Kidless... kidless... kidless.... KIDLESS
Defined: Parents escaping... kids escaping... friends kidnapping kids... time to celebrate 15 years!! solo!!
HUGE thanks to the kidnappers!!!! I just had to tell Hubbie!! It's so much to look forward to!!!
On the sick side... my throat hurts hurts hurts.... I'm tired of being sick.... I'm tired of not sleeping... tired of coughing.... yuck... this has been going on a week.... and today I started a yucky 10 day antibiotoc that will probably kill everything good.... and all bad....
Kidless!!! Grace! ss
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Sinus Suffering
Oh, alas, I'm only 1/2 here. Half sleeping. Half breathing. Half would be generous for mothering.
My Dr. debate...
My ENT will give me an Rx.... that I don't want... and don't want to take....
so I suffer... maybe everybody suffers...
I'm trying to get w/ my natural dr... that's a drive to big D... and not to take lightly...
Paul was given a "thorn in his flesh."
2 Corinthians 12
7To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But he said to me,
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
My own rx....
Showers to clear my head.... sudafed for day time... sinus wonder wash.... and remnants of my last natural routine...
Weak... Grace... ss
My Dr. debate...
My ENT will give me an Rx.... that I don't want... and don't want to take....
so I suffer... maybe everybody suffers...
I'm trying to get w/ my natural dr... that's a drive to big D... and not to take lightly...
Paul was given a "thorn in his flesh."
2 Corinthians 12
7To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But he said to me,
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
My own rx....
Showers to clear my head.... sudafed for day time... sinus wonder wash.... and remnants of my last natural routine...
Weak... Grace... ss
Sunday, June 22, 2008
A Cup of Tea
Sunday Morning. I feel lost to be home alone. I do wish I had one little girls with me!
Alas, I'm home to heal.
This weekend I've been flirting with sickness. Nothing omnious like the tummy bug..
Friday I thought the girls were going to drive me over the brink. Arriving across town to swim lesson... my heart was crushed as thunder cancelled their class. I'd planned mama quiet time, only to be cancelled by thunder. Then we confirmed, I had a fever. I escaped solo home to quarintine. No other symptoms...
Saturday I was booked to cook!! By God's grace I felt fine... fever free. I was truly tired from being up at 5:30 but we entertained friends. All had fun. Yet last night my throat hurt horribly!!
So today I'm home alone. It is lonely with out my girls & hubbie. They escaped this morning like quiet little mice!! Amazing.
I'm enjoying worship music... I'll miss that this morning.... I'm also enjoy that cup of tea. It feel good on my throat when a banana hurt.
Mighty to Save! Grace! ss
Alas, I'm home to heal.
This weekend I've been flirting with sickness. Nothing omnious like the tummy bug..
Friday I thought the girls were going to drive me over the brink. Arriving across town to swim lesson... my heart was crushed as thunder cancelled their class. I'd planned mama quiet time, only to be cancelled by thunder. Then we confirmed, I had a fever. I escaped solo home to quarintine. No other symptoms...
Saturday I was booked to cook!! By God's grace I felt fine... fever free. I was truly tired from being up at 5:30 but we entertained friends. All had fun. Yet last night my throat hurt horribly!!
So today I'm home alone. It is lonely with out my girls & hubbie. They escaped this morning like quiet little mice!! Amazing.
I'm enjoying worship music... I'll miss that this morning.... I'm also enjoy that cup of tea. It feel good on my throat when a banana hurt.
Mighty to Save! Grace! ss
Thursday, June 19, 2008
My Husband
We are coming up on our 15th Anniversary!!
This is more than a one day celebration!!! How do you celebrate the joys and trials... we've survived... we've more than survived! Marriage can be a taste of heaven... or a taste of hell.
By grace I've had a taste of heaven... and my heart brakes for those grieved by marriage.
KjS
He's my better half!
He makes me laugh.
He's adored by his girls.
He makes them laugh & squeel.
He's a people person. I can only imagine!
He enjoys missions & media.
And a good movie night... rare.
He says Yes.... I say No.
He arises at dark and provides for us.
He's diligent and never shirks work days.
He works tirelessly and gets up on Saturday to color.
He encourages me when I'm tired of mommy-ing.
He supports me totally with our schooling.
He never complains about dinner.
He always has dinner with us.
He gives me time to cook... all day some Saturdays!
He made me a garden box and now I look out to flowers blooming!
This is more than a one day celebration!!! How do you celebrate the joys and trials... we've survived... we've more than survived! Marriage can be a taste of heaven... or a taste of hell.
By grace I've had a taste of heaven... and my heart brakes for those grieved by marriage.
KjS
He's my better half!
He makes me laugh.
He's adored by his girls.
He makes them laugh & squeel.
He's a people person. I can only imagine!
He enjoys missions & media.
And a good movie night... rare.
He says Yes.... I say No.
He arises at dark and provides for us.
He's diligent and never shirks work days.
He works tirelessly and gets up on Saturday to color.
He encourages me when I'm tired of mommy-ing.
He supports me totally with our schooling.
