Dude, Where's My Blog?

Wow, that was a super lame title. But its what came to mind, so it stays.

Life has been crazy and I wish I had documented it better!

Jobs: Mine is going great! After my wah wah fest (see previous blog) I spent a lot of time thinking and in prayer and decided to change my attitude. After talking with my mother-in-law about things, I realized how great I have it. Great income and benefits for 24 hours a week. Looks like someone needs to count their blessings and be gratful *points to self*. Ross on the other hand...we are thankful he is working, but with how poor sales are going it turns out we were better off when he had unemployment! Seriously- he got his first paycheck and he would be making the same on unemployment. But i still believe it is good for him to be working. Even though it can be stressful to find babysitters, I really don't wish to have an unemployed husband again...I am encouraging him to seek job opportunities at our church, so hopefully more on that.

Husband: See above. My poor Ross. This past year has been REALLY unfair for him. Losing a job he enjoyed, unemployed for a year despite applying to over 100 jobs,getting kicked out of the band he had been faithful to for 6 years...then finally getting that job and it being somewhat of a dissapointment. Pray for him. He is experiencing some amazing growth through this, but I just want to see him happy. Don't worry though- we both agreed that Madelyn more than makes up for all those things listed previously.

Baby- Wonderful. We couldn't have asked for a sweeter baby. She is trying to crawl now. When I set her in her crib for her nap, she just gets up on all fours and gets extremely frustrated. I also think she's teething (aGAIN). However, I don't necessarily wish for this phase to end, because then I will have a crawling baby getting into everything AND with teeth to bite off my nipple. Eeew. And ouch. I celebrate her growth, but also mourn a bit as my baby grows up. And speaking of babies...

Friends- one of my best friends had her baby yesterday! Kara and Jacen welcomed their son Archer about a month before his due date. He is healthy and beautiful. He has the most adroable little cry when he gets unswaddled, but otherwise he just sleeps peacefully. It was only 2 weekends ago that I co-hosted a baby shower for them, and I can't beleive he's already here! That means that another certain baby boy will be making an appearance soon (Katie :)

Me- *sigh* I think God knew I almost had a meltdown, so Madelyn went to bed an hour early without a stink and Ross is coming home a bit late from work, so I get *gasp* ME TIME! Sooooo needed. I've been sitting down for a whole hour now and I feel 89% better. Life is just busy. I really can't complain, but its just...BUSY! But its busy with mostly joyous and wonderful things, so there is really nothing to gripe about. After the funk I was in a couple weeks ago, I decided to make a change. I joined Weight Watchers a week ago and it has been going very well. I have lost 1 lb as of today, but feel like I've lost 10 lbs. I am eating like I should be eating, and it feels really great. I KNOW I'm going to get back to my "happy" weight and am SO excited about that! I also bought some teeth whitener (due to all my working mom coffee binges) and better suited foundation. Got a few new clothing items with my birthday money, and will get my hair touched up with a Dosha gift certificate (also a birthday gift). I know it sounds vain for me to care so much about my appearance, but I am a woman who cares about these things. I also believe that if you are unhappy with someone and have control over it, then you should just change it rather than complain about it. So here I am- one of those silly women who counts their "points" with everything she eats :)

All in all, life is good. I felt bad about how much I complained in my last entry, but I feel its somewhat justified. Though I AM so grateful for the life I have. I need to make more time for myself, though. Thats the next goal, I guess!