These days

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This passed Thursday my Father's dad passed away. Grandpa Wilson. He died a very painful death, and suffered until the very end. My Grandma Wilson was with him telling him what a wonderful husband he was and praying with him and then telling him to go be with Jesus. I am in awe of this....lately she has really not been coherent. The funeral was yesterday. I think the hardest part was right after the funeral was over and the family stays while everyone emptys out. That is when you are supposed to say goodbye. I didn't want to leave because I knew they were going to close the coffin, they were going to close Grandpa inside and I could never kiss his bald head again....I could never see the twinkle in his eye when he was teasing me....or see his hands that were so gentle with me but strong enough to farm a hard land. That was the hardest for me.
However, I know where he is now. He is with My Heavenly Father. Not because he was a good man but because God redeemed Grandpa by sending His Son to die for Grandpa sins. I know that even though my Grandpa died a horrible death. Jesus died an even more horrible death. I don't know why God allowed Grandpa to suffer so and I am so very thankful that I was not there but I know numerous people heard my Grandma pray with him and see the miracle of an elderly woman coming back into her right mind to tell her husband to go be with Jesus. She knew that she would see him again and that he had suffered enough.
Praise the Lord that it is over and that He has taken Grandpa home where he will feel no more pain and there is no such thing as a closing coffin lid.

Feast Seventy-Six
Friday, January 13, 2006

Appetizer
Name one chore you don't really mind doing.
*cooking

Soup
How many times have you moved homes in your life?
*7

Salad
How old were you when you had your very first kiss?
26 (no joke)

Main Course
What time of day do you usually feel your best?
4:00am

Dessert
Using three words or less, describe your current local weather.
cold
gray
BORING!!

Today is V-day.
Yesterday I took a half day from work and went home to spend some quality time with the hubby. We decided since we are kinda strapped for money we would not buy gifts and go to lunch. We went to Los Cuatros. VERY good. 
When I walked in the apartment and went to hang up my keys I found a letter from my husband. A LOVE letter. I cried.
Anyway we had a wonderful afternoon together. We spent some time at Barnes and Josh read LOTR to me. 
I am so happy.

Work is really slow still. 
Just wait till March 1

God is so Good.
His provision and timing are perfection.

this is the day that the Lord has made


I WILL REJOICE IN THAT!!!

64 min

119 min

128 min left of my work day

I am so glad this week is almost over. Work has been so slow. I hate having to try and find something to do. There is only so many times I can rearrange my files and desk area :)

Josh was fired two weeks ago today. God has been teaching me so much:

• Depending on God instead of a job for our needs being met
• A check arrived in the mail a couple days after Josh was fired. It was dated for the same day he was canned.
• The importance of spending time DAILY in HIS WORD
• What a strong and full of  Godly character, husband I have

In other news. Josh applied to a college in Douglas AZ. We are waiting to hear back from them. If he gets accepted we will be moving in July. AZ is quite a distance from MI.

I just ate a chicken cheese broccoli, lean pocket and it tasted a little like coconut. Strange.

 

Well our first holiday at the LaBos was a success.
I am so tired!

okay today is long and boring.
I am sitting here at work...the only bright spot of my sad pitiful day was going to lunch with Kari and she had to leave. So there I will sit in the cafetera all alone knitting....I am like a woman's worst nightmare....to top it all off my outfit is just sad...screamming frumy old lady at 28!!! I am always afraid one of those ambush makeover shows are going to get me. The they will get me to the salon or whatever and throw up their hands and tell the host there is nothing they can do.
Wow seriously I need to find something to do. Three people called in today sick. Rumor is they did it on purpose so they did not have to go to graduation tomorrow.
I REALLY don't want to go either but duty calls. I will be mad if the boss isn't even there.
ARG
I am so grumpy!!!

Yeah it is Saturday!! We have a missons comittee meeting at Denny's then I am off to Mary Kay Christmas open house. Then it is off to visit my mom.
Things to do today:
Dishes
Laundry
Christmas Cards for our missionaries.
Maybe decorate for Christmas

I have done bills already today. I hate when my body is tired but my mind won't rest.

