Christmas 2008

Christmas in Wellston, Oklahoma! Well, I know it has been a while since I have written! The holidays have kept me very busy and on the go! Christmas in Melder, was great as always! I had a great time with Mom and Dad. Went to Alexandria for some last minute shopping with Mom and to the Deer Camp that night to feast on Bambi Bites (don't you want to know). Jason and I left for Oklahoma from Dallas on Wed Christmas Eve. We had a great time with his family and here are a few pics below from Christmas in Wellston, Oklahoma! You will notice the pics of the pond, the water is very low and the beavers are at it with all their chopping!! Clancey had a great time jumping in the pond and retrieving anything that Jason threw into the pond, small and large (trees) sticks, even though the pond had ice on it, Clancey still fetched! You will also notice one pic where we are dressed up, that is at Jason's company Christmas party in Dallas, just thought I would put that one in the mix! Hope everyone had wonderful holiday memories and Have a Happy New Year. I will be posting more soon. Love you all!

Back to Work!

Hello! I know it has been a while, I have been really busy getting acclimated to my new world. I am back working at the Betty Leonard Phillips Deaf Action Center of Louisiana. I am the Director of Video Remote Interpreting (VRI). I interpret and the rest of day, I promote, meet, present our new service VRI. It's great working again at a job that you love, I once again wake up each morning loving and excited to go to work. I know this is just a stepping stone to many more wonderful opportunities. We are scheduling presentations at governmental estab, colleges and many other places, trying to promote our 24 hrs a day / 7 days a week - Internet interpreting service. Well, I will keep you all posted on all the details. You can visit www.deafactioncenter.org to see what VRI is all about.

I will be coming home this weekend and spending some time with my family for Christmas! Next week, Tues afternoon I will be headed to Dallas, and hopefully Wed, headed to Wellston, OK to visit the Turnbull's for Christmas! If I do not see you, I love you and wish you all a Very Merry Christmas! Lets all remember that if it wasn't for Jesus, we would not be having Christmas. Just a thought as I was putting up my Christmas Tree, I thought to myself wow the Christmas Tree leads to another Tree, the Cross. Ummmmm something to ponder on.

Love you!

Tabby

Pics and Work

Good afternoon, Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and ate lots of Turkey, at least enough until Christmas. Well, I had a great time with the family as always! Just wanted to send you all some pics of Jason (and some of his favorite things to do) and a new pic I took this past Saturday while all the beautiful leaves were falling.


Well, I'm still wanting on the Video Relay call center, hopefully will keep you all posted !!!

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4

Love you all- Tabby

Trying to take fall like pics

One of Jason's favorite things to do....

The Pilots

Our Trip Cabela's and Job Interviews

Good Sunday Night! I wanted to write you all and let you know about my week. Also, the attached photos are from our trip to Cabela's in Fort Worth and for some of you, this will not excite you at all, however most of my Family members will love it.

The week of interviews went well, the most important one, on Thursday (in Arlington, TX ) was like I said before, just an assessment. I was video taped on some mock calls in which they will evaluate my interpreting expressive/receptive skills and expressive/receptive voicing skills. I was very nervous, scared and well it has been 5 years since I have interpreted with such intensity. I feel I did okay, however still very, very rusty and I need much practice and involvement in interpreting. They will be in contact with me, hopefully soon! I may have a temp job here in Shreveport, but details will follow, later. Well, hopefully I will see some of you for Thanksgiving, I will be coming home this week, Wed. For those, I cannot see, I love you all and wish I could divide myself into small parts and send them to see all of you! Hope you have a great "Happy Thanksgiving" and will be posting soon!!!

Love you--Tabby

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2

Jason loves taking pics for Tabby in stores with stuffed animals!

The Bigggggg Buck!

