Josh and Keri

Life is such an interesting dance eh?

It seems to me that the times I stop to anaylyze life is always in the valley of life. When things are tough and walking is hard, when standing up for what you believe in means being alienated, when relationships are strained. Those are the times I really sit and think about my life. Usually simply to say “Man My life sucks, Why is God picking on me?”

I used to sit and comfort myself by saying, “it will only make me stronger,” or “God has a plan.” And not to say that is not true. Hopefully most of us can see that God often can take terrible sitiuations to bring about miraculous things.

But instead I began to wonder if perhaps my habits of handling the “Down” times is all wrong?

Why do I only reflect in the hard times? Why can’t I step back in the good times and reflect on life? They may be short but not insignificant right? What if I could store all the good times in life to get me through the bad times?

I like reading… a lot! When I was in high school and things got complicated I would sit down and detach from the rest of the world in to a fantasy world. Now that may not be the best way to handle situations but it worked for a time.

So what if I combined those two things. Holding on to the good times in a book. Like Pollyanna when she would play the “Glad Game.”

Like everything in life I began taking baby steps to this new theory of mine. I began with a small journal. I can’t help but to know that at some point in my marriage there will be hard times. Coming from a divorced home that scares me, I may want to run. So I started by writing down all the good times, special times and just comforting times Josh and I have together. I figure that perhaps when the day comes that we can’t see eye to eye and we seem so at odds, I can open this journal and remember the Good Times. Perhaps this is just a faniciful thought, but may be it might just work. I might just sit down one night when my world/marriage seems to be falling apart I  can sit down open that book and be taken back. With those memories hold prayers and with prayers there are hope. When you can remember What to pray for you know what to Hope for.

Just a theory and we shall see how it turns out….but remember the good times in life. They pass too quickly we all know.  

See I was not kidding

I took a lot of pictures of Horses so Josh will buy me one some day.

Another big City pic

New Hometown

More funGot to make you feel safe!!!!

I have yet to see a Star Wars movie all the way through

Hey Friends,

Well you’ve asked for more pictures and I will oblige! All the pictures I’ve uploaded are from our adventure into the city for the Boston St. Patty’s day parade…..and let me tell you all, you’ve never smelled so much beer in your life!!! The parade was fun, but there were a ton of people and a ton of Alcohol….Josh and I are here to proof you can have fun with out that stuff!!!! We had a blast going into the city and watching the parade. Although I must admit that we thought it would be a bit more…..shall we say fast paced like the rest of the city. The parade was supposed to start at 1pm on Sunday. Shortly after one we got a preview with a heard of Fire Engines, The Bomb Squad, The Hazmat team, and a ton of other Law Enforcements. After they all passed, lets just say we got a little worried when the rest of the parade didn’t show up until an hour and a half later…..So what do you think, were they part of the parade????? Or was something else going on????

Aside from our fun at st. Patty’s day. Life out here is going quite well!!! WE are loving having so much to do all the time. Josh is hard at work at school. He has started a few new projects that he is loving working on. He is currently working on a lab involving building a database to help look into the causes of skitsophrinia, and he is also working with a machine to program it to recognize certain diseases. He is pretty excited about both of these projects which is fun. Josh is also enjoying the taste of real food once again!!! Last week we went to the North end of Boston and ate cheap pizza and got Italian pastries from the most famous pastry shop in Boston, called Mikes Pastries. You will all have to go there when you come to visit.

We are currently looking into the possibility of a buying a condo out here. I know that may make some of you a bit sad….the truth hurts…we will  be out here for a while huh?? The good news is that it will be closer to work, and once we get a condo we might even get a Dog!!! I know, I hate dogs but last year my sister in law got the cutest dog ever. His name is chip and I will have to put some pics up for you all to see….but get this he is a Boston Terrier, and now I want one!!!! So we will have three pets, a cat (the other love of my life!!!!), a snake, and a dog. But I keep telling Josh it is a process you see, we from a cat which is a some what of a responsibility, you have to feed it and clean the Kitty litter. To a Dog, a bit more responsibility, feeding it, walking it, playing with it, etc. To a baby, which is um a TON of responsibility. He he he and as much as we both love kids and look forward to having some of our own some day…..we uh are um yeah just not ready now. I’m rather enjoying exploring our new home town by ourselves.

One last paragraph and I promise to stop boring you all. As many of you may know, I’ve suffered from some medical problems for quite some time that cause me to be a in a bit of pain. I had surgery last summer which for a while seemed to help. Recently I’ve been in ER and Hospitalized several times in the last month or so. Tomorrow I have an exciting appointment with the Pain Clinic in Boston. I will be receiving what is called a Nerve Block in order to stop the pain. Please pray for us, as this has been a long rough road of countless Doctors appointment, horrible procedures, and some interesting medicines. (on a side note, I tried acupuncture last week and it was um interesting….Lots of needles) So we ask for your prayers and thoughts. And we thank you for loving us through it all and taking the time to read about our life’s.

Love you all and miss you terribly.

Keri

Hey Friends,

As you all can plainly see but I shall point out to you anyways, this is our first post on our blog!  We’ve  come to the conclusion that so much happens out here with out that you all miss so we decided to keep you all updated via new technology.

Since moving out to the Boston area so much has happened in our lives, probably the biggest is that the Red Socks won the world Series and Keri suddenly became interested in sports and begged for Red Socks gear.  And in sticking with the Sirit, she also dyed her hair in spupport of the RED socks!!!  Before we moved to Boston, Keri was convinced that she would HATE Boston no matter what it took. However, one trip to the Theatre District for our one year anniversy was too much for her will to handle and she fell madly in love with the city. Okay so I wouldn’t go that far, but she is loving the fact that there is not a single corn field in sight.

Josh is exploring the medical sciences in many aspects in the area. He not only is working in labs and going to classes for his grad degree, but he also willingly signed up for a Vitamin K study. He volunteered to stick to a strick diet for two months. The general consesus is that only Josh could eat the same three meals for two long months. The good news is that as of tomorrow morning at 9am, he is a free man. We plan to live up the city life, by venturing into the infamous North End in Boston, MA. For those of you who may not know this is the THE place to go for Authentic Italian eating. We plan on making sure any and all vistors from the midwest will get to experience the best of the North End on their stay on the east coast.

So we shall end this short summary of our eight months on the east coast.  There will be more to come and plenty pictures so that when we come back you will still know who we are and what we look like. I know we are hard to forget, but we want to make sure the world Does revolve around us. he he he okay just kidding. We miss you all and can’t wait to see you again.