we're getting closer

In the beginning, i started this blog so that we would have a place to share about our home building experience. So far there hasn't been much happening. My husband and I however have just recently started the ball rolling. Yay! I am really excited! I know that it will take awhile, but I am just happy that we (actually more my husband) has started working on it. Right now we are talking with Ubuildit. A company that helps with building projects. They are kind of like building consultants. I wasn't sure how I felt about them in the beginning, but after sitting down with the owner and hearing him tell us what exactly they did I felt much better about it. Even great about it. We haven't decided for sure that we are going to have them help us, but we will be decided with in the next couple of weeks. We'd appreciate your prayers about it. This is big for us.

i was shocked!

Sunday evening around 11:00pm I call my sister Lydia to see if she will work in my place Monday morning. I had finally started my period (a week late) and I was really cramping. I asked Lydia to talk the work situation over with my other sister Hanna (our boss). Well apparently Lydia and Hanna were talking and my mom was around. Mom found out that I was late (she thought by two weeks).Later Hanna calls back to tell me not to worry about coming in Monday morning then she puts mom on the phone. Mom tells me that people are usually late because they are pregnant, which would be fine. I am married. Or because they are really stressed. So I told my mother that I wasn't late anymore, and asked her if she thought I was stressed. She said no. I think you are having a miscarriage. I was sitting there thinking, "what in the world did my mother just say to me"? I was shocked!!! Then I told mom that I was only one week late, and she said "oh". I thought you were two weeks late. Then she just went on to say all the things that mothers are supposed to say. She didn't even say she was sorry for the misunderstanding, and it was a BIG one! When I got off the phone I still couldn't believe that she not only thought I was having a miscarriage, but that she just came out and told me as much. She didn't ask me any questions first. She didn't say, "Sara, maybe you should go see your doctor. Nothing...... She just came out and said she thought i was pregnant and that I just lost the baby. SHOCKER! Imagine if I WAS really pregnant!

Mothers, this part is for and to you. PLEASE!If you think something like this (miscarriage) is going on with your daughter don't just come out and say it. Tell her you think she should see her doctor, think of something! It will go over much better.

If I thought I was having a miscarriage I would freak out, and I most certainly wouldn't be at home asking for a day off work. I would be at the hospital! I have no doubt.

And again, if you think something like a miscarriage is happening to someone you know the last thing they need to hear is you telling them that.

Ok, just had to get that off my chest...

Missing My Husband

I am so missing my husband. He has gone to New Bern, NC to pick up his parents. They have been sailing around in the Bahamas since the last week in October. I have missed them so much! We are so glad that they are coming back for awhile. Now I just miss James. He'll be back tomorrow evening though, if all goes as planned. I hope it does. I don't like being here by myself at all. =(

I know I haven't blogged in over a month. So I will get you all caught up on things here. Our fish Zebedee pasted away a few weeks ago. I believe he ate too much. Sad I know, but we have another fish now. He's really ugly so we've named him, Judas the Scariest. It just seemed to fit. LOL

Last weekend was a lot of fun for me. My five sisters and I decided to have a girls only weekend. It was so much fun! We all went to Ruston, La, my oldest sister Janel lives there in the house that we all grew up in. We went to lot of garage sales, got our nails done, and just spent time together.
Rebeka (25), Janel (29), ME (19), Lydia (17), Esther (14), Hanna (27)

It was a weekend we all needed. I just wish we didn't have to drive 12 hours to get there. I think we have decided that this is something we need to do at least every couple of years. I'm glad. I don't want to lose the closeness that we have as sisters. A sister is a special kind of friend. I wouldn't want to live my life without each and every one of them.