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Jessica

Hello Strangers.

It has been a long time since I really made a decent post. I am still here and Ringo is too ( for those of you so concerned ;), he is in the pictures in the very top. Bonnie is on the floor Ringo is on the end of the couch and the baby is at the arm of the couch.)

I got up this morning with a lot more energy than normal so I decided to use it. I painted a lot. I had a few touch up spots to do and some base work to paint the trim white. My bathroom is *finally* finished! I just can't believe it. Look here : picture to come. (I know you're thinking...where's the holes that I made? Can't seem 'em huh? I also fixed our sink, I'm a genius.)


The bedroom is 99% finished. I've got to stop watching anything with design on it, in home design. Maybe I've found my nitch. I've filled out an application for volunteer at the library to see if I would like to do that as my masters degree. I've got substitue training on October 27th and fingerprints for that on Monday. Kinda cool, but not for 61.00! :( My tuition check went through. :( 2928.00 for 3 online classes *Sigh* Time to pray that it gets refunded.

The design is not final for the blog but for now it looks nice.

Pictures.

I realize it has been ages since I've made a post and you lot are probably thinking "where is she?" I am here friends, just gotten my homework to work on and trying to finish it so that I can graduate this December. Here are some random pictures of Bonnie (our new pup, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi) and me and the baby and some of the stuff Ryan put together for our back garden.



  

  

  

  




  

  

  

  




  

Friends...?

The more and more I see people around me, hanging out with friends and friends from UAH the more I feel depressed and upset about being alone, well not necessarily alone but I have no friends here. I'm just really depressed about that right now.

Updates...and linux!

Hurray our garbage disposal is fixed, and apparently all my fault ( not surprised, really). The plumber said - there appears to be small blue pebbles in the disposal - and I made this face :-/ and slightly laughed. My leaky toilet is fixed and so is the other that never flushed well. I just paid tuition, *cough* 2,980.00 *gasp* OUTRAGEOUS, right? That's 9 hours and online. Thank God I got my books on www.half.com for 20.00 total. :) Ryan is in New York at the US Open until tomorrow. I really miss him. Well, Ernesto wasn't as bad as people thought it would be. It's not even been rainy here at all, just normal Florida rainy season.

Btw. did anyone else hear that the L.R.A in Africa are ending the war! I couldn't believe it when I read that. That is amazing! If you don't know, you should. It's a war that has been going on for 2 decades and their soldiers are children, children taken from their parents. Often the girls are raped. It's really a ghastly thing. Which reminds me, have you sponsored a World Vision child!? I hear from mine really often. Her name is Sanaa Akua and she's from Ghana. I struggle to make money but I feel that it is only a small thing I can do to help her and other children. Secondly, does anyone else know about VOM ( voices of the martyrs)? I've gotten their newsletter for about 2.5 years now. I'm always amazied at the suffering of Christians world wide.

Thirdly, I'm now offically a real computer geek, running linux! Even better...Ubantu Christian Linux.




As you all know I am studying on the sovereignty of the Lord. I had a comment from the dear Feanor about what this truly means. I have just finished my reading for the night ( 1:44am, hehe) and I feel the Lord leading me to say that this is different for everyone. I have my own personal definition of what His Sovereginty means but it can mean many different things to different people.

I feel the need to type/write my prayer here on my blog. Lord, I ask you to come into the hearts of the readers here and in my heart as well and show us your true sovereignty. Lord, if there is anyone so confused I pray that you would put it in his/her herart to seek out this truth in a more personal way but that he or she would be ultimately safisfied with the knowledge that you will provide on this matter. I thank you Lord for those that read this blog and those that don't. I pray they would be blessed and if I can help anyone out then all the GLORY goes to You father. Father, I thank you for lovin us even though we are so unworthy of your love. Thank you for loving us in good times and in bad times. Thank you for your UNCONDITIONAL love. May we not only be hearer's of the Word but doers of Your Word. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Late night.

Last night I couldn't sleep so I decided to watch some t.v. and flip through the channels. It was about 2am and I thought there would be nothing wrong but there was this film on called "Red Corner" with Richard Gere and Bai Ling (which is amazing considering that she's known for her 'outrageous' clothing and behavior, like the Asian Paris Hilton. She was really really good in this film. I really recommend it. What happens is an American businessman is in China for a business deal, he ends up hooking up with this model who is found dead in his hotel room the next day and he didn't do it. So Bai Ling is his attorney and the whole Chinese government is corrupt. Really good. :) Watch it, you'll enjoy it. I only caught the middle of it but stayed up until 3:30 watching it. Lol.

