Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Update

Hey Everyone,

Here is an update on Mike's medical stuff and College stuff.

First of all the medical stuff is kinda frustrating right now. We waited 2 weeks for his appointment and when he got there he was ordered to do the blood test again. So we...well more like I am still on pins and needles to hear what is going on. He was told to go to a different lab and redo the blood test. Hopefully we will know more about his health by the end of this week. Sorry I don't have more for you guys. Thank you all for your prayers and please continue to pray for us.

As for college stuff...I have a praise report. We are needed to see a physiologist (for those who don't know, it is just part of the process) and we were told that this doc prefers 2 appointments in Edmonton. This originally meant that Mike would have to book 2 days off of work because they were both booked for Wednesdays and in April! First of all we were told that these appointments should be booked in for 4-6 weeks time. So if they would have stayed in April, the deadline would have been REALLY pushing it. Then I got another email saying that 2 appointments opened up for March! One on a Wed. and one on a Sat. from 3-5 (they require 2 hrs) so that was pretty cool. Except during those times I would have had to stop and feed Meg sometime. THEN I just got another email this morning and was told that we could have 2 Saturday appointments! Get this the times are both set for 1-3!!! This means that Megan will be napping by then! YAY! The best part is that when the lady was booking them I just told her that we would have to pray that it all works out for the best all around. See what God can do?!?! Praise God! I feel at peace with this.

Anyhow, today I was invited to go to a good friend's house today but it just wouldn't work out mainly because I don't have a vehicle. I was sad but it kinda works out because now I am going wedding dress shopping with Neen. Should be fun! She is getting married in June so we don't have too much time to get her a dress! So please add her to your prayers.

Thanks for listening everyone. Have a blessed day!

Me.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Been A While

Ok so first of all sorry to all of my faithful readers because I have not been as faithful in posting these last few days. After this long of an absence I am still finding it hard to come up with something interesting enough to blog about.

College stuff seems to be at a stand still. We are still waiting for our physiological appointments to be made. Apparently the lady booking them has been playing phone tag with the doc. Hopefully that will get worked out.

Mike and I got our blood work results back and we realized that I am WAY more healthy then him. One of his results was critical enough for him to get a call back to see the doc. He goes tomorrow for his appointment. I read the result and it really didn't sound too good. It has been a stress on me lately because your mind can play nasty games with you. I am just trusting God completely for a better report tomorrow. Google can be a good thing sometimes but it can be scary as well. We googled his health problem and it brought up some pretty scary things with it. Mike at this point is just annoyed with his results more then anything. He has been quite health conscience for years and it seems like it hasn't helped him. Just think of what COULD have been if he wasn't aware of his health. Anyhow depending on what we hear tomorrow I will try and give you an update.

Megan is growing so fast. Yesterday I had such a great day with her. For the last while anytime I walked into the room she would whine. I know it is only because she loves me and wants me but it would be nice to hear giggles and see smiles. Yesterday was like that. Anytime I walked in the room she lit up. I was overwhelmed all day with joyful emotion. It hit me once again that I am a Mommy. I will NEVER take that for granted especially because one of my best friends has been struggling for years to be a Mommy. Please continue to pray for her and her hubby as they walk this journey of infertility. I couldn't imagine not being a Mom now and I want her to experience this joy. Your prayers are appreciated.

While we are on the topic of prayer, please pray for myself and Mike. I must admit even tho his health is most likely fine, it has really bothered me. I am sure nothing is wrong but there is always the "What Ifs". I have been some what emotional about it which seems silly I am sure. We don't even know if anything is really wrong. Tomorrow will be of some help. Please pray for Mike and please pray for my emotional well being. It is hard.

Also please pray for college stuff. I am still remaining quite peaceful about it all but now I need prayer so I don't become apathetic. Thanks for the many prayers I know it is a tall order but with Gods help you are capable of all things! thanks everyone and have a good day! I will possibly post tomorrow about his results. Bye.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

All The Junkie Stuff.

