All For My Blessings - Homeschool Blogger

Updates...

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:12:00 -0500

I'm soo sorry that I've so severely neglected my blog. Life has been CRAZY to say the least. First, Everything checked out just fine for my doctors appointment. Praise the Lord!! Second, We found out we are expecting again. YIKES. Huge Surprise. I am due in early January. The pregnancy has been rough so far. I have had nausea night and day from about 6 weeks on. My doctor has me on some meds to control the vomiting. Most days it helps. Although some days, like today, they don't seem to do as much as I would like them too. My husband has found a new job. It is a great job, although it does not offer health insurance. So we are in the midst of trying to figure something out!! But the new job is super flexible and has great prospects for moving up! The kids are doing wonderful. They are all excited that summer-like weather has finally arrived. I suppose thats all I can muster up for right now. Please keep me in your prayers... This pregnancy has been anything but easy thus far. ~Chrystal

Something has to give Updated

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:47:00 -0500

Well - I was right about things turning in a new direction. It was just the opposite way I wanted them to turn. My husband has been let go! And for anyone who does not know us personally, but only through the blogging world- He was being laid off on and off since he started, because of lack of work coming in. He was not a bad employee. His boss just realized that there was not enough work for a three man crew I guess. I'm pretty shocked and upset right now.

Not only has he been let go- there is NO HEALTH INSURANCE. I had already put off my appointment once because we did not get the insurance when we thought we where going to get it. And now what do I do? Do I put it off again - or do I go and have a huge bill for seeing a specialist and getting an ultrasound. What on earth am I suppose to do?? And God forbid that the lump is serious- My goodness. Then comes biopsies and such. I'm lost.

At his former job he was making $23/hour with full benefits, 4 weeks of vacation, & paid holidays. So now if he goes back - he starts from scratch. And they have since changed the pay scale, so now he won't even be able to get back up to his former pay. I really thought this opportunity was from GOD! We took a leap- and here we are. Nothing at all to show for it. Never in my wildest nightmares did I think we'd end up here.

Please, Please, Keep our family in your prayers!!

Something has to give...

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:41:00 -0500

And obviously that thing has been my blog. *Sigh*

Unfortunately things have not been going as smoothly with the career change as we had hoped they would. This has left me working day and night, to try and keep our family from getting to far behind. Other then making sure the house stays in order and homeschooling - I've done much of nothing else other then enter data!!

Don't get me wrong- My husband is and always has done EVERYTHING to provide for our family. I don't think I could ask for a better provider! He always makes sure we have everything we need... and most of the time what I want (Within realistic limits of course)! Unfortunately though, the work just hasn't been there. He is always looking for other options though.. and I'm prayerful that things will be turning in a new direction soon. I love first shift - and I'm willing to sacrifice ALOT to keep my husband there.

I suppose I just wanted to let the few who read my blog know where I am. I know one of you (Pam- hi there ) commented a while back wondering where I was, I just wanted to let you know that I will hopefully be back soon and more frequently to update further! I have tons of cute pictures of the kiddos I will start posting as well.

*On a separate note* - Please keep me in your prayers. I have a doctors appointment late next week with a breast specialist. I found a large lump in one of my breasts a couple weeks ago, and my GYN though it was curious enough to go get it looked into further by ultrasound. If you know me at all- you know that I am a huge worry wart. I have tried so hard to push this to the back of my mind until the appointment, as I realize worrying does nothing constructive, and lets face it - its also sinful. I know that my savior, Jesus Christ, loves me and my family and will not give us more then we can handle. Please pray for continued peace as I *wait* and of course for the lump to be nothing *serious*. Also, with my husbands current job situation - we are kind of in limbo with Health Insurance. I believe that appointment next week will be covered. Although, I think it freezes the following Monday!! As if I needed another reason for it to be "nothing".

Anywho - I hope you all had a great Resurrection Sunday! I know we did!!! I have pictures from then also - Perhaps I will post one or two on Wednesday. Until then... May God's richest blessings be upon you and your families!

~Off to enter more data *sigh*

Easily Forgotten..

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:57:00 -0500

Me: "Jeremiah, can you please go get me some wipes out of the living room."

{Jeremiah runs out of the room to do as I ask}

A couple minutes pass, I start wondering if he'll ever return. Just then he runs back in.... without the wipes.

Me: "Jeremiah, where are the wipes??"

Jeremiah: "Oh I forgot! I can forget fast! I really can!!"

