New Horizons

"This is my story, this is my song;
Praising my Savior all the day long!"

Well, for those of you who have not yet seen it on Facebook, I did get the job I applied for at the library in Wells. I am now officially an assistant librarian in training :o) Of course in some ways I will be basically a librarian since I am the only one who works there (except for my Mom who is the sub), but since the library and town is so small, they do not have a position for a regular librarian in Wells.

I am definitely looking forward to it. It will be a really good job and I will get to live at home until I get my loans paid off and have saved enough to get a house or something. But who knows if I will be here that long; I don't know my future but God does; I plan my paths, but God directs my steps :o) And I will be here to help with the garden, the feilds, and numerous other things that I have had to forgo for the past four years do to college. I really missed being home and I am very glad to be back, though I desparately miss all my friends.

I started the job and Wednesday and there is soooo much I have to learn... and so much I have already forgotten. I basically have a week of training before the librarian I am replacing retires... thus this week and the next are going to be a bit overwhelming I think. Actually, I am not even entirely sure how it is going to work for me to return to school for my graduation, but we shall see what happens :o)

Let's see, other than that life on the homefront continues on. I am still working on finishing a correspondence course... now made more difficult by the fact that I have a full-time job. I am at the library right now though not working. On Thursdays the library is open 1-5 and then reopens at 7. Perhaps Thursday nights will become a time for updating y'all, but no promises. :o)

It is strange to think that I am very nearly done with college and have an undergrad degree... and that now I have a full-time permanent job. I am not sure it has completely clicked yet. SOmehow, even though I have changed and grown much over the past four years, it does not seem like I should be grown up yet. Yet life still goes on... ever moving, ever changing... and I still don't know what I want to do "when I grow up" :o) Yet I am where God has placed me now and I am thankful for the job opportunity He has provided for me. May I use this opportunity to glorify God in everything I do. May I be a blessing and a testimony to everyone who enters in.

To God be the glory great things He hath done!

Spring is definitely in the air, though it still is often below freezing during the day and most definitely at night... even though it snowed last night and the night before... It is definitely almost spring. The snow is mostly gone and you can often go outside without a jacket... even though it is barely above freezing when I do so... it feels so nice after the extreme cold.

Graduation will be here before I know it... and after that the fair... and other things in between. :o) I am contemplating pulling out my fiddle and practicing up and entering again the Old Time Fiddle Contest they have in Wells every year. But perhaps next year... it is in June and I have got to get my school work done before I do any such thing.

I know I have not actually written much of an update, but there is not a whole lot to say. Since I left college and came home, my life has very much slowed down and to some people would perhaps even be considered dull, but I enjoy it. It is a much needed break. :o) And I am easily entertained. My crafts, my sheep and other animals, my family, my job, and my church keep me quite busy... but I do often miss my friends in CA and around the world. Please do keep in touch!!!

"I need no other argument, I need no other plea;

It is enough that Jesus died and that He died for me."

Spring is in the Air!

"Spring is in the air, everywhere you look around" so goes the song that is sung on some fabric softener commercials, yet everytime I walk out of doors the song pops into my head. Truly spring is just around the bend.

This winter has been the worst (or best) winter since the winter of '94/'95. I loved the winter. Laugh if you will but winter is my favorite season and I missed it horribly the four years I was in college in CA. However, now I am very much looking forward to the spring and summer. There is the garden to plant, cultivate, tend; the flowers to trim and water; the house to build; the county fair; sheep to shear; and various other projects that will come up (in no particular order).

Though it is still rather cold, for the past week the snow has been melting noticably every day, but yesterday we had a bit of rain and a lot of rain. Most of the ground is bare and essentially the only snow left is the snow in the big drifts (where you can still sink above your snowboots). I am a bit sad to lose the snow already, but as aforesaid, am definitely looking forward to spring. It has been too many years since I have been here for the spring and planting the garden. Of course the weather and climate of NV is such that we usually cannot start planting the garden until May. Right now though it usually only gets above forty but below fifty, it is so nice that I often go outside without hat, gloves, scarf... or even, jacket :o) Absolutely beautiful weather.

The aftershocks have very much quieted down... I don't feel them very often anymore, but apparently Wells is still having quite a few.

I am applying for a job at our library and interviews are on Monday. It would be a good job to get, but I trust that, regardless of the outcome, God is in control and He knows what is best.

Okay, that is all for now. Sorry this update is so relatively short... I will hopefully update more later :o) Have a wonderful day all!