Sunday and Monday

Yesterday (Sun) began VERY early. My alarm went off at 5:30am, which actually it was 4:30am because of the time change. Mom and Dad were here to pick us up about 6:45 to head to Mickey, TN which is about a 3 hour drive. We had service with them. It was very nice. Steve taught Sunday School. Dad preached. Mom lead song service. I testified and Morgan sang. There was a wonderful spirit there. It never fails....when you go to minister and be a blessing, you always leave more blessed by them. After service several of us went out to lunch at the Catfish Hotel. You could tell they loved having the fellowship.

When we got back into town, we didn't have time to even go home. We went straight to our church. Sis. Wendy, the State WMB coordinator did her boost at Antioch. By the time church was over, I was feeling that 4:30/5:30am. I was soooooooo tired. Shew, long day but very good day.

Chandler didn't go with us to Mickey. He stayed and went to Antioch. He and Micah Peter had decided to have a pizza eating contest after church before Micah and Megan left to go back to Alaska. Several of the young guys from church decided to get in on this pizza eating contest. The winner ended up being Micah eating 32 slices of pizza....yep.....32. How in the world a human body can hold that much pizza is behond me. Chandler ate 18 slices. I can't even imagine that.

Today has been a good day too. My ulcer is starting to slowly get better. It has hurt today but I sorta am feeling a little bit of relief. Thank the Lord!

Chandler had his first soccer game today. Justin and Brandon (from church) also are playing on this same team. I'm glad the Shaw family will be joining us. It's gonna be a fun time together. Although they lost their first game...oh well....we've got more. There next game is on Friday. This is Brandon's first time to ever play soccer and I must say, he did very well. Good job guys!

***Blessing - My throat beginning to feel better!

Today

Well, I've cleaned, all day. And, I've done laundry. And, I've been in major pain. Surely this ulcer will have to clear up soon. My husband told me to get some sore throat drops since the ulcer is on my throat. So, I made a quick trip to dollar general today, the only time I left the house, actually. They did not have drops but they did have the spray stuff for sore throats. It helps slightly for about 1 minute, then back to major pain. When I eat.....ahhhhh man, it's all I can stand. Les wanted us to go eat at Hickory Falls tonight with her and Rick. I really wanted to go but finally decided that it wouldn't be enjoyable at all. Being with them would, but eating the food just hurts way to much. So, we had to pass.

Rick and Les are our "buds". Although we are family, we are best friends too. Rick and I have always been really, really close. And so, when Les came into the picture, she and I became bestest buds as well. I love them bunches!!

Tomorrow daddy has to go to the Mickey church for a district overseer visit. He asked if we would go with him and help minister. Steve is gonna teach Sunday School and Morgan and I will sing. Should be a great time, I'm sure.

Blessing - The most understanding, selfless husband in the world!!!!!!!!!

Any suggestions?

I've been having issues lately with ulcers in my mouth. Remember last week, I had one on my tongue? Well, it's better...but this week I have one on my throat/tonsil. It's the size of my pinky fingernail.....seriously....HUGE and soooooooo painful.

What causes them? Is it a virus? And what can I do for the pain?

Any suggestions? I'm miserable!!!

It's been a couple

of days that is, since I last posted. I just really haven't had to much to say, I guess. WHAT? ME... not to much to say. Well, it can happen, ya know? HA!

Let's see if I can think back....well...rather than think back....let's think forward. It's suppose to snow big time. Do yall really think it will? Let me know, seriously, comment and let me know and let's see who gets it right. I'm gonna say "yes". (wishful thinking)

Tonight Cha and Morgan are suppose to be going to Tyler and Brandon's birthday party. Steve is going to a Belmont basketball game. And I'm...well...not sure yet. It all depends on the weather. If it holds out, I will probably go to the church for prayer. Then, stop by to hang with Bradley for a while until the kids are ready to come home. If it starts snowing before all of this...I'll be home with my fireplace blazing in my P.J.'s.

Can yall believe it's the weekend again? Seriously, it feels like just a minute ago I was posting about Rachel (Chandler's girlfriend) going to church with us. Man, this week flew.

I guess it's time for my blessing:

Wednesday we had a family meeting with Bradley's therapist's. It went well. They are very pleased with his progress and can see improvements. Thank the Lord!

Clean up, clean up......

everybody, everywhere.........remember that song? It's usually a song kids sing or we get them to sing it as they pick up their toys and stuff. I think I remember it from back in the day when my kiddos were little and they learned it off Barney (the big purple dino)....anyway.....

I got a call this morning from a friend from way back when. She had never been to my house before and was to arrive to bring me something between 10 and 10:30. It was probably around 9:30 when she called. Now, you know girls, most of us anyway, want our homes to be in the best shape possible when we are having company, especially if they have never been to our home before. So, as soon as I hung up with her I tore into this house like a bandit. "Chandler, please take your stuff up to your room"...."Morgan, will you please wipe down the bathrooms with the clorox wipes?" I began picking up, wiping up, vaccuming up everything I had the time to get too. I grab the windex and got the fingerprints off the glass end tables and the spots from the bathroom mirror. In the midst of this frantic, hurry up, as fast as I can cleaning marathon.... a thought came to me. A spiritual thought.....

