2012 in Review
Sometimes it pays you to look back. There was a song I used to play by Lewis Harrah, that said "when I looked back down the road I can see where the Lord has brought me from". Looking back I see so many ways that God has blessed me. No, it wasn't easy going through the process God used to refine us is hard and many people don't want to go through the process. They just give up on God and just do their own things.
The year started off with a bang, as the New Year came in, I was sitting in the TV room with Matt reading the Bible. There was a verse that we had to memorize for church. The next day was a quiet low key day and the days went as normally as they could. I was looking forward to school starting again,. I was scheduled to graduate. I was waiting for the paper work to come back to see if all of the requirments had been met. I was afraid that maybe something would come up where I wouldn't be able to graduate. Sure enough the paperwork came in that said all I had to do was pass the classes I was taking and I would graduate with an Associate of Science in Business with an emphasis in Accounting. This term Spring of 2012 I had what is called Advanced Computer Applications, in other words Peachtree accounting. I heard in class about the horror of installing it. Our teacher said just to follow the instructions. I had ordered it and it came, I had to send the the one that was one the schools booklist back and order Peachtree through Amazon. When I came in I though I would wait until Matt got home to help me install it, but I got very curious and installed it myself. Didn't have any problems, then I installed it on my laptop, no problems there either. When Matt got home , he was actually complimenting me on doing the installation myself, saying that I had learned a lot about computers and how proud he was of me. I also emailed my teacher as well. Me and another lady got to be the "go to" people in the class for Peachtree problems. Off and running with classes. I also turned 54.....
In Febraury still rolling with school and everything is OK. I accepted the role of treasurer in the Igniting New Life Organization. Igniting New Life used to be Flame Fellowship and, we are still around, its a small organization of people who pray for each other and want to hear from God. We meet once a month. Later in the year God would give the director the vision to reach out in to the community to be a blessing to those who are in need. With my financial aid for school I purchased a new office chair and give Matt my old laptop and got myself a new larger one. Then again I install Peachtree on it. I was on a roll! As papers came in I worked on our taxes and different things like that.
In March Matt and I had a week off at the same time, it was good, we like to stay up and watch TV late, sometimes we sleep by the TV. At school they were talking about needing people to work in the finance office. When I checked into it , there were just internships available. I hadn't worked in two years and I just needed the work experience on my resume. I didn't want the experience at WJLS to be my last work experience. Plus the fact that my confidence level was below ground. I just didn't feel as if I had anything to offer anyone.
As spring came I was really getting excited about graduation. I was trying to figure out what my next step would be. I had walked this road before, and I quit. Back in 1987 I thought that I had a career in radio, I began to wrestle with my decision, do I go on or do I view this as a second chance to finish what I'd started. I was watching of all things, "Gilmore Girls", which is my favorite show and something happened on there that basically made me realize that I needed to finish what I started. This was my second chance. So I began to look up the different choices that I would have. One was to get a RBA a regents degree, one was the pathways to WVU program, and the other was to finish the accounting. I really want to finish the accounting, I was sitting in church and the Lord began to speak to me about finishing what I started and not looking back, to what I used to do. He said you can't go forward until you let go of what's back there. I tried, I really did ... Our accounting teacher was still working the details about the next step when he told us to sign up for general classes that you would have to take at any college. So I signed up for Algebra, Biology, History, Statistics, ect. I had quite a full class load come summer and fall, but I wanted to get things done.
In May, graduation!!! Mothers Day has always been a hard day for me. I had always envisioned myseelf as being a mother having children, but I didn't marry until I was 41 and then the risk was too high to have children so we didn't. So you sit through all of those sappy mothers day programs at the church and you see the teenage mothers who just eat it up and it makes you sick. Since my mother passed away, Mothers Day is harder. The first year I didn't go to church at all, I went to the mall and hung out there.I was glad they had the graduation on Mothers Day. It seemed fitting to me, because my mother wanted me to finish me degree. I am a little older, but I finished part of it going on to the next step. We planted a garen, both here and at my dad's house, I also planted my flowers both were doing well.
