Educational Growth (& Updates)

When I graduated High School I never saw myself as the type to attend school the complete duration of my life. However, that seems to be exactly what I am doing. I have attended structured educational settings since September of 1987. I have obtained my High School Diploma and my B.A.E.. I am currently one class away from my M.A. in Education, 3 classes away from my Administrative Credential, and 2 classes away from my CTEL Certificate! Wow! A lot of school, right?! Now that these programs are coming to an end I am debating enrolling in the Doctoral program that Point Loma will be offering soon.

Although my motivations may seem clear, I feel that there are MANY reasons for my extended educational excursion. A few of these are;
1. Better myself in my career
2. Earn more money
3. Open the door for more employment opportunities
4. Get out of paying student loans
5. Gain the education and experience needed for future goals
As you can tell there are many diverse reasons for my continued efforts in education. Overall, I enjoy to process, but it can be stressful at times.

Right now I am feeling some stress from the amount of work I will need to accomplish over the next 2 months. I am preparing for a new grade level, taking online courses, taking courses once a week at Point Loma, and trying to stay positive, energetic, and happy! Now don't get me wrong, I know this is all possible with A LOT of prayer and FAITH! I just want to reach these educational goals while juggling personal, marital, relational, and social goals all at the same time!

Phew! That's exhausting just to type :) Please keep me in your prayers, and any encouragement, words, or advice are greatly appreciated.

In other news......

Ceasar and I are thinking about volunteering some of our time. We aren't sure for what organization we want to work with, but we know we both have felt the desire to get out there and serve. I will keep y'all posted on our search.

Ceasar is started school tomorrow! He has torn some ligiments in his right foot that will not allow for him to play soccer :(, so he will be attending ELAC this Fall to start his Gen. Eds. I am so excited for him. We are so blessed to have this opportunity to have close to no bills so that he can pursue the avenues God has for him. God is good!

My Mommy is going in for surgery tomorrow at 9 am. Please keep her in your prayers. I promise to update everyone on her status, but we all have faith in a fast, healthy, and uneventful recovery! We have faith!

I think that's all our news for now :) Love you all for your support! Have a great Sunday.

xox

Harmony Joy

Soul Searching

I know I have already been MIA for a while, but it was for a good cause. I promise! I have been trying to figure out a theme or a purpose for my blog. Something to motivate me to write, share, inspire, and grow through this process of blogging. The even that sparked this thought was Julie and Julia. I feel like Julie, I need something to help keep me motivated in my direction, desires, goals, and dreams. So I thought that there would be a few topics, just to start, that I would write about.

-Professional Goals: My efforts to stay positive at work, and become the BEST for my kids.
-Acting: My continuous journey in the industry
-Educational Growth: My efforts to achieve high education goals
-Family: New adventures of being a Newlywed
-Religion: My relationship with God, and his people

I figured these topics would help give me a focus of my blog. I truly look forward to experiencing and sharing my growth in all of these areas. I will title my posts according to the topics they address. I hope this will prove to be enjoyable for all!

Thanks for reading, caring, sharing, and your love!

xox

Harmony Joy

Today in a Nutshell

So my day went a little like this.........
Today was a great day! I woke up late (as usually during vacation), and I was sweetly awoken by my husband returning from doctor visits. He is trying to get his foot issues diagnosed so that he can heal ASAP! I got up to hear about the appointment only to get dressed for the next appointment. We got him X Rays, then headed to my school to set up more of my classroom, which I love. After we worked for about four hours in my classroom we headed to Andra and Armando's house for dinner, great conversation, and food art by Lottie :) A good time was had by all! Then my day got even BETTER! Andra and I (with others) headed to book club and then men stayed home to talk business and faith! PRAISE GOD! This was a blessing! Then when Andra and I returned the men treated us with Cherry on top (frozen yogurt) and even more great conversation. The night continued, finally ended, and left us wanting to spend more time with the amazing Soto family!

Today was great :) I am so thankful for the people God has put into our lives, we are truly blessed! Ceasar and I are headed for a great life together and I am so excited to see where God takes us and who we meet on our journey!

I wanted to share my dad, but I will update more about the acting stuff, work, and my hubsters tomorrow!

GN
xox

Harmony Joy

Blogs, Photos, and More....

So I went and signed off on my photo. I felt like I was second guessing it a lot, but my husband was there to reassure me ;) All fifty prints will be ready by tomorrow morning, and by tomorrow afternoon I should have atleast twenty sent out!!! I am so excited!!

I know that I have just set up and started spilling my life out on this blog, but I am seeing a move in the NEAR future. I will be posting my new site address soon. It will have a username and password due to the fact that I don't want my students to have any kind of access. I am sure you will all understand!

As my summer vacation is coming to an end I am trying to find a way to make some extra money so that I will be able to survive until I get pain in October. I am trying to sell stuff on craigslist, but I am NOT having much luck at all. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. We have some great stuff to get rid of, ha ha!

Well, I know this wasn't much of an update, but I promise to update more soon! Hopefully after Thursday things will slow down. Love you all, have a great day!!!

xox

Harmony Joy

Praise God!

I woke up this morning knowing that I would be working on getting headshots printed, resumes finalized, and searching for representation. However, I did not expect to receive an email from an agent asking to be sent my headshot and resume so that an appointment could be set up!!! The Lord is good! Since this wonderful email I have been frantically trying to pick my headshots, print them, to push towards a closer deadline. I had set a deadline to become represented by September, but if the Lord keeps his hands in my desires, it looks like I will make or beat that goal. Woo Hoo!!!! I just can't stop singing his praises :)

So, as you can imagine, I am super busy today with organizing myself! Which I love. I am going to include in this post my photo link with all 500 photos and my favorites. Please let me know your opinions as I am still not sure if I will have them touched up.

Love you all! Please continue to keep my in your prayer!

xox

Harmony Joy

HJC Photos

Hollywood Here I Come......

Most of you know I have started back into the industry. Please check out my site and give me feedback, please! I will also be posting some more headshots in order to chose the final ones to be printed! Yay! So exciting :)

HJC Acting Site

xox

Harmony Joy

We've Only Just Begun

I am so excited to be back in the blogging world! :) Hopefully it will last longer than my last spout of blogging glory, ha ha! Love you all, and update will start tomorrow!

xox
Harmony Joy