Thanksgiving Thursday

• The Lord blessing me with a job!!!
• Talking to my brother over the phone, it was great just to talk for a little bit!
• Having the opportunity to encourage my counsin going through a rough time right now
• The men and women willing to sacrifice to serve and protect our country
• Picture editing abilities :o)
• The little things in life that make me laugh!
• Hunting Season :o)
• Getting all that wood cut last Saturday
• The wonderful ability we have to have a PERSONAL relationship with our Father
• Good friends with whom you can laugh AND cry with
• God never lies
• How small the world really is...
• God is always faithful to provide for our needs

Job Update

I GOT A JOB!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!! Hehe...is that enough of an update?! For those of you who may have not heard the story concerning this job, here goes:

Several weeks ago, I noticed a job pop up on Worksource for a Customer Service Representative at Payday Loans. After talking with my parents and Bro. Majors about it, also praying about it. They all told me they thought that it was no different from giving loans at a bank, people know exactly what they are getting into and its their choice. I picked up an application and filled it out, waiting to see if I would get an interview. I got a call that day asking for an interview on Friday, the next day! The interview came and went and now I was just praying that if it was God's will for me to have the job, He would work everything out. Today, I got a call from the manager asking me some more questions and said that it was between me and two other girls! YAY! I was encouraged just to hear I was one of the top candidates, but trying not to get my hopes up, just in case. He told me he was going to have an answer tomorrow and call me then. Well, not even an hour later he called me and offered me the job!!! Its full-time WITH benefits (after the trial period), and it pays well too! I am SOO thankful to everyone for praying for me concerning a job! PRAISE THE LORD!!!

~Psalms 34:1 "I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth."~

~Psalms 75:1 "Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare."~

Do I see smoke?!

Sunday evening my dad decided to get a fire going upstairs, first time in the upstairs fireplace! He got it going and we noticed that all the smoke seemed to be spilling out and going into the house. (I guess the damper wasn't open all the way.) So, since the fire was going already we just had to wait it out and see what we (or should I say, my dad) could do later. Needless to say, the upstairs smelt horribly of smoke all night (even with the windows and doors open for a little while). So, we all ventured downstairs to do our Spanish lesson and the dogs were down here to. (The Majors brought their dog Luke.) Anyways, we really couldn't win because Luke was (hmm....) expelling?! (hehe) and it was AWFUL! We were constantly plugging our nose or covering it with something. Sooo, smoke smell upstairs or stinky stinch downstairs...hmm...tough choice!

You can kinda see the smoke, but believe me, it looked much worse in person....

 
                                                            The Culprit

 

I guess 'Livia didn't like the sound of the fire alarm going off! Lol Her face is priceless!

Thanksgiving Thursday

• My dad
• I have another interview tomorrow! I'm going to be a pro at these interviews by the time I finally get a job! lol
• My mom teaching us kids the importance of keeping a house clean :o) (We watched hoarders last night, OH.MY.GOODNESS!! WOW! Thats really all I can say, that and GROSS!!!)
• An unexpected person showing up at our doorstep asking when church was, (we havn't heard from this lady in quite a while), she and her girls came to church Sunday!
• Dad getting the weightlifting machine up in the excerise room, with a tv to do videos and the machine, its ready to go! I've already been exercising in it this week....its so nice to have an extra room set apart for working out....
• Playing games with the family
• Answered prayer
• Text from a previous co-worker/church member with a picture of one of the kids from my last job. I guess he kept saying my name over and over :o) He is two years old and so cute! He is the one that I talked about in this post towards the end of it. I didn't realize HOW MUCH I miss all those kids until I saw that picture.....
• Exchanging emails with a friend that I havn't talked to in a couple years....fun times catching up!

Happy Birthday Dad!!

Today, October 6th (hey, I havn't gone to bed yet so its still the 6th for me) is my dad's birthday! One more year to enjoy being in the fourties....then the teasing begins :o) What can a daughter say about her dad?! Here are just a few of the things my dad is: he is fun to play around with and giggle together about silly things, he is there to hug me when I'm having a hard time and lets me know he is always there to talk to, he is a great example of how a Godly leader of the home should be, he is grrreat at fixing things :o), he is such a great source of encouragement when I need it the most, he so graciously accepts the many food offerings I have given him over the years (whether it turned out good OR bad, even with the food that didn't turn out so great he is so sweet about it)! God really knew exactly who I needed as a father! I love you so much dad!

  I made one of his favorites, pineapple upside down cake! Mmmm

Dad and his girls :o)

Baking

Chris and Selena were telling us about Chess Pie and how they thought it was SO good. I had never heard of Chess Pie before, I guess its a southern thing. They grew up in Tennessee and I was surprised I had never heard of it because my mom is mainly from Arkansas. So, I found a couple recipes and decided to try it out. I did a regular Chess Pie and a lemon one, because we all love lemon flavored things over here! :o) The regular one wasn't my favorite, it tasted almost eggy, maybe the recipe or maybe its how its suppose to taste. The lemon one was actually pretty good! I think that was everyone's favorite!

    

 I had to try a little piece of both..... :o)

This morning I made Oatmeal Bake for breakfast....mmmmmm!! This has been made in our family for many years, it is soo delicious! Here is the recipe if you would like to try it!

~Oatmeal Bake~

3 c. oats

1 c. brown sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

1 c. milk

1/2 butter (melted)

2 eggs

Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients and put into greased 9 in pan. Bake for 40 minutes and Enjoy!!

Some of my family (myself included) pour milk right over the oatmeal in the bowl, almost like cereal. It's good just eating it plain too!

If you try it, let me know what you think!

Can it be.....

....that its October already?!?!?! Wow, time really does fly these days! Today, being the first day of October, this is how my day panned out.....

• This morning I took a jog around the neighbourhood and it was beautiful! The sun was out and with an iPod in my pocket I was really able to enjoy the run.....gotta love these things....

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  Went over to Selena's to help her paint Chris' office as a surprise to him while he was gone today. The color was bonnet blue...lol...we have to tease him about that!
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  Finished Jane Eyre, I had never read it before and when Alyssa gave it to me for a birthday present this year, obviously I wanted to give it a shot! After quite a while without reading it, yesterday and today especially, I tackled it and really got interested in it! Its really good and I loved the ending, a good book HAS to have a great ending!
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  Finished out the night with a Pumpkin Pie Blizzard, oh yeah, there baaaaack!!! Love those things.....fall is here people!!!