A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.

About 6 months ago, a little girl lost her life to what Doctors say was the swine flu. The CDC has yet to report to her family whether or not it was actually the swine flu. I was fortunate enough to meet the mother of this little girl. Around 4:45 a woman came in (we close at 5), I was far past ready to go home so I was dreading helping her when I saw this woman bring in a bedroom accent pillow. Little did I know, just what this woman was going through, she was not shy to tell us either. She had only married her current husband a few months before her daughter died. They had been living separately, her in her house with her kids, her husband in his house with his kids. After her daughter died they continued living separately, her in her house with her now kid, and him in his house with his kids. Until one day her 16 year old daughter came to her and told her that she did not want to be the only child anymore. So they are now moving everyone into one house and have come to me to help her create an oasis, a get away, a private place for her daughter to call her own. She had a certain bedspread in her house with her sister, and she wanted to take that with her into the new house, however she has a bigger bed at the new house, so her mother went to target and bought the SAME bedspread only a size bigger. I did a quick 15 minute color consultation with her and she left promising to bring her daughter back to finalize the colors when they were ready to paint. I can not begin to tell you how honored I feel that God has allowed me to help this woman create a space of her own for her mourning daughter. Once again, God has shown me just how blessed I truly am.

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

Hello all,

Lately, I have been feeling as though there is not enough time in the day to get everything I need to get done...done. I only have 2 more weeks until I start my ONLY summer class!! I am thoroughly excited about the class, we are learning a 3D program called REVIT that is replacing 3D AutoCAD. Half of our "senior" class has already taken it and I did not hear any negative feedback about the program. They all said that it was a lot of fun and that they never want to even use AutoCAD again! So I am sure that I will enjoy learning the program as well. However, the class starts July 12th and ends August 13th, it is Monday through Thursday 8:30 AM until 12:30 PM, I will then be going to work from 1 PM until 5 PM and then doing any homework I need to after work. Since I signed a lease at another apartment complex and it doesn't start until August, I will have to move out of my current apartment August 12 and will be unable to move into my new apartment until August 21st or 22nd (I don't have an exact date yet). The fall semester begins August 28th so I should move in just before that. I am moving in with one of my IDES friends, and unfortunately there is a girl living in my room right now so they can not allow me to move in early. So I have to move my stuff home between now and then, and then move all my necessities back to the new apartment, when the allow me to move in. Luckily, my friend that I am moving in with is allowing me to stay in her room for the week and a half or so that I will be "apartment-less" so I won't have to drive every day to Murfreesboro to work from my mom's house. I may or may not take her up on that. We shall see! Well now that I am done rambling, I would like to thank you for reading my complaint. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Until next time.