So I am here witting and I am a little over emotional right now. I have had just one of those days where I was hoping things would go a certain way and I felt like I was 4 years old and playing "opposite day". I am sure you all have played this game at one time or another...You tell each other that whatever you say or do is the opposite, so if you wanted to answer someones question and the answer was "yes" you would say "no". Anyhow today was one of those days in the way that I REALLY wanted to go over to a good friends house today and just veg out and visit and talk about nothing and everything. Instead I stayed home and tended to some family issues. Also for the past 3 days Meg has been quite fussy and I am just in need of some adult girl time with NO kids. As much as I love my family I do need to get away for a while. I thought tonight would be a good time to get out with the family and go to bible study, however the same thing happened as every week...Meg was fussy so I took her out. I know I probably didn't need to but I really felt like she was a distraction and I couldn't relax anyways knowing that she could be disturbing other people who have come to dig into God's Word. My hubby did mic the room for me so I could still hear what was going on but that turned out to be worse because I could just hear what I was missing. All the laughing and fellowship made me emotional. So of course there I was tending to my precious baby girl all the while crying and feeling so selfish for not being able to be in there too. Childish I know. I am so blessed to have a family yet here I am complaining about it. Makes me feel guilty. Anyhow Sorry for the depressing post but that is about all I have for you today. I do have wonderful news tho...Mike did come home with flowers the other day. I am truely blessed! Love you all...Please pray that I get over my pity party fast. Really I have NOTHING to complain about at all! Night.

Monday, February 19, 2007

Happy Family Day!!!

Today was a great day with my family. In the morning it was just the three of us then come late afternoon my house was over run with family from both sides. It was nice. Who cares if the kids were all hyper and it seemed like they ate a TON of sugar before they came...It just means that they were happy to be here. Who cares if my table is not big enough...That just means I am blessed with a big family. So what if there were two babies who were crying and fussy all night, I am just glad to be a Mom AND an Auntie! We all came together, pitched in a had a beautiful evening together! One of the best parts of the evening is that my house looks BETTER now that everyone is gone then it did before they came. Funny how that worked out isn't it? Needless to say I am VERY happy to have my family. Good night everyone, always remember to enjoy your families everyday.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Lobster!!!

So on Saturday Mike and I went to get the basement suite ready for the new tenants. After a few hrs of cleaning and going to pick out and order new appliances to put in there we ended up having a celebration night with his folks. His dad and I ended up picking up 4 lobsters and some steak and muscles and we had the best party ever...AN EATING PARTY! IT was so fun just to sit around and fellowship. It has come to our attention although not new, there will be a day when we can't just do something like that. It was nice to do. My prayer for everyone reading this is to not take anytime that we have to spend with our families for granted because there will be a day when it won't be so easy to do...Good night all! I am going to spend time with my family!

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Seems Like Forever

Ok so it seems like forever since I have last posted something. Here is an update. I think I mentioned that we had our medicals and our blood work done. Well So far only Mike has gotten a call back in to see the doc. We will find out why on the 28th, please pray that it isn't too serious. Apparently I am not off the hook yet because all the lab stuff hasn't come back yet. We are waiting on the rest of our blood work. I am curious to know how my cholesterol is doing. A while ago we found out that my bad cholesterol is fine but my good cholesterol is not too low. I tried to control this with diet and exercise. That is why I lost the 40lbs and started to eat right. I am hoping that it paid off! Anyhow that is the update on college stuff.

Meg had her 6 month shots yesterday (Happy V-Day to her)! She did SUPER good! She weighs just about 16lbs and she grew 3 inches in the last 2 months! SO all is good with her. She was good with the needles didn't even flinch with the 1st one but the 2nd one she felt. She didn't cry too long tho so that was GREAT! Now she doesn't have to go until she is a year old! YAY!!!

For Valentines Day I went swimming with my bro! LAME I know. However not so lame because Mike and I don't really observe V-Day as any more special then say today. However he DID go out and get us some treats to watch American Idol with, so for the rest of the evening we ate yummy snacks and drank chocolate milk out of fancy wine glasses! It was nice I will admit that. Other then that there is not too much more to tell you. Sorry I haven't written in a while but life just seems to catch up with you once in a while. Have a good day everyone!

