Before I go to bed....

....maybe I'll post.

Today has been good.

1st things first....my toe. My poor little pinky toe. From all I can tell...yep...it's broken. What a stupid thing to do.....walk into a concrete curb. Could I not tell that it was there?! Just plain dumb! Anyway, I'm doing the things that I can do to hopefully speed up the healing process. I ice it at night, and I keep it taped to the toe beside it. As far as resting it...well, that ain't happening. I'm too busy to sit with my foot elevated for any length of time. I was told it takes about 3 weeks to heal. You've GOT to be kidding me. Oh well, not too much I can do now, but let it heal.

Fast forward to today at about 3:30. Andrea Yohe came over after she got out of class and she and I and Morgan headed to the church to finalize our "music area" for children's church. I must say.....IT'S AWESOME!!! As soon as everyone else gets there area completed, I will post pics (I think I said that in my last post). Anyway, it's gonna be super cute.

I sat tonight and did what I usually do at night. Check out the new job listing on Careerbuilder.com and apply for what looks compatable to my husband. I've gotten really good at posting his resume and cover letter. We'll see....

Anything else.......nay!
good nite!

I think it's broke.....

Well, not really BUT it sure feels close to broken. I'm speaking of my pinky toe on my right foot.

Let me back up.....

I've been around the world and back today. Next Sunday starts the new quarter in Children's Church. Those of us that will be working in Children's Church are responsble for decorating a "center". Let me explain. If you've ever been in a kindergarten class room, there are different centers. There is the "art center", the music center", the "computer center" and so on. Well, we are breaking down the fellowship hall into centers or areas. We will be having the "music center", the "craft center", the "snack center" and the "worship center". Anyway, I said all that to say, that my family is responsible for decorting the "music center". So, I have been ALL OVER Smyrna and Murfreesboro trying to get my supplies together. I'm not sure if I should tell how I'm decorating just yet until it is finished. Just know, it's gonna be WAY cool! Sis Kim and her family are doing the Worship area and her's is WAY cool also. I don't know what the other areas are gonna look like, I haven't heard them say. But after it is all done, I'll take pics and post them.

The places that I went today.....the Dollar Tree, Dollar General, K-mart, Big Lots, Wal-mart, Party City and finally Target. This is where the broken toe comes into play. I was simply walking to the door and I guess I did not see the curb. BAM!........OH MY TOE!!!!!!! I'm not kidding you. I wanted to cry, scream, fall to the ground....all at the same time. (ha)! I probably should mention that I had on flip-flops. This was at least and hour and a half ago and it still kills me. It looks swollen and red. How do you know if it's broken, for real? If it were, could you move it at all? I've never had a broken anything.

It's Friday!

I was awakened this morning before my alarm even went off by Chandler complaining of a really bad headache. It was about 6:45 and he said he had been awake since 5 with it hurting. Bad thing is, it's Friday, and that means he is suppose to be at his first tutorial class at 8:30. He also takes Morgan for me. Well, today that didn't happen. He climbed back into bed and I took Morgan over to Lynn's to ride with them. I told Chandler I would wake up him at 8:30 and if his head was better he could make it to his second class at 9:30. I woke him up, his head was better so he got ready and went.

Today has been an absolute beautiful day. This weather is amazing. Not too hot, not too cold but just right. I love fall!

The lady I clean for on Friday's had all her windows open today and it was so nice. I'm pretty much getting her house down as far as a routine. It takes me 2 hours and I make $25 an hour. Not too bad, huh?!

The warehouse Steve is helping out at is right in the middle of inventory so the past couple of days he's gotten home a little later and he has to work tomorrow. This has been helpful though and for that we are thankful. God knows and sees our needs and is FULL control of it all!!!!!

Tonight, Steve and I did something that when we were younger, we would have NEVER done. We watched the Presidential Debate on T.V. He even commented on how when we were young and all that was on T.V. was "the President", how horrible it was. HA! But, out of curiosity, we watched some of it.