How is my house? My spiritual house? My vessel? "ME" ....... If the Lord were to call me home today or come back to earth today....how would my home (spiritually) look to Him? Is there any last minute cleaning that needs to be done? Is it exactly the way it needs to be in order for Him to be pleased with what He sees? Are there any spots that need to be wiped away?

In the midst of my cleaning frinzzy....I asked Chandler to clean his room. He asked, "is she going to go upstairs?" I said..."I don't know" He said, "well, I'll just close my door" hmmmmm.....what a thought....spiritually that is.....

We can't just close the door so that the junk is not seen. Actually, we can do that so that others don't see but the Lord can see even behind the closed door. We can't just sweep it under the bed or put it in the closet. HE IS under the bed and in the closet.

I just thought this was a great analogy. The Bible says that Jesus will come as a thief in the night. No one is ever expecting "when" the thief may come.

How CLEAN is our house? When the Lord calls, there will be no time to do last minute touch ups. He is giving us the time right now!! Let's make sure that every second of every day, every area of our home, our spiritual home is spotless.

Praise the Lord....He has made a way....through His Precious Blood that we can be clean and ready at all times.

Have a great day!

Thank you Lord...

for a good day!

As I mentioned yesterday, Chandler's girlfriend, Rachel went to church with us today. She hung out all day and even went back tonight. I'm glad for this. Really glad! She's a very sweet girl and so pretty too. She and Chandler look cute together. What an exciting time in his life. I'm getting older but not too old that I've forgotten what a fun time this is. It 's weird that he is as old as he is. New things are happening, fun, new things.

We went to KFC for lunch after service this morning. Tonight we hit Krystal. I don't eat Krystal much, but when I do, I can put some away. I had 4 tonight, with fries. When your in the mood, nothing hits the spot like a Krystal cheeseburger.

Don't have too much to say, so I'll leave you with a pic of Chandler & Rachel and one of Morgan and Rachel from today.

Great Day....except...

I have a really bad ulcer/fever blister thingy on my tongue and it hurts, man, it hurts. It hurts to talk. It hurts to eat. It just hurts. I'm sorta prone to getting ulcers in my mouth but this is the first one is ages. I've rinsed with warm salt water and with mouthwash. This is the 3rd day for it to be really bad so hopefully tomorrow will be better. Shew!

Other than a painful mouth, today has been a great day. It goes as follows: I got up around, um, I think it was like 8:15am or so. I had my coffee and peanut butter toast, which is my morning menu, every morning. Sometimes, I might throw in some maple and brown sugar oatmeal but just sometimes. Speaking of oatmeal, some of you may remember, back 6 months or so ago that I asked for prayer about Steve's cholesterol. How when he went for a physical, it was up some what (not horrible, just up). Well, given his family history, especially his dad, having his first heart attack at age 42 (Steve is 41) we really need to keep an eye on it. The Dr. wanted him to go on medicine for it, and although we are in no way against that, we wanted to see if we could get it lowered by using vitamins and herbs first and by eating oatmeal each day. So, that's what he's done for the past 6 months. He went back this past Thursday for a re-check. They took his blood again and we are waiting for the results. Please help us pray for lower numbers. Prayer and doing our part, we are expecting his numbers to be lower. I'll keep you guys posted.

I went through Chick fil A for lunch today. I just love their chicken sandwich, it's my favorite. Steve and Cha played golf. How could they not with the beautiful weather.

I went and hung out with Bradley for about an hour today. Man, I wish that boy would get up from there. April the 2nd, one month from tomorrow it will be 2 years since the day of his accident. Can you believe that? 2 years! Although he has made great progress, if you would have asked me one year ago, if I thought we would be here, at this stage, now, a year later, my answer would have been no. One year ago, I really thought he would be whole by now but I feel like it's that way of thinking (expecting it today thinking )for my family that keeps us going. Trusting in the Lord. Waiting on the Lord is our Hope. I guess what I'm trying to say is I thought it would be over by now. That he would be "Bradley" again by now. But, for some reason, that only God knows, we are still on this journey. Really though, knowing God knows and He is in control, the outcome is gonna be even better than we imagine. I just wish it would hurry! What is that saying...."good things come to those who wait"....well, then, this will certainly be GREAT!!

Momma, Deb, Morgan, Tristan and I went shopping today. We went to Home Goods/TJ Maxx. It's a great store. Then, just because Christopher and Banks was in the area, I ran in really quickly to see what I could see. And wouldn't you know it...I found a denim skirt on sale for $9.97. It was originally $35.50 You cannot have too many denim skirts.

So now, my husband just asked if I wanted to go to Walmart with him.....WHAT? Did I hear correctly?????????? He wants to get some kind of fertilizer for the yard. I need to find a bed skirt for Morgan's bed anyway. Her comforter didn't come with one.

Guess what? Chandler's girlfriend, Rachel, is coming to church with us tomorrow. How cool is that?! I think he's really excited.

Well, I'm off for now....
love to all....