Working, Working, Working

Well, as of late I have been getting sub jobs at schools which is amazing. Yes, I said schools. Today through Friday, I will be working at a school that I subbed for a lot before Andrew and I got married. A total blessing to be able and get work through them since they are normally supposed to contact teachers that were cut from the district first to sub for them! I am totally thankful. Also, perfect timing because my sister's school has today through Friday off due to conferences. Last week I subbed at my sister's school all last week either 4 hours or 8 hours! Grateful for that. This school is where I have picked all of my sub jobs until just this week. Lately, I have been able to go to Salem to babysit some girls that I babysat in college so that picks up a little bit of cash after gas. It is just fun to hang out with them and give there parents some time away or for them to work later in their jobs. THEN as of this week I am back to work for the Portland Spirit!!!! I am very excited and totally shocked when they contacted me to come back to work for the weekends in December. I am very thankful to our Heavenly Father who continually provides with jobs. I cannot complain. Even when I feel weary, God provides a day of rest for me to get rested and also get ahead in school work.
Prayer Requests:
*That I will continue to stay healthy and kick this whatever I have out of my system.
*Focus on my homework and finish my master's classes strong.
*Andrew will be able to find a job up here.
*Andrew and I will enjoy each other when he comes up for Thanksgiving even though I am working. He says it is a good thing since we will be able to have money to rent an apartment/house whatever God provides.
*That Andrew and I will be able to find a reasonable priced apartment or house rental for when we officially will be back together in the same state.
Thank you so much for your prayers and we appreciate them. We are excited that the Lord always continues to provide even though small or big things. How can we ever doubt God because He does know what He is doing. =)

How can we be praying for you?

Fall Things

As we look out our window, we realize fall has definitely come upon us! As the rain falls heavily from the sky, as the wind whips our hair in our faces, and seeing that we now need to take a coat wherever we go (which Kathleen doesn't mind at all, but Andrew on the other hand which is another story), we have realized there are some things we see as a pattern.

Lately, we have been observing pictures of other people attending pumpkin patches. We do not know if it is just us or just where we are at in life, we have noticed a trend that people with their own children go to pumpkin patches. Us Finches have never gone to a pumpkin patch together and we first wonder why we have not gone, but then second we realize that it mainly is for the enjoyment of children.

The next thing we have noticed is people are starting to announce more and more that they are expecting their first child, their second child, and the list goes on. We guess it is something you do after college and being married, you decide to get pregnant. There is NOT even a chance we are pregnant plus very hard when we are in two different states, but wow we could not imagine being 25/26 and having a child.

These are just some observations that we have made and we realize that God brings different seasons in our life at different times. Right now, we are in a season of drastic change, but we are ready to hold onto God's hand and let Him lead us. This season we just want to celebrate fall, the rain, the leaves changing colors, but also celebrate what Jesus has in store for us.

Hmm...guess that is our random thought for the day.

Kings Game

I usually don't post (this is Andrew by the way) but I had to tonight. I just got back from the Kings game vs. the Warriors. It was already a great day because I received two tickets for free from a friend. So I got to go to a game for free. Next I got to go with David Sudarma and if you know him he likes the Kings also. So it was fun going to the game with him. So we were walking into Arco Arena and I had some Kings worker put his arm around me and ask me to be in a game that night. Me being my shy self I pushed it onto David and said he would love to do it. But after we continued talking David talked me into it. So we signed up to do the Hamster Ball race at the end of the 3rd quarter. So now both of us were nervous like crazy. Then halftime came and the same guy came and got us. He said, "I am going to take you somewhere closer." So to our astonishment he took us to the second row right underneath the basket. That was so amazing being that close to the action. It really gave me a new perspective of how aggressive and how fast the NBA game really is. But on to the next piece. So we have to get into these huge vinyl balls that were blown up with a leaf blower in our faces. Then we were ushered out onto the Kings floor (Yes, I shared the same court as Kevin Martin, Tyreke Evans, Jason Thompson, and Spencer Hawes)!!!! David and I were encouraged to run into each other while navigating around 3 different cones. I was pushed along by Slamson in the back which kind of threw me off balance and gave David the win. But what was great is we got $20 bucks to share at the team store. I was paid to attend a basketball game, woohoo! And then we got to stay seated in our second row seats for the entire 4th quarter and to make it even more great the Kings WON!!!! I am so excited and can't wait to see the video that our friends took of us!