Summer school in June and July. Summer School is not for the faint of heart. I did summer school online. Biology is interesting now. It has changed so much since the days of dissecting a frog. There is a lot of chemistry to it. Since the use of DNA from everything from unsolved murders to baby daddy drama. Biology is interesting. Matt had to go out of town for a week for training. I don't sleep well while he is gone. I had a project to do while he was gone, I decided to paint the kitchen cabinets,. That first pour of paint after you have stirred it, is something else. I spilled it all over the kitchen, luckily I had newspapers down to catch all of the paint. There was a storm predicted for Friday, it was forcasted to be severe and I needed to be finished by then. I got up early that Friday morning, made sure all of the cabinet peices were put back together. I only painted that one, because I really wasn't sure if I liked the color, I wanted to see what Matt thought. Matt had gotten a cell phone to call me with when he was away, he called that evening says he would be home around 19 or so and I said to him, there is a bad storm coming this way be careful. I hung up from talking to him and the power went out, and the winds started. I was upstairs at the time. Matt had told me that if we have a tornado, go to the bathroom. It is in the center of the house and there are no windows. I took my cell phone and went to the bathroom. I heard the wind blowing and the thunder and I began to sing "Never Alone", then after that I started quoting Psalms 46. When the wind stopped, I was using the cell phone for light, it was still light enough to read so I read my kindle. As it got dark, my cell phone rang, it was Sharon, she and her daughter were at my dad's and he wanted to know if I was OK. It got dark and I opened the windows, the alarm system was beeping every few minutes. Later Matt got home, I was so glad to see him, I was worried about him on the road during all of that. I was praying that he would make it home safe. Back in April Matt lost his glasses and he was being hard headed still trying to wear the old ones.
When he got home we started rounding up candles. I had a lot of candles from our wedding, but you know how it is when you are looking for something you can't find it. The next morning power was still off. Matt goes to find our camp stove which was another wedding present to use it to make coffee, and I used it to cook something to eat as well. Neighbors were trying to find information on radio, everybody was out on their porches and trying to find ice and gas. Later on we got a call about water being shut off, so I filled the bathtub upstairs and every container we could find. Sharon called and said that my dad had come by her house looking for food, so I fixed sandwhiches and took them to his house. He wasn't home. She called back and said that she went to the Dream center and they had ice and you could charge your phone.
Matt went to get gas and we went to visit his mom. Mark was ready to get a generator even if he had to go out of state to get it. That night was the hottest and most miserable night I have spent inside in a long time. I prayed and the next morning we got up and showered and Matt was going to see if we could get a hotel room somewhere, for me and his mom, neither one of us can stand heat. She called and said her power was back on. I was going to head to the Dream center, but the power was beginning to be restored to certain parts of town,. Ours came on that evening, I was praising God for that. My dad's came on that Tuesday. He was like he was on a camping trip, he had lanterns, ice and a camp stove , he was sitting on the back porch eating. The house was cool. All of us survived the storm, that was the important thing, we take so many things for granted.
In July we had to replace the food we lost, and then things settled again into a familar routine. There were scars from the storm, we keep ice, frozen water bottles in the fridge. An LED latern, and extra water. As the garden came in fresh tomatoes, green beans and corn. Summer school ended, I got an "A "in biology. I was surprised.
In August I got ready for the Igniting New Life Convention,. We went to businesses and asked for donations for bags to take with us and I got up early several mornings to make up the bags. It was work as well as fun. The convention was nice and I was energized..It was almost time for school to start, when I got the most shocking news concerning one of my teacher. Dr. Carolyn Browning had died suddenly. The campus wasn't quite the same . This year there were a lot of MSU students there asnd it just wasn't the same. I missed Dr. Browning.
