Bid

I put in a bid on a house cleaning job last week. I’m not really sure if I want it. I think that the people have the tendency to be cheap. They don’t want to pay me the same amount that they paid the woman who cleaned for them a year ago. The lady of the house seemed to think that it would only take me about 2.5 hours to clean everything. The woman who used to clean said it took her 4 hours. Judging from the size of the house I would tend to think it would take close to 4 hours. UMMM…maybe the lady who lives there is capable of speed cleaning. I should know if I got the job later this week.

Possibilities

Lately God has been showing me different options, or possibilities, for the future. As usual, I don’t have time to share much right now. But I guess that since I haven’t made any decisions I don’t really have a lot to share anyway.

One quick update is that I am placing a bid on a cleaning job Thursday evening. At this point I am hoping that it works out. But as God has been showing me what I want and what is best isn’t always in agreement. If the situation isn’t one I should be in, I seriously hope that God spares me.

I have Upward cheerleading practice soon. This year has been the best yet. Maybe I will be able to post a picture of “my girls” soon. They seriously rock! They are a huge encouragement with their desire to learn and willingness to focus on the task at hand. Thanks girls!

An Overdue Update

OK so I didn’t follow through in adding pictures to the blog. In fact, not only have I not added pictures yet, but I haven’t even been writing. If I had internet access at home I would be more likely to update things more frequently. I can’t even remember the last time I had my computer online besides today. Maybe someday I can connect at home…

But until then I will have to try harder to update things more frequently, maybe once a month or so. Even that would be improvement at this point. Maybe this should be a late New Years' resolution.

I’ve experienced more life drama this last week or so. Because of what it is and who is involved, I really can’t share details. However, I think that God is continuing to use the more traumatic, or rather traumatic to me, things of life to help me get to the point of moving away from here.

An edited excerpt from my journal summarizes some of the more internal things that have been occurring in my life…

Recently I started re-reading the Christy Miller series. Ironically enough, it seems like the books for teen and pre-teen girls fit better to my life now than it did when I was younger. One thing that stood out in the first book was when one of the guys told Christy, the day after she accepted Christ, was that life is hard but that is how God brings us closer to himself and how he works out our spiritual growth. From the second book I got a verse. Deuteronomy 31:8. The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. I wish I would have found that verse a couple months ago.

God is before me, behind me, above me, below me, and beside me. I am encompassed in the shelter of his wings. Psalm 81.

Since I haven’t written since around Thanksgiving I should probably say that this last Christmas was the best Christmas I have had in a couple years.

Here are some highlights…and pictures.




I gave coffee to one of my nephews. He takes his coffee the same way his dad does. A little bit of coffee and a lot of extra flavoring. I think I added egg nog. He liked it.












I would add more pictures than this, but I can't find them on my computer. I haven't played with things enough to really know what I am doing. I also don't have a camera, so the selection is rather limited. Tonight my family is celebrating the birthday of one of my sisters. Perhaps this will be a good photo op.

I think I am setting a personal record for blog length today. I am loading cds to my computer so I can load them to my iPod. (Christmas was GREAT!) I currently have under 200 songs loaded and am loading more so I can have more variety.

I guess that an update on my job situation would be a good thing to include.

I'm currently OK. I'm still working at the church, as a book keeper for a man in the church, and I'm still cleaning my one house. I have also been baby-sitting in the mornings for a friend and teacher at the school I attended while growing up. It has really surprised me that I haven't gotten any more houses, but God has been providing.

My furnace was installed the week between Christmas and New Years thanks to my seriously cool b-i-l. He sacrificed about three days of his vacation for me. Hopefully his four sons turn out to be a lot like him.

Choir practice starts in about 20 minutes so I should probably stop playing.

Until next month...