Since the house is now ours, we now feel like we're "allowed" to start packing...and packing in my head also meaning "purging." I love it! Throwing it out... giving it away... my favorite saying is "if you haven't used it in 6 months.. you will never use it... so, get rid of IT!"
But it's hard... we become attached to material things.
Emotionally attached.
These items remind us or a person, of a time, of an event...
but, what I began to think about is, 'Why am I attached to this thing, when I can be attached to something more substantial?"
So, this opened my eyes...and gave me the "ok" to get rid of the things...but not the memories.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Week 36- Home Owners!!!
It finally happened... we signed THE papers.. we OWN the house!!!
This is a change that we have been praying about for months... a change that has brought about many other changes in our lives. And it will continue to bring more changes... and I am so excited about what will become!
This is a change that we have been praying about for months... a change that has brought about many other changes in our lives. And it will continue to bring more changes... and I am so excited about what will become!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Week 35- Back to School.. Back to School...
The Hubby and I have enrolled in Marriage Care University (MCU) at our church. We don't look at it as if we're facing any BIG problems or that we're in "need" of counseling... we're just "continuing our education." :) The best quote from the The Hubby is this, "Why would you try to patch up the holes in your roof in the middle of a hurricane when you could be prepared BEFORE the storm?" The "course" we're taking is called "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage."
When The Hubby and I were engaged in 2002, we took a pre-martial class called "Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts" and it was amazing. I think that if we hadn't taken that class, we would be facing a different kind of "course" today. I am not saving that we DON'T have our problems, because we do.. we argue and we fight.. but we know how to work them out and we have learned that in the end, we BOTH know that this is a fight worth fighting for.
It saddens me that when we tell friends and family that we're taking this class, their first response is, "Is everything alright?" People automatically go right to the negative.. when in my eyes (and The Hubby's) we're just doing some "fine tuning" of our marriage. Just like you bring your car into the mechanic to get the oil changed and the tires rotated every few months, we're just making sure all our parts are oiled and running smoothly.
Just think that you bought your brand new car, and then never took it to the shop to get it checked out...the check engine lights comes on, the brakes start to squeal and the tires start to get thin... once you do take it in (practically dragging/pushing/pulling it in) you hear ALL that is wrong with it and HOW much its going to cost..and you might just decide that it's not worth it and you don't even know WHERE to start...and it might just be easier to send it to the junk yard.
Marriage is a beautiful journey... it has highs and lows.. it has ups and down... but I am glad that I have been given a wonderful man to take this journey with me and everyday, in the midst of all our messy days and sleepless nights... I look at the man that I have married and thank God that He gave me this gift. And I will keep this marriage "fine tuned" and "running".
When The Hubby and I were engaged in 2002, we took a pre-martial class called "Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts" and it was amazing. I think that if we hadn't taken that class, we would be facing a different kind of "course" today. I am not saving that we DON'T have our problems, because we do.. we argue and we fight.. but we know how to work them out and we have learned that in the end, we BOTH know that this is a fight worth fighting for.
It saddens me that when we tell friends and family that we're taking this class, their first response is, "Is everything alright?" People automatically go right to the negative.. when in my eyes (and The Hubby's) we're just doing some "fine tuning" of our marriage. Just like you bring your car into the mechanic to get the oil changed and the tires rotated every few months, we're just making sure all our parts are oiled and running smoothly.
Just think that you bought your brand new car, and then never took it to the shop to get it checked out...the check engine lights comes on, the brakes start to squeal and the tires start to get thin... once you do take it in (practically dragging/pushing/pulling it in) you hear ALL that is wrong with it and HOW much its going to cost..and you might just decide that it's not worth it and you don't even know WHERE to start...and it might just be easier to send it to the junk yard.
Marriage is a beautiful journey... it has highs and lows.. it has ups and down... but I am glad that I have been given a wonderful man to take this journey with me and everyday, in the midst of all our messy days and sleepless nights... I look at the man that I have married and thank God that He gave me this gift. And I will keep this marriage "fine tuned" and "running".
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Week 34- Friendship, Fellowship & Food
This week marks the beginning of my 2nd year with MOPS and this year I am excited to be on the 2011-12 Steering Committee as the Publicity Chair (i.e. newsletter, emails, social media)
When LG was born in 2005, I found a mom's group that I felt that I fit right into... I found mothers that I could relate to...mothers that were going through the same thing that I was..at the same time. The kids began to grow, they began to walk, began to run, and our lives began to change. Soon our weekly play dates turned into monthly and then into "whenever we can meet up" My life was filled with 4 year old fun... and then I found out that we were expecting LC. All my friends have "BIG KIDS"... who will I have play dates with? Who will this little one grow up with? Last fall, I joined MOPS... and I found a group of mothers that I fit right into... I found mothers that I can relate to...mothers that were going through the same thing that I am!
When LG was born in 2005, I found a mom's group that I felt that I fit right into... I found mothers that I could relate to...mothers that were going through the same thing that I was..at the same time. The kids began to grow, they began to walk, began to run, and our lives began to change. Soon our weekly play dates turned into monthly and then into "whenever we can meet up" My life was filled with 4 year old fun... and then I found out that we were expecting LC. All my friends have "BIG KIDS"... who will I have play dates with? Who will this little one grow up with? Last fall, I joined MOPS... and I found a group of mothers that I fit right into... I found mothers that I can relate to...mothers that were going through the same thing that I am!
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