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September 27, 2004

Duchess

For those of you who have not been lucky enough to meet her: Duchess if my new kitten. I went home this past weekend, and spent some time with my brother and his family. Their cat had four kittens and Duchess was the last of them to be given away to a good home. I think that Chris and the kids purposefully ganged up on me to get me to fall in love with this cat! Silly me, I feel for it! But, I don't mind.

She's about a month old, we think (strangely I forgot to ask Chris that). And she has orange stripes with a white underside and legs. She has the biggest gray-blue eyes, and she is the sweetest little kitten. Hopefully she'll grow up to be a sweet cat as well.

Today was the first da I came home from work to find her, sitting on my bed... just waiting for me. It was so sweet. When I first moved off-campus my roommate Myra and I had a cat, Rahja, and that year I grew to love having him around. I know that I'm going to get used to this rather quickly. I'm super thankful to be living with the Borseths and them allowing me to priviledge of having her. It made my day on Saturday to call home at the end of the day and hear them say yes to the cat.

Pictures will be coming soon, I hope. You'll just have to hold out to see her cuteness if you haven't gotten to meet her yet.

Posted by Angelina at 04:59 PM | Comments (6)

September 15, 2004

Life Update:

I was going to sit down and derail on some meaningless topic, but as I began to drive into blog attempt #1, I realized that there was a life update that I have not posted about yet...

I enrolled in school exactly one week ago tomorrow, well probably today by the time I get to posting and you actually read this.

For those of you who don't know: I'm starting at the Professional Cosmetology Institute here in Ames on November 15th. I am PUMPED! For the first six or seven weeks I will be in class all day every day, then starting in January sometime I will be in the salon from 9-noon Monday-Thursday and 9-4 Saturdays.

It's an exciting time of life for me. I feel like I've been sitting around for the last two years figuring out what I am going to do with the rest of my life, and waiting for the right time to do it. But, in exactly two months, life is going to change a lot... and I'm completely excited for the endless possibilities of it all.

One strange thing to note though is that my school, referred to as PCI from hencesforth, has just agreed to be sponsored by Redken. Now, Redken is a line of professional products for those of you who shop solely at Target. Funny, but anywho, I've not ever found myself to be particularly found of their products, and I'm not sure why. So, part of me was not necessarily excited about the thought of it, but eh, I think it's probably like having to wear the team shoes because they are the ones everyone else has. I think I'll probably get excited about Redken soon enough.

Anyway, I am excited about school, not only for the general coolness factor of it all, but also because I feel like I'm going to school to learn a life-skill, something completely tangible that I can use the rest of my life to benefit other people in some way as well as support myself as the need arises to indeed, have money.

I'm moderately anxious about school because I know I'm going to change throughout the whole thing and I'm not really sure how. I'm intrigued because I know that I'm going to turn into 'salon girl' with funky hair and seemingly perfect amke-up all the time. What will happen to the girl I am who will go for days with no make-up if I'm just too lazy? There will be no room for laziness in my life.... oh wait! Maybe this'll be a good thing...

But anyway, be ready, 'cause I am. Well, there's one thing I'm not ready for: the uniform. I can where whatever I want, which is good... but it all has to be black... which, is debateable. But, remember it's not my choice, and I'm not grieving (except for the loss of 'free' time). I'm just embarking on new territory.

Posted by Angelina at 11:45 PM | Comments (3)

September 12, 2004

a thought from my quiet time:

James 2:22 -- "You see that his (Abraham's) faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did (referring to offering his son Issac on the alter of the Lord)"

I've been conteplating my faith, and praying that God would make me evermore a woman of faith. I've been thinking about the little things that God calls me to sacrifice, or be willing to sacrifice, to be able to please him through my obedience.

I think it takes a great deal of faith to obey the Lord, and I have been asking daily for the faith to do what He asks of me without looking back or wavering. I think as I think on the story of Abraham and Issac, I am most compelled by how he just kept going, he did not fight God, but trusted that he had a purpose. And you know what? The Lord provided for Abraham and Issac, he provided a ram fit for sacrifice and spared Issac.

I know that the lord isn't going to ask me to to give up everything in my life, but I think that he wants me to be free from attachments and have to faith to know that He is in control and all I have to do is obey him.

Posted by Angelina at 02:06 PM | Comments (5)

September 03, 2004

my day off...

I had every intention of writing a good blog today, my one and only 'day off' of the week. But, you know what? I filled up my day... and I'm not one bit sorry about it, though there are a million things I'd like to write about. So, here's hoping for a time to tap out some of my thoughts. But, most importantly thank God for a life full of friends.

Posted by Angelina at 12:16 AM | Comments (1)