Week 4 - Interviews

Jason and Tabby at Texas State Fair

(jason hates this pic, but I love it)

Good Sunday night! Hope all is well, with you and yours! Just want to keep everyone updated on my job hunting. Well, I have an interview this Wed and Thurs in Arlington, Tx. The one on Thurs, is the one I have been hoping to get a chance at for a long time. It's really just applying for acceptance for a Mentoring program at an Video Relay/Interpreting Call Center. I will be video taped for an assessment, 1 of a 2 part interview. This will be an opportunity for major growth, they will mentor and prepare me for Interpreting Certification. It will be for limited hours during the week, so I will still need a full time job, however this chance will be great! My interpreting skill level is not what it was 4 years ago, however they will get a baseline and hopefully go from there. At least, after this, I will hopefully know which direction to go in.... I may or may not be accepted, but excited that God has opened this door. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."Romans 8:28 I will keep you all posted on the events of this week!

I will leave you with this verse:

"My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my Rock and my Salvation; he is myFortress, I will Never be shaken." Psalm 62:1-2

Trouble in Goma!!

Well, that would be Goma, Africa, the Congo. If you all will notice on the right side of my blog, below the archives and above my playlist is a section labeled "Favorite Links", If you click on "David and Amy's Adventure" that will led you to one of Jason's best friend, Amy's Blog. Now, Amy and her husband are both pilots working in Africa. They work for Air Serve, flying for humanitarian missions and relief, I not sure about all the details, but there is war going on and they are in the middle of it all. Check out their adventures and pics, and keep them in your prayers. Amy is the manager over their crew and her husband flys a lot. Amy and Jason went to school together in Oklahoma, college and both live in Dallas. Check out their Adventures!!!

Love you all,

Tabby

Interviews

Just wanted to keep everyone posted. I am still jobless, however hopefully I will have a interview this week in Shreveport and I will have a interview in Arlington, TX next week. So, we will see what happens. God knows what will happen and that's all that I know!!

Jason is in San Antonio,TX in flight school. He has already been there a week and is going on his second week. The first week was a lot of gruelling lectures all day long, and started in the simulator last week. This week is classroom and simulator. Jason and Brent are both tired and their brains are mush. I know they both will be glad when it's over. They are training for the Citation III (I believe that's the right one).

I will keep you all posted. Love you!!

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze." Isaiah 43:2

Change

Hello Everyone, I know it has been a while. Well most of you know, I no longer work at Horseshoe, me and about 15 others. So, this past week I have just been sending out resumes and emails and just kind of soaking it all in. I have been praying for an opportunity come a long for a new job or open door. Well, here we go, I wanted to have a job first, before moving on, however, God didn't want it to go down like that. So, now I have been living everyday one step at a time, trusting that he is in control and that "God is always on time"! I will be sending you all my new cell number. The old number that most of you have, 318.218.8850, no longer works. Well it works, but I'm not the one answering it!!!!! So, I will be writing you guys back soon! Love you all! I will keep you all posted!!!

Love,

Tabby

Posting something different today! Below, you will see the lyrics of one of my favorite songs, "My Jesus".. It's actually the second song on my "play list", song list that you hear when you access my page. FYI- by the way, you will see a list of songs, that you can choose to play, (just click on the name of the song on the list) they are just a few of many favorites. Of course, the first one is "My Redeemer" which starts each time you first access my page. I just thought I would post the words to this song, so that you all can read it. A lot of times, we get all caught up in the words of a song, and if we would just read it, word for word, sometimes, I know I do, understand it better and it really sinks in.

My Jesus -Todd Agnew

Which Jesus do you follow?Which Jesus do you serve?
If Ephesians says to imitate Christ
Then why do you look so much like the world?
Cause my Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and liars
He loved the poor and accosted the arrogant
So which one do you want to be?

Blessed are the poor in spirit
Or do we pray to be blessed with the wealth of this land
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness
Or do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sand
Cause my Jesus bled and died for my sins
He spent His time with thieves and sluts and liars
He loved the poor and accosted the rich
So which one do you want to be?
Who is this that you follow
This picture of the American dream
If Jesus was here would you walk right by on the other side or fall down and worship at His holy feet

Pretty blue eyes and curly brown hair and a clear complexion
Is how you see Him as He dies for Your sins
But the Word says He was battered and scarred
Or did you miss that part
Sometimes I doubt we'd recognize Him
Cause my Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and the least of these
He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable
So which one do you want to be?

