Busy Being Blessed

well hello again. i know it’s been awhile again…
today is jerry’s birthday. baby, i wanted to surprise your papa with the discovery of you. but alas, i’m not pregnant yet.
i have good news though. my insulin levels, which were 22 and i was supposed to get them down below 17, is 12! that’s very exciting.
i also have noticed a big weight difference – only 10 lbs in actual pounds, but my clothes are looser. i’m also getting more used to eating less carbs….usually. today we went to o’charley’s for jerry’s birthday…so i had fries, rolls and croutons. plus birthday cake and a bit of ice cream. i know, i know. but as long as it’s only once every now and then, right?
i am still hopeful that i may have gotten pregnant this last week. it’s possible, since my insulin levels were down so much, right?
well, that’s it for now.
good night, sweet angel – i can’t wait to meet you!!!

God bless,

well hello again. i know it’s been awhile again…
today is jerry’s birthday. baby, i wanted to surprise your papa with the discovery of you. but alas, i’m not pregnant yet.
i have good news though. my insulin levels, which were 22 and i was supposed to get them down below 17, is 12! that’s very exciting.
i also have noticed a big weight difference – only 10 lbs in actual pounds, but my clothes are looser. i’m also getting more used to eating less carbs….usually. today we went to o’charley’s for jerry’s birthday…so i had fries, rolls and croutons. plus birthday cake and a bit of ice cream. i know, i know. but as long as it’s only once every now and then, right?
i am still hopeful that i may have gotten pregnant this last week. it’s possible, since my insulin levels were down so much, right?
well, that’s it for now.
good night, sweet angel – i can’t wait to meet you!!!

God bless,

i’m at my parents showing my sister how to blog. i would like to be able to set up the blog for her to use. so this is more of a sample for her than a real entry. this weekend has been crazy though, so i will be updating soon!!!
God bless!

i’m posting for jana. she requested that i update my blog .

truthfully, since the storm, things have seemed pretty boring. it doesn’t seem like there’s much to post about.

grandpa and i went out yesterday for stamps and we saw the area that was hit the hardest. it was so sad! all these trees all over the place, roofs blown off, phone wires on the ground…it’s really sad. i’m very thankful that no one was killed. please pray for the families whose homes are ruined.

did i mention that my insulin level, which was 22, is now 12?? i’m very excited about this!!! this is the week again that if i’m ovulating i could get pregnant. pray for me!!!!!!

i can actually tell i’m losing weight now too. not a lot pounds-wise – i’ve lost about 10 lbs – but you can really tell by looking at me. at least i can tell! lol.

jerry turns 30 on monday. anyone have any exciting cheap gift ideas for a hubby’s 30th bday??? i already bought two shirts, am getting a book and a cd, but i want something GREAT. this is his grand birthday. (does anyone else know about the ‘grand birthday idea’? someone told me about it in high school, and since then, no one else i’ve talked to about it have any clue what i mean. a grand bday is when you turn the age that the number of your birthday falls on. jerry will be 30 on the 30th, so it’s his grand bday.) so i want it to be extra special. everyone knows what i REALLY wanted to give him was a positive test result that i’m pregnant. but alas, no.

i wanted to remind everyone to see the Veggie Tales movie when it comes out. GO TO SEE IT!

well, jana, i’m all out of things to write about…

God bless,

I know you haven’t seen me in a while. I’ve been fine but out of sorts. The week has been full. I don’t know if everyone remembers where I’m from – but I’m from Indiana – Indianapolis area.

(Some of this was written by my hubby Jerry and I rephrased it – he’s so much better with the technical stuff than I am! hehe)

Life is interesting. Yesterday, cold air from Canada mixed with the unusually warm weather we have been having in Indy. This caused a terrible storm that wreaked all kinds of havic. The local authorities assume there was multiple tornadoes. Anyway, nearly every road leading to our house is blocked off. Last night it was like a war zone. Jerry was at work when it happened so they had to get all the residents into the center-most part of building. He had to stay late because people couldn’t get in because eather roads were blocked by the police and fire department or literally ‘by trees’.

