I got a job!

I got a call today letting me know I got a position as a bakery clerk at a grocery store. I'm pretty excited that I will get to do a little cake decorating!

I'm a little bummed that the store is 25 miles away, and it's evenings and weekends, but it's a job! Hopefully I'll be able to go to church one day. I did a little training today, and I'm going back tomorrow to do some more. yay!

So.. lately

Last weekend was our 1 year anniversary. We went to a FANCY steakhouse, and had the best steaks of our lives, and spent the nite in a great deal on a hotel (love name your own price) Saved about $80 bucks! Then we went to a gun show, and saw the toy story double feature. We had a lot of fun, and it was great to think back on the last year. A friend from church said that it would be our worst, and let's hope so! It was hard, but we both survived!

Since then I've had an informal interview, and a real interview. No idea really what they thought of me. Hoping to get a call, but still sending out my resume like it's water. Really, I send it out at a minimum of 3x a day. I've been looking since the middle of august, I've applied to A TON of jobs. Not crying, but would really like a job.

My mother-in-law will be down sometime next week to go to a HUGE quilt show. Maybe I will get to go with her if I'm still unemployed. I want to spend time with her, but I really want a job too. Wow, that's next week. Time's creeping along fast.

I've been having a GREAT time going to bible study with the ladies at the Nazarene church. Wed. mornings we meet to do a Beth Moore bible study about the Patriarchs (watch a video and discuss) but the most exciting thing the last 2 weeks is a small group of us have been going to filmings of Beth Moore's new study on Revelations. It's so awesome for lots of reasons. 1. more time with Godly women is never bad. 2. there are about 3200 women at the study on Tuesdays Wow! 3. Nothing like worshiping with that many people. 4. I'm spending time out of the house with others 5. Growing closer to God is always so exciting!

So, I'm busy mostly, but can't wait to have my mother-in-law visit for company!

You should visit me too!

So full, yet so dry

God's really been teaching me a lot lately. I'm going to Bible study and learning so much, yet still feel so alone. I know God's supposed to be that friend, but I'm finding it hard not getting hugs. I don't know why, driving home from study I started crying because I've not gotten a hug in such a long time, well other than John Paul, not to discount his hugs. I guess, I'm missing that from other people. I don't know why I'm sitting here crying.

God is so good. He's really been helping me grow in so many ways lately. Stupid Satan, when things are going good with God he gets jealous. Why is it this happens all the time, and I never think of it immediately?

Royal Icing Class

I went to a class to learn how to make royal icing flowers. I think it went pretty well. Made some pretty ones, and some not so pretty ones, but it was all in all a fun day. Now I just have to have reason to make a cake with flowers all over it! If only I could learn to post my pictures in a way that I could make the text work in the blog. O technology

I've been busy

I've been going to work out almost every day. I have 4 personal training sessions, and I've been doing water aerobics 2x a week. I started a women's Bible study at the Nazarene church, and I just signed up for a cake decorating class for this weekend.

I've had 2 interviews that didn't go so well, but I have another one on Monday.

So, I'm seeing people, not making so many friends, but I can have conversations!

Ups and downs

So I've been really up and down emotionally lately. The staying at home ALONE all day is getting to me, the applying for a zillion jobs and never hearing anything, or discovering they are a scam is getting to me and did I mention I'm lonely?

I've been making decisions to change that. I contacted the community life pastor at the Nazarene church near our home, and am going to get involved with a woman's group and participate in a class for people new to their church. I'm pretty pumped about that.

I went to the extension office and talked to a 4-H educator about volunteering so tonight I'm going to go to a county wide event and see where I fit in helping, and I've volunteered to help judge at the county fair next month. Something I'm ok at and have experience with!

I'm going to the Bally's nearby and do a gym tour. There's so many things I could say about that but I'm not. They do have an indoor pool there so that's neat. I'm bummed our neighborhood pool is closed for the season now.

The major up yesterday was I got an e-mail, written by a person, about a job I was really excited about. A place (maybe a monastery) dedicated to prayer needed an office assistant, so I eagerly applied. I felt like my unique background might help me with that. I got an e-mail back asking if I knew it was a part time job. MWF all day. I think it's perfect, I could still keep the house in order ect. So I e-mailed that I was still interested. Holding my breath on that.

Haven't heard from the caterer office job yet, and the other job I'm excited about is a luxury car dealership receptionist. All of those are things I'm pretty interested/ have some experience with. Who knows.

The best up was this morning. I'm waiting on the final confirmation, but ITT Tech sent me an e-mail to schedule an interview tommorow! It's kinda far from my house, but having an interview boosted my spirits.

I'm really hoping to find a friend soon. Susan is going to go back out to the ocean (she's a marine biologist) and she's the only girl I see regularly around here. That's been the hardest thing about moving. I'm really missing my friends, really really.

Project Day

My friend Susan came over yesterday for a project! We made cupcakes for a pool party that one of John Paul's co-workers had at his home. We had a blast making yellow polka dot bikinis, beach balls, and I experimented with making flowers. It was fun, and delicious.

The party was fun, the binary cupcake (covered with 1s and 0s) got a laugh, and John Paul took the leftovers to work today.

As an aside, I love my apron that my mother-in-law made, and my hair actually looked ok too!