Saturday, September 29, 2007
I passed!
Yay! I passed my appraiser's exam. After paperwork is done, I will be a licensed trainee appraiser! I can check that off my new years resolution list.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Waterholic
My name is Tifiny. T-I-F-I-N-Y...and I'm addicted to water. I'm thankful for the workers at Costco and my husband for supporting my addiction. Their helping hands to carry my water has furthered my habit. Oh how I appreciate them.
(If you can't tell, I just watched an episode of Intervention.)
(I also went to Costco today and grabbed 4 huge cases of water...but a worker helped me load them in the car and my hubby unloaded them from the car. Helping hands are great. My faith in men has prevailed:))
(If you can't tell, I just watched an episode of Intervention.)
(I also went to Costco today and grabbed 4 huge cases of water...but a worker helped me load them in the car and my hubby unloaded them from the car. Helping hands are great. My faith in men has prevailed:))
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Some...
things I love...just cause.
1. Waking up to a cool morning
2. Seeing people laugh/smile
3. Chai Tea
4. Dancing
5. Finding "treasures" in the Bible
6. Playing games
7. P&W music
8. Skiing
9. David Crowder Band
10. Christmas
11. Books by Francine Rivers
12. Getting magazines in airports
13. Looking at pictures
14. Strawberries
15. Gum
16. My hubby, family and friends
17. The mall
18. Watching home videos
19. Waking up next to my husband
20. Getting surprises in the mail
21. My dad and mom's answering machine message
22. Birthdays
23. Eating healthy and exercising (love/hate relationship)
24. Encouraging people to exercise/ eat right
25. The shows : biggest loser, american idol, and lost
26. Bible study groups
27. Grandma's thanksgiving dinner
28. Singing
29. Running in a race :)
30. Laughing
31. Gumball machines
32. Playing pranks
33. Listening to Jacob Prasch teachings in car w/ hubby
34. Being challenged to do something
35. Cuddling to a good movie
36. Excitement before goin on a trip
37. Going back to WV for visits
38. Living in cali
39. Traveling to new places
40. A made bed
41. Nice hotel rooms
42. Clean house
43. The beach
44. A full fridge
45. Talking to the Lord
46. Surprises
47. Seeing the stars in the sky
48. Massages/facials/pedicures
49. Eating out
50. Learning something new
51. Thai food (red curry and rice)
52. Heart to heart talks
53. Weekends
54. Making new friends
55. Reminiscing
56. Accomplishing something
57. Cashews
58. Jacuzzis
59. Being with the kids on Sunday
60. Rainy days with nothing to do
Just thought you'd like to know.
1. Waking up to a cool morning
2. Seeing people laugh/smile
3. Chai Tea
4. Dancing
5. Finding "treasures" in the Bible
6. Playing games
7. P&W music
8. Skiing
9. David Crowder Band
10. Christmas
11. Books by Francine Rivers
12. Getting magazines in airports
13. Looking at pictures
14. Strawberries
15. Gum
16. My hubby, family and friends
17. The mall
18. Watching home videos
19. Waking up next to my husband
20. Getting surprises in the mail
21. My dad and mom's answering machine message
22. Birthdays
23. Eating healthy and exercising (love/hate relationship)
24. Encouraging people to exercise/ eat right
25. The shows : biggest loser, american idol, and lost
26. Bible study groups
27. Grandma's thanksgiving dinner
28. Singing
29. Running in a race :)
30. Laughing
31. Gumball machines
32. Playing pranks
33. Listening to Jacob Prasch teachings in car w/ hubby
34. Being challenged to do something
35. Cuddling to a good movie
36. Excitement before goin on a trip
37. Going back to WV for visits
38. Living in cali
39. Traveling to new places
40. A made bed
41. Nice hotel rooms
42. Clean house
43. The beach
44. A full fridge
45. Talking to the Lord
46. Surprises
47. Seeing the stars in the sky
48. Massages/facials/pedicures
49. Eating out
50. Learning something new
51. Thai food (red curry and rice)
52. Heart to heart talks
53. Weekends
54. Making new friends
55. Reminiscing
56. Accomplishing something
57. Cashews
58. Jacuzzis
59. Being with the kids on Sunday
60. Rainy days with nothing to do
Just thought you'd like to know.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
need a lil love
Today has been a bit of a rough one. I am left writing this with a puffy face, a drained spirit, and squinty eyes. I know that God has stretched me a lot in the last couple of years...but I have a feeling He's not done yet. I'm a planner, I like to have things figured out. But the Lord says "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways." Is. 55:8. Well, that leaves me with a bit of a problem doesn't it.
I'm in a place right now where I don't know if God wants my trust and faith in Him to grow, if He's leading us to a completely different place in our lives/walks with Him, or if I need some "chastening" (My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives Heb 12...Now no chastening seems joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it)
Yes I am positive that the first and third are a definite. I feel like saying "God please just tell me what I'm going to go through or where we are going to end up...so I can prepare and then I'll be okay to go through whatever" Yeah, actually I have said that to Him. But then there's my lack of trust and faith in Him. Bummer.
I do want the Lord to teach me, correct me, and lead me into the way everlasting. I want to be all His.
So there I was, a ball of tears with a husband praying over me...and in that moment I felt this strong emotion of thankfulness. I started thanking the Lord for my husband and the heart he has for Jesus. I'm thankful for Jesus too.