Morgan went to Cookeville tonight with the Yohe's. Mitchell Chance was having a football game there and some of them went to support him. I think Keith and Chelsei and Lindsei also went. That girl is a go-er, I tell you. All you have to do is mention..."let's go" and she's out of here. Last night, about 8:30 Chandler decided to go hang out at Josh's for a while. I think there were several of the youth over there. Morgan had already had a bath and had her P.J.'s on. Chandler mentioned to her..."do you want to go?" and I'm not kidding you, in about 3 minutes that girl was dressed and ready to walk out the door. ha! She's not coming home tonight either, she's sleeping over with Lindsei and Chelsei.

Chandler on the other hand, is in his room at this very minute. I think I've mentioned before how he is my homebody and Morgan is not.

Les and I might be going yard-saleing in the morning. This morning when I took Morgan to Lynn's, I passed several yard sales. I called Les and asked if she wanted to hit some in the morning, so we might just do that. Actually, I need to call her right now and find out......

kid free day

So, today has been great! I woke up to a house of no kids. How did I manage that, you ask? Well, Morgan had spent the night with Katie and Chandler was hanging out with my dad today doing some stuff. I told Cha that he had to get all of his school work done last night since he would be gone all day today. So, he did. He even took a math test...good boy, and he only missed 3 out of 24. Not too shabby. Woohoo for this new math!

I got tons done that I probably would not have gotten done if the kids were here. I worked in the yard. I even went to Lowe's and got some pretty mums to put in my planters. I did some touch up painting on some areas in the house. I used a trick that I learned from Damon. If the paint is chipped just a little and doesn't require a paint brush, you can use a q-tip. It works great. I did it today.

Oh....let me back up to yesterday. Morgan had a soccer game. Chandler ususally always goes with us but this time he just wanted to stay home. She played at a field off of West End. That's near down town Nashville, for those that may not know. Anyway, when we got there, one of Morgan's coaches told us that Jvone Kearse was there. He plays for the Tennessee Titans. He is also Chandler's favorite player. So, I immediatley called him. He was sick. He wanted to drive his car and come there. I told him by the time he got there, Jvone Kearse would probably be gone. There was this little football team practicing on the field that Morgan was gonna play on. I think he was there doing community service or something. When he got ready to leave, he walked right beside me and I said, "Can I take your picture?". I wanted to send it to Chandler. He was very nice about it. He came over and sat down right beside me. I took his pic but for the life of me could not get it to send to Cha. Morgan was using Chandler's soccer ball. She got Jvone to sign it and Morgan gave it to Chandler. What a sweet sister. When she gave it to him, he said..."thanks for ruining my soccer ball"....he was soooo just kidding with her! He loved it!

I picked Bradley up for church tonight. That's my usualy routine for Wednesday. Rick get's him on Sunday's. I do Wednesday. That boy loves going to church. When church is over, he is never ready to leave. He loves the fellowship. Every single service, he gets prayed for. Tonight, as Rick was pushing him up front, Vic said..."I wish he would just get up".....One of these times, he's gonna walk out of there!!!!!!! GRANT IT, LORD JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's about it, I guess.

good nite!

WHAT A BLESSING

Yesterday, Bradley got a delivery. It was a big bouquet of balloons (VLB colors) with candy. The card said...."Keep running the race.....love, Sis. Sharon Griffin and the VLB department".

Ever since Bradley's accident, Sis Sharon, our General VLB coordinator, has held a special place in her heart for him. She came to the hospital to see him and has been to his home. She has gone the extra mile to keep him encouraged. This has meant so much to our family. She will never know how much it has blessed us. Her continued faithfulness has not gone unnoticed by the Lord and certainly not by our family either.

Thank you, Sis. Sharon. God holds the record to everything you have done!

Super Sunday

It has been an awesome day! It all started this morning in service. Les lead us in the song "Great is thy Faithfulness". And from there, the Lord just swept in and blessed. Many came forward for special prayer. It was just what we needed. God certainly met us there and I'm so thankful to have been there to partake of His goodness.

After church we went to eat Mexican. We meaning, Steve, myself, Rick, Les, the Donnafields, the Suttons, and Vic. The kids went with the youth to eat Chinese .

It's so cute how Perry Donnafield looks up to Morgan. She loves her so much. She wanted to know if she could have Morgan's hand-me-downs. Isn't that so sweet? So, this afternoon, Morgan and I went through her closet and drawers to see if there was anything Perry could have. We brought her some things to church tonight. I'm sure the next time we see Perry she will have something on that was Morgan's. Precious, just precious.

