Charlie

I came across the most amazing blog! This woman rescued a coyote, named Charlie, and she is blogging about him and adding pictures daily. Check this out http://dailycoyote.blogspot.com

Do I really need to see this person?

Today I saw someone I would have rather not seen. I know I'm not sounding very christian but at least I'm being real! What do you do in those situations? Thank God I wasn't put in a situation where I HAD to talk to this person like the last time I ran into them. I hate being fake, you know where you put a smile on your face and pretend that everything is just dandy. But I do and I did because that is the right thing to do but I really hate it. I would love to go off and tell this person how I really feel about things but until I am healed there is no way I can talk to them or I'll only say hurtful things and that's not good. I pray that one day God will give me the courage to talk to this person about what was done and that there can be healing and forgiveness.

Anyway on a positive note, this person was having a great hair day. :-)

Etsy

I am going to try something new. I'm going to put some of my work on a website called Etsy. You can sell or buy all handmade things. I am not done with the site yet and my pictures have not turned out so great. If anyone can help me figure out how to make the picture not blury when I post, that would be great. Check out http://www.codyaustin.etsy.com

I really do welcome any comments.

Office Mate

This is a pic of one of my close friends, Susan. Aren't we cute? I miss sharing an office with her but honestly I'm not sure how much work we got done.....just kidding! We worked our butts off. I would have to say that most of my close friends I have met at work. Like my bff, Tiffany, we met 10 years ago at work. My friend Tonya and I met at work about 7 years ago. But I guess that's to be expected when you spend much of your life at work. We share our difficulties, our happy times and we get great advice. Our husbands and our kids are even friends. So here's to work friends who become your rock.

New

I'm at a new job and I like it for the most part but I'm new and with that comes all of the newness and learning new things. Then there is the drama that goes along with EVERY company and it feels very weird. I do like it here but I would much rather be at home either stamping, scrapping, painting, knitting, quilting, making jewelry and/or learning a new artistic/creative endeavor and be able to make a living at it. If anyone knows how that can be done, let me know.

So for now, I'm working on another spreadsheet.

Break My Heart

We have another break in our house. Second one in 2 months. Austin broke his wrist on Wednesday in gym class. But it broke my heart because he was in so much pain and he was crying big tears. I hate to see my kids in pain....I want to take it away from them. Can you imagine how God or Mary must have felt?

Compass Community Church

I have helping with this amazing new church called Compass Community Church in Forest Park, Ohio. I would strongly urge anyone who lives in the tri-state area to come and check it out. The start time is 10:30am every Sunday and lasts about an hour. I'm sorry but I don't know how to link a website but here is the address www.cincycompass.com it's still under construction but you'll get an idea about the church.

Hope to see you there.

She Almost Had Me

So we've had my, almost 3 year old, niece with us for a few days and let me tell you, I forgot what it was like to have a 2 1/2 - 3 year old around. The getting into everything, the constant telling her not to be rough with the dogs, dirty diapers, food everywhere and then the bedtime ritual. She had to sleep with us, which meant she slept in the middle of me and Billy, she kept crying about how she wanted her mama and this went on for a few hours, I mean BIG tears. She also had a cold so needless to say I had snot in my hair (lovely) and hands on my head and feet in my stomach (if you've been around a toddler, you know what I'm talking about). Oh she also had to sleep with her "critters" which was 2 big stuffed animals and 3 blankies. Both me and Billy DID NOT get any sleep so I got up and went downstairs to watch TV. I was in such a bad mood the next morning.

When I went upstairs to check on her, she had just woke up. I went over to her to say good morning and she proceeded to put her sweet little hand on my cheek and say "I love you Tweesa" and then she put both hands on my face and gave me a kiss. That just totally melted my heart. At that moment, all of the other stuff just went away and I thought how nice it would be to have another baby. And then the day went on and all the madness of toddlerhood came back and I remembered why I don't want more kids, but she almost had me. With her sweetness, she almost had me convinced that I should have another child......almost!

Halloween Phase

So we have entered another phase in life...my oldest decided that he was too old to go out on Halloween and my youngest did not even want us close by while he went trick or treating. Are there any fun holidays left? It was just yesterday that we could dress our kids up in some cute dragon costume and take them out just to a few neighbors houses and then they were too tired to go on. Then the next year, we would take them out and we were the ones that had to go home after a few houses. We couldn't keep up with them since they were running from house to house. Now they are so getting over Halloween.

Before too long, they'll be driving. I miss my babies!

The Vineyard

It's time to say goodbye to my career at the Vineyard. My position was eliminated on Monday. It's sad because I will really miss the people but at the same time, as Cody would say, I have my weekends and holiday's back.

Loss of a Friend

I just lost a dear friend of mine to cancer. She had battled cancer for awhile and decided this last time that she would not have treatment because her quality of life was more important than quantity. I complete understand that decision but it's still hard. She taught me so much about God faithfulness before and during cancer. She was one of those people that when you talked to her you knew she really cared about you and you knew that when she said she was praying for you she really was. From what I understand, her husband and son played and sang worship music as she went home to be with the Lord. How wonderful for her that she heard that as she left this earth and heard heaven's music as she arrived. I know that she is totally enjoying being in God's presense, I mean, who wouldn't. I'm also sure that God is so happy to be with her. Even in death, she is still an inspiration. She was a beautiful woman inside and out and she will be greatly missed.

I love you and miss you Gaile.

To Give or not to Give

It amazes me how my kids and probably most kids are so self absorbed. I think that probably most of us are self absorbed.....LOL! Anyway, this past Friday I heard a really great talk about poverty and it really got to me. So I went home and I asked the boys their opinion about Christmas. I proposed that instead of buying each other gifts that we take the money we would spend and give it to a family who was really in need. Well, the room got really silent and then Cody said "that's a good idea but lets not do it until I'm about 17 or 18 because I might not care about Christmas gifts then" and then Austin shook his head in agreement and said that we needed to wait until he was 17. Really!?! What makes them think it will be easier to give up gifts at 17 or 18? I think we need to do this for this Christmas....LOL! What do you think?

Teenager?

I had an epiphany this morning. Cody just celebrated his 13th birthday on August 4 and I really tried to ignore the fact that he's 13 but then today, 10 days later, it has hit me......holy crap, I am now the mother of a TEENAGER!

Am I old or what?

1 Pound

One pound...that is all the weight I lost after being sick for 3 days and the only thing I could eat was cereal. I came down with some stomach thing, I'll spare you the gory details, and all I have to show for it is 1 stupid pound!!!!!

Need Prayer

I'm starting to feel really down. I'm starting to look at things with a "the glass is half empty" mentality. Please pray for me. Maybe I just need more sleep....LOL!

Great Kids

Can I just say that I have the BEST kids in the whole wide world!!!!

Starting Over

Okay, so I'm going to try this whole blog thing again. Maybe I'll actually write something in it more than 3 times a year. Truth be told.....I'm just doing this because all of the other cool kids are doing it.....LOL!