I just wanted to say a big thank you to whoever left the save-on gift certificates on my car the other day. The last two months have been really hard, but what a reminder to have faith! And even when my faith lacks, God still takes care of us. Why do I worry? As J says, it's a waste of time to worry when you could be spending that time having faith that things will work out. So to you, whoever you are, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts (and our stomachs, since we won't have to eat kraft dinner this week) It truly meant a lot to us.
Praise God! :)
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Weekend
My weekend showed much promise - a trip away to Pender Island in a nice, quiet cabin with some close friends and family. Last time J wasn't able to go but he was able to this time and I was quite excited to spend some quality time with him, since it's always go go go during the week and we really haven't spent much time together. Unfortunately the weekend didn't exactly go as planned.
Friday we got to start our weekend off with some bad news. J isn't getting E.I. like we had hoped. He had gone to the office in the beginning of January to ask the obvious questions, basically asking "Am I eligible?". They assured him he was, even with his situation and so he applied. A month and a half later they tell him he's actually NOT eligible due to some new rule or something. Anyways, point is, he asked them a long time ago and if they had told him no then he could've found himself a part time job. Anyways, I've really been trying to have faith that everything will work out, and I know it will, it's just that things keep getting more and more messed up.
The weekend was pretty fun, had it's down points with J being sick the whole time and anytime he felt up to doing something he was usually reading for a test he was supposed to have on Monday (but didn't end up having)... The drive home was spent with someone who doesn't think it makes sense that we're moving to Kamloops and thinks we're both super happy and excited about it. For the record, we're excited to see what God has in store for us, but we're not excited to say goodbye to the people who mean the most to us. I don't want people thinking that we can't wait to leave. If I had my way we'd buy a house in Maple Ridge and raise our family here, but as Pastor Derrick said in a sermon a few weeks back, we have to factor in the "Divine IF". IF it's God's will, maybe we'll be back in Maple Ridge someday. But right now it seems that God wants us to go to Kamloops.
Anyways, so the big news is that because of our new financial situation we'll be moving in with J's parents as of March 15th. We're very blessed that they are able to have us, but of course I have mixed feelings about it. I know lots of people do this at some point in their lives, and it's not for a very long time - just 6 weeks - but I still feel kinda crappy that it came down to that. We were really hoping we could've made it through these 4 months, but I guess, again, God had other plans. Plans to prosper, right?
So enough about that, today marks the first day of Lent! I was thinking about giving up coffee, that would be stinkin' hard though... but maybe that's the point. Is anyone else giving up anything?
Friday we got to start our weekend off with some bad news. J isn't getting E.I. like we had hoped. He had gone to the office in the beginning of January to ask the obvious questions, basically asking "Am I eligible?". They assured him he was, even with his situation and so he applied. A month and a half later they tell him he's actually NOT eligible due to some new rule or something. Anyways, point is, he asked them a long time ago and if they had told him no then he could've found himself a part time job. Anyways, I've really been trying to have faith that everything will work out, and I know it will, it's just that things keep getting more and more messed up.
The weekend was pretty fun, had it's down points with J being sick the whole time and anytime he felt up to doing something he was usually reading for a test he was supposed to have on Monday (but didn't end up having)... The drive home was spent with someone who doesn't think it makes sense that we're moving to Kamloops and thinks we're both super happy and excited about it. For the record, we're excited to see what God has in store for us, but we're not excited to say goodbye to the people who mean the most to us. I don't want people thinking that we can't wait to leave. If I had my way we'd buy a house in Maple Ridge and raise our family here, but as Pastor Derrick said in a sermon a few weeks back, we have to factor in the "Divine IF". IF it's God's will, maybe we'll be back in Maple Ridge someday. But right now it seems that God wants us to go to Kamloops.
Anyways, so the big news is that because of our new financial situation we'll be moving in with J's parents as of March 15th. We're very blessed that they are able to have us, but of course I have mixed feelings about it. I know lots of people do this at some point in their lives, and it's not for a very long time - just 6 weeks - but I still feel kinda crappy that it came down to that. We were really hoping we could've made it through these 4 months, but I guess, again, God had other plans. Plans to prosper, right?
So enough about that, today marks the first day of Lent! I was thinking about giving up coffee, that would be stinkin' hard though... but maybe that's the point. Is anyone else giving up anything?
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Valentine's Day
Alright, where do I start? I haven't posted since Valentine's Day, so how about I start with that. I wanted that night to be special, since it's our first Valentine's as a married couple. I worked until 5 so I didn't have a really long time to get ready and I wanted fancy hair. But of course I took too long and missed the appy's... Oh well, my hair was hot! Our table was really fun, 3 out of the 4 couples were newly married so we ended up winning for the table that had been married for the least amount of time. 31 years, but only from rounding up!! At first we weren't allowed to count half years (ex. if you'd been married 20.5 years just say 20) but when Pastor Steve came back and we asked him if that meant we can't count ourselves into this he went back up and told us all to round up. If we didn't round up we would've had 4.5 years between 3 couples!
Then... well not then, as in immediately following, there was quite a wait actually.... we finally received our food. Mine looked like this:
Looks fancy, but picture pulling that out of the fridge and eating it without putting it in the microwave. Yep, it was cold. Although the asparagus was luke-warm... I would describe my rice-can but I think Scott's face says it all...
All in all I had a great time at the event, I laughed a ton!
Unfortunately my DH was sick that night with a bad fever so we left right away, and he has been sick ever since. So Valentine's Day itself wasn't exactly what I expected or planned, but it won't be one I forget anytime soon!
Then... well not then, as in immediately following, there was quite a wait actually.... we finally received our food. Mine looked like this:
Looks fancy, but picture pulling that out of the fridge and eating it without putting it in the microwave. Yep, it was cold. Although the asparagus was luke-warm... I would describe my rice-can but I think Scott's face says it all...
All in all I had a great time at the event, I laughed a ton!
Unfortunately my DH was sick that night with a bad fever so we left right away, and he has been sick ever since. So Valentine's Day itself wasn't exactly what I expected or planned, but it won't be one I forget anytime soon!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Warning: Rant ahead.
Ok seriously people.
- Is it really necessary to sit in the left lane going the exact same speed as the person beside you in the right lane? Quit the slow race, move ahead or behind person on the right and let the person behind you pass.
- If the person in the left lane IS in fact attempting to pass the person on the right, please do not come up to within a metre of my car and flash your high beams at me. I'm going faster than the slow lane, give me a chance to pass.
- When merging, is getting in front of me but behind a whole row of slow cars worth risking your life and mine? The answer is no.
- Tailgating is annoying, it won't make me go any faster, in fact it will make me slow down just to annoy you back. So Back Off.
- They invented a signal for a reason. USE IT!
I think that's it... I just love driving 45 minutes to work every day.
- Is it really necessary to sit in the left lane going the exact same speed as the person beside you in the right lane? Quit the slow race, move ahead or behind person on the right and let the person behind you pass.
- If the person in the left lane IS in fact attempting to pass the person on the right, please do not come up to within a metre of my car and flash your high beams at me. I'm going faster than the slow lane, give me a chance to pass.
- When merging, is getting in front of me but behind a whole row of slow cars worth risking your life and mine? The answer is no.
- Tailgating is annoying, it won't make me go any faster, in fact it will make me slow down just to annoy you back. So Back Off.
- They invented a signal for a reason. USE IT!
I think that's it... I just love driving 45 minutes to work every day.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
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