Thankful #1

I'm going to try to write here everyday for a week. I have so much to be thankful for, so everyday until Thanksgiving I'm going to share one thing.

Today, it's you - my friends and family that read this blog. I was overwhelmed by the comments you all left on my last post - thanks for your prayers and the wisdom you shared.

P.S. I'll share our decision soon!

I don't know if anyone is still reading this...

but Matt and I are praying about a big decision right now and would appreciate prayers for wisdom. Thanks!

Rain today!

YEA! I love rain and we need it!

One month

It's been a month since I posted, not because I don't have time, but because we don't have internet access in our apartment. I have to use the computer in the business office of our apartment complex.

My job is going okay. I feel kinda silly only working part-time, but Matt's working so much that it's good that someone is around to do the errands and cooking and cleaning. Speaking of cooking, I've been doing a lot of this:

No, not eating! Baking! That's the downright delicious Buttermilk Chess Pie from the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. I've been making banana bread, muffins, cookies. We always have some homemade baked goods in the house now. (Don't worry, our apartment complex also has a nice gym I've been going to regularly.)

I've also been reading. It's great to work in a big library and live in a town with another big library. Since we got our library cards we've been checking out stacks of stuff. It's hard to resist all the great books and CDs.

Updates

We don't have internet access at home, so this has to be snappy.

*We're moved. The apartment is nice. There's still a lot of boxes. Some won't be unpacked.
*We had a contract on our house, but it fell through.
*Matt's job is going well. He always wants to be perfect, but I think he's doing pretty great.
*I got a job in a big, nice library. At least that was my impression from the interview. It's part-time, but with benefits.
*I don't really miss the mountains, but it's hot here.

Friday.

I just said my last goodbye to my co-workers. I hate goodbye.

Tomorrow we are Canaan bound.

I'm looking forward to hello.

countdown...

After today, four more days of work.

On the fifth day, we move!

Still no buyer for our house.

Please pray!

What I should be doing...

is tackling this.

Yeah, that's the hall closet. I should be cleaning and packing it, but I'm not going to. I also have phone calls to make and laundry to do, but I'm not doing that either. My throat hurts (I hope from reading with and speaking loudly to large groups of children, and not the beginnings of some unfortunately timed illness) and I'm going to knit, watch TV, and read tonight.

why I haven't posted...

Things are crazy! Work is so busy and rewarding right now! I'm seeing so many kids every week, but it's a lot of loud reading and talking and well, performing and very tightly scheduled most days. I'm grateful Matt's home to take care of a lot of the cooking and cleaning and house selling/house buying stuff.

Speaking of house stuff, we have had an offer. It was really low and we've counteroffered and are waiting to see about that...

In the meantime we made a last minute decision to run to our new hometown on Friday evening to check out houses and then were back Saturday night for duties at church on Sunday. We are pretty sure about the house we'd like there, but we also saw the fabulous apartment we'll rent if the house does not sell before moving day.

I need a vacation. I owe emails and phone calls and will be working on that soon.

The lake

We went out on the lake yesterday. We figured we might as well give the old "mean green bean" (that's what we call our extremely rednecky johnboat) one more spin before we move. It was so fun! We put in at a different location that was nicer and less crowded than where we've started in the past.

We took some pictures with Matt's camera phone:
Isn't this lake beautiful? I can see why so many people have summer homes here.
Snapped this pic before we jumped in for some swimming.