Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Exciting News
The past few weeks have been a little crazy, or should I say, a little crazier than usual. We had Aubrey and Aaron up to visit over the weekend of July 4th, then we picked up our car from Fort Wayne this past weekend, but the craziest and most exciting thing of all ... we got to let our families in on a little secret: We're going to have a baby! Stephanie is about two months along, and she had her first doctor's appointment this morning. We are going back in on our anniversary, July 30, to see the main midwife at our doctor's office. We are very excited, and certainly a little scared, but we know this is going to be the ride of a lifetime. We have both been looking forward to this, and are sure that we will start to see time fly even faster, but are enjoying the moments while they last. Please be in prayer for us as we begin this thrilling new turn in our adventure together.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Wheels
We have been contemplating buying a new car for some time now, but have been trying to be content with our trusty Ford Thunderbird. It was a good car; we had it for almost five years and put almost 60,000 mile on it, with relatively few repairs. However, we were ready for something new, and our brother-in-law, Dustin, told us that if we could find a wrecked car, he would help us fix it. We decided that there would be no other time to do this than over the summer, and about three weeks ago we got our hands on a deal we just couldn't (or didn't want to) pass up. The new beast is a 2003 Ford Taurus Sport, painted a beautiful French Blue Metallic. We're just giddy.
The car was a little mangled in the front, but it was hit high, so there was absolutely no frame damage. All of the parts we have installed so far (radiator support, radiator, A/C condenser, and header panel) have all bolted right up with no major headaches. It also needed a hood, bumper cover, and driver's side headlight, was decently dented at the bottom of the driver's doors, and had hail damage on the top. We found all of the parts in one place (thanks to Dustin's body shop connections). If all goes well, will have the work complete within a couple of weeks. Right now we are car-less, and I have been venturing to Fort Wayne every weekend to help out with the work. I say help out because it really is me helping Dustin with the body work ... he's much more capable than I, but I hope I'm learning.
A special thanks goes out to Dustin for all his hard work and sacrifice in between working lots of overtime at Sauder's and trying to take care of a pregnant wife who's fussy enough already (Ha! You can't hit me from 150 miles away, can you Krista?). Here's a shot of Dustin working his magic.
The car was a little mangled in the front, but it was hit high, so there was absolutely no frame damage. All of the parts we have installed so far (radiator support, radiator, A/C condenser, and header panel) have all bolted right up with no major headaches. It also needed a hood, bumper cover, and driver's side headlight, was decently dented at the bottom of the driver's doors, and had hail damage on the top. We found all of the parts in one place (thanks to Dustin's body shop connections). If all goes well, will have the work complete within a couple of weeks. Right now we are car-less, and I have been venturing to Fort Wayne every weekend to help out with the work. I say help out because it really is me helping Dustin with the body work ... he's much more capable than I, but I hope I'm learning.
A special thanks goes out to Dustin for all his hard work and sacrifice in between working lots of overtime at Sauder's and trying to take care of a pregnant wife who's fussy enough already (Ha! You can't hit me from 150 miles away, can you Krista?). Here's a shot of Dustin working his magic.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Has it really been over 2 months since we last posted?!?! Wow, time flies!!!
Jesse is done with regular classes for the summer, he finished his finals about two weeks ago and has been working at the help desk. Last week, he worked 50 hours!!! He's going to be taking a summer course the last two weeks of June on the Psalms, and he's really excited about it! He's also going to a Rush concert with his dad, so that will be fun for them too! He is looking into getting us a new car for my brother in law Dustin to help him work on, so he may be home quite a few weekends this summer if it works out!
I've still just been working at Hair Cuttery, but it looks like things around there might be changing soon as my boss said yesterday that she was putting in her two weeks! Clareese was there, and they were talking in the back room when I got off work, so I don't really know what happened yet. I will keep you all posted, but please keep the salon in your prayers these next few weeks as we all get adjusted to the changes! Ever since I stepped down, I have considered trying to move to a Hair Cuttery closer to our house, so that thought has been running through my head a little again.
We got to come home for two weddings in April and May, so it was really nice to spend time with our families and a little time with our friends! We aren't really sure when we will be home again, possibly not until I take some vacation time for our birthdays and anniversary at the end of July! We are planning on having Jesse's sister Aubrey and her husband Aaron up for the Fourth of July, so that will be a blast!!! Also my family has mentioned that they want to come up soon to visit, too, so we may have a lot of visitors this summer!!!
