Happy New Year

I have a lot to be thankful for at the beginning of this new year. I am trying very hard to stay in high spirits. Therefore, I am focusing on the positives, because they far outweigh the negatives in my life.

• I met my weight loss goal for the end of 2007! Who woulda thought??


• I have three wonderful children


• I do not have to work outside of the home


• I have extremely generous parents


• I have a wonderful husband who works very hard.


• I have reliable transportation


• I have enough of all necessities


• I have Jesus in my heart


• I have a wonderful church


• I have so many extra things that many people do not have.

And there are countless other things that I could list. The one thing I do not have is my wonderful husband here with us. That is a huge thing. I am in the process of getting housing arrangements taken care of back in WA. That is turning out to be more of a challenge that I had expected. I have about 5 months to take care of all of it. It will all be ok, but I am so ready to have Tim back. And now that they are going to a more dangerous place, my prayers are going out stronger than ever. I can't wait for the day we are back in our own home, together. I could go to sleep now and wake up and it be here. That would be awesome!! There have been hard times of loneliness during this deployment, but none as hard as now. At least we are on the end of it. It has been 9 months now. The agony that is trying its best to creep into my soul is very real, and I am clinging to Jesus right now, more than ever. He is my joy and contentment right now. This week is especially hard, because the weather is frigid, there is nothing to do, and everything starts next week. In the meantime, I have 3 energetic children in the house, catching cabin fever with their mommy. I am trying to keep them busy. We tried to go to the playground yesterday, but the wind DID NOT cooperate, so we ate our picnic lunch in the car, then snuck into McDonald's to play indoors for an hour. What else can I do? If only the wind would die down a little outside, it would be fine. Next week, we will be back into classes, etc. Dance starts back in another week, and Connor's music lessons begin next Monday. Oh, but the waiting period, to quote Katelyn, "Waiting's Boring". I will write more later. I am not even in a writing mood, but felt like getting this out!