more mooooving

I now have a mattress and a couch! :) woohoo!

I ended up getting a queen mattress and got a nice deal with a frame too. (just the plain metal kind) It was pretty inexpensive for the quality of the mattress. :D

After work today I went to a furniture store and ended up buying a recliner sofa that was on 60% off clearance because it was a show room model. Great deal on it! and it's super comfy :)
I only hope and pray it will fit on my dad's truck.

Things are starting to come together and I'm getting more and more excited..!!

Also praying for no rain, because that will mess with the plans. Right now it looks like it should be okay.


I haven't had a work update in a while, but it's going sooo well. I love it there.
The longer I'm there, the more I love it. I'm really getting to know the people, and I feel like I help out a lot. (I'm needed, I really am needed.! ;) As well as the staff, of course I've been getting to know the kids better every day.
The staff are even encouraging me in ways that I might be able to get a teaching job which make me feel good inside because they care.

And now I will leave you with a quote from a first grade girl from today:

her"did you know there is such thing as witches?"
me.."there is..??"
her"yeah, one popped out of my toilet last night. I saw it after my brother went to the bathroom"

Oh goshh....

Grace, you are accepted

Happy Sunday!

Last night I had, once again, a dream that I've had a lot lately! I had a dream that my teeth fell out...

It's the weirdest thing, and it seemed so real when I was dreaming, ha, I was relieved to wake up and still have all my teeth!

It was mostly just my moller teeth, but they just keep getting loose and falling out.

I looked it up today to see what the meanings said (I find them interesting sometimes)

One site said this...

Teeth are symbolic of the ability to make decisions, and problems with teeth can be related to indecisiveness.

Dreams of losing teeth could mean that you feel you have lost the ability to make decisions, and you may feel that some situation is out of your control, or you are headed in a direction you don't want to go in.

So weird! I can relate to feeling that way right now, for sure. (but...a lot of the other meanings that sites listed I couldn't relate to. Example) you may be experiencing menopause.. uummm I don't think soo.hahah)

Anyway... I wanted to share this quote from Grace Walk today:

"Some Christians believe that God's acceptance depends on how faithfully they serve Him. But God's love and acceptance are totally unconditional. A person's behavior has absolutely no influence on God's love. He loves you because in His grace, He has chosen to do so. You can't do anything to gain God's acceptance, because Jesus has already done everything to cause the Father to accept you. You are fully accepted by God because you are in Christ. You can't improve on total acceptance, and God already accepts you totally."

Refreshing quotes

As I was unpacking, I found a little notebook that I carried around with me at camp this summer. I flipped through it an remembered that I used it to write down some of my favorite quotes from the book "One Thousand Gifts" that I had borrowed from a friend. The quotes are SO awesome and I wanted to share them!

"If God didn't withhold from us His very own Son, will God withhold anything we need?"

"It's only when you live the prayer of thanksgiving that you live the power of trusting God."

"Jesus calls me to surrender and there's nothing like releasing fears and falling into peace. It terrifies, true. But it exhilarates."

"God needs knees more than hands." <--- (put in the context of Martha and Mary)

Happy Tuesday!

Book review?

Okay, I already blogged today. But I'm reading this book right now that I really like. :)
It reminds me of reading a blog.

It's called "Bittersweet". I would recommend it. She talks mostly about her life and gives her own little insights into things. She doesn't talk THAT much about God but she makes me think about the things in life that are really important.

He are a few quotes from it that I really like:

"When you do what you love with people who love the same thing, something is born into your midst, and (it) begins to connect you"

"When you walk with someone, listen to their story, carry their burden, play with their kids, that's community. Wherever you find it, it's always a gift"

"We were made to live connected and close. So walk across the street, or drive across town, or fly across the country, but don't let really intimate loving friendships become the last item on a to-do list. Because there is really nothing like good friends, like the sounds of their laughter and the tones of their voices and the things they teach us in the quietest, smallest moments."

So if you're lookin' for a good read, check it out. :)

PS: Tomorrow I've been blogging for a WHOLE year! Whoopee!!