A new year has begun and I am still very negligent on keeping my blog up to date. Well let's see what I can do about that. Yesterday was our three month anniversary of being married. Seems longer and seems shorter. Adjusting to a new home, new town, new church and a husband has definitely had its challenges. All these things are good and I like them and yet at the same time I often get homesick for the area in IL where I lived close to family and my very good friends. In time this new place will seem like home but that does take time. I have spent most of the last three months getting our new home in order, spending time with Dean - of course, and learning how to cook. I haven't killed him yet so that is really good. :) Actually he has quite the cast iron stomach so I feel a lot of freedom to try new stuff and make mistakes. Dean is very encouraging and I appreciate that. Really I am enjoying being a wife and homemaker. It has been a gift to be able to stay home and take care of things here without the pressure of a job, etc. I am starting to work with the worship team at our church. Dean is quite the guitar player and loves music as do I. But alas, I have no significant musical talent and I like to be behind the scenes so I am learning to do the sound board and AV stuff. Never thought I'd be an AV geek. LOL. This past Sunday was my first time at the church and I really enjoyed it. I have had some exposure to doing sound with the Christian Rock band that Dean has been playing in for the last year so I am not a complete nubi. I do have plenty to learn though. It is nice for us to be able to serve the Lord together. I am also looking to be an assistant to a professional photographer I have met at church. Initially I just wanted to hang out with him to learn more about working my camera and composing shots but he has need of an assistant so it may move into that area. I am excited about the possibility and still look forward to having the time to care for Dean and our home. We'll see how the Lord moves and if the open door stays that way.

So really life is quite simple. I have no interesting things to write about different cultures as I did in Ghana. That is a main reason why I am not writing as much. But as other things hit me I will try to put them down on "paper". I have been focused in other areas so the writing seems to have taken a back seat. But perhaps that will change down the road.