New Studies.

Well now I've found something that is just amazling awesome...Linux, yes Linux that's right. Secondly, I am now studying on the Sovereignty of the Lord and my bible has a nice little helpful subject thing. I find it to be incredibly helpful. :) Short update as I'm tired and I'm sure I'll have loads to report on seeing has how we're having an inspector come to inspect our air conditoner ( no idea why) between the hours of ...get this...7:30 and 4:30. Oh fun.

Bible Readings and such.

The last two or three days I've been really bummed out and I think it is because Ryan is leaving for New York on Sunday to attend the US Open with Pop. Also, as I am always never sure what to read in my bible I think that starting small is the best way to go and found a plan to do so. So tonight begins Day 1, which I have read many times over but you never know what God is going to teach you, even though you'v read it a lot. I am going to check out the choir on Sunday to see if I would like to join or if God is really leading me there. Prayers for Ryan and his grandfather for their 4 day trip.


Day Today's Scripture Reading
Day 1 Genesis 1-3, 12, 15, 22
Day 2 Exodus 1-5
Day 3 Exodus 12-14, 20
Day 4 Leviticus 1, 10, 16, 25
Day 5 Numbers 3-4, 6, 11-14
Day 6 Deuteronomy 5-8, 28-31, 34
Day 7 Joshua 1-6, 23-24
Day 8 Judges 1-4, 13-16
Day 9 Ruth 1-4
Day 10 1 Samuel 7-10, 12
Day 11 1 Samuel 15-20, 28, 31
Day 12 2 Samuel 5-8, 11-13, 15, 18
Day 13 1 Kings 3, 6-12
Day 14 1 Kings 17-19, 21
Day 15 2 Kings 1-2, 6-7, 11-12
Day 16 2 Kings 17-23
Day 17 1 Chronicles 15-17, 21-22, 28-29
Day 18 2 Chronicles 5-10, 14-16
Day 19 2 Chronicles 24-26, 29-35
Day 20 Ezra 3, 6-7
Day 21 Nehemiah 1-2, 4, 6
Day 22 Esther 1-4
Day 23 Job 1-3, 38-42
Day 24 Psalms 1, 8, 19, 23
Day 25 Psalms 51, 100, 103, 139
Day 26 Proverbs 1-3
Day 27 Ecclesiastes 1-5, 12 and Songs 1-2
Day 28 Isaiah 1-2, 6, 40, 52-55
Day 29 Jeremiah 1-5 and Lamentations 3
Day 30 Ezekiel 1-3, 18, 33
Day 31 Daniel 1-2, 4-6
Day 32 Hosea 1-4 and Joel 2
Day 33 Amos 3, Obadiah, and Jonah 1
Day 34 Micah 1-2 and Nahum 1
Day 35 Habakkuk 1, Zephaniah 3, Haggai
Day 36 Zechariah 1-2 and Malachi 1
Day 37 Matthew 1-2, 5-7
Day 38 Matthew 17, 26-28
Day 39 Mark 1-4, 10, 15-16
Day 40 Luke 1-2, 4-6
Day 41 Luke 8-10, 22-24
Day 42 John 1, 3-4
Day 43 John 13-17, 19-21
Day 44 Acts 1-4
Day 45 Acts 8-10, 12-15
Day 46 Romans 5-8, 12
Day 47 1 Corinthians 1-2, 13
Day 48 2 Corinthians 4-5, 8-9
Day 49 Galatians 5-6
Day 50 Ephesians 4-6
Day 51 Philippians 2, 4
Day 52 Colossians 1, 4
Day 53 1 Thessalonians 2, 4 and 2 Thessalonians 3
Day 54 1 Timothy 1, 3
Day 55 2 Timothy 3-4
Day 56 Titus 2 and Philemon
Day 57 Hebrews 10-13
Day 58 James 1-3
Day 59 1 Peter 1, 5 and 2 Peter 1
Day 60 1 John 1-2, 2 John, and 3 John
Day 61 Jude, Revelation 19-22

Nothing much lately...

Nothing too much has gone on lately for me. I've been painting again, and again and again. It's like neverending!! But it looks brillant and I really enjoy Mint Whisper (avaiable at your local Lowe's) and then it's off to another project. I really do enjoy the home-repairs and doing it all myself. I've still got the bathroom to finish with the holes in the wall, caused by yours truly.

