after our weekly thursday dinner at auntie monica’s and kate showing me her word press and that it is way cooler than blogspot. i have decided to switch it up, see things from a different angle.
after all, change is good. Right???
so i will now be brookeamyh.wordpress.com
come and visit.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
God was that You?
so...
my heart wrenching decision that i was supposed to make this coming friday has been made for me. Marlene and Francois (my bosses) found someone new that will commit for way longer than i could ever even think of nannying for. which makes sense, they have been going through a lot of nannies and just want someone who is more permanent... so their kids don't have to get attached to one then get a new one.
the just of all of this is that after december i am done at this job. i am fine with that like totally. when i first heard that my decision was going to be made for me i was not happy but after thinking about it. i was going to say yes. but after some thinking, maybe God was helping me with my decision making. he knew that i probably couldn't handle to take care of two kids and find things to do for them every day for the next year. but rent is cheap and i am making good money and two very energetic kids; it almost sounds like a great combination for slowly going crazy! ahaha, not actually. but i am not ready to be a mom everyday yet which is pretty much my job right now.
i am not complaining. i love my job, being active and every moment is absolutely crazy, everyday is absolutely different, and you can never expect your plans to work out...
it sounds like plan b for brooke. either just finding another job or most likely college.
thanks to God for making my decision for me.
my heart wrenching decision that i was supposed to make this coming friday has been made for me. Marlene and Francois (my bosses) found someone new that will commit for way longer than i could ever even think of nannying for. which makes sense, they have been going through a lot of nannies and just want someone who is more permanent... so their kids don't have to get attached to one then get a new one.
the just of all of this is that after december i am done at this job. i am fine with that like totally. when i first heard that my decision was going to be made for me i was not happy but after thinking about it. i was going to say yes. but after some thinking, maybe God was helping me with my decision making. he knew that i probably couldn't handle to take care of two kids and find things to do for them every day for the next year. but rent is cheap and i am making good money and two very energetic kids; it almost sounds like a great combination for slowly going crazy! ahaha, not actually. but i am not ready to be a mom everyday yet which is pretty much my job right now.
i am not complaining. i love my job, being active and every moment is absolutely crazy, everyday is absolutely different, and you can never expect your plans to work out...
it sounds like plan b for brooke. either just finding another job or most likely college.
thanks to God for making my decision for me.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
caught in the middle...
i admit... i am horrible at updating my own blog but when it comes to reading others i am all over it.
but i guess i should give you guys an update.
so i am in victoria, and everything is just going fine and dandy.
my nannying job is very unpredictable and you can never expect what little kids are gonna do, until they do it. but marcus is now in preschool, so that gives me a little break. mia is as cute as ever... and is so cute there is no getting angry with her.
i am not going to lie, having family here is so great. i enjoy my visits with the simpson family and the josoks as much as possible. they have kept me sane from going crazy in my little basement sweet. mallory got here this week and i am so excited to have someone experiencing something totally different just as i am. and the fact that manda is going to come live with me too. so i totally won't have anytime alone. seems amazing right now. i have had way too much alone time. in fact, guess what?!!? i am alone right now. i am so excited to see what will happen in the next year with all of us young ones finally growing up.
in all this i do have a prayer request. in a couple weeks, i have to tell the people that i work for and that i am staying with just how long i want to stay. i either stay until december or till next august. there are no in betweens. that is a big commitment for me and i am caught in the middle. some days i could stay and others i could throw in the towel right there. i am not one to like being tied down with something but i guess that is part of being in the real world that is harder than high school that everyone warned me about. i have so many options. i have a friend that wants me to move to new zealand with her in december... i could go to college... i could just travel... i could do some sort of missions... but i have no idea what i want to do.
enough rambling on... i think you got the point. so all i am asking is for your prayers, that would be wonderful, thank you!!!
love, hugs, misses and kisses
ps thanks for the couch kate...its perfect
but i guess i should give you guys an update.
so i am in victoria, and everything is just going fine and dandy.
my nannying job is very unpredictable and you can never expect what little kids are gonna do, until they do it. but marcus is now in preschool, so that gives me a little break. mia is as cute as ever... and is so cute there is no getting angry with her.
i am not going to lie, having family here is so great. i enjoy my visits with the simpson family and the josoks as much as possible. they have kept me sane from going crazy in my little basement sweet. mallory got here this week and i am so excited to have someone experiencing something totally different just as i am. and the fact that manda is going to come live with me too. so i totally won't have anytime alone. seems amazing right now. i have had way too much alone time. in fact, guess what?!!? i am alone right now. i am so excited to see what will happen in the next year with all of us young ones finally growing up.
