Finally a day to relax, or was it?

"Finally, a day to relax." I told myself. After driving 4 hours on Friday, going to Rustproof, going to a baptism and party on Saturday, viewing our wedding video on the big screen at Al & Becky's, going to a birthday party at McDonalds, going to another birthday party with my family, going to a movie Sunday night, and finally driving back another 4 hours...only to relax an hour or two and start my 7PM to 7AM shift on Monday... Then, I woke up after about 6 hours of sleep and got ready for another 7PM to 7AM shift (reminder: I'm also in the car for an hour to work and an hour back home). Finally, I came home to relax. Yesterday went by like a flash...and today was my day to rest! About 10:20 this morning, as I was finally able to sit down and enjoy a moment on the computer, my phone rang....and I was reminded of the joy of selling a house. Not only is it like living in a museum, but if it's not in tip-top shape you just might miss out on "the one" that was going to buy it! I was asked if it was ok for some people to stop over from 11:30-12:30 (in less than an hour!) to view our house. They usually give us a day's notice, so we have a little time to prepare. Well, so much for relaxing today and cleaning tomorrow. I think I felt sweat dripping down my brow as I scurried through the house trying to dust, sweep, mop, quickly clean the bathroom, run around the yard and clean up the little reminders that puppies don't use toilets, and of course sanitizing the puppy's kennel. I hurried to get Mae Belle in the back of the car (remembering to grab her dish and a bottle of water for her and I so we didn't die of heat exhaustion). We were out of the house by a quarter after....and playing in the park by 11:30!
Oh, the joy of it all!

Change my heart, oh God

It's amazing how the Lord works. Some may say that He gives and takes away. Yet hopefully all will continue to bless His name.
We sing, "Change my heart, Oh God," but who knew the extent of it? Steve had a heart transplant yesterday. His heart wasn't strong enough to beat on it's own, therefore he had a pump helping it to beat. Well, he no longer needs a pump. God gave him a new heart!
As we hear of such a miracle, may God renew our hearts. May we see the frailty of the human body and realize that without God, we are mere limited beings. With God all things are possible.
God bless the individual and their family who lost a life...but saved another.
May we learn from this!

A Heart's Prayer

Please pray for Steve. He has a chance at a heart transplant...as I write this. They flew him down on a helicoptor to the University today.
Please pray.
Lord, Your will be done. I pray for a perfect match and a quick recovery. Lord, that Steve would be back to 100% in no time!

Thank you all for your prayers!

He has finally come to his senses...

After a weekend with the over-sized t.v., my husband finally came to his senses. He decided that quality is better than quantity. We brought our marvelous purchase back to Sam's Club and, even though it's a bit smaller, got a much better quality t.v. (thank you, Sony). Atleast we got to watch a few movies on our large screen before we traded it in.

So, I guess we'll be able to stay away from the looney bin for a while. Hopefully this new purchase will last a much longer time! Oh, and I can't forget to mention that by getting such a great quality t.v., Rob got over his buyer's remorse much faster. Thanks again, Sony...I owe you one!

I think He overdid it this time...

Well, our t.v. finally drove the husband to the point of no return. It's been doing this black screen thing for a while...and most of the time we wonder if it's going to come back on. Just 2 days ago it went black at the same time as it made a little humming sound... It's gonna go!
Yesterday was the grand finale... I think that if we wouldn't have gone out and bought this oversized, overpriced huge thing (that we may have to return becuz it's so huge) that now sits in our living room... I may have had to drive my dear husband to the hospital for a psych eval!
So, here it sits...a little too big for our little house... Nonetheless.. Here it sits.

Pure Contentment