Almost time to celebrate...

...I found out Friday that I passed another section of the exam. I'm waiting for the results for one more section, and if I passed that section, it will be time to celebrate! Once I get through my "busy" season at work, which will end October 15...and start again in January...I'm planning to take some time off work to travel.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers and encouragement during the last few months!

So where do I start

...it's been awhile since I posted anything. And I have so much to say that I don't know where to start.

First, I have found out that I've passed at least two of the four sections of the CPA exam!!! I expect to have the other results within a few weeks. Praise God! He gets ALL of the glory. There is no way that I passed those on my own ability!

I'm quickly adapting to life without studying. Although work is keeping me busy, I feel as if I have some "free" time now.

Still here

I know I haven't posted for a while. I'm am insanely busy right now. Hopefully, in a week or so, I'll be able to write again.

For those of you who know me, my email address has changed. If you need to reach me, call me.

Beautiful Quilts

Since my grandmother is an expert with needle and thread and a genius at putting scrap pieces of fabric together to create artful masterpieces, I've almost always had a handmade quilt on my bed; however, last summer, I replaced my queen-size mattress with a full-size. The quilts that I had been using now piled up on the floor instead of draping nicely over the sides of the bed. Grandmother quickly came to the rescue again, finding in her cedar chest a full-size comforter top that my late great-grandmother had pieced. She found batting and fabric in her collection for the back and put it together, placing beautiful decorative hand-stitching between each of the blocks. Throughout the winter, it provided warmth, but as summer approached, I needed something a little lighter to snuggle under at night.

My mother offered a beautiful quilt that she made when she was 18, a lovely hand-embroidered piece of art. For once in my life, I'm glad I'm the only daughter so that there wasn't a fight over who got to sleep under the beauty of this fabric and thread. Now when I make my bed in the morning and when I retire for the night, I treasure this delicate quilt which involved so many hours of precise work. THANKS, Mom!

even though...

...I'm overwhelmed and don't know what the future holds:

"yet I will rejoice in the LORD;
I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
GOD, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet like the deer's;
he makes me tread on my high places."
Habakkuk 3:18-19

And this is the verse I think of every day, over and over again:

"I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted."
Job 42:2

Significant Dates

Here's my schedule for the next few months:

Monday, July 2: Start my job
Monday - Wednesday, July 2-4: Move
Friday, July 13: CPA Exam - Auditing and Attestation (4.5 hours)
Monday, July 23: CPA Exam - Business Environment Concepts (2.5 hours)
Monday, July 30: CPA Exam - Regulation (3 hours)
Monday, August 13: CPA Exam - Financial Accounting and Reporting (4 hours)

I ask for your prayers during this hectic time. Specific requests include that I will have energy throughout moving, working, studying and testing and the ability to focus and think clearly. Also, pray that it will be an easy transition...sometimes little details can be the most frustrating; for example, my current phone/DSL provider doesn't provide service at my new address, which means that I'll have to find a new provider which will mean interrupted service and new email address, etc. Not really that bad, but just one more thing to add to my "to do" list. And sometimes that process can take hours!

Thanks in advance for your prayers.

Moving

Well, the lease has been signed and mailed...it's off to a new city and a new job in a little over a week. I still can't believe how quickly everything fell into place. God has a hand in even the smallest details of life.