Well, I'M BACK!
It's been a while since I've visited the blogging world. But I have a good reason--life is BUSY! We just passed our one month mark until the wedding yesterday. (YAY!) Time has been moving so quickly, but yet so slowly at the same time. It's getting to be crunch time! However, James is currently asleep on my couch after only getting one hour of sleep last night (I'll explain later), so I figure I have some time to post, and I'm also sick of working on my English presentation.
If my readers haven't noticed yet, I really like lists. I write multiple to-do lists daily, and I have a folder on my computer called "Lists" it contains more lists such as: "Life List", "Books to Read", "Places to Hike", and "My List of Favorites" among others. So, in honor of Thanksgiving which is coming up QUICK, I thought I'd write a list of things that I have been thankful for in the past few months, and there are SO many wonderful things that have just "worked out". I'm so thankful!
- We found an apartment. And a CHEAP one at that. Perfect for our tight college student budget. It's a tiny little ghetto basement apartment right below campus. It will be perfect for us, and we are allowed to do pretty much whatever we'd like to it. (paint, new cabinets, etc.) It definitely needs some TLC.
- James got a job. One thing that James was most worried about during our initial talks about marriage was the fact that he hadn't found a job and that he wouldn't be able to support us. He was recently hired at the Smithfield Lee's Marketplace as a baker. His shifts begin at either 1:00am, or 3:00am which is why he fell asleep sitting up at my kitchen table tonight as I talked with a roommate. This job has turned out to be perfect though, his boss Floyd has really been looking out for us and even offered James full-time so that we could have benefits and insurance.
- Things are pretty much planned. I have my dress, engagement pictures, invitations (they will be sent out here in the next week, so if you are reading this, and you aren't family, I suggest you get your addresses to me ASAP if you haven't already), a reception site, the temple is reserved and also my endowment session, centerpieces, a decorator, food, colors, we're all set except for flowers and tuxes pretty much.
- I have been preparing to enter into the Lord's house. I can hardly wait until the day arrives that I can enter into the temple! As I have been studying and praying about it, my testimony and my excitement have only grown. What a blessing it is to have so many temples here on this earth!
- I sold my apartment contract. After having my ad buried under a million other ads on the student center's board, I finally found someone to buy my apartment contract. And this all happened after the conversation with my dad where we discussed drastically lowering the price just to get rid of it. She even came to me, and I will be receiving my original asking price.
- James was offered another grant.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Here is a sneak-peek at our engagement pictures:
