Hi everyone,
I never cease to be amazed at God's blessings. I'm not surprised at His mercy, just always in awe. My flare up is under control and my blood counts are in the normal range! Praises to the Lord for this new blessing. I still have some soreness, heaviness and weakness but the blood counts are normal. I can begin to exercise to rebuild my myscle tissue now! I want to find an exercise machine I used to have called Body by Jake Ab and Back Plus. It will help me with trunk exercises as it works to strengthen through isometric exercise and also with range of motion because of the swivel seat. Hopefully I can find it, they don't make it anymore that I know of.
God also blessed me Sunday and I am thankful for His protective hand. I bring a lady friend of mine to church who is legally blind and when I drove up in her drive she was worried about where her trash can was. I told her that the men who'd been working on her house had put it to the road loaded with trash. She likes to know where it is so that when the trash men empty it she can get it from them instead of them throwing it wherever. She went to her porch (amazing lady knows how many steps there are wherever she goes) and I got out of the vehicle and went to the road to put it in her usual place so that she would know where it was. Then I walked over to where she was by her porch and talked to her for another minute and then told her I would take her trash home with me since her can was full. I reached up to grab the garbage bag from her porch railing and as soon as my hand touched the bag I was immediately shoved hard by something heavy and I was beginning to fall. I grabbed for whatever I could...the porch handrail... and then the thing that hit me. It was my vehicle. It had rolled forward and hit me! Needless to say I was doing some yelling. I know God was with me and my friend because she had already been on the porch, the mirror snapped off my vehicle when it rolled forward and the corner of the bumper had come in contact with the side of her steps in such a way that it stopped it's forward motion. If not for that it would have run right over me. I hung on for dear life until I realized it was not moving anymore and another neighbor had gotten across the street to say he'd seen it start rolling but couldn't get there in time to stop it. Once I realized it wasn't moving anymore I let go then got in and then backed it up. Luckily there was no injury to my friend or dmage to her house. Poor thing though she kept asking what happened because she couldn't see. I'm ok though, just a small bruise on my hand and the side of my knee. It scared me more than it hurt me. What surprised me was there wasn't anyone else in the vehicle and it sat for more than 2 minutes before it decided to roll forward.
We lost another dear friend Tuesday. She was a lady who lived next door to us when we lived in Norco. Her name is Geraldine Montz. She was 97 years old and never married. She was once a school teacher. She was one of the sweetest women I've ever known. We used to help her keep her yard up and she loved my girls and husband. I remember one Thanksgiving we had her over for dinner and she told us so many stories of what life was like when she was a child. She told of how all travel was by train or horse and buggy in rural Louisiana. She said the people at that time spoke English, French, or German depending on what the local priest spoke. Louisiana is predominately Catholic. She had so many stories we hated to let her go home. We're going to miss her.
On the flip side, our friend who had the double transplant is home! Thanks for the prayers and please continue to pray for him and his wife.
As always remember our troops and their sacrifice for our country especially now with Christmas coming and they are far from their families. We love you troops!
Take care and God bless.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Early December Happenings
Hello Everyone,
I know I haven't written for a while and I'm sorry. Remember I told you last time that the doctor seemed to think I had fibromyalgia? Well, I was waiting for a definite diagnosis and then when I got my diagnosis I didn't know how to explain what was going on. Ever since my last posting I have been struggling trying to get around and do things. Sitting at the computer sometimes can be painful. I have been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called polymyositis. If you want to know a little bit more about this disease here is a link http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/polymyositis/DS00334 During the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving I was having difficulty walking but now that has improved as the doctor prescribed muscle relaxers (in addition to the steroids) and once they kicked in I am walking better. Heaviness of limbs, weakness, muscle deterioration and some other things are part of it as well. I have noticed that the numbness in my hands and feet have left as well as the shooting pains from my right shoulder to my fingers. My husband has taken very good care of me and makes sure that I have all the help I need. He was there the other night when the cold weather came in and I was having severe muscle cramps all night. He helped me get into a warm tub and brought me medicine and sat up with me for the rest of the night. I am blessed to have a husband who takes care of me. I am thankful that we caught it early before it got too far. The doctor wants me to begin physical therapy as my muscles have already begun to shrink, so we will do what we need to do.
I am not afraid of what the future holds I know my Savior stands with me all the way and at the end of this road I will be with Him in Heaven. I don't question either why this has to happen to me. God is never wrong. I simply trust in His will.
The girls are doing well and working hard. We are almost ready for Christmas to come. You know, I don't like that phrase...ready for Christmas. It makes it sound like Christmas is something other than what it is. Christmas is a celebration of our Savior's birth I am always ready to celebrate Jesus' birth. I accepted Him as Lord and Savior when I was 12 years old and have been ready for Him ever since. I watch everyone every year go into debt to provide a "nice Christmas" for their families. Jesus already did that and we could never in a million years give a gift comparable to Him and yet people are afraid to even say the words Merry Christmas to anyone. It is so sad. Many have forgotten Him even as they celebrate His birth.
We had a rare treat the day before yesterday, Thursday. It snowed! Now to you northerners this may not be a monumental occasion but to us in south Louisiana it is amazing. The last time it snowed here was four years ago on Christmas day. We went outside at 7 am when our neighbor called to tell us it was snowing and you could hear the kids in the neighborhood cheering. I got to watch my family have fun throwing snowballs at each other and I took pictures and short videos. Tiffany's boyfriend Chris came and was trying to make a snowman and he had a nice 7 inch ball formed when my David thought it would be fun to bomb him with a barrage of snowballs while he was occupied. It's amazing how quickly a 6'1" man can duck to a height of about 4 ft. Needless to say Chris gave up and lobbed his extremely large snowball David's way. It was hilarious. It was tough to have to stop the fun so I could go to the doctor and Tiff and Chris could go to work. Heather and Rochelle were the only ones home. David had begun a large snowball for the bottom of a snowman before we left and put Rochelle in charge of finishing him. Well, as things would have it in my family things are never the way you expect them to be when you come home.
David had me call to ask Rochelle to take a picture of the snowman as it had started to rain and he didn't want to miss it if it melted. Rochelle sounded very humored during the phone call and informed me that they had indeed taken pictures of not one, but three snowmen they had made. I was impressed that they had accomplished all that so quickly...of course we did have about 3 inches of snow. Rochelle proceeded to tell me she couldn't wait for us to see them.
