Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Please Pray
I just received a text message and missed call from a wrong number. The text message was very disturbing. The woman needed help. Said she had been beaten by a man. That he pulled a gun on her and tried to strangle her. I called her back to see if she was ok and if I could help her. Her adult daughter was with her and she said there was nothing I could do. She was totally distraught. She cried uncontrollably the entire time I talked to her. I prayed for her before I got off the phone with her and told her she could call me anytime. I also told her I would continue to pray for her. I wanted to ask all of you to do the same. Her name is Missy and that is all that I know about her. Please keep her in your prayers.
So Far...
I've gotten a lot done but didn't make it to the fun Girls Night Out at our main campus. I know it would have been a blast, too.
I did however finish the diaper bag I was working on and got one poodle skirt done (minus the poodle).
I'm up ridiculously early in the morning (It's about 5:00 and I've been up since 3:30 with a stomach ache). I really need to get a couple more hours sleep because today is a pretty big and busy day. I have to make biscuits and chocolate gravy for the girls breakfast (same sort of concept as chocolate covered pretzels). The kids and I love it, Patrick doesn't eat hardly any sweets and detests cake, so chocolate gravy is not very high on his list. Then we will be leaving here around 10:30 to head out for an early lunch. Of all places the girls want to go to Western Sizzlin for lunch. We get to watch Talan for a half hour or so while my sister-in-law is taking her piano class (Something she has always wanted to do, so my brother really encouraged her to go for it.) Then the girls are getting their hair cut at 1:30. I'm planning on doing a bit of fabric shopping while I'm in town. So, I probably will be back home around 4:00 or 4:30 and will have to head back out for church around 6:00. At some point I need to get a little work done as well.
Please pray that I will get to feeling better and that the weather will not turn nasty. I really want the girls to have an awesome birthday.
Hope you all have a great day. Many blessings!
I did however finish the diaper bag I was working on and got one poodle skirt done (minus the poodle).
I'm up ridiculously early in the morning (It's about 5:00 and I've been up since 3:30 with a stomach ache). I really need to get a couple more hours sleep because today is a pretty big and busy day. I have to make biscuits and chocolate gravy for the girls breakfast (same sort of concept as chocolate covered pretzels). The kids and I love it, Patrick doesn't eat hardly any sweets and detests cake, so chocolate gravy is not very high on his list. Then we will be leaving here around 10:30 to head out for an early lunch. Of all places the girls want to go to Western Sizzlin for lunch. We get to watch Talan for a half hour or so while my sister-in-law is taking her piano class (Something she has always wanted to do, so my brother really encouraged her to go for it.) Then the girls are getting their hair cut at 1:30. I'm planning on doing a bit of fabric shopping while I'm in town. So, I probably will be back home around 4:00 or 4:30 and will have to head back out for church around 6:00. At some point I need to get a little work done as well.
Please pray that I will get to feeling better and that the weather will not turn nasty. I really want the girls to have an awesome birthday.
Hope you all have a great day. Many blessings!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
And She's Off.......
to the races. Or at least that's what this week is making me feel like.
Saturday, I had an awesome day with my family. I was doing some fabric shopping and they all came with me. Then we went to the Madison County nature trail. We love it there and it was such a gorgeous day outside. I love hanging out with them. Especially when there's nowhere we have to be, so we can just do whatever we want. It was a great day.
Sunday, my sweet niece was dedicated at our church. Afterwards, we went to my Pappaw's house for lunch to celebrate his 94th birthday.
Yesterday I did some sewing and went to my great-uncles funeral. It was sad, but neat. Our family has a tremendous Indian heritage, so there was a lot of that incorporated into his funeral. He was 93 years old. Extremely active. He even bowled 2 games on his 93rd birthday. He lived a very full life right up to the very end. He died very suddenly and honestly, we are all certain that is exactly how he would have wanted it.