Tonight was also a good service. Bro. Sutton preached a good message, as ususal. I sang a new song, well, new for me. You may have heard it...."In Christ alone". It's a good song. I really like the words.

The Suttons are flying out tomorrow to Alaska. Bro. Sutton had a commitment he had to fulfill. They will be back in about a week or two. We will miss them. They are GREAT!

I talked to my mom today. She said the ministers convetion was wonderful. She said she was told they normally have about 50 and this past weekend they had 108 in attendance. Very exciting!

So, hopefully and prayerfully this will be the week the Lord sends that job that He has for us. I've told Steve many times how exciting it will be when we do get it becasue we will know that it was hand picked by the Lord. How awesome is that to think about?!

that's about all for this Sunday night!

later

Productiveness

My day has been very productive.

I woke up with a bit of a headache again. I told Steve I must be doing something in my sleep, like grinding my teeth. I can't think of any other reason for it. Oh wait, it just dawned on me. I wonder if it is alergy related since the weather is changing?! Hmmmm, maybe.

I cleaned my house today. I did some laundry. I ran 2 miles. I worked in the yard. I went over to my mom's house twice to let Lady out. Lady is their dog and my parents are in Georgia and therefore, Lady has to be let out to potty.

After I left my mom's the second time, I went and picked up Perry. She is spending the night with Morgan. Lindsei is also with us. LaDonna took Jacob to see David and so Linds is with us until Monday. I guess these girls will be having a slumber party. Although, they will not be able to stay up late because of church in the morning. Morgan and Lindsei are flat ironing Perry's hair right now. How cute!

Steve's mom, sister and neice are on their way to the house bringing Corky's barbeque. Yum! Denise (Steve's sis) is also brining Morgan's laptop back. It's fixed. Yah!

Speaking of cleaning my house today. I found a new cleaner that is awesome. Actually, it's the smell that is awesome. The lady I clean for on Friday's has me use it and I bought some for my hosue. It's Mr.Clean with Febreeze/Lavendor Vanilla and Comfort. I love the smell!

I hope everyone has wonderful Sunday services.

today's blessing - getting our home computer fixed. Steve needs it for his job searching.

WooHoo!!!!!!

Morgan's laptop.......fixed

Our home computer.....fixed

Chandler's car......fixed


I see some sunshine...or should I say....SONshine

thank you, Jesus!!!

I know these are just "things" and not eternal and in the big picture do not matter at all but it's nice to see some parting in the clouds of this week.

Using Chandler's laptop

Yep, that's right.  Our computer is still sick!  We've tried and tried to help it but it's gonna take someone with more computer smarts than us.  So, I'm posting using Cha's mac.  This one post is probably gonna take twice as long because I'm not use to it AT ALL.  My kids can fly on this thing but give me my mouse any day!!!!

Let's see....it's been a couple of days....

We still do not have Chandler' car back.  We are suppose to get it back today.  We were told it needed  a new fuel pump.  O.K.....new fuel pump.  Still, will not start.  UGH!!!!!!  Next, we were told it was the distributor.  He said he was 100% sure it was the distributor.  With all of this, Steve said when we get it back, we are gonna sell it and get him something else.  But, Rick said, it has all new parts, you don't want to sell it now.   Chandler loves the car and doesn't want to sell it unless we really need too.  

I decorated my front porch with some Fally things.  It looks cute.  I've got a Fall wreath on the front door.  I have a cute little scarecrow and 2 mums.  It's cute.

I had a horrible headache yesterday.  I woke up with it.  NO, I did not eat chocolate.  I'm not really sure what caused it except that I didn't get as much sleep as I usually do.  The night before I was at the hospital with LaDonna and Jacob and didn't get to bed until about 1:20 am. I'm one that needs at least 8 hours of sleep.  I kept the headache all day.  I was in bed last night by 8:30.  It's better today but I can for sure tell that it was really bad yesterday.  I've got that "left over, really bad headache" feeling today.

I've changed my cleaning schedule.  Last Friday, if you remember, I cleaned the shop and then went straight to the new house I'm cleaning.  WAY TOO MUCH for one day.  So, now I'm gonna be doing the shop on Thursday's and the house on Friday's.  That's what I did this week, and it's much, much better.  

