God's Timing is Perfect!

There is freedom in knowing that God's timing is not flawed in the least bit. If you know me, you know I love to plan and organize things. At first, I was having some major issues with God not following my plans. You may think that sounds silly, but honestly, when you are used to being able to control everything and you are suddenly faced with something you cannot control, it can be a little rough. Over time I've realized that it's actually kinda nice that when it comes to God, I don't have to worry about him not getting things done by the deadline or not meeting my expectations because God's timing is totally perfect! That's doesn't mean I'll understand his timing, but I don't need to micromanage God because he has it all under his control and he never fails me. Never!

Busy Times

Things are crazy busy right now, so I'm pretty sure that getting my once a week post in for October is pretty much shot. Everything about my life is busy right now and here are the highlights. 1. Work - We are down from 4 tax preparers to 2 (I think, we aren't sure what treatment one of them will need, but it's looking like she is gonna be out for a while). We are also in the last month before our final deadline for the year, so saying the 2 of us left are busy is an understatement. I'm not blaming anyone and I know that life happens, I'm just telling you that this is what we are working with. I'm trying to work as much as possible and be as efficient as possible while I am working. I was really hoping to go to the Women's Retreat at church on Nov 6-7 and even paid for it, but I knew there was a possibility I wouldn't get to go because of the unpredictable work schedule. It's looking like it is pretty much out at this point, but that's okay. 2. Church - Next weekend is our fall festival at church and I am in charge of the games. I have looked online and found nothing that appeals to me. Our theme is popcorn, so I was trying to do large group games involving popcorn but can't find anything on the internet. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know. Even though they were supposed to be giving BJ Sunday's off, somehow, he got scheduled for next Sunday, so I am also in charge of getting the music set up outside and running it. That won't take very long, so I should be good to go, as soon as I can come up with games. 3. Other - I must finish the scrapbook I am doing for a friend. It's going pretty well, but I've got to get it finished by Sunday so she can have it by the 27th. 4. The Challenge - Life changes and Kim and I are no longer walking in the morning. That's fine and I totally understand that she has more time to walk in the evening so she is going to do her own exercising in the evenings. That being said, I have got to make myself get my exercising in. I was originally going to get up at 5 still and go walking or do something else by myself, but with work suddenly getting busier, I really need to get up at 5 and go to work. In the evenings I need to get on my Gazelle at least 3 days a week, which I can totally do, but its really nice to have my exercising done before the day starts. I'm not saying I have no free time, because that is totally not the case, but I just have some things I need to motivate myself to get done. BJ and I watch a bit of TV and I consider that my winding down time and I really enjoy it. It something we like to do together, even if it isn't really quality time. I'll leave you with a quote that is totally unrelated to my above post, but that I am really loving right now.

When our self image gets so wrapped up in God that we lose ourselves in the process, we're free. ~By: Stormie Omartian

Just Another Saturday Night

I know, I haven't updated in a while,but my life is a little crazy right now without having anything that all exciting to share with the world. Work is well, work. I worked 6 hours today to get one of the 2 tax returns finished that we will be getting out by Thursday. I don't really like working Saturdays, but who does? I know I could be working a lot more hours, so I'm thankful that I don't have to work Saturdays often. I did get a lot done today, so its nice to be going into a new week with one large thing off my plate, at least until it gets reviewed, again, and sent back to me, again. Yes, it will definitely reappear in my office sometime before Monday morning, but hopefully, most of the large issues are over. There are a few small things that I am still missing from the client. Ok, no one reads my blog to catch up on the status of my projects at work (unless you are really bored or as addicted to reading anything as long as it is an update as I am) so I'll move on. This week I took on a new project and I am very excited about it. I am working on making a 8 by 8 scrapbook for a friend at church. I think the project is a surprise for the recipients, so I won't share any pictures. I am making a book from my friend and her husband to her adopted grandkids. Their family has a lot of traditions, one of which includes giving a certain book to each of her grandchildren. The book is called "I loved you before you were born" and is about a grandmother that dreamed of the day when she would have her grandchild and imagined what they child would be like. The book doesn't really fit the situation for the two newest grandkids, since they were adopted when they were 6 and 7 or something like that, so I am making a similar book that better fits the situation. Anyway, I am getting to be crafty, which I love. After I got home from work today, I worked on it for a couple of hours and got 4 pages done. I think it looks great, if I do say so myself. My main concern is making the book not too girly since the adopted kids are brother and sister. So after I finish this project, I will move on to my scrapbook which needs some updating. I'm not sure what the last thing I scrapbooked actually is for myself. I don't have kids so I don't have that much going on really. I think I have to scrapbook a page for getting my CPA license, kitchen renovation, and then our vacation to Cozumel. I actually have a house renovation scrapbook, kinda. It has the house when we first bought it and all the changes we made before we moved in. I plan on putting the kitchen stuff in that scrapbook. I have had a little more time the past few Saturdays, even if I did work, because Nebraska hasn't played either day. 3.5 hours to watch a football game definitely makes my Saturday fly by. I love my Huskers and must watch them, it just makes the day go so much more quickly. BJ is now working on Saturdays, so I potentially have until 4 to do whatever I want or need to do. Somehow, I make it through the day without being as productive as I hoped, every week. I think my problem is that I keep telling myself it is Saturday and I should relax, so I end up doing more of that then actually being productive. Oh well, I'm sure everything will get done eventually. I actually made a long list of random projects last weekend. I think it has about 25 things that need to be done. It will take me forever if I only cross off one thing per weekend, but at least its getting crossed off, right? So this post has taken me about 30 minutes and it is now time to go to bed so we can get up tomorrow and start the busyness that is our Sundays. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.