Monday, February 12, 2007

Oh The Many Meetings!

So this morning Mike and I had to go and get our blood work done. It is old hash for me but for Mike it was a first. It went well so that is just one more thing checked off our list of things to do.

However I am in the middle of booking a physiological appointment in Edmonton for both Mike and I. We have another appt to go to in Edmonton as in May so I was hoping to work the two meeting around the same time. I got an email back from the lady who books the appointments for us and she would rather that this appointment be within six weeks! She did say that we have to attend a divisional meeting in Edmonton as well so I could book that meeting and she will work the physiological appt around that one! I didn't even know that we had to go to a divisional meeting! So it looks like we will be doing alot of travelling in the next couple of months. It is fun tho. It really looks like they are trying to make it so we can attend college for this year which is nice. It is all exciting and scary too.

Also it looks like we will not be moving into the basement suite. We have decided to rent it out to a really nice young christian couple who are getting married next month. So it is nice to know that I will not have to pack up twice! Anyhow that is about all I have to say for now. I will try and get more consistent with writing again! Have a good day all!

Saturday, February 10, 2007

The Thing About Friends

Here's the thing about friends...tonight Mike and I went out just the two of us and for us babysitting is really cheap. Mike's parents collect loonies and toonies so depending on who babysits they are happy to get either a loonie or a toonie. Well Mike and I never really carry cash so we went out to Wal Mart and we were going to buy something for the purpose of using the cash back feature on the debit machine. Then we were going to buy something else to break the $20 so we could get the loonie all to deposit the rest of the money back into our account! Complicated I know. Anyhow we ran into some friends who were on a "date" or something like it...and I hit her up for a loonie! What she doesn't know tho is that it REALLY saved us a whole lot of hassle and unnecessary spending. The thing about friends is that they are always there when you need them! I appreciate you my dear friend, thank you for always being there for me in more ways than one! You will see your loonie again. Love ya!

Good Times

Last night was SOOO much fun! Mike and I had a 2 friends over last night and we all chipped in for pizza and then watched 2 movies! We watched "Cars" and "Over The Hedge". We now own Over The Hedge because Aaron (one of the friends) instead of bringing his as planned, bought us our own! How thoughtful is that?!?! Anyhow it was so nice to just be me for the night with no responsibilities other then for my own actions. It was very refreshing to just sit back and enjoy great company and fun movies and of course PIZZA!!! Which a want to do again tonight by the way! Well that was my last night as for today it is just starting really. No real plans yet. I am sure I will write about today tomorrow! Have a good evening!

Friday, February 9, 2007

Medicals

So today Mike and I went to get our medicals done and I must say that it was the fastest way to spend $150.00!!! It took like 20 mins! It is a good thing we are healthy.

I am SUPER excited because tonight Mike and I are having company over and we are going to pig out on pizza and watch the movie "Cars" and possibly "Over the Hedge"! I am looking forward to that for sure! Anyhow that is about all I have to say for now. I will try and be more interesting the next time I write. Have a good weekend everyone!

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

The Joys of Daily Living

Well, It is FINALLY done! Today I sent off all of our mental health paper work. So now all that is left to send away is our medicals. I am anticipating a bit of a wait for that paper work. Our doc has to get copies of the lab work even! It has been quite a fun process so far. It really is like digging at a mountain of sand with a teaspoon. However I have been told that it is a "HELL of a GOOD life" so it is worth it! I still wonder sometimes if I am cut out for this stuff but then I am quickly reminded that as long as I allow God to work thru me I will be fine.

Besides that not too much else is new. I have to say tho, we have been blessed with a ton of CUTE clothes for Megan and I must admit that I am LOVING dressing her up in a new outfit everyday!!! I Have started to take pictures of her in these outfits as proof that I didn't dress her up as a nerd! I remember looking at my pictures as a baby and I would say "What were they thinking?!?!". I REALLY don't want Meg to say or think that. The funny thing is I am sure she still will think that. Oh well I am trying my best!

