That Ohio Weather..............

Just wanted you to see what we have!!!!!! Bet you miss this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

What Are You Wearing Part 2

I rolled over and hit the snooze button on the alarm clock...........I did not want to get up. The days events were seemingly full and my feet had not even hit the floor!

It started as the same routine; getting everyone up and ready for school, packing lunches and making sure all backpacks were ready to go. As I am shewing the kids out the door, I begin to feed and water the dogs, and inhale a Pop-Tart myself. Without even giving a thought I find myself locking the door. Yeah..........If I lock myself in, then that means I have locked the world out! I have no desire to get dressed, do last nights dishes, wash the mounds of laundry that clutter my floor, put things away, answering the phone and heaven forbid if the UPS guy comes: HE WILL JUST HAVE TO COME BACK!

I am not getting dressed and I am going back to bed............yes............back to bed. I will set the alarm and make myself get up and dressed about an hour before the kids come home, they will never know. As for myself I just feel blah, useless and like giving up!

Sound somewhat familiar?

The good news is, God gives us His words to reflect upon on.........................

"Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid of them! The Lord your God will go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you." Deuteronomy 31:6

"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength." Isaiah 40:29

"For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."2 Corinthians 6:16

"But the Lord is faithful; he will make you strong and guard you from the evil one."
2 Thessalonians 3:3

So.........If you wake up in the morning and this is how you are feeling, try the following:
1.Do what you have to do
2.Get showered and dressed
3.Eat a decent breakfast
4. Spend some time in God's Word(You can always start by reading 1 Proverb and then 1 Psalm)
5. Last but not least, talk to God , Thank Him, Praise Him and ask Him for the strength that you need.

What are you wearing? Part 1

Often how we dress is a reflection of how we feel or what it is we are going to do.

Right?

If we are wearing dress clothes we may be going to work, church ,important appointment or just feeling real positive about ourselves. We are feeling maybe Confident.

You might have on what I call yard clothes. These are clothes we wear to do work around the house or participate in doing endless chores. We are feeling as if we have an Agenda.

We often find ourselves dressed in old or casual clothes, preparing to do something we enjoy or just being plain lazy. We are feeling Relaxed.

Perhaps you wake up in the morning just NOT wantingto get dressed at all...........you do not want to go anywhere, you don't want to answer the phone or the door. You just want to lay around and do nothing. We are feeling less than positive.

If you can relate to any of these situations...........then keep reading, I just might have something for you.

What are you wearing?

PREFACE

It was quite sometime ago that I was standing in my church, visiting my parents. I had just finished practicing with the Worship Team and was waiting for the service to start.

I had been actively involved with teaching the children at that time, when I was approached by one of the little girls tugging at my dress. She had a question she wanted to ask......I remember as if it were yesterday although years have passed " Are you singing today"? "No" I said with a smile, " Why do you ask"?

"BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR SINGING DRESS ON"

That conversation has stayed with me and is the basis for this story. I hope you find this story challenging in your daily walk with Christ and entertaining as well.

Not more snow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I thought I would take a picture of my Angel before and after the snow that is coming! I don't want more snow:(

BRRRRRRRR..........

I dont know about all of you, but on days like this..........I miss spring! I was looking through some pictures and found this of the yard this past summer. I enjoy planting the flowers but do not" I repeat DO NOT" like to weed the flowers. But it takes constant work to make them look nice. I was looking at the computer and it says it is 16 degrees! If you would add about 50 degrees to that I would be happy.

Hey...........did you happen to notice my favorite Color is Purple! Well I guess I will close the day out and get under a Blanket;)

Reminiscing.......

Here she is the "Princess"Maddison Franchesca

She would have been 8 on November 24TH

She was my life and then Randy's. What a perfect little girl she was, but that is obviously why God had mysteriously found us as new parents of "Schnapps" the Prince BEFORE Maddie died.

We have been through alot, and it has been less than 5 years!

1.We lost Randys mother to a heart attack.

2.We lost Randys niece by suicide

3. We lost his nephew to suicide.

4.We lost another niece to suicide.

5.We lost Randys ex-mother-in law, she was a very sweet lady

6.The mother of Randy's Grandson overdosed and passed away

7.We then lost his father

8. In between all of that Randy has been through 3 jobs

9. I have been through 3 jobs

10. I have had two Brain Surgeries

11. I have another Brain Tumor growing

These are all the major things without naming everything that happens day to day!

