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Name: Abigail
Country: United States
State: Washington
Gender: Female
Interests: Jesus, dance, all animals, thailand, china, piano, guitar, singing my lungs out in the car, art
Expertise: dance, belching very loudly, random movie quotes- "It's possible...pig", "The vegetation is so lush", etc.
Occupation: Nanny
Message: message me
Member Since:
4/8/2006
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| To some, 28 is not getting old but to a dancer it is. Having returned to dance after a 2 year hiatus, my body is now showing the wear and tear that approximately 16 years of dance has done. If I am in this bad of shape at 28 I can't imagine what I'll be when I'm 50.
I have, therefore, decided to take better care of myself. I would like to get back to the shape I was in 2 years ago. So here is my plan:
1) Take vitamins and glucosamin for my joints.
2) Eat better. I know I don't eat enough fruits and veggies.
3) Switch from coffee to tea.
4) Stretch and do Pilates at least once a week. Eventually I would like to work up to every day but I'll start small.
5) Take a dance class at least once a week. This I have already worked into my schedule :)
I think that's a good start for now. Hopefully this will all go well and I'll actually stick with it. We'll see.
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| It seems like God continually asks me that question and more often then not my mouth says yes but my actions say no.
Yesterday Steve started a new teaching series titled "The Anatomy of Unbelief." This section was called "Beyond Our Experience" and the text was the story of Thomas. I can tell you that this definitely hit home for me because I've been freaking out this week about the job situation and the living situation. One of the things that Steve said was "Isn't it good how God makes us trust Him?"; I kind of laughed on the inside. It is good but it still hurts most of the time.
Take this for instance. Yesterday I had meeting scheduled with a family we could potentially nanny share with, Rebekah and Jason. During the sermon I felt like God was saying, "This isn't the family for you." I was like, okay... but I still need to meet them not to be a flake or anything. Anyway, they were great; nice people, nice house, nice location. To the world it would seem stupid to turn them down. That's why I started wrestling with God. Did I really hear God.....this family seems great, why would I not work for them? Anyway, I did that for a few minutes then I realized that I needed to call someone. So I called my friend Dona; I'm so glad she's my friend. I talked it out and she gently spoke the truth to me. One thing she asked me was "Do you think you heard wrong or are you just dragging your feet?" That totally got me. I was dragging me feet and just being stubborn like I tend to be.
So I emailed Betty, my boss, and told her that I felt like this new family wasn't the right family. To my surprise she writes back that she felt the same way. Then a little bit later we both get an email from Rebekah stating that they had chosen to find other childcare for their son. Isn't God so good! Not only did he protect me, He protected Betty and Josh too. He totally saved us from having our hopes dashed again!
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| This year I will be moving.......again. This will be the fourth place that I will live since moving to Seattle in 2004. The last time I moved I thought it would be a while before I moved again. Little did I know that my roommate would have the bright idea of getting married :) Now, don't get me wrong, I am happy for her, it's just a little annoying having to move again. I hate moving.
Despite all my complaining, I really am excited to move. My new roommate Lonna is great and we're going to have the homiest house ever! We both love to cook and have the gift of hospitality. We also are both pretty laid back. The other great thing is we are both kind of nerdy. She is currently in graduate school to become a high school chemistry teacher and she loves cheesy puns. She actually laughed at the Ferris Wheel joke :)
We're going to look at some places tonight because she needs to move out of her place by the end of this month. The last place we are looking at is my favorite. It's in a great location and even has an extra room that we could make into an office/sewing room/library. Also, it's about 4 blocks from the zoo and Safeway; 15 min. from work; and 5 min. from group. I just hope it's nice on the inside.....and that it has a good kitchen. That is one of our major requirements.
To make this move a lot better than the last, I plan on being uber organized; I mean scary organized bordering on OCD :) Even though I'm not moving until August I want to start as soon as possible. Here is my game plan:
1) Start downsizing now. I have a LOT of stuff and I need to get rid of at least some of it. Luckily I'm really close to Goodwill :)
2) Start packing now. As I downsize I want to start boxing the stuff that I don't use on a daily basis. These I can store in my basement.
3) Color Code! This is the nerdiest part of my plan, but I think it's also the best part. Since I'm going to have friends helping me I want to make it as easy on them as possible. I'll make sure that everything that goes in the same room is packed together and that each room has a specific color. I'm going to make a color coded map that I'll post on the front door of the new place so that when people are bringing stuff in the don't have to ask "Hey, where does this go?" they can just look at the map :)
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| The rules for this game are: (1) Link to the person that tagged you (above) (2) Post the rules on your blog. (3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. (4) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. (5) Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website. 1) When I have a cold or am just stuffy in general, I hock lugies out the car window as I'm driving. 2) When loading the dishwasher, I separate and sort the different types of silverware into the different compartments. 3) I like to make sound effects for everything I do. I blame it on working with children. 4) When I'm eating I like to save the best for last. In other words, I eat everything besides my favorite part so I can leave the meal with the taste of the good stuff in my mouth. 5) I like to sing in an operatic voice......especially Christmas carols.....while doing dishes. 6) I kind of like the smell of skunk :) | | |
| Man....I haven't written in a long time. Oh Well! There's a couple things oing on in my life that I have to write about; both are things that I never imagined I'd be doing. The first is quiting my job. Now I know that for some of you this wouldn't be a big deal, but for me it is. I've had this job for 3 years now and although I don't really like the job itself, I love the people here. When God said it was time to leave I started getting excited. Yay! A new adventure. But then I started telling everyone and now I'm all emotional and everything. Anyway, I'm going to be a nanny soon.......I'm trusting that God will place me in the right family and at the right time. Second thing is I'm starting to lead worship at church. It's such a weird dynamic of trying to be free to just worship but also keep listening and leading the band. So far it's been great. If you had told me a year ago that this is what I'd be doing, I would have said "Whatever, there's no way I'd be able to do that." But God is continually teaching me and molding me into the woman that He created me to be and I am constantly amazed. Anyway, I should get to work :) | | |
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