God is good, all the time.

The last week has been the hardest of my life. I hope I won't have many more like this, but I know God puts situations in your life for a reason. Last Saturday on November 28, I got a call around 11:45am from josh's boss, letting me know that he had fallen off a work truck and hit his head. He was bleeding in a few places, and that I needed to come to Advanced Auto. I flew into a panic, thinking the worst. Is he conscious? Will he have brain damage? Will he bleed to death? As I seemed to catch every red light on Atlanta Highway, my mind flooded with emotions. But as I drew closer to my destination, a calm ran over me. Everything will be fine. God is in your presence. He was and is always. We rushed Josh to the ER to find out he had two bleeds on his brain, and needed to see a neurosurgeon. That was the only time I broke down. We spent the next 6 days in Baptist South Hospital, three of those in SICU (surgical intensive care unit), mostly for observation but insanely scary nonetheless. They wanted him there in case the bleeds got worse and had to do surgery. Thankfully no surgery was needed, he went to a regular room on Tuesday, and was released on Friday evening. This whole experience has brought me closer to God, and made me realize how desperately I love my husband. Also how out-of-control and helpless I really am. Josh is at home now, and continues to improve daily. There will be more rough days ahead, but I am confident to face them knowing I have Josh with me, and my all-knowing, all-powerful God on my side. God is good, all the time.

Finally!!!

Well after 4 months of being part-time, my amazing awesome best friend got me a job at her office doing medical billing!!! It will be 40 hours a week and in Prattville, so if we can ever sell our house, we'll be a step ahead. I start November 9th, and am so ready! I'll still do Pampered Chef and maybe Bath and Body Works, just to have some extra cash to put with the debt. I'll finally have insurance and paid time off like I took for granted before... :) You really don't know how good you have it until it's taken away. And I'm so grateful for God blessing me with this opportunity because I know there are so many people out there without jobs. But this will be the turning point that I will always show Him my gratitude for what He gives me. God is good, all the time!

Life is good!

Yeah, it's been almost a whole month. I knew I couldn't stick with this. Anyway, Josh was accepted for the Firestone job. Finally! But now his other job is making it more complicated. They're fighting over him! It's great that they appreciate him, but it's hard to tell if they're being completely genuine. But we're praying hard about it, and that God will make it very obvious where he should be. I got the job at Maxwell, and have been there a little over a month. Not what I expected. Apparently you have no chance of becoming full time until you complete a year and a half's worth of classes done there on base. Not cool Air Force, not cool. So I'm still looking around for something full time and PERMANENT! I'm supplementing with part time jobs at Bath and Body Works, and also doing some Pampered Chef consulting. So if anyone wants to contact me about ordering anything, I'm available! Also you can check out the catalog at pamperdchef.com . But all in all, life is very, very good. :)

Update

Well, it feels weird to not have to get up early again, because my babysitting job is over. But I should hear from the Child Development Center at Maxwell soon. Josh is also waiting to hear VERY important news from Firestone, which is also on Maxwell Air Force Base. We're a lot more anxious to hear back from them, because if he gets this job, everything I make anywhere will go toward paying off debt. Then, my ultimate goal of being a stay-at-home mom can finally happen! We want to pay off all our debt first, then try afterward. So for him to already have a job that we could survive on, would be amazing. I thank God everyday for bringing me such a hardworking husband who wants so much to make me happy and provide for our family. So we should hear something tomorrow. Will post the news, good or bad. But hopefully good!

My first blog!

Hi everyone, I am very new to the blogging world so bear with me. I've been thinking of starting one of these and finally gave in. I have been married for almost 3 years and no kids yet, but that is in the works right now. So a majority of my life is about church, finding work, and paying off debt. Couldn't really find a catchy name that included all of that. :) So seeing as it is getting late, I will post more later.