Moped and More

Hello again!
So much happens in a week! I found out that my office isn't as close as we had thought it would be.  It's about 1.5 miles farther away.  I also have a bit of driving that I have to do for my job so using only one car proved to be a problem.  SO to remedy that we bought a moped! I have a matching helmet :)  It's a lot of fun.

I had a lot of training this past week at the Division of Youth Services (DYS).  We work directly with DYS and their trainings are phenomenal!  Their rehabilitation program is nationally known as the Missouri Model.  Juvenile  systems from all over the nation come to MO to learn from our DYS about how to be more effective at helping youth.  I am SO honored, excited, and blessed to be apart of this organization!  I could have NEVER known that this is what I was coming into. So, I love my job so far and it's going very well.   It's been a nice adjustment to go from 50+ hours a week to 29.  We'll feel that in the wallet but the experience I'm gaining here is invaluable.

As far as Jeremy finding a full time job, he is a ways along in the preview process at Evangel. There are two jobs that he's applied for and they keep emailing to let us know his resume is being passed along.  He'll be contacting them Monday to check on things and let them know he's interested :)

In other news: We've been using our health insurance, dental, and proscription coverage like we're gonna lose it...because we lose it on Tuesday!  We have a short term plan in place for the mean time but we are really hoping Jeremy gets one of those jobs because they have insurance plans.  Jeremy had a lot of work done on his mouth and found out he needs a root canal.  He will have that done Monday...ick.

God continues to supply for all our needs.  My last pay check from Biz Lab came and my first paycheck from my new job came so we are taken care of so far.  But again we REALLY need Jeremy to get a full time job.  If you're praying for us please pray about that :)  I thought I had lost all my cleaning supplies in the move and I found them this week.  I was very concerned about this because it would have been expensive to replace ALL my cleaning supplies.  But I found it this week and was SO happy!  We know that things could get really tough for us in about 3 weeks but God hasn't let us down this far and we know he won't let us down in 3 weeks.  He's been so faithful and we are so blessed.  We'll talk to you all soon!!!

xoxo

One week down

Hello all!  I'm not exactly sure who will read this but I figured it was the easiest way for the most ppl to stay up to date with me :)  I arrived here just over a week ago to take a drug test (Last Friday) in hopes that I would start working Monday.  Well it took longer than expected and I start tomorrow.  This "week off" has taught me at least one thing: when I retire I'll need a job...ha! (Sorry dad I don't know how you do it!)  So where to begin?  The plan all along was for Jeremy and I to do a detox diet when I got here, leading into a candida diet to get rid of this HORRIBLE disease (?)  So we began that on Thursday.  As part of the diet we can't have any animal bi-products (cheese, milk, eggs, etc.)  So we have had a few adventures making things we can eat.  I made a cake today (gluten free, 98% vegan, sugar free)  I used banana as my egg substitute.  This made it taste like banana bread but that's ok because we like banana bread :)  Jeremy is very excited that he has lost 5 lbs already!

As for my kitties.  They are doing well.  They fight less which is good.  I read that neutral territory might cause them to fight less. I think it's worked.  Stinker has shown a renewed love for the bath tub.  He loved to get in the tub after shows a lot when he was a kitten.  He stopped caring so much about  a year ago.  Ever since we've been here he's been really interested in the tub and the sink in the bathroom.  We figured it out tonight.  We have known all along that Stinker likes bleach. This is terrible I know.  We have to keep anything sprayed with bleach, and the bleach itself, away from him or he goes nuts for it.  Well our water is...bleachy smelling.  So Jeremy and I filter our water.  But we do not filter our shower water or our bathroom water.  I realized tonight that Stinker likes the water here so much because it smells like bleach! Gross...

That's all for now.  We are really liking our new home down town.  We spend a lot of time at the Bistro Market not far away from us, along with Mama Jeans.  Those are two places we can get the food we need.  They've been very nice to have so close.  I will keep you all posted about my new job this coming week.  Talk to you all soon!  Love!