Some exciting news in our family is that we found out that we are going to be an aunt and uncle! My sister Krista is pregnant and is due on December 28th!!! We are really excited and happy for them! Also my friend Breanna is getting married December 27th, so Christmas time is going to be really busy and exciting for us! Last year, there was a ton of drama involved in me trying to get off work for Christmas, so I would really appreciate it if you all could say a prayer for us now (and whenever you think about us) that all of that will work out this year!!! I already told Clareese about both things, so hopefully giving her 7 months' notice will help!!!
I think that's all for now, thanks for reading!
Jesse is done with regular classes for the summer, he finished his finals about two weeks ago and has been working at the help desk. Last week, he worked 50 hours!!! He's going to be taking a summer course the last two weeks of June on the Psalms, and he's really excited about it! He's also going to a Rush concert with his dad, so that will be fun for them too! He is looking into getting us a new car for my brother in law Dustin to help him work on, so he may be home quite a few weekends this summer if it works out!
I've still just been working at Hair Cuttery, but it looks like things around there might be changing soon as my boss said yesterday that she was putting in her two weeks! Clareese was there, and they were talking in the back room when I got off work, so I don't really know what happened yet. I will keep you all posted, but please keep the salon in your prayers these next few weeks as we all get adjusted to the changes! Ever since I stepped down, I have considered trying to move to a Hair Cuttery closer to our house, so that thought has been running through my head a little again.
We got to come home for two weddings in April and May, so it was really nice to spend time with our families and a little time with our friends! We aren't really sure when we will be home again, possibly not until I take some vacation time for our birthdays and anniversary at the end of July! We are planning on having Jesse's sister Aubrey and her husband Aaron up for the Fourth of July, so that will be a blast!!! Also my family has mentioned that they want to come up soon to visit, too, so we may have a lot of visitors this summer!!!
Some exciting news in our family is that we found out that we are going to be an aunt and uncle! My sister Krista is pregnant and is due on December 28th!!! We are really excited and happy for them! Also my friend Breanna is getting married December 27th, so Christmas time is going to be really busy and exciting for us! Last year, there was a ton of drama involved in me trying to get off work for Christmas, so I would really appreciate it if you all could say a prayer for us now (and whenever you think about us) that all of that will work out this year!!! I already told Clareese about both things, so hopefully giving her 7 months' notice will help!!!
I think that's all for now, thanks for reading!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Sorry it's been so long again! I've been wanting to post some pictures, but we just don't take pictures very often, and also, it's not very often that our house is clean enough to take pictures of to show off...
Anyway, things have been a little different since I stepped down from my ASL position. At the end of the year, everyone's hours had gotten cut who wasn't management, so my hours got cut after I stepped down. I am now working 30 hours a week instead of 40. It's kinda nice because I'm not so tired after work and have more free time, and I have actually still been doing pretty good as far as my numbers at work! I tried to get a job at Starbucks and there's a long story there, but it ended up falling through. I really don't know what to do, if I should keep trying to look for another part time job or if I should just stick with working the 30 hours a week at Hair Cuttery and just doing some hair out of our house for our friends and stuff. I would definitely appreciate your prayers and advice on this!!! However, one good thing is that I haven't been feeling nearly as stressed out as I used to! There's still drama at work, Clareese is still basically insane, but it's been a huge weight off my back not to have to worry about it anymore! We have 2, possibly 3 girls leaving soon, so please just pray that we fill those spaces with people who will work as a team and have good attitudes!!!
We got to go home last weekend, my brother Evan was in the musical at Leo called Wonderful Town, and it was such a fun musical! It's always so fun to watch people that you know, it makes it that much more hilarious! We spent Saturday with my family and then went over to Kevin and Julie's after church on Sunday. Sunday night, we got together with some of our friends for coffee, and we ended up getting back to Chicago at about 1 a.m....it was SO NICE to be at home with our friends and family! We will be back at the end of April for Jesse's cousin Chanda's wedding.
Jesse's on spring break right now, he'll go back to school next Tuesday. He's still been working at the help desk, and the crazy thing is that he's been working from 7-12 so he doesn't even get to sleep in on his spring break!!! But at least he can come home and relax, right???
Well, I think that's all for now, I'll try to get our house decent and post some pictures soon, we haven't posted any house pictures since we moved in and there were still boxes everywhere...it looks completely different now!!! I hope you all have a wonderful Easter with your families, we will be here celebrating at our wonderful church and then with some friends afterwards! By the way, if any of you are interested in checking our church out, go to www.gracechicago.com. There is even a sample on there of the cd that the worship ensemble put out in December of some songs that we do at church, it's very unique and we love it!!!
