Movin' On UP!!

going to a new blog :) ...... http://revivedandrenewed.blogspot.com/

Life in General

I am really excited about where I am right now so I thought I would so a bit of updating!!!

- I got a full time position with Oracle :) and it came with a good raise :)

-I finish school in October and I will be a College Graduate!!

- My folks are coming to CO in 5 days and I am going to have a party!!!

:) so yeah good week!!

Is this really Happening????

SO I have wanted to be a college graduate since I graduated High School!! It has been a long journey and in the past stuff has always come up to stop me (typically money). In 2008 I decided that if I wanted to live in the style I wanted to live, (ie travel when I want, visit friends all over the world, have a "cute" place to call home) that I needed to get off my butt and go back to school. The getting started was the easy part! I chose Networking Administration because then I would be working with people still; and that is what I am good at... people! I choose computers because I figured it was a field that would be around for awhile!! I started taking 2 classes while I was working 2 jobs and plugged along. Then life got hard. I don't want to get into details but it wasn't fun!! At the halfway mark of school I wanted to give up - then I just wanted to get done. And the last semester was brutal. I had been told by the financial department that my schooling would cost me nothing then that Changed to $1000 then to $2000 and I was having some issues with my grades, and I thought I was out. I didn't think anything would get me back in. However God used my perseverance to get me back in and a friend provided the $700 it ended up being and the accountability that it would take to keep up!! Now I feel confident that I will graduate!!

Lily's 4th Bday :)

I have the great privilege of living with 2 wonderful girls! Buffy and Lexie. There are parts of life that would be unbearable without them. Buffy has 2 young girls Saraphim (age 7) and Lily (age 4) it is such a joy to be part of their growing up!!! I have a feeling this might possibly be as close to having kids that I will ever get :) I love the fun times (and during the bad times I go to my room in the basement;)

Kracker, Kenny, and Billy 7-6-11

We have had a LOT of rain lately. And it brings back some childhood memories. (funny I know ;) I have always loved the rain. When it started raining I would grab my umbrella and go sit on the front porch and listen to the rain. The world seemed ok then. There was nothing to worry about no one to please it was just me and the rain. I couldn't disappoint the rain, and it couldn't disappoint me. it was just a simple soothing sound. Sam got tickets to Kenny Chesney's tour that came through Denver this year and it was at Red Rocks Amphitheater and I have heard the concerts there are amazing....well it rained. And for hours I got to soak in the rain, dance and listen to music. It was a small slice of heaven.

A Touch of Glass

I got to blow glass!!! It is something I have wanted to do for a long time on my "bucket list" as they say. A few years ago I went to a glass blowing shop and watched them for over an hour - it was amazing!!! And I was hooked :) So I looked into classes - over $400!!! So crazy... and my dream faded. I figured I would wait until I was rich and famous and try again (ok so I don't really want to be famous ;). Then my niece started taking classes and I was a twinge jealous!!! lol so after looking through tons of pics of my niece doing amazing work, I decided to search again. And low and behold I found a place that does hour long classes for $50. I figure I could handle that!!! The problem was they do the classes on Sat, AND I work on Saturdays...... So I emailed and pleaded with the owner (or just asked to see if it was an option) to do another day; after a few emails we set a date for the class (on a Tues)!! I was SOOO excited. The shop was in a strip mall (very small strip mall) looking building, but as I stepped inside it definitely had a warehouse feel. Nothing was displayed properly but they had shelves of beautiful glass pieces. Horace (yes love the name!!) ; a shortish man with a quick smile and glasses came to greet me. I had wanted to make the Pint Glass - even though I can no longer have beer; so he asked me colors and walked me through their pieces to point out a color. I picked up, of course, a deep red-ish orange... Horace did a quick (about 20 mins) sample so I could see the steps. And he let me do a few things. And then it was my turn, I was so excited (and a bit nervous) if you want the steps let me know otherwise I am sure you would get bored ;) A couple things the pipe and glass together were really heavy!!! and I am not very consistent with my rolls lol the glass was flopping (yes flopping) everywhere. I also wish I could capture the color of the glass as it comes out of the first oven that might be my Second favorite color (or maybe 3rd it is close to my current second :). I was bummed when I got there I found out I didn't have the disk in my camera and my phone was dead so I have NO pictures :( but I will put one up of the finished product as soon as it is in my possession!!!

Flatmates!!

It is amazing the friendships that adversity creates. I am so blessed by my flatmates this year. They have emotionally saved me a couple times... they are amazing!!! Here is our dance party to wrap up one of our days...

It is so great because spontaneously things happen that are so fun around here :) And they care about me (and what is going on in my life) absolutely fabulous!!