Happy New Year. We've been enjoying a bit of a respite from our normal routine, and it's been nice. Normally, we are constantly on the go with Bible Study, YMCA, and MOPs, shopping and so forth. We love our routine, but with the holidays crushing in we got out of the routine, and are having a hard time returning to it. Seems we've developed a new routine, and we're pretty content with it. :) And, hey, we're actually getting things done! Now that's a new thing. We are not at all unhappy about that.... organization, decoration, playdates, shopping... N.I.C.E. :)
But it's all about to end, yes it is, because we need to get back to the Y... You see, with all that we are accomplishing, we are definitely not exercising, and that just won't do.
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Normalcy
Well as predicted... or at least anticipated, with the Fall season and a return to my preferred routine comes a return to normalcy for me. I'm so thankful and relieved to be on the upswing again. And that's all I really want to say, I guess. Just enjoying life, enjoying my friends, enjoying my family and getting back to really doing what I was created for... enjoying God. :)
Friday, August 08, 2008
Grace Wrestler
The Grace Whisperer hasn't been blogging here recently. That's not to say that she hasn't been very active elsewhere, though! :) But not here.... So many reasons why, really, but the bottom line has really been that the Grace Whisperer has been struggling... struggling with herself, struggling with God and struggling with the struggling, quite honestly. As Thumper would say, "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." So I have chosen silence.
Experience has taught me that it's during these times that my faith grows, and I grow as a person. So I don't worry about it so much. I just don't talk about it much either, because I've also found that there's typically two reactions to such revelations. Either I am chastised for my lack of faith (not true!) or people worry about me (not necessary!).
In my christian walk, I have often found myself identifying closely with Jacob, who wrestled with God. As soon as I heard the account about him, I thought, "that is so like me!" I particularly like the part where it describes how God touched Jacob's hip causing him to limp. I am so fond of it because my hip is messed up too!! LOL!! Maybe that's why! :)
At any rate, I do sense myself coming out of the deep funk.... Certain things in life seem to be forcing me out, really, and thank God for those things... the things that keep me from focusing solely on myself... not the least of which is my two little blessings from God Himself.
Experience has taught me that it's during these times that my faith grows, and I grow as a person. So I don't worry about it so much. I just don't talk about it much either, because I've also found that there's typically two reactions to such revelations. Either I am chastised for my lack of faith (not true!) or people worry about me (not necessary!).
In my christian walk, I have often found myself identifying closely with Jacob, who wrestled with God. As soon as I heard the account about him, I thought, "that is so like me!" I particularly like the part where it describes how God touched Jacob's hip causing him to limp. I am so fond of it because my hip is messed up too!! LOL!! Maybe that's why! :)
At any rate, I do sense myself coming out of the deep funk.... Certain things in life seem to be forcing me out, really, and thank God for those things... the things that keep me from focusing solely on myself... not the least of which is my two little blessings from God Himself.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Dirty hands
You ever have one of those "Aha!" moments while you're sitting there in church, or listening to a sermon on the radio or in a Bible study? I LOVE those. I love that after 24 years of reading the Bible, walking the Christian life, and after two-plus years of total immmersion studying the Bible in College... I love that it's still fresh and new. I love that there are even moments where some little in depth tidbit surprises me and amazes me.
Yesterday, I had two of those moments, maybe more. It was just one of those days. God seemed to be speaking right to me. So here's an illustration that I want to share with you. See if it touches you the way it touched me...
"...My 3 year old son loves to fingerpaint. Nothing is better than fingerpainting in his whole world. The other day, I came home from work and there he was, at his little table, pots of primary colors close at hand. In his hands he had more fingerpaint than any child should be allowed to have; in one hand a big glob of blue, in the other, a big glob of yellow. At that precise moment, he thought it would be a good idea to clap his hands.... a LOT!! Green paint went flying everywhere.... I said, "What were you thinking? Even your face has paint on it." To this, his son reached up with his paint covered right hand and tried to wipe his face clean...."
Pastor went on to ask, (as do I) how much is this like us, as we stand before a holy God, trying to clean ourselves up for Him? We see a small spot on our face, and try to clean it up with dirty hands, but all we really succeed in doing is smearing it.
While his son wasn't able to clean himself, what he needed was someone who was already clean to come alongside of him and help him. This loving father did exactly that, and in the process he found that some of his son's paint ended up on himself. How much is this a picture of Jesus who comes alongside of us in our sin, cleans us up by taking our sin upon himself?
