Well it has been nearly 3 months since we let the kids stay at their mothers.  I am very sad of some of the choices the Olivia(16) has made.  One being that she has read all the Twilight books, and even went to see the movie  that came out the other day.  I explained to Mike that they are calling it the next best thing to Harrry Potter and that made him very mad to know  that her Mother who  "supposedly" also hates Harry Potter would not step up and tell her daughter that she could not go see it, but let me take a step back and say she ( Yvonne  the mother)has also read the whole Twilight series.  I can not understand why reading about Vampires would be ok with any Christian, especially an adult.  I discussed this with my husband and he is going to speak to her (Olivia).  Do Christians not realize that when you allow small occult things in your life, it plants the seed for bigger things.  It desensitizes us to what we would have thought was wrong even just a few  years ago ,we turn a blind eye, because we really do not think it is wrong.  We justify things that should be unjustifiable.  We are to be different than the world,  even things as small as certain video games, music, books have caused people to delve into the occult.  Satan's power is here on Earth, these are all earthly created things  that Satan loves to use to build up his kingdom of eternity with us naive sheep.  I have always been very strict with my children as far as not even putting up witches and ghosts and things that are dead or "undead' We do not "celebrate" halloween . I certainly would not allow them to read books about vampires or watch about  undead people. No metter how glamourized it was or looked.  I heard that Halloween as far as spending goes almost beats Christmas every year.  How sad to think that a pagan celebration could overthrow the celebration of our Christ.  And the holiday decorations are Santa Clause, I can barely find a nativity ANYWHERE.  I am very sad that our world as we know it is so blind to all that is around us, and everyone is standing up to  buy a ticket.  That Twilight movie grossed 70 million dollars, paid for by the money that  fellow parents gave their 13 and 14 year old kids to go see a movie about Vampires and their falling in love with a human .............(talk about unequally yoked) I must go get ready to go to wally world let me know what your thoughts are :)

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Well my last blog had more postings and e mails then I have ever received .  But contrary to what some may think, my blog had nothing to do with any particular person, family, or  anything like that.   It has just been an accumulation over the past I would say year of people I know in Arkansas, old friends etc.  I still do feel weird making new friends because I am not sure what their beliefs are and I may step on toes.  Hopefully they act as graciously as I do about different opinions.  I hope nobody took offense. I think over all I felt that I was not saying anything that would point fingers.  The only thing I hinted at was the Barbie Doll thing, but I have heard the debate about Barbies over the years.  I had a discussion with a fellow blogger over that a few days back.   I really just could not think of another example of toys.  I guess I said Pokemon cards, some think those are bad...Oh well.  I guess we could discuss a new topic.  I will think of one in another day or two.. I put up my Christmas decorations this evening.  I am a bit tired.......Char

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I have been wondering lately where do people get there convictions from.  Is it all from their parents, or is it from a particular minister, or their spouse, a book.  I want to raise my children with Christian morals, I want them to have a modest outlook on how they should dress, but I guess at what point is it taken to the extreme.  I do not want to shelter my children to the point that when they are out in the world they are like the Amish 18 and 19 year olds and go buck wild because they have lived in such an extreme environment.  I want my daughter to drive, and go to college, I want her to be able to get a job at 16.  I never want her to think that there something wrong with being single, or working a job. She can do more than wait around for a spouse to can take care of her.  Although I do want her to be married, I would love for her to be a nurse one day too.    I guess what I am concerned about is that I do not have some of the same convictions as some of the people we know, and neither does my husband.  We do own a television, My husband loves football..  I let my kids watch Disney channel, and PBS.  I have used the TV for a babysitter.   I have so much to do, I can not entertain 12 hours a day. I do not sit with my children when they do their schoolwork, but I am here if they need me.  I never want them to be overly dependant on me, they need to know that they can do things independently.  I love clothes and shoes, and love dressing my children nice.  My girls love Barbies, I loved barbies.   Not because of their unrealistic body proportions, but because I got to be creative with clothes and sew my own  clothes for them, or my mom sewed clothes out of scraps from dresses she made me.  I got to play with my sister and we could play for hours, we got in trouble for cutting their hair, and giggled for endless hours.  I guess that I can not take away from Hailey what I loved as a child simply because of  convictions of others.  I  guess I have been thinking about this because I do not want people to think that I am perfect, or holier than thow,  or even too lax in my convictions. because there are lots of things I do feel strongly about .   I do ask my husbands opinion, and do what he asks of me, but 9 out of 10 times he lets me make my own decisions.  He even let me stay in Arkansas while he was here in Kentucky.  Strange? no.  He just knows that I hear God and he had not told me to move.  It was not until I got this job in Somerset and everything just started to fall into place that I felt that I could move. We tithe our 10 percent, and give God offerings, and he blesses us thankfully.  I guess sometimes In Christian circles It makes me nervous that others will not like me because of my lack of convictions in their opinion.  I try and not be judgemental if they have stricter convictions than myself, and even tell my children to not talk about video games, pokemon cards, etc because other children may not know about the latest games they have, and their parents may not want them to know.  I am very real and human, but saved by God's grace. Anyone else feel like this?