Tonight, I'm thinking pizza sounds really good.  I'll just order it in and chill out here at the house.   By Friday, Steve is worn completely out from working at the warehouse, so I'm sure he will want to stay home anyway.

Oh, I forgot to tell this.  I broke Morgan's laptop.  I put her Algebra CD in earlier this week and it just shut everything down.  She has some sort of lock on her computer and I didn't realize it and just popped that puppy in and well, it hasn't started back up yet.  My sister in law (Steve's sister) knows alot about Mac's and came and got it.  Hopefully, she will be able to fix it.  

Tomorrow consists of working in the yard.  The weeds have overtaken.  I'm gonna trim back bushes and shape things up around here.

My mom & dad are leaving today for Georgia.  There minister's convention is this weekend.  Pray for God's blessings!

today's blessing -   God has brought me through a very stressful week. I love Him and Praise Him that He will never leave nor forsake me!!!!!!!(especially for you, Em)

When it rains.....IT POURS

Ever had one of those days where if it could go wrong, it did?!!!!!!

Our computer messed up

Chandler's car....over $300.00 to get fixed

Still no job


Oh well, tomorrow is another day and God is still good!!!!!!

Monday again

What a super weekend it was. Saturday was nice and Sunday was great as well.

My children's church lesson on "FALL" in love with Jesus turned out pretty good, I thought. I talked about how in the season of Fall, the leaves will change colors, fall to the ground and then die. I related this to us spiritually. Morgan helped me. She was my visual. I had her be a tree and we had leaves taped all over her body with words such as disobedience, unkind words, lying, selfishness, and cheating. I read scriptures regarding each of these and had each child come up and pull a leaf off of her and drop it to the ground so that it could die. I told them that the more we Fall in Love with Jesus, the more we want those things that are not pleasing to Him to fall away from us a die. I feel like they "got it" in how they were responding.

Then on to our craft. I had purchased door hangers from Hobby Lobby. I cut out leaves and wrote "Fall in love with Jesus" on them. We glued the leaves onto the door hangers and decoreted them. I told them to hang this on a closet (prayer closet, if they had one) to remind them that every time they see it to pray. I told them the more we pray, the more we Fall in love with Jesus and the more those leaves or things that do not belong on us will fall away and die.

Sunday afternoon was spent at home while watching the Titans play. Well, my guys watched the Titans. I just did my regular old stuff. Sunday night was a very good service. Bro. Sutton preached an awesome message on Sanctification. Reminded me of just how thankful I am to be Sanctified. After service, the youth had a quick meeting about the VLB service coming up this Wednesday. Also, those that will be working in Children's church this coming up year had a quick meeting.

During service, I got a huge craving for Momma's Pancake Breakfast from Cracker Barrel. After church, I told Les and she said..."let's go". So after our meetings, we went straight to Cracker Barrel and I got my craving satisfied. Those pancakes were yummy!!

Now, it's Monday morning. It's close to 8 and I need to have my morning devotion and get the kids up to start school. We got that new math for Chandler and will be starting it today. I looked over it the other day and it seems to be easier than that stinkin Advanced Math. I'll let ya know.

Tonight I get to see Olivia. She is Ricky and Megan Taylor's new baby girl. I'm bringing dinner over to them tonight so I will get to see this bundle of joy. It 's so weird to think of "little Ricky" being a daddy. Man, I'm getting old.

Hope everyone has a great day...remember ...it's a choice!!!!!!

Let's see....

Today, I.....

1. prayed
2. read my Bible
3. did some house work and laundry
4. ran 3 miles
5. went to the bank
6. went to Hobby Lobby to get something that I needed for our craft for Children's Church tomorrow (and just happened to find some things for the house. they were having a really good sale. I got a candle for 50% off)
6. went to Lifeway to pick up a CD for Morgan and one for me to sing
7. went to the grocery store


Tonight, I will....

1. work on Children's Church
2. pay bills
3. fix a really good chicken salad for Steve and me (the kids have plans)


that's about it....all in all, it has been a very good day!

