Taking humility for granted

Right now I am amazed at some of the girls' lack of knowledge about simple things. Like... not knowing that the United States is not a continent.  Or being unable to list even one country in Asia. I think the worse was not knowing what "humble" means... not even a clue. Sigh... oh my. Maybe devotion tonight should be a lesson on what humility is and is not. 

I do not have a very extensive knowledge of the Bible-- I forget names and exact sequences of events. I'm more of an overall concept kind of girl. Even so, the word "humble" and "humility" and "pride" were used in our household frequently enough that I knew what they meant--even if I couldn't give you Webster's definition of the word or understand the depth of the word. 

It's so difficult to know where to start with our girls. Bible stories, biblical concepts, God's view of sin... there is so much that they have never heard that it is really just easier to read a short devotion at dinner. When I think about trying to teach the girls these concepts I realize that I don't really understand them myself. I understand them in that I know that being humble is not being proud, thinking of others, recognizing our inability to save ourselves, etc... however, I do not understand them in a way that I can convey it effectively to others. Plus... the "where do you start?!" question is somewhat overwhelming. 

Hhhhmmm... Oh to start training your children in truth before they are teenagers. Better late than never! :)

poor little neglected blog

No posts since November 4th of last year? Oh My Word. I've been trying to think of a name for a new blog that doesn't have my name in it... so when my name is googled my whole entire life doesn't show up. Anyways... Because of that I have been not posting for a while. And because I'm lazy.

We're still alive.... Life is going really well but only because God is so great. As soon as I come up with a better blog name I'll post all about our life. :)

working girl

I started work this week. I liked running a cash register again... but was really cranky when I came home the first day after only four hours of work. I need to be better about working. I was very blessed (and spoiled) to not have to work all summer long. I really can't complain. I only work 10 hours next week. It's technically a seasonal position, so I may only work there a couple of months. I sound like a negative nancy today don't I? I have a cold... maybe that's why.

Jaz and Steve came out to visit Grandma and Grandpa. We did the usual stuff-- visited the Malt shop, ate lots and lots of Grandpa's homemade bread, and went up North for the day. Photo below it compliments of Jaz/Steve.

I turned 22 last week! John had six days off so we were able to do lots of things together. It was probably the best part of my birthday. John let me listen to Christmas music, we were able to go to church together and stay all day, I got so many things chocolate to eat, and John rubbed my feet so many times. It was perfect.

John and I got skype. Now we can talk to Mom and Dad Klotzle sort of face-to-face! It's pretty cool.

We still haven't turned our heat on. It's super awful cold. That is one of the good things about living in an apartment. We may hate that on lawn day the leaf blowers are so loud John can hardly sleep, and that the lady above us gets very active around midnight, but the low heating bill is going to make it so much better.

i don't like blogging.

It's September now and I don't think I've blogged in many months. I'm not really sure why I blog. I share most of my pictures on facebook... we don't have kids that are super cute and changing... we don't really DO anything... it's not really an inspirational blog... it's not really a funny blog... oh well. With as much as I read other people's blogs and LOVE when they update even if it's a post about nothing, I should do it too.

This is John and I at Jon and Brooke's carving pumpkins!

John was kind of protective of the pumpkin. He did all the scooping of the insides out, he did all the marking of the pattern, and he was pretty sure that no one was allowed to touch the pumpkin but him. And then I got that look on my face, and told him it was "OUR" pumpkin not "HIS" pumpkin. He felt bad and gave the pumpkin to me. By this time though, I didn't want the pumpkin given to me out of pity. I wanted him to WANT me to help him with the pumpkin (yes, we're still at that phase of our marriage). By the end of the pumpkin we were both happy, I got to touch it a little bit, and I let him enjoy the carving without trying to make him feel bad for not wanting me to help. He did an amazing job by the way. This is his pumpkin all lit up. We call it "the howling wolf".

By now it's a little mushy, but we still proudly display it on our front porch!

