Hi Kristi,
Happy VBS is going well for you. I suppose the little ones are pretty tired by 3 pm...but, probably sleep well at night. That makes for happy parents. LOL
Well, our day was dampened a little, with her having cheerleader practice most of the day. I live within walking distance of her school, though, so she would come here between practice times. Then, she spent the night, & my son's two little daughters are here this week, so they all had a nice (loud) time. LOL
I get my nails done every other week, now. I love it. I got spoiled the first time. Especially with the massage chair I sit in for the pedicure.
Well, granddaughter is awake now. She has to go for practice at 10 am, so I'm going to spend a little time with her.
Hi Friend, It sounds like you're having a wonderful time with your GDs. I know children are loud, but I try to remember that loud and boisterous means healthy. At VBS I'm working with a woman who has 2 biological children plus 4 adopted children. All 4 have some kind of special need. Many problems that poeple wouldn't know unless you lived with the child. Some of the things their family has gone through to love these children?!?! Our world is truly blessed by people like her. I fret and stress my way through raising my own healthy well adjusted children lol I don't know how these angels from heaven do it. Well, it's been a fine morn I got out early and did 2 miles worth of prayers on the bike trail and I believe I'm ready to face my day. Hope yours goes beautifully. Rah Rah Rah ! (I'd've loved to have been a cheerleader)
Good morning, friend.
TGIF!! It's been a long week. Looking forward to the weekend. I hope you made it through ok.
Well, my time with cheerleader granddaughter was kind of hectic. Everytime we planned something, they planned a practice. We had to grab opportunities between practices. Oh well, we did get to be with each other. Today is my son's birthday...he's 25. He's the one getting a divorce, & temporarily living with us. I had a little gathering for him last night, since his little girls have to be back at their mother's by 6 pm tonight. It was nice.
You're doing great with your bike riding! Hey, girl...you ARE a cheerleader! Don't you know that?? I know you would have loved to be one at school, too. I'm amazed that you weren't.
Well, managers is gone for a few days to visit their children in Missouri, so I've got the office & several of the programs to take care of until Tuesday. Going to be pretty busy, so if I come up missing, I'm either at the TV Station, or resting. They need to get away sometimes, & I'm glad to do it for them....just, a handful for me. They are there 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day, so they deserve some time away. Their mobile home is in the yard of the station...so if something goes wrong with the transmitter, etc, they're there.
How did all the ball games, & such go? I know you all must be tired.
Well, got to go get ready for a long day of work. Have a great Friday, my friend.
Wow, your managers sound as though they live the job like we do. We too are right next door and you would not believe how often a farmer comes in the night wanting something. Goodness our hrs are from 6am-10pm / 7 days a wk you'd think they could get what they need somewhere in those hrs, but not a chance. It's really nice of you to take on so much more so they can get away. Our VBS went great finishing up with a WONDERFUL PROGRAM LAST NIGHT. wE DID A DRIVE FOR THE LOCAL FOOD PANTRY AS WELL and that ended up a huge success. None of my children's teams won their tourneys, but being such a little school compared to the others we never expect to win. It's always nice to to go a little ways and that we did. Only one bad point to the whole week. I ended up so fed up with my pastor that at last nights program he wanted me to do something for him that I'd ALLREADY done and left on his desk as asked. I told him I was about to enjoy the program to take care of it himself. A little background, He's been here six yrs. the last board tried 3 yrs ago to rid of him. When interviewing he blatantly lied about some huge issues to our call committee and has done nothing himself to try to endear himself to our congregation. (he's close to 60 and has been a pastor for only 10 yrs) Long story short, I'm one of the few people that continue to give him the benefit of the doubt and to work with him trying to make things better between him and others in the church. Long story shorter, I've come to realize that he's really just using me and needs to learn to give of himself if wants us to give to him. It's been a very difficult 6 yrs. He's the type if I had a problem I'd never be able to go to him, because we'd end up talking about one of his conceived problems. Sorry for dumping on you, but my behavior and what happened is weighing very heavy on me even though I know some bounderies need to be laid down. Anyway, it was a great week for the children of our community, we have some of the children's friends coming for lunch today, tomorrow we go to a water park with the scouts and their families and then most of our obligations for the summer will have been met. I so needed to pound that out A BIG THANK YOU AGAIN.
Flowers well earned, my dear friend!! You...& others...have worked very hard for those children. As for the winners....they are ALL WINNERS!! That was a very worthy cause to work for. You know, most VBS's just have games, & such....but, to do something for others is a lesson well taught!
Hey, pound all you need to. I've had pastors like that, too. It's so sad that someone who is suppose to be looking over their members is only wanting what they can get out of them. Don't feel bad about what you said. It was well deserved. Sounds like your congregation needs to have a few meetings about him, & make some decisions. We had to do that. It finally took a few of us leaving to go to another church, to get the message across. Thing about me & DH, we like where we went & stayed. We still visit, though.
