Las Cruces

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Hello everyone!!! I hope you all had a great Memorial Day! So I'm back in Las Cruces. The move went okay. I have things in a storage unit. There are times when I can't find something I need and figure out it's in my storage unit. There are still boxes everywhere. I'm currently looking for a job. I thought I would have one with my previous employer but even though I called them a week before I moved they hired a whole bunch of people as caregivers. They did say I could have a job in the kitchen as a cook. Although I love to cook and they think I'm a pretty good one, it's not something I'd like to do. I was able to be rehired by Victoria's Secret but it's only temporary. Right now it doesn't seem like anything is working out.

I've been having problems with NMSU. I've been trying to get into a summer class. One person was telling me I couldn't register without my transcripts and another person was saying I could. The problem was my previous school said they sent my transcripts on the 12th but NMSU hasn't received them yet. I was finally able to register for my summer art class. This summer I will be working on a tile Mosaic piece that is going to be on a sidewalk in the downtown area here in Las Cruces. I'll post some pictures of the project! The Mosaic is of the moon/sun and stars in a night sky and desert and water. it's a huge project.

nothing really interesting has happened. Normal life in Las Cruces! I'm church hunting currently. I've only been to a few churches so far. I've been spending a lot of time with friends and trying to get back into the groove of things again. One of my friends left for North Carolina for the summer. That was a sad moment because I had just moved back into town and he left a few days after that. I had lots of fun this last weekend! I went to a family get together Saturday, stayed over at a friends house Saturday night, went to the Wine Festival with a few friends and a micro brewery after, worked and relaxed Monday, and today I spent all day in the art studio.

Pictures of the Art Project:

This picture is of what the whole mosaic will look like when finished.


Staining the cement.


My art instructor working on the sun for the center of the mosaic


The sun finished and put into place on the cement


The walk way cleaned and ready for us to put the rest of the pieces in place.


The sun after it was grouted and cleaned


This picture is of a wave of water. I worked on this piece a few days ago. there were some new students so the instructor was using my work as an example of what to do and what not to do.


The wave again...


Starting a new wave of water. We had to tape down the wax paper and mesh sheet.


Fitting the pieces together


One of the new students helping me put the tiles together.

Well that's what I'm working on this summer. I'll post more pictures as the project progresses. If you're in Las Cruces this mosaic is going to be in the downtown mall between the Rio Grande Theater and Iguana's. come down and check it out!!

Prayer Requests:
*please pray that God would open up doors for job opportunities for me down here in Las Ctruces.I have bills I need to pay and money is scarce right now.
*Please pray for me as I search for a church
*There are a few things going on in my life right now that I need prayer for. At the moment I would rather not say what they are but if you could still pray for guidance and comfort.

That's all for this post!! For those of you in Albuquerque I wish I could be there for Wednesday night Bible Study. I will surely miss you all!

Love you all lots!
Erica Nicole :)

Two Weeks!!!!

Hello everyone!! I hope you all had a wonderful Resurrection day!! :) He has risen! He has risen indeed!

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I have a lot of decisions to make right now. I'm excited to be moving back home but I am sad to be leaving Albuquerque. it's such a bittersweet goodbye. I've meet so many different people here and I will miss them all. I plan on coming back to Albuquerque to visit everyone. While being here in Albuquerque I've gotten in touch with my country side. I've always been a country girl and I always will be. I grew up listening to George Strait, Brooks & Dunn, Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, Haggard and Jones, and many more. For me it's about fried chicken and a cold beer on Sunday. I love a good ol' Chevy Truck, the bigger the better for mud bogging! I love a rodeo and i love going out dancin'. for me it's a great pair of boots and a cowboy hat! I love horses and cows are cute! yeah I said it! I think cows are cute! the reason I'm talking about all of this is because before I moved to Albuquerque i was trying to hide the fact that I grew up country and now I'm happy to say I'm country!! :)