I sat there, thinking of my four year old's winter boots and spring shoes. I can't think of anything more gross that I have to do as a mom than remove my son's muddy, sandy dirty, wet shoes after he's been out playing in the yard. I really cringe everytime I have to touch them, especially if I have to help him get them back on after a potty break!! Inevitably all the crud ends up on me, my hands, my clothes... UCK!! And here I was... all clean....
I doubt I'll ever be able to handle that job or see fingerpaints without thinking of all that Jesus has done.
Yesterday, I had two of those moments, maybe more. It was just one of those days. God seemed to be speaking right to me. So here's an illustration that I want to share with you. See if it touches you the way it touched me...
"...My 3 year old son loves to fingerpaint. Nothing is better than fingerpainting in his whole world. The other day, I came home from work and there he was, at his little table, pots of primary colors close at hand. In his hands he had more fingerpaint than any child should be allowed to have; in one hand a big glob of blue, in the other, a big glob of yellow. At that precise moment, he thought it would be a good idea to clap his hands.... a LOT!! Green paint went flying everywhere.... I said, "What were you thinking? Even your face has paint on it." To this, his son reached up with his paint covered right hand and tried to wipe his face clean...."
Pastor went on to ask, (as do I) how much is this like us, as we stand before a holy God, trying to clean ourselves up for Him? We see a small spot on our face, and try to clean it up with dirty hands, but all we really succeed in doing is smearing it.
While his son wasn't able to clean himself, what he needed was someone who was already clean to come alongside of him and help him. This loving father did exactly that, and in the process he found that some of his son's paint ended up on himself. How much is this a picture of Jesus who comes alongside of us in our sin, cleans us up by taking our sin upon himself?
I sat there, thinking of my four year old's winter boots and spring shoes. I can't think of anything more gross that I have to do as a mom than remove my son's muddy, sandy dirty, wet shoes after he's been out playing in the yard. I really cringe everytime I have to touch them, especially if I have to help him get them back on after a potty break!! Inevitably all the crud ends up on me, my hands, my clothes... UCK!! And here I was... all clean....
I doubt I'll ever be able to handle that job or see fingerpaints without thinking of all that Jesus has done.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
A Little Rant And One Rave
First, The Rave.... I haven't been on the blogosphere much recently and that's because I've been taking an online class called, "Speed Spanish". It was a six week class and they weren't kidding when they named it!! It was fast!! :) I LOVED it, and can't wait till I can take the next session. This class deals with what the instructor calls "recipes"... basically how to put together sentences to converse with someone in Spanish. I can't believe all I've learned so far and am anxious to see how much I can use when I go to ALTECO in a couple of weeks. There will be delegates there from many South American countries and indigenous tribes, all speaking espanol! :) All just waiting for me to say something profound like "No hay agua! La agua no funciona!"
Oh, and by the way.... Pity the poor hostess on The Biggest Loser! I do! Poor Alison Sweeney. She clearly tries to make for compelling conversation, ala Jeff Probst on Survivor or even Julie Chen on Big Brother. Alas she fails!! People keep attacking her!! Is it because she's skinny? Beautiful? Annoying? All the above? Did you watch it tonight? Did you? I thought Jillian was going to take her out!! Now, I'm not normally one who goes in for cussing, but I just wanted to applaude Jillian for standing up for Brittany.
I should say that I have NOT followed this show religiously, so maybe I'm not getting the whole picture. It just seems to me that Alison has no real rapport with the Losers. They don't seem to enjoy her banter or her commentary during challenges. She just seems a bad fit to me. Is it just me? Tell me people, and I will repent!
And gee, while I'm on my rant.... What happened to Moonlight on CBS' website? I have been in Moonlight withdrawal for weeks. I admit it!! Last week I went online looking to watch a full episode and the only episode offered was "Arrested Development". Not my favorite episode, but I clicked on it anyway and never could get it to run! Now? Watching a full episode isn't even an option!! Geez!
Oh, and by the way.... Pity the poor hostess on The Biggest Loser! I do! Poor Alison Sweeney. She clearly tries to make for compelling conversation, ala Jeff Probst on Survivor or even Julie Chen on Big Brother. Alas she fails!! People keep attacking her!! Is it because she's skinny? Beautiful? Annoying? All the above? Did you watch it tonight? Did you? I thought Jillian was going to take her out!! Now, I'm not normally one who goes in for cussing, but I just wanted to applaude Jillian for standing up for Brittany.
