Bitter Sweet

Today has been a bitter sweet day in our household. George has headed to Salt Lake to go through some training and orientation for Knight Trucking. He is hoping to be officially employed and in a truck by Thursday.
I keep trying to remind myself that it is a good thing to be employed, but I am unable to convince myself that any employment that takes you away from your family is good. There have been a boatload of tears shed, and I am sure there are more to come. I am thankful for a busy week ahead of me. I will be tending kids at the beginning of the week and helping mom at Lin's with Flowers for Valentines Day towards the end of the week. The next week will be the challenge when life as normal resumes (or so to speak). I will be grateful to not have any bill collectors ringing and the mailman to not be dumping past due notices at our feet. (So far we have been blessed to be able to stay on top of everything). So I say to myself.... One step at a time, One Day at a time and before we know it this will all be a distant memory.

New Blog!

Ok, not that I have been keeping up with the TWO blogs I already have, but.... I am adding another to the list! "What's Four Dinner?" www.whatsfourdinner.blogspot.com

It is a shared blog with the Dinner Group that I belong to. There are four of us and each is assigned one night (Mon. - Thurs.) Each of us cook four meals on our assigned night and the rest of us kick back, (yeah right!) more correctly we concentrate on all of the other tasks that always need to be done! My night is Thursday!!! So, I cook 4 meals on Thursday and take around to the three other families. I have been a "member" of this Dinner Group since right after school started and let me tell you I would not want to change it anytime soon! I Love not only the convenience of it but also the new variety of meals that we are experiencing!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!

We are now venturing in to the blogging world with our meals and recipes of the week.

Life's Challenges

Just the other day I was thinking how great life was and what an amazing Christmas season we have been blessed with. I know when you get to comfortable and things are going so great there is bound to be some type of obstacle placed in your path. And it is not about the actual obstacle that has appeared but what you do with it and how you handle the challenge. As most of you know I have always been a worker, and deciding to stay home with my wonderful children a year and a half ago was a challenge in itself. In October I decided to go back to work part time and was enjoying that, (although it was a big adjustment). That was short lived and I was layed-off the first part of December. We all know how the economy is and how many people are out of work. This wasn't such a shock to us as I had not been working for a while up until this point. Almost a month later is when the shock came... George calls me and says that he had just had a visit from his boss and that he was being layed off. Everyone knows how George is a prankster and I just waited for a minute waiting for the "Just Kidding" (It wouldn't have been the first time for this prank!) But, it was the first time that the "Just Kidding" didn't come! To say that I was in shock after our call ended would be an understatement! We are only a few days into our "New Life" and we are very optimistic. Things happen for a reason and when looking back too this point in a year I am sure we will be able to have a much clearer picture of the things that we were able to learn by going through this challenge. I am very thankful that we are privileged enough to have the gospel in our lives, a loving Heavenly Father to turn to at anytime, a temple close by to attend and feel so much Love and Peace, Family to be our emotional support, and an amazing set of friends to constantly remind us that they are here. I know that I may not always be able to see the bright side while we are waiting to find which way our path is going, but I do know where and to who I can turn to during those dark times, and I am hoping that if need be I will have this post to look back at and remind me of how I am feeling right now. "That everything is going to be Alright!"