threeforthememories

In hindsight, as hard as the past year has been, as I've been reviewing it in my head over the last few days, I've come to think that perhaps it is exactly what we needed, and of course, God(s)/The Universe/Powers/Whatever You Want To Call It knows better than we do what we actually need.

I'm going to start in an oddball way, because this first picture was taken both before the next picture and after the last picture. It was part of our Halloween decorations at work, and I've definitely at last been truly blessed with finding what could very well prove to be a permanent job for me. It's actually got me socializing, building friendships, and has been learning and increasing my computer skills again, something I'd long ago given up on after graduating at the top of my class in '03 but never being able to actually use my degrees. My two-year anniversary is quickly coming up, and not meaning to brag, I'm making more money now than I ever made in my entire life. We're far from rich, don't get me wrong please, but I am still making more than I've ever made before and hopefully can at last dig our way out of the mess that had become our life before the improvements started coming, in large part due to my wonderful, blessed company.

Despite our circumstances, this job has allowed us to definitely make some much needed improvements. We're still largely living off of food deliveries, but have been able to buy some food ourselves every week and make some really fantastic meals like this one below that my husband gifted me to.

I hated it when we ended up moving back to my Father's land, and we're still living out of a storage house, but this job has actually managed to start giving us hope and inspiration... This shot of our little house back in January actually makes me smile now. I can even see the windows looking little like eyes.