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Tuesday, 04 November 2008

  • Just waiting...

     for my husband to come home. That is the hard part about his job- no set hours.  I feel like my whole life is in the waiting stage right now. I guess I just need to learn to be content where I am at... very hard to do sometimes.
    I have a double batch of granola bars in the oven, the dishes FINALLY done, my ballot is cast and I am wondering what the rest of the evening will look like.... library, groceries, relaxing, viewing the voting results ?!  I'll have to see what Dave is wanting. Usually I can persuade him in my favor though, and first on the list tends to be my liking :)
    Soooo.... a friend of mine "tagged" me with the instructions to write 7 weird/unusual facts about myself and then tag 7 others. I am going to break the rule. I won't tag anyone else, but for your reading enjoyment (or boredom - then just quit reading!) I will try to come up with 7 oddities...

    • I have 2 different colored eyes (Yes, I know, someone's dog has this... DON'T leave that comment please)
    • My husband cleans the kitchen (Heck, the whole house!) better than I do.
    • I really don't like animals/pets all that much. Hopefully, I won't be forced into having one ever. But with the hope of children, maybe we will.
    • I am a semi-vegetarian. (don't ask me what that means, I just avoid large chunks of meat)
    • I LOVE to shovel snow
    • I grew up with out a VCR or gaming system.
    • I secretly don't like camping all that much. Shhhh.... don't tell my family :) ( I like it enough to do it with them)

    Well.... off to make spaghetti....(wishing I had homemade sauce.... maybe someday when I get the time.)

Thursday, 23 October 2008

  • Xanga

    I am seriously thinking about trying a different blog site. Xanga backgrounds annoy me.  On a less trivial note, I was just telling someone the other day that this has been the 2nd worst fall season I have had. The worst fall I had was the year I got married. That sounds awful, but honestly, I was living with a headache every single day thinking I had some crazy brain tumor or something (Which turned out to be a severely impacted sinus infection- antiobotics for months...) and then I had "the crushing news" from my heart doctor the month before my wedding, plus I think I started finding out about liver tumors then also. RIDICULOUS. I promise I am not a hypochondriac; I just get weird stuff.  This fall has been an emotional rollercoaster--to say the least. It has been really difficult to make it through each day cheerfully. I don't know if I am actually doing a good job of it either. I hope so.  I like that my job really takes my mind off of all the issues though. As crazy busy as it gets-its really a good thing. Plus I like being with my students. They are more fun than most people my age.  hehe. I just keep wondering what God is trying to teach me through all this rollercoaster time.  I know that that difficult fall 4 years ago brought about some great things in my life- my husband for one :) SO I am hoping and praying that this fall yeilds some blessings and character building as well. I am sorry I have complained so much in the last 2 blogs. I think that I write here mostly when I want to vent. oops. ~ "Our greatest struggles yeild our greatest rewards!"
    Tonight we enjoyed a great evening of dominos and sequence with my gramps and gram. They are hilarious. Grandma rolls her eyes every time grandpa makes a comment about dying soon, or outliving everyone he knows. She says she'll be around for years yet. - I am sure she will! I hope they both will! I love them so much, I really want them to be around when Dave and I raise kids. They are the greatest. Well...I wish I was a camera-aholic like my other delightful blogging friends who leave such lovely photos on their site. But alas. I can barely get myself to post here more than once a month!!

Monday, 06 October 2008

  • Need to update...

    I know. I do. We've had a disappointing few weeks. Crying, feeling hopeless, but then being encouraged by friends and family. I am clinging to John 14-16. I am trying to remain in the Word and know that God is the giver of good gifts and he loves us. Thank you to a co-worker who talked with me for an hour and lifted my thoughts, thank you to my brothers who called and cried with me, thank you to the Lord for answered prayers.   I am trusting God for the near future...
    Sorry this post is so scant and vague. That's all I can do now.
    With love,
    Kara

Sunday, 07 September 2008

  • K_Joy in Real Life

    Well, having just watched the movie -Dan ---  over the weekend, I thought it would be a fitting title for this entry. Although my life has nothing in common with the movie, I am just feeling like this week starts my "real life" again. School starts full time this week. Even though, technically it started last week, with the retreat, it doesn't really start at all for me.  But tomorrow begins nouns, sentence combining, Puritans and  grading!  It was a pretty good weekend leading up though. We stayed at Dave's parents in Manistee. That entailed a lovely morning walk on the boardwalk along the river, a wedding at a camp and dancing at the reception ( although there could have been more dancing for my taste. I love it! Too many nervous Christian people there...hahaha! ) late night movies and scenic rides along the lakeshore.This evening we wrapped up the weekend by lounging/ reading on a sleeping bag next to Reeds Lake in the sun. Dave even enjoyed that and stated it must be done again.  It'll be another date.

    Good news on the adoption front- we were rewarded a grant from one of the organizations we applied to!!  Yeay! Thank you Lord! That provided motivation to start another round of paperwork and thoughts for another application.  We continue to pray that the Lord's best will happen for our family. We have our profile out to birthparents and try to remain at peace in God's plan.
    Unfortunately, the dishes are calling my name. Dave did some earlier, so alas tonight's are my chore. ugh.
    Cheers!

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