So, it has been a while since I have kept this up, and my mom just reminded me of it the other day and I thought, I have a little free time at work so I should definitely work on this. So, here I am!
I will try to add pictures as well. But, this will be just a run-down of what is going on right now in the Hemby household. I will give an update of some things, and then go over all the things that happened in Oct.
It's funny actually because I was just checking my memories on facebook the other day and it was in Oct that I started this blog, 2 years ago. You can tell how well it's gone for me. Haha! Sometimes being a wife, mother, maid, teacher, cook, etc . . . gets in the way of me doing things. I need to work on that and be better.
Matthew and I just refinanced the house. It dropped our payment a bit so that by the end of the year I can go end of month at work and be home more. I would only be working around the end of the month, and I can always pick up shifts if we are in need of more money. We are also hoping to have our debt paid off by the beginning of next year. It seems to be going well right now, and we are just happy that the Lord has given us such a great blessing that we are able to put a lot towards that and make that goal a reality. I definitely wish that it was sooner than this, but hopefully this teaches our boys to be good with their money and not go into debt if they don't have to. Lots of things to look forward to seeing happen.
Something I have been working on is losing some weight and getting my health in order. However, the more steps I take to make that happen, the worse my health seems to get on a day to day basis. The whole reason I am doing this is because I know that there is another little spirit needing to come to our home. We tried for several months and then I decided to take a break, see if I could lose some weight and get my hormones back in order so that it will work a little better when we start trying again the beginning of next year. To date I have lost 15 lbs! It may not seem like much, and it took me 2 whole months to lose it, but I am happy that I am seeing any progress at all. It is really hard for me to lose weight because of some of the medical issues that I am facing, but I found something that works. The only problem is that I am sick every day. I seem to get migraines twice as often and it makes it hard to keep on my schedule and routine with my kids. But, despite it all I keep going. I can just hear my Mom and Grandmother chirping in my ear. "Just because you don't feel good doesn't mean the world stops turning. Sometimes it helps to just get up and do something, and then you feel a little bit better." They're right of course. I don't think that it is right for everyone, but I definitely think that it is something that helps me. I have a certain routine that I do everyday, and even if I don't get the WHOLE house cleaned in one day I am happy to have gotten the things done on my list. I set a list of things to get done everyday and then even if I don't feel good I know that I accomplished something that day. I even get a lot of help from my boys who actually fight over who gets to help me now. Now, not to say I'm perfect, because I'm far from that. I have days that I absolutely don't care about anything except convalescing on the couch and making sure the boys are fed, happy, and staying out of trouble. And I can now except those days will happen and it's ok. They happen a little less though because of my list and because I have this really weird habit of not liking to sit in a room that is messy or dirty. So, sometimes even on the bad days I try to clean something because then I feel that I can be in the room and be ok. Weird, and completely OCD, but I guess we all have our trials to live with. A friend once said that everyone has a certain thing that NEEDS to be done in their house to feel ok with life. In her house it is having the dishes stacked up. If that is at least done she is ok. I feel like that is me, but there is something in each room or else I have a hard time. I have tried hard to let things go sometimes because really, there are things more important. Like the time I get with my kids. Or going out to do something just to get out of the house. It's been getting better, even if I feel sick everyday.
October was a fun month. My boys were SO excited for Halloween! Michael decided he wanted to be Spiderman. Ammon's favorite movie is The Boss Baby, so he wanted to be the Boss Baby for Halloween. Matthew and I dressed up as characters from Dryat, Matthew's world that he's created. He actually runs an RPG (Role Playing Game) at the local game store and people are REALLY liking it. He is actually writing a players handbook for how his game is played (since it is a little different from D&D, WAY more choices) and he is wanting to see about getting it finished, published and then getting it out there for whoever wants to learn it. We have been beta-testing it with our friends, Jeremiah and Alyna so we can work out any kinks or things that come up he may need to add to the players handbook. So, we have that going on and it is great! It is also really fun. I never, EVER thought that I would like doing that kind of thing, but it is one of my favorite things to do now.
Anyhow, we also had Convention at Nu Skin, the company we work for. Matthew was gone for the whole week for between 12 and 16 hours a day. The boys stayed at Grandma Gwen's that week while we were working. I just worked my normal shift from 5-9:30pm, but the boys needed to be up at Grandma's since Matthew didn't get home on those days until Midnight or 1am. It was a rough week, but we made it through and it helped us out a lot.
We also were up in Brigham for a fair share of weekends. We went up because Ashley and Christopher are having a baby! So, we went to the baby shower. It was a lot of fun, and it was a great time to spend with family. The boys had a blast with all their cousins!
We also had something sad happen. My cousin Wyatt passed away unexpectedly in Sept, so we ended up going to the funeral. So, the last month was quite eventful. Wyatt was such a fun guy. He always wanted to make people laugh and had so many inside jokes with everyone. He always was there to help and was always doing for others. He will definitely be missed. Such a great guy. Heaven definitely got a great new addition, and it appears that he was desperately needed.
We are looking forward to what life has to bring us in the next few months and over the holiday season. It will be really great to have that feeling of gratitude and seeing people try to be a little better. I only hope that I can be the example of that to my kids everyday. So excited to try!
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