Just wanted to drop a quick note....
This weekend we are moving, so things have been more than a little crazy. I can't wait to be living quietly in the country.
I will be thinking of you all....
Hugs and all the good stuff....
Be back as soon as possible
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
A Quick Update.....
Here we go.....
Last weekend was my hubby's 30th birthday.We had my folks out for a visit and his parents in for a visit. We laughed, we ate, we joked, we traveled, we visited, and then we shopped (ahem, which, by the way, I am terrible at, since I despise shopping!). We sang happy birthday and visited some more until everyone headed their respective directions on Monday night.
Once the final family member left, I scrambled to get ready to head out at 3am. My hubby, Molly, and I were driving to Texas for a job interview for him. It went beautifully, and while we don't have final confirmation, we got a positive response. And so, it looks as though, this week I will be packing, and packing, and packing some more, since we might be leaving in about seven days!!! Yikes!!
Wowsers!!!!!
We are living by faith on this one. God has a plan for us, and we are waiting patiently (sometimes) to see this unfold before us. I never would have thought after moving to Colorado 4 months ago, that I would be packing up to move again, and this time to a town with a small Wal-Mart and a grocery store. Oh and a Tractor Supply Store.....
Who would have guessed.....
I hope everyone is ready to read stories of life on the farm, Molly's adventures in chicken wrangling, canning alongside my mother in law, and the journey of living a simple life alongside the greatest man who stole this girl's heart years ago, and she has followed him ever since.....
Time to pay the bills, transfer addresses for insurance companies (learn my new address!), set up a final walk through, pack, laundry, and manage to do some work....regardless of how crazy life gets, it is a blessing and quite the ride!
Last weekend was my hubby's 30th birthday.We had my folks out for a visit and his parents in for a visit. We laughed, we ate, we joked, we traveled, we visited, and then we shopped (ahem, which, by the way, I am terrible at, since I despise shopping!). We sang happy birthday and visited some more until everyone headed their respective directions on Monday night.
Once the final family member left, I scrambled to get ready to head out at 3am. My hubby, Molly, and I were driving to Texas for a job interview for him. It went beautifully, and while we don't have final confirmation, we got a positive response. And so, it looks as though, this week I will be packing, and packing, and packing some more, since we might be leaving in about seven days!!! Yikes!!
Wowsers!!!!!
We are living by faith on this one. God has a plan for us, and we are waiting patiently (sometimes) to see this unfold before us. I never would have thought after moving to Colorado 4 months ago, that I would be packing up to move again, and this time to a town with a small Wal-Mart and a grocery store. Oh and a Tractor Supply Store.....
Who would have guessed.....
I hope everyone is ready to read stories of life on the farm, Molly's adventures in chicken wrangling, canning alongside my mother in law, and the journey of living a simple life alongside the greatest man who stole this girl's heart years ago, and she has followed him ever since.....
Time to pay the bills, transfer addresses for insurance companies (learn my new address!), set up a final walk through, pack, laundry, and manage to do some work....regardless of how crazy life gets, it is a blessing and quite the ride!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Hi-ho, hi-ho, Off to the Country We Go!!!
That's right, we are moving!!!!
I know, I know, it seems like just yesterday, my husband, Molly, and I moved to Colorado. And to some, we did. After spending five months here, we have come to the conclusion that this place isn't for us. When my husband is working, I am completely alone and have no family around for company. While I have gotten used to this set up, it seems to greatly bother my husband.
So we began to pray. And we prayed, and we waited, and we prayed.....Then one morning I was watching "Hope Floats" (swoon....love that movie) and I told my husband how much I would love to live in Texas, in a town that is teeny-tiny, and on a farm where we would grow crops, sit on the front porch together, and I could work on my make-everything-from-scratch techniques. He answered that this sounded perfect to him too, and all he has ever wanted was to rope-and-ride, work on a farm, and be able to spend more time at home.....He has grown tired of working so much to just barely make it.....I can't blame him.
Well, back to that Saturday morning.....just as we were getting to the end of the movie, the phone rang. It was my mother-in-law (who also just happens to live in a teeny-tiny town in Texas, with my father in law) and she called to say that a house one street over was available and that the monthly payments were half of our current one!!!!