He never complains about dinner.
He always has dinner with us.
He gives me time to cook... all day some Saturdays!
He made me a garden box and now I look out to flowers blooming!
He tolerates my chaos...
I love you!
Lifetimes were made for years... and I LOVE sharing our years!!
This song brings both joy in celebrating 15!! It also brings me great grief for those around us.
Listen to Steven Curtis Chapmans "I will be here".
Lifetimes were made for years... and I LOVE sharing our years!!
This song brings both joy in celebrating 15!! It also brings me great grief for those around us.
Listen to Steven Curtis Chapmans "I will be here".
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Splash
We have swimmers!!! This year the girls have had to swim the length of G'ma Carol's pool to have pool rights!! Sometimes it takes a bit to get the arms & legs working together... then breathing is a challenge!!
We'll we are into wonderful swim lessons! Ms. Sue pondered this week.... "a 5 year old... I've not had a 5 year old in level 4." Yet, our Ladybug is swimming with the big girls!!
Lovebug's stroke is so smooth... she's doign great rememering "nose to toes". The are working on the whip kick... and treadding water for 2 minutes!!
Listening to the water... Ladybug always looks up.... keeping her head straight is a challenge.
I can sit and watch them splash and play! I'm working a pair of aqua blue socks for Ladybug. I'm getting more than normal knit time with these lessons!
He leads me beside quiet waters... Grace! ss
We'll we are into wonderful swim lessons! Ms. Sue pondered this week.... "a 5 year old... I've not had a 5 year old in level 4." Yet, our Ladybug is swimming with the big girls!!
Lovebug's stroke is so smooth... she's doign great rememering "nose to toes". The are working on the whip kick... and treadding water for 2 minutes!!
Listening to the water... Ladybug always looks up.... keeping her head straight is a challenge.
I can sit and watch them splash and play! I'm working a pair of aqua blue socks for Ladybug. I'm getting more than normal knit time with these lessons!
He leads me beside quiet waters... Grace! ss
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Daddy
Happy Father's Day Daddy!! I've found a collection looking back.... and I want you to know I love you!!!!
You all were surprised by the rabbits!!!
:)
:)
You and little bitty Ladybug!!! She's almost 1 month!
Wish we were there.... love ya Daddy!! Always your daughter!! ss
Texas Shakespeare Festival
For years we've enjoyed the Texas Shakespeare Festival!!! We've celebrated our anniversary many times with their plays.....
Now I'm thinking to take the girls. I really want to take them to see Twelfth Night & 1776.
Our study of Shakespeare has been a joy. We pull out our clothes pin dolls every time we work on a play. Generally, we'll make some new boys... we're always a boy short!! This month we'll finish the term with The Comedy of Errors.
Let's see.... we'd not need a babysitter & we could save by not going out to eat... That would actually be chaper than a date!!! Sounds good!!! Hummm... not sure Hubbie counts that way...
Maybe Hubbie could sell candy at work for our school fund!! Ha!!! Grace!! ss
Now I'm thinking to take the girls. I really want to take them to see Twelfth Night & 1776.
Our study of Shakespeare has been a joy. We pull out our clothes pin dolls every time we work on a play. Generally, we'll make some new boys... we're always a boy short!! This month we'll finish the term with The Comedy of Errors.
Let's see.... we'd not need a babysitter & we could save by not going out to eat... That would actually be chaper than a date!!! Sounds good!!! Hummm... not sure Hubbie counts that way...
Maybe Hubbie could sell candy at work for our school fund!! Ha!!! Grace!! ss
Life!
We played Life this morning!!! We made it all the way thru!!
Lovebug won!!! She ended up with $2,555,000. I think we finished because she won!!! Daddy & I both made it to the millionaire circle even after he encouraged everybody to steal my Life tiles... Ladybug played like a sweetheart with $750,000. She won last time, yesteday....
Maybe we'll try real Monopoly!!! The girls are just starting the count money.... we'll see how that goes!!!
Play a game!!! Grace, ss
Lovebug won!!! She ended up with $2,555,000. I think we finished because she won!!! Daddy & I both made it to the millionaire circle even after he encouraged everybody to steal my Life tiles... Ladybug played like a sweetheart with $750,000. She won last time, yesteday....
Maybe we'll try real Monopoly!!! The girls are just starting the count money.... we'll see how that goes!!!
Play a game!!! Grace, ss
Friday, June 13, 2008
Maternity Clothes - Gone!
I didn't think it would be hard... to give clothes away!!
I'm praying a baby for Caroline!!! She's like 22 weeks.
In my closet I have a stash of clothes... maternity clothes... that I do NOT need. So, praying a bably for the clothes, I need to hand them off.
This morning I gathered them together to head out on time for VBS.... red check, lime green, a fun pink dress, a black & red dress.... They'be be good for summer.... I thought I could hand them off easily.
I was surprised as the tears welled up as I talked with Caroline. I'm thankful for sunglasses!! I'm thankful to hand them off and run! Done.
This has been the week!!! We've looked back to Hubbie surgery with his tests!! All clear! Praise. Then, today I'm looking back at the days we hoped to have a baby... Kyle.... He took the direct route to heaven.
