Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
- Psalm 25:4 NIV
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Quotes
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Congratulations Dustin & Lavina
The day is here...my cousin Dustin & Lavina are engaged!
The date: May 19th, 2012.
I am very excited and happy for the two of them.
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| engaged! |
Quotes
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friday, February 24, 2012
thought for the day...
I don’t want to run after something and then realize I was missing the entire race.
So let’s pull back the lens a little bit and realize that our time is short and our decisions have eternal weight. Where are the places in your life that you have chosen you over Him? It isn’t too late. It’s never too late.
- thought from a blog post by (in) courage
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
[not] for sale
I get these letters in the mail:
I would like to purchase all of your interest in the above referenced properties (meaning they want to buy me out of the earnings I get from Oil & Gas Lease Royalties). The letter goes on about the terms and when it is effective and all this legal language. Some of them even thank me for contacting them when I never once did a thing remotely like that.
However, ever time I get one, it goes straight to the shredder. Why? Because they are not for sale. Because I didn't seek a buyer. Because I want the funds. Because the royalties pay my property taxes (at least on two of the three pieces). Because the amount you wish to buy me out isn't but like more than 2 years revenue. You seriously think I am that ignorant??? Even if the Oil & Gas Company seems to send me paperwork that must be notarized or witnessed every two months, I truly, am not selling. Give it up. All of you. You are wasting your time.
Would you sell your Oil & Gas Royalties? If so, how much would it have to be worth for you to consider it?
I would like to purchase all of your interest in the above referenced properties (meaning they want to buy me out of the earnings I get from Oil & Gas Lease Royalties). The letter goes on about the terms and when it is effective and all this legal language. Some of them even thank me for contacting them when I never once did a thing remotely like that.
However, ever time I get one, it goes straight to the shredder. Why? Because they are not for sale. Because I didn't seek a buyer. Because I want the funds. Because the royalties pay my property taxes (at least on two of the three pieces). Because the amount you wish to buy me out isn't but like more than 2 years revenue. You seriously think I am that ignorant??? Even if the Oil & Gas Company seems to send me paperwork that must be notarized or witnessed every two months, I truly, am not selling. Give it up. All of you. You are wasting your time.
Would you sell your Oil & Gas Royalties? If so, how much would it have to be worth for you to consider it?
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
[check off] one 2012 Goal in process
One of my 2012 Goals was to get a Woman's Daily Devotional Bible. I saw a link on Facebook for a site called Once-a-Day...checked it out, was impressed, went to eBay and bought the Once-a-Day Woman's Devotion. It arrived yesterday. I am excited! This was one of my 2012 Goals to encourage me in my daily bible reading. Will update you what I think of it in a few weeks.
What tip do you have to ensure you spend time daily in The Word?
What tip do you have to ensure you spend time daily in The Word?
Saturday, February 18, 2012
overwhelmed with work...
I am overwhelmed with work. Majorly overwhelmed.
My industry went through some horrific changes the first of the year. The 6 weeks prior to it and ever since have been a nightmare. I blog about some of that on my business blog. Many days, I feel like I am running in circles around the block and that I am just stopping long enough to refuel the fire extinguisher and hit the road again flying on my roller blades around the next corner, hoping that at some point I will beat the wind that keeps spreading the flames.
You laugh. Its truly not a laughing matter. The seriousness of the issue has some medical clinics and practices close to shutting their doors. My clients are having cash flow crisis issues beyond words. The look of fear in their eyes, the scared stiff feelings it has created in them, the stress in their staff, the nightmare they hoped to never be living, the pain of questions as to why when I don't have any of the logical answers they seek to obtain, the dream of what they were building appearing to be crashing all around them, all of it is clearly visible...and it is hard to watch.
I have to step back from the scene and remember to take a deep breath. Remember to pray. Remember to ask for strength, courage and support from my close friends but above all from God. He is with me when nobody else can be. He guides me when I am racing through the smoke. He knows my feelings when I hear the panic bell blazing and everyone screaming. He knows that it takes endurance even when you are drained to the last drop. He knows its trauma time and has a rescue plan in place. He has been with me the last 35 years for every 365 days of them, I know He won't let me down now.
As a rescue team member, I don't get the option to leave, to run and hide, to leave someone there hurting and exposed to more danger. It is my responsibility to pull them out, direct to a less dangerous area, guide through the chaos, and protect from more harm.
Some of my friends don't understand. Some of them don't get the reply "I am sorry, I have not had time." They think it is an excuse. They think I am avoiding them. I am not. Don't come to my house, I promise you it isn't orderly. In fact, you probably would look down on me and despise me for the state it is in. I wish I was superwoman, and I must confess deep down in my heart I try to be, but my cape is missing in action.
Yes, I know each of us make time for the things that we feel are important, but have you ever faced a fiasco so enormous that you had to shove everything, literally, out of your life just to keep sanity? Just to be able to do what had to be done and nothing else. Absolutely nothing? If you haven't, then you can't relate. Nothing, absolutely nothing I say here will convey what I am facing. The words will be lost. The message won't be understood.
