Teacup Corner

Feb. 10, 2007

It's been a long time

Hi, every one. I'm sorry that it has been such a long time since I posted. And sorry that my last entry was unreadable. Thanks to Heather for showing everyone what to do and what it says.

I haven't been on for so long because we no longer have a computer. I'm working from my brother's computer today so I can get back in touch with you.

Please pray for me and my family. We are going through a major crisis. My dear husband has fallen into some legal trouble and is currently in jail. At this point , things are up in the air and we don't know how long he will be there. It looks like I'm going to be playing the single mom for awhile. Also, in the midst of this, we have a sort of mixed blessing. We are expecting a baby in mid-July. We so wanted a baby, but the current situation makes it rather bittersweet. It all has been so hard on our family.

I will have to support the family now, as well as come up with legal fees. I really want to stay home with my precious children, especialy with a new baby, and homeschool. I'm trying to think of things I can do from home using my talents, maybe some thing with sewing. If anyone has any suggestions, I am more than open to hearing them.

I do have to report that the Lord has been taking this situation, which Satan meant for evil to destroy us, and using it for good. My dear husband has given his life to Jesus and has touched the lives of many of the other inmates with his witness. One has even given his life to Jesus too.

But he is such a baby Christian, and the situation so discouraging at times, and his health not so good that I am seriously concerned about his spiritual and physical well being.

God has been so faithful to us through all of this. We have so many friends, family , and church family coming along side us and supporting us; spiritually, financially, emotionally, helping with the kids.

I'm not sure when I will be able to get back on, but I will be back to check for your comments. Thank you in advance for your prayers, support, and suggestions.

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Nov. 13, 2006

A great poem

Here is another great poem I came across in my devotional a couple of days ago.

One ship drives east and another drives west,
with the selfsame winds that blow.
'Tis the set of the sails and not the gales,
that decides the way to go.
Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate,
as we voyage along through life;
'Tis the set of the soul that decides it's goal,
and not the calm or the strife.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Also, since November is the month of Thanksgiving; I have been making a specific list of God's blessing to be thankful for. So far I've got 30 things on my list. Couldn't we just go on and on?

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Nov. 9, 2006

I'm back

Hi. I haven't been on here for over a week. Our computer was down. Our littlest daughter stuck cotton swabs in the power supply fan and burned it out! We got a new fan but the connector was different from our old one. So my dh spliced the old connector to the new fan. He wanted to make sure it would work before he put every thing back together. Unbeknownst to him, a circuit pad was sitting on the thin metal rim around my countertop. When he plugged it in it shorted out the whole power supply. I'm just thankful that he didn't get electrocuted! Anyway, we had to order in a new power supply, because, of course, they didn't have ours in stock. It was suppose to be here Friday but didn't get in until Monday. My dh had to go all weekend without his computer! I think he went through withdrawl symptoms! haha! I'm trying to get caught back up on computer things; e-mail, checkbook, HSBogger. It will be good to visit you all again and see what you have been doing while I was away.

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Oct. 19, 2006

October happenings

It looks like it has been awhile since I wrote anything. My, how time flies!

On Oct. 5, I went to the Taste of Home Cooking School show with a good friend of mine. I went to one once before, back in 2000. We have been wanting to go to one together since then. As it turned out, they were sold out of tickets when she went to get hers. But she decided to show up anyway on the off chance that maybe some people would not show up and there'd be some seats available. They said that was possible but she would have to wait until the show was just about to start so they would know if any seats were open. So she stood back out of the way and shortly a lady came in and said she had three tickets she couldn't use, did anyone need some? My friend jumped right up and got a ticket from her and got in right away. She went in and saved us seats and they turned out to be right behind my mother-in-law and her friend! It was a nice evening out and everything they made looked sooo good. We each got goody bags with a couple of recipe magazines, samples, and coupons. I know I'll be trying out some of those delicious recipes soon!

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Sep. 28, 2006

I Hate Computers!

I just spent an hour and a half writing an entry about my retreat. I had written quite alot and still was not done. I did something wrong and I lost it all. I couldn't find a way to get it back. I am so angry and frustrated right now. I don't know when I will feel like trying that again. I really don't have that much time to waste. I shouldn't spend as much time on the computer as I have been. Sorry.

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