I GOT THE INTERNSHIP WITH COOPER!!
thanks for your prayers.
oh, and it is 85 degrees outside.
and i got a $9 haircut
life is good
Friday, March 14, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
from the mind of amanda...
sorry for lack of pictures, but aj borrowed my camera for pa stuff and i haven't gotten it back yet. in other news, a conversation with my mom today got me thinking (scary, i know). as far as career paths go, there are only two things in life i swore i would never do: teach or do research. as i type this i have a mental image of God just sitting up in Heaven and laughing at me and my planning. my life has changed so much from when i first started out and has taken directions i never would have imagined. first, as you know, last year i was a teacher. and the whole time i thougt, "wait, isn't this what i swore i would never do?" and i am currently teaching at emlers. how come the one thing you are good at is the thing you swore you would never do? secondly, as i described the internship with cooper ventures to my mom (which, btw, i rocked the second interview) she pointed out that it is basically research, the other thing i swore i would never do. nevertheless, i am really excited about it. can you really enjoy something that you swore was not for you?
with that said, please pray for my summer/future plans. i will be the senior peer adviser next year, which means i will be a summer peer adviser. the problem is i only get paid half as much this summer so i'll need a second job. i really want the cooper internship but it is unpaid and quite a lot of hours. so, i'll also need to work at emlers. i know God has a plan and that he will work it all out if it is meant to be, yet i tend to worry, especially about scheduling, money, etc. i like to have all my ducks in a row, but sometimes life just doesn't work like that. anyway, please pray that i will trust God and not worry since He knows what is best.
it is spring break so i'm quite excited to not have school this week, even though i am working. i still have assignments/projects i have to work on but i am enjoying not sitting in class. and, megan let me borrow season one of BONES. GREAT SHOW! so, i am currently trying to balance working on school and relaxing/watching tv.
with that said, please pray for my summer/future plans. i will be the senior peer adviser next year, which means i will be a summer peer adviser. the problem is i only get paid half as much this summer so i'll need a second job. i really want the cooper internship but it is unpaid and quite a lot of hours. so, i'll also need to work at emlers. i know God has a plan and that he will work it all out if it is meant to be, yet i tend to worry, especially about scheduling, money, etc. i like to have all my ducks in a row, but sometimes life just doesn't work like that. anyway, please pray that i will trust God and not worry since He knows what is best.
it is spring break so i'm quite excited to not have school this week, even though i am working. i still have assignments/projects i have to work on but i am enjoying not sitting in class. and, megan let me borrow season one of BONES. GREAT SHOW! so, i am currently trying to balance working on school and relaxing/watching tv.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
nerds
this is the snowman outside the engineering building today. instead of carrots and coal, the eyes, mouth, and buttons are made from old circuit boards.Wednesday, February 27, 2008
this is harder than you think...
Are you an ethical person? Here's a test from the Josephson Institute of Ethics, www.josephsoninstitute.org.
1. You apply for a job you want very much. You're sure you can do it well, but unless you make some untrue statements, the job will go to someone else. Would you "enhance" your résumé?
2. Your 12-year-old could get into a much better school if you lived in your sister's school district. She offers to let you use her address to enroll your child. Would you do it?
3. A health insurance application asks about previous injuries. If you admit to any, premiums would go up $50 a month. Would you hide them?
4. The bill at a posh restaurant shows a $60 error in your favor. A friend suggests you say nothing but leave a large tip. Would you do it?
5. Your 13-year-old looks 11. You could save $14 at an amusement park if you say he is younger than 13. Would you do it?
6. You badly need a loan that you will get only if you understate what you owe. Would you do it?
7. The auto body repairman offers to fix damages not caused by your recent collision as part of your insurance claim. Would you do it?
1. You apply for a job you want very much. You're sure you can do it well, but unless you make some untrue statements, the job will go to someone else. Would you "enhance" your résumé?
2. Your 12-year-old could get into a much better school if you lived in your sister's school district. She offers to let you use her address to enroll your child. Would you do it?
3. A health insurance application asks about previous injuries. If you admit to any, premiums would go up $50 a month. Would you hide them?
4. The bill at a posh restaurant shows a $60 error in your favor. A friend suggests you say nothing but leave a large tip. Would you do it?
5. Your 13-year-old looks 11. You could save $14 at an amusement park if you say he is younger than 13. Would you do it?
6. You badly need a loan that you will get only if you understate what you owe. Would you do it?
7. The auto body repairman offers to fix damages not caused by your recent collision as part of your insurance claim. Would you do it?
Monday, February 25, 2008
The Discipline of Spiritual Tenacity
"Be still, and know that I am God."-- Psalm 46:10
Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. The greatest fear a man has is not that he will be damned, but that Jesus Christ will be worsted, that the things He stood for- love and justice and forgiveness and kindness among men- will not win out in the end; the things He stands for look like will-o'-the-wisps. Then comes the call to spiritual tenacity, not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately on the certainty that God is not going to be worsted.
If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means they are being purified. There is nothing noble the human mind has ever hoped for or dreamed of that will not be fulfilled. One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God. "Because thou has kept the word of my patience."
Remain spiritually tenancious.
My Utmost for His Highest
February 22
Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. The greatest fear a man has is not that he will be damned, but that Jesus Christ will be worsted, that the things He stood for- love and justice and forgiveness and kindness among men- will not win out in the end; the things He stands for look like will-o'-the-wisps. Then comes the call to spiritual tenacity, not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately on the certainty that God is not going to be worsted.
If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means they are being purified. There is nothing noble the human mind has ever hoped for or dreamed of that will not be fulfilled. One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God. "Because thou has kept the word of my patience."
Remain spiritually tenancious.
My Utmost for His Highest
February 22
Sunday, February 10, 2008
this is love...
there is nothing like spending the day with brock and braxton to make you forget all the crappiness in life.
climbing into/out of the bumbo provides hours of entertainment
just chillin' in the bumbo...btw, it is facing the fireplace not the tv so it isn't as if it should be entertaining
reading before nap time
"look at my new favorite trick"... i'm pretty sure it is his only trick
so excited to swing!
this is actually pretty impressive...he balances on the car to reach the rings and then steps off the car and swings before jumping off and landing on his feet
working on his dunk
playing in the sand box
"daddy told me to get out all the weeds"
climbing into/out of the bumbo provides hours of entertainment
just chillin' in the bumbo...btw, it is facing the fireplace not the tv so it isn't as if it should be entertaining
reading before nap time
"look at my new favorite trick"... i'm pretty sure it is his only trick
so excited to swing!
this is actually pretty impressive...he balances on the car to reach the rings and then steps off the car and swings before jumping off and landing on his feet
working on his dunk
playing in the sand box
"daddy told me to get out all the weeds"
Friday, February 8, 2008
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