The storm started in the southwest part of Indianapolis, Martinsville, leveling half the town and it moved northeast through Greenwood, Southport, where we live, and Beech Grove, where Jerry works. The tornados missed our home by a quarter mile and then, a few minutes later, missed Jerry’s work by just as much. It hit before kids could get home from school so kids were getting home as late as 11:00pm or even later. It took Jerry an hour and fifteen minutes to get home – it normally takes 15 minutes. It would have taken longer but they finally opened the freeway where powerlines and trees had been covering it. We had no damage at Jerry’s work or our home. No one we know personally was injured or affected. But we were very very close to getting hit. We just got our power on after 15-16 hours without it but some people may have to wait much longer.

Pray for all the people without homes or insurance, especially those in Martinsville. We have been very blessed. No casualties have been reported but 30 million dollars in damage is estimated so far. I think that estimate is too small myself. And the only injuries don’t seem to be life-threatening – considering the damage done, it’s a real miracle.

Oh – check this out. A lady was at Lowe’s (a home improvement store) when they said they were closing down and everyone needed to find shelter. She was close to her church so she went there for shelter. As she pulled into the drive she realized it was too late. She saw the funnel cloud. She had her four year old boy with her so she jumped into the back and covered him. All she could see was dirt and wind – normally you don’t see wind. Neighbors saw her white van fly over several homes and it landed upright & They were ok! The people that saw it said she must have been in God’s hands. Many of them went to her church. Isn’t that miraculous!?

Another man was seen, by a police officer, flying several feet up in the air before landing with minor injuries. (We still don’t know if that was just a rumor or if it’s a fact yet.)

I’m still amazed that no casualties have been found. Jerry was scared for me because he knew the storm was heading right for me first. It hit his work area about 15 – 20 minutes later.

Grandpa, KC and I all hid in the hallway during the worst part, when the alarm was going off. I KNOW I heard the tornado go by at one point – I was never scared. I was worried about Jerry, but that’s it. I knew we would be safe somehow. Funny, but I was more annoyed by the power being off than worried about our safety lol. I did pray throughout for other people involved.

Today we had to go out and get a bunch of new food because the power was off too long to trust the fridge and freezer. That was tiring, but we got our money’s worth!

Well, I guess that’s the story. The only thing not normal in the house is the cable – it’s still not working. Who cares, right? We’re all safe! Our house is safe! Thank You Lord – how could we ask for more?!?!?!?

God bless – have a blessed Sunday everyone!

well, i haven’t wanted to post because i would like there to be at least one comment on my blog so i know someone read my post. i thought the last post was meaningful and didn’t want anyone to miss out on it….

but i have to post right now because today was a day….

what a day!!!!!

well, last night, right before bed, i went to the bedroom and looked at our bed and screamed. kc had peed all over jerry’s side!!!

jerry has been working a little later lately, and kc has really felt neglected by him (at least, i guess! i’m not one of those animal psychics lol). he hasn’t been playing with him as regularly as in the past, because when jerry’s home, he’s usually busy outside, inside, or on the computer. kc is not used to that!

needless to say, the dog got a major spanking, and he’s grounded from our bedroom for a week.

jerry and i both had to sleep on couches, because the bed was soaked after we tried to wash it out. neither of us slept well, and it was very lonely. we were so upset with that dog!!!

we went to the vet today and he said maybe kc should go to obedience school, not that he’s a bad dog, but because he has such a fear of people (like him). kc freaked out at his checkup. my arms are sore because of all the moving and scratching and stuff he did trying to hide from the vet. he was one upset little weiner dog! he seems to be fine now, other than moping because jerry is busy doing something not involving playing with him and his chew toys. lol. we’ll see how the poor neglected (SPOILED) thing makes it through the week. hehe.

we also had to pick up another mirror from lowe’s (it’s the third time we’ve returned it, because a mirror keeps ending up broken!), try to exchange the couch slip cover we bought for one that fits (which they were out of!), and then we ate at UNO’s (we’d never been there, and it was YUM!!!!!) before we went to Berean’s to try out some songs (i’m singing at a conference at our church, and i tested which songs i would do together – i chose mark shultz’s ‘remember me’ and susan ashton’s ‘stand’. i hope i do well!). they have a new sound booth area, that i thought were sound proof but learned quickly that they weren’t, since two women in the next booth were ruining many favorite praise songs for me….and very loud and clear!!

anyway, we just got home and are TIRED!!!

i looked at the this or that tuesday and didn’t care enough to answer…besides that i’m tired. maybe tomorrow they’ll look more interesting to me!!

well, have a good night! i hope we have a good night’s sleep in our flower-smelling bed lol.

