Healing

Hurray we are almost driving - well almost. Only could do for about 20 minutes and then was in a lot of pain afterwards. He is healing slowly but assuredly the PT came in today and again warned him about things he cannot do and that he needs to listen to his body and when it hurts stop. Still having some serious swelling in his feet and ankles but I will discuss that with the doc next week. The incision looks good except for one spot where it looks like the skin was torn by the suture. I am still doctoring it but at least it is healing. The deep, wake in the middle of the night, tooth achy pain is gone! Thank you Father - Just need the surgery site to heal and the muscles to remember what they are suppose to do.


The big TV in the great room died. It was only 12 years old I don't understand why it gave up the ghost. LOL. However taking a page from my eldest daughter we have had some quiet evenings and you know they are kind of nice.

I am back to walking the fur babies 2 miles a day and drinking my water. I even moved my scrapbooking stuff upstairs so I have to go up and down the stairs to play. You should see my calf muscles. LOL

All in all God has been good and His mercy is great. Chris is healing and I am feeling better and better about going back to work in a couple of weeks. It was nice being off. I don't know if I can jump back into the rat race, but unless I win the lotto, I don't have a choice.

Dylan has reconciled with his parents and moved back home. He still has lots of issues and I am sure there will be a need for counseling all around. Still we know where he is and that he is safe for now.

Catherine has been applying for scholarships like crazy. She so wants to go to SFA. I am praying for her and for financing and all her dreams come. She has worked so hard.



Well that's it for now Stay well and I'll keep you posted.

SJ

Happy Pi Day

Ok so 3.14 is just another day to most of us. But Caedee reminded us it was Pi so we are celebrating pi - with a recipe:

Creamy Chocolate Pie

Ingredients

6 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
4 tablespoons butter
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons corn starch
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

1Dissolve cocoa into 2 tablespoons butter. Add milk over medium heat and stir until well-mixed.
2Mix corn starch, flour and sugar together and slowly add to milk mixture.
3Cook, stirring constantly until it begins to thicken.
4Beat egg yolks together. Remove 1/2 cup of milk mixture and slowly add to eggs and mix.
5Add to milk mixture while stirring constantly and cook until thick.
6Add the other 2 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla and stir.
7Pour into 9-inch baked pie shell.
8Top with whipping cream, cool whip, or meringue.



Oh and to Angelique - Gelukkige Verjaardag aan u!

Time to Catch up with everyone

My what a whirl wind quarter this has been both professional and personal. Work is well work and with a recession going on I am grateful to have a job. I was promoted to EOII the first of February which is basically what I have been doing. Ok this is good. I like not being in the jacuzzi.

Onto Chris He had his second hip replacement done and is doing WONDERFUL. We are proceeding with leaps and bonds. I don't know what I would have done without Charlie and Jenn helping out with the girls and taking over Chris's SS class. This time was so much easier on both Chris and I - big difference. Thank you Father for answered prayers. Faye fed us one night and I kept bugging her until she finally gave me the recipe. I may have to post it here later.

Catherine has auditioned for SFA. Please keep her in prayer the next couple of weeks as she waits to hear if she made it into the music program.

Rae is doing wonderfully at her job at ETBU. She is very happy and now has a wonderful young man in her life that makes her laugh. I didn't even realize how much I missed hearing her laugh. AND she is starting to sing again! Thank you Father for healing.

Our exchange student Yuting won 1st place at an art competition with TCS and will be headed to state. She was very surprised and proud. She is looking into colleges here in the use after she returns to China and finishes her studies there. It is really cool to hear her sing praise songs.

All in all we are doing well. Thank you for your thoughts and Prayers. We could not have survived this last round of surgery without the prayer warriors wearing out their knees for my Chris.

Know that I think of you often even if I do fail to blog when I am suppose to.

Love,

SJ

Happy New Year everyone!

As this old year ends and the new one begins I ponder on how did all the scrapbooking stuff get in my bedroom? Why am I holding onto so much and what did I think I needed it for. I have two bags of adhesives ~ different types but TWO bags, Come on Stella. So my friend Cindy came up with a solution and I think I am going to add to it just a bit. I am going to keep a note book with me and ONLY buy stuff when I have a specific purpose in mind and I am going to WRITE down in my little scrap log WHAT I was going to do with it. I hope that my friends like Cindy, Nesa and Rae ask to see my scrap log and KEEP me honest this coming year.

Enough about me - What are your new year resolutions?

What do you do when your friends go nuts!

You take pictures of course!!!

I was at a crop and two my friends decided to be silly. Bear just lifted Nesa and threw her over his shoulder and walked away. LOL

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.