Cost Family Treasures

• Nov. 22, 2009 - Two days Post-op

Posted By Julie in God Breathed

After two days of recovery I've finally lost most of the anesthesia fog and I'm getting a little clearer.

My tummy looks like I'm pregnant with a painted on smiley face where my incisions are. I have four of them, with the lower one hurting the most. I spent part of today searching for sweat pants onine that will fit a 6'2" woman. I'm not sure when I'll be able to button jeans again.

For all of you brave women out there who have had C-sections I sympathize with you in a way I could never before. Boy, am I sore!!
Because everyone was so happy with my results I don't have a clear picture of exactly what was done on Friday but hope to talk to my Dr. tomorrow. I do know I have all my parts and pieces and that makes me smile.

God is so good to give us things we could never even imagine. Of course I'd figured out the three or four options I was going to be faced with and just like HIM he hands me one far better.

"I love you Jesus, just for being you."

Hope you had a good weekend.

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• Nov. 21, 2009 - Surgery

Posted By Julie in God Breathed

Just a quick note. All went great. Kept both ovaries.
1 fallopian tube taken and one cyst! Praise God!
More latere....

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• Nov. 19, 2009 - I planned on a contest this week, really I did!

Posted By Julie in God Breathed

But life got in the way and I woke up this morning realizing my surgery is tomorrow morning.
I've had a lot of peace.
Until today.

But time with HIM this morning gave me back my peace and put my focus on HIM and not my circumstances.
Keeping my focus on HIM is harder today than it has been. My tummy is a little up and downsy!
Ok, now I'm making up words.

Pray for me.
Surgery is at 8am to remove left ovary. A biopsy will be done. If all is well I get a few stitches and come home to recover. If not, it's a more involved surgery and a two-three day hospital stay.

Pray for my family.
Pray for the kids.

Jesus reigns.

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• Nov. 12, 2009 - We have a winner!

Posted By Julie in Just stuff

Kimalita won this week's contest.
Congratulations girl! Email me your address and I'll get it in the mail to you.

Next week's contest will be for the LAST Peppermint Oil I have from Beeyoutiful!

In our family this week.....

*Our youngest son and one of his good friends went to see the Starwars concert this past weekend. It was an early Christmas present and they had a blast!!! My husband was under strict orders to TAKE PICTURES so here they are......

*My sweet hubbie had a tooth pulled yesterday and if anyone has ever had that done.....'it ain't no fun'. He's staying home, resting and taking care of himself today.
*My surgery to remove my left ovary is scheduled for next Friday. Please pray that the ovary is non cancerous
*I've decided you can NEVER go cheap on toilet paper, paper towels or trash bags.
*My kids all made A's on their Math tests. Yippee

That's all folks!

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• Nov. 9, 2009 - It's time for contest #3!

Posted By Julie in Our Family, Our Lives

Contest Giveaway #3
Beeyoutiful's Tea Tree Oil

To enter just tell me about your favorite pet!
Was it a dog, cat, horse, hamster?
Do you still have her/him?

Entries taken until Wednesday night and I'll announce the winner on Thursday.
Please leave me a way to get in touch with you if you win.

Our sweet little kitty, Raider, is now living in NC with my best friend. She has a new name, Bella.
We miss her a lot. I want to know what she is doing and if she misses us.

HI RAIDER, I MEAN BELLA!!

I hope you live 20 long years and give my favorite friend lots of love and company.
WE MISS YOU!

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• Nov. 5, 2009 - The Winner!

Posted By Julie in Just stuff

Alyssa over at Live and Learn won the Peppermint Oil from Beeyoutiful this week. My son drew her name from little tiny pieces of paper in my hand today.

The kind folks at Beeyoutiful have offered up one more Tea Tree Oil

and one more Peppermint Oil to be given away so next week I'll be offering the wonderful Tea Tree Oil once again. It's the best for cleaning, skin ailments and tons of other uses. Just click on the Tea Tree Oil link to find out more.

Check back and don't miss the give a way starting next Sunday.
Blessings!

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• Nov. 2, 2009 - 16 to 4?!