We came home from the doctor's office and the rain had stopped but the snowmen had not melted. There stood a nice snowman made by southern girls complete with a scarf and rocks from the driveway for eyes, mouth and buttons. I was impressed. Then, I looked at the other two snowmen.... Hmmm ......I was informed that Rochelle had the brainstorm and remembered a Calvin and Hobbs comic strip where Calvin had made snowmen. They went online, found the comic strip and used it as inspiration. One snowman was a victim of vehicular homicide with one body part (twig arms pointing skyward) on the trunk of the car and the head and lower body lying on the ground behind the car, and the other had obviously fallen over into a tree and his head was just a mound of snow. Poor, poor snowmen didn't have a chance. I can sympathize with Calvin's mom in a whole new way. They had even used a reddish substance for clarity. I found out later that all they had available was tomato soup. Crazy kids...if you believe comic strips are innocent diversions for the kids of today don't believe it.
David recieved his diploma for his associates degree on Friday. I am so proud of him. He's working hard on his studies and remains a straight A student. He continues working on his bachelor's degree.
Pictures of the snow day and David's diploma can be found in the photo link.
Please, when you get a chance remember the following people in your prayers: my mom, my nephew Ryan, our friend Julian who had a double transplant, the family of our friend Norman who passed away, David's stepdad, our church we're still searching for a pastor, and as always the troops: in particular Josh Stevens, Keith Schulz, the 927th Sapper Company 3rd platoon, and most of all our son-in-law Sgt. David Ghere. David, we miss you son-in-law. Keep safe and hurry home we miss you terribly.
That's about it for now, I hope this letter finds everyone happy, healthy and safe. I love you all. Take care and God bless.
I know I haven't written for a while and I'm sorry. Remember I told you last time that the doctor seemed to think I had fibromyalgia? Well, I was waiting for a definite diagnosis and then when I got my diagnosis I didn't know how to explain what was going on. Ever since my last posting I have been struggling trying to get around and do things. Sitting at the computer sometimes can be painful. I have been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called polymyositis. If you want to know a little bit more about this disease here is a link http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/polymyositis/DS00334 During the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving I was having difficulty walking but now that has improved as the doctor prescribed muscle relaxers (in addition to the steroids) and once they kicked in I am walking better. Heaviness of limbs, weakness, muscle deterioration and some other things are part of it as well. I have noticed that the numbness in my hands and feet have left as well as the shooting pains from my right shoulder to my fingers. My husband has taken very good care of me and makes sure that I have all the help I need. He was there the other night when the cold weather came in and I was having severe muscle cramps all night. He helped me get into a warm tub and brought me medicine and sat up with me for the rest of the night. I am blessed to have a husband who takes care of me. I am thankful that we caught it early before it got too far. The doctor wants me to begin physical therapy as my muscles have already begun to shrink, so we will do what we need to do.
I am not afraid of what the future holds I know my Savior stands with me all the way and at the end of this road I will be with Him in Heaven. I don't question either why this has to happen to me. God is never wrong. I simply trust in His will.
The girls are doing well and working hard. We are almost ready for Christmas to come. You know, I don't like that phrase...ready for Christmas. It makes it sound like Christmas is something other than what it is. Christmas is a celebration of our Savior's birth I am always ready to celebrate Jesus' birth. I accepted Him as Lord and Savior when I was 12 years old and have been ready for Him ever since. I watch everyone every year go into debt to provide a "nice Christmas" for their families. Jesus already did that and we could never in a million years give a gift comparable to Him and yet people are afraid to even say the words Merry Christmas to anyone. It is so sad. Many have forgotten Him even as they celebrate His birth.
We had a rare treat the day before yesterday, Thursday. It snowed! Now to you northerners this may not be a monumental occasion but to us in south Louisiana it is amazing. The last time it snowed here was four years ago on Christmas day. We went outside at 7 am when our neighbor called to tell us it was snowing and you could hear the kids in the neighborhood cheering. I got to watch my family have fun throwing snowballs at each other and I took pictures and short videos. Tiffany's boyfriend Chris came and was trying to make a snowman and he had a nice 7 inch ball formed when my David thought it would be fun to bomb him with a barrage of snowballs while he was occupied. It's amazing how quickly a 6'1" man can duck to a height of about 4 ft. Needless to say Chris gave up and lobbed his extremely large snowball David's way. It was hilarious. It was tough to have to stop the fun so I could go to the doctor and Tiff and Chris could go to work. Heather and Rochelle were the only ones home. David had begun a large snowball for the bottom of a snowman before we left and put Rochelle in charge of finishing him. Well, as things would have it in my family things are never the way you expect them to be when you come home.
David had me call to ask Rochelle to take a picture of the snowman as it had started to rain and he didn't want to miss it if it melted. Rochelle sounded very humored during the phone call and informed me that they had indeed taken pictures of not one, but three snowmen they had made. I was impressed that they had accomplished all that so quickly...of course we did have about 3 inches of snow. Rochelle proceeded to tell me she couldn't wait for us to see them.
We came home from the doctor's office and the rain had stopped but the snowmen had not melted. There stood a nice snowman made by southern girls complete with a scarf and rocks from the driveway for eyes, mouth and buttons. I was impressed. Then, I looked at the other two snowmen.... Hmmm ......I was informed that Rochelle had the brainstorm and remembered a Calvin and Hobbs comic strip where Calvin had made snowmen. They went online, found the comic strip and used it as inspiration. One snowman was a victim of vehicular homicide with one body part (twig arms pointing skyward) on the trunk of the car and the head and lower body lying on the ground behind the car, and the other had obviously fallen over into a tree and his head was just a mound of snow. Poor, poor snowmen didn't have a chance. I can sympathize with Calvin's mom in a whole new way. They had even used a reddish substance for clarity. I found out later that all they had available was tomato soup. Crazy kids...if you believe comic strips are innocent diversions for the kids of today don't believe it.
David recieved his diploma for his associates degree on Friday. I am so proud of him. He's working hard on his studies and remains a straight A student. He continues working on his bachelor's degree.
Pictures of the snow day and David's diploma can be found in the photo link.
Please, when you get a chance remember the following people in your prayers: my mom, my nephew Ryan, our friend Julian who had a double transplant, the family of our friend Norman who passed away, David's stepdad, our church we're still searching for a pastor, and as always the troops: in particular Josh Stevens, Keith Schulz, the 927th Sapper Company 3rd platoon, and most of all our son-in-law Sgt. David Ghere. David, we miss you son-in-law. Keep safe and hurry home we miss you terribly.
