Brett and I are even more in love than when we were married. Our relationship has grown so much. I so appreciate him and his friendship. It is so nice to be married to someone who knows me so well. We are definitely still learning things about each other and have our disagreements, but we are growing closer. We have finally gotten in the habit of reading our scriptures and saying a prayer every night. We have been doing that for most of the year and we have only missed a handful of times. We are working on prayers in the morning now.
I am soooooooo happy with our new house! We have been in it about 6 weeks now and the inside is almost completely organized. The spare room actually has the bed set up and could quickly become a room if someone comes to visit....(hint hint Tammy and Kathy!!) My room is the cleanest it has ever been in my entire marriage (I am trying to hard to train Brett to put his dirty clothes in the dirty clothes basket!!!) and my closet is awesome! Our kitchen cart is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, so hopefully Brett will have that put together asap. That will make me love my kitchen so much more. More counter space will be so amazing! The dining room no longer has a bunch of clutter around the table and the garage is starting to come together. We are doing it a little bit at a time.
School is going well this year. I guess I started 2009 with my crappy 7th graders, but I am ending with a fantastic group of 6th graders. I am working so well with Patty and I think we are an excellent team!! It makes my life so much easier when we plan together. I am doing half the work while bouncing ideas off someone instead of doing it all on my own. So nice. I am praying that at this time next year I can say that I am teaching 6th grade science again. I DO NOT want to move up to 7th grade. It would be so nice to teach the same curriculum again and not have to learn a new set.
Church is great like always! I loved the ward in Renton and even though I complained, I mostly enjoyed my calling. I like having a job and knowing that I am fantastic at it. I don't have a calling in the new ward, but I am sure that wont last too long. They all know us pretty well, so....the one thing that worries me is that they just released the activities person last Sunday and did not call a new one......yuck! Although, I think we would have a better experience doing it in this ward than in the other ward. We would be able to find a much better committee.
In general life has been good! We have had lots of great times with family and friends. Babies were born and we had a few marriages. Melita moved back to WA which is a great thing. It is nice to have my best friend nearby again.
I hope that next year will be a better year for my body. I had lots of back problems this year and problems with my cycle. I am praying that both of those will be better. So far, it looks like it will. Clomid is working in the sense that I have been regular for two months now, we will see 2 weeks into January if that trend is going to continue. I am going to physical therapy for my back, so one of my goals this next year is to do the exercises more regularly.
This post was going to be about next year's goals, but it was good to reflect on the last year. It helps to see where you've been before you can determine where you want to go.
I am looking forward to a fantastic new year!!
