Monday, September 17, 2007
my life in brief
my life in brief
Here goes for the last four months or so. .
• School ended.
• Signed up for unemployment.
• Celebrated my 3rd wedding anniversary.
• Signed up for unemployment.
• Celebrated my 3rd wedding anniversary.
• Turned 34 the very next day.
• Watched the 4th of July fireworks for the first time as married people.
• Went to the church campout.
• Took Phil to the emergency room.
• Missed a camping trip.
• Took Phil back to the emergency room.
• Was told to "call family."
• Didn't like that news very much.
• Got very scared.
• Prayed a lot.
• Waited out pancreatitis with Phil.
• Picked up my mom and nephew at the airport.
• So happy to see them.
• Sat in the surgical unit during Phil's surgery.
• Came home that day to find out I didn't have a job anymore.
• Drove Mom and Darick to Multnomah Falls.
• Watched Darick have a meltdown.
• Took Darick to see the ocean for the first time.
• Took care of Phil.
• Got to spend an extra day with family since their flight was cancelled.
• Watched the 4th of July fireworks for the first time as married people.
• Went to the church campout.
• Took Phil to the emergency room.
• Missed a camping trip.
• Took Phil back to the emergency room.
• Was told to "call family."
• Didn't like that news very much.
• Got very scared.
• Prayed a lot.
• Waited out pancreatitis with Phil.
• Picked up my mom and nephew at the airport.
• So happy to see them.
• Sat in the surgical unit during Phil's surgery.
• Came home that day to find out I didn't have a job anymore.
• Drove Mom and Darick to Multnomah Falls.
• Watched Darick have a meltdown.
• Took Darick to see the ocean for the first time.
• Took care of Phil.
• Got to spend an extra day with family since their flight was cancelled.
• Had two interviews in the Evergreen School District.
• Received news that I didn't get either job.
• Freaked out.
• Cried.
• Prayed a lot.
• Cried some more.
• Tried to figure it all out.
• Wondered, "why me?"
• Thought about other lines of work.
• Couldn't think of anything else I wanted to do.
• Went to Seaside for Hood to Coast.
• Tried to forget about my lack of work.
• Heard about a 2nd grade position.
• Sent a resume to Crossroads.
• Had a chat.
• Had an interview.
• Got hired.
• Set up a room in less than a week.
• Went to Ft. Stevens for Labor Day weekend.
• Sat on the beach.
• Thought about a lot of things.
• Chatted with Lonnie and Deborah.
• Saw a beautiful sunset.
• Spent time with Phil.
• So glad he's better.
• Teaching 2nd grade.
• Adjusting.
• Facing new challenges.
• Learning new curriculum.
• Thankful that God takes care of me even when I can't see things happening.
• Getting better pay.
• Receiving better benefits.
• Driving less.
• Saving money in gas.
• Meeting new people.
• Gaining new friends.
• Enjoying duty free lunch.
• Back in the swing of things.
• Starting a Beth Moore study next week.
• Excited to learn and explore God's Word.
• Amazed to be a part of His plan.
Monday, July 16, 2007
happy thoughts
• So glad he's better.
• Teaching 2nd grade.
• Adjusting.
• Facing new challenges.
• Learning new curriculum.
• Thankful that God takes care of me even when I can't see things happening.
• Getting better pay.
• Receiving better benefits.
• Driving less.
• Saving money in gas.
• Meeting new people.
• Gaining new friends.
• Enjoying duty free lunch.
• Back in the swing of things.
• Starting a Beth Moore study next week.
• Excited to learn and explore God's Word.
• Amazed to be a part of His plan.
Monday, July 16, 2007
happy thoughts
Lately I've been feeling kind of depressed and blue. I'm missing my family and missing my friends. I'm out of school with a lot of time on my hands (mostly I'm by myself - which is part of my bigger problem) and it's easy for me to just sit around and be miserable. I'm trying my hardest to find a new job and I've sent out tons of applications and letters and no one's called yet. That's depressing.
Even Phil said tonight at dinner that I've been sad a lot lately. That he's been worrying about me.
Well, one thing that I've been doing in all my free time is reading a lot of blogs. They are mostly written by gals that work at Simple Scrapbooks or Creating Keepsakes magazines. I read a book I found at the library by one of them and she mentioned that she had a blog. So one day I went online and started reading. She's hilarious. Makes me laugh out loud. Mostly she never posts stuff about scrapbooking - just life in general sort of stuff. And she had links to all these other gals. So it's one of my latest obsessions. In some small way, they're my friends. Or at least I feel that if I ever met any of them personally, we'd have an instant click. Most of you who read my blogs know that I haven't really made too many connections friend-wise out here. And I get pretty darn lonely.
Anyways, one of them posted a page she did that listed 100 things that made her happy. She had a few pictures on it, but it was mostly just the text. She cut all 100 into strips and had them all out of order on her pages. It looked so cool. So I'm stealing her idea and making one for me. All day today I've been coming back in here to work on my list. I just finally finished it. It makes me feel better after reading what I've put. There are lots of things that I eventually came up with that I didn't think about when I first started writing.
It's not on my list, but something that's making me VERY HAPPY is that my mom and my 9 year old nephew, Darick, are coming to visit us on the 23rd. They'll be here almost a week. This is the first visit by any of my family and I just can't wait to see them. It's also the first time Darick's been in an airplane. He's been asking my mom questions about it. He wanted to know the other day if he was gonna get to meet the pilot! I sooooo hope he does.
All in all, I'm hoping my attitude and outlook on the everydayness oflife is on the up and up. It's something I've been praying about.
Here's my list. They aren't in any certain order - just posted at random as I thought of things. See if you get inspired to create one of your own. If you do, post it so I can read it.
