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I bet you didn't expect to hear from me:) Long time no see! Oh! I almost forgot, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know that in just a few short hours it will no longer be Halloween and we will have entered into the month of November but I thought I'd throw it in there anyway.

Any-who, how are you? How have you been since the last time I posted? How about your day today? How did today go, hmm? Were you prepared for trick-or-treaters, or were you one of the many last minute candy shoppers? Don't worry, I went to Walmart at around 6PM and I can personally guarantee you that you were most certainly NOT the only last minute candy shopper.

Tonight was our first Halloween together as Mr. and Mrs. and it was quite boring in a since of we didn't have any little trick-or-treaters. We watched a "scary" movie, ate some snacks and enjoyed the evening together.

Now, let me talk to you just a second about my very hypocritical pet peev. Today I was informed by a friend that the city we live in had put up the snowflakes on the light poles around the city. I just could not believe that they did such an insane thing on the DAY OF Halloween!!! Isn't that just one of the most absurd things you've ever heard? Christmas lights up on the day of Halloween. So I reasoned... Maybe they were just putting them up in preparation for the upcoming months.... no big... calm down... However, as mentioned earlier, Charles and I made a trip to Walmart and I couldn't believe it..... ALL of the snowflakes.... WERE LIT!!!!! =O I know you're probably just as baffled as I am.... it's okay... I'll give you a minute....

Okay, now that we've calmed down.... do you remember me calling this a very hypocritical pet peev (rant)? Well you see, maybe it's the snowflakes.... I really don't know.... I am sitting here, listening to Christmas music as I type!!!!!

EVERYONE JUST CALM DOWN!!!! THERE IS NO NEED TO PANIC!!!! WE ALL KNOW THAT I HAVE A SERIOUS CHRISTMAS PROBLEM!!!!! JUST CHILL!!!! <---- hehe, see what I did there.... chill.... I know, I know.... it wasn't that funny....

So anyway.... at the risk of being hunted down by a mob of people that know and understand we should only have one holiday at a time, the same people of which who really don't like people that are as overly obsessed with Christmas as I am..... (I should seriously get a break this year since it is my first year as a wife.... just saying...)..... Who is looking forward to the Thanksgiving/Christmas festivities? 

Umm... yeah, that would be me right here. You can betcha I'm ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I finally have my own place to decorate, a husband to spend the holidays with and a whole new way to enjoy this season. It will definitely be different, but I know it will be a good different. 

So are there any of you out there reading this, that are celebrating your Thanksgiving/Christmas in a new way? How about a story about your first Thanksgiving/Christmas out own your own in the world? Did you carry on traditions, start new ones, or a little bit of both? I would absolutely love to hear from you all! Shoot me an email or comment below this post:) Looking forward to the stories flooding in =D 

-Kelcy J.

A New Season of Life

Well, it's time for new a season to begin. Not like Spring though I'm sure some of you are ready for that. No, the season I'm talking about is a life season. Somewhere around the end of this month and the first of next month I will be dropping down to a substitute position at my job (by choice). Between school, ministry, and church I really don't have time for my job. I am going into ministry so I feel that this is really the best decision. Oh, don't worry, there will be no lazing around I still have plenty to do. Between my quite time with the Lord and my required readings for school there will be plenty of studying going on, on top of continuing whats left of the bible study with my co-workers, fundraising for Ecuador (click on that button by the way), Great News (which I hope to start back with soon), class assignments (which includes a 15-slide power point on Genesis 1-2 this week), church, and SUB25 (which is our 25 and under ministry at church).

Don't get me wrong I love my job, however the daycare is a "for now" job, not a "forever" career. Before anyone starts calling me crazy, and telling me I should think this through, I have. A lot of prayer and thought has went into this decision and it comes down to the fact that if I don't drop down to a sub, my grades will start to suffer and my health will start to suffer. I am getting worn down and something had to go and after a lot of prayer the only reasonable thing to let go of was my position at the daycare. I will admit to having worries about this decision, but because I know that this is where the Lord is leading me right now I trust that He will provide for all of my needs.

Quite honestly, I am looking forward to the time that I will have to be able to do all of my readings for school (which is a total of 16 reads this week), read more of my bible, and spend more time doing ministry focused things such as starting Great News back up with devotionals. I look forward to what the Lord is about to do in my life. With that being said, there are things that I will miss about not being in a consistent position at the daycare, like for example being able to regularly go to the sanctuary and just sit alone in the quite with God. Another thing I will miss will be seeing the amazing kids that are in my class and on my hallway. While I don't always get along with each of the kids (face it, they are 2's to 3's) I still love each and every one of them. Finally, I will miss my co-workers. In at least the last six months I have had the blessing of getting to have some awesome God conversations with some of these girls and even just getting to see God do different things in some of their lives. And while it hasn't always worked out, I've even been able to  do a bible study with them.. Each place that the Lord has put me since I have been at the daycare has had some purpose or another. From buggy rides to water days (which, just saying, I really dislike water days), and everything in between God has had a purpose.

So now I would like to ask that you would all pray. Pray for God to guide and direct my every step. Pray for Him to open new doors during this season of my life and maybe even for Him to reveal Himself to me in a new (to me) way. I can't wait to share this journey with you as the Lord allows, and I pray that He will bless each and every person reading this with an awesome day in Him. I'm done rambling now:)

-Kelcy