Goodbye Buddy, hello Gabriel!

Yesterday was the day I actually needed to post this, but it didn't happen, so oh well ;) We sold our cockatiel, Buddy yesterday. A super nice family bought him, and I know he will be very happy with the new family. I will kind of miss him, but I am mostly relieved. We had just gotten tired of having him around.
And also yesterday, I got a new baby nephew, ♥ Gabriel ♥ . I hate that he lives about 2500 miles away from me. I hope that I get to see him before he gets too big. But I'm thrilled about the new little addition to my family. I am getting another niece/nephew in March, and can't wait for that little bundle to arrive. But anyway... Congratulations Lee and Cherrie, oh and happy anniversary as well :)
Also, I've still been on the search for a job. I went to an interview today and immediately after the interview, the manager got out her paperwork for a new employee, so I got the job. I was a little shocked that she didn't wait a day or two to call me back, but I was glad that everything went well. I will be a photographer, which is great because you all know how much I love pictures! A LOT :) So I'm pretty excited. It is 25 cents an hour less than the hotel job, but I don't have to pay $8.00 a day to park at this place, so that is a major plus over the other place. I have a much better feeling about this place than I did at the hotel. We are still in need of prayers, this has been a huge setback for us, and we'll make it, but it will take a lot of work.

God works in great ways!

I feel so happy this weekend. We have had a little bit of a hard time with money since we've been back from Colorado. We are playing "catch-up" from the trip. So we haven't been able to spend much on groceries. Just the very BASIC items. I have had to be very creative the last 3 weeks, to make dinner. Our refrigerator was almost completely EMPTY. I was waiting until payday and would go grocery shopping today and get just enough to get us through this next week. Well yesterday morning, I got a call from a sister who owns a restaurant here in town, and her family is moving to Colorado and she asked if I would come help her pack up the restaurant. I didn't have much going on, and I wanted to be helpful to her, so I said yes. I worked ALL day yesterday and at the end of the day, she gave me SOOO much food. She didn't want to take perishable items. I was SO happy, my refrigerator, freezer and cabinets are full again. I can't even explain how much food she gave us, but we will be good on food for a little while!!! It was so nice of them, and I'm SO grateful!!!