I'm thinking of what to do after my undergraduate degree is finished. I've got a couple of things I think that I would be interested in, one is Linguistics, LIS, Professor of English ( which will take a doctorate and thus still some time)

I am glad that everyone is enjoying the honesty of my blog and my life. Honesty is the ONLY way that we can overcome all these obsticles. If we can't be honest with our life and what we have then how can we connect and make friends. Secrets are only harmful to us. I enjoy being known as honest, even when it comes to baring my soul to the empytness of the internet. If people see that we as Christians struggle then they can connect with us in ways that we share and we can share how we can get over those hurdles with Jesus and how he's helped us and gives us hope! It's amazing!! :) It really is. Don't let anyone tell yoiu anything differently about Jesus.

Well I am glad to hear that my readers enjoyed the last post. Yes it is true. Girls struggle with this, we just don't admit it. I am doing much better these days, just too tired to do much at all. I am still looking for a steady job and then I'm paying off the oustanding debt! Hurrah for interest! :0<

I really *really* dislike people who use their high-ranking position in a company as a definition for them to be real *jerks* or be able to treat people however they want, mostly like rubbish. Bleh. I was on a temporary job for 2 days and today I made a mistake when I transferred a call to the President/VP/Half Owner, whoever she is and she got upset but she didn't say anything to me. But that's just her attitude and I could tell that as soon as I saw her. If she would have said something nasty to me, most likely I would have left. I'm doing them a favor by being there and helping out the staffing agency. Eeh, everyone else is super-friendly.

New Design.

Well I hope you are enjoying the new design of Take Me Away. It is something I want to keep up with every month and change, it just took me awhile to find a design I liked. So I'm back to the real world, home in Florida and in debt up to my eyeballs, but I have faith that the Lord will provide me with some income so I am not worried. Lately, I have been struggling with a few issues and it's those personal issues no one likes to talk about but I'm talking about it. It's called lust, masterbation, sexual immorality, call it what you may, it's one in the same. I am human and although I hate to admit it, I am not perfect ;). I struggle with these things like any other person and seek the Lord for guidence on how to solve these problems within myself. I was up last night, late. This is a confession so get ready. I was browsing the internet late, which is something I don't recommend at all because you're more likely to give into certain things that can cause your spiritual life harm. So I ended up seeing some images that were pornographic, not by fault but by accidently choosing something else instead of my intended pursuit. So that got the devil into my mind and thus...I think you get what I'm saying. So I want to let you all know, so that you can keep me accountable. Ryan and I struggled with it this weekend but we were able to not do anything thanks to God! :) So that is a praise. So I've been thinking about this all day because it was nothing I intended to happen, to see these things and it cause me harm but it did. My spiritual life has reached a point of not growing and I really dislike that. I am seeking the guidence of God for joining the choir at church and finding a ministry there. My quiet time....well pretty much lack their of has hurt me. It's just like anything that's important, you find ways to make it work for you and keep it as a priority.
I am enjoying the forum my beloved friend Chette has created at Friendship and Counseling Forum and it is nice to be connected to others worldy that believe what I do.

I have to say a big thank you to those who enjoy reading my blog. It let's me know that the world really does want to hear what I have to say, translation - a novel! Yes I am working( very slowly) on a novel. I've also been considering getting my Masters in Library and Information Sciences again, because I can use that to be a researcher for a specific subject, like Art History. So we'll see how that goes. Until next time!

Have a blessed day!

Savannah Photos.

A Bit o' History (I know it's long, but if you're a history buff you'll enjoy it.)

General James Edward Oglethorpe and the 120 travelers of the good ship "Anne" landed on a bluff high along the Savannah River in February 1733; Oglethorpe named the thirteenth and final American colony, Georgia, after England's King George II. Savannah became its first city.

Oglethorpe and 19 associates received a charter from the King of England making them "Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America." The plan was to aid the working poor in England, and to strengthen the colonies by increasing trade. The colony of Georgia was also chartered to be a buffer zone for South Carolina protecting it from the advance of the Spanish in Florida. Under the original charter, individuals were free to worship as they pleased and rum, lawyers and slavery were forbidden - for a time.