School started and everything got into a quiet routine, until I was prescribed some medication. This medication was to help with symptoms of menopause. Right!! It made me so depressed I couldn't function. By the time I figured it out I had got behind in my schoolwork. The funny thing happened, I met a guy who was a Geek, he was my study partner in Statistics. Nice guy. We used to talk a lot. He introduced me to some of his friends. I heard them all talking ine day, they sounded like they could be on the "Big Bang Theory". Passed midterms and I was having a hard time with American History. The teacher we had was a good teacher, he loves history. He goes to see Civil War battlegrounds on vacations. It seemed like I always studied the wrong things. I guess my only redeeming grace was a take home essay. I ended up with a "C" in his class. I took an "Incomplete in statistics, An "A" in marriage and family, An "A' in Intro to business, a "B" in intro to fine arts. That class was interesting in some respects, and boring in others. I really flunked my final. My blood sugar was doing something weird that day and I lost all concentration.
At the end of November I got a message from someone I used to work with on Facebook, who told me that the radio station had been sold. When I called them, I heard all of the details. I began to wonder if I could do some work there part time. I wanted to, but then I didn't. Everybody asked me if I was going back to work and my answer was "We will see what God has to say about it". I was told to contact certain people to ask if they needed help. I started to, but the Lord said no, if they need you they will call you. Man that is a hard one. I got so depressed about that, because I wasn't sure if my name would be on anyone's list. I kept hearing the naggings voice of the enemy "They don't want you, they have forgotten you, you never made a difference. You just need to stop trying, drop out of school and just get your check, no need of doing anything".
Well I can say the devil is a liar!!! I had to just keep on, because God was saying "finish what you started, I have the situation in hand." I got a call the next morning , saying that the person that worked there had died overnight. I was so shocked, then I saw it on Face Book. Later that day, I did get a call wanting to meet with me on Monday. I was so nervous... The meeting went well, and they were going to see what could be worked out....They called back Tuesday with the hours I worked and the pay. .. So at the end of 2012, I was starting over back at the former job I had, not quite as intense yet,.
As I look back on this year many, many ways that the Lord has watched over us. I just want to be in His will. I appreciate the oppertunity He has given me. When talking to my sister about the job, she said that God does not like injustice against His children. I was praying the day I went for the interview, because I didn't want to take advantage of a situation where someone died and walk in like everything was OK and the Lord said that "He had the situation in hand". As I go forth I just need to make sure that I am doing what He needs me to do. I will still be in college, to finish what I started. ...2012, what a year!!!
The year started off with a bang, as the New Year came in, I was sitting in the TV room with Matt reading the Bible. There was a verse that we had to memorize for church. The next day was a quiet low key day and the days went as normally as they could. I was looking forward to school starting again,. I was scheduled to graduate. I was waiting for the paper work to come back to see if all of the requirments had been met. I was afraid that maybe something would come up where I wouldn't be able to graduate. Sure enough the paperwork came in that said all I had to do was pass the classes I was taking and I would graduate with an Associate of Science in Business with an emphasis in Accounting. This term Spring of 2012 I had what is called Advanced Computer Applications, in other words Peachtree accounting. I heard in class about the horror of installing it. Our teacher said just to follow the instructions. I had ordered it and it came, I had to send the the one that was one the schools booklist back and order Peachtree through Amazon. When I came in I though I would wait until Matt got home to help me install it, but I got very curious and installed it myself. Didn't have any problems, then I installed it on my laptop, no problems there either. When Matt got home , he was actually complimenting me on doing the installation myself, saying that I had learned a lot about computers and how proud he was of me. I also emailed my teacher as well. Me and another lady got to be the "go to" people in the class for Peachtree problems. Off and running with classes. I also turned 54.....
In Febraury still rolling with school and everything is OK. I accepted the role of treasurer in the Igniting New Life Organization. Igniting New Life used to be Flame Fellowship and, we are still around, its a small organization of people who pray for each other and want to hear from God. We meet once a month. Later in the year God would give the director the vision to reach out in to the community to be a blessing to those who are in need. With my financial aid for school I purchased a new office chair and give Matt my old laptop and got myself a new larger one. Then again I install Peachtree on it. I was on a roll! As papers came in I worked on our taxes and different things like that.
