Texas Update

Life's been pretty crazy for the Weavers, which is why this blog has been neglected.  I started work on August the 20th and discovered the true meaning of traffic. At first I was having to drive from my parents which was a whopping 40 miles one way, which took me roughly an hour and 15 minutes to get to work. We found a place to live in the Keller area which is much closer to work, it should only take me 20 minutes to get there but with traffic it's 50 minutes on a good day, but I'm adjusting. 

We are enjoying our little home and will post more pictures when the inside actually looks like a home and not box land (it's getting there). It's hard to get motivated to unpack and decorate when you've just spent and hour fighting traffic trying to get home. It will get where I want it eventually.

 

Daniel has been working hard with FCA and they had their first big event a couple of weeks ago called Fields of Faith, many youth were in attendance and 31 placed their faith in Christ that night. It was a pretty cool evening. 

Since living in Texas, we have:

• Watched the Texas Rangers Play 
• Explored our new city
• Cheered on the Tide from Cowboy Stadium
• Experienced our first rodeo
• Found a good church 
• Conquered the State Fair
• Eaten a fried snickers
• Spent more time in our cars
• Become food snobs 

Just a few pics from our adventures  

Rangers Game

 

Roll Tide from Texas!

Exploring the Stock Yards

Our Home

 

Pintrest Project for our front porch

FCA Fields of Faith, at Southlake's Dragon Stadium

Pumpkin Painting

Texas State Fair also place of Daniels last college football game.

Daniel's First Ride on a Ferris Wheel

Fried Snickers, Only in Texas

Stay tuned for more adventures!

The Weavers

 

Frazzled Friday

This past Friday was one of the craziest Days we've had since we've been in Texas.  It was such an emotionally draining day. We went from valley low to Mountain high, with a lot of laughs in between. Before I get to Friday I must give back story.

You have to get your cars inspected in Texas to get licenses plates and we were in a huge hurry to do this since mine expired 4 days after moving.  We thought this would be a somewhat simple process annoying but doable. Monday after we moved we took my car to get inspected and were told they couldn't inspect it because we were still insured in Tennessee and our Texas insurance didn't kick in until 2 days later. No big deal we thought, so we waited two days and took it back. We were then told since my check engine light was on they couldn't inspect it because it would be an automatic failure, so we had to take it to get it fixed. Annoying but it had to be done to pass inspection. We take it to get fixed and the guy tells us the computer needs to replaced he'll have to keep it a week, it will be costly-welcome to Texas. So a week later (this past Thursday) my car is ready, with expired tags and all. We were just thankful to have it back. He tells us we need to drive it a few days for the computer to reset before we take it to get inspected. Hooray we have my car! Now to our insane Friday.

I had applied to so many jobs, the week we got to Texas I began to get calls about coming in for interviews, I didn't think it was wise in my unemployed state to turn any down so I went to them all. This past Friday I had 2 in one day and my sweet husband was kind enough to go with me since one was in Dallas and the other was in Ft. Worth. We decided to drive my car since the mechanic told us we needed to drive it before inspection. The first interview was was a less casual place so I planned to to wear one outfit and the later one was more conservative so I was going to change into a different outfit when I got back home. On a whim I thought "I better bring the second outfit, just in case." We went to the interview in Dallas and I knew right off I didn't want to work there so I was ready to go.  We left the interview and were trying to go get my car inspected before the other interview. We were on a very busy interstate in Dallas when my car decided to die while we were in the middle lane and cars are zooming past.  We managed to get over and coast down an exit into a parking lot, shaken and aggravated, so much for getting it inspected. Thankfully my parents office wasn't too far away so my dad came and we called a tow to haul it back to the place we had just picked it up from the day before.

 By this time I had to leave for the other interview so we borrowed my dads car and headed to Ft Worth from Dallas. I was still in my casual clothes so I needed to stop and change. I told Daniel to pull into a gas station he was like "that's gross gas stations are nasty," I said  "I'll be fine I'm brave." I take my nice clothes  in this bathroom and almost puke when I turn the light on, there was poop everywhere, no joke. I'm not as brave as I thought so I quickly change while gagging profusely and got out of there without checking my appearance,  I was 5 minutes early for the next interview so I ask a lady where the bathroom was, I got out of the other one so fast I wanted to make sure I at least looked put together.  I went down this long hall to the bathroom, once in view if the mirror I noticed something didn't look right. I realized my dress zipper had been broken in my mad dash out of the poop bathroom. At this point I was panicked, I had just walked down a very long hall no telling who saw what, and there was no way I could go in the interview as is. I had left my phone with Daniel and I obviously wasn't going to walk back to get my change of clothes. Miraculously I somehow managed to fix the zipper (totally God) and was on my way to the interview very frazzled, but on time. What a day.

God was looking out for me because I cannot tell you how embarrassed I would have been of I hadn't gone to that bathroom to see that my zipper had been broken, and I definitely wouldn't have gotten that job, which I did.  So what a crazy time we had had in Texas thus far, but at least we have gotten some good stories out of it.  I start my new job at Southwestern Seminary next Monday, I am currently at the beach with my Mom and sister while Daniel is back in Texas getting my car situation worked out, so I have a working, legal car to drive on my first day of work, he's a jewel!