God bless!

well, i have to say that today, i feel a billion times better than i have in the past two weeks….there’s just something about going to church, singing hymns and praises, and fellowshipping with friends that really lifts the spirit…last sunday, jerry and i stayed home from church and worked on the house….i never want to do that again. missing one week of church just throws off my week!!

i feel refreshed and blessed, all ready to begin my week!

well, how are you today? i hope great. i was reading some helen steiner rice poetry last night, and wanted to post one that i found particularly relevant to this time in our country’s history:

“One Nation Under God”

Thanksgiving is more than a day in November
That students of history are taught to remember,
More than a date that we still celebrate
With turkey and dressing piled high on our plate…
For while we still offer the traditional prayer,
We pray out of habit without being aware
That the pilgrims thanked God just for being alive,
For the strength that He gave them to endure and survive
Hunger and hardship that’s unknown in the present
Where progress and plenty have made our lives pleasant…
And living today in this great and rich nation
That depends not on God but on mechanization,
We tend to forget that our forefathers came
To establish a country under God’s name…
But we feel we’re so strong we no longer need faith,
And it now has become nothing more than a wraith
Of the faith that once founded this powerful nation
In the name of the Maker and the Lord of creation…
Oh, teach us, dear God, we are all pilgrims still,
Subject alone to Your guidance and will,
And show us the way to purposeful living
So we may have reason for daily thanksgiving –
And make us once more a God-fearing nation
And not just a puppet of controlled automation.

~ by Helen Steiner Rice ~

God bless you! Have a wonderful evening!!!

i haven’t posted in a while again.

i started my period on friday. i was in the major slumps on saturday. i mean MAJOR.

i’m over my period now, but i’m still VERY disappointed. i had really hoped to get pregnant in august, find out the week before jerry’s birthday, and surprise him. but it was not to be.

God has a plan, and i know this. sometimes i just wish He would tell me what’s going on. do you ever feel that way? that it’s this big secret and we will NEVER know what it is??

i’m still down. i’m not in depression like i was, but i’m pretty low.

please be praying for me. for us. patience. understanding. patience. and to be pregnant soon. i know, i’m pitiful.

God bless you.

i haven’t posted in a while again.

i started my period on friday. i was in the major slumps on saturday. i mean MAJOR.

i’m over my period now, but i’m still VERY disappointed. i had really hoped to get pregnant in august, find out the week before jerry’s birthday, and surprise him. but it was not to be.

God has a plan, and i know this. sometimes i just wish He would tell me what’s going on. do you ever feel that way? that it’s this big secret and we will NEVER know what it is??

i’m still down. i’m not in depression like i was, but i’m pretty low.

please be praying for me. for us. patience. understanding. patience. and to be pregnant soon. i know, i’m pitiful.

God bless you.

Tough Topic Thursday: Cloning:

What are your feelings and views about cloning?

personally, i don’t think cloning is right morally. i realize there are many people who can benefit from this, but i don’t believe it is morally appropriate. God did not intend for us to make copies of each other, or any living beings. i find it a bit disgusting, actually. as someone who has a loving and adorable family dog, i can’t imagine replacing him with a clone after he has died. as someone who desprately wants a baby, i can’t imagine cloning my husband or myself just to have a baby in our own image. it’s just not the way things are done. at least not the way they should be done.
my feelings are – it’s wrong. NO WAY.

yesterday, i wanted to post something, but i was unsure what i should post. words are not enough to express my sadness for those lost. but i am so proud of the heros of our nation, and for our nation’s strength and courage. God bless everyone.

well, that’s it for now.

God bless you.