We Are Now Certifiable! :)

We just received our White Glove certification. This includes being certified to haul radmat (radioactive material) and explosives. Look out world, here we come! Now that we are a part of the White Glove division we will be hauling some interesting loads from Museum and art pieces to secret government loads. I will tell about some of them in future blogs. I will be unable to tell about some of the government loads due to National Security.
We are still waiting for our new truck. It will have a refridgerated box a lift gate and many other fancy gadgets. Tim is very excited. It is a 2008 model and is still on the assembly line. Hopefully we will be getting it in about 2 weeks.

Sneaking Out Under the Cover of Darkness

We're finally getting out of TX!! We will have to drive all night to get to Kansas City by tomorrow morning. After that we have to head to OH for an extra training class at FEDEX. Hopefully this is the last we'll be seeing of TX for a while! :)

Still in TX

We can't seem to get away from this state lately! We've been up and down the interstate within TX and even out to a couple other states, but then we get sent right back here! Oh well, I can't complain...at least we're getting miles. :)

I am often asked if we get bored sitting in the truck all the time. The answer would be a resounding YES if all we did was sit in here! But, thankfully I have a patient, kind, and understanding husband. He lets me find places to go and things to do nearby and we get out and wander around.



Recently, we found an outlet mall. I really WAS planning to just walk around, enjoy the pretty weather and window shop. I'm not all that impressed with name brand items...I look for quality not particularly labels. Anywho....we came across a Christian book outlet of sorts. Every book in the store was $5.00. Oh boy, oh boy. Poor Tim! I was like a kid let loose in a candy store. I did try to hold myself back, really I did! I was very selective. I decided I would just make a note of this location and plan to come back when I haven't already spent all my allowance. I finally managed to drag myself from the store with minimal damage to my pocketbook and lo and behold at the other end of the shopping center there was a Christian bookstore going out of business! I had to step in for at least a few minutes so I could "save some more money". :) I'm glad Tim is patient! It doesn't hurt that he loves to read almost as much as I do.

This weekend we are in San Antonio. I'm not sure what we'll do this evening (besides laundry). Tomorrow, I'm hoping to get a chance to visit the same church we went to last time we were here. It is a small United Methodist Church. They were very friendly and we really enjoyed the preaching and singing last time we were there.

God Still Speaks (Even when we don't hear)

Methinks the Lord has a message for us! We have attended 3 different churches lately and all have preached basically the same lesson. Hmmm....I'm pretty sure the Lord knew that if we only heard it once we would dismiss it as a message for someone else (surely not us), twice, call it a coincidence, three times?? Kind of hard to ignore!
The pastor this morning put it in the most plain language. Just because things aren't going the best (in our opinion) doesn't mean we aren't where God wants us to be. It's easy to encourage others that are going through a tough spot...quoting scriptures and platitudes, but when it's us....not so easy. We start to think...hmmm maybe I misunderstood God! Maybe I really wasn't supposed to take this direction. After all, if I'm in the center of God's will all will go perfectly, right? When things go wrong, I must be in the wrong, right? WRONG! It's taken me a while, but I think I'm figuring it out! (I have a particularly thick skull--thus the reason it took 3 sermons to get me thinking in the right direction).
We have been through some big changes in the last couple years (several of them WAY out of our comfort zone). But, God has a plan for all of it. He has been leading us each step of the way, and we're trusting that He'll continue to do so.


PS Tim wanted me to let you all know we will be going home for a 3 day weekend this coming weekend! We ususally don't know this far in advance, but they're going to be adding a generator to our truck and it has to be scheduled in advance (bonus for us)!

Another Friend is Getting Older

Happy Birthday, Andrea! Thanks for being such a great friend! I enjoy those cards you send, the talks on the phone, and of course, those adorable daughters of yours!
Hope you had a wonderful birthday!

It's a Small World After All

My brother, Jamie is a truck driver too. We keep in touch thanks to cell phones. The other day we discovered we were not only in the same state, but we were going to cross paths. We both had some extra time, so we stopped and had lunch together.



His truck is slightly bigger than ours. :)

Happy Belated Birthday!

I'm such a terrible friend. Not only did I not blog about my friend's birthday on the right day....I also didn't call her until the day after! Oops...hopefully she'll forgive me.
Anyone that knows me very well knows that Amber and I have been good friends for a Looong time.



We were partners in crime in college. Now that we live a long way apart we have to do our criminal activities solo and then fill each other in by phone. :) We still manage to get together on occasion (and as you can see, we don't waste time--we get in lots of shopping).



It's hard to believe that my dear friend is about to become a mommy! It seems like just yesterday we were planning our futures (marrying brothers and living in a duplex). We always said that when we're old and we're both widows (for some reason we were always sure we'd outlive whoever we married--sorry Tim and Bob) we were going to live in a cute little house on stilts on Jupiter Island (apparently the fellas are going to have great life insurance). Then we were going to totter around and entertain anyone who would listen to us. :)

Well, life doesn't always happen the way you plan it (now that we're both married I don't think either of us wants to outlive our spouses). But, one thing is for certain...I know we'll always be friends. It's so wonderful to know that when I need someone to talk to, or just to keep me awake when I'm driving in the wee hours of the night....I know that when I call....she'll be there. (sniff-kind of reminds me of a hallmark card).



Thanks, Amber for being such a great friend. Oh, and Happy Birthday!