SHELLROCK!

I bet you are wondering what in the world has Michelle been up to... LOTS! Life has been crazy busy for me. Work is getting busy now, totally starting to pick up, not too sure yet if thats a good thing or not especially since my boss is going away next week for a week to sask. for holidays and is leaving me in charge while she is away... SO I have been learning a lot over these past few weeks, doing more around the store more then I usually already do, heading in the store at 8am on Monday (my day off) and on Thursday to learn how to recieve the food shipment... learning how to manage the whole store on my own. So you can imagine how stressful this has been for me, considering my boss has never left the province before since I have started working at monsters pizza over a year ago. She has gone to Kamloops and Vancouver - but never that far away, so she is a bit stressed about leaving, and I'm heaps stressed that she is going to be so far away considering when she was closer it was...

So I went to the movies with some fellow co-workers today, we went to see the movie "perfect stranger" it wasn't too bad, but really not what i had expected either, i think i was expecting it to be a lot better then what it was... but I am going to the show wednesday night after work with my best friend tanya, we're going to see the reaping, which i hear is amazing! anyways back to today - i was out for my walk/jog this afternoon, and as I was jogging past the local fire department these old woman stops me, i have my headphones in my ears, my ipod a blasting, she is talking but I can't hear her cause my music is too loud, so i say just a second... I take my ear buds out... then she starts talking to me. She shares with me that she is Jewish, and she then showed me this peice of paper and it says "Yeshua Invites You" in bold on it. She had asked me if i knew who Yeshua was, of course I know - its Jesus. I think sometimes I'm brilliant... but anyways -...

I know - I know... I haven't blogged since March! Craziness, Life has been so busy - and tonight I'm finally able to find some time to blog and do some catching up on some other stuff around the house. Work is going great - I am still at Monsters Pizza, day shift manager there - overseeing things when my boss isn't around... or even when she is. :) Church - attended the Easter Sunday service. I was so happy that I was able to attend, worship God - and just have that time of refreshment that I really needed in my life. So theres a quick update. I'm getting sleepy. I will blog tomorrow when I get home from work... By the way - how do you like the new layout of the blog? Peter Lublink did it - thanks again, its fabulous! :) Bless You Michelle

There is this very special woman that I know and her birthday is today... and I had the privledge to spend a few moments at her bday party (via - the phone since she lives all the way in Manitoba and me here in BC.) This Godly woman has always had a huge impact on my life and will always hold a special place in my heart, so... on this day I would like to say... "HAPPY BIRTHDAY D!!!" D. I hope that you had the most fantastic birthday and really enjoyed the fellowship with family and friends! Blessings, Michelle :)

Happy Birthday To MEEEEE... Yes that is right, today is my birthday, I turned 27years old... HOLY SMOKES am I ever getting old!!! I praise God though for my life, for giving me life, and for having such a special plan for my life too... Thank You Jesus... And hey, for all of you who forgot to call me... you are in BIG trouble!!! :) But I do hope to hear from you all soon... give me a call anyways, cause I'm sure - its either been a while since we've chatted, or it could have just been yesterday, who knows... But I do love hearing from people and talking on the phone... (so I guess thats an invite!) :) Well I must be off to bed now. I will blog more tomorrow of how my bday went and all that kinda stuff... okee dokee! I even got some pictures too that I have to load up on here (once I get them from my moms digital camera) Blessings, Michelle

GALIANO ISLAND... SO I must say, I am VERY excited about going on my vacation to Galiano Island... Here are pictures that my sister took when she went last summer (above) I am totally looking forward to this trip, I'm going with my sister Joanne for a week, just her and I and we are going to have a time to reconnect get to know one another and just hang out, go sea kyaking, fishing, hiking, swimming, and whatever other fun stuff we can do around there. Also we are going to do a lot of hiking, esp. to go to the top of the bluffs and see around the island etc. This will be my offical FIRST vacation away thats actually not to kamloops, or vancouver, and a vacation that is actually going to be RELAXING! I'm soooooooooooooooooooo stoked! So I booked a week off of work already in July to go.... I can't wait! We are already booking the trip, getting the ferry ride all planned, the camp site everything... I just wish July was next month!!! hahahaaa... But when I go in the summer ...

