UPDATE-plans change everyday!

Man it has been "quite some time" ( that's a fedeism-there are certain phrases he loves to use and it cracks me up) since I have written anything on here. Part of that is b/c of losing my camera and not having any pics to put on here. The other part is just being too busy and not having much downtime.

I thought I would try to cover the past few months in one blog-so here it goes.

The one thing I can say is life is interesting and sure has some interesting ups and downs and twist and turns.

Sometime last year we decided that Fede can't continue in heavy labor forever and he wants to go back to school. But he decided he wants to go to Argentina to do it. I surprised myself when I said OK lets do it.. over the past few months we have been making plans. Our trip to Argentina really confirmed for us that we are ready to go. We thought September or August was the time So I started working seriously on getting everything ready.

Then the ups and downs start. Losing a job, things breaking left and right, plans changing...
it all seems to be too much sometimes. But you don't dare say "why me?" because there is always millions of people who have it much worse than you do. But it doesn't stop you from having your own pity party once in awhile. Maybe a temper tantrum...

Somehow though you find that amazing little rays of sunshine start popping through. And you never would have appreciated them if it hadn't been dark only moments before. I especially love how difficult times make you learn to be more resourceful. Fede and I worked together to do our landscaping instead of having it done. And it was awesome and made us so proud. Plus it was fun working to gether on a huge project. Its not much but its paradise to me.

Then miracle of miracles-I fixed my washer by myself (with a suggestion from my awesome neighbor).

The list goes on and on. Simple little things that are amazing in their own right. I sound like Pollyanna maybe but oh well.
So now to how our plans keep changing. Argentina plans have been postponed for the time being. Fede got a new calling and we decided we need to stay here for awhile. And although I am disappointed we are not going I am so glad not to be leaving my awesome neighbor, friends and my newly landscaped house. I am also glad we are not leaving the branch. We feel like such a part of it now it would be sad to leave. So for the next little while we are back to making our life her work for us. And I am happy about that.