Moving Whirlwinds


Let’s take a deep breath; all together now.

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind and the next 2-3 weeks will most likely be the same. I’ve moved into an apartment, traveled to see my family, wrote massive amounts of papers, had a few job interviews, and the best news of all… I got a new job! I’m wrapping up the school semester a little early in order to start my new job on the 23rd. I’ll be working at a federal credit union here in North Carolina.

So, the lack of posts was not intentional, blogging has simply gone down on the list of priorities, but don’t you worry. I’m excited about having a job that has normal hours verses the crazy unsteady hours that J. Crew has been giving me. This means more routine posts! Yay! I love it when everybody wins!

So, yes, it’s a short update post, but it’s a post! Be sure to check my website www.jwrights.com for more posts (and hopefully more regular posts) and the Trailhead connect page for teaching posts that I’ve written.

In more recent news, three people gave me house warming plants.  One was cilantro and it already died.  One is in a jar full of water, so it’s nearly fool proof.  The other is in a lovely green pot that my friend, JaLane gave me.  My cat has decided to eat a few leaves off that particular plant.  When I say a few leaves, what I really mean is a third of the plant.  Sorry, JaLane.

I’m Moving!


I’m a dot com!  Hurray!

Over the next month or so my blog will be moving to JWrights.com!

Not everything will be moving. This WordPress blog will remain for more personal posts and life updates so that my family, friends and whoever else wants to keep up with my personal life. However, the encouraging, creative, closely edited, and/or/sometimes/hopefully humorous posts will be posted on the dot com blog. The “Before 30 List” will be moving to the new site as well.

The reason I’ve moving my content is to utilize the new blog as a writing portfolio that displays more finely edited content. I really love writing and by no means am going to quit (or stop looking for) my day job, but it would be nice to send a prospective employer to a site that demonstrates my writing style and capabilities.

The new site is: jwrights.com. If you go and visit my new nifty site, you may notice the pages, “Giveaways” and “forum.” I’m not sure what I’m going to do with those as of now… you’re guess is as good as mine ;-) Not all of the content is posted quite yet, but in the mean time, click the “subscribe” button and keep your eyes peeled!

 

Sweet New Pages


So, I’ve been updating my blog pages the past couple of days. I’ve added two new pages and pictures to the others… so go check them out already!!!

The first is theBefore 30 List” page. This page is a list of things I want to do before I turn 30. I’m going to be 26 next month and I’ve decided that I want to take advantage of the fact that I’m young and single. I in a position where I can accomplish these things a bit easier rather than if I were 50, married, have a bunch of kids and a mortgage. I’m not saying it can’t be accomplished when I’m 50… but I think it’ll be easier right now ;-)

The second page is my “Crochet Patterns” page. This page will be constantly growing as I find patterns that I like and that are easy to follow. I’ve also provided a link to a crochet abbreviation cheat sheet that some of you might find helpful in following different patterns.

So, there, two new pages for all of you peoples who’ve somehow stumbled across my corner of internet.

Enjoy!

Weekend Tunes #16 – Jon Thurlow


Jon Thurlow is one of my favorite worship artists. He’s a worship leader at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, MO.  He has a couple of solo albums and he is featured on several IHOP-KC collaboration and Limited Edition albums.

Thurlow is a pianist who has a jazzier style, at times uses his piano to drive the rhythm more than the melody line, and uses series of lyrical rounds in his music. Most of his lyrics speak of how much God loves us as well as the beauty of Jesus. I personally like his style over the other IHOP worship leaders… who are all amazing and really love Jesus.

You can listen to Jon Thurlow’s music on Spotify HERE.

Or you can check him out on iTunes

Here’s a YouTube video featuring Strong Love.