I Got a Job!

So I'm very excited that I got a job I interviewed for a month ago. They called me out of the blue last week and asked if I was still interested and I said YES! So she called me today and offered me the job. I liked this place a lot and was happy to get the offer. I hope it all works out for the best. It is such a relief cause goodness knows we were running out of funds very quickly! The Lord has truly seen to it that our needs have been met and I'm so grateful for that. What a great faith builder for me personally. I have been able to see the Lord's hand hard at work in my life. I'm so grateful for the loving support of our family and friends through this difficult "storm" in our life.

I wonder if this works

Just wanted to see if this really worked from my cell phone.

Ready or Not, Here Football Comes!

We got our tickets in! They look sooo different from last year's tickets. We hardly recognized them. They are going vintage this year. That is always fun to see things from old times. Can't wait for the big games! I can't believe Football Season is almost upon us. So ready or not.... here comes football season 2009!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

My Grandpa would have been 92 today. Crazy to think someone can live that long! We lost him on Easter Sunday this year. He battled a lot in his lifetime especially the last 12 years of his life here on this Earth. He was diagnosed at 79 with Mesothelioma and the doctor didn't even give him to his 80th Birthday to live. He never had any kind of treatment for the cancer other than his lungs being drained. He was a man of great faith. I knew as I got older and learned he never had treatment that the good Lord still needed him here. He buried 2 of his 4 children before he left us. He taught us kids so much. I can still remember their old house in the ghetto. We would drive down Hollywood St. and mom would tell us to look straight ahead and don't stare. That was so funny! We would do chores at their house and he would give us a quarter. It was kinda a big deal! He not only taught us the value of hard work he showed us the value of hard work. He was a carpenter. I only wished I could go into his old workshop now to see all the cool stuff. He retired at 75 as his sight was getting worse and he was quite the perfectionist. I still have somethings he built for me. My favorite things are the rocking chair and swing he built for my baby dolls. I still have my Easter basket he built for me. See around my house and Papa's too EVERYTHING was wooden. I think that is why I'm so passionate about it. I get it honest from him. He was the best man I think I've ever met. Though Markus' Papa is right up there with mine too! I love him. I miss him. I wish I could sing him his favorite song again, "You Are My Sunshine". He loved that song. He would request us kids to sing it too him. He was too funny. So I wanted to share some pics of this great man I called Grandpa and Papa.

In Loving Memory of Cleveland Paul LeBlanc, Sr.
Reunited with my Aunt Peggy and Daddy :)

He was famous for a lot of things in a grandkids eyes, but I will never forget his Tea Cakes. Here is the Recipe Papa's Tea Cakes

Our Houston (Anniversary) Trip

I can't believe it's been almost 2 weeks since we went to Houston! It was such a great trip. We celebrated our 4th Anniversary on July 29th and had planned this Houston trip for months to go see our good friends Helen & Heber Tuft right in the middle of our Anniversaries. Their anniversary is exactly a week after ours so we had a fun little celebration there with them. On our way to Houston Mrs. Kathi called me to tell me she was still in town and we went by to see her before stopping off at our destination. This was such a welcome surprise since she was visiting from Singapore and I was so happy she was still in Houston (she kept her house there) and we got to see her. She is the bestest person ever. One of my favorite people in my life :)

In front of Mrs. Kathi's house in Houston, TX

Mr. Dixon (don't ask why I call him that, I just always have)
He was very happy to see us as you can tell :)

Helen & Dixon before we went into the Nasa Space Center

Our tour of the space center. This is where the astronauts train

Markus in front of the Rocket at Rocket Park

Me in front of the rocket

This is where all the flames/fire whatever you want to call it comes out of

Side view, these things were huge! Just look at the people in the background

Markus insisted on taking my picture in front of the huge gas tank

This picture doesn't even do justice to how huge this rocket was!

Funny pic of Heber & Dixon. My camera messed up on the night setting but it made for a cool pic!

Helen & baby Cutler. He would close his eyes at the flash everytime! He is so adorable :)

Markus & Jenn by the Astronauts

The Tufts.
Just for the record Dixon loved the Astronauts and said it in the cutest way. I wish I could write how cute he sounded when he said astronaut :)

Outside of the Space Center. They are such a beautiful family

OK Heber & Helen took us on a Sunday stroll into this beautiful neighborhood... I had to make Markus take a pic of these things! This is the neighborhood we saw Joel Olsteen & his wife. Helen freaked out and made Heber turn around so we could say hey (his wife waved to us as we passed) but by the time Heber FINALLY turned around (he really didn't want to, he felt dumb) they had already gotten in their Escalade and drove off. Darn. It made for a cute/funny story though!

Overall we had a blast while we were in Houston. We shopped at Ikea amongst other fun things like going out to eat and taking walks in their AWESOME neighborhood. Heber & Helen yall were great hosts and we miss you so much. You know I didn't want to leave. I really loved where they lived and the whole big city thing. Maybe one day...

I was bored...

So I changed my blog address. Hope you will still want to check it out. I just didn't really like the "jennandmarkuswilson.blogspot" anymore. I wanted something a little more generic. Ha! So I resorted to LSU ;) I must say I do have football on my mind. Anyways... maybe I will change things around to an LSU theme soon and scare everybody off with my LSU playlist. Geaux Tigers!

Is it right? or Selfish?

I've felt great about the whole quitting my full time job. Opportunities have come and gone, but overall we are ok. Markus got a job. He starts on Tuesday. I got a job offer, but not sure if I want to take it. Something is tugging at me. That something is what I'm trying to determine what I want to do with my working career. Gee I wonder what it is?? It's time. Time for me. To produce a baby. Boy these things never come at the perfect time, do they? I've often heard not to wait until you are financially set to have children because you will never be. While I find that true, I don't think it would be fair to me or my child that I have, for mommy not to raise baby. So, I've debated and tossed and turned on this. We don't have insurance. Haven't since January. We've lost a lot of income to our house over the last 7 months without Markus working. So is it right to want a baby right now when clearly we aren't in the right place? Is it selfish to want a child and attempt the whole medicade (can't spell) thing just so I can have what I want? That is not what Markus and I are about, but I can't say I haven't thought about it.... a lot. Geez, I tell you decisions decisions. It won't go away. It hasn't for months. Timing is everything.... Yes and how. But really, how do you just have the faith to go with what is tugging at your heartstrings and know or hope that "everything will work out"? That, That is the question?