Upon settling, Oglethorpe was aided by the native Yamacraw Indian chief Tomo-chi-chi. Oglethorpe and Tomo-chi-chi pledged their friendship and good-will, and the Yamacraw chief granted the new arrivals permission to settle Savannah on the bluff. The town flourished without warfare and hardship that stifled the beginnings of so many of America's early colonies.

Savannah is credited as being America's first planned city. Oglethorpe laid the city out in a series of grids that allowed for wide open streets intertwined with shady public squares and parks that served as town meeting places and centers of business. Savannah had 24 original squares with 21 still in existence.

During the American Revolution the British took Savannah in 1778, and held it until July, 1782. A land-sea force of French and Americans tried to retake the city in 1779, first by siege and then by direct assault, but failed.

The colony would see a generation of peace where Savannah flourished on the world scene as a cosmopolitan city. Soon, farmers discovered that Savannah's soil was rich, and the climate was favorable for the cultivation of cotton and rice. Plantations and slavery became highly profitable systems for whites in the neighboring Lowcountry of South Carolina; therefore, Georgia, the last free colony, legalized slavery. The trans-Atlantic slave trade would bring millions of Africans to the America's with many passing through the port of Savannah forming the Gullah culture of the Atlantic coastal communities in Georgia and South Carolina.

ue to the economic renaissance brought on by the exportation of cotton, residents built lavish homes and churches throughout the city that reflected the wealth of the times. With the growth of trade, especially after the invention of the cotton gin on a plantation outside of Savannah, the city became a rival of Charleston as a commercial port. Many of the world's cotton prices were set on the steps of the Savannah Cotton Exchange; the building is still in existence today.

In 1819, Savannah made worldwide news as the home port of the steamship S.S. Savannah. The Savannah was the first steam-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean. She left Savannah on May 22, 1819, and arrived in Liverpool, England twenty-nine days later. Through a century of glory and growth, even Savannah was not spared from certain misfortunes. Two devastating fires in 1796 and 1820 each left half of Savannah in ashes, but residents re-built. The year 1820 saw an outbreak of the yellow fever epidemic that eradicated a tenth of Savannah's population. Savannah survived fires, epidemics and hurricanes, always bouncing back to glorious life afterwards.

Rich and prosperous, pre Civil War Savannah was praised by many as the most picturesque and serene city in America with grand oak trees dripping with Spanish moss and genteel people who exhibit exceptional charm. The Georgia Historical Society was founded in that era and Forsyth Park got its grand ornate, cast-iron fountain in 1858.

With the onslaught of the Civil War, the city suffered from sea trade blockades so strict that Savannah's economy was soon crumpled.� Fort Pulaski, built to be impregnable on Cockspur Island at the mouth of the Savannah River, was captured by Federalist Soldiers in 1862. The city did not fall until Union General William Tecumseh Sherman entered the city walls. In 1864, Sherman began his march to the sea, burning the city of Atlanta and everything else in their path on the way to the coast.� Savannah was evacuated and avoided destruction. Upon entering Savannah, Sherman was so taken back by its beauty that on December 22, 1864, a legendary telegram was sent from Savannah and delivered to then President Abraham Lincoln, by which Sherman presented the city of Savannah to Lincoln as a Christmas present. With the arrival of Sherman's troops, the war was over for Savannah and a period of reconstruction would begin.

Food was scarce and the economy was in ruins making reconstruction a trying time for Savannah residents. After the war many freed slaves remained in Savannah. Though living in deplorable conditions, and suffering through the hardships of the post-slavery era, Africans in Savannah founded their own churches, schools and communities. Savannah, Georgia's oldest black community went on to become one of the most historically significant African-American cities in the nation.

After the war and reconstruction, the economy improved and cotton was king again. Savannah entered the new century re-establishing herself as the "Bell of Georgia." New industries were thriving, including the export of shipping supplies like rosin and lumber. Unfortunately, after World War I, the cotton industry died victim to the boll weevil that had destroyed half of Georgia's cotton by the 1920s. The country was cast into the Great Depression.

The post-war years brought about a new movement in Savannah in the realms of aesthetics, culture and economy. A group of concerned women organized in the 1950's to preserve historic structures threatened by the wrecking ball of urban renewal. The brave endeavor gave rise to the Historic Savannah Foundation who since its inception has saved multitudes of buildings whose beauty and appeal was the foundation of Savannah's charm. Savannah's Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 and remains one of the largest historic landmarks in the country.