You are welcome to pray for me...that's how you can give me a lil love:)
I'm in a place right now where I don't know if God wants my trust and faith in Him to grow, if He's leading us to a completely different place in our lives/walks with Him, or if I need some "chastening" (My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives Heb 12...Now no chastening seems joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it)
Yes I am positive that the first and third are a definite. I feel like saying "God please just tell me what I'm going to go through or where we are going to end up...so I can prepare and then I'll be okay to go through whatever" Yeah, actually I have said that to Him. But then there's my lack of trust and faith in Him. Bummer.
I do want the Lord to teach me, correct me, and lead me into the way everlasting. I want to be all His.
So there I was, a ball of tears with a husband praying over me...and in that moment I felt this strong emotion of thankfulness. I started thanking the Lord for my husband and the heart he has for Jesus. I'm thankful for Jesus too.
You are welcome to pray for me...that's how you can give me a lil love:)
Sunday, September 9, 2007
another wonderful weekend
I had, once again, a great weekend! Friday night Este and I acted like old people and stayed indoors and just hung out not doing much of anything. On Saturday morning I woke up and ran 5 miles and then we headed to the beach! We heard an amazing teaching from Jacob Prasch on the way there! He was jokingly saying that in heaven he thinks we are all going to have middle names....and they are all going to be Barabbas He went on to say that it was a perfect picture of us and Jesus. He took the place of a guilty man and the guilty man was set free! Ponder that for a moment. Thank you Lord for your sacrifice!
Anyways the beach was absolutely perfect. No clouds, a gentle breeze, and great company. We actually went back to the beach where I saw my first sunset over the ocean while we were dating. We also went back to the same restaurant we ate at that night. We tanned in our chairs as we people watched, played in the water, threw the frisbee and played tic tac toe in the sand. I went home smiling.
Today we went to church and it was great! Read Romans 2 and you'll be thankful for the Lord's goodness on sinners! Then we were invited by some friends to go to a huge mall about 45 minutes away. I was very quick in agreeing to go. I love the mall. Anyways, my friend Sarah and I are both cheapos but we were bad influences on each other. Getting home I think, "and why did I buy this?" But it was a wonderful day with tons of laughs and fellowship.
Looks like next weekend is gonna be another great one. Been invited to karaoke and dancing. Praise the Lord for weekends!
Anyways the beach was absolutely perfect. No clouds, a gentle breeze, and great company. We actually went back to the beach where I saw my first sunset over the ocean while we were dating. We also went back to the same restaurant we ate at that night. We tanned in our chairs as we people watched, played in the water, threw the frisbee and played tic tac toe in the sand. I went home smiling.
Today we went to church and it was great! Read Romans 2 and you'll be thankful for the Lord's goodness on sinners! Then we were invited by some friends to go to a huge mall about 45 minutes away. I was very quick in agreeing to go. I love the mall. Anyways, my friend Sarah and I are both cheapos but we were bad influences on each other. Getting home I think, "and why did I buy this?" But it was a wonderful day with tons of laughs and fellowship.
Looks like next weekend is gonna be another great one. Been invited to karaoke and dancing. Praise the Lord for weekends!
my voice...
Yeah, so one of the things I'm a lil bit self conscious of is my voice. I'm learning to deal but things like this really take me down a few notches...
So a woman from a financial institute called wanting to talk to one of my distant cousins...well actually este's...and wanted her info. I started telling her that I wasn't going to give out her info and to stop calling me. She then proceeded to say, "Is there an adult around that I could speak to?" lol. I said in a stern but "child-like" tone, "I am an adult!"
Geesh, the nerve of some people!
So a woman from a financial institute called wanting to talk to one of my distant cousins...well actually este's...and wanted her info. I started telling her that I wasn't going to give out her info and to stop calling me. She then proceeded to say, "Is there an adult around that I could speak to?" lol. I said in a stern but "child-like" tone, "I am an adult!"
Geesh, the nerve of some people!
Friday, September 7, 2007
God's whistle
Este and I are reading through the book of Isaiah. Last night we were reading chapter 5 and I found the coolest thing ever! God whistles! I just love that. It's also in chapter 7 as well. Obviously there is a lot more important stuff going on in these chapters but I just grabbed hold of the thought of my Lord whistling. Just one more characteristic of Him I can add to the list...The Lord Whistles :)
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Labor Day
The weekend was full of studying, relaxation, and fun...and I'm sad it's over!
Este and I are both taking a big appraiser's exam this month. So a couple times over the week we went to starbucks and wings n things to study. We also went bowling this weekend with some friends and both earned a 20 minute massage. What's the fun in bowling if you don't have some bets? After bowling, we played texas holdem and I was the first one out..surprise surprise. Finally, to top off the weekend, we went to the beach with some friends yesterday. We had a great time EXCEPT for the part of me getting pummeled by a wave and standing up...not realizing that my swimsuit wasn't "in tact"...if you know what I mean. Yeah, trying not to think about it. Other than that, it was wonderful. Thank the Lord for long weekends!
Este and I are both taking a big appraiser's exam this month. So a couple times over the week we went to starbucks and wings n things to study. We also went bowling this weekend with some friends and both earned a 20 minute massage. What's the fun in bowling if you don't have some bets? After bowling, we played texas holdem and I was the first one out..surprise surprise. Finally, to top off the weekend, we went to the beach with some friends yesterday. We had a great time EXCEPT for the part of me getting pummeled by a wave and standing up...not realizing that my swimsuit wasn't "in tact"...if you know what I mean. Yeah, trying not to think about it. Other than that, it was wonderful. Thank the Lord for long weekends!
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