Hey guys, on vacation. lol, it sorta feels just the same as when Jesse went to work anyways- the afternoon naps and all. The best part is that we're in Salinas and we visited the beach today. We keep the windows open throughout the whole day and there's always a nice fresh breeze.
Going to go do some Bible reading. Bye!
will check in later with more stuff to say. ;)
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Poetry
I realized that I haven't read any poetry in a while. I used to read it and write it constantly- my teachers loved my work. I guess sometimes you can become so consumed with one thing if you're not careful. Anyways, I've decided to pick it back up as a hobby. I found a book I've been looking for- for about 5 years. I only knew what the cover looked like, what the author looked like- no names or anything. After about so many years I found it today and I praised God for it. It is titled The Heart of God- prayers of Rabindranath Tagore. Here is one line that I've enjoyed thoroughly over and over again:
"Rebelliously I put out the light in my house,
and Your sky surprised me with its stars."
Reminds me of my spiritual life.
"Rebelliously I put out the light in my house,
and Your sky surprised me with its stars."
Reminds me of my spiritual life.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Tagged
A. Attached or Single: Attatched
B. Best Friend: Jesse Caron & my sisters- it's a tie all around
C. Cake or Pie: Cake- duh!
D. Day of Choice: Saturday
E. Essential Item: my mom- she makes the best hot chocolate in the world lol, does that count?
F. Flavor of Ice Cream: Jamoca Almond Fudge
G. Gummy bears or Worms: Sour gummy worms- preferably stale, lol
H. Hometown: Fresyes
I. Indulgences: ooohhhh getting great buys on clearance- I have to stop myself sometimes
J. January or July: July
K. Kids: nope gots none- and hopefully won't for a couple of years ;)
L. Last Movie I saw in a Theater: Expelled- saw it with the church
M. Middle Name: lol John- it was a tradition in Russa/Armenia to name the first child after the father, thank God they made it my middle name instead of my first- I just tell people Joan to avoid the retelling of the story- I think it's kind of cool though.
N. Number of Siblings: 3- including Juuleeya!
O. Orange or Apples: mmm...oranges- think of the citrus!
P. Phobias or fears: blood coming out of appendages
Q. Quote: no cuts, no butts, no coconuts (4th grade)
R. Reasons to Smile: a day when the wind is blowing lightly and the sun is just spending a lazy day in the sky- when I take a walk in woodward park and enjoy the alone time with God in intimacy
S. Season: Summer! I love it so much I'll probably name one of my girls that.
T. Tag 3: Azy, Scott, and Arev so she'll have to start a blog, lol
U. Unknown fact about me: sometimes I listen to spanish music just cause
V. Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals: oppressor all the way- when I look at cows all I can think of all the steak I could eat.
W. Worst Habit: biting my nails
X. X-rays or Ultra-sounds: Ultra sounds, at least the gelly stuff is warm, I don't like standing on a cold floor for the x-rays.
Y. Your favorite food: hmm...I think it's a tie between the Bay Scallop Sushi roll and a Dominoz Pizza with only Canadian Bacon on top. yum...I'm hungry.
Z. Zodiac: I'm a Leo- use to study all that stuff in depth before I became a Christian- then I threw all my horoscope books away. but I'm supposedly very stubborn- you can verify that with Jesse.
B. Best Friend: Jesse Caron & my sisters- it's a tie all around
C. Cake or Pie: Cake- duh!
D. Day of Choice: Saturday
E. Essential Item: my mom- she makes the best hot chocolate in the world lol, does that count?
F. Flavor of Ice Cream: Jamoca Almond Fudge
G. Gummy bears or Worms: Sour gummy worms- preferably stale, lol
H. Hometown: Fresyes
I. Indulgences: ooohhhh getting great buys on clearance- I have to stop myself sometimes
J. January or July: July
K. Kids: nope gots none- and hopefully won't for a couple of years ;)
L. Last Movie I saw in a Theater: Expelled- saw it with the church
M. Middle Name: lol John- it was a tradition in Russa/Armenia to name the first child after the father, thank God they made it my middle name instead of my first- I just tell people Joan to avoid the retelling of the story- I think it's kind of cool though.
N. Number of Siblings: 3- including Juuleeya!
O. Orange or Apples: mmm...oranges- think of the citrus!
P. Phobias or fears: blood coming out of appendages
Q. Quote: no cuts, no butts, no coconuts (4th grade)
R. Reasons to Smile: a day when the wind is blowing lightly and the sun is just spending a lazy day in the sky- when I take a walk in woodward park and enjoy the alone time with God in intimacy
S. Season: Summer! I love it so much I'll probably name one of my girls that.
T. Tag 3: Azy, Scott, and Arev so she'll have to start a blog, lol
U. Unknown fact about me: sometimes I listen to spanish music just cause
V. Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals: oppressor all the way- when I look at cows all I can think of all the steak I could eat.
W. Worst Habit: biting my nails
X. X-rays or Ultra-sounds: Ultra sounds, at least the gelly stuff is warm, I don't like standing on a cold floor for the x-rays.
Y. Your favorite food: hmm...I think it's a tie between the Bay Scallop Sushi roll and a Dominoz Pizza with only Canadian Bacon on top. yum...I'm hungry.
Z. Zodiac: I'm a Leo- use to study all that stuff in depth before I became a Christian- then I threw all my horoscope books away. but I'm supposedly very stubborn- you can verify that with Jesse.
VBS
So this has been an interesting and tiring week all at the same time. Some how we ended up with about a hundred fifth and sixth graders. It was crazy when we were getting to all the trips on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Out of all the days my favorites were Monday when I got to take over for Hilary as a sixth grade leader -I really got a great chance to bond with our boys! Which never happens because to me- they are one of the more frustrating parts of ministry to deal with some times. But by the end of it I think the boys actually admired me because I made them stand up on the chairs for worship and yell their lungs out. They learned my name so fast, I loved hearing them run up to me and say "Arpee, Arpee!". I don't think I'll have a day like that again.
