It has been WAY too long since we have updated this thing...So Sorry :-( Anyways, we have a lot to tell, so I hope you have some time!
I guess the first thing that we did after the last blog is our Valentine's Day celebration. We went to a Bed and Breakfast called "The Cutting Garden". It was great and Dan ordered the "romance" package :-) We had the only room with an outdoor jacuzzi and we had sparkling cider, chocolates, flowers, as well as a great breakfast in our room consisting of Belgian waffles, eggs, bacon, fruit and juice. We had a great time and would recommend anyone going there!
Soon after that, we bought a new car. We purchased a 2008 Hyundai Accent. We got ripped off and ended up paying WAY more than we should of, but we still love it :-) It has no A/C so we have to deal with a summer of torture, but we will have someone put one in for next summer for sure!
Something else that we did was try to purchase a house. With the new stimulus package for first time home buyers we thought "what better time than now?!". We ended up finding a house we loved, here in Norman and our offer was accepted. We were ready to close and a bunch of things happened that forced us to give it up. Meanwhile, we already had a closing date, so we filed for the stimulus money, not knowing we wouldn't get the house. Well, after it was all said and done we figured out just why all of this happened the way it had. I ended up getting let go ON MY BIRTHDAY from the nanny job that I had in OKC. My employers were not able to afford me anymore due the stinky economy. So I came home all sad, but that didn't last long! The same week, we received our tax rebates and the money we filed for the house came also! We really had no idea what we were going to do about our lack of money coming in, but now we knew! God knew exactly what was going to happen, so we believe that us putting an offer on the house and then not getting it, but receiving the money was God's way of providing for us. We were able to survive until I got a new nanny job and we will be paying the money back in Sept. :-) God is GOOD!
Between me getting let go, and getting a new job, a lot happened. Dan finished his first year of his Masters with a 4.0! Like that's a shocker haha. I also started a new business which consists of many services such as Pet sitting, House Sitting, House cleaning, Concierge services etc. It rocketed right away! We slowly started getting less and less business, and now we are in a lull. I had to get a job on top of the business in order to support us, so I applied for a nanny position here in Norman. I am now a nanny for a Doctor (mother) and a programmer (father). I watch the sweetest baby in the whole world and love it. His name is Nick and he was only 4 weeks old when I started. I enjoy it, but at the same time it makes my want for a baby grow more and more. It was tough on me at first, but I had to remind myself that God's timing is perfect and that when it happens, it happens :-) As of this moment, my business is getting better! We have acquired 3 new house cleaning clients! My employee and best girlfriend Sheila is taking the brunt of the work as or right now. The plan is to get the business busy enough so that both Sheila and I can be supported. God will provide.
This summer has been full of storm chasing with no luck :-(. We have been everywhere! We have been over almost all of Oklahoma (including the pan handle) as well as northern Texas and pan handle with no such luck. We saw plenty of storms with crazy wind, hail, and wall clouds, but that's about it. We did enjoy the ride most of the time, so it was not a waist :-) We have also been to the Wichita Mountains a couple of times. They are def. not mountains like New England, but they are mountains haha. They have an animal reserve there where they have free range longs horn, buffalo, prairie dogs, elk, and deer (probably more), It is a great place!
We also have moved out of our old apartment into a house. We live on a dead end( we're the last house) and 25 ft from the rail road tracks! You may think we are crazy, but you really get used to the trains and they almost become soothing!! We now have a backyard for the pups, and the cats love going outside! We are all around much happier here and are very blessed :-)
I guess the only thing recently is we had our 2 year anniversary and it was GREAT! Dan made me a WONDERFUL dinner and dessert. He is the best husband in the whole world :-) We had a great day/night and can't wait to have many more anniversaries!
Sorry about the lack of pictures, but we promise to post them soon! I hope everyone is doing well and we miss you all!