I went for coffee with one of my best friends yesterday - she got me this really cool cup from her trip to vegas - and inside the cup was an envelope with my name on it - she told me to read the letter later on - like after we finished hanging out. She wrote it for me on March 5th... (so early yesterday morning when she couldn't sleep) I must say, it was the most beautiful letter that I have recieved from someone in a really long time... I want to share a part of it with you - its not personal, but rather its a song that she picked out for me and wanted me to find and download and listen to. So I did, its a beautiful song by Avril. I love it, and its sooo encouraging. So my friend told me that whenever I feel down or at my end to read the lyrics (which she modified a bit) or to listen to the song... here it is... (the modified version of it) "Keep Holding On..." Your not alone, together we stand. I'll be by your side your my best friend. I'll take your hand when i...

Thats right... I am still alive and kickin'! hahahhaaa... You want to know the most CRAZY thought that I had go through my mind while I was at work today... I'm getting old! My bday is in less then 18 days... I can't believe that on the 20th I will be 27yrs old... YIKES! I still have so much that I want to do and accomplish before I turn 30... So I guess I better fly at it and try my very best to accomplish alllllllllllll the things that I would love to do... or have... or be... or whatnot... Lord willing, I will be able to do this, but honestly - only with Gods help I can accomplish all these things. Work is going good... been a bit busy - which is really good for us, it was a slow couple of months, so now we are starting to finally pick up again, which i must admit, I really love it when its busy at work because then the time just fly's soooo much faster rather then just dragging on like it has been. So I'm looking forward to the more fast pace of things... can...

So for all of you who are curious about how my blind date went... What can I say - except that I really embarrassed myself the WHOLE time that we were out... I was super-duper nervous, and wasn't sure how to act... it was funny though. It was a good night out. Went to Tim Hortons for coffee (there were 4 of us who went, me & gavin (my date) and my friend samantha and her boyfriend) We sat around laughing, drinking coffee, and just being really silly. We really got to know eachother. No... I'm not dating him! We are just friends, and thats all it will ever be. But the cool thing is, I made a new super cool friend. I'm happy about that... OH and my hair... I STILL LOVE IT!!! When I went and got it cut yesterday they took 4 inches off... and the coolest thing is, they have this stuff you can put in to your hair to make it straight - so you don't have to go out and buy a super expensive hair straightner... which I'm very excited about. I love it soooo much! (my mom ...

Spent the day with my best friend... got my hair done - cut and straightend... its soooooo soft! I absolutely LOVE it! :) plus the woman who cut my hair is amazing! and at this spa place they like spend a good 15min on washing your hair and just giving you a massage. it was FANTASTIC! something that I really needed... enjoy the pictures!

so since daryl and i broke up at the end of may my mom has been trying to hook me up with this guy... he's 29 and I have been told - from a friend of mine who is also working with my mom to try and get us together, that he is super nice, funny, and really super shy. So, my friend and her boyfriend, this guy that I am meeting and I are going on a double date tonight. I'm kinda really nervous and yet super excited to meet him and see what he is like, see what sort of stuff he is interested in and most of all to see where he stand with spiritual stuff. I'm not sure if he is a Christian or not, but tonight will be a night of exploring and talking and getting to know one another. Wish me luck. I haven't dated, or even really hung out with a guy since daryl and I broke up. So this is a step for me... a stretching experience. Anyways he is going to be here to pick me up at 8:15pm tonight to go for coffee. So I guess I better be off and get a few things done around the house be...

its been a while since I have gone out on a saturday night! never did anything spetacular, just went over to my friends new place that her and her boyfriend moved in to - its great! watched a bit of tv, joked around and just hung out and chatted, which we haven't done in a long time. I've sort of cut myself off from the world in a sense, sort of spending time with just "me" to grasp a hold of whats going on in my life... taking a deep breath and living my life from moment to moment, rather then living day by day, week by week, or month by month. Its a moment by moment thing right now... I was continually reminded today of how much people love me... It was said to me all through out the day. My best friend kept telling me it today all at work, how she appreciates me and loves me and how she just wouldn't know what to do if i wasn't working there for her, and with her... it made me feel so appreciated and wanted. Not that i am thinking of doing anything dumb, or...