Amazing.....Praise the Lord

My cell phone rang just a bit ago. Looking at the caller I.D., I could see that it was Autumn. I flipped open my phone and said...."Hey, Autumn".....she said....."Hey, Tam" I said....OH MY GOODNESS, AUTUMN!!!!!! She laughed.

Her voice was SO strong. I could not believe what I was hearing. I haven't heard her sound like that in 3 weeks (since her surgery). I wouldn't say it was 100% back but I would say about 85 to 90%. It was great hearing her talk like that. She was so excited. She said she felt great today. The Lord truly touched her. I praise the Lord that He let the procedure help her the way that it has. I was so excited that I put her on speaker phone so the kids could hear her. Chandler had already talked to her earlier but Morgan was hearing her for the first time. As Autumn was talking to us, I heard Morgan say..."that's amazing"! She said...."tell me prayer don't work"...ha!

I hope and pray that things are on the upside for this child now. She only has one more visit with the thyroid cancer specialist on the 24th of September. So, after that she's Tennessee bound...Lord willing that is.

On another note......

I'm worn slap out. Today was my first day of cleaning not one but two places. Tommy's shop, which is huge and usually really gross. Then, I headed to my new cleaning project. It took me about 2 1/2 hours to get it done today. I'm glad to have this but I'll have to get use to one right after the other. Friday's are the best day though, because of the kids not being home.
Now my house needs some things done in it.

Tomorrow I need to work on my Children's Church lesson. My theme is gonna be "FALL"ing in Love with Jesus! Isn't that cute? Do you get the whole Fall thing?! (you know, the season we are about to be in).

Rick called to see if we wanted to go eat Chinese tonight with them and taking Bradley. I'll have to see how tired Steve is. Last night, he said..."we don't have anything to do tomorrow night, do we"? So, it depends on how he feels.

Chandler's car is having some issues. Issues meaning, it won't start. UGH!!!!! Tommy is having someone that works at his shop take a look at it. Also, Rick has checked some things on it and may have an idea of what is going on. I really hope it's not expensive. Lord, please!

that's all for now

more cleaning

I got a call from a lady yesterday that is interested in having someone clean her house once a week. Lynn is a pet sitter. She takes care of animals (mostly dogs) for people when they are out of town and such. One of her clients called her and asked if she knew anyone that would be interested in cleaning her house. Lynn immediately thought of and suggested me. The lady called and I went to her house tonight to get familiar with her home and I start tomorrow.

I'm pretty excited about picking up another cleaning project. This is something I can do for extra money. It's very helpful. So, now my Friday will consist of cleaning Tommy's shop and then going straight to this new house and cleaning.

By the way, if anyone needs cleaning done.....let me know.

By way of update on Autumn.....the procedure that she had done today on her vocal chords was VERY painful. She had no idea it would hurt so much. Hopefully, after a really good night's rest, she will feel better tomorrow and her voice will be stronger. She's had a rough time with all this. Please continue to keep her in your prayers for a complete recover in every way. She goes on the 24th of this month to see the thyroid cancer specialist. After looking at her blood, they will determine if she needs the radioactive therapy or not. More than likely she will need this because of the cancer being in her lymph nodes as well. But, we shall see....
Also, she has come down with a really bad cold. Her immune system is really low right now so this cold is not a good thing at all. Please pray for her strength.

Prayer

Autumn goes today to get the injection in her left vocal chord in hopes it will "jump start" things again. They told her that if it's going to work, it should work immediately. Please pray that she gets her voice back. This is very frustrating for her. But, the Lord can surely take care of it.

I cut my finger yesterday while making supper. I was chopping chicken in my pampered chef food chopper. A piece of the chicken got caught so I reached in to try and get it out and sliced my thumb on one of the blades. OUCH!!! Such a small cut, but such a big hurt. It's right where if I put a band-aid on it, the band-aid gets in the way of everything. But, if I don't keep one on it, it continues to pull apart and bleed everywhere. Before I went to bed last night, I put some Neosporin on it and wrapped it up. This morning, I took the band-aid off. I don't think it will bleed anymore, I hope. I think it's kinda closed up. You don't realize how much you use your thumbs until you hurt one of them. Why I told all of that, I have no idea?!!! ha! I guess for sake of something to post. ha!

