Auld Lang Syne

It's here. 2013. A fresh new year, with all kinds of new things waiting to be discovered. And guess how my dear husband and I spent our New Year's Eve. Go on, guess.

We went to bed. Before midnight. Hah. We're so old! I find it funny that while other people in our age range have a blast going out and drinking or partying, we'd much rather curl up in bed with each other and the laptop (playing reruns of Mike & Molly, of course) than to go out with anyone else. I know, we're party poopers. *shrugs* Oh well.

Well, with this new year, there are all kinds of new things on the horizon for the junior Amnott family (I say "junior" because with my in-laws living in the same town, they're the "senior" family. See how that works?) There's a possibility Frank will take a full-time charge nurse position at his job. This means a different type of stress for him (a better kind, in my opinion, as he normally gets off on time when he's charge), and a higher pay. We should be completely debt free this year. Not that we're in debt for hundreds of thousands, but we do have a nice little chunk to pay off from Frank's student loans. I have my new job that will officially be in full-swing (since I was hired during the holidays, my work schedule really didn't get into full force), and I will finally receive a paycheck (I've been working now since the week of Thanksgiving, and I've yet to receive a paycheck! That should change next week, fingers crossed). Our church is starting the year off by doing a fast, so starting this Sunday Frank and I will be doing the Daniel Fast until the 27th. So three weeks. Three weeks of nothing but nuts, fruits and veggies, and water. Should be interesting. We're hoping that God will give us some clear and definite answers to a couple of prayer requests and that He will bless us during this time. It's my first time to do a fast of any kind, so the idea of a three week fast is pretty intimidating, but I just keep thinking "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength" (Phil 4:13), and I think I can make it. (Side note- anyone who has any really good meal suggestions or has been through The Daniel Fast, PLEASE leave me comments letting me know what to expect and with any suggestions or tips that helped you make it through!) I will definitely keep this blog up to date on how we're doing on the fast, and I will hopefully gain an accountability tool through it. Feel free to leave me questions asking how well we're doing. Keep me on my toes. ;)

Ok, so. Onto something else. I'll let you guys in on one of the prayer requests that we'll be praying over. To help us save money and pay off our debt even faster, we're praying about moving. Not away or anything, just locationally into a place that won't cost us so much. Not that we're paying alot. In reality, we have the lowest rent payment of anyone we know. We just would like to get it even lower than that. So, we've been talking to my parents, and we're praying about selling what we can, storing the rest, and maybe moving into the "mother in law suite" at my parents place. I know, most people think of moving back home and cringe, or use it as a last resort only. But in all actuality, I don't think it'll be that bad with my family. And I say that because we've been staying here now for a little over a week (I'm sitting in my parents living room as I type). See, after my surgery, Frank had to go back to work. I couldn't drive thanks to the Lortabs, and I didn't want to be stuck at my house by myself for 15 hours. So we came over here. Frank goes to work, and I have a place to stay that doesn't require anyone to come out of their way to get me. It's really worked out well. No one has stepped on any one else's toes, no one has walked in on anyone they shouldn't.... it's been really nice. I enjoy having people to visit with, Frank has his "buddies" (my brothers) to play games with.... we've just had a really good time. So, we're going to be looking at maybe moving in to their house in April, or a little before. Right now its just a thought, a neat idea to save us around a thousand bucks a month, all told. Which is a really nice help towards saving and paying off debt. It wouldn't be forever; eventually we would move out and get our own place again, but when we do we'll do it debt free and with a good bit of savings stored up.

Well, that's about it. If you think about it, please say a little prayer for us. Or a big prayer. I'm not picky on the size, as long as you're willing to take time to pray for me. :)

OH! I have my post-op appointment tomorrow with the doctor. I'm interested to see what she says about where I am in the healing process. I'm also pretty sure she's going to clear me for all normal activity again. Yay me!

Well, I hope 2012 was good to you, and that 2013 brings you all kinds of blessings and love. :)