That's about it for now, I hope this letter finds everyone happy, healthy and safe. I love you all. Take care and God bless.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
October to November
ANNOUNCING THE NEW SGT. AND MRS. DAVID LEE GHERE!
Heather and David were married on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at University Baptist Church in Thibodaux, LA. The groom's brother Arthur Ghere was the minister performing the ceremony. The groom is the son of Dennis and Pat Ghere and you all know who the bride is :D . David is back in Afghanistan now until his deployment is over. Please pray for him that the Lord will watch over his every move and return him to us whole in mind, body and spirit. He is a great young man and I am so proud to call him son-in-law. You will be able to see pictures of their wedding on the sidebar. If you want to see bigger images you will have to click on the slideshow. They were taken by a friend of David's family and the bridal photos of Heather were taken by her daddy.
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Now, on to other news. Tiffany has started a new job and seems to have found her niche. She is working at Good Housekeeping selling furniture and appliances. She seems to be doing quite well and is supposed to be getting a commission from her sales in addition to her salary soon. I am proud of her.
David continues doing his seminary studies and is working on his bachelor's degree. He has also been remodeling our house. It's part of my anniversary present. We have taken out the sheet rock walls in the living room, put in insulation (old houses have none) and put up beaded paneling which will be stained a nice warm, light wood color. I want to decorate it to look like a cabin. I think this will be instant comfort to anyone coming into our home. It's not finished yet but I will post pics of it when it's done. He went for his yearly check up and everything came out good. He was waving the paper at me and smiling....needless to say I had to eat crow because I have been on him about his health. Tip, I learned a long time ago if you're gonna eat crow you should do it while it is still fresh, it has greater impact then.
Rochelle has been working on learning to sew a dress for school. She has been doing good job. She continues drawing and someone has even offered to pay her for drawing her grandkids as a Christmas gift! She doesn't give herself enough credit and was surprised when someone thought she was good enough to seek her out of the blue to do this. I knew it...proud momma speaking. She's done a few more drawings. I might make a gallery in my online pictures of her favorites if I can con her into letting me do it.
As for me, I've been struggling with some health issues for a while and finally went to the doctor for them. I found out I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, menopause and possibly fibromyalgia. The blood results showed that all of my muscles are inflamed. I laughingly told Rochelle yesterday you know you're getting old when your morning medications almost match the size of your breakfast. I want so much to lose this weight but have not been able to exercise because of the pain I've been in but hopefully that will get under control soon. I so much didn't want to be the fat lady in the wedding pictures. Oh well.
I thank God for my husband. He is so sweet and always knows how to make me feel better and he thinks I'm beautiful no matter what. The other night he went and bought me an electric blanket to relieve the soreness so I could sleep.
We celebrated 21 years of marriage on November 6th. True to his fashion he couldn't wait for our anniversary to give me my anniversary present. It was so sweet the way he did it too. We were at a Bible study and he mentioned that he and I were going to have our 21st wedding anniversary and that I have always had trouble with my rings breaking (I am not usually a couch potato.) so he had something he wanted to give me. He gave me a beautiful new bridal set. It has crosses on it to reflect our Christian commitment to one another and to God. It made me want to cry. Here is a picture:
Even though I haven't been feeling up to par I was still able to design and build a rabbit cage (power tools are great). We are raising rabbits for meat for our freezer. I think it came out ok for an amateur. I'm sure someone would find lots of room for improvement but the rabbits are content and that's all that matters. Take a look at my efforts:
I've been a bit melancholy the past few days. I guess it's because I haven't been feeling good and because with Heather's marriage I know that my time with my girls is short before they are out on their own. Life is short in general. I want so much to be used by God to touch people's lives and make a difference for others. I love God so much and could never repay Him for what He's done in my life. My blessings alone could never be repaid, they are exceedingly abundant. I am not saying I never have troubles. We live in this earthly world where trouble seems to be the norm. I'm just saying He is with me through them all, not as a crutch, but as a solid rock, a fortress, a lighthouse in any storm that rages in my life. I wish everyone could know the heart of my Savior as I do. I long for the day when I can be in His presence. But, for now I will live this life thanking Him in times of trials for walking with me through them all. If you don't know Him today I know He wants you to. Email me at teachthem@hotmail.com with the subject line November blog, I would love to talk to you, pray with you, and encourage you.
Please, please, please continue to pray for our troops. They need our prayers now more than ever. When you are praying for David Ghere, also keep in mind Josh Stevens who is in Iraq and Keith Shulz who is also in Afghanistan.
I hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and safe. Take care and God bless.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Praises
Hello Everyone,
I thank you all for your prayers for my nephew and his family. I am praising the Lord for his blessings are unending. Teresa and Jimmy got a call from the doctor's office on Wednesday that the results of the second round of tests showed that the lymphoma had not spread to other lymph nodes. The doctor now changed his diagnosis to something other than lymphoma but they are not sure what. Teresa asked them to check for cat scratch fever and they performed that test but we don't know the results. The doctor says to keep an eye on the lump in his neck for two weeks, see if it goes down, and if it doesn't they will start looking into other causes. He is not in any pain from the lump so that is a good thing. It's a little bigger than the diameter of a quarter in size and it's raised up about the thickness of my finger. There is no doubt that it is in a lymph node but that is all we know. I just praise the Lord that the doctor has changed his diagnosis away from lymphoma. That was a scary thing to contemplate. The Lord is good and He knows the answer to all of this. Please keep praying that this lump disappears with no other diagnosis needed. I will continue to update as necessary. Take care and God bless.