My Mom is supposed to have her surgery on Monday and her Doc told her that HE is nervous about it! Like REALLY!! Come on Doc!! He is not concerned about the surgery itself just her recovery. She was told she may have to spend a night in the ICU because of her heart problems...I just thought that ANYONE could spend the night in ICU because of any problem. Also they said they could just send her to Edmonton for better care if need be. We will see what will happen. So I am remaining positive, that is all I can really do except ask you all to pray for her. Thank you in advance.

That is all I have to say for now really. Thanks for reading. I will keep you updated on all the BIG and little news. Bye!

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Visits and Stuff

So today was just a crazy GREAT, refreshing day! I have this friend who whenever I go to her house she feeds me like crazy! I had a HUGE lunch and then on top of that not 1 but 2 that is 1 and 2 MASSIVE pieces of the BEST cake ever! She baked a cake while I was there and boy did we eat it! You gotta love friends who just let you eat without any judgements what so ever! A good friend is one who is the first to grab a fork and eat right along with you instead of thinking twice about having that second piece of cake. Anyhow SOOO GOOD! After that great visit, Meg and I went to see my Mom in the hospital. Then we picked up Mike and came home ate supper and then we took off to Kids Klub. Meg did SOOO good she is usually in bed at 7pm but didn't get to bed till 8:30pm and she was AWESOME! Made me feel more confident about the whole college thing. Anyhow that is about all I have to tell you for tonight. Good night dear readers...May all of your dreams be cake filled!!!

Monday, February 5, 2007

Lettuce Talk

SO Yah...

I was talking to my best friend today...GREAT talk by the way and I told her a story and I thought "HEY I should blog about it" so here it is. On the weekend my family went grocery shopping....Fun I know! Anyhow...Have you seen the price of lettuce lately??? It is OUTRAGEOUS! Moving On...I came across something funny. There were these salad kits that are great! They are the Asian ones that have the dressing and toppings all separated in one bag. Mike really likes them. I saw them there and they had a $1.00 off sticker so I picked up 5 bags...After all it was cheaper to buy the prepared bags of salad rather then a head of lettuce. Now the funny part is that the bags were only .98 cents to begin with!!! So essentially Superstore paid ME .10 cents to take 5 bags of salad off their hands!!!! isn't that just great?!?! Anyhow that is my salad story. I LOVE it when things like that happen! Have a good day everyone!

Weekend Stuff

Weeeelllll....

It looks like I have missed writing for 2 days now! Shame on me! Anyhow my life has been pretty much the same as always tho! It seems as if time goes too fast! I can't believe that we are already into Feb!!! My girl turns 6 months old this week. That is just unbelievable to me! On the 9th Mike and I get our medicals done. Ewww! on the 14th Meg gets her needles! Double EWWWW! So I am just waiting to hear from a doc about some paper work and once I hear I will be able to send off our mental health test! GLAD to be done those let me tell you!

Started reading a study we will be doing at Bible Study about the book of Revelations! Looks like it will be good! I just have to get over the HUGE ridiculous words! My friend and I will just have to sit with our dictionaries...between the 2 of us we will know what the words are! Everyone else will most likely be on the 3rd chapter before we figure out what all the big words mean in the PREFACE!!! We will survive tho! It is exciting!!! God's Word is ALWAYS exciting. Hmmm what else is new?

Our meeting with the candidates board was moved from April to May so Mike and I are just waiting to hear back from our best friends to see if they can watch our sweetheart while we are in the meeting. Hopefully they can spend the weekend with us too. Once I hear we can let the board know if we can make it or not. I am not too worried about anything really, what will be will be! Everything seems to be going smoothly so far. Makes you wonder...

Also there may be a change of address for our family too! We are waiting to hear back from a young couple who looked at the basement suite last Wed. They haven't told me yes or no yet but if I don't hear from them soon I think we have decided to move there ourselves and save some $$ for college. It would be a HUGE adjustment but also a good transition too!

