January
Awesome to finally have my own place
Better to have it with my sister!
February
It is great to do something you love
Especially with the people you love
March
life is what you make of it
can't determine what other people will do - I can only decide how I will be
April
Excited to see new love in other people's lives
Knew that it wouldn't ever be like that - if things didn't change
May
Change is needed.
Change is good.
June
New Beginnings are exciting
It is good to laugh again. Laughed a lot!
July
Growing all around
Personally, relationally and in business
August
Stability is nice
Communication is amazing when it works! Nice that it works!
September
God provides!!!
Sometimes within 10 minutes
Ocotber
my favorite month - let go of some expectations
and was blessed!
November
Thankful for each person in my "world"
No matter how long or short they are a part of it
December
God gives you what you need - when you aren't looking for it
it's your job to take care of it!
... life doesn't go how you plan
... that's ok... and good
... reunions are great!
... broken relationships suck
... family is awesome
... time with them is even better
... life is about relationships
... building them and learning from each
... life is WORTH living to the fullest!
... do what you've always wanted to do
... pursue what you want
... if you don't you WILL dry up
... kids have an amazing power to add so much to our lives
... my life has been blessed this year (9 close friends had kids... 22 aquaintances)
... God Provides
... whether we acknowledge Him or not
... I love to travel
... Can't wait to travel more
... I miss my brother
... I am thankful for him
... my parents are wise and compassionate
... great examples of how I want to be
... Making new friends keeps life interesting
... Keeping long term friends brings stability
... I love my jobs
... lia sophia, Executive Title, Photography with my mom
... I love weddings
... I'm not ready to be married
... going to the chiropractor works
... I don't have migraines anymore
... massages
... worth the money you spend
... a new used car is worth the money
... my butt warmers, auto start and GPS (stella) are life savers
... even if someone is in your life for a short period of time - it's worth it
... friendship is good
... I love connecting with women
... can't wait to be involved with Grace
... I miss "My Girls"
... need to get together with them!
... relaxation is needed
... being on the lake is relaxing
... Grandpa is STILL A STUD!
... time with him is priceless
... Cleaning out your closet is a good thing
... as long as you don't fill it with more
... paying off debt is needed
... just because there is room on a credit card doesn't mean you need to spend it
... I really want to be clean and organized
... we don't always get (or do) what we want
... I need sleep
... more than I think
... working from home is amazing
... and hard
... follow up is not one of my strongest attributes
... I WILL work on building this skill
... forgiveness is necessary
... it's the choices between life and death
... God is good
... all the time
... I am excited for today
... AND the future not just the future
... if we don't see ourselves for who we are and where we are
... we will never be fully alive
... taking time for yourself is WORTH it
... and not natural for me
... being alone is GOOD
... and needed for a time
... I am excited to see all that 2009 will bring!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Something New...
Can not wait to get our Spring/Summer lia sophia catalog! It gets shipped out today!! :O) Party at my house - when we get it!
I'm excited for our new line of jewelry!
Kick Off: Thursday January 15th 2009
www.liasophia.com/suzyjewels
I'm excited for our new line of jewelry!
Kick Off: Thursday January 15th 2009
www.liasophia.com/suzyjewels
May your Soul Feel It's Worth
O Holy Night - has got to be one of my favorite Christmas songs. (period)
O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Soul Felt Its Worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born;
O night divine, O night, O night Divine.
We sing the songs every year at our Christmas Eve services at Church - or with family at Christmas parties. But do we really know the weight of the words? I love the music of Christmas - but the words didn't hit me - until I read them on a Christmas card a few years back... How can 1 line of a song mean so much? Those words have stuck with me. I can't shake them.
Christ came for us to KNOW OUR WORTH in Him! He came so we would know Him. He came so we could have the best life possible. That we would know the most amazing love and security in Him. He came to bless us - to BE a blessing.
I'm amazed with the business of Christmas right now. My Christmas shopping is not complete, my presents are not wrapped, all of my letters are not out... and I have a half of a day to get it all done... In talking to people MOST have said, "It doesn't even feel like Christmas" the snow is here, the lights are hung, the tree is up - but it doesn't feel like Christmas.
So what is Christmas supposed to feel like? My sister has said that having a relationship with God is like "Christmas everyday" - I think that the feeling of Christmas is knowing that there is more to this life than what we know. Knowing that God thought high enough of us - loved us enough to send Jesus to the earth - to live and die for us is pretty amazing. I think that's what Christmas is supposed to feel like.
I'm sort of glad that it doesn't "feel like" Christmas - because I think the "feeling of Christmas" gets skewed so easily. So hopefully... we will get to the point where everyday feels like Christmas!! True Christmas!
