A porthole into my soul..: December 2008

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Happy New Year!

May our Lord and Savior fill all of your days of 2009 with joy and peace and love. May you have a healthy and prosperous year. Let this be the year that you realize just how much Jesus loves you. Let your hearts be filled with His love and I pray that you pass that love on to others. Love makes the world go round, ya know? : )
Thank you for being a part of my life. Thank you for coming along in this journey of mine. I love you all. Susan L. Hougelman

Monday, December 29, 2008

I've missed you!

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hello my friends and family!
I'm back : ) Did you miss me? I sure missed blogging! I have so much to tell you about this past month! I will begin by saying, Joe and I have been working 16-18 hour days at our new Restaurant, scrubbing and cleaning and washing and painting! We've been working very vigorously trying to get it ready for it's January opening! We took Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off to celebrate Christ's Birth with our family and right after that it was back to work!
I wake up each morning exhausted..my body aching, my hands rough and chapped, my back hurting..but with a huge smile on my face and incredible joy in my heart!
I am falling so deeply in love with this beautiful old building that my heart races to get downstairs and work inside of it. We are making it clean and beautiful for people! Oh friends..I can't wait for you to see it! The Tavern on the Square..there is no doubt in my mind that God has prepared me for this adventure. The road I've been on has led me here and this is just the beginning of this leg of the race!
It is early morning now and I must get up and prepare for the day. Today is a day filled with errands and mental work. My body will appreciate the rest and I will enjoy talking on the phone and running errands.
Do you know what I've missed most this month? SOCIALIZING! I have been a shut in. I haven't been able to communicate with my friends and family and bloggers! I haven't been outside enough. I MISS PEOPLE!!!!
It will all come soon enough though.. I realize that! Please know, if you are reading this that I love you dearly and I miss you. Please don't feel shut out of my world if you haven't heard from me..we truly have had to work this much in order to open. We have not had an income for the past month, and we have to open as soon as possible or we will run out of money!
See you soon! With Christ's amazing and neverending love,
Susan

My personality DNA

This is my personality DNA I am an encouraging visionary! Do you want to see what your personality DNA is? Take this test! It's very revealing. click here to take the personality test You are a Visionary Your imagination, self-assuredness, and knowledge of the world combine to make you a VISIONARY. You have clear notions of how things could be, and the confidence to try to make them that way. You enjoy having a routine, and prefer comfort and familiarity to risk and adventure. Not needing others' approval to forge ahead, you are confident in your designs for the future. Your imagination allows you to envision the world as a better place. You're better at thinking of the big picture than you are with details, and you can see wonder in abstract things. Style and appearances are important to you, and you have a good eye for beauty. You are somewhat rigid in your beliefs, which comes from both confidence and an aversion to change. You are good at creating works of art in forms with which you're familiar. You're not afraid to let your emotions guide you, and you're generally considerate of others' feelings as well. Generally, you believe that you control your life, and that external forces only play a limited role in determining what happens to you. how you relate to others You are Encouraging Your outgoing nature, understanding of others, and directness make you ENCOURAGING. You want others to do well for themselves, and you generally believe in their abilities. You often know what's good for people because of your caring nature and your worldview. When you care about someone, you don't keep it to yourself: you are good at letting people know that you're thinking of them. Because you trust people, you take violations of that trust very seriously. You thrive in social situations, and even though you know who you like and who you don't like, you can interact well with many different types of people. You have a healthy respect for people who have earned what they have, and you strive to be similar to successful others. You are a loyal friend and a good listener