Random Stuff

I ran into Tim the other day at Wal Mart and he wanted to know why I have not blogged lately.

There is no real reason other than I just have not felt all that great since starting treatment. I will have to continue the treatment for up to a year. The good news I got so far is that the liver enzymes, white cells, red cells and plateletts at the normal levels. This means that the treatment is working like it is supposed to. AMEN AND AMEN.

On other fronts, we had a wonderful Christmas with Bridgett and her family and are heading to Midland Saturday to spend some time with my mother, grandfather and aunts.

Not much other news at the moment, but I am looking forward to rejoining "Blogville"

Dancing With God

My mother sent me this and I was thinking as I was reading it, how wonderful it would be to just let God lead and to dance with Him through all of our trials. Because with Him all things are possible and He will never leave us on the dance floor.

This is amazing that someone even though of this!

Dancing With God

When I meditated on the word Guidance,
I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word.
I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.
When two people try to lead, nothing feels right.
The movement doesn't flow with the music,
and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.
When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead,
both bodies begin to flow with the music.
One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back
or by pressing Lightly in one direction or another.
It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.
The dance takes surrender, willingness,
and attentiveness from one person
and gentle guidance and skill from the other.
My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.
When I saw "G": I thought of God, followed by "u" and "i".
"God, "u" and "i" dance."
God, you, and I dance.
As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust
that I would get guidance about my life.
Once again, I became willing to let God lead.
My prayer for you today is that God's blessings
and mercies are upon you on this day and everyday.
May you abide in God, as God abides in you.
Dance together with God, trusting God to lead
and to guide you through each season of your life.
This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached.
If God has done anything for you in your life,
please share this message with someone else.
There is no cost but a lot of rewards;
so let's continue to pray for one another.
And I Hope You Dance !

HEY! Check this out!!!!!

I found this hot dog cooker right after I read Brandi's blog. How bizarre is that!

Mason eats hot dogs nuked for precisely 8 seconds. yuk

I like mine any way except burned, with mustare, relish, kraut, onions and cheese.

Mike won't eat them. Party pooper.

Just kidding, Honey.

A little of what is going on

I have been really busy for someone who does not have a job anymore.
My boss at Gregory Custom Homes came into my office on Wednesday last week and told me he was going to have to let me go. He said he had more going out than coming in so he could not afford to keep me there. So after 5 years with the same company, I am now free to pursue other ventures.

So far, since I have been "unemployed", I have filed for unemployment benefits, had lunch with my husband two days in a row, bid three jobs and met the new construction manager for a company we do some fire and water restoration for.

I have not really had time to get bored yet and I know God has set this time aside for me to start treatment. Not sure exactly when that will be, as my Dr is leaving Texas at the end of October and I will probably have to start all over with another Dr. Pray this occurs soon.

God is good in all things and He will take care of all the "loose ends" we seem to see in our lives.
He blesses us richly everyday.

Just a friendly reminder.

Heavenly Father, Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.
Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.
Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together .
Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.

God is wonderful, Amen!

Well, not too sure where to start.
Around the first of August...
We finally got our permanent loan in place for our house. Thank God, AMEN. YAY!!!!!
This means a bill we were not used to having, but God gave us the house, He will provide for it to be paid for, too.

Then the second week of August Mike signed up for an insurance adjuster class in Arlington. He has had this on his heart to do for some time. So here goes another expense, for the class and getting him there and his stay while he is gone. This, thankfully, we were able to have enough for him to do .

Monday and Tuesday of the third week Mike had a meeting with a guy he has been talking to about a shop on S. 11th and Oak that he has had his eye on for over a year.
Well, the guy said if Mike would help him remove some oil storage tanks from the ground on the property then he would finance the shop to him with no down payment and no payments for 6 months. Totally awesome and wonderful. Mike needs a shop to operate his business out of, there is just not enough room in our house or our yard.

Then last Friday Mike comes to my shop with a new truck and God provided the down payment for it,we will have to pay for that of course, but we have time to pay it out at least. He has needed one for so long it was definitely time. the old one was just not productive for his work. But that adds another bill we are not used to paying

On top of the busyness of all that...
I had been to the Dr for a check up after my stay in the hospital back in May. He did some blood work and told me I needed to go see a gastroenterologist, I know it is a very long word. So I went and talked to him and he sent me to the lab for more blood work. I had wait for three weeks to go back for the results and when he looked at my chart he said they did not do the one test he really needed. So back I go to the lab. I really do not like that place, but .... Anyway so three weeks later( Tuesday 8/28/07) I go back and the results show that I have to start a treatment program that 1) Is very expensive, but since I have no insurance he thinks the drug mfg will cover costs 2) Is very aggressive, similar to chemo 3) Has only about 45% - 50 % chance of working and 4) has the terrible side effect of depression. So we will keep praying for no side effects and complete healing. None of the blood tests will be covered by the drug company, only the medication and the blood testing is very expensive.
On this last visit I was informed that the Dr I am seeing there is leaving to move to NM October 31st. Very nerve wracking, to say the least.

I had been thinking about my hospital bill from May and when I got home last Saturday I had a notice in the mail saying that my entire bill from May, over $12,000, had been taken care of.
GOD IS SO GOOD AND WONDERFUL!!!

