i have been forgetting things lately. i mean, a lot of things, many of them very important. for instance, about a month ago i forgot the keys to open the store one sunday. my poor boss had to leave church and drive to work so that he could open the door for me. oh, and let's not forget the time when i left the door to the safe open all night long (kind of a miracle i still work there, eh?) on monday josh told me to return some dvd's on my way to work. did i return them? oh no! i forgot! that same day i also forgot to bring a change of clothes to work for our girl's night that evening. my dear husband not only went into town to return the dvd's but also brought my clothes to his mom so that she could bring them to me. the very first year we were married, i forgot josh's birthday. i could not, for the life of me, understand why he was in a grumpy mood that morning just because i told him "haha you have to work today and i get to hang out with your sister" oops. (kind of a miracle i'm still married, eh?)
i have forgotten my best friend, darla's birthday 2 years in a row. try getting out of that one. (um, i know we've been friends for like A MILLION YEARS, but which day were you born on?) thankfully, she has been gracious enough not to take me off of her A-list. and then today, it happened again. i was merrily checking out the 100 different blogs i like to check out and came to rose's and completely froze. my mind started whirring: "what day is it? what month is it? what...?" and then i realized the awful truth: i forgot leah's birthday! and we were JUST on the phone the other day, which makes it worse because i never said, "so whatcha doing for your birthday?" which makes it obvious that i forgot! (of course, the very belated card will be another clue)
i will not try to compete with rose's ode to my friend, but i will, very lovingly, say to leah that the ode i wrote to her way back on march 3rd of last year in my blog archive is still all true today. i just went back and read it and got all mushy feeling inside again. i do love you and hope your day is WONDERFUL!
we had easter on sunday. we'll be gone for easter weekend ( I INTERRUPT THIS SENTENCE TO SAY...ONLY ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL WE FLY AWAY!!) so decided to do the family thing early. we had such a fun time, as we always do when josh's family gets together. the kids were excited beyond belief to find their easter baskets and look for eggs in the backyard. we had a delicious ham dinner and a ton of candy....lovely.
i cannot hold this in, i'm so grateful that i have to share it. God has been so good to us lately, blessing us financially. about a week ago i found out that i'll be getting a VERRRRY generous bonus from the company i work for! on tuesday we found out that our tax return is quite a happy amount! and just today josh called me from work with the great news that he got a raise!! i am not writing all of this to gloat, but to say that we are overwhelmed with thankfulness to God, who has taken care of us so wonderfully.
time to work on books for the library...
8 comments:
love you too. thank you.
...lists lots of lists...
...I started forgetting some peoples B-day's back home too..had good intentions to send cards to all but...oopps...
Ditto on the memory problems Heidi...just wait until you have kids!!!! I agree with Jennifer, I have to write everything down, or I almost instantly forget it!!
I know I see you more than a lot of your blogging friends, although I know I haven't seen you as often as normal...so I have to say, I can't believe how long your hair has gotten! All the pictures are beautiful and I'm so glad that you all had a great time celebrating Easter. Only one more week till you leave!?! I wonder if this baby will be outta me by then!!!
I'd like to say that your excuse is 'pregnant brain,' but I can't....at least not yet. One day, and it will be legit. I thought it was only my birthday that you forget. As sad as it sounds I'm glad to know that you have forgotten YOUR HUSBAND'S, and Leah's too. We have our own little club. How wonderful.
I have a good friend and despite the fact that she has kids she ALWAYS sends a card for my birhtday and my kids' birthdays, she sends thank-you notes and sympathy cards and I don't have a clue how to be more like her... I think it would be nice.
Also I am happy to hear that you are doing so well in all aspects of your life it helps me to remember that it will get better for me too.
sounds like short term memory loss, which i suffer from...i hear the solution is to eat more fruits and vegetables because they contain minerals that stimulate that part of your brain. i knew i had a problem when i forgot my only sibling's name for two days once. that was weird. i'm constantly forgetting stuff....so i find myself making lists, which is sad because well, i detest lists. but you do what you have to to get by.
yes, it gets worse after kids. I've been told that after you birth the baby... that isn't the placenta that follows... it is actually your brain LOL!
And no gloating at all, that is WONDERFUL news!! So often we are sharing the trials and woes of early marriage financial struggles or trying to raise a family and balance a million other things struggles-- it is good to know that prayer for peace is working. Financial peace is right up there in the top! When Donnie got his raise I wanted to shout from the roof. It was just such a blessing.
We need to get one of those year round flip calanders. Like mom had one on the bathroom door and at a glance you would always see who's birthday was that month.
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