in all this i do have a prayer request. in a couple weeks, i have to tell the people that i work for and that i am staying with just how long i want to stay. i either stay until december or till next august. there are no in betweens. that is a big commitment for me and i am caught in the middle. some days i could stay and others i could throw in the towel right there. i am not one to like being tied down with something but i guess that is part of being in the real world that is harder than high school that everyone warned me about. i have so many options. i have a friend that wants me to move to new zealand with her in december... i could go to college... i could just travel... i could do some sort of missions... but i have no idea what i want to do.
enough rambling on... i think you got the point. so all i am asking is for your prayers, that would be wonderful, thank you!!!
love, hugs, misses and kisses
ps thanks for the couch kate...its perfect
Monday, July 28, 2008
one day at a time...
so i am in victoria... and oh is it ever beautiful here...
i won't get too deep because that apparently confuses my uncle richard...
i met complete strangers yesterday and now i happen to be living with them and working for them...
it seems kind of weird being here... this was my plan but i never thought i would make it here...
you know when your little and you look at all the big kids in high school and think...
wow they are so big i am never going to get there... but i took one day at a time...
there are stages in life... have you ever noticed... a baby's first step to first word... then first day of school... then graduating from school... then college... marriage... then comes those kids...
the stages that i am talking about are the ones that stand out so much in life... that may be turning points in our lives as a whole...
i am in between stages... school and college... i can't myself getting married... i feel once again that i will never get there... and this whole nannying thing has made me second guess having children of my own... i am totally just kidding... i have only been here two days... and i am enjoying it very much... but still taking one day at a time...
well i graduated... now its time to grow up... ahah grow up... i am a live in nanny i don't have to grow up... do people actually grow up... so many questions with no answers... still taking one day at a time
this is the course of my life... i am enjoying every minute and every day...
i guess this is a way of looking at my life from the outside looking in... so we must take it one day at a time...
repetitive much ??
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
so sick of these questions, i am forced to answer.
after thirteen years of school, why am i suddenly being forced to choose what i want to do with the rest of my life. yeah right. what are you doing after graduation? i think that i have heard this question about twenty thousand times since september when i started grade twelve. but it seems as if my life has been set into place for me. after graduation, first thing i am going to do is cut off my hair, although nick absolutely refuses me to do it, i am a rebel. then manda and i are going to creation festival in washington at the end of july. then on our way back, we will take a trip to the island to get me settled in to my basement suite. yes, kate, i am moving to the island, no joke. i am taking over my friend shannon's job as a nanny, as she goes to work at a fishing lodge for august and september. then i am not really sure what will happen, i can either room with shannon when she comes back and nanny part time, and find another part time job. or i can come back to smithers and work here. i haven't decided yet. it all depends if my parents can handle life without me for that long. then next september, like thinking 2009. i would like to go to college and get my bachelor of business. i am not sure where yet, maybe i will go join marli in nanimo or maybe i will hit up the okanogan. but for now, we will think in the present, and enjoy every second, every breathe, because these are the moments that make memories. and i trust in God 100% to lead me where i am supposed to be.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
my grad write up...
Time is something we value in life,
For us school is where we spend the days of our childhood and our youth,
eleven years in a cold small town, and the other two spent on an island, where the ocean stretches on forever,
Although there have been times where i have thought of kicking the bucket-school wise,
There has also been times of great joy, enjoying what i love to do,
my faith has grown to new heights, and i thank God for being there when all else failed,
now its time, we are set free to choose what we want, our lives ahead of us,
i don't know what is ahead but i promise to enjoy every step of it and trust in Him the whole way,
my parents to you, i am truly grateful for teching me what was important in life,
nickolas, thanks for coming into my life, and teaching me how to love,
to Kari and Shannon, thanks for making it through and being my friends,
All this valued time and structure fallen, the final bell has rung, a bittersweet, and another page tured.
1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part,but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
For us school is where we spend the days of our childhood and our youth,
eleven years in a cold small town, and the other two spent on an island, where the ocean stretches on forever,
Although there have been times where i have thought of kicking the bucket-school wise,
There has also been times of great joy, enjoying what i love to do,
my faith has grown to new heights, and i thank God for being there when all else failed,
now its time, we are set free to choose what we want, our lives ahead of us,
i don't know what is ahead but i promise to enjoy every step of it and trust in Him the whole way,
my parents to you, i am truly grateful for teching me what was important in life,
nickolas, thanks for coming into my life, and teaching me how to love,
to Kari and Shannon, thanks for making it through and being my friends,
All this valued time and structure fallen, the final bell has rung, a bittersweet, and another page tured.