I should say that I have NOT followed this show religiously, so maybe I'm not getting the whole picture. It just seems to me that Alison has no real rapport with the Losers. They don't seem to enjoy her banter or her commentary during challenges. She just seems a bad fit to me. Is it just me? Tell me people, and I will repent!
And gee, while I'm on my rant.... What happened to Moonlight on CBS' website? I have been in Moonlight withdrawal for weeks. I admit it!! Last week I went online looking to watch a full episode and the only episode offered was "Arrested Development". Not my favorite episode, but I clicked on it anyway and never could get it to run! Now? Watching a full episode isn't even an option!! Geez!
Friday, March 07, 2008
Time Travel Made Easy
So yesterday I was at my local Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) meeting.
Love this group for the fellowship, support and the great breakfasts too!! I miss my old MOPS group though. It was awesome on every level and it's hard not to compare the two.
Anyway, at the end of the meeting, we all pulled numbers from a basket for a drawing. My number was 24. As I mosied toward my discussion group, I heard my number being called.
So, with great excitement and much humor, I got to yell, "I'm 24! I'm 24!!" It's been awhile since I've been able to say that!! It made my day even more than the Bath & Body Works Peaberry Moisturizing Hand Soap I picked from the prize basket.
Love this group for the fellowship, support and the great breakfasts too!! I miss my old MOPS group though. It was awesome on every level and it's hard not to compare the two.
Anyway, at the end of the meeting, we all pulled numbers from a basket for a drawing. My number was 24. As I mosied toward my discussion group, I heard my number being called.
So, with great excitement and much humor, I got to yell, "I'm 24! I'm 24!!" It's been awhile since I've been able to say that!! It made my day even more than the Bath & Body Works Peaberry Moisturizing Hand Soap I picked from the prize basket.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Happy Birthday
Today the Little Man turned 4. Yeah, Ian!! Happy Birthday, Sweet Pea!"
Since everyone has been passing THE BUG and a cold back and forth for the last three weeks, we've been a bit low key about the birthday this year. I'm exhausted from little boys waking me up 2 hours early and not going back to sleep. The birthday boy has been doing this for two weeks or so. I keep putting him back in his bed and he returns about every 15-30 minutes or so just to let me know that he can't sleep! Since he shares his room with Lumpadump (aka Shane), all this walking back and forth and opening doors has been waking up Shane as well.
In other news, Hubbie & I have started to take a class online called "Speed Spanish". It's really great for me. I know next to NO Spanish, but am regularly meeting Spanish-speaking people! Hubs on the other hand speaks Spanish very well, but hasn't studied it before, so he decided to take the class with me. Unfortunately, we are two lessons behind and this week we get two more lessons! What's the Spanish term for "YIKES!"?
Since everyone has been passing THE BUG and a cold back and forth for the last three weeks, we've been a bit low key about the birthday this year. I'm exhausted from little boys waking me up 2 hours early and not going back to sleep. The birthday boy has been doing this for two weeks or so. I keep putting him back in his bed and he returns about every 15-30 minutes or so just to let me know that he can't sleep! Since he shares his room with Lumpadump (aka Shane), all this walking back and forth and opening doors has been waking up Shane as well.
In other news, Hubbie & I have started to take a class online called "Speed Spanish". It's really great for me. I know next to NO Spanish, but am regularly meeting Spanish-speaking people! Hubs on the other hand speaks Spanish very well, but hasn't studied it before, so he decided to take the class with me. Unfortunately, we are two lessons behind and this week we get two more lessons! What's the Spanish term for "YIKES!"?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
A Wake Up Call
Today was such a beautiful day: blue sky, bright sunshine, a few clouds. A perfectly crisp, cold winter's day. Perfect for those of us who actually enjoy northern winters! But it wasn't the weather that gave me chills as I drove down the road with Little Man (almost 4!). Nope, it was this comment from the backseat: "Mom, I see a trumpet in the clouds!" Whoa!! I said, "What?!" My mind was racing! Where the heck did that come from?! What's he talking about?! Is this it?! Is Jesus coming back RIGHT NOW?!! Then Ian explained that the cloud he saw was in the shape of a trumpet.... Oh. Kind of a let down. :)
So here's my question, dear reader, when was the last time you thought, "Maybe today...."? Do you know that there is a crown reserved in Heaven for "all who have LOVED His appearing" (2 Timothy 4:8c)?