.... No need trying to convince me of that fact. If only they could listen as fast as they can forget :0)!!

And just in case I've left anyone in suspense as to whether or not I ever received those wipes. You can stop worrying.. he did end up getting them :)

Constitutional Rights

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 18:52:00 -0600

Do we "really" have many left?!? Or is it all an illusion? I'm starting to think it is. Here is another scary story to echo those thoughts.

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POLICE STATE, USA

Nearly a dozen members of a police SWAT team in western Colorado punched a hole in the front door and invaded a family's home with guns drawn, demanding that an 11-year-old boy who had had an accidental fall accompany them to the hospital, on the order of Garfield County Magistrate Lain Leoniak.

The boy's parents and siblings were thrown to the floor at gunpoint and the parents were handcuffed in the weekend assault, and the boy's father told WND it was all because a paramedic was upset the family preferred to care for their son themselves.

Someone, apparently the unidentified paramedic, called police, the sheriff's office and social services, eventually providing Leoniak with a report that generated the magistrate's court order to the sheriff's office for the SWAT team assault on the family's home in a mobile home development outside of Glenwood Springs, the father, Tom Shiflett, told WND.

Continue to Read

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Its really scary to think, that a call from a "concerned citizen" can result into the swat team breaking through your front door and hauling off with one of your children.

Our government is so far from the place our forefathers intended for us to be. We REALLY need change..

I've been..

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:25:00 -0600

Tagged Again! By Pam at Mom's Mutterings :0)

This is a "Getting to know You" Tag!!

Rules:
Go back through your archives and post the links to your five favorite blog posts that you’ve written.

Link 1 must be about family.

Link 2 must be about friends.

Link 3 must be about yourself.

Link 4 must be about something you love.

Link 5 can be anything you choose.

Post your five links and then tag five other people. At least TWO of the people you tag must be newer acquaintances so that you get to know each other better.

(Readers - don’t forget to read the archive posts and leave comments.)

I Tag:

Whomever would like to participate. :0)

Thoughtful Tuesdays

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:16:00 -0600

In lue of all the political news coverage and important political happenings... I thought this would be appropriate.

"Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have."

~Davy Crockett

Book Meme

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:11:00 -0600

This is a fun meme from Heather at Stepping Heavenward

Rules -

Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages.)
Open the book to page 123.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the next three sentences.
Tag five people.

Here's my book:

(I'm going to cheat a little. The fifth sentence actually completes a thought and then it goes on to give a list. So I will go up a couple :0) . Rules are there to be broken! Right?? )

God set up a chain of command, first in Heaven, and then again here on earth. When you do not honor that command, you dishonor God, and apart from repentance, you can expect to reap the sure consequences. "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God" (1 Cor. 11:13).

~Created to be His Helpmeet, By Debi Pearl

The Five I Tagged:

Tiany at Less of Me, More of Him

Pam at Mom's Mutterings

Ginger at "Make a joyful Noise unto the Lord! Psalms 95: 1-2

Sheila at The Nesting Instinct

Lainie at Peaceful Home

Just For Fun!

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:52:00 -0600

Who Should You Vote for?? I wasn't surprised by my results :0) ! Although, I didn't like seeing that I agreed with John Edwards on something. Yikes! But of course, just like any quiz, the answers given don't always completely echo your thoughts/views.

Who You Should Vote For

Ron Paul: 69%
Mike Huckabee: 50%
Mitt Romney: 44%
John McCain: 38%
Rudy Giuliani: 31%
Barack Obama: 25%
Hillary Clinton: 25%
John Edwards: 25%

Who you agree with on the war in Iraq: John Edwards and Ron Paul

Who you agree with on the economy: Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Ron Paul

Who you agree with on health care: Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney

Who you agree with on taxes: Mike Huckabee

Who you agree with on abortion: Mike Huckabee, John McCain, and Mitt Romney

Who you agree with on gay rights: Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney

Who Should You Vote For?

Thoughtful Tuesdays

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:56:00 -0600

Worried about the way our economy is going? Think we are in a recession?? Wondering which candidate can fix our dire situation???

For a great article that coincides with the issues addressed in this video please go to Stepping Heavenward!

All For My Blessings - Homeschool Blogger

Updates...

Something has to give *Updated*

Something has to give...

Easily Forgotten..

Constitutional Rights

I've been..

Thoughtful Tuesdays

Book Meme

Just For Fun!

Thoughtful Tuesdays

Something has to give Updated