My husband, my best friend

Today is Josh's 28th birthday. I wanted to take some time to write a little something about him so everyone would know exactly how much I love my husband. Sorry for those of you who don't like mushy stuff!

It didn't take long for me to realize that Josh was the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. He has a way of making me realize that things aren't as bad as a make them out to be. He is definitely the realistic one in our relationship, and that is a wonderful thing. He keeps me grounded. I love that about him. He helps me understand the facts and that my emotions aren't going to change the situation. Yes, sometimes it really gets under my skin, but eventually I come around and appreciate his very simple "black and white" analysis of the situation.

I love that he is always thinking about the future. He thinks about how the things we do now will affect us down the road so we can keep from having major catastrophes later on.

I love his creativity, his passion for his job (or his calling, as he would say it's not a job), his drive for excellence in everything, the way he treats other people, the desire he has to reach people where they are, they way he loves me, and the future he wants to see for our family.

I have learned since we moved to Arkansas that Josh really is my best friend. I tell him everything. He sees me at my best, and at my worst. He is there when I have fallen away from God, and he encourages me. He gives me advice and he isn't offended if I don't take it, he supports me through my decision no matter what I decide.

So, I guess what I am trying to say in all of this is:

Josh,
Thank you for always being there for me. I love you so much. I am so proud of you and all that God has done in you. I hope that you have a wonderful birthday today. I look forward to celebrating many more with you in this lifetime.

Your wife,

Sabrina

Softball, sickness, the job and more...

It has been a while since my last post, so I have a lot to talk about. Camp/vacation was good, too short but good. Upon my return though came lots of confrontations at my workplace. I don't want to get into too much detail, but the basic story is this: I had a boss that was taking advantage of his position with the company and me. He was gettting a personal assistant at the company's expense, so after praying about and finally dealing with the personal things for way too long I told him "no more". Well needless to say it didn't go over so well with him. He began treating me very badly and became very unprofessional. I decided that the situation needed to be resolved with a person higher up in the Organazational Structure, so I called the CEO. Let me explain our company for a minute, as I figure you are thinking how bold of a move this is. Our company does not have a human resource dept. We are a company that is built on relationships and primarily everyone in our company is a Christian. So with that said the only people higher up from this boss was the CEO. It was a good decison to make the call. I have since had a meeting with both of my bosses that I guess will eventually result in things being better at my workplace. I am really glad that I stood up for what I new was right, and I believe it has been a great learning experience for me, and although it has been extremely stressful and very hard to bare over the last several months, it has paid off in the end.

In other news, I haven't been feeling very well this weekend. I have been running a fever, had some kind of stomache thing, and a headache since Saturday. I thought it was gone since I went out last night to our churches Baptism and then went to dinner with some people, but I woke up this morning sick again. I slept til 2pm today, and I don't do that! So, I hope I sleep tonight and get rid of whatever this bug is.

On Thursday night, Josh and I have our first meeting with our Co-ed Softball team. We start playing games the week of Aug. 14th. We are pretty excited since we have never done anything like this before.

Josh and I our finally together on the same page with our finances. We set-up a budget this month and have followed through with it very well so far. For the first time in our marriage, we feel like we are telling our money what to do instead of our money telling us what to do. We are well on our way to having a debt- free future.

I guess thats it for now, but I will try to update a little more often than I have been lately.