Wednesday, July 15, 2009
He called yesterday
He was supposed to come by today to work on the truck. Haven't seen him yet, it's almost 11 am. We'll see.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Did the Israelites have to wonder?
When they were wandering around in the desert for forty years and the Lord provided them with fresh manna in the morning and quail in the evening, did they have to wonder if they were going to mess up and the next day's meal would not be forthcoming?
Because that's what I feel like right now. The Lord is providing for us, a little at a time, but always what we need when we need it. But I look at the bills that are due two weeks from now and I wonder - will he provide more then? Or am I going to have to figure out the right way to handle what he has given us for now so that it will last?
Lord God, I am thankful for the provision. I will do my best to be wise with it.
Because that's what I feel like right now. The Lord is providing for us, a little at a time, but always what we need when we need it. But I look at the bills that are due two weeks from now and I wonder - will he provide more then? Or am I going to have to figure out the right way to handle what he has given us for now so that it will last?
Lord God, I am thankful for the provision. I will do my best to be wise with it.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Song Title Fun
Stealing this from a couple of my facebook buddies.
Pick an artist, and using ONLY SONG TITLES from only that artist answer these questions. This is harder than it seems!
ADDITIONAL RULE: You cannot use the same artist I did, or duplicate song titles even if they were performed by another artist.
Artist: Seventh Day Slumber
1. Are you a male or female: Brand New Me (the surgery was a success I guess! heh)
2. Describe yourself: Awake
3. How do you feel about yourself: Undone
4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: Innocence (technically I don't have an ex since Will was my first real boyfriend, but I had an almost-relationship this describes well :) )
5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: Miracle
6. Describe your current location: Broken Buildings (hahahahaha, how fitting)
7. Describe where you want to be: Oceans From the Rain
8. Your best friend is: Always
9. Your favorite color is: Candy
10. You know that: I Know (but do I know that you know I know?)
11. What's the weather like: Burning Bridges (well, it is hot, but not *that* hot)
12. If your life was a television show what would it be called: Out Of Time
13. What is life to you: My Struggle
14. What is the best advice you have to give: Believe
15. If you could change your name what would it be: Caroline (that's Caroline, not Carolyn, thank you)
Pick an artist, and using ONLY SONG TITLES from only that artist answer these questions. This is harder than it seems!
ADDITIONAL RULE: You cannot use the same artist I did, or duplicate song titles even if they were performed by another artist.
Artist: Seventh Day Slumber
1. Are you a male or female: Brand New Me (the surgery was a success I guess! heh)
2. Describe yourself: Awake
3. How do you feel about yourself: Undone
4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: Innocence (technically I don't have an ex since Will was my first real boyfriend, but I had an almost-relationship this describes well :) )
5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: Miracle
6. Describe your current location: Broken Buildings (hahahahaha, how fitting)
7. Describe where you want to be: Oceans From the Rain
8. Your best friend is: Always
9. Your favorite color is: Candy
10. You know that: I Know (but do I know that you know I know?)
11. What's the weather like: Burning Bridges (well, it is hot, but not *that* hot)
12. If your life was a television show what would it be called: Out Of Time
13. What is life to you: My Struggle
14. What is the best advice you have to give: Believe
15. If you could change your name what would it be: Caroline (that's Caroline, not Carolyn, thank you)
Not really an update, but...
We found out today that the guy in the previous post (I'm going to call him Rodney to make things easier, but it's not his real name) is living out of Will's truck at the moment. He and his roommate got evicted from their apartment.
Sigh.
You know, some people live with this kind of drama in their life all the time, but we don't. It's not us. I don't like it.
Sigh.
You know, some people live with this kind of drama in their life all the time, but we don't. It's not us. I don't like it.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Ever have those days when you just can't even scream?
Today is one of those days.
