Rainy Sunday

Here I am again and it's a rainy Sunday. Nice day to read, watch a good movie, drink a cup of coffee and blog. :D 

Jeff talked about fear this morning. What am I fearful of? Well, the list consists mostly of critters: mice, snakes, and spiders. The mouse fear is mostly about not being startled. I know they have no power because they are so small. I also don't like the mess they make and leave behind. So my fear of mice is really a "hatred". ha!!! Now spiders and snakes... I don't like at all and I really am afraid of them. Not heart attack fear but just a general dislike. I guess my fear of them stems from being bit. Oh well. I can remember a time when DeWayne and I first got married and we were robbed. I lived in fear of just going in to my house. I was afraid when people drove down our road. I was afraid when people would visit us at night. (We didn't go anywhere without a gun and I didn't walk through my house without knowing where a gun was. That's not REAL heatlthy.) Looking back, as soon as I started growing closer to Christ and allowing Him to be in charge of my life, the fears in my life subsided. I can't remember being scared about the dark or traveling in a long, long time. I don't like coming home at night by myself when it's dark but I'm not scared. It's kind of funny, I remember the fear being very strong and I don't remember when I released it. It's just not there anymore. (Thank you Jesus!) Jeff was talking about how we as Christians can't live in fear of the end times. Bad stuff is going to happen. It's going to happen to the earth. It's going to happen maybe to me. It's going to happen possibly to family members. I have to live in a strength of faith that allows me to face the fear. I have to live strong in Christ. Bad things have already happened to people in my family. I have had not great things happen in my life. Did I live in faith or did I live in doubt? Did I trust in God or did I trust in man? What I show to the world defines me as a Christian. 

No school tomorrow for the holiday. DeWayne has to work second shift though. I think we are supposed to have a picnic somewhere before he goes to work. 

Dane and 4 of his friends sky dived yesterday. DeWayne and I went and took pictures of Dane and Lee. We only got to stay to see them because DeWayne had to go to work. I have no desire to jump out of a plane, but they looked like they were having a great time. Dane said it was amazing. I took a little video and lots of pictures. Oh to be young again. Not!!!

Sitting and Waiting

It's Thursday and I'm sitting here in the "Procedure Waiting Room" waiting for DeWayne to have his "procedure" done. He's only been back there for about 15 minutes so I will probably be here for another hour or so at least. And the only good thing is they have public internet here at Deaconess, Yay!  We weren't sure where this clinic was because it is a Deasoness Clinic. It's in the old Welborn Clinic where I came for ob/gyn appointments. It's also where Dane came many times for after-hours doctor appointments when his asthma flaired up. The building has been remodeled but it's the same parking lot and building. 

School is crazy right now. The kids and the adults are ready to be out. The kindergarten teachers are working like crazy to get their memory dvd's finished. I burned and labeled 2 teachers yesterday. That means only 6 more to go. A few of the second grade teachers are also doing dvd's; so they also need help. It's just hard to be in 4 or 5 places at once. :D Makes me feel needed! The newer version of iMovie (09) is awesome and so much more user friendly. The same teachers who made movies last year can't believe how much easier it is to make their movies. I have started two "test" movies to just show some of the features of the program. The nice part is that I can burn it to such a small file that I could post a short movie here. ( I think I might before the summer is over..:D) Another aspect of our crazy school is the schedule for next year is being working out. Everyone wants their specials (art, music, pe, media, and computers) in the afternoon so they have the morning free for instruction time. I understand the teachers wanting this but oh, my. There are 8 kindergartens, 8 first grades, and 7 second grades. This does not even count the 8 pre-k slots. There are not enough afternoon slots to put people in. It's a mess. Someone or several someones are going to have to be flexible. :D

Evan is working like crazy to get here yard sale stuff priced. We'll have to move it all to Jackie's tonight. I am seeing light at the end of the tunnel. I hope they make good money. I think they are going to use their money for a short trip to Florida to Angela this summer. (Angela is going to work in Orlando this summer. 

We've had a change of vacation plans. We had planned to go to Gatlinburg for a few days in August. DeWayne checked all the prices and found we could go to the beach at Seagrove Beach for 5 days just as cheap. Sooooo...we're going to the beach!!! Yay!!! We leave on the 9th of August and return on the 15th. I start school on the next Monday. So we'll be tanned and rested to start back to work and school. Sleep, eat, and play, my 3 favorite things. :D

I went to a mother daughter banquet with my mom Tuesday evening at her church. It was very enjoyable. The lady who spoke talked about different kinds of shoes and how your personality and your attitudes change with what kind of shoes you wear. I had heard the same analogy at a women's retreat with my sister's church. They both brought something different in to it though so they were both good. 

