Resumes, Applications, Interviews OH MY!

I have my first interview next Friday at 9:30am!  I am really excited!  it is for a great faith based company in Omaha and is pretty much a secretary position.  

I am still applying for jobs and submitting my resume to other places and praying that the best job option for me is made apparent through prayer and conversations with loved ones!  Please keep me in your prayers as I jump into this process! 

Vacation Bible School Madness Hits

I'm excitedly starting to make those dreaded phone calls for vacation Bible school volunteers.  

One of my favorites to make though is to a box company in Fremont- for the past two years they have very willingly donated as many Large pieces of cardboard as I need!  

my other favorite phone call was when a mom i called to help not only willingly agreed but offered evaluation of past crew leaders her sons had been with during the week.  she excitedly told me that one of the ladies who volunteered for the first time last year really made an impact on her sons and they both LOVED her.  what an awesome way to start a conversation about helping again with this crew leader- her face was priceless when i told her about her fans and how they were really hoping to have her back!  "well i didn't do anything special- i just took them to the stations!" 

please keep this in mind when you feel like you are doing the smallest job that seems to require no effort- you make a difference in people's lives and they notice.  keep doing what you're doing (especially if it is so easy for you!) 

Weekends

Lately, I have been REALLY looking forward to the weekends.  Jeff and i spend every waking minute together during the weekends (he even comes to Arlington for church!) Occasionally we have something fun to do- at the beginning of the month we went to see Beethoven's Ninth Symphony by the Omaha Symphony Orchestra!  The very next day we went to go see a community theater's version of OKLAHOMA because a friend of ours was in it.  And since lent began we start every weekend with a Fish Fry with Friends.  This past weekend we started on Thursday night and went to Lincoln to help Al (Lexi) and Jake prepare their new house for moving!  We followed with a Friday Fish Fry and then started Saturday with the intent to go play bingo at an assisted living facility (one of my burger bunch lives there now).  They once again forgot to put us on the schedule but this was ok for 2 reasons. 1. none of my kids showed up anyways. and 2. the reason they skipped us was because a WWII vet was being presented with 5 medals he should have been given YEARS ago.  Jeff and I found this SUPER COOL and really enjoyed the ceremony.  (yeah i teared up a lot- but the man being presented kept tapping his fingers very much like gpa k!).  For the rest of Saturday Jeff was a HUGE trooper and very calmly helped me do laundry, dishes, repot my plants, sort all my papers, and much more.  Sunday he stayed in Omaha for church and fertilized his lawn and other various chores at home and then came to Arlington where he proceeded to let me nap (with a bad headache) and finished cleaning the whole back room and finished the laundry including hanging all my sheets out on the line and making them smell amazing! I woke up and worked with him for a while but then had to get ready for youth group- he very generously helped one of my neighbors move a couch and then spent the 2 hours i was at youth group cleaning basic things up and settled for cereal for dinner.  When I returned from youth group all i could do was cry because he was so amazing!  

well we haven't taken too many pictures together but here are a few of my favorite memories so far: 

taken before we met Lexi and Jake for Beethoven

 Taken the night he came over and helped me make brownies and cut onions for the youth lenten meal

taken the night rick came home from Chicago- the night Jeff and I became an official couple! 

til next time :)