I gave my two weeks at work. My last day is going to be Friday the 12th. My parents are coming up on the 12th to help me pack things up and they will be leaving that same day and I will be staying for work on Friday. I plan on leaving Saturday the 14th. The whole house has decided to break the lease. One roommate is leaving for a mission trip overseas for the summer and will not be here. I'm moving back home and will not be here. leaving the last roommate here to pay for the whole house by herself. she is currently looking for an apartment or roommates who will take over part of the lease. since we are planing on breaking the lease we have to pay double the rent. which means instead of me paying $335 i will be paying double that. that's a lot of money for me. I am not even getting enough to pay for part of the rent. I still owe my roommate for utilities in March! I'm asking my parents for help and they are reluctantly helping me. I know it will al work out though!

Well for now that is all!! I'll update as soon as I can! I love you all!

Prayer Requests
*Please pray that I will have enough money to get everything paid and taken care of. I am having to not pay my credit card payment in order to pay for rent this month.
*A few things happened a couple of weeks ago and I have a meeting this week for what happened so if you could just pray that everything with that would work it's self out.
*Please pray that the move would be a smooth one!

Thanks!
Erica Nicole

Hello everyone!! Right now I'm relaxing at my parents house. I'm in Las Cruces right now. I've been here for a few days. I'm on spring break. Recently I've decided that I want to run a half marathon. 13 miles!! I started training. I'm planning on running this half marathon in maybe two years . The marathon will be in Memphis, TN for the St. Jude Children Research Hospital. So I told you all of this in order to tell you this next part. While training I sprained my ankle. I pulled some ligaments. I'm supposed to stay off my foot for about two weeks and the doctor said I can start running slowly again in four weeks.

I came to Las Cruces with a lot of important things to take care of. a few of these things are talking to my previous employer about getting my job back. They told me to let them know when I'm coming back and they would work something out for me. this is good news since I'm planning on moving back to Las Cruces. I also talked to a few people about what's going on right now in the relationship area of me life. It's getting complicated. I know that things will work themselves out in time. I'm just sitting back and enjoying the moment.

my previous employer also told me about some medical thing that was going on at the convention center and said I should check it out. so I went it was pretty fun. I got to talk to multiple health care facilities about CNA jobs

I was planning on getting a tattoo while here in Las Cruces but I chickened out for some reason and rescheduled my appointment. I'll be coming back in april to get it.

I will most likely move back in June and live with my parents until my lease in Albuquerque is up. I will be sad to leave ABQ, I really do like it there but it's just expensive. I'm getting paid half of what I was being paid here every two weeks. I have enough to get by and pay bills with a little on the side for groceries and gass but now that the gas prices are so expensive that money I had for those things is being used for gas. I would move back today but I need to finish the semester at UNM because if I drop out then I would have to pay my scholarship back and that's a lot of money!

The one thing I would miss is my church family in ABQ. the good news is that my church has a video campus here in Las Cruces so I would still be able to go the the same church. plus I know a few people who go there that I met in ABQ at Sagebrush in the summer.

I know deep down I shouldn't of moved to Albuquerque. I know it was not God's will for me to go there but I did anyway. I wanted to get away for a while. after everything that happened here I felt like I had no friends here so I decided I would move to Albuquerque where my friend Stephanie was. I've had fun in ABQ but now I know it's time to come back home. I feel like God is saying okay Erica you've had your fun it's time to go home. I have grown so much in my walk with Christ. I had pushed him away and being at Sagebrush and going to bible studies and meeting new people I feel I've grown closer to HIM. It's time to come back home.

Well everyone it's time I went to sleep! I thought I'd update you!!

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Prayer Requests:

*Please pray that things would work our with my move and that it would be a smooth transition.
*Please pray for my friend Katie she will be staying in Albuquerque for 10 months. she has been going to church with me but she doesn't really like to do things by herself. I'm afraid that if and when I leave she won't go to Sagebrush anymore because I won't be there.
*Please pray that I would continue to earn enough money to get my.
*please pray that my transfer to NMSU from UNM would be a smooth one and that I will get the classes that I want.

That's all for this time guys! I love you all!