I thank you all for your prayers for my nephew and his family. I am praising the Lord for his blessings are unending. Teresa and Jimmy got a call from the doctor's office on Wednesday that the results of the second round of tests showed that the lymphoma had not spread to other lymph nodes. The doctor now changed his diagnosis to something other than lymphoma but they are not sure what. Teresa asked them to check for cat scratch fever and they performed that test but we don't know the results. The doctor says to keep an eye on the lump in his neck for two weeks, see if it goes down, and if it doesn't they will start looking into other causes. He is not in any pain from the lump so that is a good thing. It's a little bigger than the diameter of a quarter in size and it's raised up about the thickness of my finger. There is no doubt that it is in a lymph node but that is all we know. I just praise the Lord that the doctor has changed his diagnosis away from lymphoma. That was a scary thing to contemplate. The Lord is good and He knows the answer to all of this. Please keep praying that this lump disappears with no other diagnosis needed. I will continue to update as necessary. Take care and God bless.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sometimes in life we have to go through hard times. Things don't always go the way we'd like them to and it seems one thing after another comes at you. I think about this and how some people react to it. They wonder where God is and why they have to go through these things. Some of these people are Christians. People, we are Christians, yes, but we live in this world just like everyone else and we will go through things just like everyone else. We will not know fully what Christ is doing until we reach our home in Glory. We just have to go along putting our trust in our Lord until that day comes. God NEVER stops loving us, and He NEVER leaves us in our times of trial, and no matter what the world tells us MY LORD JESUS IS NEVER A CRUTCH. He is my Savior through all. I KNOW He is real. When we as Christians are getting smacked around by this world and Satan we need to stop running and dig in our heels and call Satan the liar that he is!
I have spent the last few days struggling with one thing or another that Satan throws at me. He has feasted on my depression. Yesterday I reached a point where I remembered something I should have remembered in the first place. Satan can't touch me because I am a child of God. I turned everything over to God and set myself free once again to stand on the Solid Rock.
Yesterday my brother and sister-in-law went for the results of a medical test on my nephew Ryan who will be 6 on October 5th. They found a lump in his neck and the doctor wouldn't tell them the results over the phone on Friday. It seems Ryan has lymphoma. I was overwhelmed. While they were here I couldn't even think of words to say to them except that I would be here for them. I let them leave my house without me praying for them. That was it. Satan can kick me all he wants but he will NOT stop me from praying for someone else. I rectified that this morning when they came to bring my younger nephew so that I could watch him as they brought Ryan for another battery of tests to see how far it has spread. Yesterday and today I began calling my friends who are prayer warriors. Whatever is going to happen in the future for my nephew, he and his family will be covered in prayer. I ask everyone who is reading this right now also to pray for Ryan. Please also pray that Ryan's family will witness God's glory through all of this. Ryan's dad and mom's names are Jimmy and Teresa and his sister and brother are Ashlee and Benjamin. Please remember them all by name in your prayers.
Do not misunderstand, this posting began by talking about me and some of this was about me, but only so that I could tell you that things go wrong in life but God is with us. Though we all struggle, we will be strengthened and my Lord will be lifted up in praise. He is the Great Counselor, the Great Physician, the Rock of my salvation, the Great I Am. If you are struggling with something He will step in when you ask Him to. We don't have to live in defeat. Give it all to Him and He will free you and you will see how much power and peace He will give to you to get you through the storm. You can only say you've given it all to Him when you don't go back and try to pick it up to fix something else. You have to trust Him enough to let Him do what He needs to do. Just pray and leave it alone. I trust Him.
I have spent the last few days struggling with one thing or another that Satan throws at me. He has feasted on my depression. Yesterday I reached a point where I remembered something I should have remembered in the first place. Satan can't touch me because I am a child of God. I turned everything over to God and set myself free once again to stand on the Solid Rock.
Yesterday my brother and sister-in-law went for the results of a medical test on my nephew Ryan who will be 6 on October 5th. They found a lump in his neck and the doctor wouldn't tell them the results over the phone on Friday. It seems Ryan has lymphoma. I was overwhelmed. While they were here I couldn't even think of words to say to them except that I would be here for them. I let them leave my house without me praying for them. That was it. Satan can kick me all he wants but he will NOT stop me from praying for someone else. I rectified that this morning when they came to bring my younger nephew so that I could watch him as they brought Ryan for another battery of tests to see how far it has spread. Yesterday and today I began calling my friends who are prayer warriors. Whatever is going to happen in the future for my nephew, he and his family will be covered in prayer. I ask everyone who is reading this right now also to pray for Ryan. Please also pray that Ryan's family will witness God's glory through all of this. Ryan's dad and mom's names are Jimmy and Teresa and his sister and brother are Ashlee and Benjamin. Please remember them all by name in your prayers.
Do not misunderstand, this posting began by talking about me and some of this was about me, but only so that I could tell you that things go wrong in life but God is with us. Though we all struggle, we will be strengthened and my Lord will be lifted up in praise. He is the Great Counselor, the Great Physician, the Rock of my salvation, the Great I Am. If you are struggling with something He will step in when you ask Him to. We don't have to live in defeat. Give it all to Him and He will free you and you will see how much power and peace He will give to you to get you through the storm. You can only say you've given it all to Him when you don't go back and try to pick it up to fix something else. You have to trust Him enough to let Him do what He needs to do. Just pray and leave it alone. I trust Him.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
post-Gustav
Hi everyone,
We are doing well. God blessed us in giving us a much smaller hurricane than we were expecting. We did not lose any food during the time we didn't have electricity. We were fortunate to have a generator that we ran to keep the food fresh; and also to share with neighbors who didn't have one. Isn't God wonderful? I was looking through the eyes of flesh and wondering how we were going to manage to keep the generator running with our low bank account. When we shared the generator our wonderful neighbors also added gas to it when they returned it to us, then when they were able to buy their own generators someone came by and gave us money enough to run the generator one more day. This person didn't know our need. I was thankful for that and then when it looked like we still wouldn't have enough, when we were near the end of that gas we got electricity back on. God knows our needs and He provides.
The girls and I had worked hard to wash clothes by hand one day so we could hang them on the line to have clean clothes. (I didn't want to waste generator fuel by running the washer.) Two days later the clothes still hung damp and now smelly. I figured out that it was too wet and so strung up a line on the patio and started over after giving in and running only the washer on the generator. I began hanging the clothes on the makeshift line and they were slowly drying. I was excited but it still took a while. When the electricity came back on (after 5 days) I ran out and began gathering the clothes to throw them in the clothes dryer. I was so excited to be able to quickly dry my clothes! I think, of all the things I missed during the time the lights were out, I missed my dryer most. Don't get me wrong I love hanging my clothes out and try to do so regularly, but scratchy towels and displaying my unmentionables to the neighbors isn't usually my style. I am also used to the line dried clothes drying in about an hour or so.
