Groups Galore! So Excited!

In the morning (Thursday) Maximize Your Mornings starts.  I'm so excited!  I have really missed this group during the break.  My group is an email group, so I don't know if any of them have twitter.  But I will email them, and look for their emails, then hop over to twitter for some quick encouragement for myself from my friends.  I'm NOT a morning person, and I really would like to be better with my mornings.  So this group is really an encouragement to me.  My goal is to get up at 5:30 each morning.  Currently I get up at 6:30.  So we will see.  There are so many things that I could do with this extra time that would benefit me and my family.  So I am going to put this time to good use.  Also, I can use the time in the morning to get caught up on my quiet time with God. 

Next group:  Bible in 90 Days!  I have not caught up with my reading yet, but I am still reading.  I am currently in Jeremiah.  I will have extra time this weekend, cause GrandBoy won't be coming Saturday to spend the night.  It is his birthday party day, and so his mom wants him to come home and play with his toys.  He will be three next Wednesday!  So I plan to put that time to good use with my reading.

The last group is Warrior Prayers - 21 Days to Pray for Your Son.  Today is Day nine, and we are praying for honor.  This is a wonderful program, and it is very intense.  I guess we are almost half way through this program.  I think this has been great training to teach us how to target what we need to pray into our kids' lives.

One other thing I wanted to mention is my sister's surgery.  She had surgery yesterday, and is at home recuperating.  She had what started as a routine mammogram, then lead to many tests, and finally to two separate biopsies.  We won't know the results till Friday, but her surgery went well.  We are praying for no cancer, and a complete healing of whatever the problem is.  Please remember her in your prayers.  She is a single parent, and her children would like her to hang around a while!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I missed you yesterday.  I didn't realize till this morning that I forgot to post anything.  I guess my mind was still at the hospital.  I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow, and I can't wait for the weekend!  Honey

Unclaimed Baggage, Day with Daughter #1

Today was Day 1 of our Staycation.  Full of events and good times for sure.  Daughter #1, GrandBoy, and I went to the Unclaimed Baggage Outlet in Scottsboro.  It is within driving distance of us, and that is our main deciding factor this year.  We had a great time, and stopped at a few other places we noticed, as well.  At the Unclaimed Baggage Outlet, I found a few Melissa and Doug toys, some books, and a few other items.  Daughter got several items, too.  We had a great day.  Husband said it should have been good, we were gone 8 hours!

Got an email from our eviction attorney while on the road trip.  We should be able to have the sheriff put our tenant out of our place next week.  The tenant with the bounced check also called.  I picked up the money for the bad check, as well as half of September's rent.  That was nice.

My sister got her test results.  She is not in the clear yet.  The test just don't look right, but they haven't found the problem yet.  She will have another procedure next year.  Please continue to pray for her.

Last, but not least, our central air unit quit working.  Pappy called and said it was 86 degrees in our house when he got home.  The repair man will come in the morning at 10.  I guess it will be a long, hot night!

College football starts tomorrow.  I've already been planning what we are going to eat, and counting heads to see how many will be here.  We love this time of year!  Roll Tide!

Honey

Staycation Begins!

Well, Our Staycation has begun!  It was delayed a little, but none the less, we made it!  GrandBoy came last night, in time to go to church.  He will be here until Tuesday, except for Friday night.  He will go home to his Mom's, and have his picture made the next morning for his birthday.  Then he will return.

Today I got off work at 12 noon, as planned.  The first thing I did was go pick up GrandBoy's WIC.  Daughter #3 told me she needed me to do this.  I asked when, and she said whenever I wanted.  Well, I didn't know until last night that he had an appointment yesterday.  So I went today, and they let me pick up since my name is on the list.  Then I delivered the coupons to Daughter #3, since I was afraid she needed them so she could shop.

The next place I went was to the post offices and the bank.  No rent at either post office, but a BOUNCED rent check was at one!  I was furious.  She just gave me that check Saturday.  So not a week later it bounced.  I went to her bank to try to cash it, but still no good.  I called and left messages on her phone numbers.  The messages probably weren't very nice.  I just don't understand people.

The next place I went was to Walmart.  Pappy wanted me to pick up a window unit air conditioner.  I got that, and a few other items, and rushed out to head home.  I had one last stop to make.  I had a notice at the post office where we live that we had a package that wouldn't fit in our box.  Our Daughter #1 had a book and camera battery at the post office that needed to be picked up.

Just a few minutes after I got home, I got a phone call.  There was a problem at work, and I needed to come back.  It was 4:05, and I was on Staycation!  I loaded back up, after unloading my car, and headed back to the office. I was there about an hour and a half, then started home.  I stopped and picked up dinner, at Pappy's suggestion.  On my way home, I called my sister to see if she wanted to go to the unclaimed baggage center with us tomorrow.  I was unaware she was having health problems, and had a procedure done today.  She will get test results back tomorrow.  Please pray for her that she receives good news.  Funny how talking to someone who is in a "worse place" than you are at the moment, will straighten your mood right up.  I let go of the anger I had over my interrupted vacation, and prayed for my sister.

I did reach one conclusion though.  The first of next year, I am putting it on my schedule to make reservations for next labor day week.  I'm planning to leave town, as usual!

Hope you have a great and safe holiday weekend.  Honey