We still have not gotten Chandler's new math curriculum. I checked the tracking on it this morning and it's suppose to get here tomorrow. So, should I start it with him tomorrow or just wait until Monday?

My mom and dad needed a new reliable vehicle for all the traveling they will be doing now. My dad went to the auction with my brother yesterday and they found something. It's nice but kinda looks like an "old people" car. lol!! Well, that's what some in my family say. My parents wanted Steve and I to see it so we did and when they asked if it looked to old for them, I said...."yall are old" hahahaha!!!! Seriously, they did get a good deal. It's nice.

Please continue to pray about our job situation. It's been such a roller coaster ride. We get a call, we don't get a call. They want to interview him, then we don't hear back. Shew.....our only stability in this is ...THE LORD IS IN CONTROL!!!!.

Steve is working at an electrical warehouse supply company to supplement our income while in the process of looking for his career job. He knows someone who manages this warehouse and they told Steve he could work at his own leisure. How ever many hours he wanted to work, he could. If he needed off for an interview, it would be no problem. We are thankful for this. It is helpful. But, we really are ready for whatever the Lord has in store. God knows and sees us!!!! That is our comfort!!!!! And, I praise Him for what He is doing and for the job that He does have and will be sending soon!

Have a super great day....I plan too!

A good day

Up and at um this morning around 8ish, I think. Morning devotion, workout... 35 minutes on the elliptical machine. Back to the house to try and pry two teenagers out of bed.

Chandler's school day wasn't long since we are not doing math until the new curriculum gets here. Math is what is time consuming for us. The boy only does the bare minimum anyway in each day. School is not his thing. I've tried for 11 years to get him to be the student that "I" want him to be but I've learned it's just not worth all the stress. He does get his work done (on his time) and does well, I must say. So, I guess that's all I can ask for. He loves the Lord and has a very good head on his shoulders. He's a good kid!

It's so funny how different my two children are. Morgan on the other hand will sit and do extra work. She doesn't want me to tell her the answer because she says...."Momma, if you tell me, then how am I gonna learn?". Today, as a matter of fact, she sat and did her entire Grammar for the entire week, just because she could.

Oh well, if they were both the same, I guess it would be rather boring, huh?

I have to remind myself when I do get really frustrated at Chandler for procrastinating that school was not my thing either. My senior year I took 3 music classes. Why? Because it was easy. So, God has given me a child to remind me of me in school. You know how you always want better for your child though, right?

I'm confident through prayer that both my children will be exactly what God wants them to be not what I think they should be. I don't know their future but the Lord does. Maybe God is gonna call Chandler to something where he will not need tons and tons of education...who knows?!

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I rearranged the furniture in my living room today. I like doing that ever so often. I really want to decorate my front porch for fall this year. I'm ready to do it now, but I don't want to have it out too early. I'm thinking the end of this month or the first of October.

We need to have family devotion so I can call it a night.

good nite!

Time for a change

Remember me posting about the yucky geometry that Chandler has been doing? Well, for the last 2 years we used the curriculum Saxon for Algebra I and Algebra II. We just assumed that we would continue with Saxon next. Saxon doesn't have just a Geometry curriculum only. It goes from Algebra II to Advanced Math. This is super hard and has alot of Geometry in it so therefore, Cha would get his Geometry credit from doing the Advanced Math. (following me?!)

The Advanced Math is VERY Advanced and has been giving us fits so far this year. He doesn't need Advanced Math, just the Geometry, so I sat tonight and looked at a different curriculum. Another home school mom that I was talking to a couple of weeks ago suggested Teaching Textbooks. I checked it out tonight online and feel like it's gonna serve our purpose much better than the Advanced Math.

Steve agreed that we should swap from Saxon Advanced Math to the Teaching Textbooks Geometry, so I ordered it and should receive it this week. When Chandler finishes this, he will have all his Math credits for graduation. Steve doesn't really want him not doing any Math next year, his Senior year, so we will probably work on the ACT prep.

This curriculum is cool in that you put a CD in and it teaches not only the lesson of the day but it also works out every single problem (if you get stumped or need extra help). I think we will love that. I wish I had gotten this before I spent the money on the Advanced Math but hopefully I can re-sale it. It's brand new. We've only gotten to lesson 5. Shew....only lesson 5 and soooooo hard already.

