...Its been so long, but heres an update!

Well its been a few (too many) months since Ive been on here to update my blog, but i thought I could start again since i have some extra time on my hands! There have been so many changes in my life since last August. I worked for Landcare Aviation traveling a photoing mostly up and down the Eastern Seaboard. I dated a guy I was working with and although I am not with him now, I am still very much in love. I am now working for Air Wisconsin...we fly for US Airways Express. I am based in Norfollk, Va. I moved there in September and I love it. I am renting a cute little apartment right on the beach and I got to paint the whole thing. Aqua living room, pink bedroom and yellow kitchen. Its very beachy and very me! Other than that...I get to go home for Christmas and am currently in the middle of one week off. Life is good.

The Time has Come

The time has come now for me to move back to Washington. I am not getting any flying down down here in San Antonio. And as much as I love this family, I do love my own. So I am not moving back home. Hopefully to be moving to New York for an 8 month contracted aerial surveying job. We will continue to pray about it, but that is my goal, to get that job so I can travel throughout the entire US in 8 months...all while flying every day! I think it would be a grand adventure. But yes...thats the plan for now. I leave on Tuesday, Sept 1, so please pray for me as I drive to Phoenix then on to Long Beach the following day! Should be fun...once again!

Sink or Swim?!

Well, since flying is on the rather rare this time of year, I decided to take up another thing that I love. I am teaching private swimming lessons! I have posted some ads on craigslist telling what i do. Luckily people dont know how to swim. So lately I have been doing really well with this. I have 4 different families/people I teach. I even made a new friend out of this. So its nice to finally meet someone who is in the same boat as I am. We became fast friends, and swimming buddies! So thank you for all your prayers but please continue so I can have more students and make some sort of payment of my bills!!!!

Gettin' all settled in now-

Now I have been here for almost a week. I am finally getting all settled in and its feelin like home again! The kids are great and theres nothing better to come home to than a loving family. At the moment, Im totally lovin' the new job. The people are great. So friendly and just like me really. We all are getting alone wonderfully! We actually went out last night together and had a blast! Then over for an "instructors meeting"....yea right...beer and a movie...thats my kinda instructors meeting! And the only girl to boot! :) So today I applied for another job, waiting tables. I am really excited about it and am in hopes of getting it! Seems like it would be great fun! So between flying(not pays well), serving(pay is ok), and giving plasma(my R&R time of the week) I should finally be able to pay some bills...thank you Jesus! Well this is my little update for everyone who was praying for me. I thank you all, but please please PLEASE dont stop because I'm finally doing well....I still need it. Just as much as ever. I am very happy in my job, house and city. I have even found a great church! This is the beginning of a fabulous adventure I'm sure!

Here is San Anton!!!

After a long 3 day journey thru Idaho, Montana, Idaho again, Utah, New Mexico (I hate that state) and a freakin' long way through Texas, I finally made it to San Antonio! Its HOT! and HUMID! and for the last 2 days there have been huge thunderstorms! SO fun! But I am starting my new job at Sky Safety on Monday! I dont think I have ever been so excited to be living in a city (and with a fab fam) and to start a job. I get to fly new aircraft that ive never flown before and this city is soooooo big, I'm sure I'll find somewhere to fit in and fit in fast. This weekend I get to be with Addie and Dare all by my big girl self. They are too cute and so fun. We a blast swimming all morning. And in the afternoon there was a HUGE storm and Addie and I went out and danced in the rain for about 30 seconds til Addie told me that she wanted to go in cause her skirt was drenched! Too funny! I miss being 4!!! Anyway, off to bathtime and bedtime cause we have church in the morning! Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts. I know I need 'em!

San Antonio or Bust!!!

Thank you all for praying for me. I finally landed a job in San Antonio, TX. I leave on Wednesday and will reach my final destination of my second family on Friday! Less than a week and I am so excited. I have to pack and get on the road. Please continue to pray as I embark on this new adventure and meet new people. This will be great!!!

Stuck!

So Im still stuck here in Spokane with no job. Its great to be home (still yes) but its about time I get a flying job. I have a few in the works but nothin that has come through as of yet! Please keep me in your prayers in hopes that I get a job this week!

Biggest Loser!

So none other than my own Mother has forced me to watch the Biggest Loser, but despite the previous resistant attitude I had, I have grown to love it! And last night was the Finale. It was so fun to watch...a 3 hour epi...who coulda asked for more?!?! Well that inspired me to be more active and healthy. I know today is only the first day, but I feel if I let the word out that I am changing I can get the support I need to stay on track as well as maybe encourage others to do the same. One really cool thing about The Biggest Loser is that they are promoting a Pound-for-Pound all across America. You can get onto the Biggest Loser web page and pledge how much weight you are going to lose. And for every pound that you lose, General Mills as well as The Biggest Loser, is going to donate a pound of food to a local food bank! I think its kinda cool! So I hope I can inspire some of you reading this too....ok enough talking...time for a walk!

Please Pray for me!

I am still in the process of trying to find the right job for right now. I am in desperate need of one...and fast! I am just asking everyone to please pray for me so I can quickly find and start at the right job the Lord wants me to be at. I have a lead in California, and I think that would be great. I just pray that it works out and fast so I can start flying again soon! Thank you all!