Many of Savannah's old buildings have survived and been restored including the Pirates' House (1754), an old seaman's inn mentioned in Stevenson's Treasure Island; the Herb House (1734), the oldest existing building in Georgia, and the Pink House (1789), site of Georgia's first bank. The mansion birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, (built 1819-21) is owned and operated by the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. as a memorial to their founder. The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences opened in Savannah as one of the South's first public museums. The many restored� churches include the Lutheran Church of Ascension (dating from 1741); the Independent Presbyterian Church (1890) and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (1876), one of the largest Roman Catholic churches in the South, the First African Baptist Church whose congregation dates back the 1788 and Temple Mickeve Israel, the third oldest Synagogue in America.

As the Millennium turned, Savannah experienced resurgence in tourism. The 1990's saw more than 50 million people visit our fair city. Visitors revel in our elegant architecture, ornate ironworks, fountains and lush green squares. Savannah's natural beauty is rivaled only by the city's hospitable reputation, creating one of the country's most popular vacation spots. Guests who come to our city are truly captivated by our city's charm, the richness of our heritage and all the activities the city offers every day of the year.








  
This is a picture of the *wealthy* neighborhood. You can tell this because of the different materials used on this house. The steps are smoothed over to show the wealth of those living there.

  
Ryan

  
This is really cool. This road was made in the 1800s and it's so strong they can't figure out how to re-make it. The secret died with the creator!

  




  
This is called Six-Pence Pub, it was in a movie with Julia Roberts and Denis Quade ( dunno what it's called I think Something to Talk About) but was really cool. Also the Forrest Gump bench scene at the beginning was filmed there but they took the bench away and put it in the museum and you can't sit on it or take pictures of it but you can buy pictures of it. *Strange*
  

  

  




  

  

  

  




  

  

  

This house I love! It's so beautiful, it's an Inn and was converted from an old Dr.'s Office. So they decided to expand it by making the house next to it part of it and while doing so they found bodies in the walls!!

Soda Machine fantastic.

Ryan and I are on holiday in Savannah, GA. We're staying at a Holiday Inn, of which I can name at least 5 things that have displeased me thus far but last night was awesome. I finally found a dollar in change from the change in my car and wanted a Dr. Pepper. It was a Pepsi machine so, I was in luch with the need of a Dr. Pepper. So I put my change in and push the Dr.Pepper button and out comes a water, so I thought that someone had gotten one stuck and that's what I got for free and I hit the button again beacuse the machine read..VENDING...and another water and then another, I ended up with 3 and it also gave me my change back. So I thought well I've still got my dollar and I want a Dr. Pepper so let's try the other button and the same thing! I ended up with 6 waters and came back to our room and showed Ryan. He didn't believe me and so he went down the hall with me and I tried for a Mt. Dew for him and ended up with Dr. Pepper and again it said VENDING...so we pushed it again and then a third time and ended up with about 6 Dr. Peppers, and the Mt. Dew was hiding in the Diet Pepsi button, but all in all we had about 12 sodas for free because the machine gave us our money back each time! LOL, was so funny. So that made my day! :) Hurray. Pictures to prove it!
  




I also got something for a friend and ended up eating it myself but also got some cool t-shirts :) Incase you can't read them...the one I'm wearing currently is YA'LL UNIVERSITY (which looks like Yale University) and my favorite doggy shirt. It says :
DOGGIE DAY TIMER:
6 am Pee on something
7 am wake owner w/cold nose ( and Ringo has a SUPER COLD nose).
11 am Bark @ squirrels.
1 pm pee on something
4 pm drink from toilet.
7 pm pee on something
10 pm lick crotch
10:10 pm lick owner's face
2 am pee on something.






  

  

  


  

  

  

  

Hotel Soaps.

What to Do With Hotel Soap

The following letters are taken from an actual incident between a London
hotel and one of its guests. The Hotel ended up submitting the letters
to the London Sunday Times!


Dear Maid,

Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom
since I have brought my own bath-sized Dial. Please remove the six
unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and another
three in the shower soap dish. They are in my way.

Thank you,
S. Berman

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Dear Room 635,

I am not your regular maid. She will be back tomorrow, Thursday, from
her day off. I took the 3 hotel soaps out of the shower soap dish as you
requested. The 6 bars on your shelf I took out of your way and put on
top of your Kleenex dispenser in case you should change your mind. This
leaves only the 3 bars I left today which my instructions from the
management is to leave 3 soaps daily. I hope this is satisfactory.

