Just a quick post to let everyone know that mom is home. She actually got to come home Sunday afternoon I just haven't been on much to blog. She says that she is feeling good and has slept better the past few nights than she has in a long time. Baylor has got her in with a doctor in Tyler but I am not sure on the details of when she has to start going but it is for chemo. Also as far as I know we haven't been told what stage she is in.
Thank everyone for all of your continued prayers they are all greatly appreicated. Please continue to keep us in our prayers as we go thru this journey with her.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Shirley Goodnest & Marcy
I received an email this morning from a family friend and this was so cute I thought I'd post it on my blog to share!
Shirley Goodnest & Marcy
A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school. He didn't want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe. So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbor if she would please follow him to school in the mornings, staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn't notice her. She said that since she was up early with her toddler anyway, it would be a good way for them to get some exercise as well, so she agreed. The next school day, the neighbor and her little girl set out following behind Timmy as he walked to school with another neighbor girl he knew. She did this for the whole week. As the two walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs, Timmy's little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day all week. Finally she said to Timmy, 'Have you noticed that lady following us to school all week? Do you know her?' Timmy nonchalantly replied, 'Yeah, I know who she is. 'The little girl said, 'Well, who is she? 'That's just Shirley Goodnest,' Timmy replied, 'and her daughter Marcy. 'Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is she following us? 'Well,' Timmy explained, 'every night my Mom makes me say the 23rd Psalm with my prayers, 'cuz she worries about me so much. And in the Psalm, it says, 'Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the days of my life', so I guess I'll just have to get used to it!' The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift His countenance upon you,and give you peace. May Shirley Goodnest and Marcy be with you today and always.
I know you smiled! I sure did, Pass this on and brighten someone's day!
Psalms 23 ~ The LORD Is My Shepherd
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Shirley Goodnest & Marcy
A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school. He didn't want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe. So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbor if she would please follow him to school in the mornings, staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn't notice her. She said that since she was up early with her toddler anyway, it would be a good way for them to get some exercise as well, so she agreed. The next school day, the neighbor and her little girl set out following behind Timmy as he walked to school with another neighbor girl he knew. She did this for the whole week. As the two walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs, Timmy's little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day all week. Finally she said to Timmy, 'Have you noticed that lady following us to school all week? Do you know her?' Timmy nonchalantly replied, 'Yeah, I know who she is. 'The little girl said, 'Well, who is she? 'That's just Shirley Goodnest,' Timmy replied, 'and her daughter Marcy. 'Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is she following us? 'Well,' Timmy explained, 'every night my Mom makes me say the 23rd Psalm with my prayers, 'cuz she worries about me so much. And in the Psalm, it says, 'Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the days of my life', so I guess I'll just have to get used to it!' The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift His countenance upon you,and give you peace. May Shirley Goodnest and Marcy be with you today and always.
I know you smiled! I sure did, Pass this on and brighten someone's day!
Psalms 23 ~ The LORD Is My Shepherd
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Catch up!!
Wow it's been forever since I last posted. Between Life and Work things are just so crazy lately that by the time I get home in the evenings, have dinner, play with the kids all I want to do is go to bed and sleep!!!
Over the past couple of months we've had dad in and out of the hospital, and now have mom in the hospital in Dallas @ Baylor. She had surgery a week ago this past Monday (3/9/09) and when she went back Thursday (3/19/09) to have her staples removed her incision had not healed and she had an infection starting so they ended up taking her back into surgery to get all of the infection. She spent Thursday and Friday night in ICU just so that they could really watch her and today she is supposed to be getting moved to a regular room. I decided that the kids and I would stay home today until we knew she is in a regular room just because there is nothing to do for the kids in the ICU waiting room and they can eat us out of house and home being there for long periods of time, plus Thomas works tonight. We will more than likely be going up to visit her tomorrow though. I will try to keep everyone updated or if you want to know more email me (sheriroach@aol.com ) comment me and I will try to update more.
Off to catch up on some housework!
