Another Cold?

Since I have been married I think I have gotten sick more times than I have in years.  Some would draw the conclusion that I am allergic to my husband.  I am thinking that it has more to do with how much time I spend with kids now, as opposed to not spending any time with them while I lived in San Francisco.

I felt a cold coming on Tuesday evening.  It is in full blown mode now.  My head feels like it is swimming a bit and I have no desire to do anything in particular.  I think we may be laying low for our long weekend.

New Job

I finally got to start my job today.  I have been waiting and waiting to be able to get started and then today they called and said I could come on in.  I hurried and showered and made myself a lunch and ran right over.  I did a lot of watching over shoulders for the first half of the day and then the second half of the day I got my feet a bit wet and drew up some plans.  It was quite nice to actually be working.  I haven’t done that since the end of Febuary.

The best part about starting today is that I always get Fridays off and Monday is a holiday.  So, I worked a day and get a four day weekend in return.  If only it always worked that way, but it doesn’t.

Southern Homes

I always loved houses with porches, but since moving to Texas I am realizing that I am really in love with a house with a porch.  Every time I am in the car with James and we drive by one he laughs because he knows that I have once again found the house that we need to move in to.  I love them.  There is something so homey about a porch with a swing.  It says this house is comfortable and a great place to spend sometime, sip some lemonade and get out of the heat and into the shade.  The house that we build in our dreams includes a very large wrap aound porch with screen the roll down to protect from bugs and large ceiling fans and create a wonderful breeze.

all pictures from the southern living magazine website

Friends

Last weekend I was able to catch up with an old friend.  My friend Heidi and I ballroom danced together in high school.  We spent many Saturday mornings with our dance team and many friday nights have slumber parties and talking about boys.  After high school she went to BYU and I didn’t stay anywhere too long.  We kept in touch pretty well for the first year or two, but both of our lives got busy and we fell out of touch somewhere along the way.  As proof of our current busy schedules, we played phone tag for about a month before we actually got to talk.  Catching up was great.  Heidi even commented that as much time has passed it felt like no time at all.

I owe several very personal experiences that I had in high school to her.  I remember a few times that she helped to remind me of who I was.  I am so grateful that wonderful, strong people have been put in my life’s path.  My conversation this weekend with Heidi served to drive that home to me again.

Steve

I don’t really have a whole lot to say today.  I am thinking of Steve.  It has been three years today.  I still really miss him.  Some days the great memories that we made overpower missing him and some days it is the other way around.  Most of the time the pictures that I keep around help me feel happy and grateful that he was my brother.  Sometimes they are hard to look at without shedding some tears.  Most of the time I am really grateful that his body is no longer plagued with pain.  Sometimes I get really angry that the doctors weren’t smart enough to fix him up and make him as good as he was before he joined the military.  Sometimes I am sad that he isn’t around for big events, like my wedding.  Then I remember that he is really always with me and watching over me.  Most of the time I remember how grateful I am for my knowledge of who we are and where we are going and what this life is actually for.  Sometimes that makes missing him a little less painful and a little less sad.

Sweet Peas!

Pretty much my favorite flower!  Brings back memories of Grandpa’s garden.  I get to plant them in two months!  Come spring my front yard is going to be booming with color.  You are more than welcome to stop by and take a look.

Handmade Christmas

I know.  It isn’t even September yet and I am already bringing up Christmas.  I walked through Hobby Lobby the other day and half the store was decked out in Christmas, so it got me thinking.

I decided that I am going to make as many Christmas presents as possible.  I got started this week and I have already finished two of them.  I wish I could show them off already since they came out really cute, but the recipients check the blog so that isn’t going to happen.  I’ll do one big fat photo post in January after all Christmas presents have been distributed and opened.

Christmas is all about handmade things to me.  Growing up my mom would always make a different ornament each year.  She would add a few to the tree and give the rest as gifts.  I have made a few of my own ornaments and want to add a few more to the mix this year.  I also need to figure out what to do for Christmas stockings for our little family.  It looks like I have a lot of sewing and crafting to do.  I better get to work.

Color Lust

This is amazing, and amazingly beautiful.  You can order a subscription to receive 500 pencils- 25 at a time for 20 months.  The colors are beautiful and once you get them all you would always have the right color.  When I was in school I always hated when the colored pencil I had didn’t exactly match what I was trying to draw for a project.

The catch is that each months subscription is $33.  Too rich for my blood but I really love the idea.

Headache

Battling with a headache this morning.  My brain feels funny so I am sure if I posted anything  it would come out fuzzy too.

Have a good day!

Waiting Game

I am feeling a little bit in limbo right now.  I have a job offer and have signed all of the paperwork and done all of the classes to allow me to be able to go to work.  But, I don’t have an official start date.  I understand the reasons why they have not been able to give me a start date, but it is still giving me the time to be nervous about actually starting.  I am also trying to get a bunch of things done at home and I am not sure how deep I should let myself get into some projeI abandon them to go to work.

Hopefully it will be soon.  I may make myself a little crazy in the mean time.