God bless until nest time
Erica Nicole

Ahhh It's Already March!!

Hello everyone!! It's been a while since my last post! I hope everyone is doing well! I will be in Las Cruces from the 16th-the 20th. I'm hoping to get things done and get questions answered while I'm there. Everything here in Lobo Land is okay. I'm not doing so good in my Anatomy and Physiology class but other things in my life are looking up. I'm feeling great and I'm so happy. I've finally gotten enough hours at Home Instead to get my by. I feel this happened just as I was rethinking everything. I guess I could tell you now. The plans are not all figured out yet I'm still in the thinking on this thought. I'm thinking about moving back to Las Cruces. It is just too expensive here. School tuition for the nursing school has gone up $125 per credit and I"m barely making ends meet. I was getting paid more every two weeks in Las Cruces than I am here. I've put myself in debt with my credit card. I did not want that. while I was out of a job I needed money to pay for gas and rent and utilities so I used my credit card now it's full and I"m struggling to pay it off. I had it almost paid off when I was in Las Cruces. I've been thinking about moving back so I can get rid of this debt and I don't know maybe I have something in las cruces waiting for me. :) The problem is do I move back to Las Cruces in June or July when school is over or do I move back after the lease is up. If I moved back in June or July I would stay at my parents house and still pay for rent up here. I wouldn't want to leave my roommates hanging. I would find someone to take over the lease for me but one of my roommates is already doing that and hasn't had any luck finding anyone to take over the lease. I figure I could pay for rent and still have money left to pay for my other bills. The other option is to move back when the lease is over and find an apartment in Las Cruces. This would also be okay but I want to go to school in the fall. the lease is up in September and the semester starts in August. then I think maybe I could stay for the summer in Albuquerque then move back down in time for the school semester to start and pay for the few months that are left on the lease. I don't know. this is my dilemma right now. Well I still have time to figure things out! Well I hope to see some of you while I'm in Las Cruces! I will try to keep you updated!

This song has been on my mind for quite sometime!
Pieces by RED (one of my favorite bands!)




Prayer Requests!

*Please pray that God would guide me in the right direction and help me make the right decision for moving back to Las Cruces.

*Please pray for my friend katie. she is going to my church with me but I'm affraid that if I leave she will not go anymore because she will not have anyone to go with. I keep asking her to go to a bible study with me so she can me new people and make some friends up here in Albuquerque.

*Please pray that I will get through this Anatomy and Physiology class this semester. This class is killing me.

As always thanks for the prayers!

Until next time God bless,

Erica Nicole

Happy New Year!!!

Hello everyone!I I hope you had a great first few weeks of the new year!! I don't usually make resolutions but a few goals I have for this year are to get back to reading the bible and praying everyday! My friend Katie and I have decided to read from the bible everyday and to keep each other accountable. Our church has book marks for every month with readings for everyday that month. they have 12 for every month of the year. So my plan is to read through the bible in a year again! I also want to get back in a gym and back down to my running weight! I think that's about it for now!

Now I'll share a song that has been on my mind this past week. It has gotten me through my hard week.



Classes started this last week. I'm only taking 2 classes but It'll be a very busy semester! I am taking Anatomy & Physiology I the lecture class and the lab and I'm taking Spanish II online. I feel good about this semester. We'll see how it goes.

My roommate "M" said an apartment has opened up that is owned by the place she works for and is taking the apartment. which means we will be without a roommate. she said she would not leave the two of us hanging and is trying to find someone else to take her place. where she works there are a lot of college students. which would mean they would possible only be here for the semester and leave when the summer break comes. The lease isn't over until September. I trust her and I know she will make a good decision.

My other roommate "S" has been gone for the whole Christmas Break which is about a month. she is going to be home today!! I've actually missed her while she's been gone. I can't wait to catch up with her!

someone I work for has surprised me and done so many things that I could never imagine. I never asked for anything. It's so hard to work for someone and not get close to them. she is like a friend to me. I care very much about her. She obviously cares about me. one of those things that she has done for me was very recent. she had surprised me with a set of dishes that she bought me with out me knowing. I kept telling her no I couldn't take them, you shouldn't have. she is a very sweet. she told me before I left that she got them for me because she wanted to and that she wants me to have them because she's never had a daughter to buy these kind of things for. I took them but I did get her one of those edible arrangements gift baskets. I told her I owe her a life debt since she decided to get those dishes.