In March Matt and I had a week off at the same time, it was good, we like to stay up and watch TV late, sometimes we sleep by the TV. At school they were talking about needing people to work in the finance office. When I checked into it , there were just internships available. I hadn't worked in two years and I just needed the work experience on my resume. I didn't want the experience at WJLS to be my last work experience. Plus the fact that my confidence level was below ground. I just didn't feel as if I had anything to offer anyone.
As spring came I was really getting excited about graduation. I was trying to figure out what my next step would be. I had walked this road before, and I quit. Back in 1987 I thought that I had a career in radio, I began to wrestle with my decision, do I go on or do I view this as a second chance to finish what I'd started. I was watching of all things, "Gilmore Girls", which is my favorite show and something happened on there that basically made me realize that I needed to finish what I started. This was my second chance. So I began to look up the different choices that I would have. One was to get a RBA a regents degree, one was the pathways to WVU program, and the other was to finish the accounting. I really want to finish the accounting, I was sitting in church and the Lord began to speak to me about finishing what I started and not looking back, to what I used to do. He said you can't go forward until you let go of what's back there. I tried, I really did ... Our accounting teacher was still working the details about the next step when he told us to sign up for general classes that you would have to take at any college. So I signed up for Algebra, Biology, History, Statistics, ect. I had quite a full class load come summer and fall, but I wanted to get things done.
In May, graduation!!! Mothers Day has always been a hard day for me. I had always envisioned myseelf as being a mother having children, but I didn't marry until I was 41 and then the risk was too high to have children so we didn't. So you sit through all of those sappy mothers day programs at the church and you see the teenage mothers who just eat it up and it makes you sick. Since my mother passed away, Mothers Day is harder. The first year I didn't go to church at all, I went to the mall and hung out there.I was glad they had the graduation on Mothers Day. It seemed fitting to me, because my mother wanted me to finish me degree. I am a little older, but I finished part of it going on to the next step. We planted a garen, both here and at my dad's house, I also planted my flowers both were doing well.
Summer school in June and July. Summer School is not for the faint of heart. I did summer school online. Biology is interesting now. It has changed so much since the days of dissecting a frog. There is a lot of chemistry to it. Since the use of DNA from everything from unsolved murders to baby daddy drama. Biology is interesting. Matt had to go out of town for a week for training. I don't sleep well while he is gone. I had a project to do while he was gone, I decided to paint the kitchen cabinets,. That first pour of paint after you have stirred it, is something else. I spilled it all over the kitchen, luckily I had newspapers down to catch all of the paint. There was a storm predicted for Friday, it was forcasted to be severe and I needed to be finished by then. I got up early that Friday morning, made sure all of the cabinet peices were put back together. I only painted that one, because I really wasn't sure if I liked the color, I wanted to see what Matt thought. Matt had gotten a cell phone to call me with when he was away, he called that evening says he would be home around 19 or so and I said to him, there is a bad storm coming this way be careful. I hung up from talking to him and the power went out, and the winds started. I was upstairs at the time. Matt had told me that if we have a tornado, go to the bathroom. It is in the center of the house and there are no windows. I took my cell phone and went to the bathroom. I heard the wind blowing and the thunder and I began to sing "Never Alone", then after that I started quoting Psalms 46. When the wind stopped, I was using the cell phone for light, it was still light enough to read so I read my kindle. As it got dark, my cell phone rang, it was Sharon, she and her daughter were at my dad's and he wanted to know if I was OK. It got dark and I opened the windows, the alarm system was beeping every few minutes. Later Matt got home, I was so glad to see him, I was worried about him on the road during all of that. I was praying that he would make it home safe. Back in April Matt lost his glasses and he was being hard headed still trying to wear the old ones.
When he got home we started rounding up candles. I had a lot of candles from our wedding, but you know how it is when you are looking for something you can't find it. The next morning power was still off. Matt goes to find our camp stove which was another wedding present to use it to make coffee, and I used it to cook something to eat as well. Neighbors were trying to find information on radio, everybody was out on their porches and trying to find ice and gas. Later on we got a call about water being shut off, so I filled the bathtub upstairs and every container we could find. Sharon called and said that my dad had come by her house looking for food, so I fixed sandwhiches and took them to his house. He wasn't home. She called back and said that she went to the Dream center and they had ice and you could charge your phone.