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When I was 20 I got pregnant with Grayson, I was not going down the straight and narrow road, I was going down the road that leads to nowhere, except hell.  I can remeber praying for him that God would  give him blessings and that he would come to know Jesus one day,  I even was Baptized with him,(I had never been).  This prescious little angel did not ever sleep, nursed 24/7  I could not leave him in the nursery he would scream if anyone else held him and not give up.  He screamed one time for nearly two hours, and it was not collic.  He has locked Garrett in the car as a newborn not once but twice, He jumped of a table and broke his arm, and when the MD was trying to put it back in place, I thought Grayson was going to punch him in the nose.....The worst thing he did ( That I remeber at this moment) is one time we were all laying down taking a  nap, and Grayson got  up (snuck) now mind you he was about 3. down to the edge of the lake and pushed a  neighbors paddle boat in the water , and started floating down stream in only a diaper.  Thankfully a neighbor was swmoking on her back porch and saw this child.  Another neighbor used a long boat hook and hooked him in.  He was definately a handful!!!  I have also called poison control over the years at least a dozen times.  I guess my kids are just a little more stinkerish lol.  I am very thankful no one ever called DHS on me.  I was a very young single mom but God saw me through and saw me fit to give two more blessings, who are also stinkers at times...

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My favorite time of the year is Christmas, We have two birthdays of our eight around Christmas time,  We usually do 100 dollars a person for Christmas, may not seem like a lot, but with eight and numerous other presents to buy It is a big number for us, The babies of course usually do not come anywhere near their limit.  The kids are usually encouraged to get one "big ' present, and they can combine their own money, grandparents, or non custodial parents money.   

Our favorite toys around the Sullivan's are Barbie's, Bitty Baby from American girl,   the kids also enjoy the Webkinz, and they play video games quite a bit.   The babies enjoy movies, I like the WEE Sing various  one hour plus movies, very fun and sing songy.  Wyatt  loves cars especially matchbox.  That is probably about it.  We want to get a trampoline, the kids always enjoy that one. 

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Well we found out some strange things about our house.  It used to be a doctors office/ hospital type.  The Doctor built a house across the street and I guess built  up his practice. ( I am going  to do some research about the house when I have a chance.}  There was also a spinster thar lived in the house caddy corner to ours.  She was very  young when the dr lived next door, but she said that He ended up overdosing, not because he had a drug problem, but because he had a girlfriend.....his wife had found out and he could not/or did not want the scandle of a divorce...crazy huh....We are also going to be busy working on the yard this weekend.

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Well all is well at the Sullivan  house, I will be going to get my second son tonight.  He has been gone to his dad's sometimes it is very hard to share a child, but I do.  My oldest is in BIrmingham, with his dad.  He will be home next week.  nearly all the boxes are unpacked, I only have papers left to put up in the used filing cabinet we bought yesterday.  I need to get some files.  I got my absentee ballot and voted McCain/ Palin.  I will be orientating, on every  floor the next few days ( Friday, Saturday).   I am hoping I will like peds, or labor and delivery, I think I would be in the Post partum area, but they do on call which means they pay you to be on standby....Cool huh

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Well I did the walk through yesterday and received the key for the house, I got about three of the numerous rooms mopped , vacuumed, and cleaned.  All in all it is not too dirty, they had dogs and there is a lot of dog hair I am getting vacuumed up.  There is also a lot of spider webs, So I am going to get some bug bombs to put off this evening. I still have three more rooms in the downstairs to do.  I am so excited!!   I have to work tomorrow, and next Wednesday and Thursday!!!  Hopefully I will be 100% competent on the computer by then!  We will be fully in by Monday.( The cable can  not be switched until Monday, and Mike loves Footnball too much..Lol

