courtney rebecca

Is it seriously Feb 15? I won't complain... February is notoriously bad in schools. It's just a hard month. But I don't want it to be Feb 15 yet, because I'm just not done with my last verse! I got it memorized and I was living in it. I want to write this verse in my heart over and over again... God will give joy and peace AS I trust in him. Mmm. I love it. I know this verse will keep coming up over and over in my mind. It's been super helpful on some hard days... but they were hard days that I CHOSE to make good days, and this past verse carried me through it. But to keep up with the siestas... I'll pick a new one! We're going old school this time. When I was a camp counselor at ACU, we would have counselor Bible studies every night during Kadesh. I cherished these Bible studies (most of the time... sometimes I was exhausted and just wanted to be alone). I don't really remember a lot of them, but I vividly remember our director Bob talking about Habakku...

This has been a fabulous day for this Texas girl. Three things! First! Our dearest friends J&L have moved here! Well, L is here for good, and J will be joining her when he can get a transfer at work. But both of them are here this weekend, and I love it. I have been giddy all day, even when we were hanging out with them, just at the thought of them being here!! They are the most wonderful friends, and we have missed them so much since leaving Texas. L will be finishing up her pharmacy school rotations here, then she will be a pharmacist! How neat is that? I am looking forward to more time with them, starting with church in the morning, and continuing on with (I hope!) Thursday night TV nights and endless hangouts... ah, I love having friends that like doing the same things as me! Second! Since they are sweet sweet sweet, J&L brought me a half gallon of my very favourite food in the world: Blue Bell Ice Cream. I squealed over the ice cream almost as much as seeing them again for...

Okay, not really, but the Super Bowl is in my hometown this year, and I think that's neat! When I was growing up, we would always watch the Super Bowl with our small group from church. I loved it because while the dads were all kindof into the game... everyone was really into the commercials. Now that I live far away, we call each other during the game to discuss our favourites from the previous commercial break. I love sharing this with my dad! Here's one of my favourites from last year.

I know. It's February. And I'm just posting my goals. But I promise that I made these goals at the start of the new year! I'm even making progress! So here we go. 2011 Goals 1. Read 50+ books this year 2. Get to my (next) goal weight 3. Stay employed 4. Memorize 24 scriptures 5. Be positive every day So here's why these goals are reasonable and achievable. I read 43 books this year. And I've already read 12 in January this year. Because I'm letting myself count picture books and graphic novels. I'm a children's librarian, dangit! I made it to my first goal weight this year, and I have confidence in myself to build on the progress I've already made! It's slow going right now... but I have a whole year to do it. I just need to not backtrack. Employment. Ahhh guys, seriously, I love my job so much. It's unreal that I get to do it every day. But budget cuts are a reality right now, so this goal is just to stay employed... somehow. So I can suppor...

We had another day off today! It was technically another "cold day" not a snow day. We only have about 4 inches on the ground, which is not a lot, but it was about -20 outside! Record cold kept the buses from running, so I enjoyed another day at home. Today I spent my relaxing day watching the DVD Commentary on Season 1 of Community. I really hope you've seen this show, especially since I've talked about it a loooot. It makes me laugh so hard, but it's also really heartwarming. Wonderful show! Here's a trailer for one of the most epic episodes of season 1. So amazing! Oh and get this... next week is a Dungeons & Dragons episode. *nerd!*

I am happy to report that I did a lot better with the second one! For this third verse, I want to concentrate on trust. I'm a worrier. Shocking, I know. So I went to trusty BibleGateway.com and typed in the word "trust" to see what came up. Here's what I picked to have on my heart for the next two weeks: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. " Romans 15:13, NIV Yes, please, Lord! May it be true in me.

Well here's something fabulous... we have a SNOW DAY tomorrow! And they called it even before we left school today! I've started taking the bus to work when it snows, because it's just not worth the stress of driving on ice for me. Well, it's worth the $4.50 in bus fare per day. I could've driven this morning, but at the last minute I changed my mind and caught the bus. I am SO glad I did! It was really rough right after school. It is freaking freezing outside, but I can enjoy my night because I get to sleep in tomorrow. Huzzah!