Trials of a Long Haired Girl

Today was a busy but good day.  Work was busy but not overwhelming so.  I was so far from my step goal today, but I got to meet a friend here for not so great reasons.  Her son is hospitalized here and she came into see him.  She was telling God she wanted to go to church and He has laid that very burden on my heart.  Funny thing is that I'm not sure when we first became FB friends that either of us anticipated that we would meet in person.  But God knew what He was doing!  He laid it on my heart and the desire on hers.  I hope everyone had a great day!

Happy Tuesday!  I hope you have had a fantastic day!  Mine was pretty busy.  I am happy that things seem to be moving in a positive direction at work.  I only hit a little over 4,000 steps today and while my food was not 100%, I feel confident that things are looking up.  I do not seem to be able to eat as much at one time, so I know my stomach is shrinking.   While I can say it was busy, my DD14 sent me a message and told me that she needed a blue jean skirt that came below her knee for her concert this week.  I would have liked more notice with the busy day today.  As luck would have it, we went to one thrift store and managed to find her a couple of new skirts and a couple of new skirts for me.  I found a JAG Jeans blue jean skirt for only $3.99. Based on what I found online that was a really good deal!  Tomorrow is a new day and we'll have more help tomorrow!  Have a great night!  Until we meet again tomorrow...good nig...

Today proved to be a bit of a busy day, but it was a good day.  I didn't hit my steps and realized when I went to get my debit card out that I didn't have it. 😒  Thankful we had something I could snack on...unfortunately, it doesn't really count as lunch.  I had peanut butter filled pretzels.  We had planned for chili dogs for dinner, so while not entirely on plan, it was tasty.  I am glad that I made it through this day without pulling my hair out since it was the first day without my co-worker. Last night, I was a bit emotional.  I decided that I would go through pictures from my Mom's.  We had many pictures taken together and there are many of just me.  Mom had also put my "school memories" book in there.  I ran across some great things including a "ribbon" award from 5th grade along with a program or two from my starring role as "Tailstar" written by my teacher.  Honestly, before she talked me into it, I don't think I...

I have to tell you that today was pretty awesome.  We had an amazing move of God at church this morning.  I went this morning determined to praise the Lord after the past week and what I know is coming tomorrow.  My co-worker's last day was Friday.  I know working in the coming week is definitely going to be a change of pace.  Yesterday was super busy and I feel like we got much done, even if it wasn't all that I wanted to get done.  I am pretty sore today, but I am looking forward to tomorrow.   The Lord works in ways we may not be able to understand.  I have a friend/classmate whose son was shot.  Things are not looking great for him right now, but if you pray, please pray for this family and this young man who was shot.  I cannot even fathom what his parents may be going through right now, but God knows all things and that's where I have to leave it.  Let's be honest, God's shoulders are broad enough to handle every one of ou...

What can I saw about today?  It was busy!  It was a good day and we got quite a bit done, but it was definitely busy.  DH and I woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep so we decided to run away for breakfast.  After breakfast was a trip to Lowe's and then home for a minute before rushing to the eye doctor.  He let me in on some interesting information...and suggested that I should switch to just an Omega-3 because the flaxseed oil I am taking also had pro-inflamatories.  He also said that wasn't helping my dry eye.  I have some new eye drops that I am trying for a bit.  Good news is that my right eye has improved while my left eye has gotten worse.  He did tell me that m optic nerves looked good.  Then off to Denison to continue working on the house so we can get it finished and our oldest and his bride can move in.  We accomplished getting several walls primered and I know that we are going to be sore tomorrow.  I must g...

I have been so thankful that it's Friday all day!  We had a wonderful lunch at the office thanks to my bosses.  We enjoyed some tasty fajitas.  Many leftovers so I brought some of them home for the family,,,but there wasn't enough left for a full dinner so we had pizza for dinner.  I feel like I haven't caught up on my sleep since our fantastic women's conference last week.  It was really a great time.   There are times that I really enjoy my Facebook memories and other days that I do not.  Yesterday it reminded me that it was 8 years ago that my sweet husband proposed.  Today, a picture of my Mom and I popped up.  I can honestly say that time changes things...family friends used to tell me that I looked like Mom and one in particular, Sis. Kay Gilbert used to call me "little Linda".  Oh, I would go home just fuming!  Oddly enough, now, I love hearing people tell me that I looked like Mom.  Tomorrow will be a busy day, but ...

Today, overall, was a good day.  I am saddened to realize that tomorrow will be the last day that I officially get to work with my coworker of the last 3.5 years.  She is leaving the firm after about 16.5 years.  For those of you that know me, I am not a big fan of change.  I know it will be better for her in the long run.   Today, I was listening to "Unstuffed" by Ruth Soukup.  For me, it seemed to really help things click.  We are trying to pick a weekend this month to try to work on being "Unstuffed".  I need to organize and purge a lot of things.  Since Mom passed in October, having to contend with her stuff is not what I intended, but it's necessary.  There was also a section about friendship and she made some very valid points there too.  Including the fact that relationships are intentional.  You have to give grace sometimes as well as receiving it.  As I was listening to her book today, she said some ...