A guy from church came up to our house last week (was it last week? the week before? I don't even remember now) to help Will get one of his old trucks up and running so we could have a second vehicle again. Will totalled his car a few weeks ago, I'm not even sure if I blogged about that. Anyway, they got the engine taken apart and took whatever parts needed to be fixed to the machine shop, and then went to the auto store and ordered the parts they needed to order. The next day they went to pick up the partial order that had come in, Will paid $250 for the parts (all that we could afford to put toward this project - the guy is covering the rest because Will's giving him the Ranger that needs a transmission). Will started a job this Monday so the guy was supposed to come on over and start putting the truck back together alone. He's driving Will's Ranger because he doesn't have a vehicle, and he lives 30+ miles away, this way he doesn't have to have someone bring him.
He wasn't at church Sunday. We didn't think *too* much of it, he's on disability and works at his friend's restaurant whenever he's able to get some part time $$.
Monday comes, he doesn't show up.
Tuesday comes, he doesn't show up.
Today is Wednesday. He doesn't show up. Will called the machine shop to see if the guy had picked up the parts he dropped off, he hasn't even though they're ready. Then Will called to see if the guy had picked up the rest of the order at the auto store. They told him the guy came in and returned the other parts and got "his" money back for them.
Dammit.
So, while Will is on the phone trying to find out where this guy is (he doesn't have a phone, so we have to call around to see if anybody knows where he is) I go outside to spray the kids with bug spray and hear water running. I ask Nathan if his daddy came outside (thinking maybe it was the water hose) and he checked and said no. Crap. I holler into the house that I hear water running and Will comes out and goes under the house. It's the water heater. Water is pouring out of it. Crap. Lowes card is maxed out, the only open major cc we have is maxed out (had to use it to buy gas the past few weeks - it was paid off before that) and we've got automated drafts coming out in a few days so we can't use the unemployment funds. Crap. I remind Will that my mom asked me the other day if we needed some money and I told her right then we were ok but if we needed it I would let her know. He said "Call her, we're out of options at this point."
So I called her. Or, attempted to anyway. Have I mentioned that their phone service sucks ass? Well, it does. I tried three times and was about to throw the phone across the room (yes, Nathan gets his temper from me - some of it anyway) when it rang. It was mom. "Have you been trying to call us?" The phone would ring once and then stop on her end, so she figured it was us. Heh. So I tell her what's up, and Will gets on the phone with my dad to let him know what size water heater and all that, and they head to Sears for us.
I get to work picking up and vacuuming (which I was going to do today anyway, promise) and Will goes to call the forestry service to see about a job. He "passed basic qualifications" several weeks ago, and the site still showed the job being open, but nobody has ever contacted him. He decided to just call and go by today. Found out the position has already been filled even though the site was never updated. Very disappointing. It would have been a federal job, an engineering job (hello, past five years not a waste, thank you), fifteen minutes from home. Sigh. Very disappointing.
My folks get here, Will and I throw together a quick lunch, and then he takes a cold shower and gets ready to leave for work. Dad realizes we don't have all the parts here that we need so Will plans to pick that stuff up tomorrow.
I need a break.
A guy from church came up to our house last week (was it last week? the week before? I don't even remember now) to help Will get one of his old trucks up and running so we could have a second vehicle again. Will totalled his car a few weeks ago, I'm not even sure if I blogged about that. Anyway, they got the engine taken apart and took whatever parts needed to be fixed to the machine shop, and then went to the auto store and ordered the parts they needed to order. The next day they went to pick up the partial order that had come in, Will paid $250 for the parts (all that we could afford to put toward this project - the guy is covering the rest because Will's giving him the Ranger that needs a transmission). Will started a job this Monday so the guy was supposed to come on over and start putting the truck back together alone. He's driving Will's Ranger because he doesn't have a vehicle, and he lives 30+ miles away, this way he doesn't have to have someone bring him.
He wasn't at church Sunday. We didn't think *too* much of it, he's on disability and works at his friend's restaurant whenever he's able to get some part time $$.
Monday comes, he doesn't show up.