His grace abounds to me.... ss
Lord Your Beautiful by Keith Green
Lord You're beautiful
Your face is all I seek
For when your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me
Lord You're beautiful
Your face is all I seek
For when your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me
I want to take Your word and shine it all around
First help me just to live it Lord
And when I'm doing well help me to never seek a crown
For my reward is giving glory to You
Lord please light the fire
That once burned bright and clear
Replace the lamp of my first love
That burns with holy fear
I want to take Your word and shine it all around
First help me just to live it Lord
And when I'm doing well help me to never seek a crown
For my reward is giving glory to You
I can see your face now
I can feel your grace now
I can see your face now
I can feel your grace now
Its all I seek
Its all I seek
Lord You're beautiful
Your face is all I seek
For when your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me
I can see your face now
I can feel your grace now
I can see your face now
I can feel your grace now.
I'm praying a baby for Caroline!!! She's like 22 weeks.
In my closet I have a stash of clothes... maternity clothes... that I do NOT need. So, praying a bably for the clothes, I need to hand them off.
This morning I gathered them together to head out on time for VBS.... red check, lime green, a fun pink dress, a black & red dress.... They'be be good for summer.... I thought I could hand them off easily.
I was surprised as the tears welled up as I talked with Caroline. I'm thankful for sunglasses!! I'm thankful to hand them off and run! Done.
This has been the week!!! We've looked back to Hubbie surgery with his tests!! All clear! Praise. Then, today I'm looking back at the days we hoped to have a baby... Kyle.... He took the direct route to heaven.
His grace abounds to me.... ss
Lord Your Beautiful by Keith Green
Lord You're beautiful
Your face is all I seek
For when your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me
Lord You're beautiful
Your face is all I seek
For when your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me
I want to take Your word and shine it all around
First help me just to live it Lord
And when I'm doing well help me to never seek a crown
For my reward is giving glory to You
Lord please light the fire
That once burned bright and clear
Replace the lamp of my first love
That burns with holy fear
I want to take Your word and shine it all around
First help me just to live it Lord
And when I'm doing well help me to never seek a crown
For my reward is giving glory to You
I can see your face now
I can feel your grace now
I can see your face now
I can feel your grace now
Its all I seek
Its all I seek
Lord You're beautiful
Your face is all I seek
For when your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me
I can see your face now
I can feel your grace now
I can see your face now
I can feel your grace now.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
50!!! A long way off...
Hubbie got the... come back when you are 50 today!!!! That's ennough years to grow our girls!!! Lovebug should be in college & Ladybug will graduate HS!!! God knows!!!
Praise!!! He has one med to help him feel better... and he's good for many miles!!! Now to feel better!!!
Grace!! ss
Praise!!! He has one med to help him feel better... and he's good for many miles!!! Now to feel better!!!
Grace!! ss
Eat a Horse
Hubbie is hungry this morning!! He's declared he could eat a horse.. or two!
Yesterday he's been on only liquids... Today he gets nothing until he sees his GI Dr. He's not seen him face to face yet... I guess his dr want to look from the inside out before he chatters with his patient.
Praying the Dr. wisdom & God to direct him. Pray for hubbie to be pain free & worries loose their holding power. Pray for healing.
Song for this morning... Trading My Sorrows by Darrell Evans.
Grace! ss
Yesterday he's been on only liquids... Today he gets nothing until he sees his GI Dr. He's not seen him face to face yet... I guess his dr want to look from the inside out before he chatters with his patient.
Praying the Dr. wisdom & God to direct him. Pray for hubbie to be pain free & worries loose their holding power. Pray for healing.
Song for this morning... Trading My Sorrows by Darrell Evans.
Grace! ss
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
My Birthday
Me :) Grace! Often now it is thought to be my name :) It is God's gift to me... and I hope 2u.
I'm happily married to Hubbie. We have 2 lovley daughters!
I'm 30 soemthing & We've been married 15 years this month... Something more to celebrate!
If we need more to celebrate... Hubbie & I are making plans for our 20 year reunions!
My mom & dad just celebrated 44 years together!! My hubbie parents will too celebrate 44 years this summer. May we follow in their years.
I've been home for 8+ years.
The Accounting world and industry friends seem like another life time ago. It was definately another world at Trinity Industries.
I'm a full time teacher! I love it. We enjoy homeschooling. My Ladybug laid on her pillow chattering with daddy. She likes mama teaching her to read. Lovebug has said math is her favorite! Wow.
Kitting gives me patience to listen to her read and survive her squirms. I've knitted 4 pair of socks finishing the last yesterday morning. It is the only pair that do not match.. grrr... 2 stitches made my toes off. I've pulled yarn to start another pair aqua blue for the girls.
I'm a better teacher than homemaker and occasionally I can conquer that world. I'm a stacker more than a stower. The pile here at the pc is 6" deep with cookbooks, crosstitch, Otto, Nature & a Spanish NT. Decluttering is a place difficult to get to.
