the 12th

hmm, what a week. last week was. i barely worked which meant I had ample free-time to go here and there, to and fro. here's a picture from a mini-midweek-adventure. wooo :). it's taken from the inside of an old church.

Also, something exciting - I officially have my first real career job. i am now a career woman!. it's a teaching job and i'm thrilled. it's wonderful how God provides..in his time. in his time for my life, your life, our lives..

anyway, it starts on thursday! so, this week will be my last week working at starbucks-where i have currently been employed for almost the past two years. wow.. i'll miss it.

new years resolutions

my darling friend amy has challenged me (and YOU) in her latest blog to write down several new years resolutions.. so here:

*some of these have been inspired by others. so thankyou if you recognize something similar to your own resolution(s)...

-always be mindful of God
-be more thoughtful of others, both when with them and not with them
-read more - Bible, literature, articles
-travel somewhere i've never been - and stay there for at least a few days (maybe by myself, or with a friend. that would be nice)
-figure out how to pay school loans online and start paying them
-learn to be more confident/assertive in appropriate situations

well, i will now go to bed and chew on these resolution morsels. mmmm. :/. sorry, again, no photo. good thing i didn't make that a newyears resolution... bah ha ha.

oi

so... i kindof failed with the 2009 blog challenge. tis okay- the new year begins in less than twelve hours and all will begin fresh.. like after a clean bath with some good soap. i also don't have any new photos to post. at least any that have been transferred onto this computer. although.... i was given a new camera for christmas!!. it has good manual settings and will be fun to play with : ). thank you mom and pop! (i haven't downloaded the software onto my computer yet :/.)

anyway, a lot has happened since last blogging several weeks ago. this december month has been really busy - finishing school, graduation, family visiting, traveling to ohio, christmas, the new year festivities.. i finally slept in late today. and it was wonderful. granted i feel alittle gross, but lack of sleep has been pressing on me lately.

so, yay. praise God. for everything. particularly this year of 2009. ! yip yip.

attempting

So, my two closest friends - amy and anna - are taking part in Gwen Bell's the best of 2009 blog challenge...(you should read their blogs, they're quite entertaining).. i think i'm going to give it a whim, as well. we'll see: ) For the challenge you reflect on 2009 in choosing prompted 'best of' moments.. There's 31 prompts for each day of December. but i'm going to be choosy and just do the ones i want to - when i want to. bah ha. so, with no further ado :

*Restaurant moment: share the best restaurant moment you had this year. Who was there? What made it amazing? What taste stands out in your mind?
I think about this in terms of the people I was with. my most memorable meal out this year wasn't necessarily one evening - but all the times combined that I've gone out to eat with my three wonderful roommates. We always eat mexican food when it's the four of us. and we always laugh a lot. That's what makes it amazing - because I honestly have so much fun laughing about the dumbest things with them. top three dishes to get: huevos rancheros, steak or sweet chicken nachos, and warm chicken soup with avocado and sour cream. mm. My one downfall at these mexican fiestas is when i eat too many chips. I hate that.

*Book: what book - fiction or non - touched you? Where were you when you read it?
well, i've come to terms with the fact that I don't read as much as I used to. This makes me a little sad. I find myself starting books, reading the first few pages or chapters, and then just losing interest. At home, I read The Stranger this summer by Albert Camus, and for some reason, really enjoyed reading it. actually, here is maybe why: it was short and the writing was thoughtful and personal, to me. I was intrigued by the protagonist's core of apathy and 'aimless inertia' towards his life circumstances.(i stole that 'aimless inertia' phrase from a commentary I read about the book! take that!) All in all, the story was both depressing and inspiring - as it reminded me of the human need for hope and something more than just what's in the world. namely - the need for God.
Several verses in the Bible, God-breathed (author), have been sticking with me lately too. I sometimes read my bible indoors, outdoors, in a car. I also don't read it nearly as much as I should and could.

That's all i'll be writing for now. I want to blog with a picture soon. so, perhaps, i'll prepare for that in the next post. Also, can't believe that Christmas day is in two weeks!! woo hoo. :)

isn't it funny...

that when your eyes are so tired it feels like something is pushing up from underneath them and everything is seen in this sort of thoughtless haze. .. words mesh into each other.
That's when you might have to nap.

something new

we have a new cat. well, technically, my roomate amy has a new cat. it's a stray. from next door. I remember her litter from sometime last year.. hm. at this very moment, I'm watching her sleep on the sofa. which is what she's done for the majority of her first day with us.

suprisingly her fur is quite soft, but i've realized i'm not the biggest animal person - although i'm growing warm toward the idea of our own pet. or at least want myself to. when i was growing up we always had pets in the house. i remember when i was maybe five - we had like 7 hamsters at once. and they always died in clumps. and then we'd just get more..

we also had two guinia pigs. (how in the world do you spell?) their names became - poopsie and apple blossom. you could never say "apple blossom' then 'poopsie' it was always poopsie first.. i think they're funny names, as in i laugh inside when i remember them - i wouldn't expect anyone else to think those names were funny - although i would cherrish a moment with someone else who would.. name origins: poopsie pooped on one of my sisters or me on the way home from the pet store and apple blossom had red eyes... like apples.

we also had cats and dogs. lots of dogs. mostly mutts and such.

well, again, i'm procrastinating. with homework. must go.

happy thanksgiving

yew hew.. it's thanksgiving day. THE one day to be out right thankful for everything in my life.. which i really have a whole lot to be thankful for. really. so, Thankyou. mostly to God, but really also to everyone a part of my life (and not a part of it). apart? a part? eeee.

i drove to be with family today. just for the day - to columbia. i like columbia, liked living here. it's been a long time since i've visited.. It's always kind of weird being/living in greenwood and then visiting other places I've lived before - it's like I forget that there's other possibilities of the life I could be living. i get stuck living in greenwood - granted with several wonderful friends (that I wouldn't know what to do without) - so in a sense, it's not really 'stuck' but just.... i don't know.. I guess it's that balance between being content in any and every situation and - at the same time - pursueing goals, interests, adventure. .... And also, it's not always about the place I live. or my particular situation. ... its about attitude, interactions with others, caring, loving, and so on. : )
wow, all these words. Finally, God is very good. gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.