I pray you and your loved ones will truly know your worth this Holiday Season!
O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Soul Felt Its Worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born;
O night divine, O night, O night Divine.
We sing the songs every year at our Christmas Eve services at Church - or with family at Christmas parties. But do we really know the weight of the words? I love the music of Christmas - but the words didn't hit me - until I read them on a Christmas card a few years back... How can 1 line of a song mean so much? Those words have stuck with me. I can't shake them.
Christ came for us to KNOW OUR WORTH in Him! He came so we would know Him. He came so we could have the best life possible. That we would know the most amazing love and security in Him. He came to bless us - to BE a blessing.
I'm amazed with the business of Christmas right now. My Christmas shopping is not complete, my presents are not wrapped, all of my letters are not out... and I have a half of a day to get it all done... In talking to people MOST have said, "It doesn't even feel like Christmas" the snow is here, the lights are hung, the tree is up - but it doesn't feel like Christmas.
So what is Christmas supposed to feel like? My sister has said that having a relationship with God is like "Christmas everyday" - I think that the feeling of Christmas is knowing that there is more to this life than what we know. Knowing that God thought high enough of us - loved us enough to send Jesus to the earth - to live and die for us is pretty amazing. I think that's what Christmas is supposed to feel like.
I'm sort of glad that it doesn't "feel like" Christmas - because I think the "feeling of Christmas" gets skewed so easily. So hopefully... we will get to the point where everyday feels like Christmas!! True Christmas!
I pray you and your loved ones will truly know your worth this Holiday Season!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
one of the best inventions EVER
Heated mattress pad!
Especially when you live in the basement.
Perfect to crawl into - my toes are even warm, I don't need 8 blankets... just 6 :O)
If you don't have one... it's well worth the investment!
I'm all toasty tucked in!
LOVE IT!
Especially when you live in the basement.
Perfect to crawl into - my toes are even warm, I don't need 8 blankets... just 6 :O)
If you don't have one... it's well worth the investment!
I'm all toasty tucked in!
LOVE IT!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Held
On the other side of a nasty weekend - here are some things I've come away with.
No matter what we go through - we have the option to be held in it and helped through it... BUT we make that choice. We determine who we let in and what we listen to.
I've got a great relationship with my dad. I've always been his little girl that he bounces on his knee. No matter how old the 3 of us get he always wants to provide for us, protect us and take care of us so I think this weekend was a pretty rough one for him also.
I'm pretty sure that he was disappointed that I'm 27 years old and let important things like this slide - and also sad because he doesn't want to see me hurt.
He told my mom, "I wish that I could just take her and cuddle her to protect her from everything"... my mom said, "Dave, she's 27" but he still wants to hold me through it. (not physically... but metaforicaly) I don't think that a parent ever stops wanting to make the world a safe place for their kids...
I'm so glad that my mom told me this! On my way out of the courthouse I was walking to my car - and started crying - there was such a RELEASE that it was all taken care of. The ladies were nice, there were no lines, no more drama and it was DONE. It was DISMISSED!
I heard my mom's voice replaying, "Your father just wants to hold you and protect you" Then I got the thought, "If that's how much my earthly father wants to protect me... how much more does God want to hold me and protect me, in everything I go through?"
There are many things that come to the surface in my life when I go through loss. There is the heartache of it naturally - that nothing really but time can heal. But there are deeper issues that I am ready to get to the bottom of. they come to the surface and I stuff them back down - or run and hide. But IT'S TIME! I don't want to continue to struggle with them. I don't want to live the rest of my life like that. Feeling small and insecure. Worrying about everyone else before myself.
It is sad to me that it takes breaking to get me to that point - but I am thankful to be there and won't let it be in vein. I WILL cross over the bridge. Not just come to it and chicken out, or run away and hide.
I know that I am being held and know that there is a plan - and IT'S NOT MINE. Now it's my turn to hold on... to that!
No matter what we go through - we have the option to be held in it and helped through it... BUT we make that choice. We determine who we let in and what we listen to.
I've got a great relationship with my dad. I've always been his little girl that he bounces on his knee. No matter how old the 3 of us get he always wants to provide for us, protect us and take care of us so I think this weekend was a pretty rough one for him also.
I'm pretty sure that he was disappointed that I'm 27 years old and let important things like this slide - and also sad because he doesn't want to see me hurt.
He told my mom, "I wish that I could just take her and cuddle her to protect her from everything"... my mom said, "Dave, she's 27" but he still wants to hold me through it. (not physically... but metaforicaly) I don't think that a parent ever stops wanting to make the world a safe place for their kids...
