A Young Wife’s Tale

I do not like New Jersey. I have tried. I’ve tried to remain positive, joyful…Enough. This place stinks. South Jersey is bad. I want to go home.

I love Texas. I love the people. I love the food. I love the availability of Reformed Baptist churches and u turns.

I am grateful David has a job. I am grateful that his arthritis hasn’t flared since we’ve been here. However, I am counting on visits from several family members and friends this summer to get me through until we get to go home for the holidays.

Just for the Joy of It is hosted by Sharon at Good, True and Beautiful. Click here to read more joyful posts. The apartment is still in disarray, and I’m struggling to find our rhythm. I’ve shopped at five different grocery stores and haven’t been happy with any of them. A lot of our organization [...]

As I was doing our taxes this year, I tallied up all of our medical expenses for 2009. We spent $12,000. And we didn’t even have any surgeries or hospitalizations.

Suffice it to say, we’ve never been able to go beyond an emergency fund to a savings account with three months of living expenses. Sorry Suze.

30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know 1. The illness I live with is: TMJ Disorder 2. I was diagnosed with it in the year: 2005 3. But I had symptoms since: 2004 4. The biggest adjustment I’ve had to make is: Giving up sugar free gum. I loved my Extra! 5. [...]

Yesterday I worked at my little part time personal secretary job. David doesn’t usually call me when he’s at work. Yesterday, he called me on my direct line at work. I don’t think he has ever done that. He wanted to know what time I was leaving work to come get him. I also had a text and a voicemail from him on my cell when I left the office. He was having a really bad day. At first, I thought he was having a flare up.

No, no. Turns out, he forgot his meds the night before. Yup. Just one time