I decided to put myself out there to try and meet someone. You see i have people all around me getting engaged plus – I am a wedding photographer….I’M SURROUNDED BY LOVE!!!!! – and i give up :) My desire to get married is intensified by all these influences. So, this year – “2010″ – i thought i would do more to increase my chances of meeting a guy that would might just curl my toes and make me swoon :) I wanna SWOON!!!!

So- here is the plan for now. I am getting on eharmony. I thought you all might be able to help me through this process. I mean – i tend to rule guys out too soon sometimes – plus sometimes this process is long and hard.. you know, finding a guy, developing a relationship. I tend to get discouraged sometimes in this area of my life. So, i am inviting you all along for the ride.

I put a few pics up on my profile- I thought these were good starters. What do you think?

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I am allowed to add about 10 more. If you have any suggestions – please let me know. You can check my facebook pics or anything on my website and just leave me message on the pic and say “this one :)” and i will know what you mean. ha!!

After erasing about 25 matches so far…. only two looked promising. Both love the Lord.. but one is huge fan of Joyce Meyers which is fine as long as he doesn’t continually quote her or have posters of her. haha. There is always a risk with online dating. i almost put their pics on here … but i chickened out :)

So… now i am a robot!! You would think with all of our cutting edge technology that we could make something a little cuter and a whole lot less cumbersome!! Luckily – i became a robot right before Halloween so it could blend in as a costume. See how i blended in :) yeah, ok… i am fooling myself!!!

Anyways… so now i just needed to heal for the next 6weeks as a “robot” I had to cut up some shirts, in fact the one i have on.. one of the sleeves were cut out so that it could fit over the obnoxious metal atrocity on my left arm!! It’s hard to have one sleeve during the winter!! During the last two weeks of being in the brace, i was permitted to carefully take it off to take showers more easily and to put on some long sleeve shirts.

During these last weeks… i also needed to find a car. i really wanted a Rav4 with a sunroof and roof rack.. you know, the important things :) So i set out to find one… one problem, i only like a few models – the 2001,02 and 2005. Yeah.. ha. After searching the internet .. i found one at a dealer. It was cute!! Just what i wanted except for no sunroof/ roof rack. I took it for a test drive and planned on coming back the next day to make an offer. As i was leaving, this guy texted me to see what i was doing. I had just met him the week before and he was a mechanic and told me if i needed any help with the car search to let him know. (But since i just met him.. i wasn’t going to ask him – i mean that seemed awkward) But once he found out where i was.. he offered to check out the car. I, of course, accepted.

my little white Rav passed the first inspection, but my friend was a little skeptical about the dealer and said that the transmission fluid was black… He decided to talk to the dealer and see if he could get the price down low. I don’t know why.. but that dealer and him did not like each other. The dealer refused to come down on price. I was very disappointed :( I kinda thought in my head .. i will come back in a few days and talk to him myself.. since this was most likely just egos at work. But before i could go back, my friend found at more information and we both realized that the transmission was bad. WOW. Tell me that God isn’t looking out for me… this was unreal. I was ready to buy that car.

The good news is that a few days later, i found one with everything i wanted and it cost $2,000 cheaper!! Here it is with a little snow on it

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I definitely seen God’s presence and care for me during this whole season. I have learned lots about limitations, God’s providence and sovereignty over my life, how much i am loved and cared for, learned to ask for help more (that’s one that is still hard), and I learned to slow down and to value and spend time with ppl. I did a lot of coffee and lunch dates that i normally don’t have time to do. I also learned that i love to cook and cook for people. It’s been a sweet time tho so difficult. It the midst of this, God saw it fit to test some relationships, reveal some sin and to allow me to set some boundaries that were absolutely necessary. I have learned to love people and die to self for the sake of someone else. I have learned to let go and just release -entrusting relationships to the Lord. So, yes a painful season but necessary one. I’m thankful for it.

I still have a more recovery. I am currently working on range of motion for my arm. The doctor told me that if i only had this much range that would be excellent results.

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but i had this much range

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My doctor was so excited he took pictures and had other doctors come in to witness. Im sure lots of people would give all credit to my doctor.. i mean, he is an excellent doctor. I am so glad he took the risk to put every piece back together rather than just putting in a prostetic bone.

But if you consider… that i wasn’t with that Doctor!! i had another doctor but it just so happened that there was a dispute between the insurance and those associated with Norton Healthcare. And why this doctor, i mean there are lots of doctors in this office. But, i got him because he could see me soonest.

I am sure, you could find lots of reasons to explain away many of the things that had to fall in line for things to work the way they did. I’m sure you could. or … You could fall on your knees and give thanks for a God that just blew me away with how all worked together for good. I chose the latter. Amen and Amen