Sunday, September 28, 2008

Office Art

Family Update

We're so busy now with me working full time, I thought I'd make a list of what we are all up to.
1. Geoff is playing Guitar Praise, which is just like Guitar Hero, but with Christian songs. It's cool.
2. Danny is taking the season off of soccer. It has made our schedule so much more manageable. It is a shame that children's sports get so competitive that they have to have multiple practices every week just to keep up. I thought I'd miss it - but I don't! Saturday is my only day to sleep in past 6 am!
3. Brad is working hard and serving at church on Wednesdays and Sundays. He's also enjoying the break from soccer, since he was the head coach.
4. Geoff signed up to be on the technical team for the school play. He'll be great at that, he has so much experience. I'm very excited to see him trying something new. He's so active at church that there is not a lot of time for school activities. I hope this will be a great experience and a good memory for him.
5. Danny is on the Student Council executive board this year. Boy is he excited about having an important role in student government. He is enthusiastic about everything in his life and this is no exception.
6. I am busy with my new job at Regent University. I'm processing student academic forms, arranging for faculty travel and planning residency programs for the Doctoral students. So far it has been fun! We have Bible study on Friday mornings, and people are SO nice to work with.
7. I am also in charge of PTA membership which is going great. Now if I could just get into the computer system to enter them all... I've got to get that figured out this week!
8. I wish we had more time to campaign for McCain. We did hunt down the Republican office and got 2 yard signs and bumper stickers. We had to. Our house sits on a corner and 2 of the other corner houses have Obama signs up. Yikes!
9. Photos. I'm way behind on editing and printing pictures. But I did manage to make some art for the walls of my awesome new office! (My office has high ceilings, lots of moulding, two giant windows and enough room for a couple of visitors.)

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Why I Admire Cindy McCain

1. Mom of four
2. Special Education teacher
3. Founder of American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT)
4. Active in the HALO Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to landmine removal and weapons destruction in war-torn countries
5. Serves on the Board of Directors for Operation Smile, a non-profit organization whose mission is to repair cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities for children around the world
6. The kind of person who leaves the world better than she found it
7. Seriously, Cindy McCain could have led a country club life. She is wealthy and could have been content to be a Senator's wife. But she didn't. She's used her wealth and influence, her education and her own hands to minister to some of the poorest children in the world. She sees a world that needs her help and she steps up to make things happen. Not for headlines or hollywood approval, but for the children who have no hope.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Why I Love Sarah Palin

1. Mom of five! Including a special needs child.
2. Married 20 years.
3. Army mom.
4. Hockey mom.
5. Fiscal conservative.
6. Ethics reformer
7. Understands the energy problem. Wants to drill in ANWR.
8. Sarah Palin looks like someone who could be a friend of mine. She served in the PTA like I do. She's a hockey mom, I'm a soccer mom. She's a military mom and I'm surrounded by them. She has a child who needs special care and so do we. She's risen through the ranks not by playing ball with the establishment, but by confronting it.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Fun in the Sun

Got It! My Awesome New Job

I've been seriously, but selectively job hunting for over a year now. So I finally snagged an awesome new job - way better than I even hoped for! That's God for you. So here's a list of why my new job is so cool.
1. It's at Regent Universiy, a Christian college and graduate school.
2. It has flexible hours, so if I can get up early, I can be home just after the boys get home from school! This was essential. I thought I was dreaming when my new boss told me that at the interview!
3. Big tuition breaks for me and the boys!
4. The campus is beautiful. Red brick buildings, lots of mouldings, in the woods. One the same campus is also CBN and the Founder's Inn and Spa.
5. Commute time: 10 minutes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6. I got to quit my old job. Really, it was a great job. But boring and lonely. And it was just part time. I'll keep the store going until someone else takes over, but I don't think I'll miss it. It was just time to move on.
7. Salary - darn good. Benefits - a great company. Dental - yahoo!
8. The timing is perfect. Of course, I have not felt very patient waiting for this opportunity. I've applied to lots of jobs and was getting pretty frustrated. But I've had a great summer with the boys, I got to help out a friend while she went on maternity leave, I got the PTA membership drive off to a good start this year and I even have the Christmas ordering done for the bookstore.