I love fall :)

We are Hoosiers now!

We're living in Indiana now. Yeah. We've been here about 3 weeks. Here's my excuse for not blogging-- I don't like blogging without pictures. MY computer is the only one that we keep pictures on. However, my computer also does not like Gmail which is how I sign into Blogger. Combine that with no internet, and you get very little to no posts. Here's the last month in bullets. Our life isn't THAT much different than before. We don't have to mow the grass anymore because someone does it for us. The cell reception in our apartment is kind of bad... we can't talk on the phone in the kitchen or bathroom. Not that we really need to talk on the phone in those places.

Adjusting is going okay. I'm not sure how much of it is me just pushing all thoughts of anything sad out of my mind, or if I'm really doing okay with the move. A few people have really made the effort to make me feel welcome here, and I'm so thankful for them. I can stand by them in church when I feel awkward and alone and they don't mind (whitney, that's you! :)). I know it's only been 3 weeks. I can't expect to be friends with everyone in the entire church/area already, but I wish I could be. In the meantime, I'm getting my scrapbook started/finished! :)

moving...

We are moving! I know I'm about a week and a half late with this post, but it's finally here!

I have tons of time to tell the story since the baby I'm babysitting for is sleeping and I'm here all alone with nothing to do... so prepare for a loooooonnnnggg boring read! :) Last October John received a job offer for a Maintenance Quality Assurance Inspector position in South Bend, IN. Neither of us were excited about it for some reason (in spite of the fact that John has an awesome cousin living there... who is moving away from there now... funny huh?) and didn't feel good about it so John turned it down. Fast forward to February of this year, and John applied for the same position with the same airline but in Fort Wayne IN. He figured he either had a really good chance because the interview was with the same guy that offered John the job in October, or basically no chance because John had already turned him down once. Turns out, the guy offered John the job on the spot and he starts on the 21st. Oh by the way-- the airline is shutting down the South Bend base soon. I love that God knows the future and what happens when we trust HIM to direct our life. :)

Whew. We are very happy about moving to the Leo area. We have an apartment for now, and I'm just looking forward to getting established this summer. No work for a while for me... my wonderful cousin Kaitlyn is going to be in Leo for the summer (SO excited Kaits :)) and I've heard that Leo is amazing in the summer. I don't really know that much about John's job other than that he's very excited about the things the company is going to certify and train him in. It will benefit him greatly when/should he decide to leave this company.

All in all it will be a good move for us, however, I am sad to be leaving behind all of the friends I've made here.... living next door to Laura has been a blessing words cannot describe. I am incredibly thankful to have been a part of so many children's (and their mom's) lives while we've lived here.

We are looking forward to what God has planned for this next season of our lives! :)

candy crazy

Happy February!
John woke up after only 5 hours of sleep today so he's napping on the couch before he has to leave for work again. He's rarely complains but I know it has to be so hard to try to sleep during the day. He's my hero :)

For Valentines day John and I went to a marriage conference with my parents in Frankenmuth Michigan. It was a Love and Respect Video conference. If you have never read the book I would highly reccomend it. The book is basically everything in the conference... I have it if you would like to borrow it :)

We got to eat lunch at the Bavarian Inn. Apparently Frankenmuth is known as "The Little Bavaria of Michigan" and they do everything they can to be Bavarian in every way. Across the street from our hotel was a Coffee Haus.

We got back from the conference on Tuesday (we stayed a little longer at my parents house) and we leave for Florida this Sunday! SOOO excited. Poor John is trying to fit homework in between our trips and working full time which is probably why he couldn't sleep today. It stresses him out pretty badly.

Oh. My wonderful neighbor and friend Laura convinced me to try to give up extra sweets with her until she goes on HER family vacation to Florida. I've gone one and a half days, and that's only because I'm calling Junior Mints MINTS instead of candy. It's pretty much just giving up candy, cookies, brownies, etc... which I eat WAY too much of. Not sure I can make it until April :)