Blessssssssings

Have you ever had certain years where it doesn't feel like the holiday season at all? And when you think about up coming holidays it seems like you just don't care? Well that's how I've been for a while, but this year! I'm already listening to Christmas music, Jesus and I made a Fall wreath, we've planted fall colored flowers, the whole shebang. I'm am soooo excited. And not just for the holidays, but because I love this weather. Especially after moving to Texas, I am definitely loving the cool weather. So nice. Love it!

 Look at the pretty wreath we made!!! That's right, we made it!

This is the wreath hanging on the door. Super cute, huh?

So if you read my previous blog, you'll know that we've been working on our marriage and it is working out pretty well. But I do have to admit, right after I wrote that last blog about trying to be nicer to my husband, he did something (I don't even remember what it was) but I reallllllly had the urge to kind of strangle him. Just a little bit. How pathetic am I?! But for the record, I kept my choking urge to myself and instead counted a bunch of numbers until I relaxed. And I have found that trying to count in Spanish works much faster. Who knows why? But if it works, it works. Anyway, by us being more patient and less snappy with each other, our marriage/communication/life is getting a lot better and there's hardly been any strangling urges! Yes! Obviously we are still going to keep improving since, you know, improving yourself and you marriage, basically, takes like, oh lets say, forever! But with each other and God, it's not such a bumpy ride.

Recently a HUGE blessing in our lives is that I stopped working at Target. I loved the people I worked with and it was a really good environment, but I would work just about every Sunday. Which means I never really went to church. I remember how in primary and young women's the leaders would always talk about not working on Sundays because it's the Lord's day and we should keep the Sabbath Day holy and let me just say, follow their words! They were right, by not working Sunday's, you get mucho grande extra blessings. Even though I didn't like working Sunday's I felt like I had to (for money so we can pay rent/bills/etc.), but after lots of prayer and conversations, Jesus and I decided to have faith and trust in the Lord that He would somehow help us so we can keep His Sabbath Day holy. And while it's scary taking a jump like that (after all, there are a lot of doubts. Example: What if we don't have enough money to pay our bill/rent?), we definitely made the right choice. It was actually pretty amazing. After we had a long talk about me quitting Target and how it would all work out financially,  I got a call from my old job at H&R Block and they wanted to hire me again, but this time in a better position (both in a hierarchy and monetary sense) and guess what? Weekends off! What I make there now is about double what I made at Target working the same about of hours. It is pretty amazing and I am thankful everyday. So the moral of this story is: Listen to what your leaders say in church and follow it! Because the Lord will provide for you when you are doing what He asks of you. True deal.