Winter brings a change from the oppressing heat of summer. We also get most of our water during this season as well. (I live in a desert.) But Sometime this season gets so depressing! We get very little sunlight and it's too cold to spend much time outdoors, unless you ski or snowboard, but I don't have the knees for that anymore.
I know we need more snow. We haven't gotten nearly enough. (People in the Eastern US, send us your snow!!!) I'm ready for spring to start. I know I've still got two months or so, but sheesh! I need some natural happiness around here already!
Also, work and family events have become depressing because of people being pregnant. No one tells you how hard it is to conceive and how discouraging it is when nearly everyone around you is having babies. Not to mention that some people are extremely insensitive about prodding you, "When are you having kids?" "Are you planning on kids?" "If you wait to long..." I might just scream at the next person who "lovingly" asks when we're planning on having kids. We're trying. It's not happened yet. Get off my case.
To those of you who have been patient and understanding, you are awesome and we love you.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Happy New Year!
That last month flew by. But we had some excellent things happen. My hubby got a job! Christmas! And I survived all the parties we had to go to!
We played card games with my parents and their friends for New Year's eve. We also enjoyed some yummy snacks and got rid of the rest of our ham hock and bean soup. (Which everyone complemented us on. Thank you Allrecipies.com.)
We're not completely out of the stressfulness just yet, but things are definitely improving. It's nice to have two incomes again. It was very stressful to do it all by myself. I'll have to remember that.
We've been dreaming of a new car again. Not that there's anything wrong with our current one. (Well, besides the little odd annoyances. But what vehicle is without those?) We were looking at the Chevy Cruze.
But then we were looking at the Spark and liked it too.
I guess it really depends on how much leg room there is in it. It says front leg room is 42 inches. It's a 4-door and the back seats fold down to give more cargo room. And we'd probably do the lime green. :)
Not that we're planning on getting a car anytime soon. We're just dreaming.
We played card games with my parents and their friends for New Year's eve. We also enjoyed some yummy snacks and got rid of the rest of our ham hock and bean soup. (Which everyone complemented us on. Thank you Allrecipies.com.)
We're not completely out of the stressfulness just yet, but things are definitely improving. It's nice to have two incomes again. It was very stressful to do it all by myself. I'll have to remember that.
We've been dreaming of a new car again. Not that there's anything wrong with our current one. (Well, besides the little odd annoyances. But what vehicle is without those?) We were looking at the Chevy Cruze.
Not that we're planning on getting a car anytime soon. We're just dreaming.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Gratitude
Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday. We've been talking a lot being grateful lately and I've been thinking about all of the wonderful blessings in my life.
Things have not been easy for the past little while. We seem to have a little roller coaster going on, but I realized that I learn gratitude when I have to go without. I am grateful for canned food. It's cheap and filling. It might not have the best nutritional content, but I can make a meal of it that has a showing from most of the major food groups. :) I also appreciate fresh foods so much more after a stint on food storage.
I am grateful for my husband. We're not perfect but we suit each other. We can make each other laugh and we can cry together too. It's nice not to be alone.
I am grateful for animals. They always seem to know when we need them. Even strangers' pets can tell when you need an extra cuddle from them. I firmly believe God gave us animals in our lives to give companionship and love. (I wish we could have one in our apartment!)
I am grateful to good neighbors. They're mostly quiet but are willing to stop and chat for a bit when we all have time. They don't ignore us. In fact they smile when they see us. It's good to feel welcome.
I am grateful for my family. I have very kind and generous parents. They talk with us and they also know to let us struggle along as long as we can manage by ourselves. They also know when to tell us we're being dumb and they're going to help us whether we want it or not. :) They also feed us. It's been nice to have food that is different from what we've been eating...which I'm still grateful for.
There's also camaraderie to be had with our siblings. We can go to their homes and play games. We can talk. We can ask them for advice without being judged for it. I appreciate it.
I'm grateful when my husband gets a job offer. It's a relief knowing I wont have to be the sole provider. That has been quite stressful. I am grateful that my husband, though discouraged, never gave up looking for a job. It's not fun filling out applications with little result. (He just got a job last night and starts Monday btw. We're excited!)
I'm grateful for my religion. It makes sense. It brings me peace, joy, and hope. I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to share it with others in France and Switzerland five years ago. I am grateful that I learned a beautiful language in doing so and made many wonderful friends along the way. I hope I never forget them.
I am grateful for all my blessings. And I know I should be grateful for the trials I have too, but I'm not perfect and I really don't care for them, even if I know I grow from them. ;)
Life is Wonderful.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Things have not been easy for the past little while. We seem to have a little roller coaster going on, but I realized that I learn gratitude when I have to go without. I am grateful for canned food. It's cheap and filling. It might not have the best nutritional content, but I can make a meal of it that has a showing from most of the major food groups. :) I also appreciate fresh foods so much more after a stint on food storage.
