A huge blessing

Many of you know that Hubby had been layed off for about 2 and 1/2 months. Needless to say, we have been more then a little strapped here finacially. On top of just normal every day living, and Dada's diabetic expenses, we were told the Brother needed glasses. So off to the eye doctor we trekked to get him glasses. $120 dollars later, we ordered his glasses (which I will post pictures of later, he look to darn cute!!) ANYWAY.....like I was saying, things have been really really tight for us. Well, today in my mailbox at school was an envelope, with $140 and a card that just told me that I was loved. I was stunned. It really could not have come at a better time.

Also please pray for wisdom for us. Hubby is driving 2 hours 1 way to work. And he is spending at LEAST $150 a week just in gas to get to work and back. We are really praying for wisdom so we know if this is really worth the travel expense. In this economy we just don't know if it is the wisest thing to have him not working.

A quick update

Well, we are slowly counting down the days of school. We have 3 weeks and 4 days left! I think that I can handle this!! I am looking forward to summer so much. Maybe then I will be able to keep up with our pig sty of a house.

Hubby has gone back to work. Thankfully. The only downside is that he has to work in Rock Island. So there is quite a commute for him. He has debated whether he should stay in a hotel a couple nights a week, but the cost of the hotel and the gas he would be using are about the same. So he decided to commute so he can be home with his family.

Really not much has been happening. We had out Mother/Daughter Tea at our church yesterday. I'm not a fan of Mother/Daughter banquets. I only really went for Dada. She was so excited about it! She had been talking about it for weeks now.

My husband the devil!

For those of you who don't know, I am trying to lose weight. It has been a struggle for me for at least a couple years now. Working out has been hard to fit into my life, so last week, I decided that I would get up at 5 and work out. It has worked out very well. I like getting it over with before my day even starts.

1 of my weakneses is sweets. Cupcakes, or brownies being my top picks. Anyway, tonight, Hubby was pretty much begging me to make brownies. But I told him flat out no. That brownies were the reason I was so fat, and that I would definatly NOT make him brownies. I told him that if he wanted them bad enough that he would have to do it himself.

Well, he did. He actaully MADE brownies! Dada "helped" him stir and pour. Even even put chocolate chips and walnuts in them! I did help a little, you know....someone had to lick the bowl! :)

Now tell me, how I am supposed to stay out of them??

I've been tagged

Sarah has tagged me. So I thought I would finally get it over with! I have been putting it off since I am bad at these things. But here goes......


1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.



1. I was married at 18 and have never regretted it. I am madly in love with my hubby. We will celebrate 10 years this Aug.

2. I really like working out on the Elliptical machine. ( I'm sure I spelled that wrong)

3. There is a small part of me that would really love to have a baby. But I'm sure it won't fit into our life right now.

There aren't really any weird facts about me.

4. I love to take a nap.

5. I LOVE sweet iced tea. ALOT!

6. I constantly worry that my kids are annoying to other people.

7. I miss my Grandma.


I will tag....

Sarah

Candice

Heather

Tammy

Tancy

Ann-Marie

Beth

Melanie's Bridal shower

Here are a few picts of my soon to be sister in law's bridal shower!! I am excited about Jonathan and Melanie getting married, I just wish they weren't moving to Hawaii!!

8 weeks and counting

We have had such a great spring break this past week. It has been totally relaxing and fun. I have gotten to sleep in which I LOVE and Hunny can't stand! But I did it and didn't feel guilty. We have also gotten to catch up with some friends, which is another thing that I love. We went to our friend Doug and Sherrie's house for dinner on Thursday night, and had such a blast. We of course stayed way to late ( I think we got home about 11:45!) But we enjoyed every minute of it.

We also got to spend time with Tancy and JP. JP got us hooked on some video games. And we had a blast doing that. I think I am deaf though.

Anyway, I am not really wanting to go back to school tomorrow, but alas I will go. Tancy is starting another phase of construction on her house, and I would much rather be over there helping her during the days. But we only have about 8 weeks left so I think I can handle it. Although I don't think there are any days off between now and May 24th. 8 weeks and counting, I can handle it. I think.

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After church sunday night, a group of us went out to dinner and here are some pictures of our crazy group! We had a lot of fun and had so many people that we covered 1 section of Wendy's.

I think 1 of the things that I love most about our church is that we get together and fellowship after services.

Excuse the 1 of me and Hunny, I look like I'm on crack. It's just a bad picture. And I honestly tried to flip the 1 of the girls table, but for some reason it doesn't want to flip. So I'm sorry if you get a crick in your neck.