So here's my question, dear reader, when was the last time you thought, "Maybe today...."? Do you know that there is a crown reserved in Heaven for "all who have LOVED His appearing" (2 Timothy 4:8c)?
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
Monday, January 14, 2008
Vampire Bugs and Menu Plans
Here at Whispers of Grace, our family is still fighting the little bug that the Little Men brought home with them. It sure is strange. I'm going to call it the Vampire Bug. Except for a general loss of appetite, this thing only manifests it's symptoms at night! For the first 3 nights that Ian-almost 4 years- was ill, he woke up around 11:45 at night with a fever. The rest of the day he was "fine"! If he hadn't been waking up with a fever and aches, I'd never have known he was really sick. (See previous post!) Since then, he just wants a little extra sleep, but that's about it. The last two nights, just before bed, he's had some other symptoms running thru his body, if you get my meaning. But again, I say, that's it!
So with that lovely segue, I'm contemplating this menu for the week. But I'm not going to be very strict about it, feeling rather blah myself.
Monday: Pasta with vodka sauce
Tuesday: Fish & Potatoes
Wednesday: Teriyaki Pork & Rice
Thursday: Chicken Pot Pie
Friday: Homemade pizza
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: Breakfast! :)
Check out what else is cooking at "I'm an organizing junkie"
So with that lovely segue, I'm contemplating this menu for the week. But I'm not going to be very strict about it, feeling rather blah myself.
Monday: Pasta with vodka sauce
Tuesday: Fish & Potatoes
Wednesday: Teriyaki Pork & Rice
Thursday: Chicken Pot Pie
Friday: Homemade pizza
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: Breakfast! :)
Check out what else is cooking at "I'm an organizing junkie"
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Plagued by Whining?
The problem with 3 year olds is that they whine. Some days they whine A LOT! Some days they whine to get out of things. Some days they whine for no reason at all. So when one of them whines at breakfast and tells you that his arm hurts and his leg hurts, you take a look, give it a smooch and then tell him it will feel better when he eats something. Then at lunch, when he whines that his eyes hurt, you kind of roll your eyes privately and then tell him to eat his lunch.
Okay, that was my "full of compassion" mothering moment for the day. Turns out though his eyes really were bothering him. They were red and stingy, so I figured he had rubbed them with his fingers. Dutifully, we washed them. We rinsed them several times over the coarse of an hour. Then we sent the Little Man to preschool with instruction to tell his teacher to call me if he wanted to come home.
They didn't call. He didn't want to come home. Now don't get me wrong. I think it's great that he loves school so much, but when Daddy picked him up, the child looked like he had the plague! All around his eyes and lips, the skin was RED! By the time we got him home and into the bath/shower, we realized he had a fever as well.
So there you have it! First illness of the year! Yay. :P As you may imagine, I am feeling like a "bad" mom today. For not believing the boy in the morning, for not believing the boy at lunch, and for sending him to school (against my better judgment) to infect the whole class. Go Mom!
Okay, that was my "full of compassion" mothering moment for the day. Turns out though his eyes really were bothering him. They were red and stingy, so I figured he had rubbed them with his fingers. Dutifully, we washed them. We rinsed them several times over the coarse of an hour. Then we sent the Little Man to preschool with instruction to tell his teacher to call me if he wanted to come home.
They didn't call. He didn't want to come home. Now don't get me wrong. I think it's great that he loves school so much, but when Daddy picked him up, the child looked like he had the plague! All around his eyes and lips, the skin was RED! By the time we got him home and into the bath/shower, we realized he had a fever as well.
So there you have it! First illness of the year! Yay. :P As you may imagine, I am feeling like a "bad" mom today. For not believing the boy in the morning, for not believing the boy at lunch, and for sending him to school (against my better judgment) to infect the whole class. Go Mom!
Friday, January 04, 2008
Brotherly Love
Little Man (aka Ian-almost 4) and Lumpadump (aka Shane-1yr) were riding in the back of our car this morning. As I pulled into the parking lot of the local Dunkin Donuts, Ian said, for no apparent reason, "I love you, Shane!! You're my BEST friend!" I looked back and saw that they were holding hands between their carseats. Aw!
Happy New Year!
