Thursday, September 29, 2011

Busy Bee

WOW--this week has been so full!  And it's not over yet... 

Luckily, I had time to sit and fire off 15 emails in a row:)  I'm making my list for tomorrow and I decided I'm not going to do anything else important tonight.  The laundry will still be there, and the floor will still need vacuuming.  Tomorrow will be busy, but productive.

I have to balance the checkbook tomorrow...and find room in our budget for everything.  Have I mentioned the fact that I'm trying to find a job???  This is depressing and stressful. 

I also have to find some time to make scarves for a Christmas charity I've been involved with for several years, and my crafts to sell.  Maybe it's not the time but the motivation that I need.  I'll just pray for it all to miraculously get done....that should work, right?

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

I'm getting a little irritated with the job search, to be perfectly honest.  I'm really hoping it has something to do with the economy...not that I'm just not employable.  I really feel like I deserve a shot, but there are so many folks out there looking also-and they're all better qualified than me!

I'll just have to focus a little more on my craft projects (they'll bring in some money nearer to Christmas), and volunteering at the schools.  And I'll need to do more at home...baking, cleaning, organizing.  Too bad I've been to depressed about not working to get much done around here.  I'll try to channel that negative energy into a cleaning frenzy:)

Bring on the interviews!!!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

A little nervous...

So maybe carefree wasn't the best choice of words-although I have thoroughly enjoyed my freedom.  Now begins the job hunt; part-time work is hard to find.  Unfortunately, I don't have a degree and that just complicates everything.  I stand at a crossroads and I'm really confused as to which way I can turn.  Not that there are a lot of choices, but all the choices I do have are so different.  I'm thinking I'll just have to take what I can get!

Wish me luck on my new adventure:)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Fab Finds

I have not felt so carefree in a while...after training the lovely Crystal, I am now unemployed:)  So what was the first thing I did?  Sign up as VP for the PTO at Luke's school--and the labels (box tops) coordinator.  It'll do.

One of the first days free of my phone and computer was errand day.  I went and explored the Habitat for Humanity's ReStore.  You can find some great deals in there.  And if you're in the market for some tile, there's a ton of it--especially if you're in the creative mood to use different sizes and colors. 

Another of my errands was the health food store (Fresh Air).  Got some great stuff, and as I was leaving, I decided to pop into the fabric store next door (Cotton Gin).  They have some amazing fabrics, especially upholstery-weight fabric.  I was working my brain pretty hard to come up with an excuse to buy some of these gorgeous prints, when I happened to walk by this rolling bin full of scraps.  I kept walking until my brain registered the price--50 cents per scrap.  Some of these scraps were over a yard, and I got some real leather; unbelievable!  And the best part?--I only paid $10 for the whole bag!



But, it did take me an hour to sort through the whole bin and match the colors and textures for the specific projects each would be used for.  I never imagined I'd find all i needed in that one bin!  Of course, now I need to find a place with some great accessories like buttons and clasps for dirt-cheap.  Any suggestions?

Friday, September 2, 2011

it's the little things

I just finished reading a novel that included several Amish characters-what a lifestyle!  The discipline it must require to deliberately deny yourself of so many things we "Englishers" take for granted every day is astounding.  Forgiveness, selflessness, and peace surround these communities.  Throughout the book characters continued to say that they were only human, but it's so easy to see them as angels or saints. 

In a strange way related, a friend recently sent me an email of an eyewitness to Austria's seemingly being hypnotized by Hitler.  Her account mapped out the slow, slow takeover-such that no one ever blinked an eye.  But by the end, they were obviously doomed.  And she wrote of history I had never heard about in the time after the war.

I am humbled this week to grasp how little I know about so much.  I try every at every opportunity to do something kind for another soul, and I know that I am storing up my treasure in heaven--but my minute-to-minute life does not always scream out Jesus' name.  I realize that my job here on earth right now is to prepare this small family's next generation for a future in which they will affect circumstances.

I heard a quote recently that spoke to me:  You are the only bible some people will ever know.

My prayer is for peace and contentment in the knowledge that it is in the small, sometimes unseen acts that we are most often smiled upon by God.