Mindy this post is just for you. Look I posted!
Changes are in the air. I'll let you all know what they are after Sunday. But I have to say, I'm a little sad.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
He Needs a Haircut, He Really Needs a Haircut
George has been talking about buzzing his hair for a little while but he hadn't decided whether or not he was going to do it. We were babysitting at my parent's house while they were in Florida and my dad has the clippers so we decided to go for it. He was brave and gave me the clippers and I went at it.
He definitely may be a bit too trusting.
The final product! Wow, it's short. Afterwards, George said, that might not have been the best decision. Don't worry, it's growing back beautifully. But I think he looks great with it short.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Hebrews 11
The chapter is all about faith and one verse in particular stands out to me and gives me hope.
Hebrews 11:11 - Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Hebrews 11:11 - Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Hand of the Lord
This week I have been thinking about the last year of events that have happened for George and I and realizing that Heavenly Father's hand has been in every event that has happened. I was talking to my mission companion Heather and she helped me recognize even the ones that I hadn't been able to figure out yet. I feel like I need to write them down so that I don't forget them. Before I go into our story, I had a couple of experiences yesterday at Education Week that also proved that Heavenly Father has His hand in our lives.
On Tuesday a sister approached me asking for information about a participant which I could not give out. She then proceeded to tell me that she had a package for a sister from her daughter who was serving a mission in her ward. I had no idea how we were going to find this sister but I called the phone number and left her a message to come see us in the Garden Court.
The next day I had a sister walk up to me who was visibly upset because she had lost her name badge and wondered if she should just go home. I got up to help her look and she talked to me about things that had been going on and it appeared she was just having a bad day and Satan was trying to do everything he could to keep her from coming to Ed Week. We walked back into the Garden Court and before she walked away, I asked her if she wanted me to take her name and number so I could call her if we got her badge. We walked back to the table and were handed her namebadge that someone had turned in during the time we walked away from the table. It was an amazing miracle. Obviously, she was meant to be here.
As she walked away I noticed the namebadge of the lady my co-worker was helping and low and behold it was the sister missionary's mom. Wow! The number I had called on Tuesday was her home number so there was no way she would have gotten the message before she went home but there she was standing in front of me. We got her the sister's phone number who had the package and got them in touch. The Lord's hand really is in people's lives.
Now, for our lives. Three months after George and I got married, we felt that we needed to start trying to get pregnant. That was not thrilling for us since we had originally decided that we would wait a year before starting to try but okay, we'll follow and do as the Lord commands. Well 5 months later we weren't pregnant and we were frustrated with why we would be told to try if nothing was going to happen. That's when I saw the doctor for a rash and found out I have PCOS. Well obviously the Lord knew what He was doing because not getting pregnant was one of the indicators of my PCOS. So we started working on that problem. Not curable but we are able to deal with the symptoms.
By the end of January we were pregnant. Yay! At least we thought. That's when we had the whole ectopic pregnancy experience. I hadn't been able to recognize the Lord's hand in that one but Heather pointed out to me the other day that the Lord's hand was there because He showed us that we would be able to at least get pregnant.
The second time we got pregnant was in May. Woo hoo. Not! We lost it again. This time my doctor said, what part of do not get pregnant don't people understand and that was it for us. We switched doctors. However, the way we found him was a miracle. I started bleeding on Tuesday and called what I thought was Cindy's doctor's office. It wasn't but I explained the situation and the nurse was very friendly and told me they had a doctor I could see and I could get in that morning. I told her I would call back and called Cindy's doctor's office. They weren't as kind and told me they would call me back later that day (they never did). So I made an appointment with Dr. Cherrington. He was great! By the end of the week I had miscarried and he called me himself to make sure I was okay and to give me options for the next time we got pregnant. The Lord's hand was definitely in that one. He led us to a family practice doctor that will not only work hard to help us keep a baby but also has experience with depression and can help George.
I'm thankful for small miracles in every day life. Sometimes, it takes time to recognize them but when you do man do they stand out!
On Tuesday a sister approached me asking for information about a participant which I could not give out. She then proceeded to tell me that she had a package for a sister from her daughter who was serving a mission in her ward. I had no idea how we were going to find this sister but I called the phone number and left her a message to come see us in the Garden Court.