Tuesday comes, he doesn't show up.
Today is Wednesday. He doesn't show up. Will called the machine shop to see if the guy had picked up the parts he dropped off, he hasn't even though they're ready. Then Will called to see if the guy had picked up the rest of the order at the auto store. They told him the guy came in and returned the other parts and got "his" money back for them.
Dammit.
So, while Will is on the phone trying to find out where this guy is (he doesn't have a phone, so we have to call around to see if anybody knows where he is) I go outside to spray the kids with bug spray and hear water running. I ask Nathan if his daddy came outside (thinking maybe it was the water hose) and he checked and said no. Crap. I holler into the house that I hear water running and Will comes out and goes under the house. It's the water heater. Water is pouring out of it. Crap. Lowes card is maxed out, the only open major cc we have is maxed out (had to use it to buy gas the past few weeks - it was paid off before that) and we've got automated drafts coming out in a few days so we can't use the unemployment funds. Crap. I remind Will that my mom asked me the other day if we needed some money and I told her right then we were ok but if we needed it I would let her know. He said "Call her, we're out of options at this point."
So I called her. Or, attempted to anyway. Have I mentioned that their phone service sucks ass? Well, it does. I tried three times and was about to throw the phone across the room (yes, Nathan gets his temper from me - some of it anyway) when it rang. It was mom. "Have you been trying to call us?" The phone would ring once and then stop on her end, so she figured it was us. Heh. So I tell her what's up, and Will gets on the phone with my dad to let him know what size water heater and all that, and they head to Sears for us.
I get to work picking up and vacuuming (which I was going to do today anyway, promise) and Will goes to call the forestry service to see about a job. He "passed basic qualifications" several weeks ago, and the site still showed the job being open, but nobody has ever contacted him. He decided to just call and go by today. Found out the position has already been filled even though the site was never updated. Very disappointing. It would have been a federal job, an engineering job (hello, past five years not a waste, thank you), fifteen minutes from home. Sigh. Very disappointing.
My folks get here, Will and I throw together a quick lunch, and then he takes a cold shower and gets ready to leave for work. Dad realizes we don't have all the parts here that we need so Will plans to pick that stuff up tomorrow.
I need a break.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Meet The Mohawk Brothers
Aren't they cute?????
You may recall that we let Nathan start wearing a mohawk right before the end of the school year last year. We finally got around to cutting it into a mohawk again for this spring today, and Jacob has been clamoring for one too.
(And that's Sadie - Dana's kitty she was quick to remind me - that Nathan is holding.)
Sunday, May 31, 2009
My world is in flood, slowly I become at one with the mud
(Betchie at least will "get" that title LOL)
I just wanted to post a couple of pictures of the flooding around here. These were taken Friday, so keep in mind this is three weeks after the initial heavy rain and flooding. I just read on the weather blog that this was the third wettest month in recorded weather history. Central Arkansas got 13-something inches.
I just wanted to post a couple of pictures of the flooding around here. These were taken Friday, so keep in mind this is three weeks after the initial heavy rain and flooding. I just read on the weather blog that this was the third wettest month in recorded weather history. Central Arkansas got 13-something inches.
This first picture is my husband and youngest son doing their best to give Mama a heart attack. I was driving home from the grocery store and happened to get behind them as they were heading home from geocaching. Then they pulled off to drive across the bridge which has been flooded out for three weeks. I had the camera with me so I backed up and took a picture in case I never got to see them again. (Just kidding, it's not that bad anymore. He's redneck, but he's not suicidal.) They're in the white truck in the middle of the bridge.
Believe it or not, less than two weeks ago all the road you can see on this side of the picture was under water. It has gone down a lot just in the past few days (they've been drawing the lake down some). This road is about a mile from our house.
This next picture is our neighbor's pond. They live at the bottom of the driveway. See how some of the trees are even in water? Normally at this time of the year the pond is getting close to being dried out all the way. Obviously that's not the case right now LOL.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