You stop and look at that all in writing and wonder how you make it? It is truly because and only because of God. I will probably never know the reasons why all of this has happened, but I do know that God gives you the peace that passes ALL understanding. He gives a Peace that only He can give.

What can separate you from His love..........

I was just coming back inside and could not help but notice the beautiiful sun shine. The day has been gloomy but God still shines upon us. It made me think of things we all have been through, but how God still shines. You know often we as a family just do not sit and talk about things that happen. I know we are all busy and have our own agendas but it is nice to always catch up:)

I was looking back on Randy and I and started thinking about alot of things.

As you may or may not know, Randy and I met in 1995 as co-workers. We never looked at each other in any other way. And I was not looking for a boyfriend nor was he looking for a wife!

We were friends and to be honest sometimes he even was annoying. Well we skip through the years.......Depression starting setting in again, and it got to the point I could not stand it anymore. This was around 2002. I decided to go have a meeting with my Pastor and share sometime with him. He and I talk for hours that night and agreed in prayer that this feeling would be bound and we prayed that Gods Glory would shine through this tough time. I of course never leaving anything on a serious note said "Well if its a husband, God will have to drop him on my door step" we laughed and I left. We would check in with each other and continued praying. Any way back to Lowe's in 2003, Randys wife who had been unfaithful decided that she would take him out to eat tell him she did not love him and she never did! This came as quite a blow to hime after 30 years of marriage, but things had not been right for some time. Randy would come to me about changes seeing that I handled that kinda stuff. Randy then turned in his notice and left Lowes. One Saturday I was at my apt. and the phone rang, it was Randy. He wanted to know if I wanted to go out and talk, he missed having someome to talk to. So reluctantly I did. He then called to tell me what a nice time he had, we were on the phone for hours. He then preceded to ask me out again.......I told him probably not as I did not feel very well I had a cold..He insisted..I went.....We were at Red Lobster...........he had brought a yellow friendship rose, a card, water, cough drops, tissue, and a can of Chicken Noodle soup! How is that? So to make the long and short of that Chapter......we were engaged April 5th 2003 and married July 19th 2003. Gods hand was in it all....need I be surprised. As my Grandma Lillo always told me "ther is a lid for every pot even if it is a little cracked!"

Feeling a little under the weather!

Hi All!
Just wanted to touch base. Not much going on here but the weather! It was major rain thunderstorms and wind yesterday! Today is wind snow flurries and just so much Ohio. I feel really tired today. All I want to do is sleep. Got up this morning and ran some errands t0 get rid of some things laying around here. Went to the Mail Box, returned some things at Family dollar and Drug Mart, on out ot the flower shop and Ruths, then stopped at moms and the church then Robins! So....my load is a little lighter. I found out for sure last night that I was pregnant(just kidding but sounded good) I found out that Sparky is afraid of thunderstorms, just what you need in Ohio. I closed the curtains and turned on the radio for them when they got in ther beds. That seemed to help. Just contemplating what to have for supper, the dilemma that never ends. Well talked to you later.

and again

Still trying

Still trying........

I am tring this again. I am going to find my book and find away to fix the lighting!

What is IT?

Well, I went to the Doctors to have my ELBOW checked. A couple of months ago I lost my balance and hit my elbow on the door frame. I did not think much about it until this past week. Boy does it hurt. He is going to do a MRI to look for a micro-fracture. I started this blog to give me something to do.....and all I have had is medical problems. I guess its because I am 40.! Speaking of that it was so good to see you Erin and thanks Ashley for making it possible. Well I am going to clean for awhile. Chat at you later!

This is them

Well, another day brought to a close. I worked today and my feet are killing me! I can not believe the money that GUYS will spend on flowers. I never left the register today and as you can see, my feet are not used to it. All in all, my register was only .18 cents over and that was a customer that did not want his change.

(Big Tipper) Well I guess me my little piggies are going to bed!

Happy Valentines Day

Well I am up and preparing for work and feeling very much like Schnapps!

Back to work for the Holiday

Oh my aching feet......I decided to help out at the flower shop and I am tired! I worked 11-7 today and I know now why I quit:) I guess I will have to go right to bed after Idol, since someone has to work! From our house to yours-"Happy Valentines Day"

Surprise

Hello,
I have decided doing a blog might become a good form of therapy and will allow me to possibly to have a hobby. I read Erins and Ashleys and decided why not?