***next***

My mom called tonight to fill me in on their Georgia trip this past weekend. God has already begun to work and they are excited to see what all He has in store for this area. Good stuff!!

I need to do some online banking before I call it a night and I need to put the clean sheets on our bed.

cya!

HAPPY BIRT HDAY

Happy Birthday Kasey!!!

I love you and hope you have a very good day.

what? is it about 9 years now????!!!!!! ha!!!!!

WONDERFUL

Today was our first Sunday with our new pastor and his wife...Bro. & Sis. Sutton. The spirit was wonderful, the service was wonderful and Bro. Sutton's message was wonderful. I' m just so excited for this new year. I know it 's gonna be a good one, a great one!!!

The Sutton's already feel so "apart" of Antioch. But of course, that's exactly how it should feel, right? They are gonna do such an awesome job here. They are so down to earth, really real. I love that. I love them! I knew Antioch would just accept them with open arms and you can feel exactly that. I hope the Sutton's can feel it too.

Tonight after service, we are having a food & fellowship time with them. Should be fun!

My mom & dad are in Georgia visiting some of the church's there. Mom told me last night, through texting that they have already found a place for their regional convention next July. Praise the Lord!


I need to go to Wal-mart for a few things so I'm off for now
Tam

Back home

Well, Steve and I didn't have our date after all. You know your getting old when it's rainy and yucky outside and you would just rather be home.....that's us. ha! I had a bowl of cereal with peanut butter toast and Steve had frozen pizza.....WooHoo...big date night!!!! Boy, are we getting to be old these days!

Les, Steve and I did go to the hospital to see Megan. Bless her heart, she has been so sick. They may be taking the baby by C-Section tomorrow. The latest will be Wednesday. She weighs 4lb. 15oz right now. Please pray that all goes well for them.

My mom and dad are leaving tomorrow for their first official Regional Overseer visits. They are gonna do such a good job. I'm so proud of them!

I'm gonna go now....c ya!

this and that

This morning after the kiddos headed off to tutorial, I sat down for my morning devotion. Around 9, I headed to Tommy's shop to clean. YUCK! I didn't get to clean last week (due to the Thompson's being here) so this week was really bad.

From there, I went to get my hair cut. After that, I hit Wal-mart looking for something for Megan Taylor. By the way, she is in the hospital. She is not due until October 15 but her blood pressure is extremely high so she was admitted and will stay there until the baby is born. Please pray for her and the baby. When Steve gets home, we are going to the hospital to visit with her and Ricky.

The Portland church is having "youth night" so several of our youth are going up to support it. Any opportunity for the youth to get together is a good thing.

After Steve and I visit with Megan and Ricky at the hospital, I'm thinking it would be nice to go on a date with my husband. I think we should go out to dinner, just us two. Not very often do we get to do this. Yep, it's a date!

Several things

Autumn had her re-check today with her surgeon. The only concern that she had was that her voice had not come back yet. If you saw her at Family Camp, you know that due to her surgery, her voice is really soft and raspy. She asked the Dr. if that was normal and he said no. She should have her voice back full by now.

They decided to run a scope down her throat to see what was going on and the left side of her voice box is paralyzed. She goes tomorrow to get some kind of injection in it. They are hoping it will help some. If it does not help, she will have to have surgery. Please pray that this works and she gets her voice back full.

They also drew her blood to see if anything looked abnormal, meaning if there is any abnormal cells due to the cancer. Pray about that too, please.

Steve did not have his interview today. Long story....hopefully tomorrow.

Can anyone feel Fall coming? I felt it today for the first time. I even put my light jacket on today during Morgan's soccer practice and on the way home I noticed that it was getting darker sooner now. I love Fall!!!

later gators!

Autumn's room at the Fox Den

Autumn wanted me to post pics of her bedroom, so here ya go!

O.K.

Two people have tagged me so I guess I better:

1. (not really about me but...) Steve has an interview this Thursday.

