Saturday morning Jan 10, 09

Good Morning

Well I actually got on here to look up some scripture and print it out in different fonts to post around me. I find that in a pinch having His WORD around me where I don;t have to get my Bible and look something up always keeps me goign to. Sometimes I just get lazy. LOL
I love to have scripture and praises around me, at work, at home in the car... I have lots of little stuff around the house as decor that has the Word on it. Wall art, stones, coasters, banners, LOVE IT!!! and I have little printed papers as well. haha

So Rob & I got back from Little Rock yesterday with crappy news... spent most of the day crying, and hiding from the phone. I just didnt want to talk to anyone just yet, each time I do I still bawl. Now dont get me wrong, I am more so bawling for those around me than myself. As scared as I am, and as in peace... oxymoron I know, but that's me :o) It hurts me to know that others are hurting, that their faith may wavier, that they are scared. Sucks right now. But I will try to record as much as I can of all this , because I know God can be glorified and He will through this new journey.

Anyway continue to pray for me, as I do you. Better go find my scriptures or pretty soon I will be on facebook, or myspace. LOL

God is MIGHTY
Sandie

The New year has arrived

It is here, 2009. In 4 days I will be celebrating my 24th wedding anniversary. Thinking back to both of my weddings. We eloped first, than had a HUGE wedding.
I had my oldest Godchildren and my youngest as my flower girl and ring bearers. I keep thinking about redoing our vows on our 25th.

I am again dealing with some health issues, that I have yet to mention to anyone. I didn't want to deliver any sort of news to family and friends around Christmas. I only have let a few Prayer Warriors know specifics so they can join me and hubby in praying.

I sprained my hip I am assuming, and have been in pain on the left side. I had Rob check my incision and he said it looks like some of my insides are wanting to come out. GROSS! So I will make an appt with the Dr. for next Monday. I am sure the office is closed.

We rang in the New Year singing some Praise & Worship Songs, blowing the Shofar, anointing our heads and praying and taking communion. We did this about 9pm, cause by 10:20 I was out. I asked each of us to think of one resolution that we can make and keep to the Lord for the new year.
Mine was I promise to do more random acts of kindness. These I can do regardless how alert or healthy I am... :o)

Anyway I have to get ready for work. Happy New Years!
We are serving Blacked eyed Peas and hog jowel at work, and at home purple hull peas and a pork roast at home. :o) Gotta love the south! hehe

In the midst of the torn wrapping and ribbons

Well Christmas has come & gone... so has the company. The tree was filled over flowing and there was no room in the inn... ok no room in my small livingroom. Santa was trapped by the colorful boxes and bows, and would surprise us with a song and a dance.





Whew!



I would like to write about just how much I enjoyed Christmas....but that wouldn't be very long. Actually that too is a lie.. I enjoyed it in a whole other way, what I didn't enjoy was how tired and sore I was, and how I missed out yet again time with family & friends... and why do ask I missed out?

I had to work..and I had to work all day... which set my mood to sad.
I asked my cook who is a young mom, which she wanted off... she was scheduled to work both days. Being a mom with a small kid I wanted to help her out. Well, she wanted the eve off since that was when they all went and did things...so cool
Well I went in at 430 in the morning, Christmas morn just to make sure it was all done and ready to go.. I prepped everything the day before. I came home at 630 to wake the house and see what Santa brought and open pressies. Expecting my cook to be in at 8, 10 at the latest. I got a text... sprained ankle.. not coming in...UGH!!!!
SO I went back at 830, left again at 1230 to 230 to have supper with the family and back to work and home again at 645!!!! :o(

yep it sucks to be boss sometimes! I cant wait to have my own restaurant one day!!!
Anyway what was cool was being with the girls ... they were all depressed away from home, but we turned it around and did such a good job on the dinner, and they wanted to bless the food. :o)


anyway. I uploaded pics on my myspace so I am too tired to finish this blog. Off to bed.

will eventually catch up. lol

Went and saw the Nutcracker tonight.

