Glamorous Life: My week in pictures.

Thanx Lotz: Tttttuesday.

1. I heard from 5 of my best friends yesterday. They like me, they really like me! Best message? "Watch the mail, I'm cooking up a wee plan." Hahahaha! I've been running that sentence through my head for hours!

2. I never take good, restorative sleep for granted - and last night I got some! This is why I'm a morning person!

3. I have a job. Working for nice people.

4. My husband lets me wake him up a million times a morning without complaining...no matter how late he went to bed.

5. He will also put up with my shenanigans and hair brained ideas time and time again.

6. My family is generous - and though we all bring a little something different to the table...and may not agree on everything - I know they're looking out for me.

The Word: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Today's sunrise.

It's pretty beautiful, isn't it? Something about Fall makes my heart quiet.

It's finally fall!

I gladly layered up this morning before heading downtown - I love sunshine and crisp air, scarves and pumpkin spice lattes. Kayla met me at the Nordstrom Cafe and we caught up over toasted sandwiches, soup and cupcakes. After lunch we went to Anthropologie to drool over the beautiful things, and then to The Salvation Army to look for beautiful things we can afford :) I didn't come home with anything, but Kayla found a sunflower yellow pyrex bowl and a vintage green hobnail flower vase, and wouldn't you know it was 50% off everything day! I made sure she got to the ferry on time, yes there was some jogging involved, and then headed home to reboot. For me that means, my Bible, Pandora and a cup of tea.

After a little down time I started searching for an old map to get crafty with. I found one in a junk drawer and didn't waste any time cutting it up for bunting. I love sewing paper together for simple, inexpensive garland.

I think it turned out alright, what do you think?

Glamorous Life: Rough morning.

So, my office has a team headed abroad for two weeks for a job. We've been frantically trying to get everything in order before they leave. On Tuesday we shipped lots of gear to the locations in China knowing that it would barely get there in time for the shoot, if at all. It was a calculated risk and on top of that I'm learning a lot, every day I'm learning something, and admittedly this was my first try at overseas shipping. This morning one of my bosses called for me "Oh, Valarie. Can I see you for a minute?" Crap. There's been a hold up and after a few minutes of troubleshooting we came up with a plan b. And then plan b failed. The point of this story? I can't help but feel like I failed miserably --- that this was directly my fault  and I'm being judged for it.

In God's providence I was just discussing this with my friend, Kim. Tuesday night I went to her house and she told me about how God's teaching her not to walk in defeat when she makes a mistake. This is a trap Satan lays to keep us from walking in freedom. So, what is the truth? 

and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 

1 Timothy 1:14

His grace is big enough to cover any of my mistakes. It was never my job to be perfect.

The Word: Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.