I love this site. It is just so happy and bright. I also like her patterns and fabric. It's also her grand opening and there is a discount and you get a free pattern! I want to make that ring stacker for babies...if only I was good at sewing!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
A Crazy Week
This last week has been VERY stressful and pretty much life changing....for us at least!
I'll start with last Saturday night...(Aug 2nd, to be exact)...we went to dinner at On the Border and then went to Big 5 and were going to the mall, which was right around the corner, and for some reason we noticed our air conditioning wasn't working. Then, our car started smoking and smelling bad....yep, our AC went out in the middle of the hot AZ summer...great, huh?! We drove home at about 9:00pm and we were dying...it was about 100 degrees in the car. YUCK!
Come Monday morning, we dropped the car off at the shop and we both went to work, our typical Monday routine. Scott calls me and tells me that the car is going to cost about $2300 to get fixed! Yep, that's right, 2300 bucks! I was upset about that, alittle. Then, my project manager calls me and wants to see me in the conference room. I get laid off! What a great day! I knew I could, but I didn't really think I would. I was a little annoyed that I worked 1/2 of the day and then they did it....why couldn't they do it Friday? I got some severence pay and I was upset and crying a little because I was surprised and a little scared about what we were going to do about everything, but I was also a little relieved. I think the worst part was calling Scott and telling him and he had to come and get me because I didn't have a car. His boss let him take the rest of the day off and he came and helped me pack up my stuff and we went to get Connor and went home. IT was a hard day, but that is the way it goes.
The next day we left our escort and the shop so they could fix an oil leak that happened after they fixed it a few months before. It was supposed to be for free. Then, about 600 dollars later...that car was fixed and I was pretty stressed out about our money situation. That day Scott got a bonus at work, which helped pay for the car and we had some left over. We still haven't figured out what to do about the Explorer, but it looks like we are going to trade it in even though it has lost value and has problems. It seems like it is the best deal.
We have learned a lot this week and realized that we need to be on a budget and rely on the Lord alot more. I think this was a wake up call of sorts. We weren't doing everything we were supposed to be doing and we needed to put our priorities in line. I was thinking about going to school again, but just didn't feel great about that. We finally decided that that wasn't the best thing since we do want our family to be the main priority. So, for now I am looking for something that will work with our family and make everyone happy and not have to be away from Connor too much. IF I can't find that, we will be fine living off of what Scott makes and my unemployment. It is nice to get to stay home with Connor....I am loving it and am happier and not stressed about work. I am stressed about the car and our benefits problem....they are so expensive, but that is another story. I did lose like 5 pounds this week from being so stressed.
The moral of this is to rely on the Lord and pray and things will work out....they are and we are all happier because of this....the Lord really does know what he is doing!
Friday, August 1, 2008
Stuff
I've just been thinking alot this week about choices and some of the ones I have made in my life.At first I was second guessing my choices and thinking that if I had only known...., but I don't have a time machine, so I can't fix it, even though it might be nice to have one! At the time that I made my choices, it felt right. Looking back and seeing how everything turned out, I might wished I would have chosen differently, but I didn't know and could have never known at the time what the outcome would have been. I can't say that I totally regret anything I did, but I have realized that by making different choices, my life could be alot different than it is right now. I might not like some of the things in my life, but I guess everything isn't perfect. I do know that I am so glad to have my family and am glad that my choices have brought me here. I am not in a bad place....I might be living in Tucson, which I don't like and I might have a job I don't like....but I do know it could be worse. I am beginning to see how I can learn from my choices though, which is good. My mind has just been going non stop lately thinking about all of this stuff and I can't seem to get it to stop! I am also missing my family in Washington and wish I could be there, which always makes me feel sad! Anyways....here are some more random pictures to show that were taken lately. Connor is getting so big and is learning and becoming his own little person, which I think he has quite the personality. (The pictues go oldest to newest...the first few were taken just before our trip and the last few were from this week.)
Playing with HIS, yes, his, ZIP ZAP.
Look at that look!
Helping dad put together his toybox.
Talking on my touch....he likes to act like he is talking on the phone.
Another look.
Playing with his piggy bank, that is actually a froggy. He has been liking to put money in it...he just gets mad that he can't take it out. (Can you guess who gave us the frog?)
Thanks for looking and sorry that I do like a million posts in 1 day....I just fall behind! We hope you have a great weekend. It is so hot here.Pudding+Chocolate=YUMMY!!!!
Lastnight we had chocolate and Connor got to feed himself. I think these pictures tell the story pretty well!
Doesn't this look like fun?!! I think he just looks so happy...he really had a ton of fun playing in it, I think he even ate some of it too. He also managed to splatter some on the walls. Next came the bath...it ended up being a chocolate bath...who doesn't love chocolate baths?!
A Crazy Night
This last Saturday (July 26th) Scott and I were both up before Connor was. It was 7:30 and he hadn't even made any noise yet, so I went in to check on him. This is what I found.
He had pulled back the fitted sheet and mattress cover from his mattress, moved his stuffed animals, turned sideways and had his feet up on the side of the crib. Now, that's a pretty crazy night!
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