girls weekend

So Courtney and I have spent the weekend chilling! Dad and Uncle Jack are at their work conference and we're getting to have a girls weekend! YAY! those are always fun! from junk food, to staying up late and chick flicks, its absolutely a blast! :) the only sad part is that its been rainy all weekend! :P oh well!

so even with a fun girly weekend....i miss home, my bf, and my roommate! :( i might have to make a trip home just to keep my sanity! *pulls hair* lol!

anyways...just wanted to check in! hope ya'll are having a great weekend!

love ya,
Meg

leak pictures!

The "point of entry"...

the vent he opened to see if water was coming in from here...he broke the piece off that holds the vent on...so its now duct taped on....lol!

the trim he took off...its sitting above the window curtains now!

more trim! lol!

where he took off the trim...

"let me go hooooooooome"

michael buble's "home" has been playing in my head all day! i'm not really sure what it is, but i'm just really homesick today! well...this week, but today especially! :P the weather is absolutely gorgeous (aside from the 40mph wind gusts) here and idk...i just really wish i was home to be able to share it with friends or Joel or whatever! the rv walls seem to be getting smaller! lol! no, i'm just kidding...obviously its still the same size it was yesterday, i am just getting slightly tired of confined spaces! i'm thinking my dad's feeling the same way! he's so funny...there is the leak in the slide-out (part of the rv that slides out - hence the name - to allow there to be more space inside). well he bought a canopy to cover the slide-out and its still leaking. so then he tore the trimming off the slide-out on the inside to find where the water is coming from. well...that didn't help, so he took the vent that's beside the slide-out off to see if it was coming in from there! well...it wasn't that either...so needless to say...there's a random leak that we can't find the entry point and its driving him crazy! lol! its provided quite a few entertaining nights for uncle jack and i watching dad go nuts over the leak! haha! i'll post a pictures for you here soon! :)

love and miss ya'll,

Meg

rainy week

so its rained us out of work two days and then it rained again today! :P blah! kind of tired of the mud and rain! but guess we need it here or it wouldn't be raining! lol! just been sitting around the rv, doing some paperwork and killing time! went to church this morning and listened to a sermon on spiritual gifts! i LOVE teaching on the gifts and was truly blessed by pastor agnew's distinction between "natural talents" and "supernatural gifts"! i've been blessed with the talents of singing, but that is not my spiritual gift. I believe my spiritual gift is exhortation! agnew stated that it is intended for us to use our natural talents in our spiritual gift. and through that others should see spiritual fruit produced from our gift! spiritual gifts without spiritual fruits are useless to the body! i was convicted that i use my talents and gifts sometimes without producing fruits like love, and joy, and patience. my prayer is that God would grow me to use the talents and gifts he's given me to produce fruit in my life and in the body of believers around me!

i'm missing home a lot! i miss my bed, and all my clothes! lol! as silly as that sounds...i keep looking through my clothes stash here and realizing i left something at home! ugh! then its just frustrating because i'm in the mood to wear a certain outfit and its back in Little Rock! :P my dad just laughs at me...and rolls his eyes only to say "girls!"! haha! :)

well...its started pouring again! :sigh: rain rain rain rain! :P

i miss my friends and roommate too! bethanna and i just started getting close before i left in November! and i got to spend time with her when i was home for Christmas and New Years and i miss hanging with her! :(

and of course...more than anything i miss Joel! it doesn't get any easier the longer i'm here...it just gets harder! i guess that's a good sign! cuz if it was getting easier...i should be worried! :P

well...i'm done whining to y'all! hope you're doing well! I miss each of you!

love,

Meg

way too long!

Wow! So i just realized i hadn't blogged in probably a month! whoa! Sorry! lol! since the last time you heard from me, i went home for Christmas and New Years and spent it with friends and family and truly made the most of my time at home! Also worked some at Claire's! was there multiple nights past mid-night helping my manager get the store ready for Regional inspections! Yikes! it was crazy, exhausting, but definitely fun! I love my manager and working at Claire's! :) I miss it tremendously! I spent as much time with Joel as I could! He got me this beautiful cross necklace for Christmas! I almost cried! Its gorgeous!!! It as altogether a wonderful Christmas! And New Years was filled with cheers and toasts and great friends! And even a couple of midnight kisses! ;) But as January rolled around it was time to get back to work! So here I am, once again working and away from home and the ones I love spending time with! Right now I'm working with Dad and my Uncle Jack! I love 'em both and its crazy funny living with two old men! lol! The RV smells like a guys locker room sometimes! lol! Lysol has become one of my best friends! Keeping my sanity here involves lots of reading, staying on Facebook and texting/calling people back home! I hadn't even been here a week and my Razr died! The screens went completely black and there was no getting them back on! I was FREAKING out! Dad was laughing saying "Its just a phone!" And my response was "NO!!! ITS MY LIFELINE TO HOME!!!!" lol! Thank God for cheap (but really good, surprisingly) pay as you go phones from Walmart that I could just put my plan on! YAY! :) I thought I was going to die without it! haha!

