This initial post shall be an attempt to introduce myself to the blogging world... I have quite often been found reading other blogs, but until recently, had never thought to write one myself. So, bear with me as I learn the ropes... and become more comfortable with sharing real life, real struggles, real triumphs, real funny, real sad, and the like.
Without further ado, here's a quick snapshot of who I am :)
Name: Natalie
Profession: I am a BSN RN (to define: 4yr college degree Registered Nurse) by schooling and licensing, but made the decision almost a year ago, with my hubby-dearest, to become a SAHM (stay-at-home mom)... quite honestly the BEST decision ever made! (Ok, maybe not the best... but it's pretty stinkin' awesome!)
Family: My hubby, Seth, and I have 2 amazing and adorable children (Aaron and Rebekah). Such huge challenges and blessings in our lives! We also have 2 furry children (cats: Rufie and Gildie)... who we love, but frequently drive us bonkers ;) We are the first of both our families to move away from the family ties... not too terrible for all involved until our little ones came along... now Skype is our best friend! Hubby was originally Army, which is why we initially moved away from family, but upon living in the beautiful region of Western WA, we decided to make it our home (post-Army and all)!
Faith: I am a true believer and follower of the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, my Savior Jesus Christ. I would be so lost, miserable, misguided, and so many other things without Him. I am a constant work-in-progress, but oh so thankful for His promise:
"being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Nothing has taught me more about how much I need God than being married and having children... it's amazing how those relationships (being the closest on this physical earth) can reveal the deepest rooted sins in myself. With the Lord's help, I can be changed and grown to be more like Him!
Interests: I love to read (sadly, I've read just about every book we own... hubby would say I have plenty to read... aka--his books, but I'm just having a hard time bringing myself to get into some of them...), play with my children (mostly Aaron, because he's old enough to... but Rebekah is so very interested in being a part of everything, so it's pretty much both of them already ha!), drink hot coffee (though it rarely happens without about a million reheats in the microwave), sew (thanks to my home-economics-teacher Momma who got me started early on with kid-style projects with yarn and color-coded plastic templates), watch movies with my hubby (surprisingly enough, my favorites aren't chick-flicks... intrigued? Yeah, me too), cleaning and organizing (no, seriously... it's a sick pleasure of mine haha!), and lots of other things that should just not be spelled out, because then you would want to smack my fingers to make me stop.
What I look to share and do with this blog: My hope and prayer is to use this forum as a way to share real life... too often, we can see others around us in the media world (ahem, Facebook... yes, I'm on there ha) painting pictures of near-perfect lives... it can be hard to relate, and most frequently, it can stir feelings of resentment for those living those "perfect" lives or even covetousness (we want what seems to be perfect... not knowing the truth or even being able to see those wonderful things about our own lives). I will likely share posts highlighting marriage, motherhood, Christianity, health/fitness (and my struggle/journey there... I'm not a guru, and will not pretend to even try to be, but boy, I'm learning a lot!), and lots of random funnies/not-so-funnies.
Tonight I can start with a not-so-funny moment:
Sitting on the couch, reading through one of my favorite blogs... and our cat Gildie goes FLYING off the back of the couch (almost taking my head off). I freak out just a smidge from her sudden moment of crazy... and then I notice the trigger.....................
HUGE honkin' spider on our ceiling!!!!!!!! Ok, so... I loathe spiders... I mean, seriously... L.O.A.T.H.E. them. Hubby likes to laugh at me about this strong dislike (but he really hates them too... teehee!). So, what do I do?
Like any good wifey, I go sprinting across the house to our bedroom to wake him :) (he has to go to bed super early because of work) BUT, I have to do so completely silently for fear of waking our two kiddos (Rebekah is still in our room right now). I wake him by whisper-screaming that he has to come out and kill a HUGE spider for me... I have goosebumps and I'm on the verge of crying I'm so freaked out by it (ok, you can laugh... I know I'm ridiculous haha)... so he groggily stumbles out of bed and it takes about 5min of standing looking at this disgusting creature to figure out how he's going to squish it... he has a shoe in-hand, but would really like something larger... I convince him to stick with my shoe (smaller surface area means greater, more concentrated force onto the spider to ensure he cannot escape his doom). Finally, he gets on a chair, and smashes this thing... and when I say smash... I mean, disintegrates the spider on the ceiling... now, we have spider remnants... maybe they'll get fully removed (we have other spider spots... textured ceilings make squished-bug removal difficult to say the least) with a deep clean of the living room... maybe we'll have this museum-like display for as long as we own this house... Hmm, not sure at the moment ;)
On that creepy-crawly note, it's way past bedtime!
Thanks for joining me! And as my mother would say: "Yap at ya later!" :)
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