That is one of those memories that I like to lock up in my memory bank to look back on again some day and wish for another one.
My second favorite day of the week was Wednesday- water day. Kendell was so cool (one of our helpers whose in high school). Every time she would head up the slide she'd turn around and yell for me to come up with her. lol, She even told me the best way to go down (which we were warning the kids not to do ;) which was head first). At one point I was heading up one side of the slide and my foot slipped and I fell back taking everyone else behind me down as well, then the boys did it again except I was about to climb up so when I saw everyone falling towards me I jumped out of the way. It was awesome being wet the whole day in the 110 degree heat. All of Hilary's kids were watching by the side and the adults were going crazy with the slip n slide and the hoses and the water slide- spraying each other and just enjoying the feeling- it was awesome!
As for the job hunt- for some reason I've been feeling like Gods been encouraging me to take it day by day- even though it still stresses me out I just have to accept that this is where God prefers to have me right now and in order to serve him this is the best place I can be.
That is one of those memories that I like to lock up in my memory bank to look back on again some day and wish for another one.
My second favorite day of the week was Wednesday- water day. Kendell was so cool (one of our helpers whose in high school). Every time she would head up the slide she'd turn around and yell for me to come up with her. lol, She even told me the best way to go down (which we were warning the kids not to do ;) which was head first). At one point I was heading up one side of the slide and my foot slipped and I fell back taking everyone else behind me down as well, then the boys did it again except I was about to climb up so when I saw everyone falling towards me I jumped out of the way. It was awesome being wet the whole day in the 110 degree heat. All of Hilary's kids were watching by the side and the adults were going crazy with the slip n slide and the hoses and the water slide- spraying each other and just enjoying the feeling- it was awesome!
As for the job hunt- for some reason I've been feeling like Gods been encouraging me to take it day by day- even though it still stresses me out I just have to accept that this is where God prefers to have me right now and in order to serve him this is the best place I can be.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Arev's Graduation
Arev is graduating tomorrow! She has been more than ready to kiss high school goodbye for a year now. I'm glad she will no longer be oppressed by the physical prison any more (my little inside joke- I always compare high school to a physical prison and college as a mental prison- it's always one or the other with the education system so I believe -I guess you could say I'm not a school person) anyways, she's out shopping for a dress, and Azy's coming in from Sugar Pine tomorrow to help me cheer Arev on. It's going to be a fun night I believe. Woohoo!!!
Monday, June 9, 2008
Other Places
So my job wait/search has become bearable at least. Every morning I wake up with my heart beating kind of fast because it's the first thing I think about when I wake up. Isn't that sad. Anyways, then I spend some time on the couch struggling with God while reading my Bible which eventually leads to me praying on my knees.
I realized the other day that one of the ladies at new cov had something I didn't. She works with her daughter in a cleaning service she started after she lost her husband in an accident and all income with it. Anyways, I was in one of my moods ready to start crying when I saw her come down the stairs, I turned away to avoid conversation but the funny thing was she didn't even see me. Instead I ended up watching her pick up little pieces of garbage off of the floor but what was most amazing was that she looked completely at peace, at ease, in a calm satisfied place doing it. I think it was a God moment showing me how he could bring the greatest amount of peace and satisfaction to every moment. Even moments that you would think should be sad and miserable.
She made me want what she had. There I was feeling so low and she had everything that I wanted. Why can't I just simplify my life and let God take care of things like she did with hers? Why is it so difficult for me to believe that where God wants me is where I am supposed to be regardless of how difficult it is right now. I don't know.
Anyways, today I applied to Uncle Harry's Bagels (which IS a bagelry- Jesse didn't believe that the word existed and that I was making it up until I saw it on the sign and told him so in a voice mail I sent him), checked on my application at Home Goods, picked up an application at Vonda's. That's where I am at for now. I was also mildly promised a position at the Fresno Pacific Kitchen. I was supposed to call in today to come in for an interview but when I did they pushed it back to next Monday- so we'll see if that comes through.
I realized the other day that one of the ladies at new cov had something I didn't. She works with her daughter in a cleaning service she started after she lost her husband in an accident and all income with it. Anyways, I was in one of my moods ready to start crying when I saw her come down the stairs, I turned away to avoid conversation but the funny thing was she didn't even see me. Instead I ended up watching her pick up little pieces of garbage off of the floor but what was most amazing was that she looked completely at peace, at ease, in a calm satisfied place doing it. I think it was a God moment showing me how he could bring the greatest amount of peace and satisfaction to every moment. Even moments that you would think should be sad and miserable.
She made me want what she had. There I was feeling so low and she had everything that I wanted. Why can't I just simplify my life and let God take care of things like she did with hers? Why is it so difficult for me to believe that where God wants me is where I am supposed to be regardless of how difficult it is right now. I don't know.
Anyways, today I applied to Uncle Harry's Bagels (which IS a bagelry- Jesse didn't believe that the word existed and that I was making it up until I saw it on the sign and told him so in a voice mail I sent him), checked on my application at Home Goods, picked up an application at Vonda's. That's where I am at for now. I was also mildly promised a position at the Fresno Pacific Kitchen. I was supposed to call in today to come in for an interview but when I did they pushed it back to next Monday- so we'll see if that comes through.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Freezing Market
I finally broke down and applied to Target, this is my last shot. I just heard that the church is freezing all hiring which is a definite no for me. oh well, I guess I wasn't too surprised to hear that. Arev called me and said she was praying for me, I suggested she pray more, lol. She's such a sweet heart. I guess there's nothing else I can do.