Awesome God....

I can only say that I Serve An Awesome God!!! In a previous blog, I mentioned that D had a lump of some sort growing on his kidney... well, we received the results on Tues. and this lump has shrunken considerably! My God is Good!! I am always in awe when He shows His answer to prayers... Wow.... :O)

Hurricane Ike...

Well, I'm sure you have seen the news that Ike was certainly headed to Corpus Christi. So, D says Wednesday (10th), " Just giving you a heads up that we might have company." Well, in a mad dash - I stop school and tell the kids to help me!! I had decided to go to the LaundryMat to wash everything. I finish separating everything, meanwhile, the kiddos totally cleaned their rooms in case they needed to be offered. ( Under the bed, closet, etc ) (N's was overdue!) Just as we were finishing up and about to load up... my good friend Tina calls and needs to borrow the Explorer because her vehicle was actin' funny. So off she goes and my trip to the laundrymat is postponed until she returns.....

Meanwhile...

We are still cleaning and making everything extra comfy for our guests. It's hard to feel at home in someone else's home so try, try, try to make them feel extra welcome...... almost done..... Tina by now has called and is returning! ---------Kids, I'll be back----- gonna drop off Tina & boys---

Off to the Laundrymat....... roughin' it 2+ hours with countless other women/men also on a mission. "Mom, can I..?"----No, I have to finish! "Mom, I'm tired..." Sorry, I am almost done....

We're done!! We take off to the house...... unload the Explorer, (Suburban's in the shop), put away everything --- Done!!!

Later that day, D come home. Hasn't heard anything from our guests....

Evening comes....Lights out!! Goodnight!!!

Ring..... ringgggg... Hello? Oh, hey guys, where ya'll at? Oh, you are? Ok, well, talk to you tomorrow. Bye.... Click.

Who was that?

Oh, they're staying at Julio's and Stella's?

God is Good!

Ok, so I had to let ya'll in on something that happened to us Tuesday (12th).

Daniel and I went to his appt wth Dr. Morris who by the way is an amazing Dr. We get there, sign in and gave our $100 dollar deposit then have a seat. We are called in and meet this wonderful nurse who unfortunately we can't remember his name :( but he was very helpful and thorough with his answers and on top of that - funny!! Well, when the doc comes in - he's very down to earth and we let him know that D is scheduled for an CT Scan on the (18th). He says he would also like to see the results for the scan and says to hang on - he's gonna see what he can do. OK - so he leaves the room and after about 10 minutes comes back and tells us this appt was to be rescheduled and that he is going to refund our deposit!!

(Hallelujah!!)

Of course - D and I are shocked bcuz that is unheard of.... the Dr then proceeds to spend another 2 or so hours with us showing us Daniel's previous CT Scan and why another one is being ordered. Turns out there is a ball? or lump? growng out of D's kidney and they want to take a better look.

.......Seems like lately Satan is really messing with D. Just when we think the waters are calming - this huge wave just comes!! But, I know that ALL has been filtered thru His Hands and He never gives us more than we can bear!!

Have A Blessed Day!!

Hello-hello!!! ...again

Hey ya'll!! So how has everyone been? Boy, I finally have some sit down time to catch up!! I've been so busy!!!! First of all, Chris is back!! He really had a blast and I can see a change in him... for the better of course... We bought him a Zune player for his b-day when he got back so he's really excited!! But I just had to share what happened in the store that day... while the kids were in the electronics dept - I had went off to find a few items I needed to buy but before I had left - Naomi asked if she could buy a movie. (Ok but let me check it out), when I returned - she had already placed it in the basket. Chris picked it up and told her to find another movie. She was like, "Why, Chris?" He said, "No, I don't think these are the kind of people you should be looking up to." I was dumbfounded!!!! The movie was (HighSchool Musical 2) which - ehhh - not for me.... or us for that matter.... Well, needless to say, Naomi was upset but settled for Enchanted. When we got home - he pulled her aside on his lap and said to her," Naomi, I wasn't trying to be mean - I just think these are the kind of people you shouldn't be looking up to. We need to find you better role models." :O) My heart lept for J-O-Y!!!!! My son actually made sense to his sister......

Lately, I'm been trying to catch up on my sleep!! It all started Thursday with preps for a party for my folks to be held on Saturday (8/2) to celebrate b-days!! We stayed up late cooking, prepping, just to wake up early Friday and continue!! Saturday, my brothers, sister and I set up the dance floor, decorated the yard, tables, etc, and the DJ arrived!! We had a blast!! I saw so many aunts, uncles and cousins I hadn't seen in a long time!!! I met new second cousins, etc... My parents danced the night away which is always refreshing for me to see.... The crazy part of the night was when my aunt Mary jumped up and started yelling that something was in her ear. She continued to howl and cry saying it was going further in and was now biting her!! She ran inside with the rest of us trying to figure out what was going on!! She didn't want anyone touching her ear so we called EMS. The Fire dept along with an ambulance roared to a screeching halt in front of our party!! They went in and were able to help out my aunt. A roach this ( BIG ) went into her ear and was biting her!! (UGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!) I was grossed out!! Well, I made it home around 2 a.m. b-cuz I had to teach Sunday!! :0) All in all - the party was great!! We are even thinking about having Easter there!!