I am grateful for my husband. We're not perfect but we suit each other. We can make each other laugh and we can cry together too. It's nice not to be alone.
I am grateful for animals. They always seem to know when we need them. Even strangers' pets can tell when you need an extra cuddle from them. I firmly believe God gave us animals in our lives to give companionship and love. (I wish we could have one in our apartment!)
I am grateful to good neighbors. They're mostly quiet but are willing to stop and chat for a bit when we all have time. They don't ignore us. In fact they smile when they see us. It's good to feel welcome.
I am grateful for my family. I have very kind and generous parents. They talk with us and they also know to let us struggle along as long as we can manage by ourselves. They also know when to tell us we're being dumb and they're going to help us whether we want it or not. :) They also feed us. It's been nice to have food that is different from what we've been eating...which I'm still grateful for.
There's also camaraderie to be had with our siblings. We can go to their homes and play games. We can talk. We can ask them for advice without being judged for it. I appreciate it.
I'm grateful when my husband gets a job offer. It's a relief knowing I wont have to be the sole provider. That has been quite stressful. I am grateful that my husband, though discouraged, never gave up looking for a job. It's not fun filling out applications with little result. (He just got a job last night and starts Monday btw. We're excited!)
I'm grateful for my religion. It makes sense. It brings me peace, joy, and hope. I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to share it with others in France and Switzerland five years ago. I am grateful that I learned a beautiful language in doing so and made many wonderful friends along the way. I hope I never forget them.
I am grateful for all my blessings. And I know I should be grateful for the trials I have too, but I'm not perfect and I really don't care for them, even if I know I grow from them. ;)
Life is Wonderful.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Halloween Approaches
Banzai was good. It was a relief to not have to worry about costumes, but at the same time it felt odd not to participate in cosplay with everyone else. We'll start planning early for next year's Banzai! Now we only have to decide what we want to do.
One more thing to love about my job, we get to dress up for Halloween! They allow face paint and masks! I've never had a job do that before. I'm excited.
We just put up some Halloween decorations, a little late, but better late than never. We didn't do my Jack Skelington door as we have in the past couple of years. I decided that since we have a west-facing front door it wouldn't be wise to decorate it and have the decorations get sun bleached. When we move somewhere else, maybe we'll get a porch and then we can decorate it?? On vera.
One more thing to love about my job, we get to dress up for Halloween! They allow face paint and masks! I've never had a job do that before. I'm excited.
We just put up some Halloween decorations, a little late, but better late than never. We didn't do my Jack Skelington door as we have in the past couple of years. I decided that since we have a west-facing front door it wouldn't be wise to decorate it and have the decorations get sun bleached. When we move somewhere else, maybe we'll get a porch and then we can decorate it?? On vera.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Where did this month go?!
Well lets see, my high school reunion went well. My hubby and I mostly hung out around my bf and her hubby. We did see a couple other friends too but most of the people there were never good friends, just people i knew by name. I did see one friend and she had her guy friend whom I worked with in Salt Lake. Small world. The new high school is so huge too. It didn't feel like I was going back to my high school. It was just weird.
Then the next Friday I went to my twin brother's wedding. It was a lot of fun. Though I don't normal hang out around so many intoxicated people. It's interesting what people will do and say under the influence. The food was yummy, especially the cake! Red velvet!
My hubby lost his job. I am really unhappy with his employers about it because they were too harsh. He only worked twice a week and on the third week they told him that he had made too many mistakes and they could either let him go then or give him a grace period to try to earn their trust. The grace period was another week (or two more days). At the end of which they simply let him go. There were no warnings or anything. Truthfully how can any employer expect an employee not to make any mistakes in their first 6 days of working there? It's no wonder that few of their employees had been there for more than a few months. Now I have a disappointed husband who blames himself and feels discouraged trying to find another job after the school year has already started. At least this time I'm not going to school and I'm working full-time at a place I really enjoy.
I'm just hoping that being near a larger city will provide him with more job opportunities than Logan did. I really don't want a repeat of last year. It was too stressful.
Well lets see, my high school reunion went well. My hubby and I mostly hung out around my bf and her hubby. We did see a couple other friends too but most of the people there were never good friends, just people i knew by name. I did see one friend and she had her guy friend whom I worked with in Salt Lake. Small world. The new high school is so huge too. It didn't feel like I was going back to my high school. It was just weird.
Then the next Friday I went to my twin brother's wedding. It was a lot of fun. Though I don't normal hang out around so many intoxicated people. It's interesting what people will do and say under the influence. The food was yummy, especially the cake! Red velvet!
