I noticed today, while I hopped in Rich's car for my ride home from work; digging through my purse, I found my joy. it's a stone rich and i bought at luke lure, at the gem store there. and it was a cheap thing, something to say that we bought something from the place we parked our car... it has turned into something I try to always carry with me. Especially at work. Work lately has been expecially challenging lately with staffing troubles, due to the horrible weather we had... which started on Monday, my day off, Light fluffy beautiful snow. then the sun came out, a little bit melted away... and then turned into a thick layer of ice on top of the snow. Which we have been fighting the last two days. rich has been able to take me to work, luckily. I don't want to leave them understaffed by a nurse, a CNA you can handle, but a nurse, you can't replaced without a manager taking there place. I'm going to stop there.
Joy is to be with me at all times. I love Joy.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Love vs Love
You know, when I first became a christian, i thought to myself, wow, i have everything i need, i don't need joe (name sub). I have God's love and that is all I will ever need. i can do anything with him in my heart and living within me. i actually thought about breaking up with joe, seriously, but i couldn't because he brought me to Christ and we were in love. and i was just listening to a faith hill song, i realized, the love, that we experience down here on earth is completely different than the love and grace that God gives to us.
I am guilty of believing that there is nothing better than the heart felt love and flutter in your soul. the happiness that person brings, but i feel like i've gotten past that, heck maybe i should be a nun!!
I remember living in the Smith's (sub there too) house and looking at the photographs there over the bookself, some from africa, some of christmas cards, a calendar that reminded me of precious moments stuff. I remember the Smith's telling me how much i've changed, and to me, i didn't see any change, but i was happier, i stopped dwelling on the past, (that i should 've stayed at wcu and got my BSN) and looked only to what was in front of me, and what i could control, and let God control everything else. I don't know what happened, honestly i was pulled by temptation away from a perfect life that i had built. another one of those i've loved along the way, as joe would say
I am guilty of believing that there is nothing better than the heart felt love and flutter in your soul. the happiness that person brings, but i feel like i've gotten past that, heck maybe i should be a nun!!
I remember living in the Smith's (sub there too) house and looking at the photographs there over the bookself, some from africa, some of christmas cards, a calendar that reminded me of precious moments stuff. I remember the Smith's telling me how much i've changed, and to me, i didn't see any change, but i was happier, i stopped dwelling on the past, (that i should 've stayed at wcu and got my BSN) and looked only to what was in front of me, and what i could control, and let God control everything else. I don't know what happened, honestly i was pulled by temptation away from a perfect life that i had built. another one of those i've loved along the way, as joe would say
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Missing: Yellow Perfect Size Teapot
I have recently missed placed a wonderful gift that was given to me by a dear friend. A little yellow teapot, I believe bought at a little antique shop, but it has more sentimental meaning more than anything. A person who introduced me to tea, and to pause; and take it all in. A person that has always had faith in me, who continued to love me even though I wasn't perfect. for all the love in the world, and the love you lead me to; the love of Jesus Christ. Love you.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
What Is Joy To You?
What is Joy to you? I was given the stone on the right by a friend/mentor, I had talked about how I just wanted a simple christmas lettering that said "Joy", and Christmas morning, there it was in a stocking. I don't know if she craved it in there herself or exactly where she found something I so deeply wanted. I will tell you what my Joy is, next time.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Catch-up
Last Week...
Today we drive home to Charlotte after an early dinner at my grandparents’ with my brother. We’re hoping to be home around 10-11, and to come home to our bed. Don’t get me wrong, my grandparents have a wonderful king size bed here for us, but nothing, I mean nothing, beats your own bed. I have actually gone without Starbucks for a whole entire day, and yes I did leave the house. Today is day two, I may end up going to Starbucks so I can upload this post. But I am enjoying regular Maxwell House coffee, and enjoying the beautiful Gainesville landscape. My grandfather had this house built, I believe for my grandmother, it’s on my grandmother’s –mothers, land. It’s a beautiful house with perfect lighting, and beautiful screened sunroom, I wouldn’t call it a porch because it’s not an add-on looking thing. There are several potted plants, but it doesn’t look like plant hoarding. Some of them hang from a plant hanger that comes up to my belly-button, others that are placed here and there on tables, but they are all well taken care of. Even though my grandmother seems to think that “It looks just awful”, it doesn’t.
