One more of a weekend.....

Good morning girls........A short, heart wrenching weekend. Boy, am I tired this morning.

It all started out on friday night, my two oldest play varsity football and my in-laws are over the concession this year and they had ask me to work in there friday night. Well anyway......someone come in there and said Mikey (my oldest) had taken a hard hit but he was ok. Someone come in there and said, Mikey has been hit real hard and they are checking him, she said they were taking his pads and such off but she thought he was fine, that he had walked off the field. Right directly behind this person, a parent of another player comes to the door and says Lisa, you need to come talk to the team dr. about Mikey. Yall, I about had a coronary right there in the concession. It really upset me because this lady is a nurse and I knew that it had to be something to it for her to come and get me. She said, you can't let Mikey see you crying. Boy, can you imagine the emotions going on within me at that moment.......not wanting to cry but can't stop, didn't want Mikey to see me upset but couldn't control it all. To make a long story short, I had to go out to the sideline and talk to the team dr. and he ended up with a mild concussion. He said when he was hit, everything immediatly went black but he never fell until he went to walk and then his knees crumble before him. He said he had a bad headache and was nauseated. The dr. check him out, made him do exercises and let him go back in the 2nd half of the game. We are talking about a child that loves football, will do anything to play. Gosh, it scared me to death. I had to keep a check on him throughout the night and he is fine.

Then about 4:30 sat. morning my niece calls me and said the ambulance had to come pick my mom up. She had called my sister right before calling me and my sister told her she was on her way, she called her back and said she was having car trouble and that her phone was going dead. if she didn't call her back to come and check on her. Well, my niece sends my mom on to the hospital in the ambulance and goes to check on my sister and finds a vehicle with lights on and everything but my sister was no where to be found. I was still on the phone with her during all this and at this point I went hysterical. My niece goes and wakes my nephew up and when they got back to the car, my sister was there with a deputy sheriff. She had given out of gas. Ya see, we have a lot of excitement in our family.......don't we? We'll to make a looooooooooonnnnnnnnggggggg story short, my mom is on oxygen and she is also on cuumidan (sorry for the spelling) and they think she had a small vessel or something burst in her nose because of the dryness in her nose from the oxygen and with her being on cuumidan, her nose would not stop bleeding. My niece said there was blood everywhere, my daddy was hysterical. Ya see about 6 years ago, something similiar had happened and mama was bleeding out of every exit hole she had in her body, she ended up on a ventilator and was not expected to live through the night. She pulled through and after about a 2 week stay in the hospital, we were able to bring her home. So now you see.........I have had one more of a weekend and I am tired as I can be........stress will get the best of you if you let.

So anyway, on to something exciting.......I was checking out the "living well" site (and by the way, will someone explain to my how that works. ) and I came across the "How to take care of the "me" in mommy?" I checked it out and I chose to do the one on finances. I have been getting daily emails from Lisa and I am getting excited about what the lord is going to do with our finances. I can see a change in everything (especially my attitude) since I have been doing this. Ya see if you sit down and look at where you spend your money..........it will really OPEN your eyes. I told my husband just this morning.....one of our problems is not communicating about our finances. I have realized that he has one budget in his head and I have another in mine and our budgets collide sometime leaving us with NOTHING. I really mean NOTHING. Can you recall my phone being cut off a few weeks ago? it won't happen again because of stupidity. So anyway, I know if I give it all to the lord and let him guide us, he will get us back to where we need to be.

I guess I posted alittle too much this morning but just wanted to let everyone know how my weekend went and how the lord is working our live TODAY.

Until next time,
Lisa

Enjoying the fresh cool air.

Good afternoon girls......hope all are doing fine today.

I am doing great. I have been doing some well overdue cleaning this morning and I decided to turn my air off and raise some windows and just enjoy the fresh air. I love this fall weather that has finally gotten here. Boy, this is some great football weather for my boys. The leaves have started falling, I have already put out my fall decor and before too long I'll be in that holiday spirit. Ya gonna think I am crazy but I like to put up my christmas tree around the 2nd week in Nov. so I can enjoy it longer. I know "crazy" hunh?

Well, we start working with the youth tonight. I had kinda questioned....what my position was in all this? Mike said he wanted me by his side to offer advice, assistance and be there for the teen age girls if they needed me. (This day in time you need male and female leadership because of liability reason....sad but true) But anyway, I didn't want to overstep my broundries from the pastor. Well, when he told the church sunday night......he introduce it as......Mike and Lisa will be working with the teens starting wed. night. It made me feel good and answered many questions I had with one simple statement. Ya know, we make things difficult for ourselves, don't we? I know I do anyway. I am looking forward to it now and getting excited. Right now.....we only have 4 or 5 and 2 belong to us....lol But I know and trusting in the lord that when the word gets out, the lord will send them our way. Continue to pray for us.....with obediance comes tricks of the enemy.

