Taking a Break

As most of you have noticed, I have not been blogging for a couple weeks. When I started, I was really sporadic about how I posted and I finally thought that I found my groove. Well . . . I had to get a job and now life is crazy. I need to figure out how to schedule my life and make sure I am getting the basics done before I can do the fun things . . . i.e. blogging. So I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season and hopefully I will be back shortly after the new year!

Rivalry Week!

No, I'm not talking about my kids! I'm talking about football! Hopefully that doesn't make most of you run away! I'll be honest...I love football! How can you go to Ohio State and not? It just doesn't happen! Well anyways, today was the big game! And we delivered! I figured we would, but it doesn't matter how well either team is doing before the big game, it is ususally a very competitive game. Well not so much today! 42-7! We kicked Michigan's butt! On top of that, Ohio State got a new record! First time in school history beating Michigan 5 times in a row! Great job guys! I am so proud of you! Jim Tressel also has a 7-1 record against Michigan which I have to say, is pretty darn good! And it's the 75th anniversary of the first time the Buckeyes have received gold pants for beating Michigan! Weird tradition I guess but hey! It sounds like fun! Now we just have to wait to see what bowl game we get to go to! It's been a great year despite a few bad games....USC and Penn State come to mind. But they are both excellent teams! How I miss Columbus! Maybe I'll get to go to a game next year! Well back to regular programming now!

Back to Work - part 2

After an anonymous comment that I received on this first post, I feel compelled to elaborate. Now this is not something that I will get in a habit of but I'd like to put it all out there! Or least most of it! Need some privacy! First of all, my blog is not for debate or criticism. There is enough of that in the real world. I love my blogging world because I feel like I can connect with women who are similar to me, with similar values. I do not get a lot of that in the real world, especially since I have went back to work. That is why I deleted the anonymous comment. It was said in a critical tone, or at least that is the way that I took it. Now, I may have been quick to judge, but I don't want to start a trend of those comments on my blog. This lady's intentions may have been pure, but it may start other people having negative comments towards my blog. Now I know that I can reject them but I don't personally want to read them. Just reading them is enough to bring my spirits down.

Ok. Now that that's out of the way. As you know from my last post I just returned back to the workforce. Not by my choice. I am submitting to my husband on this one. He wants me to go back to work because of financial reasons. He has tried to get a second job but where we live everything closes early. Now right there, I know that there is some controversy. But my standpoint is in line with what I have read in the Bible and very similar to other Christian keepers of the home that I have met online. The man is to provide and the women is to keep the home. Now it is not a sin for a woman to work outside of the home, so if it is her husband's wishes, she should submit. Then pray that your husband will change his mind and make it work on one income. Now, this is of course, if you are being a good keeper of the home. This is not an excuse to be lazy at home and sit on your laurels. You need to be working. To be completely honest with everyone, I was not working as hard as I could be. So my husband had every right to ask me to go back to work. I have major self discipline problems, lack of energy and motivation. And I just don't like to clean! As I think most women don't. I sort of slapped God in the face with that one. It is a blessing to be able to stay home and make a good home for my family. I am slowly learning that. I have asked God to be patient with me as in this area I am a slow learner. I am hoping that he will bring me home quickly and with my husband's approval and understand that this is only a season of my life and I must have patience.

But do know, that I was not fighting my husband the whole time I was home. There are many circumstances regarding it and if you read back earlier in my blog you will be able to figure them out. The past couple months, my husband has been in conflict about it. He wanted me home, but at the same time, doesn't want to lose our home. He hates that I am gone right now (I'm working second shift at the moment) but knows that we need the money right now.

So that's my story. Hopefully it doesn't make everything more confusing. If you have any personal questions, feel free to ask. If it's too personal, I will probably email you instead of commenting on the blog about it!

I hope that you all continue to read my blog and share with me your journeys.