I treasure my Bible. It is a cute small purple KJV. I'm studding Psalm 23 this summer with a great book A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23. I'm enjoy finding God as my Good Shepherd... and I'm seeing the challenge to "not want". I've just found Corinthians in my Bible without any highlights... so that's my casual read... The girls and I are reading Genesis... and studying "I AM" verses. We are trying to develop a habit to review memorized passages of Ps 1, 19, 23, 139.. God's word is our treasure... Oh that we find the jewels!! Jewels for each day!
I enjoy blogging and am thrilled to convert to here. I'm eager to print my 2007. My struggle is looking at all that I did not blog... now do I back blog??? That is overwhelming... I don't have the pennies for a book so there's "time" to back blog.
The best way to reach me is an e. I use my cell mostly for email & web. I have hundreds of unread emails related to AO hsing that I'd like to read (399+101!). My phone is weak and often runs out of batteries. I despise my home phone and hubbies is ready to cut the line.
I always cook dinner & clean up. I'm thrilled we always eat at the table together. Hubbie does great to make it to dinner!! I'm blessed to be in a cooking group for 4+ years now & my freezer has many meals. I wish Hubbie would help in the kitchen.... That'd be a B gift for sure. Our timing is so different. I want to immediately clean up.. he could wait... days!??? I need to teach my girls more here.
A Cool Gift I'd enjoy... Just pondering not suggesting! Handheld GPS, iPod, Auto DVD.. What I've asked for is a clock for my car. The back light is out and Hubbie does not want to spend pennies to fix it... lots of pennies... Oh, if it is for my B day can we fix it???!!! It will be hard to put a bow on.
I'm thrilled about my garden box. The plants have not come into their own yet... they yet look small and fragile. Even so all is yet alive... Only a few bean sprouts have demised. My pink cone flowers in the front are beautiful! They've just started to bloom!!! And they reseeded on their own and I'm watering about 10 lovely seedlings.
This has ong long & probably way too much of me!! My clothes say there is too much of me too!! Hummm.... only 7ish #s will take me back to my lifetime weight watcher weight... yet that seems like a soooooo loooong way away... Oh, I need to try to get there. Maybe I'll not make a birthday cake on that note!! This year I feel too much like Eyore.
Maybe I'll celebrate with a trip to the bookstore.. kidless... wow!! That would be a treat!! Lunch too... so come join us!! And I'll never see WOW in the same way!! I'll always see it as Ladybug exclaimed... "It says MOM!!!"
He has ordained all my days!!! Thanks to my Good Shepherd!!
Grace! ss
I'm happily married to Hubbie. We have 2 lovley daughters!
I'm 30 soemthing & We've been married 15 years this month... Something more to celebrate!
If we need more to celebrate... Hubbie & I are making plans for our 20 year reunions!
My mom & dad just celebrated 44 years together!! My hubbie parents will too celebrate 44 years this summer. May we follow in their years.
I've been home for 8+ years.
The Accounting world and industry friends seem like another life time ago. It was definately another world at Trinity Industries.
I'm a full time teacher! I love it. We enjoy homeschooling. My Ladybug laid on her pillow chattering with daddy. She likes mama teaching her to read. Lovebug has said math is her favorite! Wow.
Kitting gives me patience to listen to her read and survive her squirms. I've knitted 4 pair of socks finishing the last yesterday morning. It is the only pair that do not match.. grrr... 2 stitches made my toes off. I've pulled yarn to start another pair aqua blue for the girls.
I'm a better teacher than homemaker and occasionally I can conquer that world. I'm a stacker more than a stower. The pile here at the pc is 6" deep with cookbooks, crosstitch, Otto, Nature & a Spanish NT. Decluttering is a place difficult to get to.
I treasure my Bible. It is a cute small purple KJV. I'm studding Psalm 23 this summer with a great book A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23. I'm enjoy finding God as my Good Shepherd... and I'm seeing the challenge to "not want". I've just found Corinthians in my Bible without any highlights... so that's my casual read... The girls and I are reading Genesis... and studying "I AM" verses. We are trying to develop a habit to review memorized passages of Ps 1, 19, 23, 139.. God's word is our treasure... Oh that we find the jewels!! Jewels for each day!
I enjoy blogging and am thrilled to convert to here. I'm eager to print my 2007. My struggle is looking at all that I did not blog... now do I back blog??? That is overwhelming... I don't have the pennies for a book so there's "time" to back blog.
The best way to reach me is an e. I use my cell mostly for email & web. I have hundreds of unread emails related to AO hsing that I'd like to read (399+101!). My phone is weak and often runs out of batteries. I despise my home phone and hubbies is ready to cut the line.
I always cook dinner & clean up. I'm thrilled we always eat at the table together. Hubbie does great to make it to dinner!! I'm blessed to be in a cooking group for 4+ years now & my freezer has many meals. I wish Hubbie would help in the kitchen.... That'd be a B gift for sure. Our timing is so different. I want to immediately clean up.. he could wait... days!??? I need to teach my girls more here.
