Lazy Holi- Days

I love days of sleeping in, staying in sweats all day, no make up, no fixed hair, and spending all day with the husband.

We're both off work for the rest of the week and it's been so relaxing so far.  Hopefully, we still feel relaxed by the end of the week.  We have watched all of the holiday favorites- 

 We'll have our Christmas tomorrow morning.  I just know Steven is going to wake me up at 7 and want to open presents...haha.  He has already tried to convince to open presents tonight, but I said no.  After our Christmas, we will officially start traveling west for the holidays.  The only part of the holidays I don't enjoy.  

We had my extended family Christmas last night.  Always a fun time...listening what has happened over the year.  My family filling me in on all the gossip of my hometown.   Who's married to who, who is getting divorced, who's prego, who's in jail and anything else they can think of.  Last night was especially sort of cool.  My cousin found old Christmas videos of when we were all younger.  We starting watching Christmas '85, which was my first Christmas and the first Christmas without my grandpappy.  From then went to Christmas 92 and then to 96.  96 had me singing in front of the entire family...I never knew I was such a ham in front of the camera, my how things have changed...haha.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas!!  Make it last as long as possible!

Christmas is here!

It is officially Christmas in the Jeffrey household.  Lights are up outside, the tree is up with presents underneath and the house is decorated.  I'm almost done Christmas shopping.  Still a few more things to get, but basically I'm done.  Here's a picture of the tree and the fireplace...

oh...and a year ago this weekend, we were moving into our new beautiful home.  I can't believe it's been a year already!!

Break please...

It was a long weekend...I'm glad it's over.

Got more Christmas shopping done on Friday.  I think I only have a few more things to get and then I'm done.  I've done really good this year with getting it done early and not spending too much at once.  

I finally got to see the husband on Saturday for a little bit.  We did a little shopping for ourselves  and then after that Steven went back to work.  He's been working a lot lately.  I'm hoping it will slow down soon.  I hate seeing him working so much.  I know he is tired, not only physically, but I think spiritually too.  I pray that God gives him strength and patience everyday.   I hate spending the evenings by myself.  I feel like we haven't been able to talk or spend time with each other the past couple weeks, but like I said, hopefully his workload will decrease soon.  I don't know how much longer I can take of not seeing my husband.  

Last night was the pie auction at our church.  I'm so glad it's finally over.  I was so afraid I didn't get enough food and that there wasn't going to be a lot of pies, but everything came together and it was great! Plenty of food and 4 tables full of pies to auction off.  We raised over 8,000 dollars for missions!!  PTL!!!

We have a pretty busy holiday week.  We have to see Steven's family on Thursday, stay the night at my parents Thursday night and have thanksgiving with my family on Friday.  Saturday is the day my fall decorations come down and the Christmas decorations go up!  I'm so excited!  Last year we rushed to get the house decorated because we had moved into our house in December.  This year I think we can enjoy it more.  

I hope everyone has a great holiday!!  Don't eat too much!!

Lonely Weekend

The weekend has been uneventful so far.  Steven is gone this weekend which has left me alone by myself.  He went to Kansas City to help one of our friends move.  That whole thing is a bad situation, but that's a whole other story that I'm not getting into.

So far this weekend I have cleaned my house, baked cookies, gave myself a mani and pedi, and have watched all of my shows off of the dvr.  It was a great "girl"movie day.  I woke up to find that Steel Magnolias ( which is my all time favorite movie) was on this morning followed by other great movies that Steven would not watch me me...haha.

I love the time by myself, but after a while I really start to miss Steven.  I slept horrible last night without me.  I lined pillows up on his side of the bed to make it feel like he was there, but it didn't help much.  

That's about it for my weekend.  I figure the sooner I get to sleep, the sooner I get to see Steven.  His flight lands at 11:30 tomorrow morning.  Hopefully it gets here soon.

Oh and we are going to see Coldplay tomorrow night....be jealous...haha.

What a relaxing evening....just enjoyed an amazing cup of hot chocolate (made by the hubby) while sitting next to our fireplace.  I love the cold weather.  I love wearing layers of clothes and wrapping up in blankets.  

We had a great weekend.  We got to keep our nephew for the weekend and spoil him...as always.  We love keeping him, gives us practice for when we have our own.  We got to show him off at church the next day and I think everyone thought he was cute.  We got to visit our old church Sunday night.  It was great to see everyone.  It's always a good feeling to walk into a room and people rush to say hi to you.  We miss everyone so much at Life Fellowship.  They are like our family.  We have so many memories there with everyone.

I want to decorate for Christmas.  I had Steven agree to decorate the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  Last year I rushed to decorate the house because we moved in the first weekend of December, so this year I want to enjoy it.  

one day at a time

I'm loving this weather.  I love being layered up in clothes and wrapped up in blankets. Watched a little Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown tonight.  Brings back a lot of memories...

This past few weeks have been good.  I'm feeling more comfortable at work.  Getting better using photoshop (thanks to the hubby) and basically getting more confident.  Been a little busy at work and I think it's gonna get busier.  We've got 6 events in

 the next 2 months, of course the 2 busiest months of the year because of  the holidays.  I love this kind of busy though.  I love planning and organizing and making sure everything is ready.  It might sound weird, but I miss the feeling of be

ing a little stressed.

 I think these next couple months are going to be great.  We have a lot of cool stuff that i

s happening.  We got all of our credit cards paid off this month...PTL!  But then I remember that I have to start Christmas shopping....so much for saving money...haha

OH...I have 1 year old pictures of the nephew, this kid holds my heart....

Here I Go

It happened...I got sucked into having a blog.  I used to have one, but I think I have missed putting my thoughts down and sometimes venting so I'm gonna try this whole thing again.  

I'm loving the weather now.  Just waiting for it to get colder, but it's coming...I can feel it.  The colder weather brings back so many memories.  This is the first fall season that Steven and I will spend in our new house.   I've thought about our old house lately.  Remembering the smell, the feel of the wood floors, the sound of the space heater coming on in the middle of the night, spending hours on our front porch wrapped up in blankets with friends while we drink pots of coffee trying to study, but instead just talking and finding better things to do than study.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE our new home, but our old house has so many memories of our first 4 years of marriage.  

Even though I miss my old "life", I know that God has many new things planned for Steven and me.  He has already given us a new home for new memories, new friends that are just as amazing as old ones, and most importantly He has given us an amazing church with amazing people.  Yes, we miss our old church and I never thought we would find a church just as great as Weatherford Life Fellowship, but The Bridge runs a close 2nd.  

I'm excited to see what God has for us in the next few months.  I'm re-learning that He has everything under control and the right timing for everything in our lives.