Well, I've got to get dressed to go back to the station. Got another program to take care of. Managers have called me several times today. I think they were afraid I'd let the place fall in, or something. Just kidding...I know they feel responsible, & just want reassurance. It was a very busy day....but, a good one.
Hi Charlotte, I have to get offmy hiney and take a computer course. I would love to know how to post you cute things like you so often do for me. I really needed to hear someone say, "it's ok." We have had a number of members leave and our last board went to the bishop about him, but they went about it the wrong way. Our message from the higher ups kind of became we're stuck with him until he'd like to leave. I've worked so closely with him over the years that I know he knows his theology REALLY well and has a wonderful understanding of the Bible even the Hewbrew language, but just because he's a good scholar doesn't make him a good pastor. Anyway, thanks!....Finally my childrens avtivities are down to 3 things this month. How awesome is that. The stress finally got to me and I ended up eating my way right through the weekend and pretty much just lying around ALL DAY yesterday. I feel really good today though. I've set my exercise goals smaller than in the past, because I feel it's been getting in the way of Bible study. I know God wants me to care for my "temple", but with all the book reading, exercising, and food measuring I almost feel as though my temple had become an idol. I know, kind of deep, but I need to get back on track. Thanks for being a good friend!
Putting in graphics isn't hard. I learned by trial & error. Just find the graphic you want to use on the internet...right click...go to "properties"....left click...highlight the address: http:www.soandso
...copy....come back to your post & paste it in. Put [IMG] in the front of it, & [/IMG]at the end of it. You can have two windows open at one time, to minimize the one you need out of the way, to go back & forth. You can also click on the little yellow square above your post (looks like a mountain & sun pic), that will bring up a box to paste your address into...& click "ok". I'll help you work on it, if you like.
Now, I got lazy. I purchased a program called "Emotipad Plus" that I put my graphics into. I can put them into catagories & just "click & drag" into the post. It only cost a one time fee of $12.00. Sooo much simpler. When I get tired of those graphics, I take them out, & put in new ones.
So sorry about your pastor. Believe me, I DO understand. I've been in your same situation. He had the "higher ups" really fooled. Of course, they weren't around all the time like the congregation was. We never did really get rid of him ourselves. After DH & I started to another church, he had a few strokes...that put him in a bad condition. He had no choice then. None of us were praying for anything bad to happen to him. I'm just not going to say any more, or give my opinion....but, I DO have one. I also want the man to be saved before he dies. What happened with the church?? They have a good pastor, & it's thriving. We enjoy visiting.
I'm sorry you got stressed. I was afraid it was going to happen. Girl....you've really been going at it! It was about time you got some well-deserved rest. Don't worry about the eating. It'll probably give your diet a "kick start". I've heard of that happening. Anyway, what does it matter? You needed a break. I've been eating too much, also. Especially sweets. I don't know what got into me. I'm going to the beach next week, & I went crazy!
Hey, if you feel you were too serious & it got in your way of Bible study, then you did the right thing. I don't think it's too deep. God let's us know when we need to change course. You were listening to Him. Nothing wrong with that.
Well, it's getting late. Everyone's asleep, but me. Take care, my friend....hope this month will give you some rest.
Wow! Thanks for sharing a pic of yourself. It's wonderful putting a face to all your lovely messages. Life has calmed down so much. Yesterday we stayed home all day until about 3pm. Then we went to visit my mother, who is so proud that she's back to driving, and then onto the library. It was so nice. All summer I've dropped my children at the library and then walked the trail myself. I didn't realize just how much I missed relaxing within those walls. As a child the library was my refuge away from a turbulent home life. In summer the library was cool and dark at a time when no one had air conditioning and the librarian was a wonderful old lady who would've never raised her voice to child who loved to read as much as I did. Cutting back on exercise is going to be good for me. As for my church. We will survive of course. Yesterday was a great day in that dept. as well. I lined up the last S.S. teacher I needed. That's a full month before S.S. is scheduled to start!!!! Yippee!....... I'm going to try the rules you gave me for posting pics, but no time to try today. I really appreciate your help. I hope you have a great day. I'm planning to.
Hi Charlotte, I had a great day yesterday! Nothing spevtacular, but maybe that's what was so great about it. I've got 3 days of Bible study under my belt and I'm allready feeling so much more grounded. My exercise has even went better than it has in a long time. Maybe I can have it all if I just keep my priorities straight. I even got to spend some quality time with my hubby and enjoyed a nice Chinese buffet last night. The first time we've gone out in a long time. We had the youngest with us and that still didn't dampen anything. He's so well behaved it was still wonderful. I know it was only 2 mths, but we need to put our relationship more to the forfront of our concerns rather than always on the back burner. My 7 y/o daughter spent the night with my mom last night and they're coming to have meatloaf and baked tatties at lunch. I would love to have my mom checked for adult ADD or something. She is at an all time bad about listening. No one, not even my beloved niece can get a word in edge wise. If it's not about mom, it's not important. I'm eally starting to think it's a medical problem rather than just a lack of respect for others. I just don't know. You can tell while you're talking she's just thinking of we what she can say next what the other person is talking about means nothing. She's been this way to a degree always, but it's much worse. Like I said, I'd like to have her checked. I just don't believe she is just THAT rude. Anyway, I went from happy to concerned pretty fast there. Today's going good as well. DH and DS are going to a semi pro baseball game today. It's the end of the season fun day for DS ball team. I hope they have a blast!!! I too hope your day is awesome. I plan to check out your web site today. Can you believe I've never found time before. Kids!! lol May God touch you today in many ways!
