Sunday, February 24, 2013
It is hard to believe, but 6 months ago today we moved to Chicago. It has been 6 months filled with ups and downs, good days and bad days, and every thing in between. It has been a great 6 months of learning and growing and reminders of God's faithfulness to us. Every day I am excited and scared all at the same time at to what God is up to in our lives :)
Well it has been a busy week, so I have not gotten a chance to blog. Although I did not lose any weight this week :( I am feeling really good. I stuck faithfully to WW this week, so I was a little disappointed. Jeremy tried to cheer me up by saying it may be the dreaded 2nd week when I had such a good week last week. I feel smaller today :) so I am going to stick with it. I have also been feeling really good, and I have not said that in a REALLY LONG TIME. The other night I got done exercising and I was in our bedroom watching something on TV and Jeremy came in and asked if I was feeling OK. I was really confused and asked him why he asked me that. He then told me that it was pouring down rain outside. I do not know the last time I did not hurt when it was raining. I do not remember the last time that my body did not warn me hours in advance that it was going to rain. It also dropped about 30 degrees that night and I woke up feeling fine. It really is a blessing!! Monday night our landlord kept us up most of the night talking and carrying on with some friends. I think we slept about 3 1/2 hours that night. I started using a fan each night and I have been sleeping like a champ this week! It snowed here Thursday night into Friday morning so our dear friend Megan got to experience some Chicago weather. We played in the snow Friday after school. The neighbor kids came out and played with our kids and it was a great time to connect with them and their mom. Saturday we passed out some cards about our upcoming Bible study and we are praying that those who received these cards will be stirred to come and check it out.
This weekend I also make a huge leap of faith concerning my future teaching career. A few weeks ago I got some discouraging news about how much I needed to do to get my IL licensure and frankly I had decided that I did not want to do it. During the weeks that I was hurting so bad I was convinced that in a few years I may not be physically able to be back in the classroom full-time. It was heartbreaking to make the decision to stop pursuing my IL teaching license and just be content doing what I am doing now, but I just did not want to take my final class and take the 4 tests needed to finish. Well, God started stirring in my heart that He has something else in store for me. He has given me the love of teaching and the ability to be a good teacher (I guess I can say that) and I need to use the ability He gave me and not give it up because I think it is going to be too hard. So, with much faith and "God, this is Yours, please help me" attitude I enrolled in my final class and I will be taking the tests on May 4th and May 25th. Some of you prayed me through a math class last year and I am asking for your prayers as I take this final math class and as I prepare to take these tests.
Pigtails for Chloe Bear!
We took Megan to Giordano's Pizza place for lunch today after church. Sam and Emma were being silly and would not look at the camera.
Well it has been a busy week, so I have not gotten a chance to blog. Although I did not lose any weight this week :( I am feeling really good. I stuck faithfully to WW this week, so I was a little disappointed. Jeremy tried to cheer me up by saying it may be the dreaded 2nd week when I had such a good week last week. I feel smaller today :) so I am going to stick with it. I have also been feeling really good, and I have not said that in a REALLY LONG TIME. The other night I got done exercising and I was in our bedroom watching something on TV and Jeremy came in and asked if I was feeling OK. I was really confused and asked him why he asked me that. He then told me that it was pouring down rain outside. I do not know the last time I did not hurt when it was raining. I do not remember the last time that my body did not warn me hours in advance that it was going to rain. It also dropped about 30 degrees that night and I woke up feeling fine. It really is a blessing!! Monday night our landlord kept us up most of the night talking and carrying on with some friends. I think we slept about 3 1/2 hours that night. I started using a fan each night and I have been sleeping like a champ this week! It snowed here Thursday night into Friday morning so our dear friend Megan got to experience some Chicago weather. We played in the snow Friday after school. The neighbor kids came out and played with our kids and it was a great time to connect with them and their mom. Saturday we passed out some cards about our upcoming Bible study and we are praying that those who received these cards will be stirred to come and check it out.
This weekend I also make a huge leap of faith concerning my future teaching career. A few weeks ago I got some discouraging news about how much I needed to do to get my IL licensure and frankly I had decided that I did not want to do it. During the weeks that I was hurting so bad I was convinced that in a few years I may not be physically able to be back in the classroom full-time. It was heartbreaking to make the decision to stop pursuing my IL teaching license and just be content doing what I am doing now, but I just did not want to take my final class and take the 4 tests needed to finish. Well, God started stirring in my heart that He has something else in store for me. He has given me the love of teaching and the ability to be a good teacher (I guess I can say that) and I need to use the ability He gave me and not give it up because I think it is going to be too hard. So, with much faith and "God, this is Yours, please help me" attitude I enrolled in my final class and I will be taking the tests on May 4th and May 25th. Some of you prayed me through a math class last year and I am asking for your prayers as I take this final math class and as I prepare to take these tests.
Pigtails for Chloe Bear!
We took Megan to Giordano's Pizza place for lunch today after church. Sam and Emma were being silly and would not look at the camera.
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