Still no rest...... Monday I had an appt with the CPA, Tues an appt for Chris, Wedn an appt with my father in law and then spent the rest of the day with Daniel (hubby) @ the hospital because the PICC line came out of his arm, and Thurs went back to the hospital to reinsert the PICC in the other arm!!! So, today is Friday and I am now finding myself trying to catch up with housework!! Oh joy.......

Bite your Tongue....

Ok, so here I am carving out some time to let ya'll in on some activities from the past few days:

So, like Daniel (hubby) had an appt yesterday (got there @ 9:41 am) and we left @ 3:00p.m.!!!!! Yes, I said 3 pm!! The nurses were so confused they were getting ready to have D take a CT scan and we were like what? The Dr was ordering one for the middle of Aug and they were trying to prep him!! We just wanted out!! Finally a nurse who had his head on came and straightened everything out and we were outta there!! We had actually been released@ 2:20 but the nurses never came in to let us know!! It wasn't until we were gonna walk out that they paid us some attention!! D (Diabetic) needed to eat and so we were going to leave earlier @ 12:40 but they took us to a room and left us there!! ( So we wouldn't leave? ) C'mon, we are pretty patient but 5+ hrs? Just so they could tell us, "Continue your meds, u r doing well." Ughhhh, I know there's a severe shortage and they are probably doing their best..... patience..... Bite your tongue.....

N-e who..... so, Chris is back!!! My biggest boy was missing us cuz he wanted a bear hug when he saw me yesterday... ( I frantically gasped for air...) N was so excited she forgot she was hungry and wanted to stay home with C and so did D Jr. ---- That only left us one option - Daniel and I went for dinner @ Olive Garden (alone) and brought home dinner for them..... :O)

Wow, now - there was this well dressed couple sitting behind Daniel and they freaked me out!! They had a 3 ish? yr old rather big daughter (sucking on a "binky") who reigned over them..... she was walking around getting in the way of the waiters carrying trays of food and when her parents told her she needed to sit down - she totally ignored them... when their food arrived, she began throwing food across the table and smearing ketchup with her fork. She then proceeded to crawl into the bottom basket of the stroller (not once - twice ) and it flipped over next to Daniel (she was o.k) - needless to say the mother was upset and she replied, "We can't even go to dinner!" along with a few choice words!! Whoa!!! Man, what is going on there? ....Bite your tongue.... : O0

One more thing before I leave - the other day I received in the mail a "sample" diaper. When D Jr and N saw this - they were so excited!! I was like - no - it's not what you think!!! It took me a few minutes to calm them down enough to convince them that they have always sent me "samples" from as far back as when we lived on Brandywine.... As we were driving along - N says,"Mom, I'd like for you guys to have another girl so we can even out." and D quickly responded,"Yeah, so to double the annoyance? No thanks!!" Man, I just felt the love ... ; O)

Gotta love it!!!! - D

Warnng: Mouth Operates Faster Than Brain!

Well the title says it all.... for whatever goofy reason I occassionally allow my mouth to sputter on without a formed thought. Has that ever happened to you? For example, the other day I was trying to call my three kids (Daniel, Naomi, Chris) and ended up saying, "DANACHRI!!" Now, of course, the kids turned around and looked at me like WHAT? ( Hmmm, kinda hard to get the kids to take you seriously when that happens!! ) Last night's study was nothing different. I mentioned that Chris had just turned 15 and so there I was talking to some of the youth (Roman, Ruben, Tiffany) and I was letting them know that I was planning on pizza, cake & ice cream for Sunday. As I was rattling on - they were looking at me funny - so I stopped and asked "What?" They busted out laughing that they were leaving for camp Saturday!!! --- Duh!! --- What was I thinking? ---- Luckily, I had on my shirt that said the exact same thing above......

Let the Fun Begin!

Ok, so, I decided to try something new today ... I figured since my son is turning 15 - I should commemorate it with starting a blog. (lol) Ok, so let's move on. I am 33 yr old happily married Chistian woman and yes, on my profile I stated that I am a mommy of five kids and a grandma (a.k.a. granny ) to six grandchildren (a.k.a. SugarBabies!). The older two girls, Christy (26) & Bianca (24), are from my husband's 1st marriage (therefore making it possible to be a "granny") and we have three young 'uns at home Chris (15), Daniel (10), and Naomi (9). ----My life has been full of kids!! :o) ------ I'm hoping to keep up with this blog as much as I can cuz there's always something going on with us!! Let me give you an example of the last two weeks or so...... my husband was admitted to the hospital July 4th, our daughter Bianca & family came for a weekend visit not realizing that dad was being admitted...., left Sunday July 6, husband released July 10th, Christy & family arrive for a weekend visit same day, meanwhile, daughter Naomi is suffering with canker sores that have swelled up her lips and mouth, so I take her to the doctor Friday July 11th!! Lately, things have been crazy but hey - who said life was easy, right? As of today, all is calm with husband who is better ( on PICC line with antibiotics ) and Naomi back to normal all while trying to get back on track with school!! .....Did I mention I homeschool? :O)