Anyway, Mom, Dad, and Cammie are arriving sometime tomorrow. Depending on when they get here, we may try to squeeze in some shopping and then hit up one of the Christmas Eve services at Village (is it sacrilegious that I just talked about "hitting up" church? oh yeah, I went there!). Cassie and Marly fly into Seattle on Christmas/Friday evening, so I think some or all of us will be driving up there to pick them up.
There will be copious game-playing, eating, and movies. We'll be going over to Joel & Kristy's for dinner.
Of course, Adam and I will still have to put in appearances at work, unfortunately. On the upside, I'm loving working at Charlotte's Weddings. I sold my first dress last Friday. It was kind of an easy sell, the bride was home for Christmas from college in Alaska and wouldn't be back again until right before the wedding. She knew which dress she wanted and had to place the order that day, but still...I sold a dress! Krysta (the owner) and Jeri (the general manager) are fantastic and all the other girls are really nice. My first full day on my own will be the 26th, which everybody expects to be a little insane because so many guys propose over Christmas. Apparently that had been Adam's plan, but hubby can't keep a secret and proposed the day he got the ring. :) I am still looking for something else part-time to make ends meet. One possibility that could be really fun is nanny-ing a couple of days a week for one of the other girls who works at Charlotte's. She has a three year old boy, Charlie, and a 14 month old girl, Mary. It could really work out well for both of us if I can watch them a couple of days a week that she's at Charlottes and I'm not.
Abigail and I got to hang out again recently. I went to her house on Monday night so that she could dye my hair and we watched a movie. She cam over to our place last night to borrow some stuff for a James Bond party she and her boyfriend are attending tomorrow.
Adam's internship is beginning to take shape. He'll be in charge of all the life groups starting out of our service at Village, as well as managing the database of attendees of the service. He's currently meeting with several of the pastors to mentor him.
We are navigating our way through another financial set back. Adam's car, the eggplant, didn't pass the Oregon emissions test required to renew his registration. After getting the car checked and second-opinioned, we found out it would cost us more than twice what we paid for the car to get it fixed. BUMMER! So, the crap car that was supposed to last us a year to a year and a half has ended up lasting six months. BUMMER! We've got a temp registration on it until we can find the time to go car shopping. We also have to figure out what kind of payments we can swing on our ever tightening budget. God is really testing us this year, and we're gripping tightly
to the belief that He's got a plan and it will get better.On that note, we do have high hopes and expectations for this next year. Love to all and happy holidays! ~Cori & Adam (and Nestle)
