Excited

For starters, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! This year I have so much to be thankful for. We all know the shape of the economy and the thousands of people who've lost their jobs. I am just thankful that I have a roof over my head, clothes, a running car and money for groceries. We may not have much but we are still very blessed!

Well today was pretty eventful and I can definitely say that I am stuffed! We went to my aunts first thing today and her lovely dog (Cocker Spaniel) won me over. He actually won me over the first time I seen him but I realized today how much I really love this breed of dog.

We were going to be getting a Chiweenie from my dad's cousin the middle of December but some unfortunate circumstances came up and my husband and I decided not to take the dog. I was going on about how much I loved my aunts dog and she told me where she got him.

She bought him from a Mennonite and no it's not some money making puppy farm. Maybe this was perfect timing or something but the puppies will be ready to go this Saturday! They are up to date on all their shots. This litter had 1 male and 6 females. The male won me over so after a few moments of consideration, I knew I had to have him! The owner took my name down and gave me his number and I told him I wanted to pick up our puppy on Tuesday because I will have a few days off.

I am beyond excited. The dog is actually cocker/cavalier mix. From what I have read a Cavalier is a spaniel breed (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel). I am so happy to be getting a puppy and I realize the responsibility that will be coming with him. My aunt told me "They are just like a baby, you need A LOT of patience!". I am ready for this new puppy to be apart of our family!

Now I get to do the fun name game! He is a golden color with a white stripe on his forehead. Kevin came up with a few good names and I had a few I liked but we still have a few days to decide!

Can you tell I am excited?? :)

Recovering

I got hit with the flu bug. I was at work yesterday and started feeling funny but kept telling myself that it was from eating late the night before. But while checking on one of the residents, I felt so nauseas.

I was supposed to go to break but decided I better just go home and I told them to find a replacement for me today because I knew something bad was coming on and the flu had been going around work so I was sure that was what I was getting.

Sure enough I was right. I hadn't even got 10 minutes away from work and I stopped at a green light at an intersection, opened the door and lost my breakfast. lol I was on the phone the whole time with my husband and I couldn't stop crying because I was so sick and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to make it home without stopping 100 times.

I finally did make it home and just laid in bed until today. I was miserable. My legs ached, I was running to the bathroom constantly. Thankfully my wonderful husband had the night off and was taking care of me. He went to the store for so drowsy NyQuil (sp?) and bought me some 7-UP. I lived off saltines and 7-UP for over a day.

My stomach muscles ache but I am slowly starting to feel better. I am glad I have tomorrow off because I would have to call off again because I am not 100% better. I feel like I have been hit by a truck.

Thanks for all your prayers and I hope none of you get this! Believe me, it was horrible.

Lord, I thank you

I think it's time for an update! I really have good intentions of updating my blog but seem to never get around to it so while I have the extra time today I better get it done!

I love my new job! I was so scared when I first started and even thought that maybe I had made a mistake by getting this job. The fear of being new, learning a new field and working with peoples actual lives became somewhat stressful. I have soaked up all the advise that my co-workers (and hubby!) has given me and have used it to try and better myself. I really want to do a good job but I have to keep reminding myself that it takes time to have this job come so natural to me.

Kevin is back in school. Tuesday night was his first class for Fall quarter. He is still in his prerequisites but should be going to his Nursing clinicals next fall. The sacrificing he has to make right now will be worth it after college is finished. He will be doing the job he has wanted to do for the past few years and we can finally start the life that we pray God wants for us!

Less than 2 weeks until our 3 year anniversary. I am so thrilled! Every year keeps on getting better and better. I am so thankful to have a husband that is so in love with God and reflects that in our relationship! I am truly blessed!

Just awesome

The count down is on at work and as of Thursday at 11:30 I will be a free woman! It seems as if God has been bringing me into situations this week to where I realize how awesome and mighty he is.

A friend yesterday confided in me with a lot of issues in her families lives right now. She said something that just lifted me up so much. "They are not my God" She was talking about a situation involving a few people. Just hearing her say those words sent a chill through my body. She ended up saying "Talking about this just gives me a chill" and points to her arms with bumps all over them. I had to laugh cause I was the same way!

Then today I was at my desk working away and silently singing a song to myself (and God of course) when I came across the chorus:

When I’m sad and discouraged from failure,
It seems the whole worlds against me, and everythings wrong.
All I need, for courage is to whisper,
Thank God, for my Christian Home.