Back to Work

Well after 9 months I'm back to work. Let me tell you, it is weird. I've really gotten used to being a wife at home and a homemaker and getting a routine in place before we have children. But we needed the money bad and I'm supposed to be a submissive wife. At least I'm trying. I've been working hard since working on my Proverbs 31 bible study. Well hubby says if we want to keep the house I need to go back to work until we have a baby. So off I am! Well not wanting to complain about my situation or my husband I actually just need some advice. I am working second shift and my husband works first shift. To be exact, he leaves at 4:50am and comes home around 4:15pm and I will be leaving around 2:45pm and get home around 11:45pm. So we won't be seeing each other Monday-Thursday (those are the only days I'm working - it's part time for now). So I was wondering if any of you work the opposite shift from your signaficant other and how do you deal with it? It doesn't help that we're trying to get pregnant right now either! Kinda have to see each other for that. We are also newlyweds. Unfortunately this is the only job the temp agency had available and I haven't been able to find a job on my own. So for the time being it is my own choice. I know that this is only for a season of my life and if God wants me back home he will help me find a way home. We just really need to work on getting the bills paid right now!

I also need advice on how to get everything done around the house when working. It's been awhile since I've been a working woman and was not doing such a great job when I left work. I've always had a problem with keeping the house and organizing and such. Not a very motivated person! But I am trying and looking to the Lord for my strength.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Cold...again!

I miss our Indian Summer! Not a big fan of cold. At least until Thanksgiving and Christmas! Have a great weekend!

Fun filled weekend!

Me and my husband had a fantastic weekend! I didn't think it would be very busy but we just played by ear. Friday night we rented movies and cuddled on the couch and ate popcorn! Always a good time! Saturday after Tim went hunting we were going to stop by the local Goodwill store to see if they had any deals. Well, they did! It was 50% off day and I got a really great coat for $15! I got a few other things as well. Then we went to explore the town of Batesville and stopped by a mom and pop store. It was one of those stores that had candy making supplies and fudge and cookies! Then we drove through Oldenburg (sp?), which is an old German town. Not extremely exciting but they had some really pretty churches. I then decided that we should make a roadtrip to Metamora which was very near to where we were. Metamora is this great canal town in Indiana, near Brookville Lake. It has tons of stores and activities to do. They actually have a safe trick or treat and we got to see a bunch of cute kids dressed up. We took the dog which wasn't the best idea but everyone loves our boxer! They think he is so cute! He is a good looking dog, he's just a handful! But I wouldn't trade him for anything. We walked through the town and then walked on a canal trail that passed by the corn maze. Then we were really tired and went home. Had some pizza and watched another movie! Oh and I forgot to mention! My pastor called me Saturday morning and said he was stopping by with something. He brought us over a box of food from Angel Food Ministries! We are so blessed! This is the second free box that we have received from them! Such a blessing with me not working right now! Now on to Sunday! Had a great church service and loved seeing everyone from church. Then we went to a friend's house. Tim's groomsmen and two of their parents got together and wanted to have a dinner for us to give us our presents from the wedding. It was so much fun. I always have a lot of fun when I'm with these people. They are so caring and giving and funny! It was great to see the kids too!

So that was my weekend! Now I'm just playing catchup with the house! Hope you have a great week!

Crazy Wind Storms in Midwest

We got a horrible wind storm on Sunday afternoon all across the midwest! In one part of Ohio, there were winds up to 84 mph. Now I don't think it was that bad around us in Indiana but it got pretty rough. We were in church late that day and the lights kept on flickering. We didn't think anything of it and left church. It was windy but we thought we were getting storms that day. When we got home our outside plastic table was flipped over and broken and our basketball hoop was knocked over! Thank God we were in church, otherwise the basketball hoop would have fell on our car! It got pretty bad over here and we lost electricity for about a day and lost more than half of the siding on our house. But in comparison with a lot of other people we did okay. Kentucky and Cincinnati are saying that this is the worst power outage of all time. At one point, 1 million people were out of power in Cincinnati! They may not have power for the rest of the week! My parents and inlaws still don't have power! We are very fortunate to get our power back so early! I think this storm helped us to see that we need to be more prepared for emergencies in the future. Luckily we had the candles from our wedding a few months back so we had light! Please pray for everyone in our area right now!

