• Friday, July 25, 2008 - A date for surgery
Posted By mrsowr
Oh, what joy!! I am rejoicing in the Lord today for His answer to specific prayer requests. I received a call this morning from my Ear, Nose and Throat office this morning with a definite surgery date of August 5th!! I will be glad to have the surgery over with sooner than later and to experience this pregnancy with out this thyroid cancer. My prayer is to have a "normal' third trimester. The call today also gives my Mom time to get a ticket to get here in time for my surgery to be with my little blessings and to be there for me when I get home.
My sweetheart and my blessings left to go fishing in Valdez for pink salmon, just for fun. I will miss them tonight but they will be home tomorrow evening. I have a very busy day planned: I am at a friend's house helping her mistreat her windows and before we started we had a wonderful lunch from our favorite local Chinese restaurant, Pagoda. We are also enjoying some fellowship of my wonderful Pastor's wife and another one of the wonderful ladies from my church.
Tonight I have plans to go have Thai food with some of my friend's. This will be my first Thai food, so I am looking forward to trying that and visiting with more friends. This is a rare thing for me and I know that this not happen again for a few years after my new little blessing arrives in December.
Oh, I have my 20 week ultrasound on Monday but we will not be finding out whether we will be having a boy or girl. We will wait and have that one last surprise!
May the Lord find us faithful. |
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• Jul. 25, 2008 - Show & Tell: Turning Nine
Welcome to Show & Tell, hosted by Mary aka Canadagirl!
I missed not being able to join in all the fun last week. VBS did me in for a few days. But now I am rested and ready to go. Here are some photos from Grace's family party last evening. My little girl is now nine years old. 
I call this one "Anticipation." Poor thing had to wait four extra days this year for her presents, as her birthday was on Monday and family could not be here until Thursday.
I call this one, "Just What I Wanted!"
Her generous grandparents chipped in and got her Kit, a dream come true.
And here are Grace, Kit and the cake. Notice Kit has changed her clothes.
This is Grace pretending to be her cake while showing us her new birthday dress.
Grace and her grandmothers.
The Anniversary Duo, 28 years strong!
Grace and her Uncle Greg.
Thank you for visiting me today. Have a wonderful weekend.
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• Jul. 24, 2008 - Anniversary Wishes
28 years ago today, my mom married a really special guy. I was just a girl and pretty scared to have a step-father and sad that my own parent's marriage had ended. Even back then, the Lord was working in my life to care for me, though I did not know it. He brought many good things from the ashes of my heart. I have two fathers to love and to be loved by. So, today, I want to wish my mom and dad a very happy 27th anniversary! I love you, both. See you tonight!
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• Jul. 23, 2008 - Garden Update
I feel like the garden has been on auto pilot for quite some time. There are few if any weeds that ever need pulled in a Square Foot Garden. There has been abundant rain and sunshine, too. If only I had more space in that sunshine for more boxes. Oh well, the lovely trees keep our house somewhat cooler, so it is a give an take I suppose. Here are some update photos.
The wild "main" box. We are getting a dozen or so cherry tomatoes daily. Yum!
The "Green Bean, Basil, and Strawberry" box. I need to make some pesto soon. 
Ryan's box with lots of Zennia's about to bloom in the back.
Here's an up close of the Zennia.
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• Jul. 23, 2008 - What To Do?
I realize that I am not alone in this. However these things have been weighing heavily on my mind this week. I can't seem to make ends meet. No matter what I do. We've cut and slashed our budget so many times. I try to use coupons. I follow frugal guidelines. I have not bought a piece of clothing for myself in 8 months and I am in desperate need of some new things after loosing 13 pounds. We spent $130 in gasoline this week and we are supposed to drive north for a birthday gathering in my dd's honor on Sunday. I have the task of calling my grandmother in Arkansas to tell her that we can't come in August because of money. And I don't know how I can drive to see my grandparents an hour away next week as I promised. And to top it off, I have to quit Weight Watchers. I knew when I started that we could not afford for me to go, but I was desperate to do something and so I went ahead hoping the Lord would make a way.
