Boy do I have tons to say!!
1. I got a new job, which by now you probably know, but now I finally have time to sit down and explain it to you! I am now the Marketing and Bookkeeping Manager for the owner of several businesses. (For you Master's people, it's Morgan Justice's mom!) It's hard to put a title on it, as it is more like a personal assistant job, and while most of my duties will have to do with bookkeeping and marketing, I will wear many hats. :) Eve (boss-lady) just has an unbelievable amount of stuff on her plate and she has hired me to help (permanently)! It feels sort of like I have skipped the whole "work ladder" and am now all the way up in corporate, working right next to the "big boss." I will be working full time for Eve, and she will pay me much better than any job I was hoping for. If you are wondering how the heck this came about, Eve and her husband met me on our trip to Israel and Italy last summer. Their daughter Morgan is in the Chorale and so they came on the trip (as many parents did). They got to see me "in action" as the Secretary for Chorale, and ever since then, Eve has had me in the back of her mind. Isn't it amazing how the Lord plans things? And His timing is perfect too, because working at DMH for a year prepped me immensely for the things Eve needs me for, from Quickbooks to understanding the workings of a small business. I am currently transitioning out of DMH, because leaving my boss flat at the start of the busy season would have been awful. We actually hired someone new for my job yesterday, I will be training her 12ish hours a week for the next 3ish weeks and then I will quit. It will be great to work only for Eve full time because I will be able to concentrate better and get my whole head in the game. Right now I am working two jobs at once, which takes a lot outa ya. :) Another wonderful thing about working for Eve is most of the businesses I will be working with are located in Natomas, just down the street from our apartment! Once I am done at DMH, I will not have to commute 40 minutes anymore! YAY! So lets review: full time, great pay, working for a great Christian lady, down the street, very elite, (oh and benefits)... So much more than I hoped for! The Lord is SO great!
2. COREY GOT A JOB!!! You probably knew this by now also, but it is so worth jumping up and down again. :) My poor husband has been looking for a job for six months, and a week ago he had his first day of going to work while being married! If you are a man, I'm sure you understand how important and awesome this is, and if you aren't a man, hopefully you have a good idea. He is working part time at Chipotle Mexican Grill (which happens to be one of our most favoreet places), it is not the closest one as it takes about 20-30 minutes to get there, but we aren't complaining. (For local people, it's the one in Loehmann's Plaza in East Sacramento near Sac State) It's so perfect for him, he gets to be a grill/prep cook and the company is a great company to work for as well. He even gets medical insurance after 30 days! We are just soo excited. He is on a three week break between quarters right now, which is helpful for training.
3. Speaking of school, Corey got all As last quarter! He excelled in his classes, and one of his chefs asked him to TA for her next quarter! I'm SO PROUD!!
4. Also, my favorite maid-of-honor ever got engaged last weekend!! To try to make another long story shorter, we went to Yosemite last Sunday to hang out with Jenny and Jared (after spending the first part of the weekend camping with the Hunt family, which was fun.... and dirty). Jared had contacted me ahead of time about buying the ring, talking to her dad, and planning to propose in Yosemite. I am so grateful that he included me! We hiked the Vernal Falls trail, turns out I'm WAY out of shape even though I've been running on the treadmill a lot recently. Ugh. We got super wet from all of the mist from the huge waterfall, but it was SO beautiful! Corey and I stopped a little ways from the top of the stone stairs up to the top of the waterfall because I was too tired and let Jenny and Jared go on alone. He proposed at the top of the falls and she was so surprised! And of course just BEAMING happy. :) They are still deciding on a date. This is just such an exciting thing for me to see Jenny so happy. And of course I like Jared lots too.
So things are definitely looking up for us, praise Jesus! He has taught us so much through the past 6 months about ourselves, about our marriage, and about Himself. We are so grateful!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not, as Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided— Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
(Lyrics by Thomas Obediah Chisholm)
I am bursting at the seams with gratefulness to the Lord for what he's done in the past couple weeks! I will have more details later, but I have a new job that is better than anything that I could have dreamed of getting!
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided— Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
(Lyrics by Thomas Obediah Chisholm)
I am bursting at the seams with gratefulness to the Lord for what he's done in the past couple weeks! I will have more details later, but I have a new job that is better than anything that I could have dreamed of getting!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Hello, June
So, we've lived in Sacramento for a full month now. We love our place so much, it is quickly becoming a dear home to us. We've been able to have people over several times in the last month, and it's not weird because we have a door on the bathroom! hehe.
