Giving in but not giving up.

Since it has been a month since my last post, I thought today would be a good day to start back. These past two weeks have been good and bad at the same time. I got an interview for my dream job, and my hubby started studying to take the Dental Aptitude Test (DAT) for the second time so he will hopefully get into dental school next year (not this year). I still haven't found out for sure about my job, but it looks pretty good. I have found out how hard it is to conceal your joy when your best friend is having a hard time accepting that he has to wait another year to start moving toward his dream, all the while stuck at a job that he doesn't necessarily like. 

It really puts that whole married business in perspective. He is learning to be happy for me as my job moves and flourishes, and I am learning to be considerate of him as he does not feel like he's getting anywhere in life right now. The good thing about that, though, is he has a little more time to hang out with me for another year before the madness of dental school starts. It also gives us another year to be in Birmingham for sure, with all of our friends and my family (his being not too far away in H-ville). 

So even though we do not know what the next year will bring us, we move on both happy for me and frustrated for him at this time. It does bring us closer together each day because we have to support each other and remind each other that whatever happens is meant to happen through God's sovereign timing and will. I have never felt that so strongly as I do now. Never. There is no other reason that Joseph shouldn't have gotten into dental school this year except that it wasn't in God's timing. Why? We may never know. But I'm glad we can rest in HIM for another year and look forward to whatever He will put in our path. 

Here's to living in the NOW and being thankful for what you do have, not for what you want and do not have...

Love, 

Abby 

Twenty Twelve: A new year, a new beginning

I hope everyone's holidays went well...as for the Randall clan, we spent the holidays in Huntsville (my first christmas without my original family). It was weird to be away from my family, but I LOVE my new family and we had so much fun! 

For new years, Joseph and I had some friends come up to his family's farm in Mulberry, TN. It was so beautiful up there, and our puppy, Dexter LOVED it! 

This is Dexter! He is a lab/hound/great dane? Well, let's just say he's going to be a BIG DOG! Hehe. 

So now we write 2012 on all our paperwork instead of 2011. I have not made any new year's resolutions except to love God and the people in my life better. Hope you achieve your resolutions! 

Abby :)

So, here's the deal

Alright everyone! I am finally posting something new, even though it has been 2 months since the last post! Wow does time fly! 

So, since we left off, my hubby and I got a wonderful little puppy named Dexter! He is a lab/hound and is the cutest black dog I have ever laid eyes on. That is one of the many reasons I haven't posted in a while. In other news, the holidays are here! This means that holiday time with family is more important than posting on the blog. 

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my side of the family and a few family friends this year. I had to work Thanksgiving morning, got off at 12, then met the hubs at my parent's house for Thanksgiving lunch. It was a great afternoon of relaxation and resting before returning to work the next day. 

We have many Christmas plans in the works this year. It will be my first Christmas as a wife, and it will also be my first Christmas to spend with Joseph's family! I am excited for the change. I work all around Christmas, so we are traveling to the in-law's house on the 23rd and coming back home either Christmas night or the day after Christmas. 

So tonight I do not have any pictures of the puppy (he is very mobile and hard to take good pics of) or the apartment decked out for Christmas (cheaply), I do wish everyone a Merry Christmas! May we all stop in the hubbub of activity and remember why we celebrate this day. Our savior was born to save us and give us an eternity with HIM! REJOICE! 

Love, 

Abby