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Well day two over....It really did not go too bad.  I had  two good orientators.  And even met a  fellow homeschooler!!!   She was really nice!  I had two pt the first day and three the second.  It turned out ok because we sent one to the medical floor and one was in surgery ALL DAY.  That one was mine .  Love it when that happens.  We were still EXTREMEMLY busy with our vent pt., and me charting the day up to the point my lady left to go to the Operating room.  I still am a little nervous that I am forgetting something.  I hate that.  I hate worrying that I have forgotten an important part of someones day.  Everyone that reads this just say a quick prayer that I will not forget anything.  All these docs names are all foreign and that is hard, and i have to chart when they stop by, or when I call them and someone else is taking their call. And when they do say their name good luck trying to spell that.  The computer program is like in DOSS  remember that?????  you have to press enter at the end of the line...Yeah  I know!!   So I guess all in all it turned out ok.  I was exhausted and ate lunch after the cafeteria closed.   Thank goodness there is a  Subway!!!   We get the key to our house today!!!  YEAH!!  I have to go turn on the gas and water today.  I guess it is all just a name change in their computer.  I suppose I will be cleaning this house tonight.   FUN FUN!!!  I am a tad tired of cleaning. 

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Well It seems as though everyone has a cold of some sort, others worse than others.  I have loaded everyone on echinacea and bought the airborne effervescents ( I think they help)  I have also tried several of my homeopathic remedies.  Pulsatilla helped first ( just remember green junk from the nose and try that one first) I tried several cough , my Mom said to try Drosera, so I did, I think it has helped.  everything sounds a lot looser and not  so spasmodic.... Thats Good.  The babies have to go to daycare Tuesday so I am trying to get them able to go. Well we have not had a whole lot going on this weekend.  We close on the house on Friday  YEAH!!!!  We have to go through a final tour Thursday.  We wanted to tomorrow, but out realtor has the flu or something close to that.   Pretty boring.  We have watched a few movies, Mike has watched football, football, and a little more football please....lol  can you tell he likes football??  we did have a great service this am at church, we did not stay for the potluck I should have brought something, but actually decided at the last minute to go, because Hailey was coughing but I just did not put her in the nursery.  Grayson has been catching fish up at Moms in Michigan.  they come back Tuesday bringing cider and Michigan Mcintosh apples YUM YUM!!!!

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Well this is the third day of orientation.  It has been very interesting.  And yes I will be working in ICU.  Next week Tuesday and Wednesday and Saturday are my first days.  We do computer charting which I have never done, but I think If I can blog I can chart ;).   Well we have 75% of our "stuff"  out of Arkansas.  we will be going back next month sometime to finish up the last of it.  I really like this lake Cumberland hospital.  They have alot of good ideas  and are really wanting to do a good job!!!   This weekend the kids will be going out of town.   Grayson to Michigan, Garrett to his Dad's in Tennessee.  The twins seem to be doing wonderfully adjusting to daycare.  I am very thankful.    Everyone seems to be doing well.  We close on the house Friday.  So all in all everyone, and everything is doing well !!! Praise the Lord!!!  I am so glad that I am up here with my WONDERFUL husband who I adore!!!!  Well that is about it Grayson and Garrett are doing their studies with Mom.  I think she is really enjoying it.  Saturday we are going to Pam True's for her harvest Party!!!!  FUN FUN! 

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Well tonight we will be back in Arkansas to pack up our "stuff'  I will be going through every thing and putting it in the consignment pile, throw away pile , give away pile, or keep.  Phewww I am going to be tired.  I wish I had like a week to do all this.  Oh well maybe it's better I KNOW I  only have 3 days to get it all done.  And then I start the new job on Monday.  It is just orientation, but I know I need to pick up three shifts the next week to have enough money to pay two house notes.  Yuck...... Well I know God knows what he is doing, and I can not imagine that he will not work the two house situation out.  It is all so bitter sweet.   I know that the one definite in life is that everything changes.  We had the babies birthday party last night.  They are playing with their new toys!!!!   My mom got them some of the cutest clothes  from Janie and Jack.  We always buy on the sale tab they can be somewhta pricey if you don't find the sales.  Really cute little boys clothes!!!! Also HAnnah Andersson has really good sales and what I love about her is that the clothes DO NOT SHRINK.  They are oversized, and dresses are long.  I always buy a few of her dressses and ususally those are the staple dresses that always look cute and look great right out of the dryer!!!   Must run I have a lot to do today!!!!

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The rules of this meme are as follows:

Grab the nearest book.

Open the book to page 56.

Find the fifth sentence.

Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal/blog along with these instructions.

Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

Tag five other people to do the same.

