Following Awesome...

Upon reading my truly awesome friend's post, I have decided to take the plunge. Yes, I seem to try to copy "awesome"~it was after her suggestion that I jumped onto FB :)
She truly is awesome whether she believes that or not!

Now on to my adventures:

I am at a crossroads. A tad troubled but still sane enough to recognize how truly God has blessed me and my little family. At the end of Jan. this year, my husband, Hal, was laid off from a job of 11 years. We were married young and for the majority of our marriage this job was our main source of income and stability. It has turned us upside down! I should also mention, that I went back to school in the fall and our kids are extremely active! We have been ok thus far and are just holding on tight as the next wave of this stormy world crashes over us.
We know we have major decisions to make and they will be life altering. Through all of this, I've learned a few things about myself. I am resilient. I am creative. I am not very nice. I expect far more from others than I should and expect even more from myself. I recognize that I should give this all to God (as I have been taught to) but being the rotten human that I am, I find this a difficult task. I beg for prayer from others while I continue to resolve in myself to "Let go, and let God."

My family is quite fantastic and God has been faithful in taking care of us. I just have to trust that His plan will come together soon enough. Sometimes I think it already has, I have come to see how many worthless material possessions we own and want to rid my home, mind and life of this clutter. Could it be that simple? I think it could be.

So, since we live such a busy life, I have figured out that once a week I need to schedule at least 30 minutes to de-clutter and 15 minutes to return to my roots...we now have a little garden out back that makes me think of my Momma's backyard-a much simpler place, this is where I'll forget my list of to-do's and take a deep breath. I would like to recreate that "home" here in my house... one that is de-cluttered and a little more hmmm, homespun.