My cubicle at work.

I work at the National Archives II here in College Park.

Soooo this is my very first cubicle:

:)

God is my future.

Today, during worship at church, Josh Harris came up on stage and prayed/said some things that really struck me in new ways.

One of the comments was something along the lines of "Lord, you are my future."

In one of my favorite John Mayer songs, it says "So scared of getting older, only good being young."

I tend to have this train of thought most of the time - scared and small looking at the future and the world I'll walk through it in.

While it isn't wrong to be miss childhood and realize that adulthood involves a lot, I think changing this perspective can helping me glorify God more, worry less, have more joy. etc.

IF THE LORD IS MY FUTURE

- I have a good and joy filled future.

- I don't have to worry about my job. It isn't my future. God is.

- I don't have to worry about who I will marry, if I will marry, if he will freaking die on me. God is my future, not my husband.

- My financial situation isn't my future.

- My grades aren't my future.

- Wasting time by making a decision or changing my mind isn't my future.

All these things are in my future.

God will work through these decisions and events to glorify Him.

But these things are not the core, the theme, the hope of my future.

God is my future and I couldn't be happier.

confession

i think in bullets. school required paragraphs.

i find it difficult to translate my bullets into sentences and paragraphs for school.

Spring Bouquet

I love this spring bouquet. (Found via The Bride's Cafe.)

Knitting

I used to scoff at knitting.

Now I'm not so sure...

(handmade baby elephant from purlbee.)

The thing that's getting me is this - if you can knit, you can have whatever you want as long as you have the yarn and the patience (cute things that you can't buy, scarves in any color)..

And so, I might make it a goal this year to (re-)learn to knit.

2010 - Looking Ahead

January was wonderful. I love 2010.

I want to look forward to it all.

We'll never stop this train.

February

Blizzard. (Actually that is happening now..)

Week off of school due to said blizzard. (yayyy).

After said break, I will be returning to coffee.

Irina's 21st Birthday.

Valentines Day

John Mayer Live (!!!) with Whitney

Stacey & John David get married. (!!)

Tyler's 1st birthday.

March

My 18th birthday. Weird.

Spring Break

April

Anna Somerville's Wedding (!!)

Becca & Brielle's joint 18th birthday party

May

Becca turns 18

Done with my first year of college (!!!!)

Next Conference

Diana's 19th birthday.

June

Summer Celebration :-)

July

EMT Certification

Mom's Birthday

New Jersey

August

Vacation - More NJ, Point Pleasant Beach this time.

Sophomore year of college begins. Again, weird.

September

Austin's birthday

[?? more stuff please ??]

October

The leaves change color. [ok that's lame. i need more stuff for october.]

November

Christmas shopping - I vow to be done before December begins.

December

Winter Break

Shmer Bear turns 19.

Christmas

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POST WILL BE UPDATED OVER THE COMING MONTHS.

:)

Cookie Stamps from Williams-Sonoma

While looking online at different cookie cutters, I stumbled upon these fun cookie cutters from William-Sonoma. They can be customized to say different messages (they come with pre-made words as well as single letters), and there are a couple of shapes to choose from. So far they seem to have received good customer ratings.

They would be great for the typical events - wedding cookies, graduation cookies, etc. The uses are endless though - happy birthday cookies, stamps that tell the flavor for large amounts of cookies at catered events, etc. Hmn...I might just shell out the $20 and give them a whirl.

Some days I wish I was not short. More than 5' 2" at least.

It has to do with respect, professionalism,.

I will always look like a child. :(

January

In January I will be:

- Working many hours.

- Staying off caffeine until school begins on the 25th.

- Starting the Spring semester.

- Moving back to school (obviously).

- Moving my room at home from upstairs to the basement.

- Coordinating a friend's wedding at the Weinberg.

(In other news I've already started dreaming about summer, watermelon, and the beach.)

wedding dress love

as seen on a beautiful mess (which is a GREAT blog btw)

i wouldn't ever get a pink dress but i would LOVE this in white..