Scrapbooking

Well I have become engaged in a new hobby. I know most people start when they have children but I am trying to get a head start. I have been scrapbooking for a few months and I started off my creating pages for our current events, mainly things I had been blogging about. Then I got the bright idea to do a book of my childhood pictures. Let's just say I took on a very large project. I went home and got all the pictures that I might use and I organized them so that it would make it easier to do my pages. I have actually gotten quite a few pages done. Most of the pages are just lots of pictures overlapping each other. The great thing is I can cut them down so I can fit more on a page. Well as you can imagine I have acquired quite a bit of supplies for this "hobby". Josh surprised me with a rolling carrier for all my supplies. I had them in a container but it got too heavy to carry.

As Requested: Josh's first day of work

Well, this is actually a picture of Josh's 4th day of work b/c I never wanted to get up early and take his picture. So Josh is now in training at Regions Bank and so far he has been taking lots of tests and going through computer training. What is so funny is at the start of the new year they are changing computer systems so everything he has learned will be void and he will have to learn a whole new system. Anyway, his branch is in West Ashley which is near Downtown Charleston. It only is a 30 minute drive (in the middle of the day or on the weekend). So as you can imagine when he has to make the drive during rush hour it is a different story. His first day it took him 1 hour and 13 minutes. He found a "better route" the next day and it only took him 1 hour and 15 minutes. So the third day he found another route and he shaved off a whole 5 minutes. It takes him roughly an hour to compute to and from work each day. We will have to adjust by budgeting for for gas each month. Even as I type this Josh just called and he has been on the road for about 40 minutes and he is not even half way home b/c of the heavy rain we are getting. He does like his job and the people he works with but I know as soon as it comes available he will ask for a transfer for a closer branch. He also wants to work his way up so he probably won't be in his current position for several months.

Habitat for Humanity

I know it has been a few weeks since I posted and as per a request I will soon post an update on Josh's first day at work but since work started back up not much has happened except school. But this weekend we worked for Habitat for Humanity with a group from church. We were paired with a bunch of Navy guys and one new Air Force guy.

There were actually two houses we worked on. One house was in a stage where floors were being put in and the other house had dry wall going up. So you must be thinking...... which of these jobs did Rachel do?? The answer: Neither.

Linda, Debbie and I were given the task of sorting and organizing all of their hardware. I am not kidding when I say we worked on this for 6 hours. It seems like it would make the job so much easier when you can see what you have and how much you have of each screw or nail. Now, most people may have found this job to be dull or boring but you have to remember who was working on this task. The three of us are probably the best people they could have asked to do this...why? not because we are good at it, no because we actually got excited about doing it.

Josh spent part of the day working on the yards and the rest of the day he helped out with flooring. It really was a great experience and we worked with the people who will be moving into the house. It really doesn't take much to help someone.