Meet Mama. We don't know what ever happened to her little babies... but she still comes around for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She prefers baked chicken, but usually has canned Friskies...




Aimee says she looks mean in this picture, but she really is very sweet. She was wild in the beginning, but out of all the wild ones, she's now the most tame. Baby boy, the little one that I've been feeding all year, has disapeared. Somethings happened to him, but we don't know what.

Well, the belts for the steam cleaner finally came in today... sooooo.... I will be steam cleaning very soon...FINALLY!!!

It's raining today and leaves on the trees were so pretty.



But do you know what time it is right now?? Time for a nap. I'm so tired. Aimee and I have been out all day and I'm going to take a short rest then start the spaghetti for dinner.

I just love George Younce.... he's so funny. Keep in mind he had already had 2 open heart surgeries when this was taped... and he's so full of joy. This is part 1, and part 2 is just as good.

When Mom was here we went to a hairdresser that she knows very well and she gave me a new do! It feels so much better now that it's been thinned and cut, and it's much easier to fix in the mornings too. Thanks Mom.

This weekend we went to the CVS to pick up poster board for a project Alyson has due this week. They didn't have the poster board, but Aimee found a hair product called Bed Head that she likes, so I got some for her and Alyson. Tonight, Alyson washed her hair with it and we put the frizz control and straightener on her hair before I dried it. Look at the shine!! I'm going to use it tomorrow!!

Another Regular Folk Bible Moment!

God called to Man: Where are you?

Adam: I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked.

God: Who told you you were naked, Did you eat from the tree I told you not to eat from?

Adam: The woman YOU gave me as a companion gave me the fruit and I ate it.

God to Eve: What have you done?

Eve: The serpent gave me the fruit.


Now that sounds like my girls. I did it but it was her idea. Well, so and so is allowed to do it, it's her fault!!! It wasn't my idea.... etc.

Regular Folk Bible Moment

This year I’ve been reading a version of the Bible called The Message. I love this Bible. Before I knew about this version, when I would read my Bible, I’d read a chapter or so before bedtime. All the Thee’s and Thou’s and doeth’s and workeths etc. were so distracting for me. They got in the way of my understanding the Bible.

The Message is translated the way we speak today. The stories and their meanings flow, and I find myself reading pages and pages at a time, understanding a whole lot more than I have in the past, and thinking about and remembering what I’m reading days later.

Another reason I like The Message is that in the one I have, there are no red letter for when Jesus spoke. A while back I started thinking that I could get to know God so much better if when I would read the Bible, every time he said or did something, I would highlight it. And I particularly wanted to do this in the Old Testament, because I’m much more familiar with the New Testament. And all of that leads me to what I found so funny today. I was reading in Exodus about Moses leading the Isrealites out of Egypt. Moses, and others like him in the Old Testament have been people I’ve put in my mind to look up and chat with whenever I get heaven. Moses is a hero type character. Which is what makes this so funny.

If you go back and read in Exodus where God is telling Moses His plan of freeing His people from the Egyptians and using Moses to do it. Moses reaction is so typical of ‘regular folk’ type reaction. It’s funny because I can relate to it so well, it sounds like something I might say, or my kids or my friends might say. The exchange goes something like this…..

God… The Isrealite cry for help has come to me and I’ve seen for myself how cruelly they’re being treated by the Egyptians. It’s time for you to go back. I’m sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people out of Egypt.

Moses: But why me? What makes you think I could do this?

God: I’ll be with you…..etc.

Moses: Suppose they don’t believe me.

God: Tell them I AM sent you, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And God continues to instruct Moses on what to say...

Moses: They won’t trust me. They won’t listen to a word I say. They are going to say.. God… appear to him?? Hardly.

God: What’s that in your hand?

Moses: A staff

God: Take it with you. When you throw it to the ground it will become a snake, pick it up by the tail and it becomes a staff again. If they still don’t believe you here’s a couple more miracles you can do etc. etc.

Moses: Master please, I don’t talk well…. I stutter.

God; Who do you think made the human mouth……etc

Moses: oh please send somebody else.

God: Take Aaron with you, You tell Him what to say and He’ll speak for you etc.etc.

End of chapter Five;

Moses: Why did you send me?

Middle of chapter 6:

Moses: They don’t listen, besides, I stutter.

End of chapter 6:

Moses: I stutter.

And God kept telling him the same thing over and over. I love this exchange because Moses is a regular guy with regular fears, getting ready to begin something extraordinary but he doesn’t know it and he doesn’t believe he can. He’s so human. And of course I already know Moses was Human, it’s just with Bible people I tend to think they had special abilities or powers that made them unique. And they didn’t. They were regular folk listening to God.

Ever had the days speed by and then come to a complete stop? That’s what today feels like for me. Mom and I went to look at houses and boy did we find a doozy. It’s beautiful. The floor plan is very open, which means that if my parents ever need wheelchairs they could do wheelies in the living room!!! I’m very excited. It is about 15 minutes from the kids school and 15 minutes from my house. She put a contract on it…. But there are no guarantees… it has another contract too, soooooo the bank gets to decide. Now we play the wait game, and hope everything goes okay with their selling their home, so as to get into this one… so many ifs.

And yesterday we went to the hairdresser, and I could kick myself for not taking more pictures, but both she and I got a new do.. and maybe my new style will help me with my new job.

This morning the kids are in school, but it’s been kinda hectic too. Daisy decided this morning would be an excellent time to chase the outside kitties, so just as we were leaving, off she went, which made us late. Then I called Mom and she’s on her way to the airport and she’s lost, and we’ve just figured where she is and where she needs to go. I hope she makes her flight.

And now nothing… the house is quiet and I’m thinking about the new house, and my new job, and calling the air conditioning man, and making the lasagna the kids want for dinner, despite the fact that they won’t be home for dinner because Awana is tonight and whether or not Steve ordered the belts for my steam cleaner, and all the things I need to be doing other than blogging.

Oh well… I’m calm and happy really. I have this project going with my Message Bible. I love that Bible. It’s not like any other. I can read pages at a time because of the way it’s written, (it’s in everyday language) and I was reading in Joshua the other day, and when I read it I highlight everything God does, and I learn much more about Him that way. And when I was reading Joshua and doing my highlighting, it emphasized to me that God owns it all and really is in control of everything. In Joshua’s life God was in control of the battles, and one time God actually came down and fought a battle for Joshua, because Joshua’s enemies hadn’t learned that the land belonged to God, and therefore belonged to Isreal because God promised it to them.

So, I can calm and relax with all the hectic in my life right now. My nursing school is on hold and God knows it, we’re excited about the new house and God knows it, we’re worried about the paperwork and the closing of the Nashville house and God knows that too. And whatever job I’m suppose to have right now, God knows about that too. It’s almost like He’s dangling all these things in front of me, asking me if I trust Him with it… and I do.. and I tell Him that I do…

My conversation with Him goes something like this…

You know I trust You with these things….. but it sure would be nice if this would happen…. But you know I do trust you.. but it really would be nice if that would happen… but if it doesn’t happen I’ll still trust you, but it sure would be nice if and on and on .....

Ever had that kind of conversation with God?

I think He’s shaking His head at me right now, probably with a smile on His face… me and my nutty self... oh well... I wonder with all of the activity just what He’s up too!