Hello Friends!
Apparently I'm going to be like a twice a year blogger, as that is about how often something interesting enough happens to blog about :)
Well let's see, I have been putting this post off for several weeks, mostly because I am insecure and always worry about what other people think, I guess turning 30 did not make me out grow that. Anyway, here goes; in 34 days I will be working my last day at the nursing home and becoming a full time, stay at home wife. I know, I know, it doesn't make any sense, why would I not keep working until we have a kid, what are we going to do about money, and so on and so on. Basically, I had a couple of odd jobs come my way that would really help supplement our income when we do have a baby and if I passed them up I would miss out and it seemed like the Lord is lining everything up so that whenever little Rolling Stone does make his/her appearance, we will be "ready". I realize there really is no ready, and I'm totally kidding about the baby name. To be honest, my heart is not in my job anymore, I love my residents (most of them) and my co workers (most of them) but I constantly feel that I am losing valuable time by being at work all day. There are so many things that I need to learn in order to live as simply as possible. I believe that the more simply we live, the greater the long term rewards. I want to learn to garden, crochet, sew, cook healthier, coupon,etc. And then I want to teach my kids to do all of those things. My Dad and Patrick are breaking into the cow business and I am so excited to be a part of that. I never thought that I would consider myself a country girl, I have been called prissy too many times in my life for that, but I am ready to be outside, get dirty, be physically exhausted at the end of the day instead of mentally. Some of you will not understand this, and that's ok, but this is the right thing for us (Patrick is going to love having a housewife, he just doesn't know it yet). Of course we are worried about money, but we are not irresponsible, we would not be making this change if we didn't know that we could make it work. And if you are wondering what the "cow business" is, I will explain it once I figure it out, something about buying cows, beefing them up, and then selling them for meat I think................yeah, Patrick can't wait to introduce me to the new mama and baby they bought this week, but I don't think I should come face to face with a baby cow if he ever plans on selling it for meat. Still working on that whole "I'm a country to girl" thing. Anyway, other then scary life change happening in 4 weeks and 6 days, things are good! Patrick is wonderful as always, working hard and playing hard. Along with being a full time firefighter, he is working full time at Carolina Farm and Garden, playing drums in the church band, and as I said earlier, in process of becoming a real live Cowboy :) We are continuing to work on the house, it feels like small steps but when we look at how far we have come in less then a year, it's pretty amazing. In preparation for Baby I have come off my anxiety meds and am slowly walking though life drug free, trying to prevent any setbacks and am praising God for keeping His steady hand on me. I hope all of you who read this are doing well, and for those that don't bother to read it, when they get their Christmas gift from the dollar bin at Target they will figure out that they missed something! Love to you all and God Bless.
