Trick or Treat!

I love halloween night! Watching the kids run around the neighborhood all dressed up makes me remember how much I loved trick or treat night as a kid. What fun did we have! Now just so we get rid of all of our candy so I don't "have" to eat it!

Happy Halloween!

Fall fun

Wow, what a fun fall day! I spent the day with my cousin and her 6 month old son Zaden. We went to Funks, admired all the mums and pumpkins. I got pumpkins for my front porch to greet the kiddies on Trick or Treat night.

We had a great lunch at the John Wright Restaurant. If you have never eaten there I would highly recommend it.

From there we headed to the Christmas Tree Store for lots of shopping fun. I am excited that I got some Christmas shopping done already. Zaden was such a good baby! He had fun hangin with us girls while his daddy did work on his room. Looking forward to more fun fall days like today!

I have to say that Fall is my favorite time of year. It is the time of year that I married my amazing husband and the fall just brings warm feeling to my soul. Sipping on warm cider on a cool night, sitting by the warm fire being held by the one you love, enjoying the amazing beauty as the tree's change color. This year I want to really enjoy fall and embrace winter. With each passing season comes beauty that are to embrace and enjoy for it will only be with us for a short time. Happy Fall everyone! Snuggle up with the one you love...

Actions speak louder than words

So, many people went to church today. Listened to really good lessons about what it is to be a christian. So today I did not go to church. Why? Because I got sick of going to church and seeing Christians listen to the service get in there cars and go home to spend that day and week forgetting everything they listened to that day in church. They go about there days and week only thinking of themselves, treating others badly and leaving those around them who themselves are not Christians wondering why in the heck would I want to go to church and believe in this so called God with people like them? Faith is an action. When you hear someone say actions speak louder than words what does that really mean? Do we really go as so deep as to dissect that for a moment? Today that means to me that I want to know from all of you that went to church today and listened to your pastor speak- what are you going to do today and for the rest of the week to take action on what you heard today? How are you going to take action to show those around you why it is that they should love and know God? Today is the day to show it and not speak it people. I speak for myself when I say I want to see it. Do you even know why more people are not saved? Why this world is such a crappy place to be? Why there are so many horrible things happening around us? Look in the mirror and you will see your answer. Edgy? No -its called the truth. Can you handle it?

Uncovering the truth

Thank you...

As I look back through my life I am thankful for so many people. Today one person stands out in my mind as a person who I am glad took the time to reach out to me to give me something that has helped me make some real big steps in my growth lately. This person gave me the information to learn about The Redemptive Gifts of Individuals. We all have a gift from God, one that makes us who we are and what God created us to be. Revealing this for me has really given me peace about who I am and a sense of where to start when doing my daily check up from the neck up. I encourage you to check this out and see for yourself how amazing this information will be not just for you but to learn about the other people in your lives that you love. Thank you to this person for taking the time to share this information and for seeing something in me that I did not even see. I am excited as we both grow into the true people that God really wants for us to be. Click the link below to learn more..

