PUPPY!!

We are so excited about the newest addition to the Teigland Family. His name is currently Buddy, but we might change it to Snoopy. He is 4 1/2 months old, born Feb 13 :). He is currently residing with his "Grandpa" in Missouri until we can go get him on the Fourth of July!

I can't believe I finally have a puppy! I've been anxiously anticipating this day for the last four years!! AHHH!!

Going Back Home!? What?

Well, things have settled down a little. We still have no idea where we are going to be living at the end of next month, but some exciting possibilities are opening up. 

When I left Missouri four years ago, I literally burned bridges and declared quite enthusiastically that I would never EVER come back. Now, here I am, ecstatic about the possibility of moving back. I've found that there's no place I want to live more than Missouri. Funny, huh? I think it's because I've actually had some time to heal through my time in Minnesota. I'm ready to create new memories in Missouri. The old ones don't haunt me anymore. 

I miss my extended family and am excited to be able to go to all the get-togethers and birthday parties. I can't wait to "vacation" in Branson as much as I've mocked that all my life. I'm ready for the hills and humidity, for all the roadside vendors during the summer, and to be able to explore all these places with my hubbyman. I think I'm ready to settle down and make Springfield MY home for MY family. AND the Snoopy countdown is now down to a month and a half. I can't wait to finally have a puppy!! :) I think the hubbyman is starting to get more excited about it than I am. 

So, anyways. I'm still holding the couch down, enjoying the summer, and praying that this job possibility works out. I'm thrilled at the thought of returning home and know it's going to be a whole new adventure if I do. We'll just have to wait and see what the Big Man Upstairs has up his sleeve!I'm praying that it's MISSOURI!!

Running out of time.

I'm at the point where all I want to do is scream.

I am sick of jobs falling through, of people not willing to give us a chance, and of stupid excuses. I'm frustrated with trying to find "God's will for my life." Or just trying to find Him period. I keep being told that God has something better for us and that He will come through in His perfect timing. Really? Really?

I've been searching for jobs for the last eight hours... nothing. No editing jobs, no pastor jobs. Nothing. I just want to be close to family and have some sort of job that I feel accomplished with, not like I'm wasting myself.

I want to see my husband use his talents, live out his passion, not to see him destroyed and defeated. I see his potential and to see him doubting himself makes me want to scream. All we need is a chance. Both of us, our own. We can do this...

But, instead, we are stuck with the mundane. I am inside these four walls of my apartment, going crazy, and wasting time. I don't understand this. I don't know how it's going to end up. But we're running out of time. A month and a half until we have to move, have to do something. God better come through.