Awsome Message

My friend Jennifer posted this on her blog so i wanted to keep spreading it on my own.
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ee73e63418003b47d7d5
Awsome message and great choreography by the ones doing the skit.
Thank you Jennifer.

Man what a busy and exciting week we have had!!!!

(here are some pictures from my phone of the game and mason's new go cart)

Such a cheesey smile. :)

Aaahhhhh! the joy if that sticky, sweet cotton candy.

SATURDAY

We got to go to NRH2O water park out by Hurst with Amanda, Jennifer, Bridgett and all their kids. there were 13 of us in all. Everyone had a blast. We all go a little bit sunburned, but it was way worth it.

SUNDAY

We gave Mason a go cart for his birthday ( a little bit early). He was grinning from ear to ear when we pulled in to the yard at my work and he saw Charlie and Mike with it. Pauline and her brother were there, too so they really all had a good time riding.

TUESDAY

Take me out to the ballgame.....

We got tickets for the Texas Ranger game against Kansas City (Rangers 7- KC 6) Yay. This we got to do with the Wilsons. Not all 7 of them, just four. But it was a lot of fun. it was really nice to get to do something exciting in the middle of the week with friends from Abilene. Lura and Cheyenne also went with us. Lura's birthday was Tuesday, so she really thought it was cool.

FRIDAY

Well, that has not happened yet, but Mason, Mike and I are going to Midland to see Shelby and Cody, two more of my grand kids that have birthdays this week...... Will post later on these

All in all Mason and Lura said this was their best birthday ever.

Exciting weekend ahead!!

I have been instant messaging with my friend Amanda and she is rubbing off on me.
Let me start by saying we are going to the NRH20 water park tomorrow. Now my friend Amanda is a really organized person with all the lists and everything packed three days ahead of time and allthat but not me, oh no, I wait until the last minute(meaning on the way to the car) to do stuff and it seems to work out really well for me. But today I caught myself telling her I have to go home and get stuff ready for the trip tomorrow. Now how crazy is that.
Anyway we are all really excited about the upcoming adventure.
There will be 15 of us with the younges being 3 and the oldest being, not sure if it will be my husband or Amanda's mom I think they are really close, anyway, we are going to have soooooo much fun.
I can't wait!!!!
Oh,yeah, I forgot, we also have to get up about an hour earlier than we do for work even. Now how insane is that.
We leave Clyde at 7:15am.

Garage Sale Update

Well, we did it! We had our garage sale.
Of course we could have done alot better if we had been able to start at 7:00am.
We started at 9:00 am on Saturday, but now we know.
Amanda did a little better than I did. YAY, Amanda!!!
I did make a very big dent in the storage building, problem now is the rest of it is still in my driveway.
We will be doing it again about the first seekend in September.
I may even have a mini garage sale the weekend of the 25th. But we will see about that.

Hey, I have a pool in my back yard in case anyone wants to pull together or volunteer. ha!
You really can come keep us company, though. And use the pool of course.

If it were only that easy...

Ok now I am going to be hooked on this post thing.

Mason and I had stopped at the Walgreens yesterday morning so I could get change for a $20 because he had to have some money for the rec center where he goes in the summer. When the change came out of the little chute Mason picked it up and I told him he could have it.
Well, when I picked him up yesterday afternoon he pulled the change out of his lunch box and told me "Mom, you're lucky" and I asked him why and he said " Because you got one of these" He held up a wheat penny and I told him what it was and what year it was and so forth. A few minutes later he said "Oh, so we can buy wheat with it?" I told him i guessed that we could and then he asked me "How do we buy wheat" I though about it for a little while and told him I thought maybe we could gather all our wheat pennies and buy wheat stocks.....
Anybody know how to go about doing that?
I mean, if I can get him to start doing little things like that maybe by the time he has a family of his own he will understand how to invest and save and see the fruit of his labor. Could be a good lesson in this...

I DID IT!!!!!!!

Ok, I know it is not much of a feat for most people, but I feel like I have really accomplised something.
I finally got the picture to post where I wanted it. Yay me!

I am having a garage sale this weekend and my friend Amanda is doing it with me and for some reason I just can't seem to get it all together.
Hopefull some of her OCD will rub off on me. For those of you that know her know she is quite open about this disorder. (hey, isn't that like an oxymoron or something considering this condition causes someone to be obsessed about order?)
I am having the hardest time trying to organize this thing and get stuff done.

I would love to be able to get rid of everything we don't use or need and simplify things.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Posting the photo...

Well here are 2 more I think I will leave them just because

and I think I will use the barn on my homepage.

Addding photos....

Ok here I am trying to add photo to my homepage and so please bear with me if I post some crazy iones here first.
Thanks.

Well that is my crazy nephew.

I guess I can try again and see what I get.

LOL

The start of my blog days

Well, now that i finally figured out where to go to set up my blog, I really don't have much to add to the page.
Strange feeling starting to write again after so many years.
(Since High School) and that was a loooooooong time ago.
I know that if I pray about what to write and ask Him what I should share he will let it flow freely.