Change is good. I like change. I'm excited for change. But I'm nervous.
Last Sunday, not yesterday Sunday the one before that, our Bishop and his 1st counselor came over to our house after church to talk to us. They asked me if I would accept a call to be Relief Society President. I happily accepted.
I am excited and all sorts of nervous. Today I got really excited! I got my first "Relief Society President I need your help/here's my concern" call. I was so excited! I'm excited to really feel like I am making a difference. I am excited to inspire and be inspire, strengthen and be strengthened spiritually. I think the Lord knew I needed this calling. Although I hate that I feel like I needed a calling to DO something.
I found this little gem of a video last week and I am so excited to do what Emma Smith envisioned...to do something extraordinary.
We found yet another house today! And it is BETTER than the last one we thought we wanted. It has a few unfinished projects, but that's ok. We are excited to work on our home. That is if it becomes our home.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Patience.
Patience has to be the HARDEST virtue ever to learn. And I suck at it. I also suck at keeping secrets but THIS secret I will keep. At least for a couple more days. haha this should be fun...I'll just let your mind's go crazy.
Jose is at Youth Conference and we won't see him till Tomorrow evening. :( We miss him terribly. As much as I hate the "cry it out" method. I did it tonight. But my limit was 20 min. I don't understand how parents can set a bed time do the bed time routine and just let their kid cry and cry and cry. for hours. especially babies, who don't really understand and think you leave them when you leave the room and close the door and they are all alone and you aren't coming back. I just can't do it. If my child needs to be rocked to sleep till he's 2 then so be it. But at least then I can talk to them tell them "you lay here, here's some books to look at, but you don't get out of bed, mommy and daddy are going to bed too, you are safe, I love you, good night." (rant over) And luckily he feel asleep. This mama was exhausted (I've slept horribly the past few nights) and my patience was zero. So after nursing, in the bed Rocky man went. I needed a little time to either close my eyes and power nap or have Mommy time. I chose mommy time, cuddled up in a blanket, laying on the couch. Then I passed out and woke up 2 hours ago and haven't been able to go back to sleep. But now I think I shall go to sleep. Till next time.
Jose is at Youth Conference and we won't see him till Tomorrow evening. :( We miss him terribly. As much as I hate the "cry it out" method. I did it tonight. But my limit was 20 min. I don't understand how parents can set a bed time do the bed time routine and just let their kid cry and cry and cry. for hours. especially babies, who don't really understand and think you leave them when you leave the room and close the door and they are all alone and you aren't coming back. I just can't do it. If my child needs to be rocked to sleep till he's 2 then so be it. But at least then I can talk to them tell them "you lay here, here's some books to look at, but you don't get out of bed, mommy and daddy are going to bed too, you are safe, I love you, good night." (rant over) And luckily he feel asleep. This mama was exhausted (I've slept horribly the past few nights) and my patience was zero. So after nursing, in the bed Rocky man went. I needed a little time to either close my eyes and power nap or have Mommy time. I chose mommy time, cuddled up in a blanket, laying on the couch. Then I passed out and woke up 2 hours ago and haven't been able to go back to sleep. But now I think I shall go to sleep. Till next time.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
House Hunting
We are on the hunt. for a house. And it is rough!
Our very nice Realtor, Mary, told us for our price range and our situation the market is rough, limited, and competitive. And boy is that true.
This past week we found the PERFECT, absolute, PERFECT house. The first one we both walked into loved, AND felt we could live there and start to raise our family. So a couple days later we put in an offer. 2 other offers went in with ours. We were up against TWO other offers!! THREE offers on ONE house!! CRAZY! The house was going to $109,000. We offered $105,000. The owners came back the next day said two offers were the same and one offer was different, give us another offer. So they gave all three of us a chance to offer higher. Very smart on their part, with as many as were offering. So we offered $109,500. $500 MORE then the asking price. And we still got out bid. At first I was a little upset, I loved that house. All we would have to change was the purple paint in the other two bedrooms.
But the Lord has other plans and He knows there is something BETTER for us. We just have to find it.
Our very nice Realtor, Mary, told us for our price range and our situation the market is rough, limited, and competitive. And boy is that true.
This past week we found the PERFECT, absolute, PERFECT house. The first one we both walked into loved, AND felt we could live there and start to raise our family. So a couple days later we put in an offer. 2 other offers went in with ours. We were up against TWO other offers!! THREE offers on ONE house!! CRAZY! The house was going to $109,000. We offered $105,000. The owners came back the next day said two offers were the same and one offer was different, give us another offer. So they gave all three of us a chance to offer higher. Very smart on their part, with as many as were offering. So we offered $109,500. $500 MORE then the asking price. And we still got out bid. At first I was a little upset, I loved that house. All we would have to change was the purple paint in the other two bedrooms.
But the Lord has other plans and He knows there is something BETTER for us. We just have to find it.
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