reading...

I'm actually perfectly content with the fact that all I did today was read and do laundry. Okay, so I could have done without the laundry, but to be able to finish the last book of the four I've been working on was no small accomplishment. It took a lot of tears and laughter to get where I am today. Anitta Stansfield is an amazingly talented writer, and if you won't take my words for it you really need to look into reading her books, starting with A Timeless Waltze. It takes you in and out of the joys and struggles of an LDS family as they come to learn and accept that being a member of the Church doesn't make you any less a victime of the struggles of this world, but it gives you some pretty incredible tools to overcome them, namely the Atonement. I found myself sobbing as I tried to get to the end of this last book, but I've never felt so accomplished in such a simple task before this. It's good to read fictional words, well aware of the struggles facing many friends and loved ones, and learn the simple but true principles to help put trials into perspective. I'm not really sure where that leaves me, but many thoughts now buzz around in my head... Thanks Anitta Stansfield.

...and reality sets in

So we've been married for one month now, and although our marriage didn't exactly start out in that dreamy "honeymoon" faze, it's starting to get tough now... for realy. My schedule at Wal-Mart (the pharmacy, not the store) is anything but great. I have the most random shifts and right now I seem to be getting an abundance of the one I hate most: 12pm-9pm. Yeah it can be great, I get to sleep in, I eat lunch before work, and it's typically pretty slow. Downside: Jadell works 4:30am-1pm. He's up and gone right when I'm getting to deep sleep and he's asleep before I get home.
Today was only the first day of this and I'm already not a fan. When I got home he was already asleep, and when I tried to cuddle up next to him to compensate for the open window and my temp of 100* he not only pushed my arm off him and pushed me away, but in the process he elbowed me in the face and gave me a pretty nice goose egg under my eye. It wasn't intentional, he wasn't even awake, but when he's in deep sleep he kinda panics when you touch him if he didn't already know you were there. He says to wake him up when I get home so we can chat for a bit before heading back to bed... you'd have better luck trying to pet a hybernating grizzly. I know we're just settling into this whole being married thing, but I think I'm going to sleep on the air mattress for tonight to avoid further punishment to my body for this crazy life we're trying to live.

testing, testing, one, two, three

Here it goes. Our first blog attempt. For those of you who don't know and would care Jadell and I got married on August 23rd, 2008. That's right, we're still in the "newly-wed" stage. So far things are going really good. The real world is a kick, sometimes a kick in the pants, but it's good to have someone to go through it with. We're never alone I guess, we always have an "Eternal Someone" that shares in our experiences, but now I have a "here and now someone" to share with me in my joys and my sorrows, my successes and my failures... Indeed we are never alone. So here it is, for everyone to see, our first blog... hopefully of many.

Dani

There's more pics. Just ask and I'll finish getting them posted.