Elsie

Joe and I have his sister, Carrie, and her boyfriend, Keith, here for the weekend and we've had a great time so far. We even got a new puppy!! Her name is Elsie and she is a little daschund puppy. We are in love :o)

busy and blessed!

Its been a while so I figured I'm due for an update. Life has been a little insane lately and today I finally have a day to catch up! I have been juggling working at both Marianjoy Hospital as a Registry Case Manager and also picked up a part time job at Coach Outlet as well, so I have been very busy between the two!! Joe is enjoying his job, and has gotten involved at Harvest Bible Chapel which has been great. My schedule has been funny though lately, so I feel I haven't been able to spend as much time with Joe as I wish I could!

This weekend I have Saturday off (HURRAY!!) and Joe's sister, Carrie, is coming to visit with her boyfriend for the weekend! I am really looking forward to having her here and just having some "fun time" together!

I have also started training for a 10K run in November. I am pretty excited about it. Running has been really therapeutic for me! I love it. I am up to 5 miles and tomorrow I am running 6 miles. It seems to be getting easier which is a really good thing :o)

We also recently joined a "Newly Married Couples" small group through Harvest and are really enjoying getting to fellowship with others our age! Its been such a blessing to have friends who can relate to exactly what we're going through and the stress of "just starting out." Its been a huge blessing to Joe and me. We have our small group tonight...I can't wait.

Well that about sums up life for us right now. Joe has been wonderful to help me balance the jobs and helping out around the apartment, I definitely have a wonderful husband! I am blessed :o)

best hubby ever

So I have the best husband ever... I haven't been sleeping well lately, so I decided to take a nap after church. Joe called me and woke me up from my nap (I didn't even know he wasn't in our apt) and said that he went to get groceries and needed my help bringing them in if I could come downstairs and help him. So I went out to his car, and SURPRISE! he got me a new Schwinn bike! I love it. I had an amazing bike in college and it was stolen, so now I finally have a bike again to ride. We took a couple of bike rides today and are looking forward to finding some new bike paths to ride on :o)

Mom and Dad came to town yesterday and went to the outlet malls with us, for dinner and to church. It was great to see them. Its so nice that they are close enough to buzz in for the evening :o) Its been a good weekend.

Now if only I could sleep, work will come early tomorrow morning!!

the job front and life in general

So i guess i haven't posted on here for a while. Life has been good, just busy as always! I was in my wonderful friend Becca's wedding on my birthday, August 8th, and then this past weekend Joe and I went to starved rock to go hiking for the day and my parents ended up meeting up with us. It was great.

On the job front:

Joe just started his new job about a week and a half ago at ATI physical therapy and is loving it. I'm so happy. He is planning on going back to school for physical therapy and will start applying for schools shortly. On my end, work at Marianjoy Hospital is great, I love it, although its an on call job and I have been wishing I had more hours. Time will tell, I'm just grateful I have something at this point, and am trying to remind myself of how fortunate we are to have jobs at all right now...

John is back at school now and my parents are back to life without children at home. John's girlfriend Kelsey will be going to school in the same town as John, and just moved to school today. Lots of changes! Mom just started inservice for her year and Dad is busy as always at work. :o)

Joe and I have also been looking at other churches in the area. We have LOVED our home church, Springbrook, but are hoping to meet more Christian friends our age. The last 2 weeks we have gone to Harvest Bible in Naperville and have loved it. It is a totally small world. I have run into so many friends from Rockford that are now attending the church and living in the area. Its been great. Fun to catch up with old friends. God knows where is best for us :o)

I'm Employed!!

This week has been a good week!  Tuesday I had a phone interview with Marionjoy Rehab Hospital in Wheaton, IL and then was asked to come in for another interview today, Thursday, for a Case Management position there.  Today I went in for the interview and they hired me on the spot.  It went so well.  They are trying to speed up the hiring process, so I will be starting on this coming Tuesday already!  It is an on-call position, so I will be getting paid hourly, but it is EXCELLENT pay, so I'm happy, and they said I will have lots of hours!  So that is not a concern at all.  Also, it is a great way to get my foot in the door for a full time, salaried position at the hospital.  I can't wait to start :o) 

Thank you for all your prayers :o) 

This weekend Joe and I will be heading back to Rockford for our friends Becky and Ben's wedding.  I am a bridesmaid in the wedding and am excited to celebrate with my friends.  Never a dull moment this summer!  Weddings galore!

This coming week Joe and I are also babysitting for 3 wonderful kids of our close friends.  Always something going :o) 

The picture above is from last weekend.  Becky and I went to visit Cherith who lives downtown now for some quality girl time :o)  Becky (in the middle) is my friend who is getting married this weekend!

Have a great weekend!

Job search & 4th of July festivities

Still no job... looking for a job is not a fun thing to do in this economy.  Hopefully one will turn up soon.  For now its been lots of applying, handing out resumes, and keeping the apartment clean.  I feel like the second there is any dirty laundry I'm doing another load, just to keep myself busy.  I think that is a definite sign I need a job :o)  So I'd appreciate any prayers for that!  

This last weekend we went to see fireworks in Chicago with our friends Bill and Coty which was a lot of fun, and this coming weekend I'm going to Rockford on Friday for a friends Bachelorette party, Joe has a wedding in Michigan on Saturday, and I'm going to Chicago for some girl time with Cherith and Becky.  Never a dull moment :o)  

Happy 4th...just an update

This week has been a little discouraging.  Looking for a job has not been so much fun, and I'm missing friends from Rockford and my family.  Hopefully I'll feel more at home around here soon.  Joe and I are going downtown tomorrow for fireworks with friends though which will be fun and then heading back to Rockford on Saturday to be with my family :o)

In other news, our wedding pictures are up on Ryan Timm's site. 

You can see them by going to: http://www.ryantimmphotography.com/index2.php

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Enjoy your 4th of July weekend!!