My hubby lost his job. I am really unhappy with his employers about it because they were too harsh. He only worked twice a week and on the third week they told him that he had made too many mistakes and they could either let him go then or give him a grace period to try to earn their trust. The grace period was another week (or two more days). At the end of which they simply let him go. There were no warnings or anything. Truthfully how can any employer expect an employee not to make any mistakes in their first 6 days of working there? It's no wonder that few of their employees had been there for more than a few months. Now I have a disappointed husband who blames himself and feels discouraged trying to find another job after the school year has already started. At least this time I'm not going to school and I'm working full-time at a place I really enjoy.
I'm just hoping that being near a larger city will provide him with more job opportunities than Logan did. I really don't want a repeat of last year. It was too stressful.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
School
Yesterday I went to my soon-to-be sister-in-law's bridal shower. My two older sisters were talking to me about school. They asked what I was going into and what I planned on doing with it. I said that I didn't really want to do anything with it, just be a mom. They then asked me why I was still going to school if I wasn't really planning to use it. I admitted that one reason was to defer paying my student loans. One sister said, "You don't have to go to school to defer your loans." Well that was news to me. They told me that I can fill out a deferment form for financial hardship (which my older sister has been doing for years at a much higher income than ours.)
When I picked up my husband on my way home (he was spending some extra time with his family while I was at the bridal shower) I talked it over with him. Truly, I am tired of going to school. It's a lot of stress and I felt guilty over accruing more debt to do so. I do find it interesting to learn new things, but the papers and other homework really do stress me out. My hubby pointed out that I'm a lot happier when I don't have to stress over school.
We also looked at it financially. I have about 4 semesters of school left before getting a 2nd bachelor's degree. Or two more school years. In students loans it could save us $11,000 if I stopped going to school. Not to mention books and other supplies.
Now I just need to talk to financial aid and figure out how to do a complete withdrawal from school. Where school doesn't start til tomorrow I shouldn't have any penalties or anything to worry about. I just hope I'm doing the right thing. I think I am, but will I regret it? Hmm. I think only time will tell.
When I picked up my husband on my way home (he was spending some extra time with his family while I was at the bridal shower) I talked it over with him. Truly, I am tired of going to school. It's a lot of stress and I felt guilty over accruing more debt to do so. I do find it interesting to learn new things, but the papers and other homework really do stress me out. My hubby pointed out that I'm a lot happier when I don't have to stress over school.
We also looked at it financially. I have about 4 semesters of school left before getting a 2nd bachelor's degree. Or two more school years. In students loans it could save us $11,000 if I stopped going to school. Not to mention books and other supplies.
Now I just need to talk to financial aid and figure out how to do a complete withdrawal from school. Where school doesn't start til tomorrow I shouldn't have any penalties or anything to worry about. I just hope I'm doing the right thing. I think I am, but will I regret it? Hmm. I think only time will tell.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
New Semester
I have a little more than a week until the next semester starts. I'm slightly nervous. I don't know what to expect with Weber. I have two night classes and two online classes. I'm actually more nervous about my online classes than the other two. I've taken a few online classes over the years and they always end up being harder than regular classes.
Also, my schedule and my hubby's schedule don't line up so well. He has classes during the day and works in the evenings. I have work during the day and have most of my evenings free. The only time we'll really have together are Tuesday nights and the weekends. It's going to be weird not seeing him. I feel like I barely spend time with him as it is and now we're reducing that time majorly. We'll need to plan it better for the spring semester.
We paid for our Anime Banzai registration! I'm so excited for it. Though we aren't really planning on wearing any costumes this year. I couldn't think of anything to do. The theme is mecha, as in large robots with human pilots. I've watched a few shows that meet the criteria, but none of them really make me want to cosplay one of their characters. I guess we don't have to dress up, right?
Well I need to get to sleep. We've not been getting enough sleep of late and it's really starting to wear me out. No bueno. ttfn!
Also, my schedule and my hubby's schedule don't line up so well. He has classes during the day and works in the evenings. I have work during the day and have most of my evenings free. The only time we'll really have together are Tuesday nights and the weekends. It's going to be weird not seeing him. I feel like I barely spend time with him as it is and now we're reducing that time majorly. We'll need to plan it better for the spring semester.
We paid for our Anime Banzai registration! I'm so excited for it. Though we aren't really planning on wearing any costumes this year. I couldn't think of anything to do. The theme is mecha, as in large robots with human pilots. I've watched a few shows that meet the criteria, but none of them really make me want to cosplay one of their characters. I guess we don't have to dress up, right?
Well I need to get to sleep. We've not been getting enough sleep of late and it's really starting to wear me out. No bueno. ttfn!
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