A Cool Gift I'd enjoy... Just pondering not suggesting! Handheld GPS, iPod, Auto DVD.. What I've asked for is a clock for my car. The back light is out and Hubbie does not want to spend pennies to fix it... lots of pennies... Oh, if it is for my B day can we fix it???!!! It will be hard to put a bow on.
I'm thrilled about my garden box. The plants have not come into their own yet... they yet look small and fragile. Even so all is yet alive... Only a few bean sprouts have demised. My pink cone flowers in the front are beautiful! They've just started to bloom!!! And they reseeded on their own and I'm watering about 10 lovely seedlings.
This has ong long & probably way too much of me!! My clothes say there is too much of me too!! Hummm.... only 7ish #s will take me back to my lifetime weight watcher weight... yet that seems like a soooooo loooong way away... Oh, I need to try to get there. Maybe I'll not make a birthday cake on that note!! This year I feel too much like Eyore.
Maybe I'll celebrate with a trip to the bookstore.. kidless... wow!! That would be a treat!! Lunch too... so come join us!! And I'll never see WOW in the same way!! I'll always see it as Ladybug exclaimed... "It says MOM!!!"
He has ordained all my days!!! Thanks to my Good Shepherd!!
Grace! ss
Monday, June 9, 2008
Comfort
Our Pastor has been looking for God's working in the lives of our church.... As I've transferred the blog... all the year was on my thought. Pastor Jim used this in his sermon on God's comfort. I think he's putting together a book!!
"We wait upon the Lord.... He so comforted me with these words... We sang them in worship just the Sunday before.... They we a treasure to find and get the CD!!!"
Pastor Jim- Here's a starting point... we've had alot in the last year...
God's Comfort
We had plans for Six Flags on Tuesday... but God's plans took us to GSMC 7/31/07. Monday night KjS passed out and we knew this was not normal. We called friends to stay with the girls and headed to the hospital. K said to hurry as we waited at red lights... hazards on we rushed. After midnight K headed into emergency colon surgery for a burst diverticuli. He awoke not know what neither diverticuli or colostomy were.
Gracious friends kept our girls as I stayed 24/7 with K in the hospital for what would be days and days... nearly a week. God's comfort came in a worship song we'd sang the week before... it played over and over in my head... strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord.
K was in bed for days and sitting up was slow. Even his breathing was weak. He was days not talking on the phone even to family. Strength will rise as we wait on the Lord. I wrote it on the board in the hospital room. After 3 days he started to walk around the nurses station... Over and over it played... and I had to track down the song... I called FBC and finally figured it out... Everlasting God...
God's comfort came in loud and clear.. through friends & FBC that were truly our family that hard week. Day six K finally was released to go home!!! God was returning his strength.... God was giving strength because we'd have to repeat the entire process in 2 months....
Even now nearly a year later when we sing Everlasting God in worship... I'm instantly taken back to the hospital... tears well up and I know He is our comfort & He gives strength.
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary
Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary
You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles
"We wait upon the Lord.... He so comforted me with these words... We sang them in worship just the Sunday before.... They we a treasure to find and get the CD!!!"
Pastor Jim- Here's a starting point... we've had alot in the last year...
God's Comfort
We had plans for Six Flags on Tuesday... but God's plans took us to GSMC 7/31/07. Monday night KjS passed out and we knew this was not normal. We called friends to stay with the girls and headed to the hospital. K said to hurry as we waited at red lights... hazards on we rushed. After midnight K headed into emergency colon surgery for a burst diverticuli. He awoke not know what neither diverticuli or colostomy were.
Gracious friends kept our girls as I stayed 24/7 with K in the hospital for what would be days and days... nearly a week. God's comfort came in a worship song we'd sang the week before... it played over and over in my head... strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord.
K was in bed for days and sitting up was slow. Even his breathing was weak. He was days not talking on the phone even to family. Strength will rise as we wait on the Lord. I wrote it on the board in the hospital room. After 3 days he started to walk around the nurses station... Over and over it played... and I had to track down the song... I called FBC and finally figured it out... Everlasting God...
God's comfort came in loud and clear.. through friends & FBC that were truly our family that hard week. Day six K finally was released to go home!!! God was returning his strength.... God was giving strength because we'd have to repeat the entire process in 2 months....
Even now nearly a year later when we sing Everlasting God in worship... I'm instantly taken back to the hospital... tears well up and I know He is our comfort & He gives strength.
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary
Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary
You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles
Lunch for my B?!
Hey!! Tomorrow I'm celebrating my 30 something B!!!
Want to go to lunch w/ me!!??
McAllisters after V!!
Want to go to lunch w/ me!!??
McAllisters after V!!
Yea!! Thanks!
Deb- thanks!! HUGE THANKS!! The girls were thrilled to get to VBS!!!!
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!
No word of the car... I may be making calls for tomorrow!! I should.
Humm... I'm out of milk, eggs, bread, bananas... and a car.... humm... my plan for tomorrow is not to grocery shop.... now to seek God's plan!!!
God Provides & directs!!! ss
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!
No word of the car... I may be making calls for tomorrow!! I should.