Flowers for a beautiful wife & mom!! I'm glad this month is a little slower for you. You sound more rested. I love chinese buffet. I went & got me a "take home" meal today...came home & watched tv until time to go do our 1 hr program. Just plain lazy, I was. I got my hair cut shorter today, too. It'll be easier to take care of next week. I'm going to miss posting to you. I'm really looking forward to the trip, though. Hope to relax & get DH to relax.
I'm sure there's a chance your mom could have a medical problem. Usually, though, people's personality just "exagerates" more as they get older. Especially people with problem personalities. That's what happened with my mom, until she got Alziemer's....then she did that complete turn about of being so sweet...as most Alziemer's patients do. (the turn about) My mother is really going down fast, now. The shingles, etc, really took a toll on her. She just lays or sits & stares most of the time. My step-dad is having to start giving himself insulin shots, now. So, I guess he's going to go down, next. He was going to stay with mother everyday for most of the evening. The last couple of weeks, he hasn't been there, much. He has 2 sisters, but they hardly ever come to see him, & only live about 30 miles away. So, I guess it'll be left up to me & my sister to take care of him. Don't mind so much if he'd cooperate. Hard to explain, he's a big baby, for one thing.
Thanks for checking out my website, & signing. It's pretty large, with 12 pages, but, I've been working on it for about 3 yrs now. It helps me, spiritually, when I'm a little down, to just go into it & work on it. I have signatuares from all over the world. Now, one of my favorites is YOURS!
Well, time for my 2 men to come home hungry, so I'll go make sure all is ready. Hope you have a good evening. Rest all you can. You deserve it!
Your friend,
Charlotte
I'm sorry to hear that your mother's condition is worsening. It must be very difficult to see her empty. Is that the word I'm looking for? I know even with all the things me and my mom have been through, it's still very difficult to see her be "not her". My mother's always been a very fast paced person and now you can tell almost every movement is thought of before hand. I think it's wonderful that you and your sister are willing to care for your SF. Was he a father figure to you when you were young or has he only been married to your mother since later in their lives? My DB and SIL cared for my SIL SF after her mother passed. He'd married her mother late in life, but as my SIL's father had passed when she was 8 y/o her SF was the only father she really knew. They did a wonderful job caring for him and I'm sure you and your sister will as well............When exactly do you leave on vacation? Maybe you're gone allready lol. I hope you both have a terrific time and get a lot of rest plus have some fun as well.....I have no big plans in the near future and that suites me just fine!! DH has started hauling oats so he will be working longer hrs. At least we don't do the combining any more, that made for really long hrs for a good month straight between the oats, soy beans, and corn!!! Well, enjoy your day!
I'm back!! Oh Kristi...I feel just awful that I didn't know it was your birthday. You should have told me ahead of time. I would have sent you an ecard. I hope you had a very good birthday! You sounded like you were having a rockin day!! Happy belated birthday, my friend.
We had a very nice time at the beach. We were at our daughter's house most of the week. Her kitchen tile was very difficult to lay. DH has been doing this for about 20 yrs, & said it was the hardest job he could remember doing. It did turn out beautiful, though. We went on to Gulf Shores & stayed until Sunday. We went on a cruise Saturday, & saw dolphin jumping. We really enjoyed that. The beach was great, too. I found a lot of shells, & a couple of sand dollars. They amaze me, how perfect they are.
I missed you, & thought about you. Sure hope you check back & find my post! I'm tired, & got unpacking to do. I'll post again tomorrow. It's good to be back home. May be part of a house...but, it's home!
I have checked and will post later. Children want me at the moment. I haven't posted at all during the past week and have put on 6# so I went directly to the walking away the pounds thread. If you want to read a lovely account of my BD before I get back to you feel free to snoop around there. I'm glad you had an awesome vacation. Type you later!!!
so I'm going to spend a little time with her.
We had to grab opportunities between practices. Oh well, we did get to be with each other. Today is my son's birthday...he's 25. He's the one getting a divorce, & temporarily living with us. I had a little gathering for him last night, since his little girls have to be back at their mother's by 6 pm tonight. It was nice. 
They need to get away sometimes, & I'm glad to do it for them....just, a handful for me. They are there 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day, so they deserve some time away. Their mobile home is in the yard of the station...so if something goes wrong with the transmitter, etc, they're there.
We still visit, though. 