The next day I had a sister walk up to me who was visibly upset because she had lost her name badge and wondered if she should just go home. I got up to help her look and she talked to me about things that had been going on and it appeared she was just having a bad day and Satan was trying to do everything he could to keep her from coming to Ed Week. We walked back into the Garden Court and before she walked away, I asked her if she wanted me to take her name and number so I could call her if we got her badge. We walked back to the table and were handed her namebadge that someone had turned in during the time we walked away from the table. It was an amazing miracle. Obviously, she was meant to be here.
As she walked away I noticed the namebadge of the lady my co-worker was helping and low and behold it was the sister missionary's mom. Wow! The number I had called on Tuesday was her home number so there was no way she would have gotten the message before she went home but there she was standing in front of me. We got her the sister's phone number who had the package and got them in touch. The Lord's hand really is in people's lives.
Now, for our lives. Three months after George and I got married, we felt that we needed to start trying to get pregnant. That was not thrilling for us since we had originally decided that we would wait a year before starting to try but okay, we'll follow and do as the Lord commands. Well 5 months later we weren't pregnant and we were frustrated with why we would be told to try if nothing was going to happen. That's when I saw the doctor for a rash and found out I have PCOS. Well obviously the Lord knew what He was doing because not getting pregnant was one of the indicators of my PCOS. So we started working on that problem. Not curable but we are able to deal with the symptoms.
By the end of January we were pregnant. Yay! At least we thought. That's when we had the whole ectopic pregnancy experience. I hadn't been able to recognize the Lord's hand in that one but Heather pointed out to me the other day that the Lord's hand was there because He showed us that we would be able to at least get pregnant.
The second time we got pregnant was in May. Woo hoo. Not! We lost it again. This time my doctor said, what part of do not get pregnant don't people understand and that was it for us. We switched doctors. However, the way we found him was a miracle. I started bleeding on Tuesday and called what I thought was Cindy's doctor's office. It wasn't but I explained the situation and the nurse was very friendly and told me they had a doctor I could see and I could get in that morning. I told her I would call back and called Cindy's doctor's office. They weren't as kind and told me they would call me back later that day (they never did). So I made an appointment with Dr. Cherrington. He was great! By the end of the week I had miscarried and he called me himself to make sure I was okay and to give me options for the next time we got pregnant. The Lord's hand was definitely in that one. He led us to a family practice doctor that will not only work hard to help us keep a baby but also has experience with depression and can help George.
I'm thankful for small miracles in every day life. Sometimes, it takes time to recognize them but when you do man do they stand out!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Budgets
Sometimes, that's a swear word. Sometimes, you feel like swearing when you put one together. All in all, they are a good thing.
George and I have been trying to get ours re-done for awhile and we just haven't been able to find time. We needed to revise our family goals as well. Well, last night we finally found time to do it. Yay for date night. Oh yes, date night last night consisted of the things we really needed to do. We have new savings goals, Christmas money goals, and new computer goals (George's laptop died).
We are thinking that we will have a yard sale so if anyone wants to combine and do one together, we'd love that. If anyone is looking for a large desk or maybe a love sack, let us know. I'm sad to let it go but it may be something we have to do.
I'm happy with our goals and our new budget. We even budgeted in date night money which we should have done a long time ago. Having that money actually budgeted in I think will help us to stay better within our budget. I'm glad that we found that time to go over our goals and we feel a lot better about where our life is going.
It was funny looking back on last year's goals. We were able to accomplish quite a few but then there are some that we really need to do better at. It opens your eyes. We just have to get better at following through with all of them and looking at them occasionally to remind ourselves what we did plan.
George and I have been trying to get ours re-done for awhile and we just haven't been able to find time. We needed to revise our family goals as well. Well, last night we finally found time to do it. Yay for date night. Oh yes, date night last night consisted of the things we really needed to do. We have new savings goals, Christmas money goals, and new computer goals (George's laptop died).
We are thinking that we will have a yard sale so if anyone wants to combine and do one together, we'd love that. If anyone is looking for a large desk or maybe a love sack, let us know. I'm sad to let it go but it may be something we have to do.
I'm happy with our goals and our new budget. We even budgeted in date night money which we should have done a long time ago. Having that money actually budgeted in I think will help us to stay better within our budget. I'm glad that we found that time to go over our goals and we feel a lot better about where our life is going.
It was funny looking back on last year's goals. We were able to accomplish quite a few but then there are some that we really need to do better at. It opens your eyes. We just have to get better at following through with all of them and looking at them occasionally to remind ourselves what we did plan.
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