Pumpkin Farm
While going up to Alacoloagords, jack-be-little pumpkins, miniature pumpkins, pumpkin pie, pumpkin candy, sugar-pumpkins, old fashioned pumpkins, pumpkins with warts… they didn’t have a name, we bought a blue pumpkin, a few miniature pumpkins, butternut squash, and some acorn squash. We left with paying a little over $20. It was fun, and a nice break honestly.
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Alacoloa Falls
My brother told us about a nice place to go, a very short hike but beautiful. Alacoloa falls, a beautiful waterfall in the town of Dawsonville, GA. We drove in, our GPS very confused as to where we were going (my grandfather had given us directions; which is good because it didn’t recognize the address Alcolola falls state park rd.!??!) but the map was still following us. We reached the bottom of the falls, which ended in a large pond which was full due to the large cold front that had come through the previous week. Then we recognized that you could hike about halfway up the falls, via steps. 175 steps later we were at the middle of the falls. A long bridge stretched across the furious water below. After picture taking, we followed across the bridge, figuring it would circle back around, but no… there were more steps (425) to the top of the falls! So of course we went up! That was strenuous, and boy did it make me realize I need to work out! Thankfully it was cool and the falls were beautiful! As we went on the bridge across the falls, we see… a parking lot. Where we could have driven up to the top! Exactly as my brother had told us! But alas, we enjoyed the exercise. We went back down the 425, then 175, steps but not without me going off the trail and risking my life to take a drink from the falls, which was very good by the way, and while I was climbing across the rock, a large rock about the size of a person’s head, fell from the top of the falls right in front of me. I saw it bounce continue down the falls, hum… I then decided, better do what I came here to do and get back to the main trail! So I did and the water was fresh, clean and cold! At the bottom of the falls we got to the car, once again, I was grateful for Rich’s insesent need to bring a cooler on trips. We had some drinks and sat, because, by this time, out legs were jelly and shaking! We cleaned up the car a bit and headed back to my grandparent’s. Once we got there my grandfather was outside with the dogs, I asked my grandfather if I could drive the Honda CRX (manual), because I've always like the CRX and then the image of having a pearl white one with such power etc... it intruiged me... but alas, i was a horrible driver and realized i love the luxury of my 2006 honda civic.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Vaca, making our way back up... to the South
September 27, 2010
On the road headed to , eventually, Gainesville ga to see maternal grandparents. Trying to remember that we are on vaca.
Called my mom to ask how the puppies were, they are good, but it is raining there.
Rich and I were thinking about this, come feb when our lease is up and this is still in the air, and my mom’s house is still on the market, we may move in with her and help with some face-lifts. The porch needs painting, the back deck may need to be replaced, maybe real gutter-guards put in all the way around, The back yard will need tending to. It’s a freakin’ forest, maybe I could talk ray into helping me with that, we would probably enjoy pulling those trees out, or I could even ask josh. To use his truck and pull them down with a wench or towing, then a bonfire! Gosh, I’d like to do this without moving in. but we would only be paying her mortgage which is around 700/month which is a lot less than 1070 a month. Hummmmm. All just thoughts about random possibilities. Plus I LOVE OUR APARTMENT; now I do which it was on the bottom floor, but hey you can’t have everything.
On the road headed to , eventually, Gainesville ga to see maternal grandparents. Trying to remember that we are on vaca.
Called my mom to ask how the puppies were, they are good, but it is raining there.
Rich and I were thinking about this, come feb when our lease is up and this is still in the air, and my mom’s house is still on the market, we may move in with her and help with some face-lifts. The porch needs painting, the back deck may need to be replaced, maybe real gutter-guards put in all the way around, The back yard will need tending to. It’s a freakin’ forest, maybe I could talk ray into helping me with that, we would probably enjoy pulling those trees out, or I could even ask josh. To use his truck and pull them down with a wench or towing, then a bonfire! Gosh, I’d like to do this without moving in. but we would only be paying her mortgage which is around 700/month which is a lot less than 1070 a month. Hummmmm. All just thoughts about random possibilities. Plus I LOVE OUR APARTMENT; now I do which it was on the bottom floor, but hey you can’t have everything.
