Get back up.

Back in February I wrote this.

I had gotten so down. I let what I didn't have put me down.

I wrote this a few weeks later.

The idea of prayer and gratitude being a pathway to healing pulled be back up.

Letting my Savior in, focusing on my blessings and trusting that there is a plan, brought me up.

I came quite a distance. Not alone, mind you.

Those last months in Boston would have been wasted while I pouted.

Precious moments lost.

Thank goodness that didn't happen.

Instead I have wonderful memories of time spent with friends and great trips with Will.

The moral of this story:

There are moments that are sad. Some even tragic.

Some things bring us down and maybe we should be down sometimes.

We weren't meant to stay there.

We were meant to get back up.

Overdue Update

I'm trying to reintroduce myself to blogland and I know my last post was also an "update" post but I'm hoping to get back in a grove of posting. Until then...one more update!


*We had an AMAZING SUMMER! We took lots if trips while we were still in New England. Vermont, Bar Harbor and many trips to Boston. (Trips will be posted individually...I have LOTS if photos).


*Road Trip Extravaganza Summer 2011 was AWESOME! We started by heading down to Washington D.C. to visit with one of my oldest friends! My high school buddy, Jessica was kind enough to host us and be our tour guide!

*Then we drove on over to Ohio to stay with the fabulous Ashton Dene'! This was our first face to face meeting and it was glorious! Baseball game, day at the zoo and Glee Karaoke! #blogfriendsarereal

*Next stop: Illinois! We visited with Will's family and took a trip to St. Louis to go to Six Flags with our niece and nephew! That might have been the best day of the entire trip! Of course we took a drive to visit Grandma Worthen...I love that little lady! The last few days we spent alone in Nauvoo and it was so wonderful! Visiting sites filled with our religious history was a great experience and certainly one I would like to repeat. The pageant was spectacular, moving and so spiritual! 


*Our final stop before crossing the Red River (it was rather low to be called a river) into Texas...Claremore, Oklahoma! Jenn is my sister from another mother! No. Really. We even share our birthday! We get together as often as we can and we just had to stop in on our way home. It was the perfect ending to the Road Trip Extravaganza! We lounged in the pool and soaked up some sun and had lots of laughs!


*Once in Texas we crashed at my Mama and Daddy's house while we waited to close on our house (which took forever)! There were family gatherings and lots of good times!! Once we got into the house there was lots of work to do and more parties to be had! 


*We adopted a sweet puppy and her name is Reba! We love her!


*We are moved in and pretty settled but still working on a few home improvements!


*Oh and we are expecting a little girl due at the end of March! We found out just after we adopted Reba! (lots more to come on this subject!!!)


There is more to come so please come back and check in!! We are just loving life and enjoying the holidays and being with family! I want to share all of these new changes with you and I have also become quite crafty (thanks to being a stay-at-home-almost mom) so I want to share that with you as well!!! 


See you again soon!


XOXO
Kimberly

Oh Hello Little Blog

*Blows very thick layer of dust off this sweet little blog*

Hey Y'all! Its been so long.  The last time that we visited Will and I were gearing up for a long NYC weekend! 

We had a FABULOUS time and things have been CRA-A-ZY since!  We have been working, traveling, entertaining visitors and buying a house. You read right...the Worthens are about to be HOMEOWNERS!!

We close on this little piece of heaven on July 18th! 


Will and I have our trials but we have been blessed in so many ways.  Finding this house is one of them.  We visited Texas for about 5 days in May and we spent one day driving around with Mama and Daddy looking at houses.  Not with a realtor, mind you...just browsing around.  We had some things in mind that we were hoping for and price range that we needed to stick to so we just wanted to see what was out there. We stumbled on this one and from the outside it seemed to have everything that we wanted and the price was perrrfect. We called up a realtor, saw it (and a few others), got pre-approved for a home loan and made an offer.


All. In. ONE. DAY. 



If you know us then you know that this is how we roll.  It is kinda how we got married :-) (if only making babies was this easy for us...)


We are so excited about the move and couldn't be happier about having a home to go to when we get there! 


I promise to check in more and share more about what we are up to! I have so much to share with y'all...if you are still out there!

Really?

Whatever....it is a 3 day weekend. I will deal!
I hope you all have a happy Friday and a great weekend!!
NYC bound at sunrise!!!

Pray Myself Better

Last night I woke up after being out cold for a couple of hours.  When I couldn't get right back to sleep I started thinking of all the that I wanted and didn't have.  The list isn't long at all but the want goes pretty deep. Anyway, I was swimming in self-pity when something snapped. I crawled out of bed and got down on my knees and started praying.  It was more like an outpouring of gratitude.  No complaining. No "woe is me". Just "thank you".
I really am blessed.  I have so much to be thankful for.  By focusing on the things that aren't perfect I am becoming someone that I don't want to be. Some bitter, unhappy person. So if I start feeling those bitter feelings I am going to force myself to think of my blessings. To pray myself better.  Let my Heavenly Father help me.  Today is already better. Sometimes we just need a little help.

easy like sunday morning

I did not enjoy dating. It was awkward. It was confusing.

