new...

I got a new job!!!! I got a new big time job! A big girl job!! In fact, I will probably have to change my blog to hide my identity better. I am the new director of adult behavioral health for a local agency. I am scared/excited/happy/and sad to leave some of my favorite people behind. Now... I need to go shopping. I have to wear suits. Every day. Yay me!!! Thank you God!!

yay today!!!

I have good news.... but I can't share it yet. I am so freakin excited. But not yet. I have to wait and tell some other people first. But then I will tell everyone!!!!

No- not a baby. But great just the same. I am bursting.

What?

Oh my goodness. What a day! My baby girl needed winter boots. She wears the same size shoe that I do now, but I am not sharing my winter boots. She needs her own. However, nothing fancy because she will outgrow them in 1.5 months. So, the family loads up and stops by Payless Shoes. We get there and the parking lot is pretty empty, and the store looks empty. But the door is unlocked so we go in. We are browsing, looking for snow boots-no luck. The clerk is nowhere in sight, which is really wierd. I think, "Hmm the clerks better get their butts up here or they are gonna get robbed". Someone walks in as we are leaving. So we leave and walk down the street to KMart. No boots there either. So then we go back down to Payless. It is surrounded by police, and our car is also surrounded. The police ask us what we did in the store. Apparently, the store was robbed. The clerks ran to the back and locked themselves in and the robbers left. Then... low and behold here comes the dang Mitchell family. Just puttering around. Meanwhile, the poor clerks are huddled in the back and the police are headed to the scene. I am just glad we were not there when the police all got there. George would have been face down in the concrete for sure, and I would have been hysterical. As it was, we were asked some questions and of course they had to see George's ID. I don't think we are suspects, but we are pretty freaked out. Those poor clerks. Anna did get her boots, we had italian for dinner, and then went to a movie together. What a Saturday!

Snow days

No school in our school district for the entire week. Thankfully, I have a job which is flexible so that I can spend some of that time at home. I love staying in the house, watching snow, and reading a good book by the fire. It is so wonderful. What a true blessing.

I am worried about the homeless people that I serve at work. It is so cold, and so many die every year. It is painful to be cold. I don't know how some survive it honestly. They come in with wind burned skin and frostbite, chapped lips, and fatigue.

I wish I could share a warm fire, soup, a peaceful evening, and a good book.

Searching for something...

I have found that one way to prevent slipping into depression is to always have something fun to look forward to. I don't have that right now. My new car payment has kicked in, which has definitely dampened my spirits. I am enjoying the car though, no problems in this snow at all. All of our vehicles have been licensed and registered (no cheap accomplishment). I am so grateful for that. But what to look forward to? I would love to have lots of friends over often to drink wine and talk. Alas, I am not comfortable because my house is so small. What to do? I don't have money to travel, and I do want to take Anna to Disney World soon. I don't want to talk about dieting. Ugh! Very depressing.

I would look forward to Valentine's Day, but George and I don't really fall into the Hallmark trap with that kind of stuff. So, I'm searching. What to do that is affordable?? And fun?

I want to have a "Crazy Love" small group, but no takers. Maybe I should trick my sisters into doing it with me. It will be hard for the back biting crapola to take over when we are talking about love for the Lord!

We'll see what 2010 brings... I can't wait to see.

I love Christmas!

We had a potluck at work today. Our building is so large that we had different stations in different areas, and a decorating competition between offices. My group of offices did not win, but we had an honorable mention! Our decor was... "the day after Christmas". We had old wrapping paper, boxes, bows, tinsel, tissue, and presents thrown around the room. Very fun. It is also fun when you spend your free time making food for a potluck, and everyone loves your food so you don't have to bring it home. I love that. I made to Acuff family recipes- italian beef and blueberry jello with cream cheese topping. Yummy. And people fought over it.

I am glad it is the weekend. Four more presents to buy and I am done. And three of those are gift cards for teenagers.

Good news- paid property and sales taxes. We are now driving legally in the vehicles and have tags for new one.

Now I am on the hunt for a tortilla soup recipe.... yummy.

I love...

Kathy Griffin... she cracks me up.
Quiet holidays when I can spend the whole day with my family in our pajamas (thanksgiving, Christmas).
Laptops.
Warm sheets.
Weather that is holiday appropriate.
My Kindle
Delicious reading
My new brown shoes
barEssentials mineral make up
KJ
Anna
George
great friends
Soft tissues
Laughing with friends
Back rubs
Clean bathrooms
Hot baths
Good movies
God- thank you for loving me no matter what.