Kathy, Relief Maid

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Dear Maid - I hope you are my regular maid.

Apparently Kathy did not tell you about my note to her concerning the
little bars of soap. When I got back to my room this evening I found you
had added 3 little Camays to the shelf under my medicine cabinet. I am
going to be here in the hotel for two weeks and have brought my own
bath-size Dial so I won't need those 6 little Camays which are on the
shelf. They are in my way when shaving, brushing teeth, etc. Please
remove them.

S. Berman

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Dear Mr. Berman,

My day off was last Wed. so the relief maid left 3 hotel soaps which we
are instructed by the management. I took the 6 soaps which were in your
way on the shelf and put them in the soap dish where your Dial was. I
put the Dial in the medicine cabinet for your convenience. I didn't
remove the 3 complimentary soaps which are always placed inside the
medicine cabinet for all new check-ins and which you did not object to
when you checked in last Monday. Please let me know if I can of further
assistance.

Your regular maid,
Dotty

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Dear Mr. Berman,

The assistant manager, Mr. Kensedder, informed me this morning that you
called him last evening and said you were unhappy with your maid
service. I have assigned a new girl to your room. I hope you will accept
my apologies for any past inconvenience. If you have any future
complaints please contact me so I can give it my personal attention.
Call extension 1108 between 8AM and 5PM. Thank you.

Elaine Carmen
Housekeeper

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Dear Miss Carmen,

It is impossible to contact you by phone since I leave the hotel for
business at 7:45 AM and don't get back before 5:30 or 6PM. That's the
reason I called Mr. Kensedder last night. You were already off duty. I
only asked Mr. Kensedder if he could do anything about those little bars
of soap. The new maid you assigned me must have thought I was a new
check-in today, since she left another 3 bars of hotel soap in my
medicine cabinet along with her regular delivery of 3 bars on the
bath-room shelf. In just 5 days here I have accumulated 24 little bars
of soap. Why are you doing this to me?

S. Berman

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Dear Mr. Berman,

Your maid, Kathy, has been instructed to stop delivering soap to your
room and remove the extra soaps. If I can be of further assistance,
please call extension 1108 between 8AM and 5PM.Thank you,

Elaine Carmen,
Housekeeper

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Dear Mr. Kensedder,

My bath-size Dial is missing. Every bar of soap was taken from my room
including my own bath-size Dial. I came in late last night and had to
call the bellhop to bring me 4 little Cashmere Bouquets.

S. Berman

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Dear Mr. Berman,

I have informed our housekeeper, Elaine Carmen, of your soap problem. I
cannot understand why there was no soap in your room since our maids are
instructed to leave 3 bars of soap each time they service a room. The
situation will be rectified immediately. Please accept my apologies for
the inconvenience.

Martin L. Kensedder
Assistant Manager

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Dear Mrs. Carmen,

Who the hell left 54 little bars of Camay in my room? I came in last
night and found 54 little bars of soap. I don't want 54 little bars of
Camay. I want my one damn bar of bath-size Dial. Do you realize I have
54 bars of soap in here. All I want is my bath size Dial. Please give me
back my bath-size Dial.

S. Berman

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Dear Mr. Berman,

You complained of too much soap in your room so I had them removed. Then
you complained to Mr. Kensedder that all your soap was missing so I
personally returned them. The 24 Camays which had been taken and the 3
Camays you are supposed to receive daily. I don't know anything about
the 4 Cashmere Bouquets. Obviously your maid, Kathy, did not know I had
returned your soaps so she also brought 24 Camays plus the 3 daily
Camays. I don't know where you got the idea this hotel issues bath-size
Dial. I was able to locate some bath-size Ivory which I left in your
room.

Elaine Carmen
Housekeeper

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Dear Mrs. Carmen,

Just a short note to bring you up-to-date on my latest soap inventory.
As of today I possess:

- On the shelf under medicine cabinet - 18 Camay in 4 stacks of 4 and 1
stack of 2.

- On the Kleenex dispenser - 11 Camay in 2 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 3.

- On the bedroom dresser - 1 stack of 3 Cashmere Bouquet,

- 1 stack of 4 hotel-size Ivory, and 8 Camay in 2 stacks of 4.

- Inside the medicine cabinet - 14 Camay in 3 stacks of 4 and 1 stack
of 2.

- In the shower soap dish - 6 Camay, very moist.

