NOT MUCH HAPPENING ...

Not so much going on - I'm just glad it is Sabbath.  I'm ready for a nice quiet Sabbath.  Are you?

This week started pretty regular and then seemed to shift into high gear.  Partly because I filled in all day at City Hall on Wednesday and only ran to my afternoon job over the lunch hour.  That meant Thursday I worked a little later in the evening and then again today I had some things I had to accomplish.  So I went in.

Typically I try to get my hours in for my afternoon job so I don't have to go on Friday.  It's not such a big deal during the summer months, but these winter months it's almost impossible to work all day and get things tied down in time for Sabbath. 

Rhiannon and Jaimee came down this afternoon for a little bit.  Rhiannon has special music tomorrow at church.  Randy said it sounded really nice today.  They got the speaker settings all figure out and she got the opportunity to work with the mike so she knows how she will sound.  Pray for her that nerves are abated when she starts to sing.  Ryan has children's story!  He didn't remember saying 'yes' to that -- thought he had agreed to prayer or offeratory.  So that was a surprise to him.

Rhiannon was so excited for Ryan to get home.  It's been 2 weeks since he's seen his little girlie and she's done SO MUCH changing the last couple of weeks.  Rhiannon said she's a crawler now!  Meaning FORWARD crawler!

Hey Goddard girls (and guys) -- wanna know where we get our amazingly gorgeous look?  *LOL*  Here is a picture Mark's son Zachary found in the Ocar Grossheim collection.  It was taken in June 1928 - and is of Grandpa (Ivan)'s sister Sini.  Isn't she pretty?

I DID THE CRIME - now I have to pay the fine!

No, this orange color isn't to represent anything to do with HALLOWEEN.  It's to represent the pretty ORANGE jumpsuit the county let's you wear if you are a criminal!  I'm trying  to avoid that little ensemble!

FIRST -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DADDY!! I'm the worst daughter as far as those things. I haven't even called. I had to work all day at City Hall. Spent my lunch hour running to my afternoon job and then back. Tonight I just got home a little bit ago (it's almost 7 p.m. now). I'm zonked. Still have to finish up Vonda's Vine - evening edition - and do the church bulletin! ZZZZZZzzzzz!

I have to start thinking about my plan for conducting my community service time - those 25 hours to rectify my crime of speeding (with an expired license no less!). I've talked to one place and she was happy to have me come do a couple of card making classes for the seniors there. So will at least start with that. Those things take awhile to prepare for - with getting the pieces cut and prepared. So that should help! I have until January -- I don't think anyone would have trouble finding places to volunteer, so I know it won't be hard!

Wishing FULL TIME paid jobs were as easy to secure! I'm sure I'm not alone in that feeling. So many people are wishing the same thing.

I'll JUST KEEP TRUSTING MY LORD, as I walk along --

I got a bit of distressing news today.

As I went between one job and another, I got a phone call from my afternoon District Manager. She had just learned, and was relaying to me, that approximately 1/3 of my afternoon job was going to be discontinued. This also probably means that 1/3 of my afternoon job paycheck will be discontinued.

The different properties I take care of have different owners and investors and it's their prerogative as to who the management company will be. I think many times these investors have their OWN management companies, under a different corporate umbrella.

This portion of my afternoon job has been looking for a new general partner. My guess is that they found one who has some sort of ties to a different management company.

LIFE RETURNS TO NORMAL ... *sigh*

What is faster than a speeding bullet and more dangerous than a text messaging driver?

It might have been me this morning on the way to work.  I was running SO behind.  I'm not even sure how that happened.  One minute I was doing great and the next minute I was LATE.  I pretended to 'iron' my hair, shoved it around a bit on my head, spritzed some helmet maker (aka super strong hairspray) on it and off I went.

But not before throwing my toothbrush in my purse and grabbing my make-up basket.  As I drove, I was giving myself a beauty make-over from Bare Escentuals!  The rear view mirror was my only witness of the transformation!  I keep a hair-do utensil here at the office, so I plugged it in and attempted to rearrange my helmet after I was here.

THE WEEKEND ENDED and all is well...

I know, I know -- Oh Von, how you go on!  Well, yeah ... I guess! 

But let me tell you something.  Life has a lot of things in it you would rather would not be in it.  Sometimes you wonder if there is ANY good around.  And you wonder 'what next'?  And then God slips in something fun and wonderful as a reminder that HE is in control and gives us blessings all the time.  We have to recognize them.