surviving

i survived my first week at home.. barely. i was feeling fine all day but by monday night i had started to feel very sick. i did not sleep at all that night and came down with a fever over 100. i felt lousy the rest of the week and spent my days laying on the couch feeling miserable. jared got off work early everyday last week, which was actually a blessing to me so he could come home and take care of me.

my friend amie told me about this preschool opening up and i was gonna submit my resume last week, but i was too sick to move, so this morning i thought id send it in and when i went online to look at the job posting, it wasnt there anymore... so i dont think they are accepting anymore applications.... which is a bummer... i was really hoping that would work out for me. so now i guess i will join the other 5000 plus students looking for employment here in rexburg.

im just grateful jared still has his job. he actually has 2 jobs. he is trying to start up with a financial company selling life insurance... his only problem is he has to find people to go talk to and thats been tricky trying to find people he can help...im sure he will though. he still has to take a test to become licensed to actually sell life insurance. maybe after he has that done he'll be able to find people. i wish i knew people he could call up, but everyone i know in idaho are all college age kids who arent interested in that kind of thing yet.

our ward started this playgroup thing every wednesday, they said everyone can come even if you dont have kids. i think ill go check it out this week just to get out of the house and socialize with some girls in the ward and maybe play with a few babies :)

staying at home....

on monday we recieved the news that they had hired too many people for the lab, where we work at the USDA, and that they would have to lay off about 15-20+ out of 60+ employees... bummer. i was laid off, but jared still has his job! i was pretty bummed out that i got the boot and was feeling pretty down about it... luckily i have the most amazing husband in the world who tried everything in his power to cheer me up. ive been thinking a lot the past few days that i have no reason to be sad and depressed about being laid off because i have so many other blessings in my life that i should be grateful for and that bring so much happiness into our marriage.

so... looks like starting tomorrow i begin my duties as a house wife/a stay at home mom minus the mom part. we have enough money saved in our checkings and savings and jared makes pretty close to $12 an hour that we arent too worried about money issues. we only have one car, and jared needs to to get to idaho falls everyday, and walking through the snow does not sound like a fun thing to do. plus there arent too many people, if ANY, hiring in rexburg right now. i am applying to a pre school that is opening up here in march that my dear friend amie told me about. im crossing my fingers that will work out for me and then i can work there AND go to school this summer! so im hoping this lay off business is a blessing in disguise. we will see..

totally switching topics... there are so many stinkin cute babies at church every sunday... it makes me want one! plus so many of my friends are having babies... i told jared now that i stay at home i need a baby to take care of! i told him i wanted it to just come right now and we wouldnt have to wait 9 months! he said he didnt think it would work that way... i know right now is not the right time for us to have a baby, but it sure is fun to see all of them at church! it definitley makes me excited! :)

happy birthday jared!!!

jared turned 23 years old today! conviently enough our ward had rented out the bowling alley here in rexburg for a ward party so jared got to bowl for free today! he got some very nice cuff links that match his wedding ring, a concert ticket and some tools from my parents. red robin just opened up here in IF and so we went out to eat with his parents and brothers. it was YUMMY! we got an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen cause we figured if i made a cake he would eat the whole thing by himself. it was very good and we have a lot of left overs if anyone wants to stop by and have some!

im so grateful to have him by my side everyday. i couldnt have asked for anything more. i cant wait to see what else is in store for us as we continue our life together! i love you sweet cheeks!

9 months!!!!

jared and i have been married for 9 months today! i cant believe it! time goes by sooo fast! i say 9 months like its a LONG time, but it really isnt! its funy we had a lot of new couples move into the ward today and they have all been married for 2 weeks, 1 month, 1 week... me and jared are the ancient ones now compared to them! i told jared the next ward we live in we will be able to say we have been married for 1 year! that is crazy! these past 9 months have been so awesome and jared and i have been so blessed! the lord really is watching out for us and im so grateful for that! im sooo grateful to have been able to be married and sealed to jared in the temple! and i LOVE going back to the temple with him every week!

other news happening here in the burg, we were just called as gospel doctrine teachers... i think i almost cried after i heard that.... we taught today and i was more nervous than anything! i LOVE teaching, but i like teaching 8 year olds! i think it went somewhat well... we teach every other sunday so hopefully we will know a little more what to expect for next time!

right now we are just working.... i might stab my eyeballs out im SOOOO bored at work, but i cant complain cause its easier than anything ive ever done and it pays well!! we are trying to decide what to do for our 1 year anniversary coming up in a few months and since we didnt have a honeymoon when we did get married, we are looking at cruises right now! i want to go SOO bad, but we just cant get ourselves to purchase the tickets... we'll see if we end up going or not! i told jared if we dont go now, we probably wont ever go.

i know this is going to sound totally random... but we went to the distribution center last week to get jared some new pants for the temple and i was looking at all the cute little dresses and tux's that they have for baby blessings... then i thought about my wedding dress that is just hanging up at jared's parents house and i think i want to find someone who could make a baby blessing dress/ or tux out of it for when we have a baby... i think it would be cool... probably pricey but i think it would be neat.... anyways... just my random thought for the day!