A Card and and Update

As you all know, I'm desperately searching for my missing mojo. And since I can't seem to find it anywhere in my messy office, I am looking to other stampers for divine inspiration instead.

With that said, the inspiration for today's card comes from Nichole Heady, and this card she created recently for Heather Pine's new Papertrey Ink Valentines set called Simple Valentine. It was actually the layout of Nichole's card that inspired me. It screamed "simple" and I {heart} simple cards!

The layout is one layer (bonus), and allows me the chance to dig into my scrap drawer for a little bit of my beloved designer paper. The sympathy verse and the vine image both come from Papertrey's With Sympathy set. The white buttons are vintage, and I'm not sure where the blue buttons are from.

For those of you who read my blog just to find out what's going on in my personal life, I'll share a little bit about that with you today too! Let's start off with the hubby, Doug....

Well, he's still looking for a full-time job. But that's not to say he hasn't been working. He's still working a few hours at the local News/Talk station here in town. This past fall/winter he traveled quite a bit (like every weekend) producing college football games and NFL games. For now, he's done with the football games, as the end of the season is nearing for the NFL, and the college season is already over. He'll be traveling a little bit with the MN Gopher basketball team producing their radio broadcasts for the next few months. And he has been working on a 4 month consulting project for a new internet venture in town here started by a former local TV news anchor (BringMeTheNews.com). That should be done in Feb or so, with a slight possibility it might morph into a full time job. After that, we've got nothing. We're coming to the end of our rope I think. I don't know what will happen next. It's very scary, but God has brought us this far, I can't imagine he would stop providing at this point. I just can't think about it much, to be honest. I am trying to remain optimistic in the face of the unknown. But this has gone on for over two years and we are still alive and kicking. God has been so, so, good to us. But it's easy to get lost in the what-ifs of life and forget that someone besides myself is actually in control. Are any of you control freaks as well? It's easy to forget that I don't have to worry about this or have to steer the ship. Most likely, if He let me, I'd steer us off-course anyways! So, for the time being, we'll continue on and wait for the next step, which I trust will be put before us by God himself. Reminder to self: Let go and let God.

Hugs to all,

Amy