Over the past couple of months we've had dad in and out of the hospital, and now have mom in the hospital in Dallas @ Baylor. She had surgery a week ago this past Monday (3/9/09) and when she went back Thursday (3/19/09) to have her staples removed her incision had not healed and she had an infection starting so they ended up taking her back into surgery to get all of the infection. She spent Thursday and Friday night in ICU just so that they could really watch her and today she is supposed to be getting moved to a regular room. I decided that the kids and I would stay home today until we knew she is in a regular room just because there is nothing to do for the kids in the ICU waiting room and they can eat us out of house and home being there for long periods of time, plus Thomas works tonight. We will more than likely be going up to visit her tomorrow though. I will try to keep everyone updated or if you want to know more email me (sheriroach@aol.com ) comment me and I will try to update more.
Off to catch up on some housework!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The start of a New Year!!!
Let's see.....there is so much to post. December finished off great. My birthday was fabulous and Christmas was great! We spent Christmas Eve with Tom's family in Allen then Christmas morning we went to mom & dad's, we did a simple Christmas dinner Christmas night then it was back to the normal. New Years came and I let the kids stay up late to see and hear the Fire Trucks, Ambulances, Police Cars and all of the weirdos (as Princess put it) drive down past the house. The people I work with couldn't believe our town did something so crazy! Princess couldn't believe that her mom had taken part of the craziness when I was younger, and before I met her daddy.
That's about it for the good news.
I've always believed in the power of prayer, I guess it's just how I was brought up. I may not attend church every Sunday and probably do things that some would question as being the proper Christ like thing to do, but I've always believed that when things bad were going on or you needed guidance you should PRAY, ask others to pray for you, have their friends pray for you. I've always called it a Prayer Chain. Well, I need anyone that might wonder across this little blog and especially all of the friends that I have that read this to do just that for us. Daddy went to the hospital Saturday the 3rd, his O2 level wasn't as high as it should have been and when he decides it is time to go to the hospital, it's time. Anyone that knows us knows that he has been ill for a long time, since before I graduated. I think it was around 1994 when he was diagnosed with a hereditary Emphysema now it's 14 years later and we are still blessed to have him in our lives, in our children's lives. I've always considered myself a daddy's girl growing up and still often find myself needing his approval for things I do even after being married 8 years. But somehow I'm afraid that this time is different that the other times so I'm looking for the power of prayer to help us. Pray for him to get better, to rest easier and to be able to come home soon. Even though we have had many years to know that someday the day is coming that he will be going to meet our maker the grand-kids aren't. It breaks my heart to think of what is coming and I just ask that you pray for all of us right now to ease the pain and to allow us to keep daddy for just a little bit longer.........
That's it. Just pray for daddy, for mom, us girls and all the grand-kids.....
That's about it for the good news.
I've always believed in the power of prayer, I guess it's just how I was brought up. I may not attend church every Sunday and probably do things that some would question as being the proper Christ like thing to do, but I've always believed that when things bad were going on or you needed guidance you should PRAY, ask others to pray for you, have their friends pray for you. I've always called it a Prayer Chain. Well, I need anyone that might wonder across this little blog and especially all of the friends that I have that read this to do just that for us. Daddy went to the hospital Saturday the 3rd, his O2 level wasn't as high as it should have been and when he decides it is time to go to the hospital, it's time. Anyone that knows us knows that he has been ill for a long time, since before I graduated. I think it was around 1994 when he was diagnosed with a hereditary Emphysema now it's 14 years later and we are still blessed to have him in our lives, in our children's lives. I've always considered myself a daddy's girl growing up and still often find myself needing his approval for things I do even after being married 8 years. But somehow I'm afraid that this time is different that the other times so I'm looking for the power of prayer to help us. Pray for him to get better, to rest easier and to be able to come home soon. Even though we have had many years to know that someday the day is coming that he will be going to meet our maker the grand-kids aren't. It breaks my heart to think of what is coming and I just ask that you pray for all of us right now to ease the pain and to allow us to keep daddy for just a little bit longer.........
That's it. Just pray for daddy, for mom, us girls and all the grand-kids.....
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
December.....
Just a quick little blog......