Changed My Background!

I was bored with my old background so I changed it! Hope you like it!

Married Life!

Married life has been fantastic so far! It's been so great being Tim's wife. I have been so busy trying to get our house back in order after the wedding. I haven't been able to get out all of my thank you cards because we don't have money for stamps right now. You wanna know something funny? When we had almost no money, I was able to get groceries for a week for 4 people but soon as Tim got paid I went and spent tons of money on groceries and splurged! Now we have no money again! Exciting thing happened though! We got a kitten! We named it Morgan! Not sure if it is a boy or a girl yet. We ended up getting a kitten because we are having a mouse problem and hoping it will help! More soon!

Memorial Day Weekend

It was so great to have Tim home this weekend! We had a great holiday weekend. Very busy! Saturday we went to the Taste of Cincinnati with a few friends and had a great time! We don't get to go out with my friends very much so it was nice to get out. Yesterday we worked on the garden and today Tim's family came over and helped put up the shed. I am so excited that we finally have a shed. We look like hillbillies with all of our lawn equipment and bikes on the side of the yard. Hopefully we'll be able to get all of the tools and Tim's stuff in there.

I had such a great time with our nephews! I can't wait to have kids. Hopefully by next spring I'll be pregnant. I wished they lived closer. It took them an hour and a half to get to us. That's why we don't visit all that much!

This will be a really busy week. I'm thrown off with the holiday today. Tomorrow I volunteer and have my Mary Kay meeting. I have 5 million phone calls to make tomorrow too. Mostly wedding phone calls. These next weeks are going to be crazy. My parents got the invitations out on Saturday so I am so excited. My bridal showers are coming up too! I'm just ready to be married. It's been such a long engagement!

Great Week So Far!

Me and Tim are having the best week so far! As many of you know, we are down to only one car right now. Since I'm working from home it is doable but still hard. It's really hard on Tim when I have the car because he has never been without a car since he turned 16! So we were talking to our pastor after church on Sunday and saying how we were looking for a car and it turned into our pastor just bought his wife a new car and they were selling their minivan! We got a great minivan for $1500!!!! We are sooooo excited! We really needed a minivan and we wanted to not have another car payment! I am so excited! Perfect timing!

Best week item #2: We need a lawnmower! Our yard looks like a forest right now! We have one but it is not working. Tim has tried everything! Then it'll work for 5 minutes and stop. We have an acre of land so 5 minutes definitely doesn't cut it. We just don't have the money to go out and buy a riding lawnmower. Well, Tim told me the other day that we are going to get his grandpa's old lawnmower! Yes! Life is great right now!

Now if only people would start booking Mary Kay parties....life would be perfect! Hey, we're getting there! But seriously, we are just so blessed and lucky to have the resources that we have. Keeping it down to one car payment will make it so much easier for me to keep working from home and not have to get a full-time job outside of the house. We are learning that we just need to be patient and good things will come!

Internet's Back

Yay! Our internet is back! We got it back for my fiance's online schooling but it'll help me out a lot too. It's so hard when I need a recipe and can't find it because I'm already at home. It'll definitely help me with substitutions and different things like that. Well it's time to go to bed. Tim is already snoozing next to me and the puppy is playing on the floor. Good night!

My Weekend

My weekend wasn't all that eventful. We thought we were going to have the kids and didn't, which is disappointing but we had more time to clean up. I took down all of the Christmas decorations and my fiance took out the tree. I have never seen so many pine needles in my life. I'll still continue to get a real tree because I love the smell of them and the tradition of going to get one. It was a pretty relaxing weekend. We didn't get as much done as we wanted to but we are so go...go...go that we deserved to rest a bit. My fiance promised me that if I clean up the kitchen he will do dishes! I love him! I hate doing dishes! One exciting thing that happened is that we booked our honeymoon today. We are honeymooning for 4 nights in Cancun in a beautiful resort. Not very frugal but we probably won't take many vacations after this. I hope everyone else had a great weekend and has a productive week.