Life lately….
Bad news:
- Our garage sale was postponed due to rain Saturday morning. That’s not that big of a deal, but it is quite an inconvenience right now. Half of our garage is stacked with stuff. I have very high hopes that we can make some money off of this garage sale, but I will be pretty thrilled just to have all of this stuff gone.
- My allergies have been bothering me a lot lately. It’s just normal stuff (runny nose, itchy throat, etc.), but it’s not that fun. I have some allergy medicine that works (just walmart brand stuff), but it’s like it dehydrates all of me. I am SO thirsty all day long, and it makes my eyes really dry too. Weird… but then medicine WAY affects me.
- Lance has stuff every night this week (except Tuesday and Saturday… but he’ll probably be recovering from Friday’s lockin and planning for Sunday morning’s service in which he is leading singing), so that’s not that fun.
Good news:
- We have been working on the story of Jonah in my 2s class (as I’ve mentioned before). Yesterday, I asked, “Does anyone remember where Jonah was going?” And one of my 2s goes, “Ninevah!” How exciting! That is a big word and a pretty detailed part of the story. I was so amazed that he knew it. Just when you think that you’re not doing much, the Lord shows you that He is working through your teaching!
- My friend Ashley had her baby, and we got to go to the hospital and see them and hold the baby. The whole time we were there, the husband/daddy just grinned from ear to ear. I’m not there yet, but I look forward to that.
- I went on a date with my love Saturday night. I enjoy him very much. We had a great time.
- I was able to try on my bridesmaid’s dress successfully without the issues getting out of it that I had last time.
- My friend Justin came to church with me for the second time and even went out to lunch with the singles group! Maybe he will come to Legacy?? That is exciting to me.
- I went to Central Market to get fruit yesterday. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE Central Market’s produce section? Well, I do. I bought three oranges, and they weighed over three pounds. When I held them up to show Lance, he goes, “Honey, I think that’s a grapefruit.” False. Orange . Giant orange, but orange nonetheless.
- Our summer interns arrived this weekend, and one of them is one of Terra’s friends. She tells me that Sister and I have the same mannerisms. This makes me simultaneously happy/laughing/proud. Don’t get me wrong – I like my sister, but it is crazy to me that we have the same mannerisms. We were as different as night and day when we lived under the same roof, but somehow in different cities and with totally different groups of friends, we turned into the same person. Miracle? Possibly.
- I am going to Banana tonight to use a coupon and a gift card. Yesss!
- Speaking of said Banana gift card, I finally accrued enough Discover card points to get a reward… after having that card for like 6 years. Oh well – hooray anyway!
- One of the attorneys I work for is going to do some work for my parents’ church. Awesome because it’s more business for this attorney plus my parents get helped out plus I’ll get to talk to my dad at work. Ha.
- We are being tremendously blessed by our small group. It is so wonderful to be surrounded by other people who love the Lord and wrestle with the same things we do and enjoy the same things we do. I tend to eat a lot of dessert at small group, which is probably not good, but I think that fellowship and cookies fall under the umbrella of “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”
- I made an appointment with a dentist that Lance grew up with at church to get a second opinion on all of that dental work, so at least I will have answers soon instead of just fretting that I will have to wear dentures before I turn 30.
- Still a fan of my FitFlops – no more knee pain from walking to and from work in shoes that were not designed for that at all. I’m not sure that my legs are becoming as fabulous as the advertisement touted they would, but I can appreciate a lack of hurting!
- Lance and I implemented some new housecleaning rules… Basically, we keep our living room/kitchen/dining area decently clean, and our bedroom is okay too… but somehow it seems like we never make it to cleaning our bathroom. (This is probably due to the fact that we are the only ones that see it…) There is always laundry, dishes, picking up, and vacuuming, so it is quite normal to clean the house for an entire evening and never make it to the master bath. Anyway, we now switch off every two weeks with chores to be done in our bathroom so that it stays clean and I don’t complain! I’m really happy with the system – we really are splitting the work, our bathroom gets cleaned, and we don’t have to pay the money I wanted to pay to a housekeeper. Along with that, I should say that it’s a blessing to me that Lance and I communicate so well. I can be really frustrated that our bathroom is dirty, and he can not care that our bathroom is dirty, and we can talk about it without getting mad at each other.
As you can see, there is far more good news in my life than bad. I am tremendously blessed. Thanks, Lord.