Ok, Here goes:

Remember that Truth is many-sided. Have much tender love and patience for all who do not see as you do.  The elimination of self is the key to holiness and happiness and can only be accomplished with my help.  study My life more, live in My presence.  Worship Me.  God Calling by A.J. Russell

I think all my friends have already been tagged:)  If you are reading this and have not consider yourself tagged ;)

I have been working on again my relationship with the kids mom.  I do not like to not like someone, so I feel I need to give her some credit for bearing these four amazing children.  I had to call her about a doctors appointment for Lewis.  I think she is going to go with him.  She said today that Lewis has two moms and that really made me feal good, the fact that she acknowledges that out loud is amazing.  Her husband  Clyde still is not allowed to go back to work.  He has been out of work since Aug 4th on FMLA.  His blood pressure is still over what they allow on the job was 180/120 now it is 151/91, I guess he passed out at work when he had a mini stroke in July so this  has been a three month of ongoing problems.    I am still praying that God will allow the children to come back to us.  Either by their own desire, or by their Mom sending them back for whatever reason.  I know Hailey and Wyatt miss their brother and Sisters terribly.  Everyone cont. to pray that I can get this house packed up, the new house looking beautiful before Christmas, actually Thanksgiving.  I want the kids to LOVE the new house, and want to live there.  And try out Kentucky

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We went to church today.  It was really good.  He was really talking to people that do not change and turn from their sin.  Hailey went to the nursery, Wyatt did not :( I do not know what it is with him that does not want to go.   The babies will start daycare this next week.  I may put them in one day this week to see how they will do.  But they will have to go the 13th for sure for 4 days because I have orientation at work.. I have to find Royal blue scrubs.  I just tried to order some online could not find a coupon and the shipping was going to be 18.00 so I said  forget it.  So now I am back to square one.  They also said no jeans or jean skirts, jumpers etc.  I am glad I am going back to finish packing I need more clothes options.  We will be celebrating the twins birthday on the 11th and Rebekahs the same day ( hers is the 9th)  I have met so many nice ladies here in Burkesville I really am enjoying some real good conversations with these Godly women.  Some are even older and definately have a different perspective on life.  THey have daughters married and older children.   God is truely awesome!!!  We did the roller coaster garage sale.  Well we bought stuff at it.   We got  some really nice things for cheap!!!!  My sister is doing a Saturday morning soccer in Burkesville she is really having great turnout!! The boys Love to go and they have been learning a lot from Coach Emily (aka Auntie Em :))  I have read others blogs that they love to go as well.  We really need to rally around her and encourage her to do a spring soccer as well she is really a great coach!!  Well enough for now

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Well the heat had to be turned on today 40 degrees on awaking , the babies are in bed.  I am exhausted as normal.  I had to pick up a  few groceries, and had to talk to my future daughter in law today about some  of her personal problems.  We will be closing the last week of October.  We would have closed sooner, but the people wanted us to pay half a months rent/lease on top of our down payment.  I told Mike that it seemed a bit petty on their part, especially when they would be storing their sailboat there for another couple of weeks.  Oh well it will give me a chance to hopefully start working. and perhaps get a paycheck.  I found a daycare that would take the babies on a drop in basis.  They have room for 12 spots and have 10 filled.  She said if they had another person wanting full time they would ask me first about the full time spots again, and i may have to find the babies another place.  If anyone can think of babysitters for the twins approxiamtely two days a week.  And the boys are probably capapble of watching the twins it would just be nice to have someone else there......I pay good  :).    Well enough for now.  We will be going back to Arkasnas next weekend to pack, clean and get everything tidied up to show the house.  I hope all this craziness on Wall Street gets better and the banks continue to lend money on better risks....

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Well we have so many dilemmas.  What  to do with our house in Arkansas.  Mikes parents really need a nice place to live.  We LOVE our house.  I am just  afraid of what the house willl look like when/ if we ever get it back.  That sounds silly I know.  Mikes Dad smokes, I just really do not want it to smell like smoke.  I know that paint is cheap and in another couple of years it will probably need new carpet.  I am putting this on here so maybe I will get an answer from God.  I know they can not afford this house, or a house like this.  I know charity begins at home.  We have been blessed beyond belief with finances and good jobs for the time  being.  I am just not sure if I am just being greedy?   If they will move in  the house this gives us  a place to stay when we go back to Arkansas. My Mother in law is an angel.  SHe has put up with an alchoholic husband for 35 years.  About 5-10 years a go he started gettiing sick.  SO now Mikes Dad is in the last days of his life (he stil has a few good years) i feel like I am being so selfish. We have a house we want to keep but I am too selfish to allow anyone else to live in it......I guess God just needs to deal with me....Any suggestions??

