I GOT A JOB!!!

I Got A Job!! I Got A Job!! I Got A Job!!

I officially start on December 29th and I am sooooo thankful!!

More later....but

I Got A Job!! I Got A Job!! I Got A Job!!

Holiday Time is A Fun Time!!

Well I have been here almost 3 years and Tim and I thought it was about time to find a church that fits us. I searched on the internet a while back and found a couple in our area. We visited one that looked to be what we were looking for so we went the end of November. We liked it and were very welcomed and wanted to try it out some more. We had to miss the next week due to prior obligations but were able to visit again the following week. It was a very moving service and we loved it. We knew that day that this is the one. We went last week and I decided to take Brayden to the nursery/toddler room. He did well for about an hour, I had to come in and show him I'm not leaving him forever and he was able to finish out the time. I think this will help him when he starts school for 4 hours a day in Feb.

We stopped by Taryn's the other day to check out her decorations - Brayden likes to play "chase me" so Tim always does. Here is a pic of them after Tim tackled Bray on his bed!

On December 7th we went to Tim's mom's house and decked out the front with lights and decorations of all kinds. She made a fabulous lunch, she always does feed us good with great Southern cooking. Then we headed off to Tim's company Christmas Party. It was great food and a lot of good conversation. We sat with one of his co-workers and his wife and I liked them so much I think we will invite them up to the house some time. Check out the pic below - I decided to straighten my hair for the occasion.

We have had some of our decorations up out in the front of the house for a couple weeks now but we needed to find time to do the house lights. We found that time this past weekend. I think it looks pretty snazzy. We will keep adding every year from the after holiday sales. We got our tree today, it will be fully decorated tomorrow.

On another note - I had a 2nd interview at a job today and I'm really hoping things work out. I should hear soon but it sure does look like they are leaning towards giving me an official offer. It is for a large Physical Therapy company in a neighboring city. I can use my medical background once again and learn some new things. Most importantly I will have a job again and be able to help get this family back on their feet. I'm super excited about this and tell me, what would be a better Christmas present? I can't think of one!

Memories To Be Thankful For

This year we had such a great Thanksgiving. Yes, I'm 40 something and this was the first year ever I have cooked Thanksgiving Dinner. I've always gone to my parents once I moved out. Since I have been in Florida Tim did it the first year and his mom the second. I figured since I am out of work, I'll go ahead and try this on my own. I sure am glad I did! I must say I did a great job and everything turned out fabulous! (you will notice Alex is missing from the photo - she took the pic!)

Alex & Katie were with us, Tim's mom Mary came and of course Taryn, Daniel & Brayden. (Taryn is VERY pregnant) The only thing missing was Bret - I truly miss him so much. Tim had to work earlier in the day so we had our meal about 3pm. The weather was nice and actually a little warmer than usual. With all the people in the house and the oven on all day I had to turn on the A/C.

Even though I am jobless at the moment, I am still very thankful for many things. I do still have a roof over my head and although paying all the bills is very trying right now, I am healthy and so are all my loved ones. I'm happy to have 2 working vehicles, gasoline, food in my fridge and pantry and a husband that loves his job. I have people that love me unconditionally and I love them unconditionally back. I live in a lovely neighborhood, I have trees and nature all around me, and a lively grandson to play with. A job does not define me. My life defines me and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I hope you and your families had a spectacular Thanksgiving Holiday and that you were able to realize all the things you are thankful for.

6 Months of Marriage

Yes I know it is crazy to celebrate a 6 month anniversary but I really wanted to! As Bret says, "its an anniversary not a monthaversary!" I bought some pretty yellow daisy's and used the nice china too! We had a simple dinner with candlelight, our unity sand heart from the wedding and some great background music. We even had New York Cheesecake for dessert! It was really nice and a good look back at a really happy and perfect day.

Getting Back On My Feet

Well here I am again, finally! After a car wreck my husband and I were in and a bout of illness for me, I am finally able to get back on here. In the time since my last blog we have done many things.

We have been to the Pumpkin Patch, went to the city Fall Festival, had a bonfire, went to a Family Reunion BBQ in Alabama, had trick-or-treat (I was sick as a dog so did not participate..boo hoo), and have gone to the Veteran's Day Parade. Still no job for me but I'm trying to stay optomistic.

Another fine thing is that Alabama football is in full swing and we are still undefeated!! Go Bama!

Getting Started

Well this is going to be my first blog. I'm not sure what to say, this is all new to me. I tend to be able to write better than I speak so I'm hoping this is going to turn out how I imagined. At this very moment I have been unemployed for 2 weeks and 3 days. I'm looking every day and applying to one or more jobs almost daily. I hope to find something soon.

A couple nice things about being unemployed is you can get things done....if you don't end up to lazy which is easy to fall in to. One thing I love in particular is I get to spend lots of time with Brayden. I've got to go to a couple of his therapies and see whats going on. I also got to go to one of his very important dr. visits.

I haven't really elaborated on my grandson Brayden, well obviously since this is my first post! Brayden is on the Autism Spectrum. He was diagnosed January of 2008. He has since been going to speech and occupational therapy twice a week each. He is what they call "high functioning". He is 2 yrs, 9 months old and will say a couple of words but only as imitation to the kids on tv. He is a pretty active kid, loves to be outdoors and loves to play with any bouncy ball.

He will also bug you to death to swing him! One of the games he love is for me to stand in front of him and swing him and then when he points to his riding toy (which by the way he NEVER rides) he wants me to go over and put my hands on the handle bars and make it go and then run back to swing him. He laughs every time I do it like it is the funniest thing in the world. So yep....of course I do it! Haha.

Ok, well this will have to do for my first post until I can figure out what I'm doing on here. If you are reading, thanks a lot!