Today, I have to finish sewing a diaper bag for a friend (I was going to make her burp cloths, but she requested a diaper bag). I have to make 2 poodle skirts for my girls and plan my co-op class. The washer repair man is coming AGAIN and tonight our ladies group at church is having a special night at the main campus.
Tomorrow is my girls 11th birthday. I'll be taking them out to lunch and then they will be getting their haircut and of course church. I think we will get to see Talan for a little bit tommorow.
Thursday is co-op and dance. I will also have to take care of some errands before I come home.
Friday night the girls are having a joint birthday party with a friend at our church. It's 50s themed. Hence, the poodle skirts.
Saturday, NOTHING!!!!!
Sunday, church and birthday lunch for my girls at my Mom's.
Somewhere in all of the madness I have to get some work done too. It's total craziness, but most of what I have to do I love doing anyway. So, I'm going to try to focus on the fun stuff. Focusing on my wonderful girls is easy.
I hope to post later this week about their birth. They are truly miracle babies.
Hope everyone else has an amazing week. Be blessed!!!
Saturday, I had an awesome day with my family. I was doing some fabric shopping and they all came with me. Then we went to the Madison County nature trail. We love it there and it was such a gorgeous day outside. I love hanging out with them. Especially when there's nowhere we have to be, so we can just do whatever we want. It was a great day.
Sunday, my sweet niece was dedicated at our church. Afterwards, we went to my Pappaw's house for lunch to celebrate his 94th birthday.
Yesterday I did some sewing and went to my great-uncles funeral. It was sad, but neat. Our family has a tremendous Indian heritage, so there was a lot of that incorporated into his funeral. He was 93 years old. Extremely active. He even bowled 2 games on his 93rd birthday. He lived a very full life right up to the very end. He died very suddenly and honestly, we are all certain that is exactly how he would have wanted it.
Today, I have to finish sewing a diaper bag for a friend (I was going to make her burp cloths, but she requested a diaper bag). I have to make 2 poodle skirts for my girls and plan my co-op class. The washer repair man is coming AGAIN and tonight our ladies group at church is having a special night at the main campus.
Tomorrow is my girls 11th birthday. I'll be taking them out to lunch and then they will be getting their haircut and of course church. I think we will get to see Talan for a little bit tommorow.
Thursday is co-op and dance. I will also have to take care of some errands before I come home.
Friday night the girls are having a joint birthday party with a friend at our church. It's 50s themed. Hence, the poodle skirts.
Saturday, NOTHING!!!!!
Sunday, church and birthday lunch for my girls at my Mom's.
Somewhere in all of the madness I have to get some work done too. It's total craziness, but most of what I have to do I love doing anyway. So, I'm going to try to focus on the fun stuff. Focusing on my wonderful girls is easy.
I hope to post later this week about their birth. They are truly miracle babies.
Hope everyone else has an amazing week. Be blessed!!!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Happenings
Well, the guys didn't quite finish the roof on Saturday. Most of them had somewhere to be, so all of them except my brother were gone by 2:00. Patrick and my brother worked and got it almost completely finished before dark.
We went that night to my cousins house and had homemade pizza night with her family. It's kind of a tradition we have with them. The pizza is always fabulous and the company is great, too. It's nice when you have a family you can get together with and everyone clicks, so the whole family has a blast.
Sunday we went to church. Patrick and I worked in Kidsquest. Then we headed home so he could get the roof finished. One of the guys from church came back and brought his two sons and they knocked the rest of it out quickly. All of these guys were just Godsends, but I was super impressed with these two teenage boys who were so willing to lend us a hand. They worked really hard. Patrick got everything cleaned up and came in to watch the super bowl. We all hung out with him while he was watching it, because we missed him so much while he was working on the roof all weekend.
Monday, I had a good bit of work to complete. Finally got all of that done.
Tuesday I got tons done around the house (still lots to be done, though.) We had a great family night last night. We worked on a puzzle before supper, had really good conversation during supper, and piled up on the couch and watched TV together until time for the kids to get in the bed.
