More happening than I can keep up with!

The superbowl is this weekend.. in Florida.. and I will be in Florida.. but I will not be paying $$$ to go see the superbowl! Isn't that crazy? My first trip to Florida - ever - and I happen to be going at the same time as the superbowl!

Anyway.. Just so you all know my schedule for the next few weeks..
Feb 3rd - I fly to Florida for training for my new job (less than 24 hours after my old job is done)
Feb 6th - I fly from Florida to Reno for more training
Feb 9th - I fly home to spend time with hubby, go to church, hopefully see my friends, do laundry
Feb 12th - I fly to Reno for another week of training
Feb 16th - home for the weekend
Feb 19th - to Reno
Feb 23rd - home.. to start working!
Mar 3rd - to Pasedena CA for some even that I know nothing about.

Did anyone notice that I will be gone for Valentine's Day?!?!? what were the parent-in-laws thinking?!

I'll be fine. I know Micah and I will make it through this just fine.. but I will miss him.

*Please pray for us - that we will communicate well "long distance marriage" isn't the ideal set-up
*Pray for me - that I will enjoy and be a blessing to my in-laws while I live with them for 3 weeks.
*Pray for my soon-to-be-former-boss (Shawn) that his business will flourish and that he will give glory to God
*Pray for my new job - that I will be a hard worker that excels at what I am given to do - for the glory of God

Thanks so much for all your love & prayers..
friends are awesome!

Since October...

Okay.. so things have happened since the month of October. I will try to get my life on this blog so that nobody is wondering too much :)

November:
What I remember about it was that we spent Thanksgiving with some of my family. We gathered at my aunt & uncle's house in Oregon City. I think there were like 18 people there.. family and some "outsiders" j/k.. I mean friends. The food was great.. and there was SO much of it. Much to be thankful for.. oh I'm jumping back to October for a second: Micah was hired on at the School he had been subbing for.. that means that he has medical benefits and that saves us almost $300 dollars per month! AND that means we now have dental! I'm stoked. Can you tell? I love the dentist. Do you?

Moving on..
December:
Went really fast.
We put up a tree the weekend after Thanksgiving and we hardly had time to enjoy it. We never got to see our friend's decorations.. it just seems that we were too busy! Now.. the question is, can I remember what we were so busy doing?
We had a Christmas celebration with my immediate family at Seth's house in Hillsboro - all 3 of my brothers and their "women" he he.. sounds funny. But it is easier than saying: My brother and his wife, my other brother and his fiance' and my other brother and his girlfriend! Do you see why I just say their "women"?
My parents were there too. It was so much fun to see everyone.. we were just starting to exchange gifts and the power went out! (Apparently someone thought it was a great idea to put a bunch of oil near a transformer.. so when the transformer blew the oil had to burn up before anyone could get the power going again!) So we opened presents in the dark.. lit by candles and flashlights. I loved it!
We drove down to Micah's parents' house in Reno for a week.. it was a lot of fun getting to hang out with his brother Sean some more. He usually doesn't hang out too much - I hope he knows that we had fun with him! His dad's dad was also there: Grandad Wayne. I love this ol' guy. I connect with him and we have fun - even if you have to yell for him to hear you. It was really good to see him and I wish we could see him more often!

December 2006 - January 2007:
(New Years Eve fits in both months so I had to make a new section for it.)
Dusty & Bethany and Micah & I all went to the Mellanders' house in Canby for a party. We played games and ate way too much snack food; we watched the ball drop on TV (which I have never understood); we were up until about 4:30am and then we had a "slumber party" - which we have been trying to plan for months. It was a lot of fun. We have excellent friends.

January: While in Reno during the Christmas week Micah's dad made mention of there being a job that I could do (from home) while working for his business: www.faith-based-solutions.com
We had told him several times that we wouldn't move to Reno to work for him (because Micah's career is the point - I can work wherever - so, where he goes I will follow!). This talk of working from home was new to me and so my interest was peaked. We got home and after the new year started and I couldn't get this off my mind I decided to call Mike and get some more details. It took several days to get in contact with him (he is a really busy guy). But we finally had a chance to talk and discuss things.. Micah and I talked and prayed.. I talked to the employee (Lauren) that I would be working with mostly.. Micah and I talked and prayed.. I talked to my friends and they all prayed and encouraged me to really consider it.. I talked to my parents and they really encouraged me to really consider it.. I felt total peace and excitement about this new opportunity that would work so well with the "unknown" that we have concerning Micah's career (where we will end up because of it). It seemed to answer prayers that I had praying for months concerning my current job. I couldn't stop thinking about it.. and talking about it.. and praying about it! After all of this TALKING on my part.. and some listening to many wise people I made the decision to go for it! Then came the overwhelming job of telling my current boss (of 4.5 years) that I would be leaving in 3 weeks! I can't tell you how God gave me peace and it was really easy.. I can tell you that God seemed to be working in my boss and seems to have given HIM the peace that he needed to get through the change and move forward in hiring someone to replace me. I have loved my job. I have loved working with Shawn. I pray and hope that his business will grow and succeed in ways that he can't even imagine.
But I am moving into a new chapter in my life, I am so excited and for all that I have written - I feel like I just relived 3 months... this blog has got to END!

I know I should blog..

but I can't think of anything to blog about.. sorry.