1st Day of school & the fall semester, yay!

As much as I have dreaded school starting I must say that today was simply wonderful. If this is any indication as to how the year will be then I'm thinking it's gonna be fantastic. I got up super early today and had time to do everything that I wanted - and more!!!

Some of you may not know this but recently I have been diagnosed with Sciatica. Basically that means that my sciatic nerve will flare up and send excruciating pain throughout my entire left leg at any given time. It was constant for quite some time and more recently I have had more days without pain, but when the pain comes it's almost more than I can bare. I have been seeing the Chiropractor and believe that has aided in the relief that I have had thus far. I'm not quite half way through my treatment and am believing that God truly will heal me of this. I have been advised by my Dr. that when my pain flares up not to take meds but to get off of my feet for the day. I try REALLY hard not to take the meds that I was prescribed, but sometimes the pain is more than I can tolerate and I have to take the edge off. I do try and stay off of my feet though and that has certainly helped. Please pray that I will be healed of this quickly and that my body will accept the adjustments I am receiving at the Chiropractor.

So, with all that said, this morning was one of my worst days :( I did take some meds (i know, shame on me!) because I knew that I HAD to go to work and school. I cried out to the Lord and prayed for Him to take my pain away and get through the day, and Praise the Lord, HE did! YAY!

Anyway....... Today was Jarred's first day of 4th grade...... wow, how time flies!!! Hard to believe that my little guy is growing up so quickly. I know that he enjoyed it and I am trying to help him have a positive attitude towards school this year. I just have the greatest feeling about this school year. Like something great is going to happen and it will be the best year yet!!! Maybe I'm just excited, I don't know, lol.

I also started classes today. Which I was seriously dreading, lol! I'm taking Accounting I (was really dreading that class), Business Research, and Ethic Issues for Business Leaders. The latter two are online classes that I have orientation for this weekend. I have Accounting I on Monday & Wednesday morning, and I must say that I think I'm going to really like it. Another Praise!!! God's so good! Oh, one more shout out for the Lord, lol.... The cost of the Accounting book I needed was $200!!!! Can you believe that??? That's almost as much as the class it's self! Well, I had been waiting till after the first class to buy it, hoping that I could find something cheaper online and wanting to see if I would even need it. After class today something told me to check with the Woman's Resource Center to see if they would be able to get me a book. Well low and behold they gave me a book for..... FREE!!!! YAY!!!! God is so AWESOME!!!! I'm so happy about that b/c like most of us, I really needed the extra money!

I need to post some pictures of Jarred's first day, but that will have to wait. I am about to go read with him now. Just wanted you all to know how our school year is starting out ;)

Take Care,
j.

Random Thoughts & Photos.....

Ok, so wow... I've really been slacking on this blog thing, lol! It is amazing that I haven't posted in over three months! Has it really been that long? This summer has just FLOWN by! Jarred was gone for six whole weeks and is back now. School starts back up in a little less than three weeks. Can't believe that my boy is going to be in 4th grade!! I'll be starting my junior year in college working on my BA in Project Management. Glad that I'm still trucking along in this whole education thing, but I'll sure be even happier when I have it all behind me, lol! Sometimes it seems like I'll NEVER finish school. That's OK though. It really is such a blessing to have the ability & desire to be educated.

All in all this has been a great summer. I have seen the Lord work continuously in both me and those around me.

Here are some random photos from this week along with snippets of a few of my favorite things!!

Saying goodbye to friends is hard :( I'll miss you Carrie!!!



Gotta love girl time! The three of us went to have pedicures :)



Jarred's best bud came along to the airport to surprise him. His BF is moving to Spain next week, so they are spending the WHOLE weekend together :)


So my Mom basically rocks!!! She is such a Proverbs 31-type woman!! She knitted me these gorgeous socks as a graduation gift! They even won a blue ribbon at the fair!! Thanks Mom :)


A closer shot of the detail work..... again, she is just amazing.


Salt.... ok, so this is very random... But my Mom knows I love this salt and the only place I know of to get it is from a Menonite grocery in Wisconsin. She is always thoughtful enough to send some this way... Thanks again Mom!!


So, you may think this picture is the strangest thing yet, lol. But these two are TRULY two of my favorite things, lol. Fresh bacon and Brats from my parents farm.... I think that this pig was just slaughtered like two weeks ago..... yummm...


These are trinkets that belonged to my Great-Grandmother. I inherited them and finally have a place to put them..... They were on her dresser when I was a child and I spent literally hours playing with these things, lol. So proud to have them in my own home....


Ok, so this is NOT one of my favorite things, lol! Jarred's BF found this little guy (it is a toy, thankfully!) at the airport yesterday, and he has been showing up in the strangest places.... I'm gonna get them for trying to scare me......


Last but not least (by any means) is my new backpack....(ok, so I am so not Vera Bradley obsessed...... but I just had to have this!) Got it for a really good deal and it is my present to myself for graduating with my AA.... Won't I be too cute toting this thing around campus?



Alright, well that's it for now. I know that I've said this before, lol, but I'll try to be better about posting. Maybe I can at least post weekly from here on out. Getting back into the routine should help some!!