Joel's mom got me stuck on this new author, Dee Henderson! I love her stuff! I have read the prequel and first 3 books of the O'Malley series and I don't have the others and its KILLING me!! I gotta know what else happens to the family! They're really cool mysteries with some love story in it too! :) She's a brilliant Christian author! I love the way she writes! Very descriptive and makes you feel like you're watching it all happen! I'm now re-reading the Twilight books again (cuz i really don't have anything else to read for fun!)! I LOVE them! No matter how many times I read them I still love 'em every time! I catch new stuff each time! I watched the movie last night and its really amazing how bad in comparison to the books it is...yet its still a good movie! And New Moon movie was even better! :) I think this is the 6th time I've read through the series!? Or something like that! haha! I'm not obsessed or anything! ;)

So yeah...that's about what's been going on...now that I've written a book of my own! lol! I miss ya'll and will definitely try to write consistently from now on!

love y'all,

Meg

historical fun

hi! so i know its been a long long long time since i've written! sorry! i'm working working working a lot! i love working with my dad! but i miss home! i miss my bed and friends and room mate and boyfriend and dog!!

i LOVE Christmas time and can't wait for all the different Christmas activities coming up! parties, food, decorations, etc! my room mate called me and said she'd put up decorations in our apartment and had been doing hot chocolate and christmas cookies!! i can't wait to sit in front of my fireplace with her!! :) yay!

anyways...hope your season is going well!

love ya'll,
meg

many blessings!

hello all...its been a little bit since i last wrote...let me fill you in! :)

first of all, i have the most loving supportive boyfriend ever!!! he has without a doubt been there for me throughout everything so far...from crying over a lost job to just being emotional in general, to fuming over my part time job, to getting a new job! he's been amazing! my dad called me sunday afternoon with news that he needed me to come and do data and paperwork along with helping him with ladders and holding his rope while he's on roofs! so...1.5 days of packing, 1 oil change, 1 goodbye party and 14 hours of driving later, i'm here with dad!

which brings me to the next topic...i have some awesome friends! the night before i left, i planned to have some friends over so i could see 'em before i left for a bit, and wow! they all showed up and showered me with sweet hugs and loves! we had a blast! needless to say, i can't wait to get and party with 'em some more! :)

but in the meantime, i'm here with dad...running claims, learning new computer programs, making money! but of course its all about spending time with my daddy-o! ;) mom and the kids aren't here right now, visiting with her parents, so we're just kicking it the two of us! first time my dad and i have been alone to just hang out for longer than 30 minutes for probably two or three years!

so yeah...that's what's going on right now! please pray God will get me through this time while i'm away from almost all that is familiar and that i miss!

love you guys!
meg

relief at last

Wow! So i have been able to really breathe for the last couple of days like i haven't in MONTHS! I have slept better and i have physically felt better the past couple of days like i haven't in forever! Thank you Lord for the blessing of new beginnings! i had a job interview today and am praying that it went as well as i feel it did! please pray that i would hear some good news over the next couple of days and if not, that He would open some other doors here soon!
I LOVE working at claire's ; its such a wonderful job! very fun and exciting dealing with little girls shopping for accesories...what could be more fun!! :) lol! i have even reached a point of getting along with our new manager pretty well! there is very minimal stress to the job itself and i enjoy working with the other girls there!
still missing my family, and maybe here soon i'll be able to see them! but i have to say, God's truely blessed me with a second family. joel's parents are such a wonderful blessing in my life! i love my boyfriend but it is such a joy that his parents are so wonderful. God is so good! <3
i hope you're all doing well and that this finds you basking in God's wonderful love!

much love to all,
meg

The Close of a Chapter

Well...so yesterday I was laid off from CDI. The only reason i got was that they no longer "needed my services". Whatever that means - since they still need a receptionist that doesn't really make since to me. But God is in control and knows what's in store for me. I was very upset when i left yesterday afternoon. The way that i was told they were laying me off was not very nice and it was not right to treat someone who has only given her best that way! But at the same time I AM RELIEVED!!! I no longer have the stress of CDI looming over my head and do not have to worry about living with a fake smile on at work. It is truely a blessing in disguise!
The next step is going to be figuring out what the Lord has for me next. I am currently working part time at Claire's and LOVE IT! Of course...what girl wouldn't love working with jewelry and accessories all day!! :) I also may have an interview next week for a chiropractors office. please pray that i get the call Monday confirming that i do have the interview and that next wednesday the interview will go well! If this isn't the job the Lord has planned for me, pray that He would show me what is and open that door! It very well may be just taking more hours at Claire's!
Thank you thank you thank you for all your encouragements and prayers! I truely need them! <3
If you would, also just pray for my emotional strength! I miss my family - being an adult on my own is not always as fun as i thought it would be! Don't get me wrong! I LOVE my apartment and bring so close to everything, and living on my own! But I miss my best friend (Mom) and my Daddy! And my little sisters...its been way too long since we've had some girl time!! And my sweet Josh who's always the one with a ready hug or who will randomly start dancing with me! I love and miss my family dearly!!! :sigh: Just pray that I would have strength!

I love you all, and appreciate the prayers!
Meg

day in and day out

hello my friends! I hope this finds you well and healthy! my, my there has been sickness everywhere!! last wednesday i felt a little sick so i stayed home from work. then came back thursday and friday to find four or five people out sick here at the office. couple other friends weren't feeling well over the weekend and now joel is feeling a little blah! its just crazy!

i've just been working and chilling lately...more work than chill! i don't have to work Dixie tonight...I'm so excited about going home at 5pm! lol! maybe i'll pick up some stuff from the grocery store and actually cook dinner for me and joel tonight! i'm sure he'd enjoy that! we'll have to see though!

so i'm 22 days away from having been with Joel for a year!!! i think i know what i'm getting him, but i'm still not sure! what do you get someone who really has all they want! i'm having to be very creative! he already knows part of his gift, just because its something he has been specifically requesting for several months! lol! i have at least one more idea...but i'm not sure if its THE idea yet! ...any help would be appreciated! what do you get someone you've been with for a year? someone that is your best friend and closest confidant and possibly your partner for the rest of your life!? :sigh: no pressure or anything! haha! anyways...i'm up for ideas if you've got anything!

hope ya'lls week is going well and you're staying healthy!

much love,

meg