1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part,but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
the seven wonders of the world
so i found this random christmas letter the other day and it had on it. this letter that is posted on the side and it really impacted me. i don't actually know if it was true...but it was different and it was something that made me think twice. What are my seven wonders of the world??? are they just things, like beautiful building, or a really long river through south america. well i have never really travelled anywhere to see big buildings or long jungle like rivers. but i can say that i have found my seven wonders of the world right here...
this morning i woke up it was beautiful "blue-bird" day. clear blue skis a nice temperature of -10 and a little bit of frost on the windows. the sun reflected off of the hudson bay mountain like it should be every morning. after church, i decided to take amanda's dog, penelope for a run. well it was a crazy roller coaster ride. to try take in the beauty of the day when you have a puppy pulling you down a hill can get pretty ruff. but on the way back up... it took a moment, a breath, a simple small prayer to thank god for this absolutly amazing day that he had gaven me and that i had the privelge to take it all in. this ...this paridise called smithers is one of my seven wonders of the world...
then there are the wonders that we take advantage of everyday... to breath, to smell, to taste, to see, to touch, and to live!
if i had an eighth wonder of the world...it'd have to be another place!!! Vancouver Island... its like one of the most beautiful places ever. the ocean, the city (that is different from every other city), and the skies.
this right here. is me living my life. how you spend your days is how you spend your life. enjoy your seven wonders of the world.
this morning i woke up it was beautiful "blue-bird" day. clear blue skis a nice temperature of -10 and a little bit of frost on the windows. the sun reflected off of the hudson bay mountain like it should be every morning. after church, i decided to take amanda's dog, penelope for a run. well it was a crazy roller coaster ride. to try take in the beauty of the day when you have a puppy pulling you down a hill can get pretty ruff. but on the way back up... it took a moment, a breath, a simple small prayer to thank god for this absolutly amazing day that he had gaven me and that i had the privelge to take it all in. this ...this paridise called smithers is one of my seven wonders of the world...
then there are the wonders that we take advantage of everyday... to breath, to smell, to taste, to see, to touch, and to live!
if i had an eighth wonder of the world...it'd have to be another place!!! Vancouver Island... its like one of the most beautiful places ever. the ocean, the city (that is different from every other city), and the skies.
this right here. is me living my life. how you spend your days is how you spend your life. enjoy your seven wonders of the world.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
been awhile...
dear...
its been awhile. i have been so busy that i just have not even had time to even think about updating my blog. i usually just get stuck on facebook for forever. so there's been volleyball and i was just finished up our church annual christmas cantata choir. it was so much fun to be apart of. and as for volleyball, it was really good too, i am so sad that it is over though because it was my last season. but now that it is all over. i just have work. i'm a cashier at safeway for those who did not know. after having five weeks off, it was good to go back to work yesturday and with a raise made it even better!!! now it is the christmas season and i am absolutely loving it. its coming so fast and i still have some shopping to do. but i will get it done on time like always you have to make time for those kinds of things. i am very excited for Christmas break to come...a break off school is sometimes needed. although, i must say i am enjoying my last year in high school. i currently taking bible 12, english 12, yearbook, and info tech...i just finished accounting 11 by correspondence. i have no clue what i am going to do after high school. there are a lot of things that i want to do. but its not always about what i want to do. god has a plan and a purpose for me. sometimes i wish i could just go to the future and see what i'm doing and just get there. but unfortunatly, that's impossible...
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!! and i love you all so much...
(L) brooke
its been awhile. i have been so busy that i just have not even had time to even think about updating my blog. i usually just get stuck on facebook for forever. so there's been volleyball and i was just finished up our church annual christmas cantata choir. it was so much fun to be apart of. and as for volleyball, it was really good too, i am so sad that it is over though because it was my last season. but now that it is all over. i just have work. i'm a cashier at safeway for those who did not know. after having five weeks off, it was good to go back to work yesturday and with a raise made it even better!!! now it is the christmas season and i am absolutely loving it. its coming so fast and i still have some shopping to do. but i will get it done on time like always you have to make time for those kinds of things. i am very excited for Christmas break to come...a break off school is sometimes needed. although, i must say i am enjoying my last year in high school. i currently taking bible 12, english 12, yearbook, and info tech...i just finished accounting 11 by correspondence. i have no clue what i am going to do after high school. there are a lot of things that i want to do. but its not always about what i want to do. god has a plan and a purpose for me. sometimes i wish i could just go to the future and see what i'm doing and just get there. but unfortunatly, that's impossible...
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!! and i love you all so much...
(L) brooke
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