Humm... I'm out of milk, eggs, bread, bananas... and a car.... humm... my plan for tomorrow is not to grocery shop.... now to seek God's plan!!!
God Provides & directs!!! ss
Impossible
I think she' protecting her mess!!! Or maybe just part of it!! This was the day before my birthday... and I was not going to ground her on my birthday!!! Grace! ss
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Engine Light
God's plan....
Bummer!! Hubbie's engine light came on today. We just put my car in the shop Friday for a new timing belt & tension something & tires... to the tune of 800.... and now his engine light is on... sigh....
It looks like we'll be grounded tomorrow... Hummm... I shouldn't be surpriesed... God's plan is different from my plan.... maybe we'll make it later in the week for VBS...
We're praying for God to guide our pennies... He owns the cattle on 1000 hills!! He is our great provider!! He knows just how this penny puzzle fits!! Med bills even yet, car bills, library bills....
My grace is sufficient for you...
ss
Bummer!! Hubbie's engine light came on today. We just put my car in the shop Friday for a new timing belt & tension something & tires... to the tune of 800.... and now his engine light is on... sigh....
It looks like we'll be grounded tomorrow... Hummm... I shouldn't be surpriesed... God's plan is different from my plan.... maybe we'll make it later in the week for VBS...
We're praying for God to guide our pennies... He owns the cattle on 1000 hills!! He is our great provider!! He knows just how this penny puzzle fits!! Med bills even yet, car bills, library bills....
My grace is sufficient for you...
ss
Friday, June 6, 2008
Done!
With a deep sigh... I've converted all the posts.... both hospital visits in Surgery... and even the cryptic messages from that night of Hubbie's emegency surgery....
There's a great heaviness in looking back. I've been on the edge of tears with all the Kyle posts. Even yet the girls think of him every time we talk of heaven. They don't have a great sadness looking at heaven... but a wonderful expectancy of meeting their brother.
I also tracked down emails when we lost or dog Holly. Even now we are dogless... Our round with Cocoa was full of her bites & getting car sick. That was a combinating we could not endure. The girls long for a dog. I just don't want another loss.
When I look back I don't see the grief and sadness that I feel posting it. I know that's God's working... healing the wounds. I know everytime we sing Everlasting God in church, I'm taken back to those hospital days so vividly.
I know Hubbies pains are becoming less frequent. He's definately doing better. He yet has reminders that all is not normal...
And truely... Strength will rise as we wait upon the LORD. Grace! ss
There's a great heaviness in looking back. I've been on the edge of tears with all the Kyle posts. Even yet the girls think of him every time we talk of heaven. They don't have a great sadness looking at heaven... but a wonderful expectancy of meeting their brother.
I also tracked down emails when we lost or dog Holly. Even now we are dogless... Our round with Cocoa was full of her bites & getting car sick. That was a combinating we could not endure. The girls long for a dog. I just don't want another loss.
When I look back I don't see the grief and sadness that I feel posting it. I know that's God's working... healing the wounds. I know everytime we sing Everlasting God in church, I'm taken back to those hospital days so vividly.
I know Hubbies pains are becoming less frequent. He's definately doing better. He yet has reminders that all is not normal...
And truely... Strength will rise as we wait upon the LORD. Grace! ss
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Job Offer
Lovebug was offered her first job offer on Thursday!!
We hit Jimmy's Donuts on the way to the park. We've enjoyed visiting with the gent that's always there. He is oriental with a heavy accent and always a smile. I think our visits are curious to him since the girls are "out of school." This time he expected them to be out of school.... and they said they are yet in school :)
He offered Lovebug to come work with him.... she's liked the idea....
"How much do you want to get paid?"
"10 Dollars."
"Per hour or per day?"
"I don't know."
What time does she need to be here?
"2:30 am"
Lovebug is that day or night?
"Night."
She's thought of it since then!!! Daddy's offered to wake her up to see what 2:30 looks like....
How fun!! Grace! ss
We hit Jimmy's Donuts on the way to the park. We've enjoyed visiting with the gent that's always there. He is oriental with a heavy accent and always a smile. I think our visits are curious to him since the girls are "out of school." This time he expected them to be out of school.... and they said they are yet in school :)
He offered Lovebug to come work with him.... she's liked the idea....
"How much do you want to get paid?"
"10 Dollars."
"Per hour or per day?"
"I don't know."
What time does she need to be here?
"2:30 am"
Lovebug is that day or night?
"Night."
She's thought of it since then!!! Daddy's offered to wake her up to see what 2:30 looks like....
How fun!! Grace! ss
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Summer School
Summer is upon us!! We are schooling with the end in sight!!
AO2 Lovebug is 5 weeks to completion and add an exam week to be done. We are finishing up the term's readings of Island Story, Joan of Arc, Robin Hood.. and a few other in the mix. I expect we'll actually finish late in July!
Robin Hood has been a great family read. I'm sure Debbie would laugh at my accent in the read!!! We have fun and will finish it after the term completes. (I highly recommend this to read!!!)