- On the northeast corner of tub - 1 Cashmere Bouquet, slightly used.

- On the northwest corner of tub - 6 Camays in 2 stacks of 3.

Please ask Kathy when she services my room to make sure the stacks are
neatly piled and dusted. Also, please advise her that stacks of more
than 4 have a tendency to tip. May I suggest that my bedroom window
sill is not in use and will make an excellent spot for future soap
deliveries. One more item, I have purchased another bar of bath-sized
Dial which I am keeping in the hotel vault in order to avoid further
misunderstandings.

S. Berman

Witnessing.

On my way home I had a nice conversation with God. Yesterday after church, I got really hyped up about sharing Jesus with others and I began to think why don't we do this more often? I think our feeling is that perhaps we don't have all the answers and are afraid that someone will ask us one of those questions for which the answer is absent from our mind. That's ok. They may critizie us and they may laugh and say "How can you call yourself a Christian"? All you have to say is that "I can call myself a Christian because I am a true follower of Christ, and I know in my heart that he gave His life so that I could live forever and it is my honor to serve Him on earth, while I await on my heavenly father to take me to heaven." It is not our job to convert peoples, it is our job to share the gospel and to bring it to peoples attention, the Lord will work on their hearts.
Perhaps you, like I, have felt that my testimony isn't good enough to share with others because it's not something completely radical(i.e. I've had a few friends who are former witches and have come to be born-again), but friend I tell you that it IS good enough. If it is good enough for the Lord, then it is good enough for man. I believe it is part of the "unknown" that we fear. I have it, just like anyone else but I am working on it and praying that God can help me out, which I know he can.
I am hyped up about sharing Jesus, are you? Just think about it, when you get to heaven and the Lord says : "What have you done for my Kingdom on earth?" what are you going to say? I know I don't have much to say, if anything at all.

I found a website through StumbleUpon (via the fabulous Firefox) that led me to Kirk Cameron's ministry of witnessing and it's fabulous, it's an easy way to start up a conversation with someone and turn it to be about Jesus! You simply ask, Do you consider yourself to be a good person? Reguardless of the answer you say something like..."What makes you or anyone a good person?"...Watch the videos. It really restored the confidence I needed for myself. Praise God.

The Way of the Master

Headache.

I've got a headache that just won't go away! *Sigh* I'm working on painiting and tomorow I have a job to go to that's a temporary job but nevertheless it gives me money and that's what I need to pay the bills! I don't have too much to write today. It's raining outside so it's nice..maybe I'll just listen. Heheh.

It's a few hours later and the headache finally went away. I did a lot of painting, cleaning up the kitchen, fixed the holes in the wall of our bathroom ( which I created) as you can see here. ^__^. So I've fixed it now and just have to do a bit of sanding and then pait over it and voilia! Fixed. When Ryan gets home tonight we're going to get more paint, so I can finish the house.

Ringo pooed in our ditch or the ditch behind our house and I heard someone yell scumbag a bit later, so I went and picked it up. :( To me it's just strange to have to pick up your doggy's poo. I've never done it before so I guess I just don't understand. Also...I think someone egged my mom's car. Blimey brats. I suspect it's adults rather than children.

How do you share Jesus?

Are there certain things you say to get the focus of your conversations to Jesus and telling people about him? I find it difficult to start the conversation but much easier to keep it going! Please share!





A rather interesting post here. The Off Ramp

Jobs...

Yesterday I reported that I had all kinds of job thingy's going on and so finally I broke down and rang the recruter for the staffing agency about the law job. I told her that I had a previous engagement and that I had not planned to start the next day and made an appointment for 4:30. So I said that if it would be okay I could work until about 2pm and then leave. She said *really nicely* that if this wasn't 100% something I wanted to do then she would like to give the position to someone else who is completely interested and that she has another job for me as a recptionist, which is much closer than an hour away. So, this was Ryan's advice to call her and say that I had another appointment I couldn't get away from, and Ryan always seems to have the best advice.

We went to the baseball game and lost! :( But..I did get to pet the ray's which was really cool. You see the team is Tampa Bay Devil Ray's and they've set up a tank at Tropicana Stadium that has like 20 live ray's in them and you can go and pet them, so we did. It was really weird...felt really slimey and I didn't want to stick my hand in at first. Sometimes they'd come in this huge pack and granted they have no teeth and are bottom-dwellers it was still a bit frightening in that MY hand was in the tank. They felt a bit...rubbery and slimey, made out of cartlidge you know. Also, strangely enough Billy Ray Cyrus was there and you'd never believe how he looked. I would have never guessed it was him. Hehe...

