Um? Does it get any sweeter than that? Thank you, ShayLeigh Photography!
Figured I should start this post out on a high note, before I start rambling about life.
SOOO much has been happening lately. I don't even know where to begin really. I need to get some pictures up of my recent projects. Our house has been a mad one the past few months. Visitors on weekends, new roof, cars breaking down left and right, pulpit filling, apple butter wedding favors, wedding cheesecakes, wedding related parties, growing baby belly, sewing this and that, organizing and rearranging for the baby, funerals, and of course watching our little love grow and change every stinkin' day!
Looking back over the summer is exhausting. Looking forward to the next few months is exhausting.
We are simply exhausted.
Looking back over the summer is exhausting. Looking forward to the next few months is exhausting.
We are simply exhausted.
Gave my two weeks notice to the school district today. This girl is not subbing this year!! How nice for me right? I guess this is our biggest news right now. I get to work less.
. . . because . . .
My hubby got a new job!!! AAAAHHHH!!
We have been here a year now, and FINALLY have an income that not only allows me to work less, but gives us extra money. Hallelujah! I know some people wait a lot longer than a year for decent jobs, so we are incredibly grateful! Not only is he working at almost 2x the hourly rate he was working, but he is in mandatory over time. He is working 50-58 hrs a week. That practically doubles his "normal" pay check. That's amazing. He's exhausted, but he is in such high spirits. The poor man has been sooo hard on himself for not being able to make what he wanted to. He's finally cutting himself some slack. He actually enjoys talking about work, and comes home in a good mood (usually). God is good.
He did some pulpit filling last month for a church seeking a pastor. It is a small congregation, and they can only afford to employ someone part time. It would be a wonderful place for him to learn the things he doesn't know and grow. And it looks like it is heading that direction. We will know more by the end of the month.
So needless to say our income is growing with our family. :) Which is FABULOUS! Did I mention we now have health insurance, dental, and eye care? And did I mention God is good?
God isn't just good because we have better employment. The past year has been ROUGH for so many different reasons, and God has provided every step of the way via family and friends giving of their time, money, resources, you name it . . . we have been so incredibly blessed.
He did some pulpit filling last month for a church seeking a pastor. It is a small congregation, and they can only afford to employ someone part time. It would be a wonderful place for him to learn the things he doesn't know and grow. And it looks like it is heading that direction. We will know more by the end of the month.
So needless to say our income is growing with our family. :) Which is FABULOUS! Did I mention we now have health insurance, dental, and eye care? And did I mention God is good?
God isn't just good because we have better employment. The past year has been ROUGH for so many different reasons, and God has provided every step of the way via family and friends giving of their time, money, resources, you name it . . . we have been so incredibly blessed.
We can welcome Baby #2 with a sigh of relief rather than holding our breath in fear of what is to come. God's timing is always perfect.
We've been living with my parents and will remain there for a year or two more. It's been different, but good different. We moved in 1st out of necessity, because we simply weren't making enough to pay our debt and our rent. But we also moved with a huge goal in mind. We are going to put any money that otherwise would have gone to rent and anything extra we make onto our debt to hopefully pound it away some the next 2 years. Big goal, but finally a reality with this new employment. We've just been getting by these last several months, but now we can finally start hacking away at our debt!! WOOT!
We made the unfortunate mistake of getting ourselves into an obscene amount of student loan debt. We own it. We are sooo grateful that family has been helping us through this rough patch we put ourselves in. And God. God has been incredibly gracious. A year ago we quivered in fear at our pending loan payments. I seriously thought it was impossible. I imagined the worst. We were pretty angry and bitter. Mostly with ourselves. It has been a couple years since we started doing things differently financially, but the consequences of what we did before will stick with us for a long time, sadly. That is the reality of mistakes in life. They don't fade off into the past when you learn your lesson. I think our families have been way more gracious towards us than we have been towards each other. However, I think we turned a new leave earlier this year, and we keep growing and improving with each passing day.
It never ceases to amaze me how many different things you learn about life through one mistake. Who knew school loans could end up teaching a couple soooo much about their relationship. There are things we will teach our kids we wouldn't have known otherwise, and countless things about marriage we didn't know we weren't ready for but now understand. Quite the learning process . . . Wouldn't wish it on anyone, but we learn these things somehow. Some more gracefully than other. :)
Anyway. Debt is bad. God is good. Libby is adorable. Baby #2 is coming in 8 weeks (that was fast).
We've been living with my parents and will remain there for a year or two more. It's been different, but good different. We moved in 1st out of necessity, because we simply weren't making enough to pay our debt and our rent. But we also moved with a huge goal in mind. We are going to put any money that otherwise would have gone to rent and anything extra we make onto our debt to hopefully pound it away some the next 2 years. Big goal, but finally a reality with this new employment. We've just been getting by these last several months, but now we can finally start hacking away at our debt!! WOOT!
We made the unfortunate mistake of getting ourselves into an obscene amount of student loan debt. We own it. We are sooo grateful that family has been helping us through this rough patch we put ourselves in. And God. God has been incredibly gracious. A year ago we quivered in fear at our pending loan payments. I seriously thought it was impossible. I imagined the worst. We were pretty angry and bitter. Mostly with ourselves. It has been a couple years since we started doing things differently financially, but the consequences of what we did before will stick with us for a long time, sadly. That is the reality of mistakes in life. They don't fade off into the past when you learn your lesson. I think our families have been way more gracious towards us than we have been towards each other. However, I think we turned a new leave earlier this year, and we keep growing and improving with each passing day.
It never ceases to amaze me how many different things you learn about life through one mistake. Who knew school loans could end up teaching a couple soooo much about their relationship. There are things we will teach our kids we wouldn't have known otherwise, and countless things about marriage we didn't know we weren't ready for but now understand. Quite the learning process . . . Wouldn't wish it on anyone, but we learn these things somehow. Some more gracefully than other. :)
Anyway. Debt is bad. God is good. Libby is adorable. Baby #2 is coming in 8 weeks (that was fast).
I should go be productive.
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