Someday, maybe, I will have time to write a book about it. Someday, maybe I will be able to resume reading my personal emails. Someday maybe I will do more than eat drink and sleep work. But for now, I stay committed and focused to providing a service to my clients as unto my master for He has given me a calling to do just that.
My industry went through some horrific changes the first of the year. The 6 weeks prior to it and ever since have been a nightmare. I blog about some of that on my business blog. Many days, I feel like I am running in circles around the block and that I am just stopping long enough to refuel the fire extinguisher and hit the road again flying on my roller blades around the next corner, hoping that at some point I will beat the wind that keeps spreading the flames.
You laugh. Its truly not a laughing matter. The seriousness of the issue has some medical clinics and practices close to shutting their doors. My clients are having cash flow crisis issues beyond words. The look of fear in their eyes, the scared stiff feelings it has created in them, the stress in their staff, the nightmare they hoped to never be living, the pain of questions as to why when I don't have any of the logical answers they seek to obtain, the dream of what they were building appearing to be crashing all around them, all of it is clearly visible...and it is hard to watch.
I have to step back from the scene and remember to take a deep breath. Remember to pray. Remember to ask for strength, courage and support from my close friends but above all from God. He is with me when nobody else can be. He guides me when I am racing through the smoke. He knows my feelings when I hear the panic bell blazing and everyone screaming. He knows that it takes endurance even when you are drained to the last drop. He knows its trauma time and has a rescue plan in place. He has been with me the last 35 years for every 365 days of them, I know He won't let me down now.
As a rescue team member, I don't get the option to leave, to run and hide, to leave someone there hurting and exposed to more danger. It is my responsibility to pull them out, direct to a less dangerous area, guide through the chaos, and protect from more harm.
Some of my friends don't understand. Some of them don't get the reply "I am sorry, I have not had time." They think it is an excuse. They think I am avoiding them. I am not. Don't come to my house, I promise you it isn't orderly. In fact, you probably would look down on me and despise me for the state it is in. I wish I was superwoman, and I must confess deep down in my heart I try to be, but my cape is missing in action.
Yes, I know each of us make time for the things that we feel are important, but have you ever faced a fiasco so enormous that you had to shove everything, literally, out of your life just to keep sanity? Just to be able to do what had to be done and nothing else. Absolutely nothing? If you haven't, then you can't relate. Nothing, absolutely nothing I say here will convey what I am facing. The words will be lost. The message won't be understood.
Someday, maybe, I will have time to write a book about it. Someday, maybe I will be able to resume reading my personal emails. Someday maybe I will do more than eat drink and sleep work. But for now, I stay committed and focused to providing a service to my clients as unto my master for He has given me a calling to do just that.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
verse to reflect on...
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ...
- Ephesians 2:4-5
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
a short visit with a girlfriend
I got to have one of my girlfriends from California stay with me for a few days...it was short, but the time was one of reconnecting quickly. I just wish I had remember to take a picture of the two of us together like I did the last time you were here. I enjoyed it...please come back again Susie!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Quotes
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, February 6, 2012
{still dreaming} vacation anyone?
I am dreaming of a vacation...I feel I need to get one on the books or 2012 is going to fly by. You laugh. It isn't funny. 1/12th of the year is already over. And need I remind you that I am a workaholic? Well, I am...there are times I wonder why because that doesn't seem to be the norm. Regardless, I decided to be proactive. They say if you don't plan to do something, you never will. So I will make a plan. A plan for a vacation.
I know the owners of this really neat place in California called Journey's End. I thought about booking a few days stay there, but when their only opening for this year was April or October 2012, I kinda didn't like that. Oh, and the price, yah, the price was pretty steep. I am sure it is worth it. It is right on the water and has this lovely view with chairs to sit out in the sun and hear the ocean waves crashing, yah, I am dreaming about it!!! I love water! Maybe that isn't the fit for me this year. I checked out Groupon Getaways...but everything is a special pricing for 2 (or maybe 4). That doesn't fit me either. I don't have 2 or 4. Its just me. Plain me. I want relaxing. I want quiet. I want simple. I don't want expensive. I don't want busy. I want peace. I want no todo's. I want no going and having to be anywhere at any given time. Zilch of all of that. I also am not sure I want social. I think I just wanna run away and hide for a few days. I need an escape.
You have another suggestion? For now, I am still dreaming...
I know the owners of this really neat place in California called Journey's End. I thought about booking a few days stay there, but when their only opening for this year was April or October 2012, I kinda didn't like that. Oh, and the price, yah, the price was pretty steep. I am sure it is worth it. It is right on the water and has this lovely view with chairs to sit out in the sun and hear the ocean waves crashing, yah, I am dreaming about it!!! I love water! Maybe that isn't the fit for me this year. I checked out Groupon Getaways...but everything is a special pricing for 2 (or maybe 4). That doesn't fit me either. I don't have 2 or 4. Its just me. Plain me. I want relaxing. I want quiet. I want simple. I don't want expensive. I don't want busy. I want peace. I want no todo's. I want no going and having to be anywhere at any given time. Zilch of all of that. I also am not sure I want social. I think I just wanna run away and hide for a few days. I need an escape.
You have another suggestion? For now, I am still dreaming...
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