A Pajama Mama

Do you see that picture and that really long word??? THAT is what has kept my sweet dh home from work the last two weeks and is what has limited his activity significantly. VERY significantly. As in, he's able to walk from room to room in the house. But that's it. If you know him, you know that my dh is very athletic, active, strong, and fit as a fiddle. For him to have this injury has been hard for him to wrap his brain around. So, besides praying for total and perfect healing so he can return to work....sooner rather than later....we're watching for His hand in this unexpected and painful sabbatical at home and are determined to rely solely on Him.

And she danced.... She danced to Stevie Wonder "Isn't She Lovely?" (And yes, she was.) She danced through two performances and three rehearsals in 4 days. And one was on her 5th birthday, too! And kept smiling. She danced to "Great Is Our Lord" And sang along, too. Then, she collapsed in a heap. And I think I'll join her.

Less than a year ago, I received three emails in a two days to pray for a little boy in our area named Brayden. He had just been diagnosed with a terminal inoperable brain tumor and was only 4, same age as our youngest. I didn't know this family but knew people that knew them. Still, I was sad to hear the news, tossed up a prayer for healing. But that was about the extent of it. The next day, the kids and I had hair appt's. My hairdresser is a long time friend whose shop is out in the country. There was a little family there that day. A dad, mom and a little boy. It turned out to be little Brayden and his sweet parents. I believe it was no coincidence that it happened that way. It was a God-ordained meeting. My heart became instantly engaged in their lives. His mom and I hugged and shared tears as they left that day, knowing what a long and uncertain journey they were facing. Once I explained to our three what was going on with Brayden, they, too, became committed to pray for h...

Update!!!!! He won! David Cook won!!! Woohooooooooooo! I'm very sad that this is our very last Idol Family review for this year! We have a guest reviewer here this evening...none other than our CHRIS-10! Well, here we go! There's a strange mike appearing from nowhere. OH dear... Chris-10 says the whole "boxing match" intro was lame and all of the rest of us agree. Heavyweight title, huh? Did they say David A was a 19 year old fetus, feline..? What!? Chris-10 has also predicted who is going to win...."David." She's so cheesy. The two David's have on the same color jacket. Did they do that on purpose? Randy hollers, "This is a dual for the King of the Nokia." Paula challenges, "May the best man win." Simon quips , " You have to hate your opponent." (Whatever...) Let's get on with the singing, please. That's what we're here for. Not a heavyweight championship boxing match. Round 1 David C - "I Still Haven...

Our very tight-knit homeschool co-op had our 2nd Annual Homeschool Graduation service yesterday. A homeschool graduation looks very different from regular high school graduations. We gathered at a church building of one of the graduates and it was packed with friends and family. The parents presented the diploma and other homeschool students participated where they could....by presenting the flag, leading the pledges, working sound, playing music. The moms banded together and threw a great reception afterwards. This year we had two very precious graduates. It was a bittersweet weekend for M's family bc his stepdad's mother died two nights before graduation. M is our graduate who has spina bifida and is confined to a wheelchair. His stepdad is the only real dad M has ever known the last 12 years. As he blessed M, he told us how he knew of no other person as courageous and inspirational as M is to him. And we all agree. He is always smiling.....and never ever complains about anyt...

Top 3 tonight. David A "And So It Goes" ( Did you see that pokey mustache on the mayor from David A's town? How....patriotic.) Ooo oo. What a pretty song! We love the strings in the background, since we have a violinist in the fam. He did a beautiful job on a pretty song...although I did get a little bored in the middle of it. The Rayray really liked the acapella part at the beginning, too. "With You" I don't know this song...but I didn't love it. It did not sound that great to me. I didn't understand a word of it and his voice was shaky and out of breathy. "Longer" Longer than there've been fishies in the ocean... "Mr. Consistency" is how the dh has dubbed him. I'm too distracted by the annoying handwaving and the fact that the AI producers forgot what our blogs said about that. "Sing the phone book" is an overused phrase. What about..."sing the Llbean catalog" or "sing the Wall Street Journal...

I turned the big 4-0 today. For some reason, it's been a hard birthday to swallow. Thirty came and went with no problem. This one...not so easily. I look back on the last decade and wonder what in the world I've been doing. Then I remember...having babies, nursing babies, wiping hinies, doing laundry and teaching kids how to read and write. A lot of my friends turn 40 this year. One is beginning her 40s with a newborn baby. Another is beginning her new decade by getting remarried. One has found herself single again, reeling from betrayal. Then, there's my friend beginning her 40s without her mom or her mom in law....but looking forward to the newest adopted member of their family, from China. All are beginning new seasons in their lives. I've been talking with Father about this whole thing. He reminded me how He was with me during the last 10 years and isn't about to leave me now. He loves me so much and I can put my entire trust in Him bc He, alone, is forever fait...

Top 4!!! I needed an American Idol diversion tonight...a little respite from my mourning bc tomorrow I hit the big 4-0. Yep...tis true. I may be 39 and holding for a few more hours, but there are still some things I do not know. For instance, I really didn't know that the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame was an actual place. I thought it was more like a list...or an idea...or a Rock N Roll roll of songs kept in a vault somewhere? Please don't hold it against me! Ok. Here we go. David Cook -"Hungry Like the Wolves" JellyB and I agree that it does sound a lot like DuranDuran. BUT, it was still really good. "Baba O'Riley" JellyB said this is SUCH a good song. Don't you think his hair looks mucho betterifico than when we first met him? Since the JellyB knows and loves this song, he thinks he missed it a little bit on the high notes but otherwise, did it proud. David, we think you're the best one of the 4, overall. Syesha- "Proud Mary" SHUT UP!!! Sy...

Here are some pics of our homeschool field trip this week to the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base. We missed our turn and found ourselves at the security checkpoint gate of Robins Air Force Base, with no way to turn around and obviously no military id or clearance to get through. All three carloads of us... It was quite humorous, AFTER the fact. I apologized profusely for "causing a breech in homeland security." Thankfully, the very nice soldier was more amused than anything else... and he did let us have our licenses back, eventually. Our Very Own Wild Weasels The girls...make bombs look good! Tuff guys Here we all are... (plus some extra dude poking his head out right above Rayray.)