I have most of Heather's wedding dress cut out and the next step will be to sew soon. I will probably start that process today. I was a little distressed when I began pinning the pattern to find out that the lady who cut it shorted us over 13 inches so it will be slightly off grain on two pieces because I had to finagle the pieces around till they all fit reasonably on the material. Please pray that I do a good job because this is a special dress, not everyday wear. I want it to be what she dreams for it to be. Please pray also that she will be able to get David's ring back. She sent it out to get resized for him but the store's roof collapsed during Gustav. We will have to find out what to do to get it back for her. I'm sure we will.
One thing I have found is that in our little part of the neighborhood that already seemed nice, the people have drawn even closer during and after the hurricane. Neighbors who usually stayed to themselves and indoors were forced outdoors by the heat and it actually seemed like a neighborhood out of a 1950's movie where kids rode bikes, neighbors called to each other from front porches, we all spent time going back and forth to each other's homes visiting. It was neat. I pray that we will continue. I enjoyed the quiet acceptance that seemed to envelope us while we waited for the power to come on.
David went back to work two days after the storm hit and one day he came home to get fans. The poor cashiers were beginning to pass out from the heat, one was even taken to the hospital. The fans seemed to help until they could get the air conditioning running. The stores were only letting in a certain number of people at a time to keep down post-storm panic. I have to hand it to our governor, Bobby Jindal. He seemed to assess the needs of the people and help was here quickly. The National Guard (thanks troops!) came out to offer ice and began clearing debris, gas trucks came out to stations that opened on generator power so the gas stations could provide much needed fuel. His main focus was on the necessities first...food, fuel, water, ice and debris removal. Although there are still many without power and damage things are coming about quickly, not the fiasco that is still being recovered from Katrina, three years ago.
Heather and Tiffany went back to work...I think it was Thursday. They are trying to play catch up in ordering and restocking shelves in their individual stores. I don't remember if I told you all before but they both work for the same company in two different stores. They work for Gem's drugstore.
Rochelle completed some more drawings. There is a picture of David Phelps, comedian Taylor Mason and George Sanders (the voice of Shere Khan). She is learning new techniques on Youtube. Check it out in the photo link, post Gustav pics folder.
We have rabbits we are breeding and two days after the storm Rochelle was looking out her window and saw one on top of the cage. It seemed that the night before two of them squeezed through a small opening in the door and escaped to the top of the cage. We put the first one back up and began looking for the other one. I looked all over for it and couldn't find it so I put a little food on the ground for it in the hopes it would reappear and then left to bring Tiffany to work. I thought I had seen it out of the corner of my eye and then laughed because I realized that it was probably the gray ceramic bunny on our neighbor's driveway. About an hour later our neighbor called to say he'd seen it right where I had thought it was before so I went with a net and carrots to gather it up. It was behind a bush and I couldn't reach it with the net so I clicked my tongue and showed the carrots and it came running for them. I picked it up and brought our little wayward gray bunny home.
Our family, church and friends sustained a lot of collective damage during the storm and as I called each of them they all shared stories of the storm. Please pray for not only our area but also the areas getting ready to get hit by Hurricane Ivan. Everyone will need it.
If you look in the photo link you will find pictures of the new crochet projects I completed just before the hurricane and also a few more pictures related to this blog posting. From now on I will begin adding the newest crochet projects to an album named craft projects.
Now, it's time for a new Heather adventure. I was at mom's checking on her the day after the hurricane. My David and my brother Jimmy were putting tarps over the holes in the garage roof when I recieved a phone call from Heather telling me she was stuck in our yard. I asked her, "What do you mean you're stuck?" She told me she had tried to get out and come to see my parents. When she realized my blazer was behind her car she tried to drive through the saturated yard to get out. She told me in retrospect that she didn't think of just moving my blazer. Well, she was ok until she got over the area where we had taken down the swimming pool and then she got stuck. She tried to rock the car out but it just sunk in deeper...all the way down to the front axle. David and my brother came to get her out and realized that she really was stuck good. I don't know how she managed it but there was mud thrown all over the house and roof and also behind her on the bushes. They did manage to get her out and as she laughed while telling the next door neighbor about what happened the neighbor asked her why she didn't just try to pull forward and back up over the little bushes. She said she'd rather get teased about getting stuck than fussed for killing my bushes. Funny girl.
That's about it for this posting. I hope everyone is happy, healthy, and safe. Take care and God bless.
We are doing well. God blessed us in giving us a much smaller hurricane than we were expecting. We did not lose any food during the time we didn't have electricity. We were fortunate to have a generator that we ran to keep the food fresh; and also to share with neighbors who didn't have one. Isn't God wonderful? I was looking through the eyes of flesh and wondering how we were going to manage to keep the generator running with our low bank account. When we shared the generator our wonderful neighbors also added gas to it when they returned it to us, then when they were able to buy their own generators someone came by and gave us money enough to run the generator one more day. This person didn't know our need. I was thankful for that and then when it looked like we still wouldn't have enough, when we were near the end of that gas we got electricity back on. God knows our needs and He provides.
The girls and I had worked hard to wash clothes by hand one day so we could hang them on the line to have clean clothes. (I didn't want to waste generator fuel by running the washer.) Two days later the clothes still hung damp and now smelly. I figured out that it was too wet and so strung up a line on the patio and started over after giving in and running only the washer on the generator. I began hanging the clothes on the makeshift line and they were slowly drying. I was excited but it still took a while. When the electricity came back on (after 5 days) I ran out and began gathering the clothes to throw them in the clothes dryer. I was so excited to be able to quickly dry my clothes! I think, of all the things I missed during the time the lights were out, I missed my dryer most. Don't get me wrong I love hanging my clothes out and try to do so regularly, but scratchy towels and displaying my unmentionables to the neighbors isn't usually my style. I am also used to the line dried clothes drying in about an hour or so.
I have most of Heather's wedding dress cut out and the next step will be to sew soon. I will probably start that process today. I was a little distressed when I began pinning the pattern to find out that the lady who cut it shorted us over 13 inches so it will be slightly off grain on two pieces because I had to finagle the pieces around till they all fit reasonably on the material. Please pray that I do a good job because this is a special dress, not everyday wear. I want it to be what she dreams for it to be. Please pray also that she will be able to get David's ring back. She sent it out to get resized for him but the store's roof collapsed during Gustav. We will have to find out what to do to get it back for her. I'm sure we will.
One thing I have found is that in our little part of the neighborhood that already seemed nice, the people have drawn even closer during and after the hurricane. Neighbors who usually stayed to themselves and indoors were forced outdoors by the heat and it actually seemed like a neighborhood out of a 1950's movie where kids rode bikes, neighbors called to each other from front porches, we all spent time going back and forth to each other's homes visiting. It was neat. I pray that we will continue. I enjoyed the quiet acceptance that seemed to envelope us while we waited for the power to come on.