Today is my 31st Birthday! Happy Birthday ME!! Hubby and the kiddos are taking me out to dinner somewhere, although I don't know where. Hubby has been out for about 4 hours with the kiddos trying to pick out my Birthday & Christmas presents, I love the kids being old enough to have a say in what they think mommy needs/wants for my special days, it makes everything even more special. Hubby has always been super thoughtful when it comes to getting me things, even when I was just pregnant with Princess he did wonderful at picking out my gifts.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and then Christmas day! Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year! Please stay safe during your travels even if they are nearby. As my dad would say, "Watch out for the car directly behind the car directly in front of you"........YOURSELF!! We will be travelling to Allen, Tx for hubby's family Christmas. Our tradition is to alternate between the two families and with the exception of a few years of having to do 1/2 a Christmas in Allen then make a flying trip back to Fruitvale for the last 1/2 of it everything normally works out good. I'm excited about Christmas Eve in Allen this year b/c JW is really into everything and understands the unwrapping of presents and all that fun stuff! Christmas Day will be Santa @ home then Santa @ Nana & Papa's house with hubby's pigs in the blankets.............4+ dozen of them to be exact!
I LOVE Christmas and seeing how excited the kids are to see all of their new toys, clothes...and goodies that they get, most of all I love when I can finally be happy and say I have bought everything for everyone and it is finally over!
Friday is back to work, I have class at the office Friday morning and will have to work late that night until about 6pm or so, but the good news is I will OFFICIALLY be the Agent of my book January 5, 2009!!! We do all of the changes on the 2nd so I may actually get to take over that Friday but for sure on Monday!!!
Well, the hubby and kiddos are home.......off to get ready for dinner and to see what goodies I got!!
Today is my 31st Birthday! Happy Birthday ME!! Hubby and the kiddos are taking me out to dinner somewhere, although I don't know where. Hubby has been out for about 4 hours with the kiddos trying to pick out my Birthday & Christmas presents, I love the kids being old enough to have a say in what they think mommy needs/wants for my special days, it makes everything even more special. Hubby has always been super thoughtful when it comes to getting me things, even when I was just pregnant with Princess he did wonderful at picking out my gifts.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and then Christmas day! Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year! Please stay safe during your travels even if they are nearby. As my dad would say, "Watch out for the car directly behind the car directly in front of you"........YOURSELF!! We will be travelling to Allen, Tx for hubby's family Christmas. Our tradition is to alternate between the two families and with the exception of a few years of having to do 1/2 a Christmas in Allen then make a flying trip back to Fruitvale for the last 1/2 of it everything normally works out good. I'm excited about Christmas Eve in Allen this year b/c JW is really into everything and understands the unwrapping of presents and all that fun stuff! Christmas Day will be Santa @ home then Santa @ Nana & Papa's house with hubby's pigs in the blankets.............4+ dozen of them to be exact!
I LOVE Christmas and seeing how excited the kids are to see all of their new toys, clothes...and goodies that they get, most of all I love when I can finally be happy and say I have bought everything for everyone and it is finally over!
Friday is back to work, I have class at the office Friday morning and will have to work late that night until about 6pm or so, but the good news is I will OFFICIALLY be the Agent of my book January 5, 2009!!! We do all of the changes on the 2nd so I may actually get to take over that Friday but for sure on Monday!!!
Well, the hubby and kiddos are home.......off to get ready for dinner and to see what goodies I got!!
Friday, November 21, 2008
....the past month...and what's coming up!
Okay it's been a while since my last post! Almost a month actually! Life has been sooo horribly busy this past month! Like I mentioned in my last post, I passed both of my insurance tests and my Life license has been issued, we are just waiting for the Fire to finally issue then I get to finally be on my own. So the past few weeks I have spent most of my days riding with my manager, the agent I am replacing and a few other agents. It has been a lot of fun and I have learned many useful and not so useful things. I'm still excited about this new opportunity I have been given.
~The kids - Princess went on a field trip to Athens a couple of weeks ago to something called Imagination Fair....I'm pretty sure I haven't already wrote about that. She had a good time even though she didn't get chosen to read her poem in front of the other kids. The had a 2nd field trip today to Tyler to something called Scientific Circus, I'm anxious to see how that went. JW got to take a field trip with the PreK kids at TLC to Azalea Trails to go Trick or Treating and this past Wednesday they took at trip to the Pavilion up town to decorate their tree for the Coco & Carols I think that their tree is Switzerland. Princess & her grade were supposed to be taking a field trip walking up to the Pavilion but I think the weather this week has turned out too cold.