Vaca... well at least trying to be on vaca,
Why is it that the first thing I feel I need to type is “resident is alert…” it’s about the only time that I am on a computer lately. Right now Rich and I are on vacation in Florida, staying with Melissa’s aunt and uncle. I slept for 7 hours today between 3pm-10pm. I’m sure as soon as I finally get into vacation mode aka not waking up at 0630 and go to sleep at 9 pm, if not earlier, that I won't require such long naps, then ambien to help me sleep and stya on a normal schedule. I do wonder how my long term resident’s are doing… Sad thing is the morning we left I made Rich stop by my work to give my manager a brief on my entire resident’s. Plus there happened to be a few things that I forgot to chart, that I felt were important. Different things like, make sure they speak with this resident because his speech is seeming to come back, and when you talk with him, he truly enjoys it, and give him a choice for what or when he goes to do something,
I tried to talk Rich into maybe leaving a day early going to my grandparents’ house earlier and leaving earlier, to go home earlier and not tell anyone, so we can just relax. I feel like I have to do what the other people we are with want to do, even if it doesn’t interest me, like I’d like to go to downtown Naples and look through shops because I like doing that, I even suggested we drive down to the key’s! Rich insists it’s too far and we don’t have enough fundage. We have enough fundage… and what’s another 5 hours when we drove over 12 to get here? Might as well go where the water is clear and blue… that’s just one thing I want to see; clear blue water, white sandy beaches. I told Rich we will just have to get a time-share, so we will be able to go different places see different things and still stay in beautiful places
IBC Cream Cream Soda at 5th st coffee house, Caesar wrap and Italian pesto panini for Rich
Back to what else I like to do when I travel, I like to “see” my way to places, see everything that in between. I want to stop in Savannah, or Kissimmee. We don’t have to stay more than 2 hours, but gosh it’s seeing more than just what the tourism bureau wants you to see. I guess long trips are something I learned from my aunt and uncle; they just took a 2 week vaca and had certain places they wanted to hit... but if an attraction or town sounded interesting, you got off the exit and saw what there was to see. That’s where I first learned I loved to scramble across rocks, we had to stop somewhere, noticed there was a river, lots of rocks to sit on, and a few other cars, must be something interesting… And it was. Some of the best pictures we took on that trip were on those rocks, overlooking waterfalls, standing in from of beautiful Lake Louise… since my middle name is Louise, its cool. In that picture, I’m standing in front of the beautiful blue lake and beautiful mountains behind me! But alas, My Aunt Jeanne is no longer with us, and the two weeks of vaca in the summer where we took off to random places is over. Last night i came to a realization that i, also, need to compromise. And that's my plan. Right now we are heading to Gainesville Ga for the maternal grandparents. Rich would like to stop and the museum of natural history at UF in gainesville Fl. so we will try. hope to update more often and soon!!
I tried to talk Rich into maybe leaving a day early going to my grandparents’ house earlier and leaving earlier, to go home earlier and not tell anyone, so we can just relax. I feel like I have to do what the other people we are with want to do, even if it doesn’t interest me, like I’d like to go to downtown Naples and look through shops because I like doing that, I even suggested we drive down to the key’s! Rich insists it’s too far and we don’t have enough fundage. We have enough fundage… and what’s another 5 hours when we drove over 12 to get here? Might as well go where the water is clear and blue… that’s just one thing I want to see; clear blue water, white sandy beaches. I told Rich we will just have to get a time-share, so we will be able to go different places see different things and still stay in beautiful places
IBC Cream Cream Soda at 5th st coffee house, Caesar wrap and Italian pesto panini for Rich
Back to what else I like to do when I travel, I like to “see” my way to places, see everything that in between. I want to stop in Savannah, or Kissimmee. We don’t have to stay more than 2 hours, but gosh it’s seeing more than just what the tourism bureau wants you to see. I guess long trips are something I learned from my aunt and uncle; they just took a 2 week vaca and had certain places they wanted to hit... but if an attraction or town sounded interesting, you got off the exit and saw what there was to see. That’s where I first learned I loved to scramble across rocks, we had to stop somewhere, noticed there was a river, lots of rocks to sit on, and a few other cars, must be something interesting… And it was. Some of the best pictures we took on that trip were on those rocks, overlooking waterfalls, standing in from of beautiful Lake Louise… since my middle name is Louise, its cool. In that picture, I’m standing in front of the beautiful blue lake and beautiful mountains behind me! But alas, My Aunt Jeanne is no longer with us, and the two weeks of vaca in the summer where we took off to random places is over. Last night i came to a realization that i, also, need to compromise. And that's my plan. Right now we are heading to Gainesville Ga for the maternal grandparents. Rich would like to stop and the museum of natural history at UF in gainesville Fl. so we will try. hope to update more often and soon!!
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