Things

What is it about "things?"

Items. Materials. Stuff. Clothes. Furniture. Jewelry. Cars. Houses. Electronics.

All of it.

What is it about these things that make us jealous?

Covet?

And so many other non-brag worthy feelings?

What is it about these things that will make us live outside of our means to get it?

And it's all the social norm.

Why is it that I love materialistic things that only fade away?

What is it in our human heads that gets us so excited over materialistic things?

I'm not saying that "stuff" isn't OK. I REALLY REALLY like stuff. And there's a lot of cool stuff that helps us make more time for the more important things.

I'm sure it sounds like I'm stating the obvious here.

But I guess I find myself getting very frustrated for wanting so many things when I know what God has to say about it.

1 Timothy 6:9, 10

9. However, those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many senseless and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

10. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things, and by reaching out for this love some have been led astray from the faith and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains.

1 John 2:16, 17

16. Because everything in the world—the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the showy display of one’s means of life—does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world. 17. Furthermore, the world is passing away and so is its desire, but he that does the will of God remains forever.

Those are such straight up verses. I love them. These just show how simple this truth is. These materialistic loves do not come from God. And even more, they don't last.

Like Dave Ramsey says, money itself is not evil. Neither are any of the actual materials we desire. They are indifferent. It's the attitude and feelings that WE have about money and materials.

It's interesting at how our culture looks at material things. We want them so bad that most of the things we have, we don't even own. We borrowed to get it. So it's not even really ours.

Some of us make so much money, but we buy more and more of what we can't afford. So really, we're worse off than the less wealthy person making a quarter of what we make who has no debt.

Weird to think about.

Well, there's my ramble. I'm done now.

Northfield Urgent Care Is Open for Business

Why the picture of Tim Pawlenty? You'll find out further down...haha


My job has officially started!

The Northfield Urgent Care is officially open!

We opened Monday, April 20th and it's been surprisingly busier than we thought.

We've been averaging about 10-12 patients/day which is great for a small community.

I'm really enjoying it. I've only done 1 x-ray, but I've been training in on the front desk and also on rooming patients. So, hopefully soon, I'll be able to do just about everything! I can't wait!

This is our logo. It reminds me of a sign for a sport's bar! haha Whatever works, I guess!

Things are really good for us. Not a whole of new information. We are starting to entertain the idea of moving down to Northfield. We haven't found a whole lot of options yet, but we're still looking. Ideally we'd find a townhome with a washer/dryer in unit! Oh what a luxury that would be!!!!

Well, I hope all is well with everyone!

Oh yeah. The Tim Pawlenty picture. Nathan and I sat next to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty last Sunday in church which was super crazy! Super cool! We hope you run in 2012, Tim!

This was an old post I forgot to put up from a few weeks ago....

We went to the capitol. Walked around. Took silly pictures in the governor's office. Tried to sneak in the senate chamber (unsuccessful: the door was locked, ha). It was a blast.

Then we went to Mickey's Diner. It's a super old dining car that's kind of famous, I guess.

Totally random. So fun.

It was great because there are so many things we haven't done here in the metro even though we've been here for a few years.

So this our way of knocking some things off the list.

We probably won't be around for a whole lot longer. 3 years at the most, probably. All the D.O schools are far away and then if Nathan becomes a nurse: the military.

Gotta soak it all up while we're here! Mpls/St. Paul is actually quite kickin.

A Weekend To Remember!

This past weekend Nathan and I went to a marriage conference!

It's called 'Weekend to Remember.' It's put on by Family Life which is a branch of Campus Crusade for Christ. Nathan's brother and his wife (Ryan and Gretchen) gave us this conference as our wedding gift and we were finally able to attend!

It was at the Marriot City Center in downtown Minneapolis. It was a very big event with around 1200 people!

It was a great conference and we would definitely recommend it for any couple!

Saturday was our favorite day. It was the longest day of the conference. We got to have lunch and dinner downtown which was a HUGE treat.

We had lunch at an Italian place called Zelo. And for dinner we went to Seven Steakhouse and Sushi. It was amazing!

It was so much fun to spend the weekend together and learning ways to strengthen our marriage.

It was also great getting to hang out in Minneapolis. And I LOVE it when we get to try out new places!

Long Time, No Talk

Hey Everybody.

So it's been forever since I've posted anything. Sorry about that. I was afraid of that happening.



Well, things have been good for us.



Since we've last talked I've been offered a full time job in xray which I've accepted. It's at an urgent care in Northfield, MN. A doctor that both Nathan and I have worked with at Apple Valley is opening it up. And work should begin around the second week of April.



In the mean time I've been picking up shifts at the hospital in Waconia and at Apple Valley. In between that, I had a hardware surgery to get all of my screws and nails out of my foot and ankle. So that feels so AWESOME to have all that stuff out.



Nathan is working at Apple Valley and getting things organized for the upcoming year. School applications for D.O and nursing schools as well as getting ready for the MCAT. His hours have been cut at work due to the economy of course so he's been great at taking care of the apartment and things while I'm working.



Nathan's sister Anna and her girls came to MN for a week and we were able to spend a bunch of time with them which was so great.



That about does it for us. Hope all is well with you!

Christmas!

We hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas! We did! We had a great time at the Lakes. This year it was Bob, Kathy, Ryan, Gretchen and us! Ryan and Gretchen brought laser tag and that was so much fun! Nathan had me for secret santa and got me an AMAZING north face zip up in my favorite color! It's so COOL! Parker had Nathan and he got an XBOX 360 game and a fun family card game. It was great being with family...and the lobster was SOOOOO good too! :)

We got home on Friday the 26th because Nathan had to work. And we've both been working this weekend. Have a Happy New Year! Love ya!

REWIND!

Well...it's been a while since we've written and, wow, have things changed!

First, my new job has...not gone well.
That sounds harsh and I'll spare the gory details, but basically I gave my notice last Friday and this Friday is my last day (if I can make it until then).

So along with that, we are no longer moving. We're staying in Eagan and that's fine with us. It saves us the hassle of moving and we're pretty happy here. And I'm back to searching for a full time job. In the meantime I have two casual x-ray jobs, a job at Applebee's, and a job at Volkart May and Associates. That's where I was working during my recovery after my surgeries. ANYWAYS, it's all good. It's been...an experience I guess. It's nice that all my previous positions are more than willing to have me back. We're extremely thankful for that! If any of you know anyone in radiology, you know my name! ;)

Some good news!
Nathan finishes his bachelors in biology this Wednesday! Whoo Hoo! We're so excited and happy. He's done such a good job and worked so hard. I know I wouldn't want to have traded places! Other than that, just finishing up Christmas shopping and things like that. We're going to hurry up and send out our Christmas cards this week (we're running a little behind this year, sorry!)

I hope everyone is doing great and enjoying the holiday season! I know Nathan and I are very excited for Christmas. We love you all!

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!