I'm so glad that my mom told me this! On my way out of the courthouse I was walking to my car - and started crying - there was such a RELEASE that it was all taken care of. The ladies were nice, there were no lines, no more drama and it was DONE. It was DISMISSED!
I heard my mom's voice replaying, "Your father just wants to hold you and protect you" Then I got the thought, "If that's how much my earthly father wants to protect me... how much more does God want to hold me and protect me, in everything I go through?"
There are many things that come to the surface in my life when I go through loss. There is the heartache of it naturally - that nothing really but time can heal. But there are deeper issues that I am ready to get to the bottom of. they come to the surface and I stuff them back down - or run and hide. But IT'S TIME! I don't want to continue to struggle with them. I don't want to live the rest of my life like that. Feeling small and insecure. Worrying about everyone else before myself.
It is sad to me that it takes breaking to get me to that point - but I am thankful to be there and won't let it be in vein. I WILL cross over the bridge. Not just come to it and chicken out, or run away and hide.
I know that I am being held and know that there is a plan - and IT'S NOT MINE. Now it's my turn to hold on... to that!
Monday, December 15, 2008
bad news, Good News
bad news first - I got arrested this weekend (1:45am on Saturday morning) if you'd like to know the details - read bellow... IF you want to skip to the good news go to the **
DETAILS: I was pulled over for speeding but didn't get a ticket - I got a warning for no proof of insurance. In my recent move I lost my card, and had made calls into my insurance agency to get it... I called 3 times before getting proof... a month later. By this time it was after the due date - so I put it out of my mind that I actually had to GO DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE TO SHOW THEM THE PROOF... (I'm a REAL smart one I know)
Fast forward to Saturday morning... My tabs were expired and I put that out of mind also (I have a tendency to do that... something I'm working on) - I was 2 blocks from my house and was pulled over. I got my driver's license out and told cop about my incident with the insurance - he went to go run my driver's license and said he'd be right back... it was a LONG TIME... anyone who has ever been pulled over knows that that is NO GOOD.
He comes up to my car and said, "Suzanne... I pulled you over because your tabs are expired... BUT I have to cuff you and take you in ... there is a warrant out for your arrest." I was SHOCKED! Doesn't this sound like a bad dream??
I've heard of that happening - but I never got any notice (because of the move). I told him that I lived 2 blocks away - so he followed me to my house so that my car wouldn't have to be towed (an extra $200) He walked me through everything that happened and let me call and text a few people - saying I'd just have to put it away from the people from the jail came out... so I was cuffed and driven off in the back seat of a police car... It was surreal!
I was FRISKED!! It is NOT an experience like at the airport. The booking lady put me into a CELL... yah - I was IN A CELL.
I sat down and cried (2 tears) and then was like, "BUCK UP SUZY... You're here! You were stupid - it's an expensive lesson to learn - but not the end of the world! Make the most of it!" So I started to pray.
There was a woman laying on the floor under a blanket and I started to think about teen challenge. She asked what time it was and we started talking - she was in there for a DUI, theft and running from the cops. She said she would be there for the weekend and had been waiting to be "booked" since 6pm... She said she was going to court on Monday (today) to see what would happen. They were talking about sending her to some home... She started to say, "tee..." I said, "Teen Challenge?" She said, "Yah, that's it!" I started to tell her about it - that they've got the highest recovery percentage and that I have a friend that works for them. I told her it would be hard - but will be good - and if she can go there - to do it. She was then taken out of my cell to be "booked" We saw each other again when I was being booked and smiled across the way.
I was out of there at about 3:45 - so it took about 2 hours - but I'm so glad for the timing (in the night)- 7 people were radioed in on my way out.
RC - came to pay my bail and pick me up. In it all - it seems pretty orchestrated. Like there was a plan - I'm not sure what it's all about yet - but I've seen glimpses of it.
Why I think it was orchestrated:
Marley - RC and Megan's 14 month old baby girl wouldn't go to bed that night... she was up until Midnight... which NEVER happens - she's usually asleep by 8:30pm at the latest. If she would have gone to bed - RC & Megan would have been asleep... and they wouldn't have had their phones on them. I may have had to stay overnight and then wouldn't have had my phone to text and give all of the details. I couldn't get a hold of Kyle and don't think my dad has a check card to get cash - so RC & Megan were really the only option and the closest to the jail.
I have been pretty raw ever since this happened. This weekend has not been the best - because of other details I won't go into.
But... ** GOOD NEWS! It is all taken care of!!