currently listening to: Justin Timberlake - Losing My Way. Well I'm really ready to go to bed. But I wanted to quickly write before I head off for the night. Today was an alright day for me... worked from 11-7pm then went to band practice, which we didn't actually have. We all just sat there and prayed for one another and talked about worship and how worship comes from our heart and we are to worship in spirit and truth. And when our hearts aren't right before God then how are we to stand (sing, play piano, guitar) or sit (drum) when our hearts aren't right before our loving savior. This spoke to me a bit. I mean, sometimes there are days where i feel as if I am just so disconnected. But honestly, I don't know if its because of the Meds I am on, or if its because I have allowed myself get so wrapped up in this world and have lost my focus on my relationship with God. The thing for me is this... I love God with my heart. I see Him through this time in my life looking...

I have honestly been wanting to write something on here for a while now. Something would happen during the day, either really good - or bad, and i'd want to share it, but when I got home - the last thing that I've been wanting to do is blog about it all, because often these days my thoughts have been going a thousand miles a minute... and i have just been feeling so overwhelmed too. So overall, its just so hard to blog about everything all at once. Maybe in time I will... but for now, I'll keep everyone posted on how life goes, what i'm up to, and all that kinda stuff. but for now - this is it for tonight. blog soon, Michelle

Well I just thought I would quickly post an update tonight... So work has been going amazingly well. I am really enjoying my new position and I really see that God is really building up my leadership skills. Its great! Of course there are some tough days at work - but like any other job, there always is, but still - work is amazingly great. I love it, and I really honestly couldn't ask for a better job then I have right now at this present time in my life. I have surely been blessed! And I really honestly give God all the honor, praise and glory for it. Thank You Jesus! I am also continually learning a lot about myself... and as I do the more I just want to grow! The more I want to learn more not just about me, but more that I want to learn about our loving Father Jesus! What else can I say except that God is good! No, He is more than good... He is great... Nope, thats not it either... He is just sooooo amazing! Well I just finished watching the American Idol auditions... and now I...

I have some great news to share... And now its totally official, I have been working really hard at work and have been told by my boss and owner of Monsters Pizza that I was going to become the day shift manager, I stepped up and was doing all the responsibilites that the day time manager was doing, the thing was - it wasn't offical until today. Yahoo... so this is what happend. So I went in to work for 10am this morning to do help my boss out with things that needed to get done around the store before her and her husband headed off to vancouver to pick up the stores new pizza ovens. And as I was doing the dough count, my boss came up to me and told me to close my eyes cause she had something for me. I wasn't sure what it was, so I stood there really nervous with my hands streched out - and wondering to myself what it was and then she placed something in them. And it was my black shirt, so this now means that I am now officially the day shift manager! I was so excitied about ...

hey! so... I had this really crazy dream last night. I don't know if any of you who read this dream. but I do, sometimes I don't remember them. But this one woke me up, hence the reason why I am blogging this early... I woke up this morning, with my eyes filled with tears because I had this dream where I lost my bestest friend. Not that she got hurt, died and then that was it. But lost her as in her and I were no longer friends. And the reason why we were no longer friends all came down to the trust that her and I have for one another. I awoke from this dream feeling so hurt - lost - and very angry at the same time. I hope I don't get to a point in my friendship (any friendships that I have infact) that the trust gets broken and then friendships get ruined because of that trust. This reminds me of my relationship with God... I love God, but how much do I trust Him? How much do I step out in faith and trust Him with my life? Gods word says that we are to trust Him with every...

Have you ever heard of the saying "Zoot-Zoot?" Well my best friend and I have this implemented between the both of us, if we see that either one of us is feeling down, is having a bad day - in passing we will say the word "zoot-zoot" to each other. There is a meaning behind this, and I want to try and explain it to you. Ok, so there is this really amazingly awesome motivational speaker named Amanda Gore, she is just brilliant! And there was this point in her life where her step-dad had passed away and her step brother had everything left to him in the will. So one day he said to his step mother - Amanda Gores mom, "so when are you moving out?" they moved out - and found a place of their own, her mom lost everything that she had, house, cats, etc... and then one day several months and years later Amanda said to her mother "Mom, you just have to send love" and her moms like "what do you mean?" and she said - send love somehow from your he...

Just a quick post to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hoping that this year will be better then the last... Will try and blog soon. Michelle