This year all my resolutions are related to simplifying my life with a goal to become more Christlike. We live in a great age. Everything is at our fingertips. Anything we want to know, research, read or buy is just a click away. I LOVE it. I HATE it!
Meanwhile, I have unfinished (and unstarted) projects filling up cabinets, closets and our pantry! Yes, our pantry!! Some of these were started before our first son was even a glimmer in our eyes. I never found the time to work on things then, but somehow I continue to deceive myself into believing that I will NOW, two kids later, suddenly find some free hours to cross-stitch the Christmas tree skirt, rubberstamp birthday cards and Christmas cards, scrapbook the last 10 years of my life (thousands of pictures), organize and try the new recipes buried in a folder, order wedding pictures (from almost 10 years ago.... Yep, haven't even gotten a wedding album yet). Don't even get me started about all the programming books I have stacked on my bookshelf, half-read.
So the goal this year? SIMPLIFY, Simplify, simplify!! I need to kill the clutter in my home. I need to be ruthless in tossing out the projects gathering dust. I need to focus on my goals, and rid my life of just about everything that does not help me reach them! I find that I can't even THINK at times, as the physical clutter (carefully and tastefully squirreled away, mind you) seems to lead into mental clutter.
To that end, I am determined to Simplify my life, organize the stuff that survives the cut, sell or toss the stuff that doesn't, and beautify my surroundings.
How about you? Any resolutions to share?
Meanwhile, I have unfinished (and unstarted) projects filling up cabinets, closets and our pantry! Yes, our pantry!! Some of these were started before our first son was even a glimmer in our eyes. I never found the time to work on things then, but somehow I continue to deceive myself into believing that I will NOW, two kids later, suddenly find some free hours to cross-stitch the Christmas tree skirt, rubberstamp birthday cards and Christmas cards, scrapbook the last 10 years of my life (thousands of pictures), organize and try the new recipes buried in a folder, order wedding pictures (from almost 10 years ago.... Yep, haven't even gotten a wedding album yet). Don't even get me started about all the programming books I have stacked on my bookshelf, half-read.
So the goal this year? SIMPLIFY, Simplify, simplify!! I need to kill the clutter in my home. I need to be ruthless in tossing out the projects gathering dust. I need to focus on my goals, and rid my life of just about everything that does not help me reach them! I find that I can't even THINK at times, as the physical clutter (carefully and tastefully squirreled away, mind you) seems to lead into mental clutter.
To that end, I am determined to Simplify my life, organize the stuff that survives the cut, sell or toss the stuff that doesn't, and beautify my surroundings.
How about you? Any resolutions to share?
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Tips?
I updated my previous post to include the recipe for Garlic Lime Chicken. The link is actually to a page on Flylady, but if you're looking for the recipe you're going to have to scroll down quite a bit to find it. Does anyone know how I can include a link to a Word document in the future? I'm sure there must be a way, but I haven't had the time to really look into it. I'm sure this guy would know! But I'm afraid to ask! :)
Monday, December 17, 2007
No longer dreaming of a white Christmas!!
I know I don't write that often, but since no one complains I'm taking that to mean I write just enough!! Frankly, I enjoy reading more than writing. But that's just because at the end of the day my creative brain cells are all burnt out!!
Anyhoo, Hubby arrived home in one piece last Sunday. Life was GOOD!! Then we got snow on Thursday, and more snow on Saturday... Life was BETTER!! And we even got a tree up and almost decorated! So bring on the Christmas!! We're ready!! (Almost!)
Well, in the spirit of Christmas, I am trying something "new". I've been a lurker over at "I'm an Organizing Junkie", and am working on being inspired by the organizational wizzes over there taking part in "Menu Planning Monday". This is SO not my forte, people, but I'm forever working on growing in this area of my life, so I'm going to give it a shot.
Monday: Mac & Cheese with Broccoli & Hot Dogs
Tuesday: Roast with Potatoes & Carrots, possibly in a crockpot
Wednesday: Garlic-Lime Chicken (a new recipe I want to try! Thank you Flylady!)
Thursday: Lentil Soup, Crusty Bread & Salad
Friday: Mince, Mashed Potatoes & Baked Beans
Saturday: Pizza & Salad
Sunday: Baked Potato Bar
Anyhoo, Hubby arrived home in one piece last Sunday. Life was GOOD!! Then we got snow on Thursday, and more snow on Saturday... Life was BETTER!! And we even got a tree up and almost decorated! So bring on the Christmas!! We're ready!! (Almost!)
