I know I should be doing something!

Here I am, sitting in my dining room, by myself, and all I can think is that I'm sure there is something that I should be doing. It's midnight local time, the kids are in bed, Allie is upstairs making sure they stay in their rooms/ reading who knows what. And here I sit. I could say that I am just relaxing, but isn't sleep more relaxing? And still here I sit. Winding down? I'm not sure I know what that really means. It's been so long since I've lived a "normal" life. I really and truly don't know what to do with myself. So here I sit, letting my mind wander. Let me say, once that starts going, it's hard to stop it. Yey here I sit. I know that there must be something I should be working on, but I don't dare make any noise and wake the kids. Have I become a work-a-holic? I'm not sure. I've always worked hard. This peace and quiet, tho very nice, is so very unusual. No rumbling of a truck engine, no bouncing in a bunk while I read myself to sleep. I know that some day this will be my life, for I hate the industry I'm in. I know that this is the way life should be. Yet is just seems so calm. So quiet. Has the background noise of my life completely deadened my senses? I'm not sure. I know I like this, but it's sure gonna take some getting used to.
I thank God that I have this peace not only in my house but in my heart. I know that this is right. It just seems so foreign to me. No fighting, crying, whining. A man could really fall in love with life all over again if it were more like this everyday. It's rare that I get these occasions to just sit and think. I could really get used to it. -Chuck

oops!

i know that i dont get on here nearly enough. and i cant really say that i have tried hard. just been really busy with work, buying and starting to fix the house, kids, hubby, and friends that i do my best to stay in contact with. to be continued.

My monthly update.

Well, as much as I would like to try and keep up with this thing, it seems I can hardley find the time. I was hoping that I could at least keep up with it on a weekly basis. No such luck. So all of you crazy "Chuck and Allie groupies" will just have to tolerate my tardiness in my update. Since I last wrote we've had alot of changes happen. So listen up.
 We moved out of Joplin, MO. 3 weeks before the devastation of the F-5 tornado that ripped thru there. We know that it was solely God's grace that gave us the oppourtunity to move when we did. You see, almost 3 years ago I injured my back while at work and won a cash settlement in a lawsuit against the company. It was just a waiting game as to when the company would actually pay up. We knew that when we recieved the money we were going to be moving back to michigan, but we were told that we may not get it till June or July. Well by God's grace we recieved the settlement the first week of May. So we took the time off of work to get all our belongings packed up and moved to our storage unit in Michigan. We had originally planned it for the last week of May, but became too excited and just couldnt wait that long. So long story short, we moved out of Joplin 3 weeks before the tornado almost wiped it out.
While in Michigan moving our stuff into storage we called up a realtor and requested to look at 1 house. We immediatly fell in love with this "distressed" foreclosure. We could see the potential in it and it came with six acres! We immediatly made an offer on the house and after over a month of "bartering" with the bank (wich included a credit for stolen plumbing) we closed on the house. So as of June 22, 2011 we became "debt free" home/ land owners. Thanking God all the way to the bank. If you've been following either of us on facebook you know just how excited we are to have this blessing in our lives. As much work as needs to be done, and there is alot, we still know that it is a blessing straight from the hands of God. We could have never done it without His guidance. For the first time in my adult life do I feel like I am truly providing for my wife and kids. No one (except God) will ever be able to take this away from us.
So, as you may see, we've been busy as a hive of bees. We both apologize for not keeping up on this, but, well, you know. We've been busy. Thanks for your patience and for taking the time to read my ramblings. May God bless your homes as much as He's blessed ours.
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

What in the world have you been drinkin?

Ok, so heres the deal. Neither of us have had time to collect even absent minded thoughts long enough to write them down. We both apologize. Anyway, for those of you that might actually care... we have officially moved our stuff from Joplin, MO. back to Swartz Creek, MI. We haven't technically moved yet, in fact we're sorta between housing. So I guess you could say that we're homeless, but it's all ok. We're living in our truck for the time being and have put an offer in on a house. It's a great little 1,400 sq ft. house on 6 acres outside of the Flint, MI. area. If we get the house it's going to be for a total steal! We've already started making plans for bonfires, halloween parties and the such. Needless to say we're a little excited. We should be hearing back about it in the next week. Then it's back to Michigan to close and move in. Oh, and remodel a little bit. Other than that it's just been a hectic life in the truck. Even tho the miles haven't been that great this month, it seems like we're working harder to get them done. Still not sure how that works. We've also started a diet and exercise program. So, yeah, we've sorta been going a little crazy. Trust me tho, its not anything we've been drinkin!

So darn sorry...

I am a little behind... on my writing that is. There are only a few things that have really happened that is even remotely note worthy...
I have realized that I am eating myself to death, so I have gone on a diet (to the relief of my worried husband). Although I started it reluctantly, I am already seeing the benefits. I am hoping that I can lose a noteable amount of weight.

And the Insanity Continues.

Wow, we've had a couple of really busy weeks. We've been a little too preoccupied to even think about the blog. For this I apologize, well, at least to those that might care. Anyway, In the last couple of weeks, besides work we've, packed up all our belongings into a rental truck, drove from Joplin, MO, to Swartz Creek, MI., and unloaded said rental truck. Visited with some dear friends, looked at a house to buy, put offer in on house and drove back to Joplin in order to go back to work. All this in just 5 days. Now, we get back to work and on the way to Salt Lake City the truck decides to act up. Giving us some down time and me a chance to at least do something on here.I'm a little tired, so I think I'm gonna try and nap, then if there's still enough time, I'll write some more on here. TaTa for now.

For the very (sort of) time

Chuck, my darling husband is wanting me to get involved in blogging. Ramblings, random thoughts, feelings, and other frantic nothings that happen periodicly throughout my head, or throughout my day (or night as is my case). Um, Here we go. Out of boredom, I decided to re-type the about me in my facebook profile. In it I am fairly straight forward, though even I will admit that some of it seems a little rude. I don't mean to be rude, I just want someone that may not know that part of me to at least see the warning. Kind of a "writing on the wall" sort of thing. Truth is I am not a person that has all of my thoughts easily organized like other people seem to. I am a very scattered person more often then not. I am not stupid or anything like that, I just have a very, very short attention span. Which works great for me in the truck because I don't have to concentrate on one car or truck for to long... I am already feeling like I am not being very good at this. Usually without running feedback it is more difficult to have on running thoughts. But I guess this is supposed to help me collect and zero in on one thought or another. Well lets see how that goes. But enough for now. At least I started. Allie