i’ve been tagged…

10 years ago I was: at murray state university.  i was trying to figure out what i was supposed to do. (10 yrs later i haven’t figured it out completely!)

Five things to do today:  1. feed animals (all 5–we’re dog sitting 1 again)  2. list at work. 3. print pages/prepare for lesson tonight for vbs. 4.  call comcast  5. try not to yell at comcast worker.

Snack I enjoy:
mexican anything (it can be a meal, possibly breakfast, and midnight snack!)

Things I would do if a Millionaire:
Let some one else run our store, pay off families debts, donate to humane society

Places I have lived:
greenville, murray

 

there ya go cindy!  this is a cute idea!  sorry for being so inconsistent in posting lately, but our internet (DUE TO COMCAST!) only works about 75% of the time.  we keep calling to make appts, and they keep cancelling them!  ARGH!  i dislike this company–they never help, never call back, never keep appts, and are NO HELP!   i pay dearly for cable modem here at home, and at our store.  so my internet should work when i need it to!  me and hub have made a point to make a phone call everyday until they come fix the problem.  so far it’s only taken 1 month.  i’m about to be ugly :)  i can’t change to dsl, b/c apparently at&t hasn’t heard of new cypress.  anyone else have problems with them?

not so happy birthday…

well, i have to start by saying i’ve not posted anything at all–recently.  but i really needed to vent today. it is my birthday, and i’ve cried all day. what a not so fun birthday!  my dad did call and sing to me this morning, which if you know my dad, that’s funny b/c he doesn’t sing.  at all. 

hub and i found out that my fil got some bad news at the dr. on wednesday.  both of my in-laws have been in and out of the hospital with different problems for the last 2 years.  one goes in, gets well, then the other gets down.  i just ask that you pray for them.  he says he’s fine with whatever happens  b/c he’s raises great kids, raised them in church, and he’s got to see all his grand kids (even great grandkids).  all except clint’s.  *sigh*

then, on another completely different note, i’ve had a rift with my best girl friend.  long story…but for the first time in over 3 months we finally spoke.  she sent me flowers at work today to say she missed me.  which of course, on top of already staying up all night after hearing bad news, my eyes were already PUFFY.   so upon reading this card, i cried again, for the second time and it was only 10:30 am.   while having a wild day at work, i apparently unintentionally hurt someone’s feelings, which made me want to cry again.  i decided i need to be on a regular dose of daily hormones.  i hope this is not a bad start to my weekend, but just an ending to my week!  hope everyone has a happy 4th of july!

wally’s not needed…

well, this weekend, hub and i finally decided to do something with our flower beds.  we’ve been here for a little over 4 years now, and have not ever done much landscaping.  there were already beds in front of the house, but with 2 beetle infested dying rose bushes, 1 holly tree that i’ve despised since we first met, and 5 day lillies that mom and dad passed down because they felt sorry for the bare beds, and some rock.   so i want tons of color, but with stuff that comes back next year.  lucky for me, one of my best girlfriends parents own a greenhouse!!!  so, she helped me out with everything i wanted with all my standards.  *low maintenance, hardy, dog friendly, part sun/part shade* .  obviously i don’t know this stuff!  so first thing when i get home from working all day friday (running 2 people short), hub comes home with a truck full of shrubs, rock and work and fun.  so he says, put your work clothes on, i have stuff!  yikes.  didn’t he understand i wanted to sit down, lay down, sleep, eat…anything but WORK AGAIN?!?!?  so, first on the list was to dig up this holly tree that i despise!  i bet our neighbors were greatly entertained by this task.  we looked like we were leg pressing the tree.  i was leaning against the house pushing the tree with my legs, while he chopped!  this process only lasted 45 minutes, but we finally got that sucker down!  then we planted 6 boxwoods, split 5 lillies into 12, and replanted those.  then put down more rock, and raked rock, shoveled rock–no mulch b/c the dog rolls around in it, and then we pick mulch out of his fur for an hour. planted a dwarf alberta spruce, after 3 hours, we finally were out of light and called it quits.  I’M SOOO SORE I CAN HARDLY MOVE!!!!  i haves sore muscles i didn’t know i even had!  so i decided not to waste anymore money on wally’s and just landscape for exercise!  mom desperatly needed this done at her house, and hub and i said we would do that for mothers day, but saturday morning i was sooo worn out, i just took her for pedicures.  that’s the lazy way out, huh?  hope you all had a wonderful mothers day!

birthdays

ok…so my dad’s birthday is coming up next week.  i always struggle with what i want to get him!  (DAD, IF YOU’RE READING, STOP!)   but i went to uncle lee’s (to chubby’s).  the cafe outside the store, next to sunshine.  AND YES, IT IS CALLED CHUBBY’S.  so, i ordered, because i heard their cheese balls were as good as island, (and they were!) and went into the store to look around.  well, if you haven’t been there lately, or don’t go at all, you should!  they have in the front by the registers, a stand of christian t-shirts!  like ones you would see at lifeway!!!  well, dad doesn’t care about dress clothes…or really at all, so i thought a cute (but manly of course) shirt would work great for his birthday!  i’ll leave it up to all you to ask him sunday how old he is now…. 

