the window, see my lights on, and come pitter-pattering out to see if I can play. Yes, I know... I can be a jerk sometimes. That happens when you are an avoider AND anti-social like I can be. I do have my fair share of fun with them, however. I am learning the importance and rewards of biting the bullet and doing what I really don't want to do sometimes. Every time I go into the house to visit and play, I leave feeling refreshed and content. Amazing what difference kids can make in your life!
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Welp, Kanakuk Institute and Kamp is over, and i'm sitting here, with a new Masters degree, pretending to look for jobs while catching up to real life. We had no access to computers or phones or most of the outside world but once a week (if we WANTED to catch up to the outside world). It is good to be back - 3 months, or 90 days, at Kamp working in the kitchen is a long time. I made some great friends and learned a lot about God and fellowship, so now it's time to really use those things I learned this year out in the scary real world. I've come back around and decided I do want to illustrate/do art again. Probably not as a main job, but I'm going to work on building it up on the side for now, and see how "big" this "hobby" gets. It's all up to God. Artistic stuff has always kinda fallen in my lap, so I'm not worried about finding an outlet for it. Just dont know what the heck God wants me to do from 8am to 5pm on weekdays. There is a lot out there, I just dont want to get into something I hate. I have tried a lot of jobs that I end up leaving, and my resume is long because of it, and I've not gotten jobs because of it. That's ok, I figure the people that pay more attention to the variety in my resume than my skills are people I dont want to work for. It's all good! I know I'll find a job, and this is a journey in which God is teaching me a lot about waiting on Him and trusting Him only, and its necessary. However, if you need to employ someone or have any ideas about jobs, hit me with it!  | | |
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It's been a YEAR almost! I think I need to update my blog! Heh heh... Well things are great here at school, I am plugging along with schoolwork, which is a lot right now. There is a lot to do yet, and next week we visit John Brown University to take actual classes. We have been taking classes online most of the year, except for another week back in October we visited JBU and took 5 days of 2 4 hour classes. That is of course 8 hours of class a day. I liked it though. last time we stayed in a camp-like Baptist retreat site. I didn't mind it, but apparently a lot of people didn't like it... cruddy showers, creaky beds. And it was cold! However, because people didnt like it, this time we're staying in the classrooms at JBU! Yep... we are told to bring sleeping bags to sleep in the classrooms, and take showers in the rec center. Wow. I'm excited. There are some people who are not, and complained so they get to stay somewhere else. Are you serious? SLEEPOVER AT SCHOOOOOLL!! How often do you get to do that, at the invitation of the UNIVERSITY! Haha... Yay. I'm excited. After THAT....... I'm going to Disneyland! I have worked really hard to be able to go, and I'm going with Foster, Ryan and Grace. I'll post pictures, I promise. Woo hoo!!!! Ok, gotta go to class but I'll probably start posting again... I forgot that I like posting blogs. | | |
| I'm A GROWN UP!
I am getting ready to leave for Kamp! I cant wait... i've had a kind of a tough summer and I'm so ready to go be in the Kanakuk bubble again. Work week went great. I got baptized and I feel like I havent been the same since then. God is good. I have been waiting tables, as you know, and if you ever want to learn how to trust God with money, that's a great way to do it. God has been meeting my financial needs in miraculous ways, seeing as how the NBA playoffs were a very tough crowd who complained a lot and thought a good tip was $5 no matter what their bill was, and since they hung around for 5 hours at my tables on these game nights, it was a miracle I made the money I did. I EVEN had to get the A/C fixed on the Mustang - it cost $1300!! That is seriously a 1/4 of what I paid for the dang car. BUT I actually have a warranty on the car, thanks to Sarah K's friend in the business, and that warranty just paid for itself by paying 1000 of that A/C job, and I wont have to drive to Kamp with the dang windows down like I did in June.
I got all my support letters out - If you didnt get one let me know and i'll send it to ya!
I'm moving out of my apartment and am getting everything in order for being gone a month. I also am getting financial aid all set for school. Wow I can't wait for K Institute. I made some good friends at work week who are going to be at and around the Institute. God is good. Even when I am at a job I hate, too. He has been good enough to bring relationships to me at work that encourage me. I have been able to share my faith with these wild folks, and also make some good friends I'm gonna write to while I'm at Kamp! HEY if you want me to write you, I love getting mail back!! Landon? Jordan? | | |
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