So Thankful

I am so thankful for my friends. I am blessed with many of them that are REAL friends.

I love my friends!

So far.......So good

The day is not over yet but so far it's been a good one. Daddy preached a great message this morning. It really ministered to me. "WATCH THEREFORE, AND PRAY ALWAYS", is exactly what I'm trying to do. There is so much to try and "distract" us from what is really the most important thing in life....making it to Heaven. This life is NOT what it's all about. Eternity....that's what it's all about. I MUST set my affection on things above, NOT on things on this earth. It was a such a good message.

Brad came to church this morning and then we headed to Taco Bell. Guess who else came back to church today? Rachel....Chandler's Rachel. She's such a cutie patootie! She's so quiet though. Nothing wrong with that at all....just very quite. She and Chandler, from what I can tell....there personalities are not alike. He's so not quiet. He can be, but he has a much more out going personality. They say opposites attract, right? Look at Steve and me.....NOTHING alike AT ALL. I'm really quiet and he never stops talking........YEAH RIGHT....he's the quiet one and I'm the out going one. But I must say, we make the perfect match. We balance each other out. It's cool how that works.

We have a young couple at church that are getting married today at 4:00. Pray for God's will in their lives as they begin this new chapter together. Their names are Michelle and Brad. They are a precious couple. He won her to the Lord and the church.

Well, gotta leave soon to get back to the church. Until next time....

Telling off on myself

Last month, on Valentine's Day as a matter of fact, I got a speeding ticket. In defense of myself...hehe.....I was going through a school zone, not when the school kids were present, they were already in school but on this certain road between 8am and 9am the speed limit is 20. I wasn't paying attention to that and he got me. Man, don't you hate that feeling? As soon as you see him (him, being the policeman) you get that sick feeling and say to yourself or even out loud "Aw Man"! Anyway, he gave me a ticket, which I guess I did deserve but it would have been nice for him to tell me "mam, you need to slow down" but instead he wrote me a ticket.

He said "if you will show up to traffic court on March 15 at 7:00am, this will not go on your record".

Today is March 15, right? So, Steve and I get up way to early. My alarm was set for 5:50...yes A.M. We hurry out the door and get there to a building with no lights on and not a person in sight. As we drove up to the place, the front door said 8:00-4:00. Now, wait a minute. My ticket said to be there at 7:00am. Steve told me to call the number on the ticket and find out what was going on. I called the number to get an automated voice that says, normal business hours are Mon-Fri/8-4. What? Today is Saturday and my ticket clearly says March, 15 at 7:00am.......or does it? On the automated voice thingy, they give another number to call. So, I did. I explained my situation to an actual person and she tells me that they sometimes do have Saturday traffic court. She asks me to hold on one minute............when she comes back she says that it's 9:00am. (not 7:00am)

Steve and I look again, and again, and again...could it say 9:00? I was sure that it was a 7:00. Possibly, maybe....it's up for question?

Anyway, what are we to do for 2 hours? Well, I'm back home posting about it so that should tell you what we did? My, my, my.......

So, in about 30 minutes we will head back to traffic school. Fun, fun, fun.....

blessing - We went out to eat with Bradley last night and he CONSISTANTLEY drank from the straw. This is major progress....Thank the Lord!!!!!

It may be

a rainy day but the "SON" (get it) is shining in my life. Kinda corny, I know, but so true! God is so good and I praise Him and love Him!!!

Steve has been off work for the past two days. Yesterday he got up at 6:30 to start doing some yard work. He worked all day long and was very tired and sore by last night. But I must say, our yard looks very nice. He takes pride (in a good way) in having our yard look nice. I'm glad.

I drove the kiddos to soccer practice yesterday which takes about 45 minutes cause they practice in Galatin. Man, what commitment. HA! Lynn had driven 4 kids and I had 4 kids. When we got there I hopped in her car and off we went in search of a Sonic. How can there be 3 Sonics in the small town of Smyrna and not one in site in Galatin? We were determined though to find and get our diet Strawberry Limeade. So, we headed toward Hendersonville. YAH! We found one. Our search was over and our craving was satisfied.

This morning, as every Friday morning, I take Chandler and Morgan over to Lynn's so they can ride with her to tutorial. From there my plan was to go run. My husband was still in bed but I asked if he wanted to go run with me. Yep, he got right up and off we went. I told him I wanted to spend my day with him. When we were dating, we couldn't spend enough time together. You know how you want to be together 24/7?! Now, almost 19 years of marriage later, I'm glad I still want to spend time with him. I love my husband very much! He is the best!!!

The kids are suppose to have a soccer game this afternoon. But, we are not sure if they will or not due to the rain. Right now, the website says "pending". I'll be kinda bummed if they don't play cause this is a game Steve would get to go to since he's off work.

I've gotta go do some stuff. So, later!

***blessing - Pneumonia....not Lung Cancer (some of you will understand that and some will not).

PRAISE THE LORD

In my earlier post, I said that I was expecting to get some good news today about something I had been praying about. Well, just like I thought...I got the good news and I praise the Lord for it....right Tim and Ondra?

God is so good!!

I'm expecting

a GREAT day! The weather is beautiful and my husband is off work. I'm also expecting to get some good new about something I've been praying about.

I have several things I need to get done today. I need to......go to the grocery store, pay bills, do school, do some things in the house which also means laundry. I really need to, which I don't know if this will get done or not but I NEED to take my car through marta.(sp?). My tags expire at the end of the month and I usually wait until the last day and have to sit in an hour long line. Anybody else do that?

I may have to take the kids to soccer practice this afternoon. If not, then I will be going to the church to help momma set up for the March Mission yard sale. Anybody that can....come by the Antioch church Friday or Saturday and check things out. I'm sure there will be some good stuff and besides that you'll be helping Missions. Which reminds me, that's something else I need to do today....get my stuff together for the sale....Man...busy, busy day!

Oh let me just say, Vicky preached an awesome message last night in our WMB service. I tell you what....with all that's in me....I want to be ready for Heaven. There is so much deception in the world and so much "junk" flying around that it makes me so thankful for what I know and believe and with ALL my heart I'm trying to live each day!!! THANK GOD FOR THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, there's much on my plate for today so I better get off here.....go have my morning devotion so that I can get started.

have a good one....no wait....have a GREAT one!!!

***blessing - Divine Revelation of God's Word and the Truth!!!!!!!!!

Is Spring on it's way?

Man, I sure hope so. It's so beautiful outside and I think it's suppose to get into the high 60's today. Tomorrow, they are calling for the 70's. Now, that's my kind of weather, how bout you? Almost time to pull out the flip-flops. WhooooHooooo!!!

I slept in today. Just couldn't make myself get up. The dog wanted out at about 7:00, but I climbed right back in bed and stayed until 9:15. That's nice but I don't have as much time in the day to get done what I need to get done. Oh well, the rest was nice.

Last night we went to my brothers house to celebrate my nephew's (Dylan) birthday. He's turning 12 today. Man, these kids are growing up fast. Cha will be 16 in May. I just CANNOT believe that.

Steve has the next two days off. I'm so glad for him. He works very hard and when he has some time off, well, it's just nice. Especially with the nice weather. He's gonna take advantage of it and do some yard work.

I'm gonna see if I can go get Brad for church tonight. He has therapy this afternoon and I'm not sure what time he will be finished but hopefully he will be able to go.

Not too much going on. I need to get these kids started with school. I hope everyone enjoys this gorgeous weather. It just puts a smile on your face!


***blessing - good kids!

love to all