Today, I got up this morning and yelled at my kids then came in my room and cried. I haven't yelled at them in ages. I just got totally fed up with the arguing today. The stuff they argue about just blows my mind. Today it was about instant oatmeal. Not fun. I also got out and went to town for a very short time. Patrick and I had decided that now would be a good time for me to get my new embroidery machine. So, I went to town to get it, but they wouldn't honor the price that I found. So, I came home and ordered it. The price was just too good, it was almost $300 savings, with free shipping and no sales tax. So, I saved a lot of money by ordering it instead and it should be here by Friday or Monday. I also ordered some really neat software for it and saved about $60 by shopping around online instead of buying it in town. Can't wait to get it. I've got a couple of projects to do and it's really going to be helpful for those, plus a lot of fun. The best thing about today though, is that I have my sweet niece at our house for a while. It's my first time keeping her without her Mom here and I am so excited. Her mom had some things she had to do today and it was just easier for me to keep her than it was to get her in and out in the cold multiple times. She's precious. We already took some pics of her, fed and changed her and got her back to sleep. I love it. Tonight we have Little praisers at church. Patrick has babies and 1's and I've got the 2's thru 5's.
Guess, I better get busy. Gotta plan for my class tonight and my co-op class tomorrow, make sure the girls have their dance stuff ready for tomorrow, make sure they know all their verses for tonight, get supper done and to top it all off tomorrow is billing day. Can you say BUSY! I guess I'm used to it now though, it doesn't bother me near as much as it used to. Hope ya'll have a great rest of the week.
Be Blessed!
We went that night to my cousins house and had homemade pizza night with her family. It's kind of a tradition we have with them. The pizza is always fabulous and the company is great, too. It's nice when you have a family you can get together with and everyone clicks, so the whole family has a blast.
Sunday we went to church. Patrick and I worked in Kidsquest. Then we headed home so he could get the roof finished. One of the guys from church came back and brought his two sons and they knocked the rest of it out quickly. All of these guys were just Godsends, but I was super impressed with these two teenage boys who were so willing to lend us a hand. They worked really hard. Patrick got everything cleaned up and came in to watch the super bowl. We all hung out with him while he was watching it, because we missed him so much while he was working on the roof all weekend.
Monday, I had a good bit of work to complete. Finally got all of that done.
Tuesday I got tons done around the house (still lots to be done, though.) We had a great family night last night. We worked on a puzzle before supper, had really good conversation during supper, and piled up on the couch and watched TV together until time for the kids to get in the bed.
Today, I got up this morning and yelled at my kids then came in my room and cried. I haven't yelled at them in ages. I just got totally fed up with the arguing today. The stuff they argue about just blows my mind. Today it was about instant oatmeal. Not fun. I also got out and went to town for a very short time. Patrick and I had decided that now would be a good time for me to get my new embroidery machine. So, I went to town to get it, but they wouldn't honor the price that I found. So, I came home and ordered it. The price was just too good, it was almost $300 savings, with free shipping and no sales tax. So, I saved a lot of money by ordering it instead and it should be here by Friday or Monday. I also ordered some really neat software for it and saved about $60 by shopping around online instead of buying it in town. Can't wait to get it. I've got a couple of projects to do and it's really going to be helpful for those, plus a lot of fun. The best thing about today though, is that I have my sweet niece at our house for a while. It's my first time keeping her without her Mom here and I am so excited. Her mom had some things she had to do today and it was just easier for me to keep her than it was to get her in and out in the cold multiple times. She's precious. We already took some pics of her, fed and changed her and got her back to sleep. I love it. Tonight we have Little praisers at church. Patrick has babies and 1's and I've got the 2's thru 5's.
Guess, I better get busy. Gotta plan for my class tonight and my co-op class tomorrow, make sure the girls have their dance stuff ready for tomorrow, make sure they know all their verses for tonight, get supper done and to top it all off tomorrow is billing day. Can you say BUSY! I guess I'm used to it now though, it doesn't bother me near as much as it used to. Hope ya'll have a great rest of the week.
Be Blessed!
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