Monthly Archives: February 2015

Day 2048 – I Am Not Superwoman….I’m Batman

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Yesterday was tough my friends. Really tough. I am so independent and have such a problem with control and pride. Being forced to stay in bed all day and night was so hard. But it reminded me of purposeful thankfulness – which I think is basically getting really, really specific with your thankfulness. Being thankful for your eyes to see, gas in your car, a job to pay for gas in the car, a roof over your head, etc.. Being stuck in bed for about 36 hours made me thankful for a few things…

– That most of the time I am able to walk with ease.
– That I have running water and live in a home with multiple bathrooms (this was probably one that my family was more thankful for yesterday…)
– That God is gracious and merciful and allows me to have full mobility most of the time.
– That it’s not the end of the world if I can’t work a day.
– That I have someone who loves me so much he’ll spend some of his snow day taking care of me.
– That if nothing else, I’m Batman. 🙂

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Day 2047 – Why My Husband Rocks

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Unfortunately, I’m post dating another post. *sigh* But, I feel I have a good reason.

I was super excited about today when I first woke up. Bret had a snow day and we knew he had it since the night before…so we didn’t have to set an alarm. I was looking forward to a day of hanging out and getting some stuff done. I mean, I’ve been “off” for three days already.

Well, my body had other ideas. When I woke up, it was clear very quickly that I was extremely unwell. By the end of it, I think I had food poisoning. Ugh, that is NOT fun. There were a few times I had to lay down on the floor just walking from my room to the bathroom. There were a few times Bret had to walk with me so I didn’t pass out.

So why does my husband rock? Well, he helped me walk around. He brought me water. When I was feeling slightly better, he even made me mashed potatoes! What a guy! 🙂

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Day 2046 – Celebrating Eight Years Knowing Each Other

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Last night into today, we took a mini get away! Bret had off today for President’s Day and we decided to do a little trip. What’s funny is that we only went about 15 minutes from our home. But we didn’t mind. It was a great hotel, we had a giftcard for a restaurant near by and we just wanted to celebrate something great….the fact that eight years ago today, we met each other.

I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than with the SNL 40th anniversary special, parts of Independence Day, sleeping in, breakfast in bed (room service, thank you very much!) and watching The Edge of Tomorrow. Thanks for the best 25% of my life Mr. G. 🙂

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Day 2045 – A Great Restaurant Rebrand/Upgrade

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Sorry for the backdating of this post. I do feel bad if I fall behind in my posts and have to post a few back to back. Ah well, if you follow my blog, you probably don’t mind. 🙂

So! Today we started off our mini-trip going to Chili’s. We haven’t been in a really, really long time…but boy were we missing out! They have a new tablet on every table that totally blew our minds. You can reorder drinks, order desserts, pay your bill (even down to splitting the tab!) AND play games! Bret and I did really well on Plants Vs. Zombies! After we left, Bret commented on how it seemed so fast from the time of ordering our food to when we got it. We were really impressed!

Check out our Plants Vs. Zombies name. 🙂

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AND check out how awesome the food was presented too! Love it!

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Day 2044 – A Little Financial Encouragement

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Today while doing the bills, I was just completely humbled and in awe of how awesome God is and how He’s used different financial situations to bring us closer together and closer to Him.

If you’ve read our blog for any amount of time, you know we’ve had our struggles, including, but not limited to:
– Bret losing his job when I wasn’t making a lot from photography
– Moving back in with my parents
– Having to go two years between visits to Bret’s family
– Not going out with friends because of tight money

Over the last 3-4 months or so, we’ve had an incredible shift in our finances. Now we have:
– two steady incomes, give or take a few bucks here and there
– a 6 month emergency fund
– two savings accounts that would essentially give us another 3 months in said emergency fund
– a very large friends account (For a long time, we’ve set aside money to do things with friends and/or take trips together. So when we offer to buy someone dinner, we can legitimately say, dude, we HAVE money to do this, we love you and want to bless you)
– the ability to take trips. We’re even taking a mini getaway tomorrow for the 8 year anniversary of meeting….now before you think I’m straight up crazy about remembering dates….I met Bret 2 days after the huge Valentine’s day snow storm that shut down the state. It’s just an easy date to remember. I couldn’t tell you the day we started dating. The only reason I can remember the day he proposed is because it was the beginning of the financial year at a previous job. 😉
– the ability to actually get a lobster dinner (it’s silly, but this is one thing I’ve been waiting a long time to get!)
– the ability to realistically plan a trip to Disney World. I cannot tell you how long I have been wanting to go.

I say all this not to say, wow! Look at us and our amazing money skills! But to say, wow, look at how much God did through us and taught us over the years….and look at how much He’s blessed us! It’s truly humbling!

So fellow traveler in this fallen world, take heart, God will care for you and give you your daily bread….even if it doesn’t look like what you think it should be.

And just for kicks, here’s my lobster dinner again. 🙂

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