Need vs Want

This was some what brought up in our Life Group discussion the other night. Things you need verses things you want. So I've started keeping mental track of all the things I want and all the things I need. We are moving into a new home and I would to have a dinning room table. But it's a want. The one we have is perfectly fine since we never eat on it anyways. I would also love to have a patio set and new BBQ grill for the hubs. But they are wants not needs. If you stop and look at the things we buy they are more want that need. People are trying to get ahead of other people. Trying to out do and our buy the people they know. I don't want to be that way. I want to be humbled by the things I have. The gifts God gives me. I want to be satisfied with the small things in life. I, for the most part, am not a spender..by nature or the way I was raised. We didn't have a lot of money growing up so we recieved what we needed and every once in a while a little something extra. I don't want my kids growing up with tons of toys. That falls in the category of giving my child what I never had. Sure I want my kids to have things and go places but not to the extend that is over taking our US population. I want my kids to be thankful for the little things in life. Not on how much mom and dad spend on me.

XOXO

I don't think I will ever finish posting about each day of the honeymoon. We have so much going on right now. I was really hoping to do it as soon as we got back because I forgot to write a lot of the stuff down while we were there. And now I have forgotten. But that's ok ... I guess.

We are moving!! Yeah...Boo...all those emotions and a million more. We are moving to Searcy so my husband can be closer to his work. But that means I have to find a new job. Which is not fun at all. But we are moving into a house!! I'm so glad to be out of the apartment. We will acutally have a yard! There is so many positives but to this move but one negative keeps nipping at my tail...we are going to miss our church so much!!!!

I'm not a raised COC by any stretch of the imagination. But when we started going to Southwest that never mattered. I felt right at home. It has been an amazing experience. I just hope that we can find a church that we love as much. But God has a plan for us. We are trying to be open minded about everything.

Honeymoon Day 1

HONEYMOON on Sunday

Let's start from the beginning. Our 6:30 flight to Charlotte was delayed because of some mechanical issue. So we ended up switching to a different plane. No big deal besides it put us just a little behind schedule. We laughed at the situation while others got upset. What else could you do?

We landed in Charlotte and did a very quick jog across the entire airport to our gate. They had just started boarding when we got there...all stinky, hot and sweaty! We boarded out plane and looked out the window and this awesome plane was gated next to us.

We flew over the most beautiful water!

I was so giddy! This was my first time out of the country and my first time over such pretty water! We got to see a lot of islands and I kept asking A if that was ours. :) I'm so lucky he didn't mind all my one billion questions. We arrived at the airport and made our way thru the customs line. Who would have thought that line would be soooo looooong?! Not me! But it was painless in the scheme of things.

We took a crazy little ride to our resort! I didn't know they drive on the wrong side of the road!!! Any who, we pulled down this beautiful drive and was greeted with lemon scented towels! Ahhhhh!

We had a quick bite to eat at Spices! We opted to eat outside and take in the beauty of the place! We had a little friend, a pigeon, eat with us. LOL

We got to our room after a small delay. They had to put this pretty stuff on the bed. But we messed it all up when we took a 3 hours nap. Yep that's what happens when you go none stop for 3 days and have only 3 hours of sleep. You nap.

After our glorious nap, we went down to the beach and sat there and listened to the waves! It was perfect. They most talked about subject was...."did that just happen? is it over with now?" We hopped into the hot tub for a while before we got ready for dinner. We ate at the Crystal room.

I had veal for the first time! It was ok...not my favorite. And A had pork chops and they were yummo.

After dinner we walked down to the fire pits and listen to the sax. It was great except the wind at night is crazy strong and really cold. But we managed. After the fire pits we walked over to the theatre and danced some slow songs with the older generation. :) Our first dance!