She's embarked on the independent read this last term. Joan of Ark about carried her away as she jumped ahead of schedule in the read. That will be a learning... How to s.. l.. o.. w.. l.. y.. read a good book. She's also read Pilgrim's Progress & Seabird.
AOO Ladybug is reading. She has all the wiggles of a little bug yet!! All too soon time tames those squirms. She's reached her short I book in SSRW. She's reading it daily and working a big in her workbook. Really I'll call her done... only she's scoping out the O book... and these are the steps to get there.
Summer Reading
Today we swam in the sea of humanity at the library to sign up for the reading program. That was not my best choice!! Alas, we escaped and the girls enjoyed a car wash & lunch at Chick-fil-A. Oh, we missed the friend who planned to go that way.... I bet they were on the other side of town.... Alas, we thought of ya'll!
Back to reading!! My Chicago Red Library has a bunch of books I've set aside for this summer.... biographies, nature books, and on and on... I'm eager to enjoy this!!
Grace!! ss
AO2 Lovebug is 5 weeks to completion and add an exam week to be done. We are finishing up the term's readings of Island Story, Joan of Arc, Robin Hood.. and a few other in the mix. I expect we'll actually finish late in July!
Robin Hood has been a great family read. I'm sure Debbie would laugh at my accent in the read!!! We have fun and will finish it after the term completes. (I highly recommend this to read!!!)
She's embarked on the independent read this last term. Joan of Ark about carried her away as she jumped ahead of schedule in the read. That will be a learning... How to s.. l.. o.. w.. l.. y.. read a good book. She's also read Pilgrim's Progress & Seabird.
AOO Ladybug is reading. She has all the wiggles of a little bug yet!! All too soon time tames those squirms. She's reached her short I book in SSRW. She's reading it daily and working a big in her workbook. Really I'll call her done... only she's scoping out the O book... and these are the steps to get there.
Summer Reading
Today we swam in the sea of humanity at the library to sign up for the reading program. That was not my best choice!! Alas, we escaped and the girls enjoyed a car wash & lunch at Chick-fil-A. Oh, we missed the friend who planned to go that way.... I bet they were on the other side of town.... Alas, we thought of ya'll!
Back to reading!! My Chicago Red Library has a bunch of books I've set aside for this summer.... biographies, nature books, and on and on... I'm eager to enjoy this!!
Grace!! ss
3 Steps Back
I'm spending my time dancing between blogs... old & new...
I hope to finish this week in converting ALL the posts to this site... my goal is a page a day of the 7 pages of entries... something like 140 entries in total!!!
When I'm done I want to us the Blog2Print and have a 2007 book!! That will have our year of surgeries and all in a book! Scrapbooked and all!!
This is even easier than my online scrapbooking!!!
Then I'll need to have a scrapbooking sale!!! Oooo that's back to cleaning & rearranging!!!
Grace! ss
I hope to finish this week in converting ALL the posts to this site... my goal is a page a day of the 7 pages of entries... something like 140 entries in total!!!
When I'm done I want to us the Blog2Print and have a 2007 book!! That will have our year of surgeries and all in a book! Scrapbooked and all!!
This is even easier than my online scrapbooking!!!
Then I'll need to have a scrapbooking sale!!! Oooo that's back to cleaning & rearranging!!!
Grace! ss
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Grocery Run
Headed to Super1 last night. I enjoy the Christian music they play... last night it was the Voice of Truth... (Humm how to get that to play on my site???)
Here's some Highlights:
Cherries 2.29/#
Mushrooms sliced 2.29
Pink Lady Apples 2.46
Nectarines .97
Hrml Turkey 3.27
Oceanspray CranGrape 3.56
Potato Bread 3.69
Red Barron Pizza 4.00
Power Lemonade 4.79
Off the beaten track:
Milk 5.00 -Farm Fresh g. w/ Cream from the CoOp
Eggs 2.00/dz Farm Fresh and often gathered by the girls
Yikes it was way too expensive... Hum... wonder what gas is running!!
God provides!!! Grace! ss
Here's some Highlights:
Cherries 2.29/#
Mushrooms sliced 2.29
Pink Lady Apples 2.46
Nectarines .97
Hrml Turkey 3.27
Oceanspray CranGrape 3.56
Potato Bread 3.69
Red Barron Pizza 4.00
Power Lemonade 4.79
Off the beaten track:
Milk 5.00 -Farm Fresh g. w/ Cream from the CoOp
Eggs 2.00/dz Farm Fresh and often gathered by the girls
Yikes it was way too expensive... Hum... wonder what gas is running!!
God provides!!! Grace! ss
Monday, June 2, 2008
The Birds, and the Bees (and Gators???)
Howdy all Ya'll,
I sent out an e-mail to some folks around my work here at N and I have gotten some questions from folks over at V. I think I knowwho the "leak" is but that's ok. I figured if it generated that much interest I would send a note out to all.
I had an interesting weekend and went to see my in-laws in B. Take a look at the photo of what we found in the back yard then ext morning.
Ok... Ok... so it wasn't in the back yard but still it is not veryoften that you come across one.
