All four of us

#1 Nathan is working very hard on his Chemistry class. He received an "A" on his first exam which I know helped him very much. He tried this class before and the teacher was horrible and so he ended up dropping the class to save his GPA. This time, the teacher seems to know what she's talking about AND can teach it too. It's been a challenge this semester to get all of his work hours in and so we're continously praying regarding this problem. We're hoping that something will work out with the union negotions with my job so that my insurance will be better paid for so that Nathan can just jump on my insurance and then he wouldn't have to worry about working so many hours.
#2 I have the pregnancy cold and am kind of miserable at the moment. It's such a joy - knowing what works for you and knowing you can't take it! Oh well, it will be worth the trouble in the end. Come on July! I think what the big problem is is this vascilating weather. It's warm one day, chilly the next. Today it's very windy, which is okay too, as it isn't raining. Our driveway is such a mess right now - a big mud pit. I am scheduled to start an Intermediate Algebra class (to bolster my math skills in order to take Calculus later) and found out today that I have the wrong book. It's a very long story. I've emailed the teacher and I hope it will work out okay, but who knows. I also need a graphing calculator which come to find out will be very expensive, also. But, I do believe, that I will wait to hear from the teacher regarding the book situation prior to buying another expensive item.
#3 Artica is doing well. She is very interested in writing lately and has been practicing writing the letters in her name. We had attempted some of this earlier in the "school" year, but she wasn 't at all interested. We're also working on the Bible memory passage from church with her and she almost can say Phillipians 1:2 without assistance. I'm so proud of her. She loves to try and we've been reading it with her every night - which of course helps us, too.
#4 Well, I suppose it's okay. I had an appointment on Monday to see my regular OB doc. Well, I'm not sure what happened, but another doc came into the room, didn't introduce himself, hit me in the face with the free end of the measuring tape, wouldn't listen to me right away when I told him where to find the heartbeat, and then told me everything looks good, we'll see you back in four weeks and walked out. We did hear the heartbeat at 155 and it sounded strong, so we'll just hope for the best and go from there. I also have only gained one pound - I think. The nurse did it so fast, I couldn't see what it was and she walked away too and I had to grab my stuff and Artica to keep up with her! Aarrgghh...
Anyway, that's our lives in a nut shell at the moment. I'll try to keep up with this better

First Blog

Welcome to our blog site. We'll give this a try and see what happens. It's Saturday and we've had a very lovely day of nothingness. Nowhere to be, nothing to have to get done, blissful, in a word. Nathan and Artica went up to get our 1/4 of a cow, which when all wrapped up in neat little packages looks so much smaller than what you'd expect 1/4 of a cow to be. Oh, well, it's fabulous meat and you can't beat $1.67 for a t-bone or ground beef for that matter. We also know exactly where the meat came from which with all the mad cow reports lately, that's a blessing. I got to stay home and play my gameboy - yes you read that right mine, all mine. Seriously, I straightened up the house and got a few other fun things done. Now, if I could just get into my card room and make some cards, that would be fabulous, but where does the time go? We're still praising the Lord over the good news received on Thursday. We are grateful that Artica will not require surgery at this time. So, we just keep an eye on her and the surgeon feels that it will go away on its own. PRAISE THE LORD