Things that make you go Hummm

I was working on some of my other message boards and I wanted to continue it over here. What fills you with Joy? What are you the most grateful for

Mental Health Day

yesterday was one of those If I don't get out of this place I am going to kill someone or something days. So I emailed my Supervisor and told him I needed the day off. He said fine and I took today off.

I think if I do that rather than let it eat at me I will be able to come off the high blood pressure pills. I was ready to spit nails yesterday and it just kept getting worse until I was about to give my notice. Well as it have it, the thought of walking away for a long weekend seemed just the thing. I work 6 days out of the week and Sunday is so busy with church stuff I don't have time to relax. No wonder I never feel like I am getting any rest.

However today is a get ready for road trip day and it is going to be a fun day taking Cae to SFA. Rae is going to meet us in Longview and going to the college for a day of giggling girls and worring about how I am going to pay for it. Chris and I had breakfast this morning and picked up some OTC meds for his allergies. He is comfortably snoring away in the bedroom while I am fixing to run errands.

Prayer requests:

Please pray for my friend Carla and her family
Please pray for my fellow TOW member Stephanie and her daughter
Please remember my little friend Maddie and her folks.
Please pray for a safe trip there and back for all of us this weekend.

Have a good one everybody and remember whose you are.

Hi Its me again

Well it has been a wild time around here with marching season in full swing and all.

In August I received a phone call requesting an emergency placement of one of the exchange students. A little Japanese girl who was going to have to go home if they didn't find her somewhere - Okay move her in and that is when life gets interesting.

She apparently did not have the English skills she needed to be over here in the first place so we set up tutoring, etc and get her back on the path of learning. She seems to be adjusting and things are better.

I was sick for 4 weeks with something I thought was just allergies. Well after 3 seperate doctors and several prescriptions later. I am still coughing and not sleeping. Oh well

Rae visited from Florida for 2 weeks and applied for a couple of jobs

I spent a week in Austin for training and then took several days off the first of October to spend time with Rae

Catherine had been nominated for Homecoming queen for First Priorty. That meant more shopping 3 dresses, finding a car, plan a party etc.

Update on the weight lose - Catherine has lost 54 lbs and I only 8 but Dr is happy with my weight loss saying if I was an active teen running around like a chicken .... I most likely would lose it also. But since I am almost 50 and diabetic he is happy with me slowing losing weight. He said that loosing it slowing keeps it off. I think he was just trying to encourage me. However I am starting to walk the dogs again and that alone will be more activity than I have had in a while.

I need to upload some pictures but I haven't gotten to them yet.

Catherine is still talking about SFA this fall. I guess I will be making lots of trips to Nachoduches the next 4 years.

Oh big news. Rae is going to walk the boards in December. She wasn't going to because she was mad at the school but she has calmed down and is going to humor her mother.

Well take care all.

SJ

Welcome Yuting to the USA

Here is Caedee and Yuting when she first got to DFW. A long trip. It took 2 days to catch up on her sleep.

More later.

SJ

one of these days

I am going to figure out what I am doing wrong I am still not getting my comments. Darn and drat!

oh my goodness I forgot

I just realized why I had not had any responses from the blog!!!! We changed our email address so if you have been emailing me and not getting responses I am so sorry. We are with cableone now. It was a package deal that we couldn't refuse.

Sorry about that folks

@cableone.net instead of gcecisp.com

Thanks all

Greetings

Wow what a whirl wind month this has been. Chris going back to work and our short term exchange students coming. We were blessed that we actually got 2 this trip. I am so glad we had them for the period that we did.

We are getting ready for Yuting to be with us for 10 months. She'll be here Satuday/Sunday.

My work has gotten interesting and I am seriously looking for somewhere else to work. I think that the door is closing and it is time for Stella to move on down the road. I recognize that this was not where I thought I wanted to be. I am going to serious pray before I make a move but I see the end coming.

The picture is Wyatt one of our exchange student. His host family was unable to keep him so he came with us. We had the room and got the blessing too.

Loved having them.