Sad Day

Today is a very sad day in my world. I gave my sweet kitty to a new family. I already miss him so so much. He has been with me for nine years. I adopted him right after I graduated from college when he was only three months old. I immediately took him to my Mamaw and Papaw's house to let them meet my new fur baby. It was there that he got the name Petey from my Papa w Pete. I have so many great memories of my sweet boy. It was very hard to give him up but I am sure in the long run it is what is best. The nurse at school and her daughter took him in. You can just tell that it is going to be a great place for him if he can't stay with me. They even said I could come visit whenever. That helps some but I still miss him a lot!

Testing

So I am learning how to post from my iPad. I just did a quick update post but was in the wrong blog so it is not here. I will have to copy and paste it later. Overall, life is good and busy. Maybe I will post more now that I have an iPad app to do it with.

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012

Wow, so who would have thought that getting married would take up so much time you didn't have time to blog.  It has been an amazing, busy, crazy, wonderful, etc. 6 months since I became Mrs. Jarrod Cansler.  Let's see how to best sum up the last 6 months.  The wedding was amazing and everything I had ever dreamed of...the honeymoon...not so much.  We spent our first night in Shreveport, LA and then went south to Biloxi, MS.  It started out okay but then had a dead battery in the car and a VERY sick husband.  Jarrod came down with Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease and was down for a couple of weeks with it.  Not the best way to start a marriage when you are supposed to be finding a new place to live, actually move, get ready to start a new job and of course, enjoy being a Newlywed.  Despite his illness, we managed to accomplish all of that and moved to Lowell, AR where we settled in just in time for school to start back.  I then began my job as a Literacy Facilitator in Rogers, AR.  It was kind of strange to be out of the classroom but so far, I have really enjoyed the job and the new challenges it has brought. I am right in the thick of things with the implementation of the new Common Core state standards.  I am often sad for my Texas friends that Texas is one of the few states that has chosen not to adopt Common Core.  It is a different way of thinking, but I really do think it will benefit our students.  Jarrod and I are both very involved in our church and love it.  We host Bible study at our house about once every 6 weeks and then both help with the kids on Wednesday night.  I do book time with the 4th-6th graders and Jarrod works with the teens.  It is exciting to be serving God with my husband.  I know that there is even more of that in our future. The year was progressing along rather well until my mom was involved in a nasty car accident the week before Thanksgiving.  She broke many bones including a nasty, nasty break in her leg which will still require at least one surgery to repair.  She is off work and getting around rather well in a wheel chair.  I am most thankful that she is still with us and thank God regularly for that.  Jarrod and I enjoyed a great holiday season shared with both of our families.  Miraculously, sharing the holidays worked out well for us this first year.  I pray that it does that every year.

Now we have entered 2012 and our first full year as a married couple.  I look forward to all the possibilities the year has to offer.  I have several goals set to start the year off.  Jarrod and I are going to once again attempt the Couch to 5K giving ourselves permission to repeat a week if we are not quite ready for the next week.  I am hoping this will prevent me from just giving up like I did last year.  I am also attempting to read through the Bible using an app on my IPad.  I started it back in October but let life get in the way and only made it about 19 days.  I plan to be better about that.  In just those short 19 days, I learned things I either hadn't learned or had forgotten while reading.  I look forward to what else God will teach me as I read through his word.  I feel closer to Hiim than I ever have.  With all the changes that have taken place in my life over the last year, I have really had to cling close to him to help me through them even the great things!!!  I am also going to try to blog more often if for nothing else than to give me a place to express my thoughts.  Who knows what turn this blog will take over the next year.  Also, who knows what all 2012 will bring.  Could it bring the possibility of the pittar patter of little feet?  Could it involve more moves?  I don't know about any of that, but I sure know who does and I look forward to growing closer to HIM this year!!!  I also look forward to more time with my wonderfully amazing husband who I fall more in love with every day as I learn more and more about who he is!! 

I must close by saying that I am one blessed women.  I have my struggles and days I wonder if I can make it through but over all I am so thankful for all that I have in my life.