Anyhow...I think that is all I have to tell everyone for now. Please be praying for my family in all areas...My mom is still in the hospital and yesterday she was in "congestive heart failure" sounds scary I know but basically it means that her heart is not pumping the blood properly and there is water on her lungs. The whole scene is tiring really. I feel guilty for saying that but that is life. We WILL win no matter what! Have a good day everyone!

Me.xox

Friday, February 2, 2007

My Day

Today Meg and i decided that it was time to just get out of the house for awhile so we decided to go and visit Grandma...The funny thing about that was on the way to visit her I kept telling Meg that we were going to Grandma's house. I caught myself and gave a sad chuckle because really we were not going to her house but we were going to the hospital to visit her. She has been in the hospital for over a week again. Today was tough. It was the first time since last Sunday that I went to go for a visit. I have just been so busy doing things that it was hard to get out and see her. It was actually a good step for me really. Usually when she is in the hospital I have the urge to see her if not once, twice a day. I have come to realize that this fact probably isn't too healthy. On a good note this is the first time that I have not felt obligated to go and visit her. It occurred to me that I have taken way too much responsibility for all of my family members. I must admit that it is going to be really tough for me to leave my family (in particular my Mom). We have grown closer to each other over the past 2 yrs and I am going to miss her alot. I want to share one of my greatest fears about leaving...I am scared that my Mom will die while I am away. I know that everyone dies but for some reason thinking about my Mom dying while I am away really bothers me. I just really don't want to miss out on her life. On the other hand I know where she would go. I also know in my head that God will take care of us all no matter where we are. The big problem is that I know it in my head but my heart just needs to catch up with the head knowledge. I am a work in progress as always. Anyhow moving on...After the visit that went VERY well, Meg and I went home and she napped and then after that we went and got a few groceries. It has been a fairly relaxing day actually. I am glad it's the weekend so I can cuddle with my hot husband who is waiting for me now actually. So I am going to sign off now and go upstairs and snuggle with my hubby. Good Night all! Have a good weekend!

Thursday, February 1, 2007

***WARNING*** Potential Emotional Bummer Ahead...

Soooo for some reason today I am crazy emotional. It must be that time of the month. Last night I stayed up too long tossing in bed praying that I am not spoiling my daughter. She has taken to throwing TERRIBLE fits and up until today I have not done a thing about it. I decided that I did not want to raise a spoiled brat and because of this I have to be tougher on her. This is an EXTREMELY hard thing for me to do right now. It will help in the long run I am sure. Also I am kinda feeling sorry for myself because I could REALLY use a hug from my best friend who lives WAAAYYY too far away!!! She knows what to say to me when I am sad. Usually she will just let me complain and then she would give me a hug. Then it hit me hard today that if God wants us in college for this year we will be even further away from each other and then after that we could be REALLY REALLY far from each other. Sometimes I wish I could be super selfish and ditch this calling and do what I want to do...which right now would be to pack up and go and see her RIGHT NOW. I mean just load the van up with my family and take off. Sounds sooo simple right? WRONG!!! Too much to do and too many responsibilities. That is life tho and I must say I am truly thankful that I do have this life since obeying Gods call I have experienced such a peace in most areas of my life. After all we could live even further away from each other then we do now so I should stop complaining about that. I realize that others have it much worse off but I think we all are entitled to whine once in a while. That is what I have decided to do. Another thing has come to me...I have not been out of my house since SUNDAY!!! Purely because I just don't want too. Oh wait not true, I went out for 1/2 hr last night to show the basement suite...Yippee! WOW that could really be why I am feeling so "Blah". I will be getting out tonight for bible study (which has been AWESOME by the way). Anyhow I will end this now. To those who are my faithful readers sorry for the depressing post, I promise that I will not have another like this for a while. Please pray for Meg and myself as we work thru the tough stuff. I just want to be the best mother I can be. Thanks for reading and for your prayers I love and appreciate you all! Gotta go soon I want to watch "Ellen" *Wink* Bye.