March 2014

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. 

Albert Einstein

The Quote:

Growing up, and even into early adulthood, I had a fear of failure, and in order to avoid failing I never tried anything new. I never had Thai food (or Greek for that matter), I didn't start traditions,  I didn't plan long term, I constantly worked at dead end jobs, I didn't confront people,  I didn't share my opinions and advice... until recently, I tried my best to avoid doing anything  that could lead me to failure. Despite my efforts, I still made mistakes,  I still "failed." Realizing this, and seeing how far I've become, opened my eyes to achievement and success. So Albert Einstein pinned the tail on the donkey with this quote for me, for this blog post.

Moving: 

It's (almost) official. We found a place, actually the same place I mentioned in a prior post. All things considered we really liked this place and the convenience and proximity to everything.  We sign the lease in the next few weeks.

Mark and I are not looking forward to packing,  I must have packed all of 10 boxes so far and I'm already ready to be done.  There's a long tedious packing (and loading and unloading the truck and unpacking again) road ahead of us.

I am, though, truly grateful for my dad who will be providing us with some of his workers and his large truck for this move. We have to pay the workers but it still saves us a lot of time, energy, and money.

Now to find a babysitter for the day so Olivia isn't freaked out and thrown completely off schedule!

Work: 

Work is GREAT! I genuinely like going to work and what I'm doing. I do expect it to evolve into much more and really look forward to learning about my division and moving forward in my career. I've only been here a month but I see how valuable each and every person is to DB, newbies and vets alike.

Family: 

Zada/dad. This month (on 3/21) marks one year without him physically here. I know, though, that God needed another angel. He will forever be missed and loved. I've said this before, and will again hundreds of times I'm sure, but I will always be grateful that God gave him and Olivia the pleasure of meeting.

I'm also just as grateful that little Olivia still has her GREAT grandmother too. 


^^ This is in 1986, and that's me with my grandmother and Zada.

Generations coming together is such an amazing thing.

The Walks. Stephanie, Karen, and Tim, (and the rest of the family) truly changed my life. If it weren't for them I would have never opened my mind and heart to God. Exposing me to the powers of Him has truly impacted me and has given me the strength to achieve so many things. They took me in when I needed/wanted it most and for that I will always be indebted to them.

Steph, my seester, was my best friend and I knew that we'd be good friends for a very long time... even if we don't speak on a regular basis. I still can't wait to get our daughters together... you know, the ones that we vowed to leave on A.M.'s doorstep because we were against having girls LMBO? We lucked out though,  because I wouldn't exchange Olivia for anything,  and I'm sure it's the same between Steph and Mya. I will never forget what Karen said when Mya was being a bit temperamental, "God only gives you what you can handle." Truer words have never been spoken. Olivia is a little menace, rightfully so. :o)

Olivia. Last but absolutely not least. In fact, she's my priority and I leave her section last simply so I don't ramble on and on about how perfect she is in every way, even when she's mischievous. So I will give a brief update on my precious little monster, or as I like to call her monkey or monkey face. She's a 15 month old bouncing ball of energy. Now that she has 16 teeth,  let's hope the two year molars come, well, at two years.

She's still a terrible sleeper unless she's in our bed. We hope that our move will help motivate her into staying in her room, we will see. She's also still bobo dependent. Which is fine for now, we'll kick that habit soon.

She's learning so fast. Growing too. It's finally sunk in that my little, dependent,  baby is no longer my little, dependent,  baby.. she's now my little, less dependent,  toddler! I have a feeling that the park/playground or pool will be her favorite place this summer... absolutely looking forward to seeing her happy face and adorable giggles.

Till next time.