As I near my wedding date, I find it necessary to become even more thrifty, or wise with money. I wouldn't say that I'm really wise with money by any means, but I try. For two weeks I've been looking at shoes, trying to decide what might help me feel more comfortable at work. I'm on my feet the whole day, and it wears on my body. I settled on a ( Read more... )

I say "who am I?" because I have so much on my mind lately. I think, and think, and think, and then more things pile up in my head, and so I think some more. And I worry. And I get anxious. And I'm excited. And I get nervous. And I feel joy. And as much as I think, it doesn't even matter. Who am I to try to puzzle it all out in my head? God has all ( Read more... )

Meeting with my wedding coordinator at the church today made me even more excited about getting married! My heart is overflowing with the joy of it already ( Read more... )

This seems to happen every time this year ( Read more... )

I'm so tired of feeling cold. I hate winter. I hate snow. Or, mass amounts of it, I should say. I feel very unlike myself ( Read more... )

Just when I think I might hear "good job" or "I'm proud of you", instead I hear words that essentially say "you're not doing it right" or "that's not good enough ( Read more... )

I have a lot to be joyous about. I feel like this year, the Christmas season has been a lot different for me in years past. I have a job, in which I work with kids who perhaps do not have a really nice Christmas like I do. The reality of their lives really sets in, especially now. It makes my heart ache for them, and there is nothing I can do for ( Read more... )

This morning my co-worker informed me that another co-worker happened to make a comment in front of her about our classroom. This person said that our room is "the worst room". When people say that at work, what they mean is "most disbehaved and I want to tear my hair out when I'm in that room." This co-worker happened to also be a "floater" who ( Read more... )

I spend my days now working with some very special preschoolers and planning for my wedding day. While I'm at work, or right before or after work, I daydream about my wedding day ( Read more... )

There's a lot more I should be doing right now, I'm sure, but I feel a need to update this a little for anyone who still reads my entries ( Read more... )