David went back to work two days after the storm hit and one day he came home to get fans. The poor cashiers were beginning to pass out from the heat, one was even taken to the hospital. The fans seemed to help until they could get the air conditioning running. The stores were only letting in a certain number of people at a time to keep down post-storm panic. I have to hand it to our governor, Bobby Jindal. He seemed to assess the needs of the people and help was here quickly. The National Guard (thanks troops!) came out to offer ice and began clearing debris, gas trucks came out to stations that opened on generator power so the gas stations could provide much needed fuel. His main focus was on the necessities first...food, fuel, water, ice and debris removal. Although there are still many without power and damage things are coming about quickly, not the fiasco that is still being recovered from Katrina, three years ago.
Heather and Tiffany went back to work...I think it was Thursday. They are trying to play catch up in ordering and restocking shelves in their individual stores. I don't remember if I told you all before but they both work for the same company in two different stores. They work for Gem's drugstore.
Rochelle completed some more drawings. There is a picture of David Phelps, comedian Taylor Mason and George Sanders (the voice of Shere Khan). She is learning new techniques on Youtube. Check it out in the photo link, post Gustav pics folder.
We have rabbits we are breeding and two days after the storm Rochelle was looking out her window and saw one on top of the cage. It seemed that the night before two of them squeezed through a small opening in the door and escaped to the top of the cage. We put the first one back up and began looking for the other one. I looked all over for it and couldn't find it so I put a little food on the ground for it in the hopes it would reappear and then left to bring Tiffany to work. I thought I had seen it out of the corner of my eye and then laughed because I realized that it was probably the gray ceramic bunny on our neighbor's driveway. About an hour later our neighbor called to say he'd seen it right where I had thought it was before so I went with a net and carrots to gather it up. It was behind a bush and I couldn't reach it with the net so I clicked my tongue and showed the carrots and it came running for them. I picked it up and brought our little wayward gray bunny home.
Our family, church and friends sustained a lot of collective damage during the storm and as I called each of them they all shared stories of the storm. Please pray for not only our area but also the areas getting ready to get hit by Hurricane Ivan. Everyone will need it.
If you look in the photo link you will find pictures of the new crochet projects I completed just before the hurricane and also a few more pictures related to this blog posting. From now on I will begin adding the newest crochet projects to an album named craft projects.
Now, it's time for a new Heather adventure. I was at mom's checking on her the day after the hurricane. My David and my brother Jimmy were putting tarps over the holes in the garage roof when I recieved a phone call from Heather telling me she was stuck in our yard. I asked her, "What do you mean you're stuck?" She told me she had tried to get out and come to see my parents. When she realized my blazer was behind her car she tried to drive through the saturated yard to get out. She told me in retrospect that she didn't think of just moving my blazer. Well, she was ok until she got over the area where we had taken down the swimming pool and then she got stuck. She tried to rock the car out but it just sunk in deeper...all the way down to the front axle. David and my brother came to get her out and realized that she really was stuck good. I don't know how she managed it but there was mud thrown all over the house and roof and also behind her on the bushes. They did manage to get her out and as she laughed while telling the next door neighbor about what happened the neighbor asked her why she didn't just try to pull forward and back up over the little bushes. She said she'd rather get teased about getting stuck than fussed for killing my bushes. Funny girl.
That's about it for this posting. I hope everyone is happy, healthy, and safe. Take care and God bless.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Hurricane Gustav 4:56pm September 1, 2008
We have survived the storm. Everyone in our family is safe. Praise the Lord Jesus and thank everyone for their prayers. There is damage everywhere. We spent most of the morning watching trees fall down and keeping in touch with family and friends. If you look to the slideshow on the side you will see pictures of some of the damage in our neighborhood, you can also find them in the Anders Update photo link to see them fullsize. They are in a folder called Hurricane Gustav photos.
I will give a better report later. Right now we are running the computer, refrigerator and freezer on a generator until the freezer and fridge return to good temperatures. I wanted to take the opportunity to tell everyone we are all ok. It was a little disappointing that all eyes were majorly on New Orleans even though the hurricane did not make landfall there. I understand the flooding issues and think some of the news should have come from there but not 95% of it. There were more strongly affected areas.
I am also quite a bit upset with CNN right now because the President of Plaquemines Parish was on begging people to get out if they had decided to stay despite the mandatory evacuation because the levees are about to break. He was told to hold on by Wolfe Blitzer, one of the CNN correspondents because they needed to break for a news story on the Republic National Convention....like that was more important than saving people's lives. I am Republican and I find fault with CNN for that. Right now my party's convention is NOT what is important. When they went back to the Plaqemines Parish President he was no longer on the line.....hmmm I wonder why. Then when they didn't get him back on the phone they made it sound minimal because it was a private levee. In some areas of Louisiana privately owned levees and public owned are in service together. Naturally I emailed my complaint to CNN but I'm sure they will not think anything of my opinion. I happen to believe other people's lives are more important, go figure. Sorry for my soap box, I'm upset.
I will give a better report later. Right now we are running the computer, refrigerator and freezer on a generator until the freezer and fridge return to good temperatures. I wanted to take the opportunity to tell everyone we are all ok. It was a little disappointing that all eyes were majorly on New Orleans even though the hurricane did not make landfall there. I understand the flooding issues and think some of the news should have come from there but not 95% of it. There were more strongly affected areas.
I am also quite a bit upset with CNN right now because the President of Plaquemines Parish was on begging people to get out if they had decided to stay despite the mandatory evacuation because the levees are about to break. He was told to hold on by Wolfe Blitzer, one of the CNN correspondents because they needed to break for a news story on the Republic National Convention....like that was more important than saving people's lives. I am Republican and I find fault with CNN for that. Right now my party's convention is NOT what is important. When they went back to the Plaqemines Parish President he was no longer on the line.....hmmm I wonder why. Then when they didn't get him back on the phone they made it sound minimal because it was a private levee. In some areas of Louisiana privately owned levees and public owned are in service together. Naturally I emailed my complaint to CNN but I'm sure they will not think anything of my opinion. I happen to believe other people's lives are more important, go figure. Sorry for my soap box, I'm upset.