Cause my Jesus would never be accepted in my church
The blood and dirt on His feet might stain the carpet
But He reaches for the hurting and despises the proudI think
He'd prefer Beale St. to the stained glass crowd
And I know that He can hear me if I cry out loud

I want to be like my Jesus!
I want to be like my Jesus!
I want to be like my Jesus!
I want to be like my Jesus!

Not a posterchild for American prosperity, but like my Jesus
You see I'm tired of living for success and popularity
I want to be like my Jesus but I'm not sure what that means to be like You
JesusCause You said to live like You, love like You but then You died for me
Can I be like You Jesus?I want to be like you Jesus!I want to be like my Jesus!

I love this pic and this was accidentally deleted from the previous blog. Love ya, Jason!

Parent Weekend and Texas State Fair

Well, I have not written in a while and thhough I would post some pics for you all! You will notice the first few are of Jason, Mr. & Mrs. John and Jean Turnbull. Then you will notice the Glass crew! Jason's parents came down from Wellston, Oklahoma, near Shawnee, Oklahoma to go to the Gaither Homecoming Concert and to meet my parents. We all ready had a great time and I enjoyed everyone's company. Please come back to visit, I love company!!!!!

The other pictures that I have posted is our trip to the Texas State Fair, this was Jason and my second year to go to the State Fair. We arrived about noon and left around 7:30p, we walked ALOT, more than we did last year. We did not ride anything, I cannot take all those spinning, round and round, rides. Last year, we rode the huge Farris Wheel, but this year we went to all the exhibits, Markets, Dog Show, Bird Show, Auto Show, Museum's, Science and Nature Exhibit, and walked by the Butterfly Garden. Did I mention, we ate and ate, lots of Fair food: Pizza, Corny dogs, nachos, pizza and yes, the famous Fried Cookie Dough (picture below). The weather was nice and we really enjoyed ourselves, well, Jason looks like we this might be a yearly event! :) Well, I will go for now, until next time love you all!!

"Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge."

Psalm 62:8

Butterfly Garden

The Famous Farris Wheel

My two favorite animals!

Fried Cookie Dough,ummmmm!!!

Blaire's Wedding -Oct 4th

Well, I have not sent a blog in a while, so I thought you might all would like to see some pics from Blaire's wedding. I cannot believe that my little cousin is married, wow, how time flies. I remember when she use to come out "to the country" and stay with us. When she was little, she use to sleep all over the bed, with her knees tucked up under her, now she is all grown up and married. Best wishes and lots of love.



This coming weekend, Jason and his parents will be visiting from Oklahoma. This will be the first time that our parents meet, I'm excited! Friday night, we will be going to the "Gaither Homecoming Tour" in Bossier, yeaaaa! Cannot wait, I'm sure I may have some pics to share later. Until then, Love you all! I will leave everyone with a verse to ponder on:



"Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires , which war against your soul." 1 Peter 2:11





The Bridges!

For Jason, Here are my Curls!!

Curls!

All the girls!

La La and Tabby

Mom and I

Cutting the Cake

Well, I thought that I would post a few new pictures that I have taken. You will notice the first few are of Macy with her tiny little treat that Jason bought her, the bone is bigger than she is and pls don't try to take it away. You will notice I have also posted a few pics of Blaire's Bridal Shower and some pics of the family! Hope all is well! Love everyone!

Aunt Betty and Tabby at the Shower!

Aunt Martha and Tabby at Blaire's Bridal Shower.

Here is the Bridal Party for Blaire's Wedding!

Sorry! About all the emails.

I just realized, every time I post something, then go back a "edit" the post, you guys that I have on my list to email, gets the email. So, pls disregard all the crazy redundant emails and go to my blog for the final edit! Oooops, still learning about all this stuff. Below you will see my recent post of the the Texas Rangers game and the Canoe trip.

Texas Rangers

The rain has stopped and now the ball game begins!

Mr. Handsome forced to pose in front of the Texas Statium. We also had to wait over an hour because of a down pour of rain and lighting storm!