That's the highlights from the past couple of weeks. Oh, I forgot about the drama with my van! When we bought the van we noticed it had custom wheels but didn't think much about it until last weekend when I noticed some wire showing on my front drivers tire, which is bad, especially since I'm putting 125+ miles on my van every day, over 600 miles a week. No biggy, I bought a tire, went to have Chuck @ Harris' Pit stop put it on to find out their machine wouldn't do my wheel. Off to Goggans in Edgewood only to find out I have "special" lug nuts and need a key to get them off. The bad thing is, it's not just one locking lug nut like some vehicles have, every one of them is a special type!!! So I've been driving hubby's car (WHICH I HATE!!!) and he's been easin my van to the mine every night. Today I finally got to stop to pick up the key I need to take the lug nuts off, our wheels are only sold at Discount Tire (which I would have never guessed!! Thank you GOOGLE!!) the highlight, the guy gave me the key......for FREE!!!! So off I go on my merry way to Canton, to drop my check off in the bank and to go to Wal-Mart. I leave Wal-Mart and here a POP! Then the car wouldn't move! The front tie rod had broken and there I sat in the middle of rows 7&8 not being able to go anywhere!! Thankfully 2 really nice men FINALLY stopped and helped to get the tire turned so I could get back into the parking space! I was truly amazed at how many women stopped to ask if I needed help and how few men stopped to ask! Anyway............I put our roadside assistance to use and a nice guy from Fuller's Towing came and picked me and my lovely car up and brought us home! If you ever need a tow and Ronnie Monk is not available (as he was tonight b/c he was in Austin) call Fuller's they are very courteous & professional. Our neighbors were a bit curious why a Lime Green tow truck was coming up the alley and all the boys that saw us seem to think it was cool. I know JW is going to be mad b/c momma got to ride in a big truck and he didn't! He's soooo funny!
Well, that brings us up to date! Tomorrow we will spend fixing hubby's car and my tire for the beginning of the day. If it warms up I want to try to get some lights up to get a jump start on decorating for Christmas. We usually try to start the weekend after Thanksgiving, but since that is First Monday weekend we will be in Canton........yeah us!LOL!! Hopefully if everyone isn't too tired we might try to go to the movies to watch Bolt, the kids are wanting to go to the drive in in Tyler, but I keep telling them it will be toooo coooollllddd that we will just have to go to the little theater in Wills Point. Next week Princess is out of school all week, JW is out of school & I am off work Thursday & Friday. I think hubby is off work Thursday & Friday too. I'm hoping we are going to Allen to hubby's cousins house on Thursday, we haven't seen them since last year and can't wait to see their new house.
Wow! I didn't realize I had written a novel!! If you've made it this far, hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving! Stay warm!
~The kids - Princess went on a field trip to Athens a couple of weeks ago to something called Imagination Fair....I'm pretty sure I haven't already wrote about that. She had a good time even though she didn't get chosen to read her poem in front of the other kids. The had a 2nd field trip today to Tyler to something called Scientific Circus, I'm anxious to see how that went. JW got to take a field trip with the PreK kids at TLC to Azalea Trails to go Trick or Treating and this past Wednesday they took at trip to the Pavilion up town to decorate their tree for the Coco & Carols I think that their tree is Switzerland. Princess & her grade were supposed to be taking a field trip walking up to the Pavilion but I think the weather this week has turned out too cold.