Hurricane Gustav 8:09 am Sept 1
Hello everyone,
We are halfway through the hurricane and it's not too bad. It's now a category 2 at 110 mph and more gusty and wet than anything...of course it is a hurricane. We are doing well. We lost electricity for a few minutes at about 6:30 but it is still on right now, except for a flicker every now and then. Heather and David were actually outside playing in the wind and rain until the neighbor fussed her about being outside with no shoes on, now she's inside moping. Tiffany is watching the rain and Rochelle is sleeping. Chris is playing a game on his DS...so basically we are all comfortable.
My brother called around 7 and he said that there weren't even any white caps although the barge the crewboat is docked to shifts a bit. He said all the ships on the river have turned in the wind and are now facing the east bank of the river.
Down the street someone lost a fence. The local emergency radio says manholes in New Orleans are rattling and about 92,000 are without power but there's no flooding yet.
David Ghere's parents called and they are doing ok. Teresa and the kids are doing good, they lost electricity at around 6:30, it came back on about an hour later and they are out of electricity again. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law's family are doing ok they say it's just dreary in Mississippi. Mom and dad are doing ok as well.
We are halfway through the hurricane and it's not too bad. It's now a category 2 at 110 mph and more gusty and wet than anything...of course it is a hurricane. We are doing well. We lost electricity for a few minutes at about 6:30 but it is still on right now, except for a flicker every now and then. Heather and David were actually outside playing in the wind and rain until the neighbor fussed her about being outside with no shoes on, now she's inside moping. Tiffany is watching the rain and Rochelle is sleeping. Chris is playing a game on his DS...so basically we are all comfortable.
My brother called around 7 and he said that there weren't even any white caps although the barge the crewboat is docked to shifts a bit. He said all the ships on the river have turned in the wind and are now facing the east bank of the river.
Down the street someone lost a fence. The local emergency radio says manholes in New Orleans are rattling and about 92,000 are without power but there's no flooding yet.
David Ghere's parents called and they are doing ok. Teresa and the kids are doing good, they lost electricity at around 6:30, it came back on about an hour later and they are out of electricity again. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law's family are doing ok they say it's just dreary in Mississippi. Mom and dad are doing ok as well.
Hurricane Gustav 5:25 am Monday
Hello everyone,
We are still here. I overslept my alarm and just woke up, I'm sorry if you were worried. Looks like I could sleep through a hurricane. Gustav is beginning to lick our coastline and on looking outside the winds have begun to pick up and it is raining. The dogs are definitely going to love going potty this morning. The news says that the winds and stuff have reached New Orleans. The storm is a category 3 with 115 mph winds. Coordinates are 28.4 N and 89.5 W.
Everyone else but me is asleep so I haven't tried to call anyone. I did however talk to David Ghere's parents just before I went to sleep and they are doing fine. Another friend of mine just made it back from Florida and Teresa (my sister-in-law) was doing well and the kids were sleeping.
Take care and God bless.
We are still here. I overslept my alarm and just woke up, I'm sorry if you were worried. Looks like I could sleep through a hurricane. Gustav is beginning to lick our coastline and on looking outside the winds have begun to pick up and it is raining. The dogs are definitely going to love going potty this morning. The news says that the winds and stuff have reached New Orleans. The storm is a category 3 with 115 mph winds. Coordinates are 28.4 N and 89.5 W.
Everyone else but me is asleep so I haven't tried to call anyone. I did however talk to David Ghere's parents just before I went to sleep and they are doing fine. Another friend of mine just made it back from Florida and Teresa (my sister-in-law) was doing well and the kids were sleeping.
Take care and God bless.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Hurricane Gustav 10:41 pm
Hi everyone,
I'm beginning to get a little sleepy and from what I see it won't be coming in the next 3 hours so I might take a nap until about 1 am. All reports I've seen estimate landfall at about 8 pm. Gustav is still a category 3 storm and 115 mph. Latest coordinates 27.3 N and 88.1 W
Everyone is pretty calm here and watching tv. I think the dogs are the most panicked and that's because they need to go potty. I am beginning to believe rainy weather affects them more than us.
My family is doing well and so are our friends and Heather's future inlaws sound pretty positive about their decision to wait the storm out in Louisiana.
If you look in the side bar you should see a slide show of pictures that are going to be taken before during and after.
I will see you all again in a little while. Keep praying your prayers are working as the hurricane is not expected to be the category 5 it was predicted to be when it makes landfall.
Take care and God bless you all.
I'm beginning to get a little sleepy and from what I see it won't be coming in the next 3 hours so I might take a nap until about 1 am. All reports I've seen estimate landfall at about 8 pm. Gustav is still a category 3 storm and 115 mph. Latest coordinates 27.3 N and 88.1 W
Everyone is pretty calm here and watching tv. I think the dogs are the most panicked and that's because they need to go potty. I am beginning to believe rainy weather affects them more than us.
My family is doing well and so are our friends and Heather's future inlaws sound pretty positive about their decision to wait the storm out in Louisiana.
If you look in the side bar you should see a slide show of pictures that are going to be taken before during and after.
I will see you all again in a little while. Keep praying your prayers are working as the hurricane is not expected to be the category 5 it was predicted to be when it makes landfall.
Take care and God bless you all.
Gustav 7:25
We went to Mom's to help her gather a few things to bring into their garage. They seem to be doing well although Dad is getting aggravated trying to get his battery powered radio to work....something akin to getting the Christmas lights working for the tree I guess. My brother had come in as well to help them get stuff together.
Teresa and the kids are doing well and another of our friends, Summer is at her Mom's in Robert,Louisiana.
There is another feeder band coming in now. Tornado warnings are getting ready to start in the lower part of the state. Current coordinates are 26.9 N, 87.7 W and 115 mph winds. If you are curious to know where that is in relation to our position we are at about Latitude 30.05 and Longitude 90.69. I may try to post pics online as David is outside trying to take some now. I also took some before pics of our house and the neighbor's houses. While we wait I am cooking chicken jambalaya, red beans and garlic bread slices. So we aren't suffering any. :D
We know who the Master of the storm is and He will be with us through it all, and we will sing His praises at the end of all of this.
Take care and God bless.
Teresa and the kids are doing well and another of our friends, Summer is at her Mom's in Robert,Louisiana.
