Saturday, 25 October 2008

• coming up for air...

  ever since the markets took a turn for the worse, my already busy work life became even busier.  the last few weeks i've been working late, traveling all over the state, and just barely keeping up.  there just don't seem to be enough hours in a day to get it all done.  i hate being stressed beause of work.  i just keep telling myself that it's temporary, and that once the markets settle (whenever that is) things will quiet down.  times like this make me wonder what it'll be like once we have kids.  will it be possible to balance work life and personal life.  anyway, i certainly don't think i could have been able to manage having a kid right now.  gosh, i've barely given bobby the attention he deserves!

  i've also been mia from the world of xanga and personal email.  the only reason i can check facebook is b/c of my iphone app - but that's mostly checking status updates and such.  but i'll see if i can't be better about updating and keeping up with you all.  i feel sad that i missed jamie's entry and didn't get to participate in the "what should she do with the anticipated bday money?" question.  (jamie, glad you got lots of feedbackand made a decision you were happy with.)

  anyway, i should be thankful that despite my feeling a little overwhelmed, if i stop and think about the past couple months, i can see how God has blessed me with times of rest and fellowship with others.  these are things i take for granted, but i'm sure they have played a critical role in keeping me going.  bobby, as always, has been very encouraging and supportive.  and i am still really happy at our church and the wonderful relationships that are slowing growing into deeper friendships.

   

  back in september, bobby's brother jimmy visited for his annual "relax in north carolina week."  it was real fun hanging out with him, and i'm sad we didn't take more pictures.  below are just a couple - the first is when he and bobby went golfing.  the second is us showing off all the tickets we won at Frankie's (sort of like a Jillians or Dave & Busters).  oh, and jimmy recently got engaged! (congrats jimmy!)  and, he's moving to san francisco!  this will give us a great reason to visit sf.  (ann, maybe we'll get to meet toni sooner rather than later!)

   

   

  food is always something that makes me happy - and this chili made me very happy.  jane and scott ickes had us over for dinner a few weeks ago and served us this homeade chili with cornbread and collard greens.  doesn't it look so yummy?

  

   

  working a lot has meant that i haven't had much time or energy to cook.  sometimes we just heat up leftovers or cook "bad" food from the freezer.  the other week, we did just that - leftover pasta with frozen french fries and buffalo wings.  i found these neat school lunch trays on sale at target and couldn't resist buying them - and they were so perfect for us to use for our ghetto meal!

  

   

  finally - back in early september, we did manage to spend a saturday doing some house stuff, which included re-painting our dining room a nice deep red.  look at me, working hard, while my cat tarzan spent most of the time just looking out the window, daydreaming away.

  

   

   

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