Posted By The Heart of the Home in My ramblings

Ah....DS's newfound love is playing Uno. We play and play and play. It has been incentive for him to get chores completed quickly and get a quick game in before we start school! *grin* We have started a challenge that really began when we sat down one rainy day last week to play and I said, "Hey, best two out of three. Waddaya say?" It has turned into DS 16 games to my 4. In the name of all things sane and real how can my son be beating the socks off of me in Uno of all things?!?!?

So the saga continues. I am working on coming back from behind in a stealth attack he'll never see coming.....I think.

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• Nov. 1, 2009 - This week's Give A Way!

Posted By Julie in Photography

Peppermint Oil by Beeyoutiful

You can read all about the benefits of Beeyoutiful's Peppermint Oil by clicking on the link above. It's wonderful, has many therapeutic uses and comes from a top-notch company!

So, I've been thinking about what to have you do to enter this week's contest. After the rain yesterday Baby Girl and I went outside to breathe some fresh air. I love taking pictures after it rains.

Isn't the rain beautiful dripping off leaves?

And our mums...... yum.

Or do you prefer the wet driveway and leaves?

Or Baby Girl's pink soccer ball left in the yard........

Or just the fallen leaves in the freshly growing grass?

I know that there are a million things wrong with this picture when it comes to "the thirds" thing and all that, but I love it in so many ways.

Wet buds?

Hidden flowers?

Baby girl held this one for me......

And then a yellow jacket came for a sniff and left since we were there.......
Cool, huh?

Again, things right in the middle but I love this!!!

Mushrooms growing underneath the bushes....

Or the kids doing silly things like smelling leaves........?

Baby girl jumping in the leaves......

And then trying to scare the kitten.

Yum, wet flowers!

Leaves turning and blue sky after a very rainy day.....

And why are there feathers in the watering can???

What is your favorite part about fall?
Football?
Campfires?
Leaves?
Cool weather?

Just leave a comment and tell me what your favorite part about fall is...........
And remember to let me know how to get in touch with you!
Times up on Wednesday so comment away!

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• Oct. 31, 2009 - Photoshop CS3???

Posted By Julie in Photography

Yep- I've got it but have NO idea of what I'm doing with it. All I can do is run some of Pioneer Woman's Actions and then even tweaking that seems daunting.
But here's one of Sparky.....

Not sure that I like it....
Or even what I did.

Help!

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• Oct. 29, 2009 - The new addition

Posted By Julie in Our Family, Our Lives

Our family, like most homeschool families, has had an array of animals one might call pets. We've had

a salamander
about 10 cats at one time or another
a dog
raised a baby robin
all sorts of spiders
one of those bright red shiny furry ant/wasp things
turtles
a frog here and there
fish
mice
and even considered a horse once

It has taken me a long time to weed our cats down to just 2----Fred (the 18 pound monstrosity) and Cruiser (the neighbors stray cat that somehow became ours). Fred and Cruiser happily co exist with Sparky, our dog, who by the way weighs 1/2 of what Fred does.

So you can imagine my surprise when three weeks ago my husband and 2 boys come home from football practice with a stray cat that they found on the football field. An 8 week old, flea infested, sweet little tabby kitten. The fact that my husband let her in his truck at all is a miracle to me. He's not a big cat fan. When we married he inherited my cat with me. Since that time, 13 years ago, I think we've had about 10 cats.

So here is our newest addition.....Raider (an appropriate name for a girl cat found on The Raider's football field). Don't you think??

Sweet and asleep last night after playing outside and climbing trees all day....

And just for comparison.....a photo beside Fred who was none too happy about being dragged out from under the bed where he was fast asleep for a photo-op.

At the last weigh in Fred was close to 18 pounds and Raider was 2.2 lbs.

Gray tabbies must really like us, huh?

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Once a classroom teacher, now a mom of three...God has laid on our hearts to teach at home. It is a neverending journey, with twists and turns, ups and downs. We aspire to call forth the gifts and talents in each of our children, giving them a unique educational experience that brings out the best in each of them and nurtures them in their walk with God.