Guilty Pleasures

I love this show!

It is called Tough Love and is on VH1 on Sunday nights.

Steve, the man featured above, is my hero. He knows how to put some awful women in their places! He rocks my world right now.

Last season I only caught the last couple of episodes and this season I have faithfully watched them all, so far.

I hate that I like these stupid reality shows but I am allowed guilty pleasures, right?

New Table & Chairs

Last night I got a new table and 6 chairs.

How much did I pay for them you ask? $0

My parents have been wanting to get a bigger table and they bought a new one and gave

Jeff and I their old one.

I am so lucky to have amazing parents that so freely give of their things to their children.

This table is still in really good condition and it has a leaf in it so I can fit more than 4 people at it!!

I am already totally in love with my new table! I feel like it's Christmas.

Thanks Mom and Dad, you guys are the best!

Surprises

Nothing much new to update. Jeff is healing up quite nicely.

We went to the doctor yesterday and he needs to start using it more, which he is not too thrilled about. But his progression is right on track.

I still am looking for a job, this is an incredibly disheartening process, but I have FAITH that

everything will work out the way it is supposed to. So I just try to keep a happy face.

Today my sister called and asked if she and Nixon could come over, which I said of course

and she showed up with these beauties...

Brightened my day and my home, thanks Kristy and Nixon! You two made my day today!

Unemployment

Just found out the I qualified for Unemployment Benefits today, at least now I feel like I am sort of contributing to our family!

And if anyone wants to break me out of my house, please feel free to do so.

I am feeling a little stir crazy at this point and need a life. However, I need a "CHEAP IF NOT FREE" life because Jeff and I are both at home right now!

Talk about stir crazy when you have a husband that is disabled!! WOW!

Hope

I was inspired to write down my thoughts on hope from reading a friends post about her thoughts on Hope.

Within the last week, I have realized how special HOPE is.

My surgery has given me hope.

The medical issues I was dealing with before, left me without hope.

If you have hope, you can accomplish anything.

When I looked up HOPE in the dictionary, this was the definition that I loved the most.

1. To look forward to with confidence or expectation

This is how I feel now.

I was dead before without hope and now I feel alive again, renewed and ready to combat the world!

From now on, my house will be a house of HOPE.

Our air conditioner has been broken since Sunday and this is what I have felt like ever since.

Thankfully, Jeff's surgery for today got pushed back a couple of hours so he is on the roof

trying to see what he can do before we are doomed to reside on hotness.

The Weatherman says it is supposed to cool down, but when in the history of Arizona have we

ever been able to rely on a weatherman?

I am praying with all my might that my big strong intelligent man can let us live in coolness today!!

Home and Healing

I had my procedure done yesterday and everything went really well.

I am SO thankful for my doctor.

He was amazing and comforting and answered all of my questions and made me feel at ease.

I was also grateful that when they went "in" they were able to find some things and fix them.

Most of you might think, why would she be glad they found something?

My entire life I have always felt like I have had these medical problems that no doctor has ever been able to "fix". With Endometriosis being one of the hardest things to diagnose,

I was terrified that they would go in and say, sorry, there was nothing there. And I would have endured all of the for nothing. So yes, I am glad they found some things.

I am thankful I listed to the counsel of my doctor's, friends, parents and husband and went ahead with this procedure. If I hadn't lost my job, or if I would have found a new one sooner, I might have never had this done.

My doctor told me they fixed a lot of things that should help increase my chances of being able to become a mommy. And for that, this pain is SO worth it.

Festivities, Lots of pictures

Friday night we had the annual Johnson Family Pumpkin Carving Night,

Jeff and I are very competitive when it comes to this night so we both try to pull out all of our finest tricks.

This is my masterpiece...

In case you can't tell, It's a FISH! I was very proud.

Here is Jeff and I, the self proclaimed winners of the evening.

Jeff's pumpkin is Mike Wiszowski from Monster's Inc. I thought he did a great job.

My other favorite from the night was Andy's pumpkin, Patrick from Sponge Bob! Very cute!

I loved it!

This is our newest niece Ellie, her parent's are Andy & Lisa. And yes, this is a picture of Jeff holding her, and yes, he does look like he is enjoying it, crazy right? She has been working hard on her scowl face and is getting to become a pro at it!

This is Nixon, my sister's little boy. Is he not the cutest Tiger you ever saw?

He was so fun and LOVED being in his costume!

And last but not least, this ADORABLE pumpkin was left on my doorstep last night by

this fun gal.

Kendyl, I know I already told you this, but seriously this pumpkin rocks my world!

Never in my life have I ever loved a pumpkin this much! I hope it lasts for a really long time.

Jeff and I finished off our night by snuggling in bed watching scary movies,

I couldn't have asked for a better Halloween!