The Bubbly blogger

Time has finally come to say goodbye to living at Mallard. Its amazing how fast 12 months has gone by. Kassandra, Alexi and I moved into this apartment May 2016 and now our 12 month lease is up. Alexi and i will be moving to another apartment 2 bedroom and 2 bath :) on june 15th. This apartment is being so generous about renovating our unit and giving us new flooring and stainless steel appliances. In the meantime, I moved all my boxes of stuff back home today. You realize how much stuff you own when it comes time to move out. I am just trying to make the best of living out of boxes for 18 days. As you recall my sister took my room when I moved out last year so she could have her own room. I am crashing on an air mattress. Least I have to wear a uniform at my job so as long as I have those clothes out I think I will survive ;) I think reflecting is a good strategy to use when processing life events and so I thought I would list some memories I made at Mallard. The first weeken...

With tomorrow being Mother's day I wanted to do a post that was dedicated to my Mom and Grandma. I am so thankful that God has placed them in my life.   Dear Mom, thanks for always being there for me, praying for me, standing up for me, encouraging me, texting me have a good days. I love that we can go walking together, shopping together and I can look to you and dad to steer in the right direction back to God.   To my Grandma- thank you for raising my mom and her sisters by yourself. You show me what a strong, faithful, dependent woman in God looks like. I love that you bake sweet treats, knit me a blanket, go to breakfast with me, always have a Cadbury egg or apple cider at your house for me when i come over. You never complain about the hard things life throws at you,  and continue to show me through your love that God will always be my Great Provider and Sustainer.

YAY!!!So my MN friends are probably as happy as I am about this weather. Its been in the 70 the past 2 days and is supposed to stay that way!! I am very happy about this since I start my job as a pre-k teacher next week.  The kids will love being outside. The title of this post came from my morning devo Everyday in His Presence  by Charles Stanley. I high recommend it .  Earlier this week I was praying that God would reveal to me qualities of His character. Then my devotional was about obeying God and leaving the consequences to Him. Then it went on to talk about how to handle different issues that may arise, such as anxiety, conflict, hurting, forgiveness toward other and vindication and sin in others. Then each issue had a Bible verse to go with it. Then after this I was reading Psalm 33, my Psalm for the month and my eyes were open to all these qualities that God has such as his power, his ability to save, his sovereignty, his eternity and his faithfulness. God...

Ugg, its the end of April and its barley 40 degrees. I had to wear my winter jacket this morning. That's crazy. To be honest I just want to stew in my crabbiness. How can one day be so exciting and good, but the next day I feel frustrated and down. Then I started listening to Pastor Brent's  sermon from Edinbrook Church. He talks about grace, Grace means undeserved favor, and because Jesus came for me and because he is meeting me where I am right now I can give him my sad feelings.  I can give him my crabby thoughts and know that tomorrow will come because of His grace. So when I feel like I am carrying everyone else's burden, when i want answers regarding a relationship, when I find out my job doesn't start until middle of May, when I feel left out of a friendship and don't measure up to the world's standards I know my hope is found in Jesus. Jesus sees me, knows me and adores me, And he feels the same way about you. Isaiah 43: 4 Others were given in...

This weekend I am down in Iowa visiting my cousins with my parents and Haylee. We are having beautiful weather. My parents got to take a nap. Haylee and I bought lularoe leggings at the mall. Overall I am thankful for this vacation that God has provided. As much as I say I don't like to have time to myself, I realize God knows when I need it and will place it in my day before I even realize it. This afternoon I got to go on a walk around the neighborhood by myself and just process all the things God is doing in my life. In the past week, I quit my job, accepted a new job and a side job, and got to try new things. Last year I was so set on the fact that God was calling me to give up my teaching dream since every door seem to be closing. I took a job working for a health insurance company but kept wondering why God would call me to major in education but not to get s job into it. I felt like my dream was dying with every passing day. Last summer my cousin April told me that I ...

So I am back from trip to Tokyo and it was one of the best trips I had been on in a while . God really exceeded my expectations. My friend Lauren did a great job planning activities for us to do everyday.  riding the train to Lauren's town  Lauren's church on Sunday  Lauren's classroom  My yummy rice bread with garlic sauce Our parfaits  we enjoyed at Jonathan's  Monday we went to the mall since it was raining outside  Afternoon- Sun came out we went to her favorite coffee shop  our walking path  My coffee= super good Trying Udon noodles and melon soda at the Onsen This was only from Sunday and Monday, more pictures of the following days to come

I love going to Corner coffee on Saturdays with my roommate. Just sitting and talking and being in atmosphere and with live music made it a great start to a morning. I love when my best friend texts me that we should meet up because she is coming to the cities for 24 hours so we do and get fro yo which besides coffee is my favorite thing in the world. I love the invention of Skype and being able to chat with my friend about my trip to Japan. I love packing for vacations. Sunday was just as great as Saturday minus the fact its the last day before returning to work :( I love seeing the genuine emption my pastor has when he preaches especially when its about choosing to walk through the wilderness, fasting on something so I can feast on something else. He challenged us with the question of how is my soul? Then he offered us space to sit and reflect on it. I love that God connected it to my discover group that meets on Monday night and the book we are studying is about our sou...