Let it rain

Glory Be to God!! Today has been one of those days that started out rough, got a little better and stumbled headlong into phenomenal. Today I found out that my co-workers have donated over 82 hours of Vacation time to me. This could not have come at a better, more needed time. We are sooo behind right now...so we prayed and prayed, enlisted others to pray and then, wow...a full paycheck arrived when we were expecting nothing but harrassing phone calls from seemingly innocent cheerful women who want to confirm where our cars are parked. Man...I gotta say it...GOD IS GOOD

A Collection of Woes

They say the human body is composed of over 90% water...today I am the wake of the Titanic...
Monday night marked my re-entry into the fast-paced and often unforgiving world of physical fitness. It struck me as I was pounding on the step and bleating expletives like a disgruntled sheep that it has been just about exactly a year since have attended an aerobics class. wow. a year. I could list for you a collection of excuses; some of them good, some of them lame, and some of them flat out ludicrous but why? The bottom line is that during the past year I have spent far more time convincing myself why I couldn't exercise then just flippin doin it. Sadly, that doesn't burn any cals. Oh well...I suppose I begin anew and take my lumps (many of them in my thigh muscles and arms from the brutal workout). For now I must return to my pukey 3 year old, fussy baby and my little girl who needs a diaper and good brushing. Have a blessed day everyone!!

I got the joy joy joy joy....

Sitting in church today, my family restored to the full five, the lord just broke me down. Tom was preaching about the joy in the Lord...about how God loves a party. I was holding little Manny and he was looking straight into me...smiling with all he has. I just felt my eyes fill with tears at the awesome miracle that lay before me. It was an endless moment. I felt all the love around me from my amazing church family and thought to myself, "this little Manny is lovin me right now because all of these people loved me enough to lift me in prayer when all seemed hopeless". wow. Praise God and thanks for the moment...I just love those.

4 is the lonliest number

I begin this post on day one of 2 in my temporary retreat widow status. Not nearly as bad as i thought. Evan Drake is behaving, GBoo is aggressively charming and Manny is content for the moment. I am surviving my husband-fast by hangin with a fellow retreat widow and turning 3 crazys into 7. Distraction is a wonderful thing. I miss my Sam, but I know that this is restorative for him and thus beneficial for us all. Peace and sanity are a precious commodity around this burg. I feel that the lord is giving me peace. Poor Sam...I'll bet he prayed all the way to the retreat for things to go well @ home. Thus far, I gotta say...God is Good!!