I want to be friends and he wants more.
He wants to be friends and I want more.

Yuck.

You know what I loved? Dating Will. It was different than any other relationship I had ever been in.

It was easy. Comfortable.

Being married to him is just as easy. He knows what I need.

Like that I needed to get in the car and drive today and just be together. Like that I needed to soak in the tub for an hour without being interrupted.
Like that I needed a back rub before bed last night.
Like I need to be a little crazy and unreasonable from time to time.

I love him and it gets a little stronger every day.

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28.

Yeah.  Thats how many years young I am.

I really have mixed emotions about this.  Being 28.  

But that is a can of worms best left closed...at least for now. 

Right now I want to bask in my birthday glory.  

Cure for the winter blues

Summer Dream. 

Bare shoulders,

hot sun,

sticky heat, 

the quiet of early morning fishing, 

the noise of the jet ski and boat, 

camping, 

watermelon and 

tan lines. 

These are the things that I dream about to get me through winter. I miss Texas summers. My family spends lots of time camping at the lake and I CAN'T WAIT for this summer!

These are a few photos from my last summer in Texas...

Dream on! Winter can't last forever!

What I learned from reading Real Simple

I used to LOVE magazines.  Lots of them. 

Now I love two.  People and Real Simple. OK...the occasional US Weekly depending on the cover.

Anyway, I love the "The Simple List" Your monthly dose of useful tidbits, timely trivia, and catchy conversation starters.

This is usually the first "reading" page in the magazine past the first 10-12 pages of advertisements. 

I always learn something interesting and so I thought I would share...

9

"The number of words Alexander Graham Bell said during the world's first telephone call."

Do you know what he said??

I am sure that once upon a time I knew but have long since forgotten. 

"Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." 

Yep. That's it.

That was in 1876.  In 1984 the first cell phone was introduced. 

Any guesses on how much that 2 pound monster would set a person back??

$3,995. 

Yeah. And people bought it. 

OK. That's all for now! I will check back throughout the month with more from The Simple List!

I hope you are all having a great week...too early to tell, I know! 

On getting what I want

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I obsess

If you know me then you know that I lack patience and that I can be a bit obsessive.  I am kinda what one may call a, er, um...brat.
What do I want? A baby.
What don't I have...you guessed it.
This is the main reason why I haven't blogged.
Its kinda all I think about.  It doesn't really make for fun reading.
No one likes a complainer.
Anyway...
I just knew that after the surgery I would get pregnant right away.  My Doctor was SO positive that we were going to be "parents to be" in no time. Almost 4 months and nothing but problems.

I have been a little depressed lately.  I don't use this word lightly.  Its not a word I throw around when I have had a bad day.  I have been seriously sad over this "not getting pregnant" thing.  Every month I get a little lower.  I hate being this way. This is so not me. I am a happy person. I am fun and people used to enjoy my company.  Now...well I am pretty sure that Will is only person that enjoys my company or rather tolerates my presence.

Anyway, we also just found out that the OB GYN that I have been seeing for 2 years is not in my network.  We will be paying for a significant portion of the surgery. Yay.
So now I am doctorless and lost.  We were supossed to be starting a new treatment plan this cycle but now I guess I have to start over with a new OB GYN but I am moving in 150 days (oh yeah...the count down has begun)! I just want to stay in my apartment until we move and start this all over then.

Ok there it is. This is what is on my mind.

I am super excited about the move but this other mess is dragging me down.  I do not like it.

THE END

Marching Orders

So...
It is almost transfer season for the Coast Guard.
We have waited and waited and, oh yeah, we waited some more.
Our new orders have finally come...
We will be packing up and moving back down to TEXAS this July!
I honestly can't believe that our time here is up.  Well, in our current situation (buried under 100 feet of snow) I would move tomorrow.  Seriously, I can't believe that is has almost been 3 years!
We have had such an AMAZING time here and have made some amazing friendships.  
There is this one friend that I honestly don't know how I will live without and many more that will have a place in my heart (and in our spare bedroom...should they choose to visit) forever.


Boston will always be special to us.  It is where the "married" chapter of our lives began. 
We traveled all over New England and have seen some pretty awesome things. 


Please know that this is the first of many sappy "Boston, We will miss you" posts...now that I am writing again. I am thinking that I will share a photo a week of something that we love about this place! 


I have SO much to write about since I went on my unannounced sabbatical...I am even going to talk about why I stopped writing (because I know that you are all dying to find out ;-) 


More posts to come!!