Please Pray

Please pray for this family. I can't even imagine this woman's pain. I do know God is our comforter and we can lift her up and ease her pain.

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Stuff

Sorry for the lack of blogging this week. I have been working quite a bit. Thank you Lord. Here is one of the bargains I got when Emm was home. The clock is awesome and only cost me $5 at Kohls on clearance. It was originally $50. I got the little frame from dollar tree and put the numbers 143 in it. I love that and I saw it on a blog awhile back and I so wanted to do it. 143 stands for I love you. I like that it's a conversation starter. My friend Holly has a number placed in her family room and it's their lot number from when they build their home. I always thought that was so cool.
I have to share something really exciting , a good friend of mines niece is getting crowned Miss Indiana tonight!! Since Miss Indiana became Miss America they needed a new one and Miss Megan Meadors is it. He is a very proud Uncle. I think it's awesome.
My mom won an awesome sculpture wall hanging , it's just beautiful. Go check it out on her blog.(sidebar blessing your socks off) Whats even neater is it was her birthday. God is so good.
Hope you have felt his presence this week .

Here She is

This is my friend Michal that you all have been praying for. She is sporting her chemo cancer fighting fanny pack. She is precious and I wanted to share this picture with everyone so you could see that smile. That I will not give up smile. Thank you for praying for her as she is battling but is so hopeful. She is on her second round of Chemo.

Time Flies

Man did this week with Emm fly. It's now time to take her back. We had a week of Dr's appts,walking pneumonia, swim meets, FFA , birthday dinners and a little shopping. We found the coolest flip flops. They are called fitflops. They are a little pricey but I am a flip flop girl. They are even suppose to trim our tooshies. I'll keep you posted on that one.
So I hope you all have had a wonderful week and I will be posting some pictures of some bargains we found.
Have a great week and a wonderful start to March!!

FAFSA

How many of you have heard of this? Yes, it's that time of year again when the government tells us how much we can contribute to our daughters education. You have to have a sense of humor when getting the results. If not you will become very depressed. I often wonder who came up with this system. They don't care what you owe or about the others left in your household. I am so grateful for the scholarship money our daughter does receive and that she contributes toward her education. We feel it's important for kids to make a financial contribution towards their education. I know it's hard for Emm because she attends a college that a lot of wealthy kids attend and they pay for nothing. Not one book, not a pizza, nothing. As adults we know that life does not work that way. I have always told my children education is a gift you give yourself and that God honors hard work. I believe that more than ever.

So even though their calculations are not my calculations, I will call on my theme song once again and I will not be moved!!

Life is hard but God is good!!

Coming Home

The best part about winter is that apparently when you're in college at Hanover you get a winter break. That means I am going to pick up our girl and she will be home for a week. I hope she is able to catch up on some rest and get healthy. She has cooties too.
Her sweet boyfriend is coming for the weekend and I pray it doesn't snow so they can go out and have some fun.
Life does go on here and it's going to be pretty busy. Levi has his first swimming meet next week and he is ready . He loves swimming. It's his winter sport. Garrett will start his tennis clinic at Earlham College and that runs for 6 weeks on Sunday afternoons. This was Garretts first year for tennis and he just loved it. His coach wanted him to play through the winter and so we press on.
My cooties are better but I'm still not 100%. Hope your week has been fantastic and I hope to share some fun stuff soon.

Cooties

I still have cooties and they are really bringing me down. I am not good at finding that day of rest. You know the one that the 4th commandment talks about. That's how important it is. So now I'm down and have to rest. Why is this such a hard one for me? Do you struggle with this? I have a hard time just sitting and watching a movie. I mean I like to have a project going while I'm watching the movie. So if you have any tips, scriptures or just plain words of wisdom I am all ears!!
Hope you are having a wonderful week!