A Prayer Request

I know that God answers our prayers. I totally know that. But sometimes I feel like I should keep things private. But maybe I shouldn't. Maybe I need to ask for help.

So...if you'd be willing...

Could you please PLEASE pray that Steve gets a job interview soon? We've both been pretty down about our jobs and he has a possible opportunity that would be amazing...I can't get TOO specific, but it would be SUPER amazing if Steve got an interview.

He interviewed with this company three years ago and ALMOST got the job. I've been praying about it, but I could always use the help.

If you could also please let anyone and everyone know, I would really appreciate that! :)

He Always Knows What To Say To Me

Agime, a woman I love to talk to at work, is from Albania and was talking about how her son needed a good Albanian woman (and then apologized to me since I'm American) and I texted my husband to say that I was feeling like a bad wife. Here's what he said:

You are a great wife! We are not in Eastern Europe, women burnt bras so men would do housework.

He is the most ridiculous man in my life and I wouldn't have it any other way! I love you, Steve!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Happy Birthday, Steve!



How many birthdays have we spent together now?



This is birthday number 11 that I've been blessed to celebrate with you!



And I know that I haven't been at all of them. Whether I was in England or just an hours drive away...but you're always in my thoughts.



And you're right, you know. That God only grants us today, that this could be your quarter-life or it could be your whole life, we really don't know. We have no set time on this earth.



No matter when your time comes to go home to God, thank you for spending these years with me. Thank you for loving me for who I am.



It's been a great 11 years so far!



Happy Birthday, Sunshine! To another 26 years!

How Do You Relieve Stress?

My husband has just come back from the allergist who says that most of the welts that my husband has believed were bug bites or cat allergies are actually from stress.



Steve is actually causing these things to appear on himself.

He's stressed about the bed bugs that we (I) THINK are out of our apartment, stressed about money (though he shouldn't be), stressed about work (it's tax season), and stressed about things that we haven't even begun to plan yet. He is from a family of worriers. And it's funny, because that used to be me...

I used to be the one who would freak out and stress and now I'm more (much more) laid back. Now he's worrying about everything, especially things that (I feel) he can't control.

I've been taking a lot of things to prayer lately and have been trying to have no fear because 'what can man do to me?' Not to say that I'm perfect, but I'm worrying less because of it. And I also bake and sing to help relieve stress and worry. I think Steve might need something else too.

How do you relieve stress when you feel like everything is crashing down on you?

Your Favorite Cupcake

FOOD POISONING.

It was food poisoning. Boo. My brother had that on Christmas Eve morning too. But now my hubby is feeling much better. Thank you for your prayers and well-wishes. :)

OKAY! (I'm loving the caps today) So the wedding cake is still up in the air...but there is a distinct possibility that I COULD be making a cupcake wedding cake with my sister-in-law.


Look how cute that is!

So I have a question for you. Obviously the bride and groom (and the bride's mother) get the final say, but I want to know...

What's your favorite cupcake and/or cupcake filling?

Mmmm...cupcakes. :)

I also just want to thank God for today. I hope that you can have a great day too!

Sick

But it's not me. Steve woke up every few hours starting at 1am, throwing up and such. :( He's NEVER sick, so I think that maybe he has something like dengue fever or the plague. He's at the doctor right now and I hope that he knows what's going down. He was supposed to go to a CPA conference today, but he could barely stand up this morning.

Feel better, sunshine!!

If I Only Had My Camera

Steve took me ice skating yesterday at Bryant Park. It's free (minus, of course, that you have to rent skates and a locker for your stuff), but at least they don't charge you to actually skate there (Rockefeller does). And it was great! Not as crowded when we first got there.



Then I got Chinese dumpling soup and we got hot chocolate and hot apple cider and walked home. It's hard for me to get in the 'Christmas Spirit' anymore. At least the kind that involves decorating and such. I still love the Advent season (though I don't get to attend church much in December because of traveling).

AND I won the November Give-A-Blessing giveaway. I actually won the first AND second place prizes, but I told them to keep the first place prize. I know this is going to sound silly...but I don't know any white children to give the dolls to. I KNOW! So weird.

I want to get a Mary Margaret doll for my friend's brother's family. (whew! a mouth-ful!) because they're going to be adopting from Ethiopia! I'm so excited for them!!! They're hoping to adopt a little girl and I know that they're just applying to home study now...I should wait a little bit. I know, I know. :-D But they're so cute! And I think every little girl would want a doll, you know?

ALSO. Go ahead. Call me ridiculous. BUT I bought a gift for my brother (and one for myself) in Lumberjack and Pirate (which are no longer available, it appears)



YES. THAT IS A COMBINED BEARD AND MUSTACHE HAT!!!!!!!!!!! And I hope it's in the mail. I joked about it with my brother, but I'm totally going to pull it out on the train between the airport and Hong Kong when I see him.

So what I want to know...what gets you in the holiday spirit? And how are you doing? I know, it's been awhile and I've been somewhat whiny (I do apologize), but God has been doing good things, whether or not I was recognizing it. :)

Sorry!!

Sorry I keep disappearing. It's been really crazy here. So if you wanted an update:
1) We're moving! We've decided to move to New Jersey. It'll save a little money, be an apartment with a WASHER AND DRYER!!!, pet-friendly, and be near some friends.

2) My LAST wedding of the year is this weekend.

3) The Video Music Awards are coming up this weekend too. Ack.

But here's what all went on this weekend. Uncle Steve is particularly cute with cousin Lillian. ;) And Mrs. Paskiet was radiant on her wedding day!!

Friend-Makin' Mondays

I love All That is Good on Mondays (well, all the time, but ESPECIALLY Mondays) because it's Friend-Makin' Mondays!!!

The question for today.

How did you and your significant other meet? and if you don't have a significant other at the moment then what would be your dream way to meet him?

So, I was 14 and he was 15.  (Awhile ago, right?)  He was a drummer and I was a trombone player at that time.  I was friends with his sister and...the first memory I have of him is nearly sitting on his lap because his friend was dropping me and my friend off at that girl's house.  Later that night, in true teenager-fashion, I threw water on him (not THAT much, but a little) and then went to his house for the band bonfire.  They dared me to kiss him, but...come on!!  I'd never kissed anyone before!!  So I kissed him on the cheek and he ran away.  I tried to find him, but I couldn't.  When he came out of the shadows (he was hiding behind his house), we talked for the rest of the night.  His dad asked who this girl was he was talking to and we ended up talking to me the next day on AIM.  He came with me to TubaChristmas and we've been together since!!!  We just celebrated our second year of marriage and this year, we'll have been together for 10 years.  

We've been through so much together.  I don't know what I'd do without him.  Who else would watch Spongebob with me?  Or play Scrabble?  Or wrestle me when I'm feeling ridiculous?  Who else would indulge my fantasies to move to Australia or to go to South Africa for fun?!  God has truly, TRULY blessed me with him.  :)