100 Things that Make Me Happy...
1. kisses from Phil
2. real mail
3. Wyler's Italian ices
4. caller id
5. Ghetto Girls' reunions
6. Reese's Sticks
7. colorful felt-tipped pens
8. Hallmark stores
9. dryer sheets
10. date night
11. unique postage stamps - not just the flags
12. pretty stationery
13. rub-on letters
14. hand made baskets
15. jewelry cleaner
16. scrapbook stores
17. Christmas music
18. myspace.com
19. the Dollar Tree
20. kids wearing feet pajamas
21. talking to Hannah on the phone
22. Darick's artwork on the fridge
23. iced tea
24. Papa Murphy's take & bake pizza
25. Simple Scrapbooks magazine
26. daily neck massages from Phil
26. snuggling
27. laughing with Natalie about old memories
28. getting pictures developed
30. the nights Phil cooks dinner
31. getting into a neatly made bed at night
32. magazine reading at Barnes & Noble
33. reward stickers
34. French vanilla creamer
35. sitting on the beach
Even Phil said tonight at dinner that I've been sad a lot lately. That he's been worrying about me.
Well, one thing that I've been doing in all my free time is reading a lot of blogs. They are mostly written by gals that work at Simple Scrapbooks or Creating Keepsakes magazines. I read a book I found at the library by one of them and she mentioned that she had a blog. So one day I went online and started reading. She's hilarious. Makes me laugh out loud. Mostly she never posts stuff about scrapbooking - just life in general sort of stuff. And she had links to all these other gals. So it's one of my latest obsessions. In some small way, they're my friends. Or at least I feel that if I ever met any of them personally, we'd have an instant click. Most of you who read my blogs know that I haven't really made too many connections friend-wise out here. And I get pretty darn lonely.
Anyways, one of them posted a page she did that listed 100 things that made her happy. She had a few pictures on it, but it was mostly just the text. She cut all 100 into strips and had them all out of order on her pages. It looked so cool. So I'm stealing her idea and making one for me. All day today I've been coming back in here to work on my list. I just finally finished it. It makes me feel better after reading what I've put. There are lots of things that I eventually came up with that I didn't think about when I first started writing.
It's not on my list, but something that's making me VERY HAPPY is that my mom and my 9 year old nephew, Darick, are coming to visit us on the 23rd. They'll be here almost a week. This is the first visit by any of my family and I just can't wait to see them. It's also the first time Darick's been in an airplane. He's been asking my mom questions about it. He wanted to know the other day if he was gonna get to meet the pilot! I sooooo hope he does.
All in all, I'm hoping my attitude and outlook on the everydayness oflife is on the up and up. It's something I've been praying about.
Here's my list. They aren't in any certain order - just posted at random as I thought of things. See if you get inspired to create one of your own. If you do, post it so I can read it.
100 Things that Make Me Happy...
1. kisses from Phil
2. real mail
3. Wyler's Italian ices
4. caller id
5. Ghetto Girls' reunions
6. Reese's Sticks
7. colorful felt-tipped pens
8. Hallmark stores
9. dryer sheets
10. date night
11. unique postage stamps - not just the flags
12. pretty stationery
13. rub-on letters
14. hand made baskets
15. jewelry cleaner
16. scrapbook stores
17. Christmas music
18. myspace.com
19. the Dollar Tree
20. kids wearing feet pajamas
21. talking to Hannah on the phone
22. Darick's artwork on the fridge
23. iced tea
24. Papa Murphy's take & bake pizza
25. Simple Scrapbooks magazine
26. daily neck massages from Phil
26. snuggling
27. laughing with Natalie about old memories
28. getting pictures developed
30. the nights Phil cooks dinner
31. getting into a neatly made bed at night
32. magazine reading at Barnes & Noble
33. reward stickers
34. French vanilla creamer
35. sitting on the beach
36. scrapbooking
37. waterfalls
38. reading a good novel
39. a clean house
40. nice smelling candles burning
41. fresh towels
42. soup and sandwiches at Panera Bread
43. Phil's homemade nachos
44. Halls Fruit Breezers
45. Propel packets
46. Bazzill textured cardstock
47. kids singing at church
48. hand made cards
49. paper flowers and brads
50. care packages
51. my sister's phone calls
52. old friends
53. a good Chinese buffet
54. pedicures
55. sales and coupons at the Avenue
56. connecting with new friends
57. chick flicks
58. cool ideas from teachers.net
59. my new "scrapbook room"
60. great worship songs
61. wedding invitations
62. fun VBS themes
63. camping with Phil
64. labs and retrievers
65. new Nicholas Sparks' books
66. Satsuma products from the Body Shop
67. fresh cut flowers
68. easy traffic days
69. grilled halibut
70. baking cookies
71. answered prayers
72. those rare days I get to watch Oprah
73. outlet malls
74. Aveda hand relief creme
75. hair cuts & fresh highlights
76. birds chirping in the morning
77. the color blue
78. family times
79. walks by the river
80. waking up with Phil
81. Aquage spraygel
82. letters from Mom
83. our rechargeable phone card
84. collecting quotes
85. Willow Tree angels
86. sticky notes
87. being done with the laundry
88. big, fluffy, blue hydrangeas
89. trying out new piano music
90. spending time with Coby
91. rose gardens
92. leading singing in chapel93. free address labels
94. anytime Phil holds my hand
95. receiving birthday cards
96. verses of confirmation in the Bible
97. trying out a really good recipe
98. clean sheets
99. Jody Lang's 17 page letters
100. summer break
PS. . .Phil wanted to know if I was going to make him write a list. I said that I thought it would be a cool idea. Then he asked if he could just list me 100 times. I thought that was so sweet. I LOVE YOU, PHIL BERGLAND!!!
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