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| I knit a pair of socks for my neice for Christmas. It only took a few days. I'm stunned! My first pair of socks took almost a year to make, these took less than a week. Stunning. 
So much fun to do too! Now I'm working on a pair for the littler neice too. With 12 less stitches per round, I imagine these will be quicker yet. Yeah for small feet! | | |
| Over Thanksgiving my mother-in-law asked me what I would like to do if I could have any job. It seems like such a simple question, but I couldn't think of anything. At my parent's house before that, my younger brother was saying how he feels like spending 60-70 hours in the lab (for grad school, there's a class in there too) isn't work, it's too much fun for work. MIL also mentioned she's doing what she's always wanted to do. She's an office manager and played office growing up. She has a lot of fun and finds it fulfilling to be at work. I don't like my job. I kind of like what I do, the testing portions of it, the experiment portion of it, but I'm not keen on my job. Thinking about it, I'd like to be a teacher, special ed probably. Or junior high math or science. The math science teacher wouldn't be as far fetched as special ed. Having a degree in engineering, I can be fast tracked to getting a teaching certificate. My concern with teaching isn't knowing the material, it's disciplining the kids. I'm blest to have kids that are disciplined with a tone of voice, but I know all kids aren't. My other idea is a librarian. I love to do research on any topic, any topic at all. If I got to look up information on a variety of topics and even write summaries of that information, I'd love it! I've tried to find out what I would need to do for this but it looks like another 4 full time years of collge. Although I suppose having on Bachelor's would help, but I'm not sure. So, if someone asked you what your dream was, would you freeze like I did? Or do you keep your dreams on the ready? | | |
| For Thanksgiving, we went to both parents'. That means on Thursday we did the big traditional Thanksgiving with turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, homemade rolls, salads, and veggies and pumpkin pie with homemade whipped cream. Then Friday we left that parent's (mine) and went to the next Thanksgiving. Thankfully, Brodie's folks didn't have a big turkey dinner on Saturday. Instead is was grilled pork loin, yummy. So why am I bragging on myself? I didn't gain any weight. Nothing. In fact, I might have lost a pound. Seriously. Now, if you are like me, you know, chubby and trying to lose, you'll know how strange that sounds. I gave myself license to eat whatever I wanted while we were on the road. Turns out, I don't eat as much as a used to. I didn't exercise much, just a bit of a walk one day, but I didn't eat between meals at all. There was a quote I looked at a few weeks ago that said something like "Whatever we beg God for, let us also work toward.". I think I might have figured out where that fits in now. | | |
| EDITED TO ADD: Last night (Monday) the one closest to the little toe was very swollen. We buddy taped it last night, so hopefully it'll feel better soon. On Friday morning I woke up and started walking a realized my foot hurt, by the middle toes, if I turned or tried to stand on my tip toes. I didn't remember doing anything Thursday that could have caused it, but it's possible. There was no swelling or bruising, so I figured it would work itself out. I could wear shoes and walk with little problem. Saturday I notcied the pain was still there, a little sharper when doing something just right (or I guess it would be wrong) but still not major enough to do anything drastic. Sunday, more of the same. Still no swelling or bruising. Still couldn't narrow it down to one toe (thought it was the one next to the baby toe, then Brodie touched the one next to the big toe and that seemed to be it, then he tried it again and it didn't seem to be a problem). Now here it is Monday, my foot just sort of feels not right. No swelling, no bruising, walking is fine, I can wear shoes. So, what would you recommend doing? My go to move is to call my mom, which I'll be doing tonight, but I don't know what she can do about it, I just want my mommy ; ) I'd buddy tape toes, but I don't know which one and don't want to tape them all up. Thanks! | | |
| 10 Those who know your name will trust in you,
for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. If you had told me this just a month ago, just 2 weeks ago, I would have scoffed at you and at the very thought. I felt let down, forsaken, by God. But then, in some sort of flash that I'd been ignoring or trying to pretend wasn't there, I came again to realize it was true. God didn't forsake me, I turned so I could not see Him. Oh, I knew where He was, I could feel His eyes on me. That was probably the worst part of it. I was the one doing wrong, and I knew it, and He still loved me, He waited there for me. I know Your name O Lord, and I will trust in You. | | |
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