Well, in the spirit of Christmas, I am trying something "new". I've been a lurker over at "I'm an Organizing Junkie", and am working on being inspired by the organizational wizzes over there taking part in "Menu Planning Monday". This is SO not my forte, people, but I'm forever working on growing in this area of my life, so I'm going to give it a shot.
Monday: Mac & Cheese with Broccoli & Hot Dogs
Tuesday: Roast with Potatoes & Carrots, possibly in a crockpot
Wednesday: Garlic-Lime Chicken (a new recipe I want to try! Thank you Flylady!)
Thursday: Lentil Soup, Crusty Bread & Salad
Friday: Mince, Mashed Potatoes & Baked Beans
Saturday: Pizza & Salad
Sunday: Baked Potato Bar
Friday, December 07, 2007
Christmas assemblies
We are coming to the end of 9 days without "Daddy". We are actually doing pretty well. I've been keeping the boys and myself busy, busy, busy all week. Today was the first day of relaxation we have had since last Friday.
After Lumpadump went down for a late morning nap, Little Man asked me to build a stable for his stuffed animals. That was a first!! So, I decided the time was right to bring out the Playmobil Nativity set that I had bought last year (but had not yet given to him). It was our first experience with the Playmobil stuff, and took awhile to assemble everything, but Little Man took to it like crazy!! He played with it all afternoon and every chance he could get in the evening! No sooner had I gotten everything assembled than he quickly disassembled it all... right down to the hair and the beards!! At one point he actually came to me, pieces in hand, and asked for help putting a wiseman's beard on Mary!! Not exactly what I had pictured when I bought it!
Currently the boys are in bed and the Playmobil Nativity site looks very much like it was hit by a hurricane!! Pieces and parts are everywhere... animals and people are lying in disarray. I'd take a picture for you, but Hubby took the digital to Peru.
After Lumpadump went down for a late morning nap, Little Man asked me to build a stable for his stuffed animals. That was a first!! So, I decided the time was right to bring out the Playmobil Nativity set that I had bought last year (but had not yet given to him). It was our first experience with the Playmobil stuff, and took awhile to assemble everything, but Little Man took to it like crazy!! He played with it all afternoon and every chance he could get in the evening! No sooner had I gotten everything assembled than he quickly disassembled it all... right down to the hair and the beards!! At one point he actually came to me, pieces in hand, and asked for help putting a wiseman's beard on Mary!! Not exactly what I had pictured when I bought it!
Currently the boys are in bed and the Playmobil Nativity site looks very much like it was hit by a hurricane!! Pieces and parts are everywhere... animals and people are lying in disarray. I'd take a picture for you, but Hubby took the digital to Peru.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Amazing Race or Amazing Grace?
Haven't really said much lately. Things have been crazy around here. Hubby has been planning and organizing a missions trip to Peru for about six months. But of course as the trip got closer and closer, more and more of the details demanded our attention. Well... okay... mostly the details demanded Hubby's attention, but my job was to attend to "the little foxes" vying for Daddy's attention!! :)
Hubby left on Friday morning at 3:30, along with 5 other hubbies from our church for 10 days. They carpooled down to LaGuardia, arriving in good time. At check in, Hubby was asked if his passport had been renewed. Hubby says, "yeah, it's on page 21". Nice man says, "Yeah, I see that, but your renewal expired in August!!" DOH!!
So the adventure begins!! It's just not a mission trip 'til something goes wrong. So with this mishap, it became official! Hubby handed over his bags and the team money to the other guys and told them he'd meet up with them, and took off to get the passport renewed. Without much fuss the passport was renewed, but Hubby did not make it back to LaGuardia in time for his flight. Luckily there was another flight leaving at 1:30 and getting on this he'd be able to make his connection in Ft. Lauderdale. Unfortunately the flight was full and his ticket was non-transferable and non-refundable!! Hubby didn't know until the last minute if he would be able to get onto the plane, but he made it and they didn't even charge him!! We are so thankful for the way God poured out his grace!!
Now you may think that's the end of the story, but not so fast!! When he arrived in Ft Lauderdale he arrived with a 10 minute window, instead of the 1 hour window he should've had. and they wouldn't let him on the plane. At this point in the story, I felt like Steve was one of the contestants on The Amazing Race!! Probably should've told the powers that be that he HAD to be on that plane!!