I got the ICU/In house agency job!!!!!!!

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Here is the link for our new home in Columbia, Ky

http://www.visualtour.com/shownp.asp?T=1028651  It has enough rook to make two of the downstairs rooms bedrooms, .  And it has plumbing for a total of 4 bathrooms.  So that is 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms!!!  I still have to hear about the job in Somerset.  I pray I get the job!!   I would still feel so much more at peace to know that the job is secure as well......

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Yeah!!! I have a potential job offer from Somerset Hospital.  They have an in house agency and I would be making more than what I AM HERE !!!!  Praise the Lord!!!!!!Hurray!!!  I am coming this Monday to interview Tuesday.  I also have talked to the state hospital in Glasgow, and left a message for the Burkesville DON.  I think that the Somerset job sounds great.  Their main questiona was if I had IV experience.  I guess they are finding a lot of nurses do not.  I have started so many IV's I could do it in my sleep LOL, maybe not but I would be close.  We are looking again at a log cabin that we looked at when Mike first got u[ her in June it is now for sale by owner.  I would LOVE to live in that house, ANd even be willing to sell this homestead in Arkansas. Well I will see several of you next week at the Mom's night out in Columbia !! YEAH!!!!!  Continue to pray for the job, interview and house...Char

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Well the pageant is over Hailey did not win, or place.  That is ok.  Stephanie said that the girl who won had a wig, fake eyelashes, everything this pageant was not last year it has become.  Oh well.  We do not do too many only the small local ones I guess we will mark this one off the books.   I hope up in Kentucky there is a ballet studio, or tumbling class.  I would not mind her doing that she will be three next month.  How the time flies by us.  I guess this weekend was fine.  My husband's niece ran away again,  this makes like the third time.   She has had a pretty tough life, and instead of rising to the occasion a trying to get past her situation, she has let her circumstances overpower her.  I worry about this next generation.  They have no work ethic, they think they everything is free basically.  They do not value money.  I hope with my homeschooling adventure that I will curtail what I know is out there awatiting  my fou prescious childrenr.  I am not going to allow Satan to creep into this family.  I hope that Sen McCain wins and that the next four years gives America new hope that it so desperately needs.  I think I heard a survey that said America's school were like 67th in the world we are right above Mexico...SAD.  They also said the achievemnet tests are not uniform.  Texas may have an easier or harder one than Michigan.   How do we know what our kids know???   Now I will know.  My children do not know anything near what I knew at their age.  This is definately not the childhood we had.  I hope that I can create a childhood experience that when they have kids one day they will hold fast to that past.  Well enough for today .....CS

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Well tomorrow I will be taking care of the sick.  I have to work two days.  I will be missing the pageant that I am putting Hailey Mae in. Stephanie my future daughter in law wanted to take her.  She was the QUeen two years ago.  I know a lot of people do not approve of pageants, but I make Hailey Mae's Dresses myself, and she really looks like a beautiful little princess.  We do not use makeup, or false anything.  It's the dress, the shoes and her beautiful smile.  We have won several places and Wyatt won last year Little Mr. Lonoke County fair. He jumped around like a frog. Everyone laughed.  I Love pageants not the cheesy ones where the girls look like 25 year olds, but the natural ones that is really just for fun.  This is a fair pageant.   I was in pageants as a teenager and  became friends with Heather Whitestone ( at the time) she won Miss America in 1995 the same year I was having my son Grayson.   She was in a lot of pageants, was modest, and truely one of the first beautiful Christian women I had ever met.  She used to call me on the TTY and we would talk.  We kind of lost touch after She went to college and then won.  Mom asked me while I was pregnant( out of wedlock) after making so many poor choices in my life, if I wished that had been me.  That was one of the first time I was totally honest with myself and said no, I did not deserve to be Miss America, Heather did , she was the same person on stage as she was off.  There was no ugliness about her.  I started to change from that day forward.  Ironically , Heather has been on the 700 club or CBN both times I  was in the hospital having my boys.  She overcame her obsticals and silently without knowing even to herself she was the encouragement I needed to get past the bad parts of my life.  I now have a little girl to teach to be the beautiful Christian woman she should be on the inside and out.  I know alot of people would disagree, that is not what this post is about.  It is about spending time with Hailey and using my talents God gave me to be creative with her dresses.  And showing that Christians can take part in contests and still show their love for the Lord.  I know Heather touched people by her actions.  She was and is a beautiful woman and now has beautiful children to share the Love of the Lord too.  

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