More another time.

Just a quick note to let you all know that I haven't completely disappeared. :D  

It's the time of the year that every week has been "one of those weeks."  The weather has been crazy. I have a lot of things to accomplish at work and it seems like not enough hours. And I have a lot I want to get accomplished here at home. So, it's really one of those months. 

Evan had been slowly going through her stuff this week. I can see a path in the living room. And I can see the floor in her room. Hopefully we'll spend a little more time working on it tomorrow. 

I'm ready to dig a little deeper and post something that actually has purpose. :D

Just Another Monday

I am truly sorry that I haven't posted in over a week. Last week was one drama after another! I went to St. Louis to an iLife 09 Summit. It was awesome, great, and quite overwelming. A lot of information was given to me in 7 hours time. 

I took Friday off for Evan's birthday and we went to O'Charley's in Marion to eat lunch. After lunch Evan, Jackie and I went to Carbondale's mall to shop. It had rained like crazy while we were eating but as soon as we got to Carbondale it started raining again. It didn't just rain though. There was a tornado (actually an inland hurricane {whatever that is}). We had to sit for about an hour in the tornado hallway at the mall. We could hear the roof rumbling and the walls were a little shaky. I wasn't too scared just concerned about getting home and the kids at school who were probably getting ready to go home for the day. After we got to leave our little hallway we were hoping and praying that our car was not covered in debris. Thankfully it wasn't but there was a lot of stuff all over the parking lot. There was obviously no power in Carbondale so the stop lights were a trick. After we left Carbondale, there was power until we got to the airport. Then from the airport to the east side of Marion it took almost 2 hours. UGH!!! The damage was unbelievable. I wish I had had my camera. By the time I saw the semi turned over on the highway about 5 miles from home, "I JUST WANTED TO BE HOME!!!" We had no damage to our home. Only one tree down and the gas grill blown off the deck. Thank you Jesus!

Saturday Dane and Evan and I worked on cleaning out their rooms and sorting out stuff. The throw away, give away, and sell piles are huge. Evan and Jackie are going to have a yard sale in 2 weeks. So yay!

Mother's Day was grand. Saturday evening we went to my sister's and had graduation and mother's day celebrations. It was great to all be together! Sunday Dane and Evan went early to church with me to cook breakfast. Dane bought Evan and I a Wii and a Wii Fit. So we played and made fun of each other all evening. :D

I will update more later.

It's Saturday and it's just me and DeWayne and two computers. He's on one and I'm on the other. I'm blogging and he's planning our summer mini-vacation to Gatlinburg. We've only been there once when we first got married so we thought it would be a nice short trip for this summer. We REALLY wanted to go to the beach but there is no way that it was in our budget. Maybe next year! He's planning a white water rafting trip and a kayak clinic (for himself). We'll all go rafting and he will kayak. Evan and I (and Jackie is she goes with us) will shop. I am most of all just looking forward to getting away. We'll go in August before Evan goes back to school and before I start back to work. Should be a blast.

Tech testing is almost over. I only have 5 more second grade tests to give; four this week and 1 next week. Yay!!! I now have to get my scores tallied and posted in the spreadsheet and sent to the Tech Coordinator for our district. Basically testing is the easy part. Now I get to stare at my computer screen for several hours. UGH!!! 

Evan will be home this afternoon for a few hours. It's Harrisburg's Prom and I volunteered to take photos for a friend. She is going to help me. I'm praying that the rain holds off and I can get some good shots outside. So far so good.

Book group Thursday was awesome. Because of the rain we only had 6 there but I still laughed until I cried. Lisa G. is SOOO funny! She tells the best stories. We have decided the read The Last Lecture for our next book. I had already bought it on Amazon but I had put off reading it because I knew that was the book that Lisa G. would pick. It was her turn and she did.  So I will keep you posted about it. Right now I'm reading a book that Evan bought, hypocrite in a pouffy white dress: tales of growing up groovy and clueless. It is one of the true story books like The Year of Living Biblically. I have laughed out loud many times. The lady is only a few years younger that me so I relate to her memories. I'm about half way through it. It's a good read! :D

Evan's birthday is this week and she will celebrate her 19th year. Wow! My baby is a grown up. And so is my big kid. Dane will be 22 on his birthday. Unbelievable. They are both such awesome people. God has truly blessed DeWayne and I with fabulous children. Out of all they have accomplished in their lives; they both have a heart for Jesus and that makes me the most happy!

I better get on the laundry...more later!