But he did get on another plane that left at midnight, and got to Peru eventually. And really, isn't that all that matters? The rest of the team had already arrived in Lima at midnight. I guess that's important too!
Hubby left on Friday morning at 3:30, along with 5 other hubbies from our church for 10 days. They carpooled down to LaGuardia, arriving in good time. At check in, Hubby was asked if his passport had been renewed. Hubby says, "yeah, it's on page 21". Nice man says, "Yeah, I see that, but your renewal expired in August!!" DOH!!
So the adventure begins!! It's just not a mission trip 'til something goes wrong. So with this mishap, it became official! Hubby handed over his bags and the team money to the other guys and told them he'd meet up with them, and took off to get the passport renewed. Without much fuss the passport was renewed, but Hubby did not make it back to LaGuardia in time for his flight. Luckily there was another flight leaving at 1:30 and getting on this he'd be able to make his connection in Ft. Lauderdale. Unfortunately the flight was full and his ticket was non-transferable and non-refundable!! Hubby didn't know until the last minute if he would be able to get onto the plane, but he made it and they didn't even charge him!! We are so thankful for the way God poured out his grace!!
Now you may think that's the end of the story, but not so fast!! When he arrived in Ft Lauderdale he arrived with a 10 minute window, instead of the 1 hour window he should've had. and they wouldn't let him on the plane. At this point in the story, I felt like Steve was one of the contestants on The Amazing Race!! Probably should've told the powers that be that he HAD to be on that plane!!
But he did get on another plane that left at midnight, and got to Peru eventually. And really, isn't that all that matters? The rest of the team had already arrived in Lima at midnight. I guess that's important too!
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Knock Knock!!
This may be really wrong of me, I don't know, but right now I'm just so thankful that Little Man hasn't gotten on the knock-knock joke bandwagon! I shudder to think of that day!
I was just walking thru the local Subway shop where a mother and her tot were sitting there exchanging knock-knock jokes. Ummm... yeah. People, there is only so much a 3-year old can do with Knock-Knock jokes.
"Knock-knock" Who's there? "Good!" Good who? "Good-bye!" Heh! Yeah that's a killer, Son!
I was just walking thru the local Subway shop where a mother and her tot were sitting there exchanging knock-knock jokes. Ummm... yeah. People, there is only so much a 3-year old can do with Knock-Knock jokes.
"Knock-knock" Who's there? "Good!" Good who? "Good-bye!" Heh! Yeah that's a killer, Son!
Friday, November 02, 2007
The Skinny on Survivor
So last night, while watching Survivor: China, I pondered one of the really deep questions of life. I'm sure you have asked yourself this too, at least once this season.... Do the Survivor producers ever turn a contestant away for being too skinny?
I mean really... We all know that whoever goes on the Survivor diet loses about 30 pounds. Shouldn't there be a minimum weight requirement?!! Have you seen Courtney lately? Yikes!
I mean really... We all know that whoever goes on the Survivor diet loses about 30 pounds. Shouldn't there be a minimum weight requirement?!! Have you seen Courtney lately? Yikes!
Saturday, October 13, 2007
A Reason To Smile
Take the 100 Acre Personality Quiz!
Well, there you have it! Out of all the possible characters in Winnie The Pooh's neighborhood I am most like Kanga. This made me chuckle. What are the chances that I would be the most like the ONLY motherly figure in the Hundred Acre wood?! Sure, I'm a mom. But this quiz asked me nothing about mothering. AND if you'd asked some of the people that knew me best BEFORE I had kids, they would've told you--flat out--that I'm not very maternal! Heh!!
I'm just going to attribute this to the grace of God in my life. Honestly, I fully expected to be Eeyore, or maybe Piglet, because that is who I am in the flesh!! And in my own mind!! But, apparently not in reality. :) That just makes me smile.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Buggin'
Well! The family has been battling the dreaded stomach bug for the last week. First Lumpadump-10mos, then me, then DH, and finally Little Man-3 1/2yrs. Could've been worse, but it's never much fun, is it? Little Man never had a bug till last Spring, so dealing with Lumpadump's illness was a growing experience. Specifically, I learned that when you KNOW your infant has "THE BUG", don't use afghans in his bed!! Little carrot pieces really don't readily come out of afghans. Bleah!!
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