I still hold my title as Skip-bo Queen.
I love that game!!

Thanksgiving was nice this year. We spent it with my family at the farm. We had our first real snow storm so we couldn't really visit as long as we would like. It was still fun though. Our friend Pastor Dave came over and we played games.
I am so thankful for the life the Lord has chosen for me.

At work, after a very hectic morning the afternoon is crawling by. I wish there was a fastfoward button on life.

I hate not being able to sleep. I have always had trouble sleeping. I don't know why. The rest of my family has never had that trouble. In fact my dad can fall asleep anywhere. Especially church, he had been known to , on occacion, drop his bible in the middle of a service. tehe Anyway it used to be really bad when I was living alone. I used to get maybe 5 or 6 hours at a strech. It wasn't so bad I would get up at 1 or 2 and go fill up the gas tank, do bills or grocery shop...and even clean. Sometimes I would go for a ride and drive around my sister's place and my friend Kara's house just to make sure everyone was snug and okay. However, I now I don't think that would work out with Josh. I would never want him to wake up and find me gone. He worries so. Plus anymore driving around here in the middle of the night is just bad. The places I used to go have had muggings or someone beat up in the parking lot. So I guess those days are over. It just goes to show the Lord was looking out for me. We went to Red Lobster last night. .It was really good. I really don't like seafood but Josh LOVES it and we had a coupon. The last time we had went there was when we first started dating...ugh I remember being so AWKWARD!! I believe we had an argument that day too. Anyway the past couple of time Josh and I have gone out to eat the service has been bad and the food not so great. For example, we went to Bennigan's last week or the week before and we had the slowest server on the planet and the usually wonderful potato soup was medicore. Our server would walk by and check out the salt and pepper shakers on the next table but never come by us. Anyway it was just bad. However, this time was really good. I had grilled chicken and it was so good!!! Josh loved his. Our server was excellent. He had to have a manager come by and inital our coupon so when she did we told her how great he was. Turns out she was a general manager and the fact that we raved about him earned him something for his uniform....I am not really sure what that is but it seemed like a good thing. So we were happy. Josh had such a bad day yesterday it seemed to cheer him up. That made me happy. He has to work mandatory OT. That gets old real quick. I have to take the Jeep in to get the breaks and muffler worked on today. I always hate taking vehicles in. I think it is because I don't know much about cars and it is always expensive. I think my headache is finally going away. I woke up and it hurt so bad!

Today is Josh's 25th Birthday!
I took a half day from work to come home and make him dinner. He wanted something I have never made before.
It looks easy...
http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=recipe&m=recipe/knet_recipe_display&recipe_id=75641&e=email
we will see.
I also made a cake. I hope it tastes okay. I made the two layer cakes....one of the layers really didn't want to come out of the pan....it's not pretty. I hope it tastes good though.
Any way Josh if you read this....Happy Birthday!!!

Wow my first post on our new computer. It is so great!! Already we have used the computer and the scanner copier more than I thought we would. It is so handy to look for schools and such.
rock!

Well it has been a while since last I wrote.
I have been married for almost 1 year. Being married is definitely the most challenging thing that I have ever had to do. Don’t get me wrong I love being married to my husband but it is hard.
I find it very difficult to realize what a selfish person I am. My goodness what a horrible realization that was!!!! Becoming one flesh is an amazing process. I remember standing in front of friends and family and our pastor gazing at my groom thinking that everything was right in the world. Why would anyone want to get a divorce or argue? True bliss.
Then reality set in.
My friend Robyn described it best: .becoming one flesh sounds all nice and romantic but think about it two hunks of flesh being stitched together….it’s a gory mess that needs time to truly come together. If you have ever seen stitches you know what I mean. Yes the flesh is back together but not whole.
So becoming one is a painful, gory thing.
However let’s not forget the wonderful things marriage has to offer.
I think of the times when I come home from work crying because it has been a horrible day, and Josh is there with open arms to hold me and dry my tears. Also the times when he teaches me it’s okay to say know….and man logic 
I love to pray with him and do devotions and just talk about everything and anything.
So what I have learned in my first year of marriage is that it is harder then I thought and much more rewarding that I could have ever imagined.