The Dawn, of the Eve... of Law School Finals...

I cannot believe we are here! Tomorrow Josh writes his 1st of 5 (or 6) law school finals... BARF!!!!! I hate, yes seriously hate. (dont tell me that is toooo strong of a word) these days spread out over a week and a half. It's insanely hard to watch your Hubs stressed to the max, on zero sleep, cramming for these few hours of intense exam writings which sum up 100% of his grade. You want to fix it or help in some way... but there is nothing you can do to make this better... Well, there are some things... but I wont blog about those... ;) 

Anyways, I realized that I had offically transferred into "Finals Mode" this morning as I started off my day with goldfish and coffee for breakfast, yep the "breakfast of champions" mom style... I've let the TV run since the crack of dawn (that counts as a babysitter right?)... and have already started the small panic attacks that will continue thoughout the day.  All of this drama... and I'm not even the one writing the exams. Maybe I'm a little crazy? Yes, perhaps....

...Or maybe I should take this moment and be thankful? yes thankful!!! I have been taught "in everything give thanks", but in the moments of stress, craziness or suffering, I really struggle with this. 

...So today I'm choosing, instead of feeling to complain about this to everyone I bump into, I'm going to use this feeling as a reminder that I'm so thankful that my husband is my best friend, and that we are such a team that when he feels exhausted and stressed to the max, I also take on those feelings,.. I have been blessed (against all odds) with a fantastic marriage! When others I love haven't. Plus, I've had this wonderful opportunity to relocate and make tons of new freinds.. all while Josh is furthering his knowledge to be more useful in this world. When I pause to look at "Law School Finals" in this light, that unsetteling, terrible feeling I struggle with in these moments... is in fact a gift! If only I would get over myself and view it that way.

So in this moment, against what my insides are screaming... I'm going to trust God's word and choose,

THANKFULNESS!!!

Re: that time I started blogging...

Well,... I'm just gonna go ahead and say I'm pretty shocked!!! I uploaded my first "blog" last Thursday, kinda thinking who is really gonna read it anyways?.... And then I signed back in later that night... Almost 400 hits on the first day. Are you serious? Way to make a girl feel loved!!! I guess I'm really gonna have to "up my game" and double check my spelling and RO sentences... 

Actually, (after thinking about that for 2.5 seconds) Nope, not gonna do that... lets be honest... I much prefer being raw... and writing in my very "LeeAnne-ish" way of speaking/writing....

Anyways, thanks guys!! And Mom if it was just you reading it 400 times over... thanks for loving me that much! ;) 

Well Ladies & Gents… here it is. My Blog! Hurray!!! I've really wanted to have a Blog for quite some time now (6 years to be exact, haha, I've started 3 blogs that I never actually posted on) The obstacles of having two babies, moving 8 times, building 2 custom homes (with our own two hands) plus being a self employed designer got in the way. BUT  shockingly, as life tends to throw curve balls, I now have 'some' time.  We (my family) have relocated to Forest, Virginia as Josh (my hubby) is attending Law School here for the next few years. It came up all of a sudden (out of nowhere really) and well, we packed up, left our home, sold our house and closed our business all within a few weeks. Crazy Crazy Crazy! We are just now FINALLY somewhat settled as the final business documents and personal tax documents have been permanently closed and filed for good...Whew! Now Josh just has to finish his 1st year exams for Law School (in the next 2 weeks) and then we will be able to actually have a moment to regroup! I cannot wait!!!

Anyways, the vision of this blog will be personal based. So... if you don't feel like knowing about my family's daily antics, well, I'm gonna go ahead and suggest you stop reading now.

Although, I’m not quite sure of the 'whole' vision, a girl has got to restart somewhere! I’m thinking some DIY design tips, maybe some home staging mixed in with some international outreach, missions and culture. Then obviously, some mom stuff, of course Christian based stuff and perhaps the occasional rant on health, or just ranting about how hilarious my kidlets are. Really this could go anywhere. I don't want to box myself in at this point. Please bear with me as there are going to be typos, and all kinds of errors. I’m far far from perfect, but some how that’s invigorating.

Welcome to my Happily Ever After..... as I believe Happiness is a choice...

LeeAnne