Anyway, things have been a little different since I stepped down from my ASL position. At the end of the year, everyone's hours had gotten cut who wasn't management, so my hours got cut after I stepped down. I am now working 30 hours a week instead of 40. It's kinda nice because I'm not so tired after work and have more free time, and I have actually still been doing pretty good as far as my numbers at work! I tried to get a job at Starbucks and there's a long story there, but it ended up falling through. I really don't know what to do, if I should keep trying to look for another part time job or if I should just stick with working the 30 hours a week at Hair Cuttery and just doing some hair out of our house for our friends and stuff. I would definitely appreciate your prayers and advice on this!!! However, one good thing is that I haven't been feeling nearly as stressed out as I used to! There's still drama at work, Clareese is still basically insane, but it's been a huge weight off my back not to have to worry about it anymore! We have 2, possibly 3 girls leaving soon, so please just pray that we fill those spaces with people who will work as a team and have good attitudes!!!
We got to go home last weekend, my brother Evan was in the musical at Leo called Wonderful Town, and it was such a fun musical! It's always so fun to watch people that you know, it makes it that much more hilarious! We spent Saturday with my family and then went over to Kevin and Julie's after church on Sunday. Sunday night, we got together with some of our friends for coffee, and we ended up getting back to Chicago at about 1 a.m....it was SO NICE to be at home with our friends and family! We will be back at the end of April for Jesse's cousin Chanda's wedding.
Jesse's on spring break right now, he'll go back to school next Tuesday. He's still been working at the help desk, and the crazy thing is that he's been working from 7-12 so he doesn't even get to sleep in on his spring break!!! But at least he can come home and relax, right???
Well, I think that's all for now, I'll try to get our house decent and post some pictures soon, we haven't posted any house pictures since we moved in and there were still boxes everywhere...it looks completely different now!!! I hope you all have a wonderful Easter with your families, we will be here celebrating at our wonderful church and then with some friends afterwards! By the way, if any of you are interested in checking our church out, go to www.gracechicago.com. There is even a sample on there of the cd that the worship ensemble put out in December of some songs that we do at church, it's very unique and we love it!!!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
A little update...
After much prayer and thought (not to mention frustration and stress), I have officially decided to step down from my position as Assistant Salon Leader! After the whole situation at Christmas, there were some more major changes right at the end of the year, and at that point, I decided to give it the month of January and see after that what I wanted to do. Well, it's February, and I have more than enough information to make my decision! I absolutely LOVE doing hair and I don't want to quit altogether and I finally realized that I was much happier just being a stylist! I'm only 22 years old, I have plenty of time to get "management experience" under my belt (and I've already got almost a year's experience). Ultimately, I'd love to have a little shop out of our house someday anyway, so that wouldn't even require me to be a manager, except to myself! Right now, I really want to just enjoy my career! Please keep me in your prayers the next week or so as Lisa comes back from her vacation and I break the news to her!!!
On a lighter note, Joan Cusack was in our salon again a few weeks ago! Once again, she brought in her little boy to get his haircut. It was so funny, I was doing this lady's hair and she was there with her friend who was getting her hair done in the chair next to mine and they were whispering back and forth to each other "that looks like Joan Cusack!", "it even sounds like her!", "well, they do live in Chicago, you know, it could be her"...my face was getting so red and I was getting so nervous! I mean, she's obviously not there to throw her fame around, she is there to be a mother and bring her little boy to get his hair cut! After she left, my boss ended up telling them that it was her, and they freaked out, it was hilarious!!! Who knows, maybe his Uncle John will bring him in sometime???
On a lighter note, Joan Cusack was in our salon again a few weeks ago! Once again, she brought in her little boy to get his haircut. It was so funny, I was doing this lady's hair and she was there with her friend who was getting her hair done in the chair next to mine and they were whispering back and forth to each other "that looks like Joan Cusack!", "it even sounds like her!", "well, they do live in Chicago, you know, it could be her"...my face was getting so red and I was getting so nervous! I mean, she's obviously not there to throw her fame around, she is there to be a mother and bring her little boy to get his hair cut! After she left, my boss ended up telling them that it was her, and they freaked out, it was hilarious!!! Who knows, maybe his Uncle John will bring him in sometime???
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