Thursday, April 19, 2007

Prayer Request

If I may stray off the topic of our wedding for a moment, a friend of ours (JS) had to rush his mother to the hospital recently for an emergancy surgery. JS and his family (especially his mother) could use some prayer. The surgery went well, but the doctors warned that complications could arise during recovery. Please help me pray for them.

Thank you.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Ring, Room, and Risks

Well, Lee and I now have our set of rings in a little black box that is sitting on my TV table. Lately I've been bringing it everywhere I go just in case I spot another victim...er...person who hasn't seen them yet. I don't have a picture, but I will try to borrow a digital camera sometime soon. They are plain, thin, white gold bands. Simple yet elegant. What's more exciting is the prospect of wearing them in less than four months!

There's been a lot more going on these past couple of weeks than just ring jitters. We've also managed to secure a wonderful 2 bedroom apartment under my current landlord just across the hall from where I am now. The best thing about it is the washer and dryer in the small basement. I can finally stop collecting quarters. I will be moving in sometime next month (May), and Lee will join me in August.

But just after getting the apartment, my hours were cut at my second job making it incredibly difficult for me to continue putting money away for the wedding and cutting into my grocery budget. Yet I was determined to have faith that God will provide for me, even if His plans don't coincide with my own. And do you know what? God doesn't disappoint. I will be starting my new full time job at Hobby Lobby on Monday. The funny thing is, I called to ask if they were hiring. They weren't. I turned in an application anyway. The manager I talked to said they weren't hiring, but they'll keep it on file. Not even 24 hours later they called me for an interview. When I arrived, they asked when I could start. You see, the store manager decided to expand the home decor department with one additional full time position (there was only one full time person and a few part-timers). They decided not to advertise for the moment and give the next applicant a call. That would be me.

More about the new job coming soon...

Monday, April 2, 2007

One more step!

Yesterday Lee and I ordered our wedding rings. It was very exciting, and a lot less of a hassle than we had expected. When the commitment means much more than precious gems, its pretty simple to point at a pair of white gold bands and be perfectly happy bypassing the triple digit and even four digit price tags.

We'll be getting them in about two weeks, and in four months we'll get to use them.

*happy dance*