The girls, Rob and I went to see the Nutcracker tonight. It was done by a local performing arts ballet company. Its' a school, so they're were students. I enjoyed especially the 2 or 3 yr olds that would wave to their parents.. forget where they were, forget their steps... watch to know which step... be so caught up in smiling and waving the troop would start moving and they would have to RUN to catch up... classic tv move. It was fun. My body hurt from the tiny chairs and sitting so long... I stood at intermission...but I am hurting. Worked til 12:15 today from 7:45..tomorrow could be a longer day...NOT that I want it o. But I think I will have to put in some time on Christmas Eve... I want my cook to be with her family, she has a young daughter.. the other cook... missed hers last year cause she had to cook and be there.
SO? I can do it.
Anyway... day was a lil better from the pile this morning! haha
I made peanut butter balls for the jail today...
.3C rice crispies, 2 C Peanut butter, 1 stick of butter and about a box of powder sugar ( also add a tsp of vanilla) melt the butter, and peanut butter pour on rice crispies.. add sugar and vanilla mix and crunch and form in hands... you can either let the balls chill for 3 hrs and then dip in chocolate or do like I did and roll in extra powder sugar...
only Christmas baking and it was for the jail.. lol.. the girls liked them... I used the rice crispies cause it makes it stretch, you can omit the cereal and just roll the balls...(add more sugar though) and rum extract if ya like...
ok I am tired ...heading off to the bed to have sweet dreams and wake ready to conquer the menu for Christmas! WOOT!

easy recipe and fun for the kiddos...

Whatta Way to Wake up

so here it is a few minutes before 5. I am steadily having this dream...I was on a bus with kids... basically all I can remember now.

and then I start smelling DOG POOP yep... you're right.

so I wake up... and I can still smell it. Now I have sleep apnea..I WEAR A MASK!!!!! It had to be ON MY BED to smell it like this!!! SO I sit up, take off my mask, adjust my tired eyes and look around... my bedroom door is only cracked..about the same as when I went to bed, so I got up and came into the living room.

I still could smell it so from the lights of the tree I peer around.. there are those 2 mutts asleep (or pretending to be) on the floor. Yep I can smell it so I go on the great DOG poop hunt... I turn on lights I look in the bathroom, the dinning room the kitchen...I dont see any... could I be mistaken? Is it after all my own breath?

SO then I realize I did not go and put my laundry in the dryer last night & forgot to ask Cass to do it. SO oh! GOOD THING.. I need em for work... maybe that is why I woke up....so I go back into my bedroom, find my slippers and robe and head back through the living room

WHERE OH MY GOOOOOOODNESS

there is this HUGE pile of POOP.. how did I miss it???? so either Kia Sophia was laying by my door and farting to wake me.. or God was giving me a quick...heads up... or I completely missed that 5' high smoldering pile. LOL


Anyone toss their cookies yet? Yeah, I know... blogging about dog poop!
SO I threw the dogs outside... went and got wal mart bags...cleaners and towels and cleaned it up.

Whatta way to wake up!
My day only has to get better!

Yawns and soreness

Bundled up to get ready to freeze this am..and it was so warm..it was a shock to my senses.

Lorry went home & made it. We didnt get to do anything really..and that bites. MY tummy hurts a lil, but its ok. Christmas is so close.. I hope I can bake some cookies this weekend .. I wanna in memory of Becky. She loved to bake, and this time last year she was in the hospital and had just learned of her cancer on Christmas.. Happy Birthday & Merry Christmas to you! *ugh*

Anyway... wanna have Rob relieve some of the pressure and then I think I will take a tylenol and head to bed...

tomorrow is a new day!!!
:o)

Thursday morning

I have decided I really do need a hair cut and style. I can no longer do anything with the hair, its' thin and stringy and at 44..not a look I want. haha
Here is a pic of me and my momma this past Sunday after church. She is 79 years old and is still doing great! I am so thankful to God for this time with her.

Its' been real icy here the last couple of days, but the roads have melted and the idiots (lol) are driving even faster now to make up for the 2 days they couldn't drive or had to drive at crawl pace.

Lorry is here for the week from Missouri. We havent gotten to do a WHOLE bunch, cause I have been going to work, which I think for only a couple of hours and have to stay the whole day or long parts because of the weather. *UGH*

I am hoping today we can go get mani/pedis'. and maybe I will get my hair done. I have to borrow that cash form her..since not working my extra $$$ is GONE...so... oh well.

Anyway, decorations are up ( a few..and its nice) friends are around, have my momma close and my sisters...hubby is well, kids are doign good... Jesus is my Savior. All is GOOD!