As you may or may not have heard DINOMIGHT GOT THE JOB!!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!! He's been waiting to hear for about a month on whether he got the job with my company as a Web Developer. We finally heard yesterday that he got it! I am sooooo pumped. He starts on Monday the 21st, so we have a little transition time. They gave him a salaried position at a higher rate than he was asking for! It’s got great benefits (better than mine since I’m hourly) and they’ll start right away instead of having a 90 day waiting period. I can hardly believe what a blessing this is in our lives.

We’re going to California in 2 weeks to pick up our new car (Subaru Forester) and I’m totally pumped about that as well.

My boss goes to Tahiti tomorrow for 3 weeks, so he’s letting me work until the end of the month from home, and then I’ll be transitioning the job to a lady who already works here. I truly cannot wait to be home with Dinomyn during the day. It's so hard to leave every morning for work. Now I can make sure his development is on track, that he's learning what he should be learning, and that he's interacting with other kids. I'm considering volunteering my house for Mother's Group once a week. It's nice and big with lots of places to sit and toys for the kids to play with. I'm hoping that some moms don't mind coming here.


Thank you so much for all of your prayers and good thoughts. I really appreciate all of your support while we’ve been going through this stress.

I found a blog this morning just by clicking on the "next blog" button. I went through a lot of Spanish blogs, French blogs, Philosophical blogs and political blogs before I got to this one. It was posted by a girl my age in Ontario, and it helped me immensely. She blogged of her faith in God and her imperfections. It wasn't an in-your-face type of faith, it just seemed to be a part of her. Although her post was about suffering through the trials of life, it was full of hope. Lately I've been suffering through some major trials in my life and I've been letting myself get discouraged. Really discouraged. I keep drawing on these wells of strength within myself that are nearly empty. I haven't been refilling those wells nearly as often as I should be. How can I expect to use them when I leave them dry?

I think part of President Hinkley's challenge to read the Book of Mormon again by the end of the year was to refill those wells for those of us who've been letting them sit dry. Most people work so much better with a deadline, so that's just what he gave us. So many of us want to read it and intend to read it, but we let life get in the way. At least I do. There's always another dish to clean and nose to wipe. There's always something else to do if you don't make reading a priority.
I'm really starting to enjoy my calling on the Enrichment Board. We're planning our December Enrichment, and I think it's going to be fun. It's giving me a chance to be creative as I have to plan my own centerpiece for my own table, and help decorate the dessert table. I'm the new girl on the board, so I don't want to step on any toes, but the Enrichment Leader is my upstairs neighbor, so I know her pretty well. I don't feel awkward telling her my ideas and so far she's loved them. I'm hoping this helps me get to know some of the sisters in the ward better, which in turn will help me want to stay for all 3 hours of church. I guess the Lord knew what He was doing when He called me to this position. Now, if I can only find my way back to/closer to Him.

So, today is my birthday. I can't believe it came around so soon. It seems like just a few months ago that I was 7 months pregnant and unbelievably huge around the middle. That was my birthday last year. It was fun, swollen ankles and all. Now I'm almost back to my pre-prego weight, much more confident as a mother and as an adult, and I'm 25. Wow. That just seems old to me. Now it's all downhill to 30, where it's downhill to 40, and then there's 50, 60, AARP, retirement homes and death. I'm still here thinking "What the heck am I doing??" I'm not old or mature enough to be married, let alone a mommy...

I'm having a really fun birthday weekend. Like you probably read on Duchess's blog, we went out to dinner and then to Divine Comedy last night. Then we went back to my house to open presents. Lots of great stuff, including a nice jacket and scarf and perfumed lotion from Dinomight's parents, money towards my cedar chest from my sisters, mom, grandma, and Duchess, a board game from Dinomight and Latro (which is wicked fun, btw) and some other stuff I've been wanting for a long time but never had the guts to buy for myself. It's utilitarian and chemically based to help my face. Like Latro says, "It's the perfect gift for a purple." It's true. (purple is in reference to percian triangles. It's my personality type: aka INTJ)

New pictures on the www.thurstonco.com/gallery website, by the way. So cute! Goobers had his 9 month check-up and shots today. He wasn't a real happy camper with the hepB and flu shots, but they'll help him in the long run. He's only in the 2nd percentile for weight, and 5th for height. But he's still growing slowly, so the doctor isn't worried. She says Goobers is just going to be a small child. That almost assures him a "funny" spot in the social heirarchy. All the small kids in school growing up made up for their size by being funny and smart. Anyway, clean bill of health. Yay!