I no longer work a Victoria's Secret. The didn't tell me until a day before my last day. When I asked them about it they said "oh they didn't talk to you about it? We told all the seasonal hires that this was their last week at the beginning of the week.' Well I obviously didn't know. I complained that I didn't have the same amount of time as the others did to look for another job so they compromised with "we will put you on call for this week" which actually means we will say you can have an "extra" week on call but actually we will never call you. yep I was never called. I knew that it would eventually end but still I'm a little upset they didn't tell me at the same time they did everyone else. So I'm back to looking for another job.

Other than that nothing much has happened. All of this though happened in one week. Crazy!!!

Prayer Requests!!

*Well if you could please pray for my friend katie and I as we start to read from the bible everyday.

*Please pray that I would get back to reading and praying everyday.

*Please pray that I will find a new job.

*please pray that I will remember all that I need to when I'm studying for my classes.

*Please pray for the lady that I take care of that she would see Christ in me.

*Please pray our roommate will find someone to take over her part of the lease.

Thanks for all the prayers!

Until next time God bless!!
Love, Erica Nicole

A White Christmas!

Hello everyone! I'm so glad I have made it this far! I hope you are all enjoying family and the joy of Christmas! I was finally able to come down for Christmas. Although I'm not going to be here very long I have made time to see some of you...thank you for allowing to spend some time with you on Christmas Eve!



I know those of you in Las Cruces, NM have not gotten snow this december but Albuquerque has!!!!


Working two jobs is making me very tired! but I did great this semester at school! I'm still hoping I am kept on after the season is over at Victoria's Secret. I like working there and It's been working out great with the money situation. I've been able to pay all the bills I have with both paychecks that I'm getting.

Well I guess I'll make this one short...it is Christmas Day and all!! I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed christmas and a Happy New Year!!


Prayer Requests:

Prayer that I"ll get to keep my job at Victoria's Secret after the season is over.
Prayer that God would continue to provide me with everything I need to continue my education out here!
Please keep my friend Katie in your prayers. she is going to church with me!

Thanks for the prayers and until next time God bless!!!

Love,
Erica C :)

Victoria's Secret

Hello everyone!! I thought I'd share the song that I've been listening to all week...


So I have a PRAISE!! I found a job! I work at Victoria's Secret! It's a seasonal position but they told us if they feel we have done an outstanding job during the season they might keep us on. I have worked 3 days so far and I am trying my best to work hard at whatever they give me. I "pushed" products on my first day of work and They told me they were impressed because they don't usually have new hires "push" products on their first day because they don't know where everything goes. "Pushing" means taking the new shipments and putting them on the sale floor in the correct place. I got some really great positive feed back on my first day. I really like working at Victoria's Secret! Hopefully I'll get to keep the job! I'm still working at Home Instead so I"m working 2 jobs. I know I am going to be so busy.


I thought I wouldn't be able to make it back home for Thanksgiving but it turns out I have enough money now and I will be driving down to Hatch for the day and driving back home the same day since I have to work at VS for Black Friday. Other than that not too much has happened. I got a new tire for my car. I also baked cookies and took them to work (VS) and everyone loved them. My parents came and stayed for a few days at the beginning of November. That was nice! My friend Katie has been going to church with me. I keep inviting her to my bible study but she's been busy during that tame.

PRAYER REQUESTS:
* Please pray that I would be able to keep my job at Victoria's Secret.
*Please pray for safe travels on Thanksgiving.
*Pray that Katie would be able to make it to the bible study and continue to go to church with me.
*Please pray that my needs would continue to be met.

Thanks for the prayers everyone!!

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving full of food and family!! I love you all!