My mother-in-law asked if we wanted to go down to High Island to a little bird sanctuary which they had gone to the previous weekendand seen the baby birds with their mothers. She was telling us that it was pretty cool because there is a pond that has a small island on it and many different kinds of birds come and roost and build nestsfor their young every year. It is kind of cool to go looking for the different kinds of birds, last time we did this in March we were ableto see eagles in the wild and I was able to get a good picture.
So we set off on the grand adventure.
When we got to High Island (middle of nowhere actually, AKA "TheSticks" to my girls), I parked the car and did not have any problem with getting a parking spot. We did not really see anyone else thereat all. S grabbed a package of fig newtons and off we set ona hike to the pond on a very well marked path.
About halfway to the pond, and I can only tell you that because I have been there, we did not know we were only halfway there. Did I mentionit was HOT and HUMID and we were all pretty well soaked in sweat? Anyway at about the halfway mark to the pond we began hearing this loud whirring sound, Linda told us that it was the birds out on the island as she began swatting at some flies that seemed to like her hairspray. We stopped and sprayed everyone except myself with bugspray and then continued on (I can't stand the way bug spray makes you feel oily). We passed a small building and the whirring sound was now considerably louder (did not sound like birds roosting). Everyone was now having to swat "flies" out of their hair and off of each other's backs before they got BIT, the flies did not seem to bother you unlessyou were sweaty. Did I mention it was HOT and HUMID and we were allcovered in sweat? The flies did not have stingers but they seemed about the equivalent of "tse flies" or maybe just extra large fireants with wings. We all took off running for the lake and finally made it there and the flies became tolerable.
The view was great and we saw spoonbills, egrets, and many other kindsof birds that you don't normally see in the wild. We then decided to go to the other side of the pond and catch a better view of the backside of the little island. As we began heading around the pond we came to an area about three feet wide and in the middle of the pathwas the gator shown in the picture being prodded to move out of the way by yours truly. Anyway he was not impressed and barely even acknowledge that we were there except to look around and see if we would present much of a challenge for him to eat. He was more interested in finishing his siesta than moving and letting us pass. He did not try to make us pay any toll and so we decided that it would be better to turn around and head back the other way.
The flies took the "toll" out of our flesh on the way back to the car.
Note to self... next time I go looking for birds make sure to pack a cattle prod, and air conditioned bee keepers body armor.
Later Gators, KjS
I sent out an e-mail to some folks around my work here at N and I have gotten some questions from folks over at V. I think I knowwho the "leak" is but that's ok. I figured if it generated that much interest I would send a note out to all.
I had an interesting weekend and went to see my in-laws in B. Take a look at the photo of what we found in the back yard then ext morning.
Ok... Ok... so it wasn't in the back yard but still it is not veryoften that you come across one.
My mother-in-law asked if we wanted to go down to High Island to a little bird sanctuary which they had gone to the previous weekendand seen the baby birds with their mothers. She was telling us that it was pretty cool because there is a pond that has a small island on it and many different kinds of birds come and roost and build nestsfor their young every year. It is kind of cool to go looking for the different kinds of birds, last time we did this in March we were ableto see eagles in the wild and I was able to get a good picture.
So we set off on the grand adventure.
When we got to High Island (middle of nowhere actually, AKA "TheSticks" to my girls), I parked the car and did not have any problem with getting a parking spot. We did not really see anyone else thereat all. S grabbed a package of fig newtons and off we set ona hike to the pond on a very well marked path.
About halfway to the pond, and I can only tell you that because I have been there, we did not know we were only halfway there. Did I mentionit was HOT and HUMID and we were all pretty well soaked in sweat? Anyway at about the halfway mark to the pond we began hearing this loud whirring sound, Linda told us that it was the birds out on the island as she began swatting at some flies that seemed to like her hairspray. We stopped and sprayed everyone except myself with bugspray and then continued on (I can't stand the way bug spray makes you feel oily). We passed a small building and the whirring sound was now considerably louder (did not sound like birds roosting). Everyone was now having to swat "flies" out of their hair and off of each other's backs before they got BIT, the flies did not seem to bother you unlessyou were sweaty. Did I mention it was HOT and HUMID and we were allcovered in sweat? The flies did not have stingers but they seemed about the equivalent of "tse flies" or maybe just extra large fireants with wings. We all took off running for the lake and finally made it there and the flies became tolerable.
The view was great and we saw spoonbills, egrets, and many other kindsof birds that you don't normally see in the wild. We then decided to go to the other side of the pond and catch a better view of the backside of the little island. As we began heading around the pond we came to an area about three feet wide and in the middle of the pathwas the gator shown in the picture being prodded to move out of the way by yours truly. Anyway he was not impressed and barely even acknowledge that we were there except to look around and see if we would present much of a challenge for him to eat. He was more interested in finishing his siesta than moving and letting us pass. He did not try to make us pay any toll and so we decided that it would be better to turn around and head back the other way.
The flies took the "toll" out of our flesh on the way back to the car.
Note to self... next time I go looking for birds make sure to pack a cattle prod, and air conditioned bee keepers body armor.
Later Gators, KjS
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