The Grind...

As you all know, we pay bills. I'm sure you all know how that goes. It gets old, but, I know that when the going gets tough, I am way beyond blessed, we are more than taken care of, and I cannot be happier than I am being, God's child, Nick's wife and the world's best Shaina. :) hehe.

Things are really tough right now, for Nick and myself. We work A LOT and get the bills paid, someday we will have enough to, what's that called again.....oh ya, SAVE. :) There are things that we want now, but know that it is not the time and so we wait on the Lord.

Nick takes two classes and works every week. I just work now and I'm trying to get some freelance clients going strong. The grind of daily life can take its toll and we hope to be able to enjoy getting away for the holidays, and then again in January to see Bob and Carrie, Nick's dad and stepmom, for those of you readers who don't know them. We are trying our best at everything we do and sometimes just feel like we are dragging our feet in the mud. BUT, like I said, that's when we remember that we are blessed beyond what we will ever deserve.

We are almost done with paying Nick's appendix bills!! : YAY! and PRAISE THE LORD!!!

There is not a whole lot of anything to update anyone about, other than, the daily grind is something we are learning to deal with, but to rejoice in. Hope you can do the same.

love.
nick and shaina

to keep or not to keep...

Well, I've had this blogger thing since Nick and I have gotten married and I have written a whopping three blogs. I will write a blog on how we are and what is going on and then this time I will let family know and out of towners know that we have it and maybe someone out there will be interested in it, if not, i'm deleting it. :)

Fall is here and I love this time of the year. Nick is back in school this semester and really enjoying his classes. I for once am not in school! I'm done and graduated, as most of you know! I moved stores, with United, from Canyon to Amarillo. I really like my new store and I'm trying, slowly, to get it where I want it. It is coming along. SLOWLY, I said. :) None the less, we are enjoying life so much right now. We are both finding out that we enjoy just being home and appreciating the stillness it brings. Especially after working all day and you all know how it goes. :)

There are a lot of things ahead for us. I have begun to take a few freelance clients under my wing and I'm trying my hand out at small business in the graphic design world. This is giving me a chance to open up and round out my portfolio for future reference. It is also teaching me a lot about cliental and all that comes with them.

On another note, I am going to start tutoring on Thursday. I will be helping a girl with Elements of Design Class. I am glad to be doing it, for cash and for keeping my mind tuned to design elements. :)

I can't really think of anything else right now, but I will post some pictures of recent. Maybe I'll post another blog soon and show you the apt. Since, most of you haven't seen it.

love you all.
Nick and Nain

First picture is us at Rodger's wedding
Second Picture is us in OKC with the college group
Third Picture is of us going to Costa Rica!

Home Sweet Home

we moved.
again.

Well, for us it is not a whopping amount of moving. 2 times is not that bad.

For me on the other hand...


I have moved every year since 2003. Sometimes 2x in a year.

woah.

2003 - from home to WTAMU
2004- from WTAMU to home
2005 - from home to 1st apartment
2006 - from 1st apt to 2nd apartment
from 2nd apartment to home
2007 - from home to nick and my first apt
2008 - from our 1st apt to our 2nd apt.

whew...

I feel as though I cannot be satisfied in one place, but it is just that there have been circumstances that have forced me at times to move and other times it has worked out nice to be able to have this or that in a newer or different place.

I really love this new place. It is a typical mass apartment complex with many apartments. it has pools and the typical grassy lawns, etc etc.

but, it is comfy and there are things I took for granted that I now have that I am so happy about.
take for instance, my own washer and dryer, in house. :)
simple.

simplicity. it is something that we don't tend to experience anymore in our society. I remember so much of my childhood was simple fun, simple love, simple agenda, etc etc. It was a beautiful life. not always easy or fun, but it was always sustained and simple. There was no need for glamour and glitz and this expensive thing or that new car. God always always always sustains me, satisfies me and has always provided for me. In all things.

so, here we will live, probably until we find a house. I am ok with that. We have everything we need. Plus more.
God is faithful and oh so good.
s & n

so ya.

Dan brought it to my attention that I have not updated this thing in quite a long time. Yes, I even forgot that I had this blogger thing.

So I guess a LOT has happened since the last blog.

Nick had his appendix taken out.
I started a new position at work.
I finished my internship at McCormick.
Nick quit his job at Hoarel and now has two jobs.
I graduated from WTAMU.
We started and are still continuing in the College Group at GOW
etc etc etc

We are almost finished with one year of marriage! What an adventure it has been! We have been through a ton of crap, but at the same time, we have had more fun and had so many amazing things happen to us. :) We are still just taking everything a day at a time and enjoying the ride!

Don't really have much else to put on here.

well....2 months and still going!!

Hello all! Yesterday marked 2 months of marriage for us. It has been, as most of you know, one crazy ride!! It has been wonderful and adventerous and at some points pretty scary, but we are having a ball! I just wanted to start this blog to keep everyone up to date on our lives and what's going on. I guess I'll add more later!