http://www.plumblineministries.com/inc/sdetail/1306

More than a touch

So for all of you that are married I am sure you will appreciate this story. My husband is notorious for putting my things places where I do not know where they are. In his mind that place he put it makes sense but then I am not able to find things in the place that I would call their home. So this past week I have been beside myself because I have not been able to find all my necklaces that I placed in a bag which was packed with us when we were at the beach last week. Since I have still not unpacked from this trip which I know bothers my very organized husband I thought maybe it was here or there in my other bags but as the week went on realized it in fact was not in those places. So today after a night of rethinking our departure from our hotel and trying to discover where it may have gone said something to Dustin about it. He looked at me and said that I have not been looking hard enough and because I am still not unpacked this is probably part of my problem. A lecture that I expected from him. He then proceeded to take me upstairs and open a drawer in the bottom of my dresser that I never use and said here they are! As I was trying to explain to him that this was not where they went he proceeded to remind me that then I should have put them where they did go and then also back tracked and then said he did not even put them there which makes me very confused to how in 1.2 seconds he knew where they were! I told him that he is not to put his hands on my stuff and put them places they don't belong. This though did not cause a fight since after 10 years of marriage we tend to just laugh at each other more than anything anymore in amazement that two people as different as we are can even still be married. So as I thought about this and the fact that deep down it did make me a little frustrated that over a week had gone by an I had looked and looked for those necklaces and stressed about where they could be and that it was all because he stuck them in some bottom drawer I never look in and did not even bother to tell me he put them there. Also frustrated that as I thought this through I realized that he is right and if I would be more organized I would have discovered them earlier since that bottom drawer where the necklaces were tucked away really does have a purpose which is for my hair dyer and flat iron which I decide to leave lay out each day rather than put them away where they belong. Discovering this fact made me even more mad but I guess at myself rather than him (sort of) As I thought this through I tried to get to the bottom line of it all which is that if he were not here to touch my stuff and place it in the most odd places that I would very much miss it. I would miss him and the lesson that I learned from it today although if I am being honest I would miss him more than the lesson.

So today I am embracing his kind gesture to try to help me out and place those necklaces in a drawer to where he thought was a safe place and for the lesson to myself to be more organized which I know will be a long work in progress. So touch away hubby! Your touch is very much desired in more ways than one..

Blog vision

When I first started this blog I was not really sure what I wanted it to be. I had many thoughts running through my head. I know that I wanted it to have some real estate in it since that is what I do but I also wanted it to have some of what I, being me, had to share. I feel that being a realtor I am very good at what I do because I educate myself in the current market and the tools in which I have to help my clients but I also bring me, being who I am. Someone who is always looking for a way to reach out to someone and be that very thing that day that they needed. I feel that I can bring that to what I offer in real estate. I know that when someone is selling or buying a home they are not just needing someone to help them with their sale or purchase but they are also inviting me into their lives to share in the joy of the reason for buying or selling or the sad sorrow behind why they are. I know that I can bring where I have been and what I was created for also as a tool to help my clients. I also know that what I do for someone may have nothing to do with real estate. It just might end up being someone who stumbles upon my blog and reads something that hits close to their heart. Maybe helps to give them a sense of understanding, or gives them hope or lets them know that they are not alone. So I guess this blog for me is to just let you know who I am and allow you to get to know me and where I have been and where I am now. I honestly believe that we all have a story to tell and we never know who or where it will be that our story will make a change in someone's life. So thank you for reading and bearing with me as I am learning why it is I feel so compelled to put my fingers to my keyboard and write while I discover and learn how to be content with "just being me".

Remembering 10-2-99

Today marks the day 1o years ago that I married the Man of my dreams! This is the day that my life changed forever. The day I became Mrs. Anne Schlenbaker. Thank you God for bringing this man into my life to truly love me in the good times and the bad for better or for worse. I am blessed to get to spend each day with my best friend.

So today I remember A&D- October 2, 1999.

Truth or fantacy

So tonight I finish my day and I am feeling very fired up. I ask myself why? The reason for my burning inside has nothing to do with me. So why do I allow myself to become to involved? Why do I go so deep? I am then revealed things I do not want to see ,the very things that make me so fired up not for me but for those around me. Or am I taking the focus off myself? I am sitting here tonight just unsettled. Unaware of whether I should reach out to this person that is so on my heart right now or just let them go. I feel they need someone to say some honest things and express my concern for them but fear that would be the wrong thing to do. So why does this have me so shaken? Am I just crazy or does this person really need me? God please let me know. Maybe I am not the person that I thought I was. Maybe everyone would just be better off if I just left them alone and just ignored what I see. Kick up my feet and just let them figure it out. Why do I give a damn so much about other peoples problems and fighting for them! I give people my heart and soul and for what? To be shut out and thrown to the side. I could scream until I cant scream anymore, I am coming unglued and coming out of my skin. Are they believing lies or am I? Please God help me to know the truth..