he already has jobs lined up for tomorrow and Wednesday!
The secretary told us that there should be tons of jobs for him. So it's not a career, but it's SOMETHING! It's a little bit of MONEY! It's a MIRACLE, pretty much, for how things have been going! Thing after thing has popped up or gone wrong, so to finally be thrown even a small line is...unreal, actually. I told Jason I don't think I'll be able to take a breath until I see the money in our account.
Now, my thoughts. First, we went to a couples' Valentine's party for our ward a couple weeks ago, and they were taking pictures of each couple. Since we were among all married people, when the photographer encouraged us to have fun with our poses, we got snuggly. It was fun, like taking wedding pictures again. Everyone walking by started saying how cute we were, and one older couple (since they all were, actually--we were the youngest ones there) said jokingly, "Sheesh, you guys need a room!"
This STILL bothers Jason especially. We weren't offended, just suprised and a little worried about the couple. It's not like we were making out or anything. We both feel that if we ever DON'T have a desire to cuddle with each other when an opportunity presents itself, barring sickness or something, we need to step back and work on our marriage!
Today, the secretary at the district office who helped Jason was a very nice, personable girl. I brought Jamie in because he was going crazy in his car seat waiting, and the secretary fussed over him and told us about her two boys. She asked if we wanted to have more kids and how many, and when I said 4-5 kids total was my limit, she exclaimed, "SERIOUSLY? Dang! ...Really? Did you have a really easy pregnancy or something?"
Now, I did. My pregnancy wasn't fun, but I've heard of SO much worse. So maybe I'd be singing a different tune was I in that boat, and I'm not presuming to tell ANYONE how they should live. That's between each person and the Lord, and it's absolutely none of my business. But I do think that a pregnancy lasts nine months, and a soul lives on forever. I don't think four or five kids is that many...at least once they're all grown. :) It's just sad to me how people limit the joy children can bring them for the wrong reasons sometimes. I'm thinking of people who say things like, "Oh no, children are too much trouble. We're happy with our dogs." (A couple really said that to me once.) Or they just want to have one kid so they can buy that kid everything their heart desires and not be spread thin.
Anyway, as you all know, I still have a lot to work on. I know I can be too judgmental, and again, I promise I am not trying to condemn someone just because of the number of kids they have. It's only the people who do or don't do things for selfish reasons that make me sad.
P.S. I know you're all busy and I have no life, and Sam has no internet, but I know the rest of you have more awesome recipes to share--please, put 'em on the recipe blog! And any other friends who read my blog, if you have a recipe you'd like to contribute, or you'd like to be a regular contributor, just let me know. Living at my in-laws' house, using somebody else's kitchen and untensils, not having any of my cookbooks, and having responsibility to cook for myself, a baby, and two grown men with healthy appetites--yeah. No wonder I sound desperate. PLEASE post!! :)
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good luck with the job market there... hey, I wanted to tell you about posting movies on here. I used to have trouble when I had Windows XP, it was really slow but eventually worked. My sister told me how her's kept coming up with an error when she tried to post a video, so she downloaded Moxilla Firefox toolbar/search engine and that seemed to do the trick. I have the new Windows 7 and it's a LOT quicker to upload videos. Hope that helps! Take care.
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