Lets Recap

Ok we need to recap...I know its been awhile....We have Florida, no students and now I am back in Spokane waiting to hear back from the University of ND to see if I can be an instructor there. That is the quickest update available! Any other questions please ask...I will be more diligent about this thing in the future! Thank you all and good night!

Time to Give Thanks

So as we all know Florida is a rather far distance from Washington, and a very far ways to go just for Thanksgiving. I am so bummed that I am unable to go home for this great day of over eating cause having the best cook as your mom you could imagine I would gain some weight around this time of year, as most of do anyway. But I have been invited to the second best thing that will be happening in this country on this day. Headed over to a good friends house for football and then dinner. I cannot wait. The next thing I cannot wait to do is make then eat the worlds greatest creamed corn.An old family recipe that will make your taste buds go crazy. So I have a word of advise for the people who cannot be with their families over this awesome day of over eating...make friends and stick by 'em and you too can have an awesome thanskgiving!

Jumpin' Right in

So I found this amazing church after 2 weeks of being here, and I could not be more happy with it. I am now singing on the worship team on Sunday mornings and I am attending the Tuesday night bible study and I have met so many great Christian people here and I am counting my blessings every time I think about that place and those people. Also, I have learned one thing that is so so true and have never really realized it before this. You only get as much out of something as you put in. I decided to put all my eggs in one basket here and its totally working out. I dove in head first and have been covered in blessings everyday from the people I have met. Thank you Jesus for this place and your children here! Praise God!

A new PAD!!!

So I finally found a place to lay my head at night. I found a very cute (and affordable) little studio apartment to abide in while here in VRB (Vero Beach). It is called Pocahontas Apartments! Its a little studio with aqua and white walls. Its all hard wood floors and has 3 large windows! All adorned with curtains. There is a little kitchen with a brand new frige and awesome storage space. Its just perfect for me. What makes it the best is that there is a rather largeg walk in closet. I mean considering the size of the entire place, its large. And the bathroom in lovely too...not the best shower in the world, but bearable! ;) There is ample shelving and drawers also so I have more than enough space for a decluttered place, which is a great thing since its not the largest loving area I have ever lived in before. But perfect for just me and a guest from time to time! Ice cold A/C and a lovely fan too! Located in downtown Vero and close to the airport and beach. I could not have asked for much more! Hope you can come see it sometime!!!

In a box or in a boat?!?!

So Lance, my friend that bagged me to move down here (Vero Beach) decided to bolt on me. He is no longer here living with me. Having this come up, leaves me without a "roommate". I do not really want to have a random roomie again, I've already done that....twice...and both times were a flop! Therefore, I am looking for a place of my own. (Should be a mini-adventure within the big adventure) But I am looking for different places and I have decided on one thing. If you think back to some typical movies you watch, you will be able to recall in some, a guy just climbing out of an old crusty wooden boat that he lives in. He has a little bunk/bed kinda thing, a little shower, mini kitchen and a "bathroom area" and thats about it. So remembering that....please close your eyes and think of me in that!!! Ok, so thats where I wanna live. I think "what an adventure that would be" Something totally different and fun! Something I can tell my kids years down the road, I was the fun kid who lived in a boat, and it was a blast! But those are just some thoughts. My only problem is that I do not know where or how to get "involved" with something like that. I mean, seriously, you cant just call up people selling boats and say, "Hi, Im now to town and I was interested in buying your boat, but I was wondering...could you live in it?!" I mean come on now...Let get real! So my question is...What do I need to do, who do I need to talk to in order to live in a boat? Thats what I wanna do!!!! Any suggestions?

5 months, 3 states but 1 final destination!

Since I have graduated, so much has changed in my life. I decided I was gonna be a bum for a month or so. That went well I guess, but thought there might be more to life than just that! So I decided to apply for more jobs all around the country. This is where my trek began. I moved over to Seattle to flight instruct at a very nice place, but really for ideal weather conditions, that was not the place. I know many people told me that before I even moved there, but doesn't grass ALWAYS look greener on the other side?! So at that point, Lance, a buddy from UND, was moving to Vero Beach,Fl to flight instruct at Flight Safety Academy. I talked to him extensively and decided I too could give them a chance. So I interviewed and moved down here all in one big sweep! That was this past Wednesday. It was a very long day, but I made it. Thursday I interviewed and was given the position, which I was so happy for, and since then I have been making more perminite arrangements for housing, transportation and all the other essentials. Tomorrow is the day I actually get to start so that is very exciting. This weekend however, I have met many new people and everyone of them has taken my under their wing, so to speak, and has helped me in some way or another. I am so thankful to everyone I have met so far. Down here in Vero, everyone is so friendly and no one really has family here so we are kinda each others family. I love the atmosphere here at the flight school as well as the city. It is a very small town, but there are quite a few larger cities around as well as the ocean and a ton to do with that too! Always a fan of the ocean. Thank you to everyone who has prayed for me and has helped me in some form or another, nothing has gone unnoticed! It is very far from my family, but I think this move, they will enjoy coming to see me! ;) I have finally pulled up my big girl panties and gotten a great job in a great location and with great people! And I will continue to discover what God has instore for me in the coming months! I love it!