Happy almost new year, y'all...
Lord knows I am SO ready for a new year.
Thanks for the kind thoughts regarding the tough times we have been having. It is still not easy. The only thing going right is marriage - Matt and I are in this together. We are hopeful a new job for Matt in the coming month so we can move.
Christmas was REALLY hard. We were all alone, and did not get a single phone call all day. I cleaned the house all day while Matt worked on his final paper. Then, he had to work at 5:45am on the 26th, so I started working on the house again around 6:30 and worked until 8pm at night straightening, dusting, vacuuming, organizing, purging, cooking, re-arranging, etc.
Well I have finally decided to take this blog private so I can actually write stuff again. And, take photos. I am embarrassed to put up photos lately as I have no time or software to edit them with. I miss that creative outlet.
I have had a public blog since 2005 - I did not mind my life being an open book then. For some reason, I do now.
So, if you would like access to my blog after January 1st - please leave me a comment. I will then contact you for your email if I do not already have it, and add it to my email-name list.
I am sorry to all of the blurkers! I hope that you understand.
I hope you all are doing great! Am I the only one having to work today?
:)
32 comments:
Hi Ruhiyyih! Can I be included in that list? I love you and miss you!
Please include me as a reader.
Also, if I had your phone #, I so would have called you on Christmas! This was a hard Christmas for us, too.
Count me in! I am so sorry things are so tough right now, I hope things get easier soon. I also keep my family blog private just because I hated seeing the hits and not knowing who was stopping by and reading about my family. It is good to rein things in from time to time and keep family matters more private to those who "know" you.
Bob and I went through a really hard time a few years before we had Ella. He lost a job and was out of work for 8 months. I worked 2 jobs and was in school full time. We were tired, we were depressed and we couldn't see a light at the end of the tunnel. But hang in there, you are both smart, capable people and someday soon someone will hire you both and you will be able to work and use all that potential you both have.
xxoo
Hey Ru! I would love to be on your email list! Praying for you and Matt. Being in a transitional/uncertainty period is hard I know, I've been there. Miss you! -Sarah
I'm sorry for the hard times- I'm praying for you. Y'all are amazing, creative, generous, cool people, and I know it will get better. Keep trusting Him, the trials make you richer in character...I have to tell myself that, too. Please count me in on your new blog.
I get an invite, right? ;o)
There are definitely peaks and valleys in married life. It'll get better. It always does. I know the marriage part is great, and it's good to have him with you through this. Hang in there.
Hugs!
Please add me. I would love to see your photos (edited or not I think they're great) and hear about your lives. Can we carve out a time to hang out soon? We will be on vacation the week after next but the end of January will be free. Let's get together. :) Keep the big picture in mind - God knows the plans He has for you and He has a reason for this season of your life.
IT'S VERN-PLEASE INCLUDE ME.
Ohh, I hate those 'kinds' of holidays. The ones where familiar family faces are not there. I had three years of those holidays when I was first married. We were stationed in Holland and don't get me wrong I loved being in Europe but....so very homesick on each and every holiday. But those years passed (as yours will) and we as a couple became closer still.
I would love to be added to continue on with your blog. Have followed you for a very long time and don't comment all that much. And I love you photos! I have wondered why you hadn't posted very many lately.
Hugs to you both. It will get better. God will see to that....
Tracy P
Please include me! I think about ya'll all the time. I hope 2012 brings you joy!
You should look at Picasca for your pics. Its Google's photo software - free and pretty easy to use. I love it!
xoxo.
Sorry to hear that Christmas was hard; I will keep you on my prayer list! And, of course keep me on your invite list.
Hopefully 2012 will be full of new and exciting starts for you two!
Hi there! I would love to stay on your list and keep up. I have you on the reader on my phone and usually can't make comments. I logged on to a real computer just for this!
Hey! I read, but don't comment as I am usually on my phone - I know friends who know your parents well, which is how I found you! If you prefer just people you know, no worries!
Nass
Of course I would like to be included as well! You know my e-mail. Chin up girl...God is good. He has a plan for better things to come! Love and miss you.
Please count me in if you don't mind. I'm praying for you, sweet friend. I know it's a hard season.
Hi--don't know if I've ever commented, but I've been reading for four or five years. I read your Mom's blog too. Please keep me on!
D.
Not sure if you got my email from my "anon" comment. If not, let me know. I found you through Rachel's blog, and she and I have exchanged emails.
D.
I'd really appreciate it if you'd email me at:
jbeg0508@gmail.com
Thanks!
Not sure what google account this computer is doing, but I like the 'private' with regard to blogging, unless you settle for just one subject like me and write about that. Food. Pretty general, and I like how people from all over the world come for the food photos.
Since you call every day, I know you! Love you, and see you tomorrow! mom
I'm sorry about your Christmas. That's how ours have been since we moved to NC away from our family. We've had to learn to make new traditions, and I try to not think about "home" too much because it can be depressing.
Still praying for you both and the job situation and that you'll be able to be nearer to your family soon.
I know we don't know each other in real life so I certainly understand if I don't make the list for the blog, but if you decide to, I'd love to still read about your adventures and how things are going for you.
It will get better, but please know lots of people are praying for you until it does.
Here's to hoping the new year brings you only good things.
Can I be included on that email list? I went private with my blog too so I completely understand.
So sorry about your Christmas...wish I would have known and you could have come to our house. I feel bad that I missed the chance.
I've been reading your blog since 2007 and really enjoy it. I would like to continue reading but understand if not. My email is cg1212@hotmail.com Thanks!
Cara
I am a long time reader but not a commenter. I understand if you don't want to include 'strangers' but I would like to continue to follow you, you teach me to appreciate smaller things, like coffee, which can get lost in the frantic day to day rush.
My email is amorgansafc@gmail.com
please count me in as well. Thanks!
Hi Ruhiyyih! I'd love to continue reading your blog.
Hi there. I read your blog and am so inspired by your faith. I would love to be able to continue to read your blog. My email is suepado@gmail.com. Thanks.
Happy New Year RuRu!! Please keep me on your list so we can still stalk you back here at ASA. :)
Hi! I'm sorry that I don't comment, but I have been reading your blog for years, literally...found you at little Hannah's mom's blog, and have seen the whole courtship b/w you and Matt unfold(and prayed for it! :)). Praying God's best for you in the new year.
Elizabeth
elizabethc4au@hotmail.com
I hope I can continue coming on to your blog for years to come since I'm not on Facebook. It's a way for me to see what you're up to. I love your goofy photos, too.
I liked Bonita's comment to you. One thing you do very well is to accentuate the positive in your life, grateful little statements that remind me of what my own life was like years ago. A blog with a picture of you and some dear comment just a sentence or two long can say it ALL.
Oh I definitely want to still be included, please?
I am another one who found your blog through Rachael and Hannah. I loved reading your adventures when you lived in Washington DC and when you went to Africa. I followed your move to Washington State. I’m mostly a lurker on your web site and you don’t know me but I wish you all the luck in the future, both you and your husband. Job situations are really tough all over right now. I really feel for the young folks like you just starting out. I will miss reading your blog. Cathy
So glad I can still see your last blog so you must have included me. Thanks so much. I enjoy your blogging and I do miss you having a lot of photos. So excited you moved near us. Please call and drop by when ever you want. Hugs.
Linda
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