2. Both of my dogs stink...they need a bath....BAD!

3. I AM NOT a night owl.

4. I repeat things alot in my head (weird, I know)

5. I HATE clutter

6. I stare at people

7. I wait till the very last minute to get gas. The gas light is ALWAYS on before I stop.

8. I am not a dare devil or risk taker of any kind/basically I'm a big chicken

9. We have a Bible, literally, in the foundation of our house. We put it there when the house was being built.

10. I grind my teeth at night, so the dental people say.

What to do ....any suggestions?

When I was growing up, my mom always made it a priority for us to eat at the dinner table as a family. No T.V., no distractions...just our family having a meal together at the table. Because I was raised this way, it is also important to me. BUT, with our crazy schedules, it's almost impossible to happen.

Morgan has soccer practice on Tuesday and Thursday's and doesn't get home until about 7:30. I hate eating late. Ideally, I like to have dinner around 6:00. But, 9 times out of 10 we are not all here at the same time. So, I end up making dinner and we each eat when we can. I hate it. Chandler even sometimes ends up eating in his room. Maybe it's not a big deal to some, but to me it is. I know my kids are getting older and have their own schedules but I would love to find a way to make this happen as regularly as possible. When some of us are not here though, what do ya do?

This summer has been the worst. I bet we have not sat at the dining room table together a hand full of times.

Any suggestions?

The best....the VERY best

This is how I describe Family Camp. I had so much fun and came home SO encouraged. God gave us exactly what we needed. His Spirit was wonderfully present! If I tried to tell every detail this would be a very long post. I'll just hit some highlights, I guess. Friday night the Spirit of the Lord swept through in a mighty way. Sister Connie didn't even get to preach. The Lord truly encouraged us. My husband was really blessed and encouraged by the Lord over our job situation. And, because he was so encouraged, so was I. This morning in my devotion, I prayed about it (job) because the Bible says, we have not because we ask not. Up until this family camp my prayer has been almost a plea or begging the Lord to send our job but this morning it was different. I know it 's coming. So, I simply ask the Lord, I didn't beg this time. I praise the Lord for the job he has coming.

I loved seeing all the young people seeking the Lord in the family camp. It was awesome! Gracee White received the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Saturday night was just as awesome. D.J. Letcher joined the church. The Lord did a mighty work in Gene Mayberry. He joined the church 2 Wednesday night's ago at Antioch. Lynn testified how that for the past 5 years, every Sunday morning until after church she has fasted for her husband to completely surrender to the Lord and join the church. God is faithful and has done just this!

Fun time on Saturday night was just that...FUN! Except for the fact that I got scared half to death. I was chosen along with my mother and Mitzi and Autumn Thompson to go outside. We were brought back in one at a time to play the ball game. I was first. Everyone else, pretty much the entire camp was in a circle with a long table down the middle. I was told there was different kinds of balls under the cloth. I was to take the cloth of each one and tell what kind of ball it was. I was being timed so I had to go quickly. So here I go, as fast as I could. The first one...tennis ball......the second one.....football....the third one....basketball.....the fourth one...Jeff Yohe's balled head. I SO was not expecting this that I screamed as if I had been shot. Honestly, it was awful but fun at the same time. Everyone laughed so hard because they knew what was going to happen. Next, Mitzi did it with the same reaction. Then Autumn. She actually grabbed Jeff's head before she realized what was going on then she ran out of fear halfway to the back of the room. It was so funny. Last was my mom....oh my word! I was afraid she might have an accident because of being so scared. When she got to Jeff's head, she did a little dance when she got scared. We had a blast doing this. It was so much fun!!!!!!!

Sunday morning, Sis Connie actually got to preach. And of course, it was so great, so great.

I'm so excited about what I'm feeling in the church. The Spirit of love, unity and peace is prevailing in such an awesome way. I'm just so excited about what's happening. Even with all the changes, I know God is in control of His church and I'm just so honored and humbled to be apart of her. I want to be faithful to the very end. I love The Church of God with ALL my heart!!!!!!

After service, my family went to eat together. The four of us, my parents and my brother and his family. It was very nice being together this weekend. This was our last official time to be together at a Tennessee function so it was very special.

I guess I should get off here and continue with laundry and cleaning. My family is coming later this afternoon. Today is my husband's birthday. Steve is 42 today. I love my husband. I couldn't ask for a better one. He's the BEST husband and father and I truly thank God for choosing Steve for me.