I need to catch up again. Ward and I got Ipods with some of our tax return. We seem to always do something more responsible with our refund. This year we spent it on ourselves. Needless to say, I use my Ipod to get online most of the time. Thus never wanting to post on a tiny Ipod to my blog.
Anyway, we have kept very busy. We have been to a few of our friends houses every weekend for a while now helping to make small improvements to their homes. We figured, since we can't do any improvements to our own home, we may as well help our friends.
The biggest update is...I will be working full time AGAIN! By my own choice. I have come to the realization that it is a must do. I would much rather be a stay at home mom (as most of us would). It is just too tight having me work part-time and I will soon have 2 kids in Jr High. There will be all sorts of added expenses. So here I go again. I will work 3 days a week in PG and 2 days a week in Lehi. I am really excited to get to know people in Lehi better.
I have also had a huge problem with depression. I got down pretty bad the whole month of Feb. I was so mean to my poor, sweet, loving husband. I was picking at him so much. I finally realized there were a lot of things adding to my depression. 1. dealing with the fact that I will probably have to work for the rest of my life. 2. I had a few family members who I had, had issues with. 2. I wanted so badly to move back to our old ward in PG. Seriously I would sit on the couch on my day off doing nothing. Finally, after talking to my brother's girlfriend I realized it was time to turn to a more powerful source.
Now, you may or may not know this, but I am just a tiny bit rebellious and really did not want to do what I know I needed to do. I also knew if I did not, I would loose everything. Yep, you guessed it...I turned to prayer. I basically repented for my hard headedness, and turned my issues to the Lord. Guess what?? The very next day I felt 95% better. I have since felt better and better and almost completely normal again. I realized 1. Working is ok and there were even a few General Authorities that spoke on it at one of the Conf. I can't remember what was said but I remember I felt peace when I heard it. I can't even remember when it was given. Also, Barley having enough money to get by was way stressful. 2. Forgive and forget. Family is Family and they will be the only ones who are always there for you. 3. It's ok that we can't live in the ward we were in, in PG. We can visit anytime, and I am making more of an effort to get to know people in my new ward. The biggest issue is that through prayer Heavenly Father confirmed to me that we are where he wants us to be right now. I have now gained a huge testimony of prayer. On top of all of this Ward just received a calling in our new ward to be one of the Gospel Doctrine Teachers.
So on we go with each day being a new day and remember to pray always.ttfn
