1. God is AWESOME! As some of you know I have battled severe depression, but with God's strength and healing plus counseling and medication I believe I am coming out the other side!
2. Piano got moved up to morning time but ended up being an hour longer, hence school took longer after coming home.
3. We wanted to go to fair, but no money to go even on cheap day. :(
4. Kids had ortho appointments on Tuesday afternoon and found out Jeffrey needed 2 fillings to be done next day. Oh, great! I don't give them soda unless we go out to eat and the only candy they get is what they buy. Guess that means he isn't cleaning well enough. Ugh! :(
5. Jeffrey's fillings were scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. I had tried to make him scared of getting cavities, but not as scared as locking himself in his room. I had to coax him out and tell him that it would hurt to have cavities more so than getting fillings done. He read in the Bible (not by my own encouraging) and then prayed to God that He wouldn't be in any pain. He wasn't! Praise God!
6. My son has had a lot of acting out lately especially against his sister. I've been trying to encourage him to have a good attitude and tell him to pray and ask God for help. Well, he said the other day "God doesn't help me". I had to tell him that God won't physically remove you from the situation, but can help you make the right choices.
7. If you have an issue with someone or something they've done that has hurt you, don't think that you can't go to them for fear of what they might think. I have been battling with this for a while with being upset and finally came to terms and talked to the person after praying and asking what to do. They were so glad I talked to them and wanted to rectify the situation.
8. Spiders scare the living daylights out of me! I've had quite a few around and even had to vacuum in the basement ceilings all the webs. Well, Kaycee found a HUGE spider on her bed yesterday after picking up a skirt. Then after remembering at 4 am that Kansas has brown recluses, I skeedaddled out of bed onto the computer to check them out. Getting shivers here! Going to call the base entomology on Monday, but no sleep until then. Ugh!
9. Pulling off surprises are the best! The ladies of our church were able to pull off a surprise bday party for our pastor's wife. Yeah!
10. Thursday was the ladies Bible study/surprise party for our pastor's wife. I had a lot of things to do that day including make some goodies for chapel, go to chapel, homeschooling, make bday cake, make other goodies, etc. I was worn out! I used to do all kinds of cooking in Japan as a caterer, but I don't know how I did it along with everything else. Maybe it is because I'm getting older?
Finally, a picture of me not dudded up with makeup, but what I look like on any given day. This is just this morning.
So what realizations have you come to lately? Get a real post and let me know! :D
8 comments:
That sure does sound like real life to me! LOL. I'll have to do that some day!
I also hate spiders as you may be well aware of. Since I blogged about my run in with one and since then I've had another HUGE one in my closet and one walking along the floor. I'm sure there are more in here but I don't want to know or see them.
I want to also comment about the depression thing. I blogged awhile back about iodine deficiency. Not sure if you ever read it but you might be interested enough too. Here's the link for that.
http://homesteadersheart.blogspot.com/2008/07/iodine-deficiency-and-depression.html
Have a great weekend my friend.
Kim
I also suffer from depression! Take every day as it comes. It is manageable that way:-)
Thank you for being real. So many times I m afraid of being real life. This week I had two anxceity attacks. Power got shut off ( it is on again only 24 hrs with out) but in Fl heat that is long. Plus we are on a well so there goes the water. Luckly I have a resourceful husband that takes care of us.
I will think about doing one of these post soon when I do I will let you know
AAACCCKKK!!! The spider does not look friendly! I do not like spiders. But since moving to our house, I have found out they are not the worst. Scorpions are. I can't stand them! They are about an inch long and scare the living daylights out of me. I'm extra careful when picking things up off the floor. The pest control guy comes out every other month for this very reason and it only slightly keeps them under control.
I hate spiders too, and this year we seem to have way more than usual!
Glad you're feeling better!! :)
I loved this post!! I love when we step-away from posting only the good things, and just get real sometimes. It's liberating just to get that stuff off your chest sometimes, isn't it? I think you've inspired me to do something similar...not that today's semi-vent post about the military wasn't enough. =)
I like the way you are so honest online. Your real life.
Spiders...ugh!!
Makes for an awesome science experiment..LOL! Dissecting..ugh.
I believe I'm gonna stick around for a bit. I like what I see on your blog.
I have your link on my blog :)
Blessings,
Joyful
I can completely understand where you are coming from on a couple of items you wrote about - depression and not having the funds to do fun activities. I am so glad that you are doing well with your battle with depression, my friend!! It is such a tough fight!! (((HUG))) Don't ever give up. If something isn't helping, try something else. I have been very blessed to have an extremely supportive husband who continues to walk with me on my journey to find what works best for me. Limited funds don't help with the depression, but I try to remember to count my blessings to keep myself on track (I know that you are wonderful at counting your blessings!).
Blessings,
Relishing Lifee
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