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My Song from 2009
January 24th, 2010 | 
Author: Note: This post should have automatically posted on 1/5/10 but for some reason auto scheduling didn’t work. The gremlins must be at work again…sigh.
So many things happened in my personal life during 2009, and those events drew me even closer to God and relying on Him for grace, strength, and peace. People seem to think that I should be hurting and a mess after my divorce. So not true. Initially I was for the first few weeks, but I realized that God didn’t want that for me. I was to turn to Him, cast all my cares on Him, and move on. When I reached that point in late July, things slowly began to fall in place and my heart was overflowing with peace.
As I look back at how far I’ve come and how things have changed in the last six months, I know everything happened for a purpose and none of it was a mistake. It was all part of God’s perfect plan. I was recently reminded of a song (I believe it was written by Mac and Beth Lynch.)
My life I give to you oh Lord use me I pray
May I glorify Your precious name in all I do and say
Let me trust You in the valley dark as well as in the light
Knowing You will always lead me
Your will is always right
I know God makes no mistakes
He leads in every path I take
Along the way that’s leading me to home
Though at times my heart would break
There’s a purpose in every change He makes
So that others would see my life and know
That God makes no mistakes
And when some day in heav’n above I see His dear face
May I then be counted faithful as a runner in this race
But now I’m trusting in the Savior to show me the way
In His righteousness He guides me as I seek to please Him day by day
I know God makes no mistakes
He leads in every path I take
Along the way that’s leading me to home
Though at times my heart would break
There’s a purpose in every change He makes
So that others would see my life and know
That God makes no mistakes
God makes no mistakes
I’ve tried to live each day reflecting the peace in my heart, and I know it baffles people. But God didn’t make a mistake in giving me those events to live through. I wouldn’t trade a single one of them, no matter how emotionally or physically painful, for a million dollars. They’ve made me a better and stronger person, one who is looking forward to what will unfold in 2010.
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Getting Back to Normal
So, after a few attempts at making some background changes to my blog and it turning into a royal disaster, I think I’m back online. 
I’m hoping the gremlins stay away this time, and I can worry about what to write and post rather than what isn’t functioning properly.
Quite a bit has happened in the past few weeks, so I’ll post some short updates over the next few days. In the meantime, I hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
I’ve been tagged
What I was doing 10 years ago: I was finishing up my senior year in college. I was working about 10-15 hours a week at the University switchboard, taking about 15 credit hours in classes, working with the English authors at BJPress about 16 hours a week as part of my internship, and trying to figure out what to do after college. Wow! That makes me tired just reading all of that!
5 Things on my To Do List today:
1) Two hours of tutoring. 2) Discuss and plan with my DH our new house location. 3) Do a load or two of laundry. 4) Remember our 2:30 appt with the SSI lady from Social Security (pointless conversation b/c I know we aren’t qualified). 5) Prepare dinner – venison and mashed potatoes. And visit the garden because it is a beautiful, sunny day!
Snacks I Enjoy:
Ice cream, anything chocolate and peanut butter, grapes, mandarin oranges, pretzels and sour cream
Things I would do if I were a Billionaire: Hmmmm…Definitely go on a long vacation with my DH, give our parents plenty of money for their retirement since they took such awesome care of us growing up, continue doing whatever it is that made me a billionaire, visit exotic places, donate to charity and ministries, help needy families who are between a rock and a hard place because of circumstances but have the ability and willingness to make a better life if they had the means
3 of my Bad Habits: Bad habits? What are those? LOL! Seriously, reading a book from front to back in one or two sittings, procrastinating, disorganization (although this really comes from living in a house with only one closet and a dysfunctional one at that).
5 places I have lived: Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, West Virginia – I think Pa. qualifies twice because I moved back after living in Fla. for 3 years.
Otherwise, I’ve only lived in 4 states, but I have lived in different locations in those states so…..5 Jobs I have had: switchboard operator, public relations manager, high school English teacher, advertisement designer and copywriter for a newspaper, online English tutor
So, that’s a little bit of who I am.
I’m going to tag a few old and a few new blog friends – Dovey, To Know Him, Cyndi, Teresa, and Sheila.If you want to participate and I didn’t tag you, just leave a comment so others can find you!
Are You Partying?
I know I have some regular bloggy friends stopping by and wanted to point you in the direction of the Ultimate Blog Party 2008. The party is for women bloggers and the Mr Linky has 1,210 blogs listed!!! Yep, you read that right – 1,210 blogs in Mr. Linky.
I’m not sure how to go about looking at them all but I took a little time today to visit a few of those who visited me. Wow! I came across some great sites – a fellow NaNoWriMo participants, a professional photographer who also shares her grandmother’s diary and more! I can’t wait to visit some other sites but for now some housecleaning is calling my name…Sigh.
And if you get caught up in visiting others at the party, don’t forget to stop back here! Click here to read my party post if you haven’t already.
Know & Tell #2
Question 1: I have been blogging for a year this month, so my question is what made you start your blog? I originally started blogging because I have friends in various states who were interested in pictures and tidbits from our lives. Then I discovered my niche and began focusing on conglomerate of writing, frugality and organic living.
Question 2: Do you speak another language? If so, why or how did you learn it? In elementary school, a teacher offered after-school German classes and in college I took four semesters of German; however, I know I couldn’t carry a conversation now! I wish I would have kept it up because I would love to try translation work. I chose German because I liked the language better than Spanish. I thought Spanish was too easy to learn.
Question 3: Morning person, or night owl (or somewhere in between)? Definitely night owl with a strong distaste of mornings
Question 4: Do you exercise on a regular basis? Not really, especially in winter. But in summer, we take occasional walks and I spend a lot of time gardening.
Bonus Questions
Question 5: If money were not an object what is one thing you would like to do for another person? If money were no object, I would love to give someone who is struggling to make ends meet a large sum of money to help him/her through the rough times.
Question 6: What is one of your favorite attributes of our Lord God? His endless care for us
Question 7: Have you ever thought about adoption or foster care? I don’t think I could handle foster care. The thought of caring for a child and then potentially having to give the child up is too distressing. Adoption – I have two nieces and two nephews that are adopted, so yes, adoption has been thought about.