Good news &Bad news

Today was just something else, let me tell ya. The good news is, the daycare I interviewed at before, but did not get hired at because I couldn't work the shift they were hiring for, called me today and said that enrollment had increased and they were looking to hire someone to work in the infant room from 11-6 and wanted to know if i was still interested. I told them I definately was and they said they would get right on my reference checks and probably have news by next week. I really hope I get this job because I think it would be the perfect job for me! Also, Chris has an interview for a full-time, really well paying job in his feild, which is really exciting and my parents are coming for the weekend and my mom and I are going shopping! I can't wait, it's gonna be great!
The bad news is that on our way to mid-week service this evening smoke started billowing out of the tail-pipe and hood of our car ( that's right, the car that was just in the shop like three days ago) so we pulled over and opened the hood and there was anti-freeze everywhere! At that point we decided there was now way we would make it to Church so we turned around and tried to get back home but we kept having to pull over because the car was over- heating. Since we couldn't go more than several yards at a time Chris called a toe truck and his grandpa came and pick us up and is letting us barrow his van so Chris can go to work and to his job interview. My poor guy, he's so frustrated with this car thing! It's gonna be ok, though, things will look better in the morning.

Stab 'N' Gab

Oh my goodness, I had so much fun tonight! My SIL, Crystal( she's married to my husband's identical twin ) came up with this group called Stab 'N' Gab where women get together and " gab" while knitting, crocheting, cross stiching and the like. Tonght was the first time I attended and it was so much fun! I worked on a cross stitch project that I have been trying to finish for about seven years now and um, yeah, really didn't make much progress. Oh well, that's ok, the gabbing part went really well! I love hanging out with The Girls and I have really haven't done that since moving to Indy, so I'm glad to be making friends.

craziness

Wow, this past weekend has just been crazy and the craziness does not seem to be ending. I'm not complaning, though, because it is not all bad it's just crazy. Ok, here's the scoop; the craziness began on friday morning when Chris got home from work. Haha, he had the funniest and cutest look on his face and he looked like a little boy trying to hide the frog in his pocket from his mother. Well, as it turns out that's pretty much what was going on, except it wasn't a frog, it was a Nintendo Wii. While he was at work he saw in a newspaper that a local electronics store was having a sale on them so he went right over and got one. Well, he was like," honey, I went and picked this up but if you don't think we should keep it I'll take it back." Well, we just got our tax return and he's getting a tuition reimbursment so we kept it and, man is it fun!
Alright, the second bit of craziness began around 4 a.m ,Sunday morning when we were awakened by sirens. We had no idea where they were going and, despite how loud they were, thought they were just passing by. Um, not! When we got back from Church there was a note from our apartment management saying that there had been a fire in the complex. We then went in search of the damage and found a roofless, windowless, boarded-up, charred shell of a building. Later on the news it was reported that at least eight apartments were destroyed, thankfully, no one was injured.
The last thing is that we took our car into the shop today and will now be paying $8oo to get it fixed. It is reall worth it, though, because it is a great car. All this has reminded me how God takes care of us and I'm really greatful. Life can be craziness but God is good and I love every minute( even if some of those miutes take a little time to be truly appreciated)!

deep thoughts by Bram Stoker

I am currently reading Bram Stoker's " Dracula" and have found it to be, in my opinion, the most wonderful book of it's era that I have read thus far. Much of the book is made up of the journal/ diary entries of it's various characters and here is where the "deep thoughts" come in. One of the main characters, Mina Harker, is writing of the benefits of keeping a journal and confides to herself: "I am anxious, and it sooths me to express myself here; it is like whispering to one's self and listening at the same time." Ah, so profound! When I read this I had one of those "lightbulb" moments and I think I even got a little misty because I think that this is such a beautiful sentiment. I am very much in agreement with this sentiment,as well, and that is really how I feel about this blog. I am a fairly quiet person but my mind is always running and I really do make myself anxious with all my thoughts. Because of this, I really need some sort of outlet and, besides prayer, I have found that writing my thoughts down and sorting them out is the best way to sooth my anxious thoughts, discover what I am really feeling and/or what is really troubling me and then decide what I need to do, if anything.

Late night contemplations

This is the first post in my new blog and I am wondering what this will be. I'm not a very computer savvy person ( which is ironic,since my husband is a computer technician) but I hope to learn and make this blog into something worth following. I feel like this is sort of like an online diary and I was never very good at sticking with a diary but I hope to amend my ways on this account as well !