Moving at Light Speed

Life has been running a million miles an hour, and I'm not quite sure when it will stop. School has started, which means I am busy teaching 1st and 2nd graders all day long, while trying to meet the often very diverse needs I am finding in my classroom. For Pete, the start of school means the start of confirmation class every morning, on top of everything else. Oh, and should I mention that the senior pastor received and is considering a call to another congregation? The boxes still aren't unpacked, although we do have a workable guest bedroom. (Now we just need to get the boxes from the guest bedroom unpacked instead of simply moved to another room.) I've already gotten a little more of the cabinet harware for our kitchen cabinets installed today, and hope to get that at least close to finished. Oh, did I mention we will have company coming into town both next weekend and the weekend after? So, there is some pressure to get the house looking more presentable.
In the midst of all of this chaos, my confirmation verse has been sticking out in my head - "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." (Psalm 23:1) I need to trust in God and his guidance, even when life is crazy.

When It Rains, It Pours

Things have been crazy since Pete's ordination. The realities of life have hit us with full force. First, our oven broke. We were making dinner before last Saturday evening's service, and it came out a bit burnt. I figured that the oven just ran a bit hot. About half an hour after dinner was over, we realized that the oven was still running, even though I had turned it off. It simply wouldn't turn off and got hotter and hotter until we turned off the breaker. When we turned the breaker back on, the oven automatically started heating up again. So, we are not able to use our oven. Hopefully our new oven will arrive this weekend so that we can do normal cooking again instead of having to use the microwave.
The check engine light in my car has been for about 2 weeks. Then, on Sunday, the check oil light kept going on and off, even though I had had an oil change less than 2 months ago. So, before we wasted the money titling the car in our new state and putting even more money into my car, we decided that we needed to buy a new one, especially since I have a pretty long commute and need to drive to Cincinnati this weekend for a wedding. So, today we spent about 5 hours car shopping, and I wound up with a new car. So, in the past month, we've bought a house, a fridge, a stove, and a car. I hope the big purchases stop there.

It finally happened

Around 4 o'clock yesterday, I became a pastor's wife. It is official.