Matt went to get gas and we went to visit his mom. Mark was ready to get a generator even if he had to go out of state to get it. That night was the hottest and most miserable night I have spent inside in a long time. I prayed and the next morning we got up and showered and Matt was going to see if we could get a hotel room somewhere, for me and his mom, neither one of us can stand heat. She called and said her power was back on. I was going to head to the Dream center, but the power was beginning to be restored to certain parts of town,. Ours came on that evening, I was praising God for that. My dad's came on that Tuesday. He was like he was on a camping trip, he had lanterns, ice and a camp stove , he was sitting on the back porch eating. The house was cool. All of us survived the storm, that was the important thing, we take so many things for granted.
In July we had to replace the food we lost, and then things settled again into a familar routine. There were scars from the storm, we keep ice, frozen water bottles in the fridge. An LED latern, and extra water. As the garden came in fresh tomatoes, green beans and corn. Summer school ended, I got an "A "in biology. I was surprised.
In August I got ready for the Igniting New Life Convention,. We went to businesses and asked for donations for bags to take with us and I got up early several mornings to make up the bags. It was work as well as fun. The convention was nice and I was energized..It was almost time for school to start, when I got the most shocking news concerning one of my teacher. Dr. Carolyn Browning had died suddenly. The campus wasn't quite the same . This year there were a lot of MSU students there asnd it just wasn't the same. I missed Dr. Browning.
School started and everything got into a quiet routine, until I was prescribed some medication. This medication was to help with symptoms of menopause. Right!! It made me so depressed I couldn't function. By the time I figured it out I had got behind in my schoolwork. The funny thing happened, I met a guy who was a Geek, he was my study partner in Statistics. Nice guy. We used to talk a lot. He introduced me to some of his friends. I heard them all talking ine day, they sounded like they could be on the "Big Bang Theory". Passed midterms and I was having a hard time with American History. The teacher we had was a good teacher, he loves history. He goes to see Civil War battlegrounds on vacations. It seemed like I always studied the wrong things. I guess my only redeeming grace was a take home essay. I ended up with a "C" in his class. I took an "Incomplete in statistics, An "A" in marriage and family, An "A' in Intro to business, a "B" in intro to fine arts. That class was interesting in some respects, and boring in others. I really flunked my final. My blood sugar was doing something weird that day and I lost all concentration.
At the end of November I got a message from someone I used to work with on Facebook, who told me that the radio station had been sold. When I called them, I heard all of the details. I began to wonder if I could do some work there part time. I wanted to, but then I didn't. Everybody asked me if I was going back to work and my answer was "We will see what God has to say about it". I was told to contact certain people to ask if they needed help. I started to, but the Lord said no, if they need you they will call you. Man that is a hard one. I got so depressed about that, because I wasn't sure if my name would be on anyone's list. I kept hearing the naggings voice of the enemy "They don't want you, they have forgotten you, you never made a difference. You just need to stop trying, drop out of school and just get your check, no need of doing anything".
Well I can say the devil is a liar!!! I had to just keep on, because God was saying "finish what you started, I have the situation in hand." I got a call the next morning , saying that the person that worked there had died overnight. I was so shocked, then I saw it on Face Book. Later that day, I did get a call wanting to meet with me on Monday. I was so nervous... The meeting went well, and they were going to see what could be worked out....They called back Tuesday with the hours I worked and the pay. .. So at the end of 2012, I was starting over back at the former job I had, not quite as intense yet,.
As I look back on this year many, many ways that the Lord has watched over us. I just want to be in His will. I appreciate the oppertunity He has given me. When talking to my sister about the job, she said that God does not like injustice against His children. I was praying the day I went for the interview, because I didn't want to take advantage of a situation where someone died and walk in like everything was OK and the Lord said that "He had the situation in hand". As I go forth I just need to make sure that I am doing what He needs me to do. I will still be in college, to finish what I started. ...2012, what a year!!!
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