So yes the Lord does provide and I prayed for that and the ability to see what it is that I needed to do. Let's pray for a job at Books-a-million, which is where I want to work! :D :D

I need to finish painting our house! It just seems to never get done, I guess that's because I don't have the money to buy paint. Lol, but that will change soon as I've got all these jobs lined up. *Prays*

Interview...and some.

I had an interview today in downtown which is like a full hour away without traffic. So I get into the center of downtown and I've never been here before and there is only this one way traffic, which is crazy and loads of construction! So I'm going around and around looking for this building and finally I see it and go up 4 stories to a parking garage that's in circles so I'm dizzy at the time I get there. Then I finally get into the building, and it's an elevator to the lobby from the 4th floor. I take it down and then walk into this beautiful building and they have banks of elevators, you know the ones that go from like 16-28 29-40, etc. so they skip all the smaller floors..and I hate these because they go so fast! So I get there the interview is like 10 minutes, if that. I didn't want to take the elevator down again so I try the starewell and go down to the 16th floor so that I could just keep going down, but that didn't work as I forgot it'd only go to the 16h floor not all the way to the the 4th where my car was. No luck. I get to the 16th, door locked. Back up to the 17th, door locked, 18th, door locked and I was about to panic and then the 19th (where I started) unlocked. I stomached the elevator down and back up to the car. So I get the call that I have the job butttttt I've got an interview with Books a Million tomorrow at 4:30, which is where I *really* want to work. LOL what a mess!! What am I going to do? I've got to call the temp. agency back and let them know if I'm taking the law job.

More confused than ever.

I am more confused than ever, when it has come to deciding my future. Ultimately, it is not I who has the decision to do so, but the Lord. Yes I am very aware of that, but in the meantime, seeking him and what I am supposed to do has left me...well...blank. There are so many posibilities out there and I've come across a few but nothing is 100% and I have to decide soon. I've got my LSAT stuff here, but I can't be bothered to study for it. So it makes me wonder...Do I really want it? What is it that I am supposed to do? It's becoming quite overwhelming and really just giving me the scare of a life-time. I don't want to invest time and money into something that I will absolutely hate, naturally.


"The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and befor honour is humility." Provers 15:33. - What does that mean? It doesn't help me, or maybe my eyes just aren't opened right now. I don't know, I just don't know and it is driving me CRAZY. Patience...patience...patience. I know, but it's just not coming to me right now.

Boy it's HOT!

The A/C guy arrived early this morning, which was nice. He does his thing and reports to me that our A/C is on it's last leg and also quite moldy inside, which is giving us that terrible smell. *Sigh* So I call Ryan and tell him, and he decides to get it fixed now and turns out we're gonna get it installed today...$6,000.00 later and we have the guys installing it as I'm writing. 6,000!!!!!! OUTRAGEOUS. Almost as outrageous as our electricity bill, which is 400.00, but from the A/C. So right now I'm sitting in a hot room with my fan going and watching Legally Blonde.

I got a call from a law staffing firm who want to interview me for a position at one of two law firms. One is looking for someone to work their way up, and the other is for a junior secretary, both are about an hour away (w/traffic) but at the moment I'm not in a position to be picky. Perhaps I'll get this and then keep trying for local firms. So I'm going in tomorrow to interview with the staffing place, and I may need to go to an interview with the firms so I have to dress up and I only have 1 skirt/suit. Lol. Bah.

That hurts.

Why is that the people who are supposed to love you and be close to you are the ones who are the furthest away? Eh...well apparently my grandparents don't believe me, that I just got money from them for giving the impression that I graduated rather than actually graduating and then he says that I'm not gonna be able to go to your wedding. Real nice, yeah?

I had gotten bored with blogging and then I realized how much I liked it and then when I can't talk to my friends because of something or whatever then I can write it on here.

So tomorrow I have the a/c guy coming to check ours out. Hopefully he won't be frightened away by the smell. Yes, I hate to say it but there is some terrible smell omitting from our livingroom. I cannot figure out what on earth it is and can't get rid of it either. I cleaned up our garage a bit, hoping to get rid of it that way but no such luck.

So it just may not be updated reguarly but now and again. How about some fun pictures here?