I have been absent for a very long time. You are welcome to follow all my wedding planning on my wedding blog. Go to: OurSweetestDay.blogspot.com

~Rachel

A week ago today, Jeremy and I welcomed a little "child" into our hearts. We now are the proud parents of a little puppy, Peanut. She is so sweet and the cutest thing around. We have had so much fun with her. She joined us this past weekend on a horseback riding trip. She didn't ride with us, but she stayed at the campsite while we were gone. All of our friends had so much fun with her. She is quite the ball of engergy. Peanut is a Jack - Rat. She is 50% Jack Russell terrier and 50 % Rat Terrier. I never dreamed that I would have a dog like this, but she is just so cute, I couldn't let her go. We got Peanut from Jeremy's uncle, he got her from someone who was just giving them away. Jeremy's uncle was nice enough to let us keep her. It started out as a joke, we were just going to play with Jeremy's mom and make her think that we got a new dog, but she ended up saying that it was okay to keep her anyway. I am so excited about it. She is learning so many things. The main thing that we wanted to teach her was where to go potty. She isn't a house dog, but we have been keeping her on the enclosed porch and we didn't want her going to the bathroom in there, so we have finally taught her that, at least I think. Now we are trying to get her to learn her name and to come when she is called. She growled at Jeremy's nephew yesterday, and that really bothered me. I don't want her to be like that. So that is something that we are going to have to work on with her. I want her to be able to be around kids and not have to worry about her biting at them or growling at them either.

Enjoy the pictures of her.

Talk to you later,
Rachel

Well it is now 1 week later.

To be completely honest, I think that I feel better than I could have ever imagined. I have to thank God for that. I know without the strength of him, I would not be doing as well as I am now. I just know that God has a plan for me and when I am ready for his plan, he will “show” it to me.

I continue to talk with Jeremy about having a relationship with God. I don’t know why he is so reluctant to have a relationship with God. In all honestly, that kind of concerns me. It is almost as if he is denying God. I hope and pray that he will eventually have a break through and will be accepting of God. Jeremy has been raised in a religious family; I don’t know why he is almost scared of God. Maybe he just likes to go through the ‘motions’ and not try to get anything out of church.

If that is how he is, then no, that is not the person that I want to spend my life with. I have to have someone who wants to have a relationship with God. I need to know that my husband will support me and allow God to be a focus in our marriage.

I am making this one short. The weather is really bad today and I am planning on leaving work early so that I can get home safely.

I will try to continue to update with the progress and things going on in my life at the present time.

Have a great day!
Rachel