We made it on the highlights...if anyone cares. Here is the link

http://www.nba.com/video/games/kings/2009/10/17/0010900075_gsw_sac_recap.nba/index.html

We show up around the 2:20-2:32 mark. We are second row...as one of the players is running away you can see me and David smiling and clapping!

Insurance

Today, I was on the phone with my insurance company about a bill that I owe the doctor's office. This bill is a substantial amount and I was just trying to figure out details about what the insurance paid and what the doctor billed it as. Well, come to find out when you call the insurance company, you have to be professional insurance agent as well. The woman on the other end was telling me that I should be able to understand what she was saying even though I kept telling her I did not understand. I don't understand the insurance lingo and that is why I am not in that profession. I was getting real annoyed with her as she kept telling me it is just like car insurance too. Ugh...I am calling because I do not understand. Well, around and around we went, and finally I just said okay after getting some answers. All I know is that I have a deductible and I have to pay a lot to the doctor. I know God will provide for Andrew and me, but it is just upsetting and frustrating to see an amount that you have no clue where the money is going to come from. Our prayer is that Andrew is able to find a job quickly, I am able to get more sub jobs, and that our main focus is to honor and glorify the Lord in all that we do. The bill will get paid, but it will be little by little.

Jazzy's Pumpkin

Our niece Jazmyne grew this pumpkin in her garden and was so proud to finally pick it. This pumpkin is a good size and once again a wonderful addition to her garden. Pictures are with my parents, her dad, myself, and all by herself of course with the pumpkin.

PS- pardon my mother's apron! She was in the middle of cooking.

The CUCUMBER

Our niece went out to my parents backyard to look at the vegetables that are still growing. Jazzy came back in and showed us that she found this HUGE cucumber. Notice the size difference between the HUGE cucumber and the regular size cucumber. Pictures do not do justice for how HUGE this cucumber is. Jazzy is going to be 8 years old in a few days and I can't believe how much older she looks and how goofy she is.

Date Day Continued

Andrew was able to come into town for 24 hours and it was great to see him. Andrew along with his dad drove up all our stuff to store in a storage unit to pull out in January to set up our new home somewhere in the Portland-area. We decided to do it now instead of wait for winter because we did not want to have Andrew or his dad drive over the pass with a big Budget truck. After helping Andrew and his dad unload the truck, Andrew and I enjoyed a date night. I am not sure what normal married date nights look like, but this one consisted of Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D! You heard right....a Disney Pixar Movie! We both love Disney and we both love Toy Story, so this was perfect. Even though it was 3 1/2 hours and past my bedtime, I am glad that we had the opportunity to go thanks to Andrew's parents blessing us with giving us tickets to see the movie. This morning, we had breakfast with my oldest brother in Gresham and then we were off to pick up Andrew's dad who was staying at a hotel. I took them to the airport which their flight was originally scheduled for 12pm and did not fly out until 1pm. I left them at 11am because God worked out perfectly a half day sub job right at 12 so I could drop them off and I was 7 minutes away from the school I taught at!!! Before I went to sub, I went to a new Target right by PDX which is huge where I found some gifts for our nieces and nephew and then spent $1.24 at Taco Del Mar for a taco salad!!! Yahoo!!!! Well, the next time I will see the hubs, it will be November 22nd and another date day with going to see Trans Siberian Orchestra!!! This time the day will last more than 24 hours because he will be here for 9 days!!!!!!! =)

Date Day

Off to see my husband....more on this later!