Baker's Rack

I love our new Baker's Rack!

Peace

First, thank you for all the prayers! I can't even tell you how much that means to me and how they have helped me. God has truly blessed me with an amazing family, awesome friends, and a truly wonderful husband. I have been very at peace this past week about all of this. There are moments of sadness, being scared, and wondering why me?! But God has been here through all of it, reminding me that He is sovereign and will use this time in my life for Him.

Second, I married an amazing man! He is truly my soul mate. Eli has been my rock in this storm, well, besides God. :) When I am upset and crying, he knows just how to comfort me, knows what to say to calm me down and to make me laugh. I am very blessed to be his wife. We've been married for 10 months exactly today. Crazy how time flies! And I am so excited to spend the rest of our lives together. :)

And now on to an update:

I am going in next Tuesday (the 25th) to get a biopsy. My doctor said that apparently the radiologist saw something he didn't like or wasn't normal for a cyst (which is what we thought it was). This is definitely not what I wanted to hear. I wanted it to be nothing or something that would be easily taken care of. And of course they want to absolutely sure of what it is and so do we. So it could still be something minor. I have already cried my eyes out about it, so now on to praying and knowing God will take care of me. One good thing, though, is that both the hospital and the radiologist are preferred providers with our insurance. :) That made me happy!

Thanks again! You are all wonderful and I love you so much!

Psalms 23:4 and being scared

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. - Psalms 23:4

This verse has always comforted me. I can remember being 5 or 6 and waking up in the middle of the night, scared to death because I had a bad dream. Of course I went to my mom and told her. She reminded me that I had just memorized this verse in AWANAs and told me that I should pray this verse to myself (if that makes any sense). If helped me fall right back asleep and I usually don't fall asleep very quickly after I get scared! Ever since then, this verse has stuck in my mind and whenever I am afraid, it pops right back into my head and I remember that God is always with me. Which is the most comforting thought in the world.

Tomorrow I am going to get an ultrasound because there is a lump on my breast. I am very scared. And I know the chances of it being cancer are very, very low, but Satan has a little voice in my head that keeps telling there is still a chance that it is cancer and it scares me to death. I had kept this to myself for awhile, because I am a private person. After I made the appointment, I told my mom and sister about it. And then last night, I told a friend (Amanda) who in turn told other girls in our community group. I was too afraid to actually tell them myself. Yesterday was hard, I was scared, worried, upset, etc. But after I told Amanda, I felt at peace. And then today, Psalms 23:4 came to mind. Just in time to comfort me and give me peace. I'm still scared, how can you not be when you don't know what it is? But I know God is there and will help me and Eli through this time, no matter what happens.

Here is my latest craft. I have been wanting to cover a bulletin board for years, but just never got around to it. I saw a picture the other day and it inspired me. So I went to my parents, found some left over fabric and ribbon and voila!

Our New Apartment

Finally some pictures of our new place! I took these before we moved everything in so it looks pretty empty. We do have furniture! Once I get everything organized and cleaned up, I'll take some more pictures and post them on here. Sorry, these are all kinda out of order!

This is the hallway leading from the kitchen to the bedrooms and bathroom.

The nice big closet in our bedroom!
A look at our bedroom from the doorway.
The second bedroom, which is our library/TV room.
The lovely, small bathroom.
Our wonderful, huge living room (huge to me!).
Part of the kitchen.
China Cupboard, which is more like a pantry.
The Kitchen and we have a dishwasher! I am really excited about that.
The breakfast bar in between the living room and kitchen.
The view from the living room porch. Beautiful!
And we have a fireplace in the living room.
View of the living room from the entryway.

Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary

Man, it seems like forever since I've been on here! Moving sure takes up a lot of time. :) Thankfully it went extremely well. Our "20 -30 Something Year Old" Community Group helped us move out one night and it sure was a blessing! Almost everything got moved that night and we celebrated by eating pizza and some yummy cookies. Now I am finding out that the hard part is reorganizing and deciding where to store everything...... still working on that. But I have had time to try out some new recipes and they have all turned out pretty well. Except for the Yogurt Baked Chicken, sounds weird but I thought it would be good and it didn't taste as good as I had hoped. :( Tonight I made Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary. My mom had a bunch of Better Homes & Gardens magazines that she wanted to get rid of, so I went through them and cut out pictures of decorations, food, and house ideas (which I love doing!). I found this recipe in there and thought it looked delicious! And it turned out very yummy and very easy! So here is the recipe, in case you want a taste. :)

Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary

Makes 4 Servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 35 minutes

3 Tablespoons Olive Oil

1 Tablespoon Chopped Fresh Rosemary

1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Powder

Salt & Pepper, to taste

2 Potatoes, cut in half or fourths

(red skin, Yukon Gold, fingerling)

Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Coat 15x10 inch baking sheet with no-stick spray. Stir together oil (I used Vegetable Oil, cause I didn't have any Olive Oil), rosemary (again, I used dried, because I didn't have any fresh), garlic powder, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add potatoes. (now I used small red potatoes because that is what I have right now. I believe I used about 4-5, enough to fill in the pan.) Toss well until coated. Spread evenly in prepared pan. Bake 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally until potatoes are fork-tender and golden brown.

I found this picture on their website so that you could see how yummy and mouth watering this recipe is! If you make it, I hope you enjoy it!

Moving!

Yes, it's true.... we're moving! Sure it's only ten minutes away, but I am super excited. It'll be hard to leave our cute little cottage, but our new place will be just as comfortable when we get all moved in. Here's what we are leaving behind, hopefully to another deserving couple.