Betch, I hate your blog

Just want you to know. I keep trying to respond (have for a few days now) and it keeps timing out on me. Urgh.

I had a huge crush on Kirk Cameron back in the day. Never got the Jake Ryan love, although I think I'm the only female that can make that claim LOL.

I love it when Will gets me flowers. He surprises me with daisies or carnations or other inexpensive bouquets from the store often. :) One day he was grocery shopping with me and Jacob, and he had to take Jake to the bathroom and they came back with a bouquet for me. This lady in the aisle with us said "AWWWWW, what a lucky lady you are." I agreed with her.

You've already chosen your new music I know, but lately we've really been into Flyleaf, Fireflight, Plumb, Superchic(k), and other "girl" bands.

I can't remember if you've asked anything else recently.

In other news, I had a doctor's appointment today to discuss the hernia and lack of surgery thing. I think she was a little ticked at the surgeon (I could hear some of the stuff she was saying while she was out in the hall trying to find out what his deal was) but after about an hour she came back in and said that anybody else I see is pretty much going to tell me the same thing, so..... Not a whole lot I can do about it right now, just try not to aggrevate the hernia as much as possible and if I ever have acute abdominal pain that won't go away when I lay down to get to an ER as soon as I'm able.

Will got an offer to apply for a job with Entergy in Lake Charles, LA. Neither one of us really wants to move, but he feels he should apply for it anyway and go from there (I agree with him - didn't mean to word that to make it sound like I don't even want him to apply). I'm glad to see him getting offers. Especially since it's a reminder that HE GRADUATES IN MAY. I cannot possibly be excited enough about that!!!!!

I started a Chronological read through the Bible plan the other day. It's really eye-opening to look at the events of the Bible as they actually happened in relation to each other.

Gonna wrap this up before the computer reboots. We've been having major issues lately. Major.

Oh, and Betch -

Will got the biggest kick out of his "Nathan's Dad" Star Wars cheesecake. I'll have to get a picture of it up here.

Forgot to mention

I started wearing my tiechel to church this past Sunday. One lady commented that I looked "very pretty" that morning. I thought that was sweet.

I wore it this time according to the directions at coveryourhair.com except that I left the ends trailing down my back after tying up the bun instead of tucking them in. I think I'll probably just wear it over my loose hair most of the time, but it was nice to be able to put all my hair up (I can't get it to stay in a bun normally).

IS IT BEDTIME YET?!?!?!?! The kids are CRAZY tonight. They are acting like they were raised by wolves. (That might actually be a little too mean for the poor wolves.)

Well, crud

I found the mistake in the checkbook. I had transposed a 67 into a 76 in one of the deposits. Good news - we got a $10 rebate check in the mail yesterday that will cover it. Bad news - we have to drive 45 minutes into town to deposit it.

But that's better than a $25 NSF fee, right?

In other news, I sent an email to the church yesterday to let them know my surgery had been cancelled (the associate pastor had been keeping up with my situation). They emailed back asking if it was ok for them to add me to the prayer list in the weekly bulletin. My first thought - 'Oh, I'm not worth all that trouble'. Why is it so difficult for me to realize that someone other than my closest circle of family and friends cares about me? Ugh.

I can't get my checkbook to balance

I HATE IT when that happens. It's down to the last four outstanding entries, and I've checked it and re-checked it and re-re-checked it, and it still won't balance. GARRRR.

The time is coming

Matthew 13

24Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'
28" 'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'
29" 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "

36Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
37He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.


Man, ya'll.... Never before have I felt so strongly - and without any alarm, just a deep sense of knowing - that we are walking through the days leading up to the End of Days. I don't think we're quite to the end yet, but (to quote LOTR) 'the board is set, the pieces are moving.'

I see the weeds being pulled, all around. What a time to be alive!

Goodbye, 2008

I wish I could say you'll be missed but to be quite honest, you pretty much sucked. So, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Hello, 2009! May you be infinitely better.