BRRRRRrrrrr Shiver

The cold winter season REALLY has set in now. we got down to below freezing this weekend and it continues throughout the week... i had to walk an extra 3 blocks in what felt like Siberia two nights ago to get to my car! YIKES glad i had my scarf from Russia with me:)

i would support any inventions that allowed you to walk around in a bubble of comfortable 72degrees at all times but didn't make you bulky- like i currently look. it took me about several minutes just to put on all my accessories to go outside this morning!

come visit- Portland is great this time of year....

WINTER

winter is here, rain is here, cold weather is here, and so is the electrical bill for the heat!

FYI: I have taken a holiday job at Macy's to help pay the bills. God is good, i got my first small paycheck today, they paid me to train! very nice:) i worked the floor for the first time last night and made a sale, rung it up all by myself and closed the register on my own too!! BIG night at Macy's for me!

have a fantastic day wherever you are, i hope it is sunnier and warmer than here

God really is STILL Good...

A quick note to remind you that God is good, and still good in the midst of my life. I don't really know how consistent I am at believing it but when I do i try to tell someone about it- today i am telling you.
when you say it out loud it makes it more real somehow. He is good, faithful, loving, and providing all i need.
Just last week I was having a mini-melt down inside my head about how in the world i am going to pay rent this month and within in minutes of me having these crazy negative scenarios bouncing around in my head, my friend calls. She needs me to babysit all day, AND get paid!!! now this may not be a huge deal to you to get PAID to babysit... but for me it is. there are so many babies and so many families and so few babysitters that we just volunteer because lets face it... church planters (who i babysit for) aren't RICH!!:) but my friend and her husband aren't church planters and have some extra cash to actually pay me!!! woohoo for God meeting me and reminding me he does provide... He makes all things work together for my good- great song by the way!!!

just had to share!:) hope everyone has a great day

Sunshine and Flowers

This happened a few weeks ago but i'm just now getting around to posting the pictures. Most of you know I don't have a weekly job so when I need a pick me up I try to be outside enjoying the sun. Portland has been described as a city inside a park... VERY TRUE. I happened upon this neighborhood park in my travels to the library and stopped to read my new Real Simple magazine (thanks mom)... and then all of a sudden out of the corner of my eye i see this.... Are you kidding me??

I do not recall anything this cool at my neighborhood park. How fun!!?? it made me laugh and brightened my glum mood for not having a job:)

28

lots of facebooks wishes
mom off work- lunch at Zodiac Room
grocery store
wake up late
LuJack
Rock Cake
Kahlua sauce
candles
gin n tonic
Pop tickling Scarlett on the floor
Keating, hub caps, new baby boy next month...?
missing sally
$$$ cards:)
phone calls from half way across the world!!:)
Auntie had 2 surgeries:)

all in all i think 28th birthday was GREAT!!!!