3 Years

Daniel and I celebrated 3 years of wedded bliss yesterday. 3 years! The time has flown. This anniversary was a lot like 3 years ago when we got married and moved to Memphis. Moving to a new state is stressful, not quite sure why we like to do that around the same time as weddings and anniversaries, I just hope we end that tradition soon. Last night we went to Maggianos little Italy, very good and we loved that they give you a take away meal, so fun! We also watched our Wedding DVD which I think is pretty hilarious and awkward all at once, but it was the best day despite the rain. We plan to continue the anniversary celebration this weekend when we explore Ft. Worth.

This is the only picture we took of us yesterday, it's a little awkward but that's us. 

Our sweet waitress decorated our dessert. 

Trials and Texas

After a very long and trying day, we finally made it to Texas. I woke up yesterday morning and mistakenly told Daniel this move wasn't as stressful as the last, but I was very wrong. Everything started going downhill after we realized we should have gotten a bigger truck, we somehow accumulated a lot of stuff in our short 3 years of marriage. We ended up having to go back and getting a trailer (the last trailer they had). Thankfully we have a lot of amazing Memphis friends who helped cram everything we had in that truck/trailer. After we got everything loaded and we were doing some last minute stuff in the apartment, the smoke detector decided it would sound and it wouldn't turn off. By this time we were frazzled ready to hit the road.  Daniel had originally said he wanted to be on the road by 8:30 a.m. but it ended up being 11:00, we were just thankful to be on the road.

Since we are camping out at my parents until we find a place and I find a job, we put everything in storage, that also turned out to be a nightmare. I learn the valuable lesson that you should always ask for email conformation and get everything in writing. I ended up being charged when I was told I was not going to be and they ended up somehow "misplacing" one of my storage unit confirmations. I'm still a little mad over it and not everything has been worked out with it, but we're just thankful to be here safe and sound.

Exciting night planned tomorrow night as we watch the Rangers take on the Angels from box seating.

On to the Next Chapter.

As we embark on the next chapter in our lives, I am grateful for the people God has brought us during our time in Memphis. When we got here 3 years ago, this place wasn't home, but somewhere along the way we've grown attached. Not attached to Memphis, but the people who are here. We've become comfortable. Now it's time for us to get out of our cozy little environment and go on a new adventure. This is exciting, but at the same time makes us a little nervous. For me, I've grown accustom to my job. I knew what to do there and I get a little nervous thinking about having to learn a new place, new people, a whole new process. At the same time I'm excited about exploring a new city, and I am thrilled that Daniel will be doing something he will love, the good trumps the bad.

As I get older I have discovered that life is so much like a good book, there are many chapters, some longer than others, filled many characters, some who you love right away and others you grow to love. Like a good book every chapter comes to an end and even though you're not quite sure what the next will bring, you know the author does. We are following God on this journey, knowing that he has authored the path before us.

Thanks for the memories Memphis, it's been fun. 

Manic Monday

Last week we headed down south to visit some of Daniel's family before the big move. We started in Huntsville and made our way down to Mobile. We got to stop along the way at some favorites, the Peach Park being one of them. We had a great time on this world-win trip and I sadly had to come back a few days earlier than the husband.

It's always hard to go back to work after having been off for a few days, but it was even harder knowing Daniel would be gone, and that I was about to turn in my notice at work. This particular Monday got off to an even harder start than I thought it would. After struggling to get up on time, I finally I managed to get ready and get out the door with notice in hand, only to find that my car was dead as a door-nail. Of all weeks for this to happen it had to be when Daniel was gone. What I thought would be a simple fix turned out to be quite an ordeal, but thankfully we have some great friends that took care of me and my dead car. After a few hours everything worked out and my car is now running great.    

I did turn in my resignation notice that was damp with humidity by the time I got it to work, but it got the point across. My last day at will be July 26, so hard to believe we will be moving in 2.5 weeks! We are so excited to see what God has in store for us in Texas.  

Cleaning Out

While we wait on the big Texas move, I've started cleaning out things before we start packing. I've been finding really humorous stuff and wondered why I ever saved these things, but thankful I did just for a good laugh.

I've found a few old toys that I can't part with, prom dresses I will never wear so now they sit in the donation box. I found funny notes from high school friends and found myself wondering where the time went. I've found silly pictures and funny journal entries, but most of all I've found evidence of past joy. So thankful for the past and the memories made but so excited about making new memories in Texas.

Last weekend we went to see Madagascar 3. After spending the whole movie dreaming about the good old days in the New York City Zoo, Alex and his friends finally made it back to realize the zoo was a lot smaller and not as glamorous as they remembered. They determined that if they never left the zoo they would have missed out on some amazing adventures. I know it's a kids movie but it so applies to us, we've been so cozy and are about to have to step out of our coziness, but I think about the new adventure that lies ahead and what we would be missing out on if we just stayed in our comfort zone.

Just some random thoughts. In other news I got to spend a few days with this cutie and his parents this past week while Daniel went to a fundraising training. I wanted to take him home with me but my sister declined my offer. :)