Wear a Dress Tuesday

I walked into my group meeting this morning and one of the other interns looked at me, saw what I was wearing and said, "It must be Tuesday".

That, my friends, it proof that WADT might one day become a movement.

It was gray, gross and humid this morning so I pulled out a gray dress that I wear a lot with tights and boots in the winter.  I thought it worked well with black pumps!

The dress is from Target and the shoes are from my new favorite shoe store, Off Broadway Shoes.  I love this store because they have a big clearance section and you get a certain percentage back of your purchases that you can use next time you shop.  So when I bought these shoes I went back a week later and got like $2.50 off a pair of cute purple pumps on clearance, making them less than $10.  At that point they're practically giving them away.

Moving right along ... 

Sara!

Sara thinks she kind of looks like a nurse today.  I love the white.

Sarah!

This picture, by the way, was taken in her new office!  Yay!

Last week I was introduced to Christen, who is a family member of one of my friends from church.  She's getting more and more of her friends/co-workers involved and I love it!

Christen (second from the left) and her co-workers.

Christen's friend Stephanie and her coworker Shonna.

Oh my gosh.  Stephanie and her daughter Alaina.  This is adorable.

Um, Bruce?  Tick, tock, tick, tock.

My mom said she was wearing a dress, but so far I haven't seen a picture (ahem, Mom, it's not like you just got back to work after a month off or anything).

Anybody else?  I LOVE opening my e-mail / google reader and seeing these on Tuesdays!

Annnnnnnd I'm off - I'm going stalk the radar for the rest of the night, go for a run in between thunderstorms and head to the grocery store (I'm out of peanut butter AND coffee, how did that happen?!)  Have a good night!  Happy WADT!

Empty Swing

I took this photo on Saturday night while Bruce was fishing.

There is something about an empty swing that just seems like an invitation to sit and give it all to God.

Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

-Matthew 11:28-30

Today I bring to the empty swing my last two weeks of CPE, my pending ordination interview, my unfinished ministerial profile, the fact that my student health insurance ends on August 15th and I need to find a new plan, my financial situation going into my job search, the "so what's next?" question that I am asked weekly and cannot answer and all of the unknowns that come with the search and call process.

What do you bring to the empty swing this morning?

Monthly Goals

Happy August!  Is it just me or did the month of July drag on and on and on?  I felt like after my mid-unit evaluation, time just slowed to a crashing halt.  I thought I'd never make it to August!  I was fighting insomnia last night and realized that midnight had FINALLY arrived, so I tweeted the following ...

August needs to be a month of productivity for me - my ordination interview is next month!

Speaking of productivity ... Last month I decided to assign myself "monthly goals".  There are several habits that I really want to get into and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to implement them into my everyday life.  I thought that maybe if I started with one goal a month, eventually those goals would become habits.

Last month my goal was to clean out Lilly's litter box every single day.  I'm really good about changing out the litter once a week, but I wanted to get in the habit of scooping it every day.  I started this goal about 1/3 of the way into the month and I found that it actually made my life much easier.  When I went to change out the litter it took less time.  The best part was that after a little over a week, it actually did become second nature.  I have high hopes for this month (and beyond)!

This month my goal is to keep up with cleaning our bedroom and dealing with our laundry.  I am really good about washing and drying the laundry - it's the folding and putting away / hanging up that I always seem to let slide.  My bedroom floor is constantly piled high with clean laundry while my dresser drawers and closet racks sit empty.

I'm trying to start off the month strong, so I spent some time after church running some more loads, folding what was already done and putting away.  Hopefully I will have the same zest for this goal in a few weeks (and remember to keep up with July's)!  Wish me luck!