And we like living in Sac. I really am a city person... maybe not a downtown city person, but I enjoy living on concrete and visiting the busy areas. I looked up a bunch of fun "touristy" things to do in Sac because I want to experience the city I live in: museums and parks and festivals, mostly. And of course, most all of it costs money, so we'll just add it to the imaginary list of things to do later when we have a magical amount of money! I think for a city, though, Sacramento is very pretty. It is, after all, the "City of Trees" (turns out I'm very allergic to trees).
The fact that it's June is a little scary on the job front. We had expected Corey to get a job much faster once we lived here, and so far no good. Hopefully the more he sends out resumes, the higher the chances of somebody realizing his potential? We are just reminded every day that Jesus has a plan, and the need for prayer. We are hoping to make friends and connections at the new church we've been trying.
There is hope for me to return to full time in the next couple weeks, hopefully sooner than later. As soon as it gets hot for a couple days, all the commercial stores we deal with will have air conditioning problems and we will have work. More work = more money = Crystal can work full time! Yay!
This last long weekend was a lot of fun, we got to hang out with a lot of people! (and I like hanging out with people... I'm a bit of an extrovert) The weekend included Turtle, friends from Masters (Majesty!), and the Hunt family we hadn't seen in a while. Kaden (my almost 2 year old nephew) is getting cuter every day. Last night he figured out how to say Corey's name! It sounds a little like "krowee" and every time he said it the whole family burst into happy noises. I am a little jealous, not gonna lie, but apparently Crystal is a lot harder to say than Corey. I think he sort of said my name once, and it came out "Co-Co." I would not mind being Auntie Coco. I like chocolate.
Living with such little money is a wonderful learning experience about what we really need in life. True, better furniture and clothes that fit would be nice, but we don't need them. I have struggled with this idea my whole life. Not growing up with a lot of money gave me a sort of defiant attitude, telling myself that I would not grow up to be "poor" and that there are things in life that are necessities because everyone else treats them as necessary. Of course, ironically, you can't follow your dreams and be rich at the same time if you want a life of music and a husband who isn't a doctor. :) So here I am, with less money then I've ever had in my life, and still very happy! Thanks to Jesus of course, who saved me from the materialistic wasteland of LA, jobs in retail, and a depraved and selfish mind (still a work in progress).
I'm so excited for summer... especially strawberries and peaches. Apparently fruit dictates a good portion of my body's happiness. :P
And we like living in Sac. I really am a city person... maybe not a downtown city person, but I enjoy living on concrete and visiting the busy areas. I looked up a bunch of fun "touristy" things to do in Sac because I want to experience the city I live in: museums and parks and festivals, mostly. And of course, most all of it costs money, so we'll just add it to the imaginary list of things to do later when we have a magical amount of money! I think for a city, though, Sacramento is very pretty. It is, after all, the "City of Trees" (turns out I'm very allergic to trees).
The fact that it's June is a little scary on the job front. We had expected Corey to get a job much faster once we lived here, and so far no good. Hopefully the more he sends out resumes, the higher the chances of somebody realizing his potential? We are just reminded every day that Jesus has a plan, and the need for prayer. We are hoping to make friends and connections at the new church we've been trying.
There is hope for me to return to full time in the next couple weeks, hopefully sooner than later. As soon as it gets hot for a couple days, all the commercial stores we deal with will have air conditioning problems and we will have work. More work = more money = Crystal can work full time! Yay!
This last long weekend was a lot of fun, we got to hang out with a lot of people! (and I like hanging out with people... I'm a bit of an extrovert) The weekend included Turtle, friends from Masters (Majesty!), and the Hunt family we hadn't seen in a while. Kaden (my almost 2 year old nephew) is getting cuter every day. Last night he figured out how to say Corey's name! It sounds a little like "krowee" and every time he said it the whole family burst into happy noises. I am a little jealous, not gonna lie, but apparently Crystal is a lot harder to say than Corey. I think he sort of said my name once, and it came out "Co-Co." I would not mind being Auntie Coco. I like chocolate.
Living with such little money is a wonderful learning experience about what we really need in life. True, better furniture and clothes that fit would be nice, but we don't need them. I have struggled with this idea my whole life. Not growing up with a lot of money gave me a sort of defiant attitude, telling myself that I would not grow up to be "poor" and that there are things in life that are necessities because everyone else treats them as necessary. Of course, ironically, you can't follow your dreams and be rich at the same time if you want a life of music and a husband who isn't a doctor. :) So here I am, with less money then I've ever had in my life, and still very happy! Thanks to Jesus of course, who saved me from the materialistic wasteland of LA, jobs in retail, and a depraved and selfish mind (still a work in progress).
I'm so excited for summer... especially strawberries and peaches. Apparently fruit dictates a good portion of my body's happiness. :P
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