goodbye october.

Happy Halloween friends!

We personally celebrated by sleeping through all our alarms and waking up 20 minutes before Rick had to BE IN his meeting this morning.  UGH hahaha.  But he made it in with one minute to spare!!!  Praise the Lord.

We are not doing anything today, but we have had Sheba walking around in a costume all day.....here are some pics from her costume photoshoot last week :)  We went to the museum on base, where there are a bunch of historic planes displayed, to take her little AF-pup pics.  And because we came up to this plane from a separate parking lot, we didn't realize they were actually roped off and you were not supposed to get that close...oopsie!!  We booked it out of there before anyone noticed us 0:) 0:)

You can see the rope in front of the plane here.......ooopy.

 Reporting for puppy duty.!

 MAKING THE SAME FACE.  I laughed so hard...I love them so much.

In other news I have a job interview tomorrow and prayers would be absolutely appreciated!  We've been praying for financial provision and pursuing getting a lot of things paid off so we can be free of them.  Me being able to bring in some extra cash would help us get this done so much faster!  Hoping it goes well, but who knows what'll happen or how many people they are choosing between.

Here's to a new season.  Also to winter coming, listening to Christmas music, buying lights, and drinking peppermint mochas :):):)

Getting back into this stuff.

Hey y'all, ok.  So blogging.  I inadvertently took a lot of time off from this.  It wasn't intentional, but I just "never had anything to write about."  It seemed like nothing was happening and I didn't feel like there was anything worthy to write down.  Maybe it was a comparison thing, that others seemed to have so much more exciting lives, and here I am just going to classes, doing homework, cleaning, cooking, and spending time with my husband, our pup, and the couple of friends I have here.  Which is PERFECT for me and I wouldn't have it any other way, but compared to others' lives I felt like mine wasn't really "blog-worthy."

Anyway, this morning while zoning out in my nutrition class (I will never understand why everyone so fervently take notes during a review that is literally the exact same information we already learned about) I decided that I am going to commit to writing things down more.  I have gotten into the habit of letting life pass me by, I think.  In constantly getting caught up in everyday things that don't seem very "interesting," the days turn into weeks and next thing you know--it's about time for Halloween, I log on here and see I haven't posted since August 3rd.  So I want to get more out of my everyday days, I want to observe more, learn more, and just appreciate things more.

I am getting back into this stuff by using this cute picture of a craft/DIY journal to prompt me to write something:

Listening; to a group of loud (and I mean LOUD) college kids shout and make a commotion in their everyday conversation.  For about the past hour straight.  Oh my oh my, how is it that at (probably) the same age, we could be at such different stages of our lives...?
Eating; nada.
Drinking; skinny vanilla latte...warm.cozy.happy.
Wearing; jeggings, uggies (as I call them), and a nice warm MSU hoodie.  After this blazing summer I have not really been prepared for cold-weather clothes, so it's a lot of the same every day.
Feeling; a little overwhelmed with school work and house work, while trying to balance things so that I have time to do the crafts and fun DIYs I am itching for.
Weather; overcast and 55 degrees.  Rainy season is starting and I am not really ready for it.  It's hilarious to me to think about how excited I was to have 55-degree days back when we moved here, in contrast to the below-freezing days in Michigan.  Now, a year later, I am absolutely "freezing" at 55, hahaha.
Wanting; to skip my last class and go continue my current read at Barnes and Noble.  But I think I'm going to sit through class anyway.....I feel too guilty.
Needing; to worry less.  God has shown so SO much faithfulness when I choose to trust him, and I need to get into the habit of worrying less & giving things up to God more.
Thinking; about how to hang my pictures on the wall, and create hooks etc on the frames that do not have ones attached already.  Wondering if my biggest frame/photo with the original mirror inside is too heavy to hang normally.  Hm.
Enjoying; texting my husband throughout the day. He is the cutest texter on the planet, especially with all of the Emoji pictures that constantly are a part of our conversation whether they belong there or not.  (Example: in my last text I felt the need to include both a snowman and an eggplant......)  He makes me laugh. :)

Okay, there we go!  Restart time.
♥Samantha