 

 

 

help me!

i’m trying to figure out how to add music to my page!  can i do this w/o having to pay for the upgrade?  ok…i can usually figure these things out, but i need your help!

thanks!

 

rest is good.

this past weekend was the first weekend in a looong time that we literally had nothing planned.  we didn’t have to be somewhere at 5 when i end up getting off work at 5:15.  we didn’t have 10 things on our schedule for saturday.  so, i cleaned all day (which was desperately needed), took a nap (once again, desperate), went to eat dinner (always better when i don’t have to cook, and played the wii until bedtime. rough day wasn’t it?  i almost felt guilty b/c i didn’t get a whole lot accomplished, except cleaning the whole house.  (my house is small, so that doesn’t take very long.) 

so tell me why is it that i rested all weekend, and i feel so worn out today?  i came home from work, and can’t peel myself off this couch, and could go to sleep now and wake up at 7 tomorrow!  sometimes i think it’s mental–i’m mentally drained.  or maybe i’m just mental period!  j/k.  you ever get something on your mind and it just won’t quit?  like the hampster that just won’t get off that wheel already!?!?!?! 

i know i shouldn’t worry about what other people think of me, but i do!  just an issue that happened this past week that is beyond my control, but now can’t get off my mind.   what to do when this happens?  is it b/c i feel bad about what happened, or b/c i can’t control the situation?  i’m a BIT of a control freak.  i can’t help it.  why did God give me this personality trait, when He knew i would struggle with it all my life?!?!?!?  i would have totally ok if this trait just skipped right over me.  b/c it makes crazy…..  does anyone know what i’m talking about?

118 days and counting…

we’ve scheduled our first (well deserved) vacation since our honeymoon over 4 years ago!  we’re going with some friends and are going to gulf shores.  neither me or hub has been before, so if ya’ll have any suggestions for what to do, please let me know!  i’m counting down the days as you can see.  this will be right before our big halloween season, and basketball season.  i’m just thinking that 4 days on the beach just can’t be enough…. 

great banquet

well, tonight was the first time hub sponsored someone for the great banquet.  in case you don’t know what the great banquet is, or haven’t had a chance to go…here’s a website telling you a little bit about it. http://www.lampstand.net/about_great_banquet.html

basically it’s 72 hours away from the normal business of life, where you meet with other “guests” to worship God.  no cell phones, no watches. just you and God.  my experience was awesome, and probably completely different than hub’s. everyone experiences something different from the whole weekend, which is what makes it so awesome!  hub and i attended in may and april ‘07.  he went first, then me.  my parents had both gone and attended many of the services that go along with it.  i had no idea what was going to happen, or what to expect.  k.v. just said i really should go–she was my sponsor.  (i know it’s starting to sound a little like the show INTERVENTION, but it’s not!)  i’m not going to spoil it in case anyone decides to go, but i will have to say for me, it was better than revival!

i remember when i went how anxious i was, and i saw all that tonight when we took our good friend.  it’s something we’ve been praying about for a while now, and when he finally accepted, we’ve been praying some more for God to really make some changes in him this weekend.  we can’t wait to see and talk to him to see how it went!  i know his wife will be so glad to have him return after not talking for 3 days.   i will be sponsoring her next month.  it’s sooo different being on the sponsoring end, rather than the guest end.  but i love it!  i just ask that (if you’ve been) please continue to pray with me for the guests and the team until sunday:  i just pray that all those involved will recieve exactly what they are supposed to from this whole experience. i pray for their family that is left at home waiting…i pray for good rest, great fellowship, and renewal in the hearts of all who accepted to attend. 

if you didn’t get your easter basket…

…it’s my fault.  last night as hub and i were coming home (from the state basketball tourney-where he’s been all week) i accidentally ran over peter cottontail.  it was 2:00 in the morning, we were exhausted, and i wasn’t paying attention to the little bun that ran right under my car.  it was right in front of the church too!  i’m pretty sure he was delivering easter baskets early…so if you didn’t get yours, i’m sorry!  (i didn’t get one either…)

but i did get some shopping done yesterday in between ball games in lexington.  for any other shop-a-holics (uh-hemm…k.v.) out there, buying a new pair (ok, 2 new pair) of shoes and some awesome clearance sweaters yesterday really helped cheer me up.  thanks for all your prayers this week, all my friends who were here to cheer me up! 

Ecclesiastes 4:10
If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

broken hearted today…

“the Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” –2 pet. 3:9 

i’m waiting for a new season.  i want to know when it will come!  i’m tired of being patient.  

“so do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  you need to perservere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.” –heb 10:35-36

maybe one day i can share the full story with you, but not today.  i can only share with you how broken my heart is today.  and my hub is gone to the state tourney for a men’s weekend, so i can’t even sit here and cry on his shoulder, or in his arms.   i’m just going to sit here and read thru these scriptures over and over.  please say a little prayer for me

“i waited patiently for the Lord, he turned to me and heard my cry.” –psalm 40:1