All these things the Lord knows. He tells us not to worry about them. I am casting my cares on You, Jesus. I have enough for today. Tomorrow will have its own troubles.
**Update, I really don't like being all down about things. So I have decided to look at this from what I do have. All our bills are paid. My husband has a job. I am home with my kids. We have books for school. We have food. We have mostly full gas tanks. We have family who loves us and want to see us. We have a lot of blessings! |
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• Jul. 23, 2008 - Wordless Wednesday: Good to the Last Drop!
• Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - Two posts in two days, please don't faint!
Posted By mrsowr
Was my day productive?Yes. Can you tell? NO!!!
I did a few little things, like
- laundry.
- Clearing off items that fell off of my night stand during my first trimester.
- Clearing off items hidden behind the treadmill during my first trimester.
- Making NO Bake Cookies and
- Cream Cheese Banana Bread. (It sure sounds and smells good, can't wait for it to come out of the oven)
- Dusting some shelves and dressers in my bedroom.
- Vacuuming behind the treadmill and nightstand
So, I am slowly moving toward getting this home back in order. The good news: I have a cleaning crew coming Thursday evening. I am so thrilled. I think it will be fantastic, actually like a party!!! That said, I am spending my week doing what I can do to make my time with help easier for me and them. I do need to work more in our bedroom because I am to do that room myself. I will make sure my bathrooms are cleaned well before sending someone in to clean the out of my reach light fixtures and high shelves. I am also planning on washing all the curtains to be put back up before they leave on Thursday.(only downside is the weather is not cooperating and we are cool, cloudy and drizzly at times, just yucky and I have been cold all day)
May the Lord find us faithful. |
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• Monday, July 21, 2008 - What have wee been doing?
Posted By mrsowr
I have been attempting to update around the old blog lately, but the posts have been filled with updates to my health...how boring!!
Well, I finally uploaded pictures so here is our summer so far......
In June we bought plants, veggies and seed potatoes..
The garden was roto tilled
Flowers were planted
Vegetables were planted
Baby birds were hatched
Smoke? Just checking (Yes Dad, they are on the roof) Oh, yeah, this is also where my husband puts his moose and caribou antlers.
An 8th birthday was celebrated
A small town 4th of July parade was attended
The 4th was a hot day so every one but me took a cool dip in the pond
We purchased this new to us van
A 10th birthday was celebrated
And a basketball goal was assembled
That pretty much catches you up on what has occured around here since I began my awakening from my first trimester. No news on an earlier surgery date yet, I am accepting that no news is good news.
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• Jul. 21, 2008 - Slice of Life
Life this summer is moving along at the speed of light these days. Today marked the 9th anniversary of the birth of my little girl. Everyone always says that they can't believe where time has gone and it is so true! We had a little friends gathering for her today and it was a sweet time. This is the first time I personally made her birthday cake. It was fun.
Big brother had a big accident riding his bike Saturday. I've included some before and after shots. I think the dentist did a good job.
The rest of this week is busy as usual. I may have to change the name of this blog to Never at Home! There's soccer, a play date, Bunko night, and on Thursday we will celebrate Grace's birthday with our family. She'll have her last cake from our bakery as it is closing in September, but you can read about that at Mama Karen's if you want to know more about that.
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• Jul. 18, 2008 - Weekending
It feels so good to be on this side of VBS. Truly, the kids and ladies I worked with were great and the week could not have gone more smoothly. We had over 1000 kids attend each day. Our class of 5th graders was the largest with over 60! I thank the Lord that they were the best mannered children I have ever been with! And everything was so organized that no one had time to get into mischief. 
This weekend I will be preparing for my sweet girl's 9th birthday on Monday. I need to make her a giant cookie. She decided on a M&M cookie. I am not sure what decoration theme she wants. That is typical. I won't know until the moment arrives! We've already changed from cupcakes to an ice cream cake, to the giant cookie.
I hope you have a fantastic weekend enjoying your family. I'll be around...hopefully.
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