This morning I nervously went down to the courthouse - showed them my proof of insurance - they dismissed the charges - I will get my bail money back - AND didn't have to pay anything for the "warning"!!! How SWEET is that! I'm so thankful my car didn't get towed (That money would have been gone - no way of getting that back). I got my address on my license changed and my tabs updated! It all worked out.
I'm not sure exactly why I went through all of that yet...
1. lesson learned - DON'T PROCRASTINATE! get things done when they need to be done
2. lesson learned - there's a reason for everything - even though we may not see it
3. lesson learned - Don't Drive with out proof of insurance I guess it's "like murder in the traffic world"
If your tabs are expired... go now to get updated tabs!! run... or drive - but don't speed!
DETAILS: I was pulled over for speeding but didn't get a ticket - I got a warning for no proof of insurance. In my recent move I lost my card, and had made calls into my insurance agency to get it... I called 3 times before getting proof... a month later. By this time it was after the due date - so I put it out of my mind that I actually had to GO DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE TO SHOW THEM THE PROOF... (I'm a REAL smart one I know)
Fast forward to Saturday morning... My tabs were expired and I put that out of mind also (I have a tendency to do that... something I'm working on) - I was 2 blocks from my house and was pulled over. I got my driver's license out and told cop about my incident with the insurance - he went to go run my driver's license and said he'd be right back... it was a LONG TIME... anyone who has ever been pulled over knows that that is NO GOOD.
He comes up to my car and said, "Suzanne... I pulled you over because your tabs are expired... BUT I have to cuff you and take you in ... there is a warrant out for your arrest." I was SHOCKED! Doesn't this sound like a bad dream??
I've heard of that happening - but I never got any notice (because of the move). I told him that I lived 2 blocks away - so he followed me to my house so that my car wouldn't have to be towed (an extra $200) He walked me through everything that happened and let me call and text a few people - saying I'd just have to put it away from the people from the jail came out... so I was cuffed and driven off in the back seat of a police car... It was surreal!
I was FRISKED!! It is NOT an experience like at the airport. The booking lady put me into a CELL... yah - I was IN A CELL.
I sat down and cried (2 tears) and then was like, "BUCK UP SUZY... You're here! You were stupid - it's an expensive lesson to learn - but not the end of the world! Make the most of it!" So I started to pray.
There was a woman laying on the floor under a blanket and I started to think about teen challenge. She asked what time it was and we started talking - she was in there for a DUI, theft and running from the cops. She said she would be there for the weekend and had been waiting to be "booked" since 6pm... She said she was going to court on Monday (today) to see what would happen. They were talking about sending her to some home... She started to say, "tee..." I said, "Teen Challenge?" She said, "Yah, that's it!" I started to tell her about it - that they've got the highest recovery percentage and that I have a friend that works for them. I told her it would be hard - but will be good - and if she can go there - to do it. She was then taken out of my cell to be "booked" We saw each other again when I was being booked and smiled across the way.
I was out of there at about 3:45 - so it took about 2 hours - but I'm so glad for the timing (in the night)- 7 people were radioed in on my way out.
RC - came to pay my bail and pick me up. In it all - it seems pretty orchestrated. Like there was a plan - I'm not sure what it's all about yet - but I've seen glimpses of it.
Why I think it was orchestrated:
Marley - RC and Megan's 14 month old baby girl wouldn't go to bed that night... she was up until Midnight... which NEVER happens - she's usually asleep by 8:30pm at the latest. If she would have gone to bed - RC & Megan would have been asleep... and they wouldn't have had their phones on them. I may have had to stay overnight and then wouldn't have had my phone to text and give all of the details. I couldn't get a hold of Kyle and don't think my dad has a check card to get cash - so RC & Megan were really the only option and the closest to the jail.
I have been pretty raw ever since this happened. This weekend has not been the best - because of other details I won't go into.
But... ** GOOD NEWS! It is all taken care of!!
This morning I nervously went down to the courthouse - showed them my proof of insurance - they dismissed the charges - I will get my bail money back - AND didn't have to pay anything for the "warning"!!! How SWEET is that! I'm so thankful my car didn't get towed (That money would have been gone - no way of getting that back). I got my address on my license changed and my tabs updated! It all worked out.
I'm not sure exactly why I went through all of that yet...
1. lesson learned - DON'T PROCRASTINATE! get things done when they need to be done
2. lesson learned - there's a reason for everything - even though we may not see it
3. lesson learned - Don't Drive with out proof of insurance I guess it's "like murder in the traffic world"
If your tabs are expired... go now to get updated tabs!! run... or drive - but don't speed!
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