With a few more phone calls and some strategic planning, it looks like we will be hitting the road at the end of March.....some call us crazy, some just shake their heads, and some just don't understand. But my husband and I know that this is God's plan, and we know that he will find a job, in due time.
And without further ado....
There she is....our new 'home'....I can't wait to start a garden, to have Molly run free in the backyard (up until now we have lived in apartments), and to share a Sunday dinner with my in-laws.....
Oh, and there are horses right across the street. The woman who owns them is older and needs help tending to them, so it looks like Molly and I will have more than enough to keep us busy!
I know, I know, it seems like just yesterday, my husband, Molly, and I moved to Colorado. And to some, we did. After spending five months here, we have come to the conclusion that this place isn't for us. When my husband is working, I am completely alone and have no family around for company. While I have gotten used to this set up, it seems to greatly bother my husband.
So we began to pray. And we prayed, and we waited, and we prayed.....Then one morning I was watching "Hope Floats" (swoon....love that movie) and I told my husband how much I would love to live in Texas, in a town that is teeny-tiny, and on a farm where we would grow crops, sit on the front porch together, and I could work on my make-everything-from-scratch techniques. He answered that this sounded perfect to him too, and all he has ever wanted was to rope-and-ride, work on a farm, and be able to spend more time at home.....He has grown tired of working so much to just barely make it.....I can't blame him.
Well, back to that Saturday morning.....just as we were getting to the end of the movie, the phone rang. It was my mother-in-law (who also just happens to live in a teeny-tiny town in Texas, with my father in law) and she called to say that a house one street over was available and that the monthly payments were half of our current one!!!!
With a few more phone calls and some strategic planning, it looks like we will be hitting the road at the end of March.....some call us crazy, some just shake their heads, and some just don't understand. But my husband and I know that this is God's plan, and we know that he will find a job, in due time.
And without further ado....
There she is....our new 'home'....I can't wait to start a garden, to have Molly run free in the backyard (up until now we have lived in apartments), and to share a Sunday dinner with my in-laws.....
Oh, and there are horses right across the street. The woman who owns them is older and needs help tending to them, so it looks like Molly and I will have more than enough to keep us busy!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
It Should Have Been
It should have been today.....
This should have been the greatest day of my life. This should have been the day I became a Mom, and my husband a Dad. But instead, there were no hospital gowns, no nursery runs, no horrible hospital food, just another normal day.
This was just a normal day of work, laundry, cleaning, bills, exercise, and walking Molly. Any other day, this 'normal' day would have been a breeze, a welcome sense of normalcy. I wish it was.
Instead, I spent the day fumbling around keeping my mind busy, trying to find some sort of an appetite, and generally feeling bogged down. My mind remembered what had happened, while my body felt like an empty vessel, tipped over, poured out, and left bone dry.
But, tomorrow will come, the sun will rise (hopefully we get some sun!) and life will continue to resume its normal rhythm.
So for now, I will snuggle up next to my hubby and watch some silly syndicated reruns on the tv, and tell myself over and over, that I was a Mama once, and will be again some day, whether the kiddos are born here or born elsewhere.....
For now at least I am blessed enough to have my hubby and Molly.
This should have been the greatest day of my life. This should have been the day I became a Mom, and my husband a Dad. But instead, there were no hospital gowns, no nursery runs, no horrible hospital food, just another normal day.
This was just a normal day of work, laundry, cleaning, bills, exercise, and walking Molly. Any other day, this 'normal' day would have been a breeze, a welcome sense of normalcy. I wish it was.
Instead, I spent the day fumbling around keeping my mind busy, trying to find some sort of an appetite, and generally feeling bogged down. My mind remembered what had happened, while my body felt like an empty vessel, tipped over, poured out, and left bone dry.
But, tomorrow will come, the sun will rise (hopefully we get some sun!) and life will continue to resume its normal rhythm.
So for now, I will snuggle up next to my hubby and watch some silly syndicated reruns on the tv, and tell myself over and over, that I was a Mama once, and will be again some day, whether the kiddos are born here or born elsewhere.....
For now at least I am blessed enough to have my hubby and Molly.
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