Well.....the senior year has set in full blown. I about cried yesterday when we got our sons senior pictures proofs yesterday. It won't be long before we will be ordering invitations and all that other good stuff. I can't believe almost 18 years has past so quickly. If you have little ones, cherish every moment, they grow up way too fast.

I guess I better get off this computer, got some more vacuuming to do and a little dusting. The little one will be in from school in a little while and then we are off to homework.

Thank you lord for a great day in you. Thank you for the fresh cool air. But most of all thank you for "forgiveness." It's in your holy name I pray, AMEN!

Until next time,
Lisa

Things are getting better......

Hey to all. I just want to thank everyone for the prayers. Things are starting to look up for us. We got on phone service back on yesterday and needless to say.....we had some happy campers in our house last night. My middle son loves the internet and he was on his laptop from the time he got in from football practice til getting his shower and going to bed......lol

So, on to better news......I am starting to see a little of what my husband has been seeing the last couple of months. we had a community revival this week that was topped off with a youth night on wed. night with a concert and speaker Darren Bruce. Darren used to be the chaplain for Clemson. There were so many kids there and as I sit back and wathced them worship, dance, just have fun in the lord, I felt like the lord was telling me......this is only a glimpse of what is to come for Calhoun Falls youth. I still miss my other church but I guess thats the fleshly human part of us.

Mu husband taught sunday school last sunday and where there had been 1 or 2 in there......there was 9. The preacher wife walked by....one of the kids said.....and she was like...oh my where did all of you come from????? She was all excited. he is getting ready to launch something on wed. night but he has heart to have something on another night of the week....so any young person can come that may go to another church. Not sure if he is going to do it at the church or our home. i will let yall know how it goes.

Well.......it's friday and school is about to let out. I am tired from being here all week and oh did I tell you that I was ask to work next tuesday......7 days so far...whoo-hooo....lol God is so good....we just got to be willing to endure the trials, pass the test and stay in his will.

Hope everyone has a great weekend,
Lisa

Thank you lord for everything !!!!!!!

Hey yall........hope you all are doing great. I am in a blah mood today, nothing too much to say.

I will say things are going a lot smoother for me because I am learning to adjust and just go with the flow. I know things will work out for the best....I have just got to lean on the one with all the understanding and not my own.

Hopefully, I will have my phone, t.v. and internet service back on thursday. I thought we would have to pay a deposit again but I called yesterday and checked and she said just pay what is due and it would be restore the same day. That was an answered prayer for us because it would have been $200. I THANK GOD for that.

I have been subbing this week for the P.E. teacher. Boy are those kids wild.......I guess thats the class where they release the most energy........lol I will sub friday for one of the coaches because we have an out of town game that is about 2 1/2 hrs. away so the team will have to leave before school lets out. I won't have to come in until 12:00 and work till 2:40, so it won't be that bad.

I thank you lord, for the job that I have and the opportunity to work this week. thank you for restoreing our finances and providing for us. Thank you for a spouse that will work hard for his family and is devoted to answering the call that you have placed on his heart for young people. thank you for my 3 beautiful boys for which on some days I could ring their necks but most of the time, they are pretty good boys. I just thank you lord for everything today. Stand by me and my family and protect us from harm. It's in your holy name I pray, AMEN !!!!

Chat with yall later,
Lisa

Trying to be cooperative !!!!!!

Well.....we still do not not have internet, phone or t.v. but we are surviving....lol. It sure has been quiet around our house, boring at times but quiet.

My job of substituting kicked in today. I am working today for an agriculture teacher and I am scheduled mon-thurs. of next week for PE/Health teacher so I guess I have started Sept. off right. The only downfall to it is getting paid once a month, so what I work in Sept. I won't get paid till Oct. 25. But oh well......it's a job and I love doing it. My husband is the SRO, I have a senior this year and a sophmore so what more can you ask for being at work with just about the whole family?

Well.....I am still trying to get used to the change that has taken place in our lives. I know it is going to be rewarding but I don't adapt to change very well. Mess my world up and you've got problems on your hands.....lol If you don't believe me just ask my husband or my children. IF MAMA AIN'T HAPPY......AIN'T NOBODY HAPPY.....LOL but however, I am trying to be cooperative.

I have a question for all who read my blog......all 3 of ya....lol Someone told me that Mike's succcess or failures would not depend on me. I somewhat disagree with that statement to a certain point. I feel as if I buck this whole ministry thing and drag him down with me then it would fall back on me. I certainly do not want that. Don't get me wrong ....I want to be in the will of God but I am not seeing what he (MIKE) is seeing. Mike says it's because I don't won't to see it and that maybe I just not looking for it. My pastor (former) says that I am a realist and Mike is a visionary. You have to have a realist to keep a visionary in line and within boundries. So is that a calling for me? to make sure he stays level headed with all this? However......if so....then his success or failures does fall back on me. Let me know what ya think..............

I guess I better go for now......the class is getting kinda loud. Maybe I can post more later during my free time.

Until then,
Lisa