That's the highlights from the past couple of weeks. Oh, I forgot about the drama with my van! When we bought the van we noticed it had custom wheels but didn't think much about it until last weekend when I noticed some wire showing on my front drivers tire, which is bad, especially since I'm putting 125+ miles on my van every day, over 600 miles a week. No biggy, I bought a tire, went to have Chuck @ Harris' Pit stop put it on to find out their machine wouldn't do my wheel. Off to Goggans in Edgewood only to find out I have "special" lug nuts and need a key to get them off. The bad thing is, it's not just one locking lug nut like some vehicles have, every one of them is a special type!!! So I've been driving hubby's car (WHICH I HATE!!!) and he's been easin my van to the mine every night. Today I finally got to stop to pick up the key I need to take the lug nuts off, our wheels are only sold at Discount Tire (which I would have never guessed!! Thank you GOOGLE!!) the highlight, the guy gave me the key......for FREE!!!! So off I go on my merry way to Canton, to drop my check off in the bank and to go to Wal-Mart. I leave Wal-Mart and here a POP! Then the car wouldn't move! The front tie rod had broken and there I sat in the middle of rows 7&8 not being able to go anywhere!! Thankfully 2 really nice men FINALLY stopped and helped to get the tire turned so I could get back into the parking space! I was truly amazed at how many women stopped to ask if I needed help and how few men stopped to ask! Anyway............I put our roadside assistance to use and a nice guy from Fuller's Towing came and picked me and my lovely car up and brought us home! If you ever need a tow and Ronnie Monk is not available (as he was tonight b/c he was in Austin) call Fuller's they are very courteous & professional. Our neighbors were a bit curious why a Lime Green tow truck was coming up the alley and all the boys that saw us seem to think it was cool. I know JW is going to be mad b/c momma got to ride in a big truck and he didn't! He's soooo funny!
Well, that brings us up to date! Tomorrow we will spend fixing hubby's car and my tire for the beginning of the day. If it warms up I want to try to get some lights up to get a jump start on decorating for Christmas. We usually try to start the weekend after Thanksgiving, but since that is First Monday weekend we will be in Canton........yeah us!LOL!! Hopefully if everyone isn't too tired we might try to go to the movies to watch Bolt, the kids are wanting to go to the drive in in Tyler, but I keep telling them it will be toooo coooollllddd that we will just have to go to the little theater in Wills Point. Next week Princess is out of school all week, JW is out of school & I am off work Thursday & Friday. I think hubby is off work Thursday & Friday too. I'm hoping we are going to Allen to hubby's cousins house on Thursday, we haven't seen them since last year and can't wait to see their new house.
Wow! I didn't realize I had written a novel!! If you've made it this far, hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving! Stay warm!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Yippee!!!
I PASSED!!!! I was really hoping that I would pass on the 1st try. I really didn't want to have to pay $65 again for a 2nd one! I didn't make as high as I wanted but I PASSED!!! Now hopefully I can get out of that itty bitty room!!
Other news......
Tuesday night GS meeting went GREAT!! We had the girls make friendship bracelets and decorate bobby pins. We had 1 more girl join which gives us 5 that have signed up so we are now officially a Troop!!! I'm so excited!! We decided to change our meetings to Thursdays, every other Thursday so maybe we can get more girls interested since it won't be a weekly commitment. We are skipping next week since it's Halloween week and picking things back up November 6 @6pm. Now we are just trying to think of something for the girls to do at the next meeting!
Off to put JW in the bed and go there myself. One more day this week to drive to Dallas then Saturday is full of things for us to do: Pee-Wee Football.......too early to think about, Golden Sweet Potato Festival - Hubby and Papa Pearland are setting up the concession stand hopefully to make big $$$. Papa Pearland is spending the night with us Friday & Saturday night and the kids are excited. They love it when he comes to visit..........when anyone comes to visit. They are too funny sometimes!
Off to bed! Have a great weekend!
Other news......
Tuesday night GS meeting went GREAT!! We had the girls make friendship bracelets and decorate bobby pins. We had 1 more girl join which gives us 5 that have signed up so we are now officially a Troop!!! I'm so excited!! We decided to change our meetings to Thursdays, every other Thursday so maybe we can get more girls interested since it won't be a weekly commitment. We are skipping next week since it's Halloween week and picking things back up November 6 @6pm. Now we are just trying to think of something for the girls to do at the next meeting!
Off to put JW in the bed and go there myself. One more day this week to drive to Dallas then Saturday is full of things for us to do: Pee-Wee Football.......too early to think about, Golden Sweet Potato Festival - Hubby and Papa Pearland are setting up the concession stand hopefully to make big $$$. Papa Pearland is spending the night with us Friday & Saturday night and the kids are excited. They love it when he comes to visit..........when anyone comes to visit. They are too funny sometimes!
Off to bed! Have a great weekend!
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