As soon as I said those last two lines I could just feel God so strongly that once again I just had those "goose bumps". How awesome it is to feel the living God deep down inside of our souls!

Change

My life at this point is heading in many directions it seems. The place I have worked for the past 3 years and 7 months is about to become a thing of the past. My deepest and most desired prayers have been finally answered!

I put my 2 week notice in this past Friday and had a positive response from HR. My last day is August 14th and my start date as an STNA will be August 18th. I am so thrilled and extremely thankful that I got the job and excited yet scared because this is entirely a new field for me.

I know next Thursday will be bittersweet for me. The coworkers that I have called friends for the past few years will now be people I seldom see. I will no longer see them for 40+ hours a week. Thankfully though we all have texting so the 5 of us will become official texting nerds!

God has definitely tested my patience in all of this. I never thought I would be able to leave my job until after Kevin finish college. I never thought that FTMC would hire me. How wrong was I! Once again God has shown me his glory and all I can do is praise him for his marvelous works in my life!

What's Going On

I sadly neglect my blog but I have a feeling I will be updating a lot more. My home (Bloop) is unstable and you never know one day to the next if it's going to be up or not. There is supposed to be another diary site coming up soon and I do plan to join it but not sure if I will write in it as much as I did at Bloop. So for my readers (few I have), this may be my new home.

To give a little background on my husband and I. We have been married since October 8 2005. We were both 19, young and in love! That day we both made the best decision and have not looked back!

Marriage has been such a blessing and growing process. Being 19 and getting married has shown us a lot. Not only that but we both come from diverse backgrounds so coming to a middle ground sometimes was a struggle but well worth it. God has definitely been good to us in more ways than one. He has been there in our times of need and has been the dearest friend we have ever had!

So the daily struggles with typical life things. Jobs. Money. Bills. College. My husband is attending North Central State College. He is going for his Associates in Registered Nursing. We both are certified nurse aids but I have yet to use my verification. My husband on the other hand loves what he does. He enjoys working with the elderly, taking care of them and being a friend to them. He recently applied for a full time position on 3rd and it was offered to him so now things seem to be looking up. Now it's my turn to find a job in the health field!

We plan (after he graduates which could be Spring 2011) to start a family. While it seems far away, I am sure it will come fast. Right now his work pays for his tuition so that has been a blessing. But while I work full time and he works and goes to school, it is hard to try and start a family. But whatever the Lord wants, I am ready!

So here is the start of many more to come (let's hope). Maybe I will stop neglecting this blog!

BTW... I have plans to spiffy it up some but seem to be HTML ignorant. A dear friend of mine can hopefully help me out.. right Amy?

Randomness

As if anyone actually reads this! I don't have much to say. I do want my buddy Amy to work on my blog for me. Kind of needs an update on things that I cannot figure out how to do.

Life is good of course. We love our new home. Have small repairs here and there to make. Had to get our heating system fixed last week which came to $180. *eek* But we survived and God is good.

Big Move

My husband and I bought a mobile home. We moved in last Saturday. We had a lot of cleaning to do and putting away which the putting away part is still being worked on. We're almost finished but have those last few "junk" boxes to go through. I've tossed most of it... maybe that is why it's called the junk box. Hmm. :)

We painted our living room but have the entire rest of the home to do. I'm sorta dreading it but can't wait for the finished results.

Today has been pretty normal. We did go visit my husbands aunt. It was the first time I ever went to her house. Her husband passed away the same day we moved so it's been a crazy time for a lot of us.

We got home about an hour ago and I started in on the kitchen. Dishes are almost finished but we stopped for supper. Cheesy Tuna Helper...yum. Not very heart friendly but it's good.

Well I'm going to try to get a quick nap in before church.

*Vanessa

Tagged

Hubby and Me(me)

PraiseFiddler tagged to tell you eight fabulous things about my Hubby and me.

1. We were both 19 when we got married.
2. We started school together and graduated together.
3. We absolutely couldn't stand each other in high school! Weird!
4. My first "hit" on him was when whistling at him while raking leaves for FCCLA. I yelled "nice butt!" :)
5. I always told myself I would never date a red head, now I'm married to one.
6. We love to sit around and talk.
7. He's of course my best friend and I'm his.
8. I think God has big plans for our future, I'm excited!

I would tag somebody but I don't know of anyone that reads my blog...so I guess it stops here! lol