Change...

... is painful. exciting. sad. exhausting. interesting. and all around life-changing. Funny how that works.

I've been thinking a lot lately about how that everything I do, everything that anyone does, will always affect others too. No one is a lone non-affecting soul. There is someone who will experience side-effects along with you. Sometimes it can be a very special, happy time and sometimes it is bittersweet and very tough!

Changes take place every day and are just a part of life. Every once in awhile there is a really big change that will take place that isn't a daily expected event.

I'm on the receiving end of one of those big changes this summer.

'the' Wall

Here are some pictures of the wall in our library's meeting room. A year or two ago (before I worked here) a group of teens had painted the wall like this:

Please excuse the random body-less people :P lol

We were all ready for a new view with less chaos and so with the help of a few teens I 'primed' it and managed to finally cover all the colors. The black was tough!!


For one of my teen programs this summer I had kids come in and paint their own spot.

Now it looks like this! :D

There are real frames hanging on the wall around where they painted on the wall. I like how it adds a 3-d effect. I think it is a great improvement from the original look.

The summer reading program has been super busy but a lot of fun! It is starting to slow down a bit now. I need to do another blog about life in general.

I know my blogging has been lackingly sporadic :) I am here. (Wherever that may be lol) and I am doing well. Work has been extra busy with a lot of Summer Read Program stuff going on! I still like my job. It is just sad that I rarely get internet time aside from work. Right now I am on my lunch break and have about 5 minutes left.

So in that short time, I wanted to share a bit exciting piece of news. I have my own wheels! And cute ones at that! It is amazing how God provides our needs and occasionally our wants as well! I feel very fortunate and blessed and will probably have lots of other mixed feelings when I get the payment book in the mail. LOL But it is exciting. I am having fun driving and still can't believe I finally have my own car. This pic I took with my cell phone before it was officially mine. Maybe I will take some more of the front and inside and post them. (big maybe, I get tired of making promises on my blog then getting too busy and forgetting! haha) I am still mulling over names, so if you have a suggestion let me know ;)

Well, I must go back to work. :D

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oh, for the few interested in details about cars.... it is a 2001 VW new beetle turbo automatic, hmm, etc etc. I don't even know! haha

Here comes the Bride

I was in Cincinnati 3 times this month. Once for Grad and the other two times for this dear friend of mine, Megan.

I drove over for her bridal shower and bachelorette party at the beginning of the month. Then this past weekend was her wedding. Since I was in the wedding (and my camera batteries are dead) I did not get any pictures. It was beautiful though! Here is a pic of Megan, her bridesmaids, and some other girls (relatives of the groom) who came to the party.

Graduation

Wow after ... a really long time ... I finally finished. Such a happy feeling!! It was fun to travel back to cincy and see friends and march with them down the aisle. I took tons of pictures; here are a few. (I'm putting more on facebook)

I'm so glad these special people came to see me!

This has got to be my most favorite picture!! Anna caught it on camera just at the right second. It was very windy all day and my hat finally gave up!

Graduation is nigh!

Wow time just keeps passing on! I want to do a long blog post about my 5+ years of college but I don't have all the pix I wanna use. I plan to work on it next week. Here are a couple oldies. Funny stuff!

Pre-K. Graduate ~ Class of 1989

H.S. Graduate ~ Class of 2002

College Graduate ~ Class of 2009
(well I will graduate on Saturday! whoo hoo!! just took this pic with my cell last night for the fun of it)

numbers

do you ever think about numbers? do they ever drive you crazy?

I do. They do.

It is fairly easy for me to memorize numbers. I can remember phone numbers from when I was much younger and addresses too. I'm not sure why I need to have speed dials on my cell when they are all already memorized anyway. (well yeah it is faster than typing it out but still.) If I stop to think about all the different numbers I know and what they are for it is a little overwhelming. Talk about driving me crazy! lol

I notice numbers on boards along the road, on ads, and other signs. Businesses choose the wackiest words to make their phone numbers stick in people's heads. I am more likely to know the number though than the word.

Sometimes it bugs me that my birthdate is 05/25/84. Wouldn't it look better if it were 05/25/85. I like my age fine and have accepted the dear number 4, but still.

Well, I have 7 precious minutes until my lunch break is over. Gonna end this random post before it...

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oh yeah. you can ignore this just more numbers driving me crazy:

90 to 0 in 4 weeks

take a few

I have just a few minutes left till my 'lunch' break is over.

So here are a few random things of late:

butterfly on my face.... Culver's fundraiser

kids holding my hand.... St. Louis Zoo outing

nomination for motherhood.... God's Bible School next Dean of Women
(someone want to fill in the details there for me??)

contentment in life.... even through foggy days

wistful thoughts.... I can't have it all

glitch communication

close i quickly draw.

much i expect often.

too much apparently.

disappointment results.

survey

Here is a random 'survey' I did on facebook and thought I would post it. Guess I'm catching up for the last month and a half by posting twice in the same day :)

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? yes. My grandma, Faye Gilley
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? this morning
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? not particularly. I rush so it is sloppy
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? turkey
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? No
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? probably
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? only occasionally when the situation demands it
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? definitely not! i'm a scaredy cat
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Smacks
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? generally, who wants to fight with the tie later when you are putting them back on?
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? double chocolate chunk
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? eyes and mouth
15. RED OR PINK? Pink
16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? not sure I wanna answer that here
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? hard to choose. i have many close friends who are far away
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST? nah
20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? the grown woman beside me clicking away on her webkinz page
21. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? blue
22. FAVORITE SMELLS? wood smoke
23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Sarah W.
25. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? not into sports but I guess maybe basketball
26. HAIR COLOR? light brown
27. EYE COLOR? hazel
28. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? nope. 20/10 vision
29. FAVORITE FOOD? cheese lol
30. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings
31. LAST BOOK YOU READ? Boy Meets Girl
32. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? black
33. SUMMER OR WINTER? summer
34. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs
35. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? not expecting anyone to
36. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? just doing this for fun
37. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? Kiss by Ted Dekker
38. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? nothing
39. FAVORITE SOUND(S)? not trains! lol. I'd say thunderstorms
40. WHAT'S THE FARTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Cincy from Montana (when we used to live there)
41. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? hmm. probably think of something
42 WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Valentine, NE
43. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? no one really
44. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/LOVER? nada thus far
44. SHOES - HIGH HEELS OR FLATS? high heels!! :D

Well, now you know 44 more things about me whether you wanted to or not. lol