Yes, I know it's been just over two months. I'm still here! There just hasn't been anything spectacular to blog about.
Billyboy is still working on the pachinko machines, our side business is doing very well. At some point, he will most likely need to get a "regular" job - but that might be problematic in this area and in his area of expertise. But we are still chugging along, trusting God to get us to where we need to be.
Over the last few months, we've been attending a different church. We have been unhappy with our church for a very long time, and we have not attended it in over 2 years now. And in those two years, we have heard from them exactly once - and then only because I made a mistake on a tithe check we mailed them! We have discussed going back to the Methodist church and attended one for a few weeks before we realized we did not like that particular church that much. We've visited a few others and one Sunday we decided to visit a Baptist church that we visited years ago. We were there on a day when another smaller church was visiting with the idea of combining the two churches, and they would be meeting at the sanctuary close to us. We really enjoyed it and decided to continue to visit. And then we realized that we were attending a Baptist church but it's actually a lot closer to some of the things that we enjoyed in the Methodist services. For one thing, they observe Advent. I don't know of any other Baptist church that does that. Some of the prayers are occasionally given by women - which never happens in the Baptist church! We met with the pastor and really liked him. Tonight, there was a Christmas Eve service - candle light, and with the final observance of Advent - and Communion/Lord's Supper. We are either joining it tomorrow or next Sunday (New Year's Day.)
Otter is doing very well. She's gotten a couple of raises at work and her reviews have been very good. She's basically been told that she's being groomed for management at some point. She is a very hard worker and has been full-time for a few months.
Maggie is at my feet at the moment - hogging the blanket I have on my legs. She's been very playful lately, we switched her back to the Pedigree food because the Iams did not seem to be satisfying her, and I think she likes the Pedigree better.
Froggy's middle kid got married in November. Otter and I were able to go, it was in McKinney Texas which is a really neat little town. We finally got to meet Froggy's grandbaby, who is absolutely precious, and he was really cute during his parent's wedding.
OK, that's about it. Sort of caught up but there really has just been "normal life" going on and that is fine with us. Especially considering that this time last year, we were expecting Bill to be out of a job at any time. But we didn't anticipate it being like it was, and that is just one more example of God taking care of us.
