Playing Catchup

I know its taken forever to post anything new. I guess as the spring winds down and summer begins some things just go by the way side and this happened to be one of them. We began the summer with finishing the Love Dare Bible study which was wonderful. In between finishing this and summer Jason came down with MRSA and decided to spend a week in the hospital. Then what do you know...summer was in full force. I declare sometimes I didnt know if I was coming or going. However summer has decided to start winding down and hence a routine will emerge from all of the chaos. I am hoping to become more faithful to blogging some thoughts as this routine gets established. I like the outlet to let thoughts flow.

I have been blessed this weekend by wonderful friends who truely care. I was treated to a wonderful dinner last night with just some girlfriends for an early birthday treat. Then this morning in sunday school, my dear friend Mary surprised me with birthday blessings and happy birthday doughnuts. I am so fortunate to be surrounded by such wonderful women. I thank my Lord that He has allowed me to be blessed by them in so many different ways. Each time I see them I think of these words from 2 corinthians 9:14-15 " And they will pray for you with deep affection because of overflowing grace God has given to you. Thank God for this gift to wonderful for words". I am truely thankful that these ladies are my prayer warriors. And once again I am blessed.

Fireproof

Tonight I have begun a journey. I cannot wait to see what is in store for me as I begin this journey and I can only imagine the great things that are to come from this journey. My church has begun the Bible study Fireproof. I was a big fan of this movie before I ever saw it. In fact, I couldnt get to the theatre to see it when it came out, so I bought it as soon as it came out on dvd. I watched it in full and cried the whole time...the first time I saw it. A week ago we watched the movie as a church and once again I cried. As I begin this study, I pray that God will turn my marriage around. Now dont get me wrong. My husband is wonderful and we have a good marriage, but I truely believe that with God it could be so much better. In fact I know that with God it will be so much better. Granted I know we will have our hard times and our not so hard times. But as it says in the movie, I want to be able to pull through the times when the flames rise up. I am hoping that by the time I end the 40 day journey, that my husband is able to see a change in me. I am praying that when this is over with he will want what I have found, just like what happened with Caleb and Katherine. So as I begin this journey, I will keep posted how things are going. The good and the bad, maybe not all the ugly. This in turn will keep me accountable in more than one way. I am begining tomorrow with day 1. My prayer through this is that God will create a heart in me that is stronger for Him than I can ever imagine. I want a Godly marriage. I want God to be completely evident in my life and I want to put my husband as my treasure. That is the starting point. Making my treasures more of what God wants. I want to treasure my husband. I want him to view the way I treat him as a treasure.

Mouse alert...and its not MICKEY

Ok I know its been a while since I have last since posted...but I do have a good reason. .... I just havent had time. I know, I know, its a bit of a shock to some people, but that is the truth. Meanwhile, I have had my office infested by mice. Now growing up I had a hamster and a gerbil and did very well I might add at taking care of them and loving them as only a pre teen can do. However, the mouse infestation has given me the heebee jeebees to say the least. We (and I say that meaning Poncho, Phillip and Jason) have torn down the walls of the office, which in turn means I have to unplug the computer as well as every other electronic device in there and wait for them to get "my" section back together so that work can be done. Needless to say as they are putting things back in order the work is piling high on the desk, among other things. Now did I mention that in the middle of all this I have to get our taxes filed by the end of February? At one point and time I was sure about where everything was for this dreaded event. However, 10 minutes before my appointment today I am still looking for the interest statements that used to be in a folder on my desk. Needless to say I did find them and was actually thankful that the accountant was running a little behind as usual today. As for now, all the walls to the office but one are back up. I am waiting for another rainy day for the final wall to be put up and then hopefully the office will return to working order. In the meantime this has given me another way to prove to Jason that we really do NEED an Internet feed in the house.

Oh yeah, we did find the mouse hotel, for the PETA people we relocated them to the dumpster where they would have plenty to eat and travel on...as well as the nest of their future generation.

Baby its Cold

Its cold out today. Granted the above pic is about a year old, I think that if its not going to be above freezing, then there should be some snow involved. Its a day to cuddle up and try to stay warm. I intend on trying to do that for the next day or so.
In other news I just want to say that the LORD is GOOD! Praises to HIM for the answered prayers concerning my step mom. I know she has had mighty prayer warriors on her behalf for some time now. Its times like this that I am truly amazed at the power prayer has. I have experienced the power of prayer on a personal note as well. Being told that Sarah would be our only child, I turned this issue over to God, and HE provided our family with Abby. How wonderful and mighty is our LORD! I stand in awe of the mighty things He has done.

Maybe today is a day to cuddle up and stay warm in the LORD. Maybe there are days like this to remind us that it is time to cuddle up in the warmth of our God. What could be better than a good snuggle with your father?

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

As I sit back and ponder on 2008, I find myself humbled by all of the blessings that have been given to me. Most importantly my faith in Christ. He is the source of all the blessings bestowed upon me. I am also blessed with a wonderful husband who allows the opportunity for me to stay at home with the kids. I am so fortuante to be able to be home with my kids. I look forward to picking up Sarah from school and asking about her day. I love the fact that she is not in a daycare somewhere wondering when I am gonna get off of work to come and get her. I love seeing the excitement that Abby has for her sister. She gets so happy to see Sarah after a long day alone with mommy. I am blessed to have both of my children. Both of them given to me by the grace of my heavenly father.

For 2009, I wish for health and happyness to you. I wish you the love of Christ to be upon you. I am hoping that at the end of this year I am able to say that I have been blessed beyond measure and that I have been a good and faithful servant.