There is another feeder band coming in now. Tornado warnings are getting ready to start in the lower part of the state. Current coordinates are 26.9 N, 87.7 W and 115 mph winds. If you are curious to know where that is in relation to our position we are at about Latitude 30.05 and Longitude 90.69. I may try to post pics online as David is outside trying to take some now. I also took some before pics of our house and the neighbor's houses. While we wait I am cooking chicken jambalaya, red beans and garlic bread slices. So we aren't suffering any. :D
We know who the Master of the storm is and He will be with us through it all, and we will sing His praises at the end of all of this.
Take care and God bless.
Hurricane Gustav 5:25 pm
Hello everyone,
We and all of our neighbors have been stuck here to sit out Hurricane Gustav. Gustav will be coming up just about 10 degrees east of us with expected winds in excess of 115 mph a category 3 storm. The parish called last night to let all residents know we should evacuate but by then all of the gas stations ran out of gas. The stores were closed yesterday and this afternoon so whatever we do from now until the storm is over, we will be winging it.
It is 5:25 pm central time and the first of the feeder bands has just come in. I will update again at around 7 pm.
Earlier a neighbor took the initiative to find out the names and phone numbers of all the neighbors and how many people are going to be staying behind for the hurricane in each house. This was so that we could help each other and also so, if in the event of a catastrophy each house had a list and the able bodied people could assist the emergency workers in finding people. Kinda morbid but it's a good idea and will make it easier to find people.
My mom went to the emergency room last night in the beginning stages of congestive heart failure. She had fluid around her heart and her heart was enlarged. She also has a DVT. She will be home for the storm.
My brother will be working on a crew boat on the river during the hurricane to round up any potential loose barges so the levees won't get hit and burst.
Others are in harm's way that desperately need your prayers, people very close to us.
Please keep all of us in your prayers. I will try to keep updating throughout unless we lose power.
We and all of our neighbors have been stuck here to sit out Hurricane Gustav. Gustav will be coming up just about 10 degrees east of us with expected winds in excess of 115 mph a category 3 storm. The parish called last night to let all residents know we should evacuate but by then all of the gas stations ran out of gas. The stores were closed yesterday and this afternoon so whatever we do from now until the storm is over, we will be winging it.
It is 5:25 pm central time and the first of the feeder bands has just come in. I will update again at around 7 pm.
Earlier a neighbor took the initiative to find out the names and phone numbers of all the neighbors and how many people are going to be staying behind for the hurricane in each house. This was so that we could help each other and also so, if in the event of a catastrophy each house had a list and the able bodied people could assist the emergency workers in finding people. Kinda morbid but it's a good idea and will make it easier to find people.
My mom went to the emergency room last night in the beginning stages of congestive heart failure. She had fluid around her heart and her heart was enlarged. She also has a DVT. She will be home for the storm.
My brother will be working on a crew boat on the river during the hurricane to round up any potential loose barges so the levees won't get hit and burst.
Others are in harm's way that desperately need your prayers, people very close to us.
Please keep all of us in your prayers. I will try to keep updating throughout unless we lose power.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
July to August
Hello Everyone,
I've finally taken a slow down, I had to. I was getting burnt out. I was running several times a week to doctors and hospitals, etc. with a disabled friend of mine in addition to my other daily chores. I hated to do it because this friend hasn't too many other people to count on but I talked to some people in church and they are stepping up to the plate for him and helping him to get food as well and hopefully some better housing. I certainly hope so. I do not mention this to get praise, sympathy or scolding, only to ask you to remember this person in your prayers. He and his family are definitely in need of your prayers. I won't mention his name because God knows his needs and his name.
Since my slow down I have been spending more family time and crafting time. I've missed that terribly. I have posted some pictures of the past month on the blog photos page so if I can't figure out how to put up a slide show you can go to the page and look at them. If the slideshow is too small, you can look at them in larger format on the photo page.
Now, for the latest Anders family news. Tiffany turned 18 on July 12th. We celebrated with cake and a trip to New Orleans to the Audubon Zoo and the River Walk. We saw some of our relatives there and had a really hot time as the index that day was 102 degrees. The fountains at the zoo were really looking good to me. I was really excited that I found the zoo with no problem! Unfortunately we couldn't find the French Quarter (without a guide) and my driving anxiety kicked in so we ended up in the River Walk, we enjoyed ourselves anyway. My David and Heather were working so they couldn't make the trip. We missed having them with us. The zoo is still not completely recovered from Hurricane Katrina but it is getting there. Only half of the sea lion habitat is open. Since it was Tiffany's birthday she got to lead us through the zoo. Would you believe they have the rare Kentucky turkey (a peacock...honeymoon joke) and Kermit THE Frog has a new habitat since he retired. It's true, we saw them and we have pictures to prove it!
We went fishing for the first time as a family in years. Yes, even Heather went fishing but she was in stealth mode when she fished. She spent all of her time in the middle of a tree that was in the water. She was so well hidden that when the game warden came by to check our licenses he didn't even see her. But, maybe her bait was in stealth mode as well because she didn't catch anything. As usual David and Tiffany were in competition, they seem to be the best fishermen in the family so the competition is always between them. I think it was a toss up between them because when one caught more it went over to who had the biggest fish. Ahh family :D
Rochelle has been drawing some more pictures. I actually have one of them, a picture of Bob Hope in the photos I've uploaded so go check it out. She's also started school again and she is doing well and our school mascot sits in her lap the whole time. I have signed in on the program as a student as well as a teacher so I can see the lessons from her viewpoint and will be able to teach her better when she needs help. she is using the Alpha Omega Switched on Schoolhouse program again this year. She has gotten a kick out of asking me 'Have you got your schoolwork done young lady?' Smarty pants, she knows I'm staying a few lessons ahead of her.
While I sit with Rochelle during her schoolwork I have been getting some things done as well. I have been able to keep up with the housework and I have been crocheting quite a bit. I made my niece a monkey for her birthday and I found these really cute chihuahua patterns online. I showed one to a friend that I had made and since then I have sold quite a few color variations of them. I'm constantly coming up with new combinations. My hubby thought they were really neat and he asked me to make him a cammoflaged one. It has a flag print bandana on and he added a small backpack to it. He made me laugh. He says it's name is Comuahua. He says in the military communications officers are called 'com' and that his chihuhua is a communications expert. It can speak 4 languages...dog, English, Mexican and Arabic so he's ready to help the troops! I've posted pics of these as well.
Speaking of the troops our future son-in-law is still in Afghanistan (Hi David!) and we are looking forward to when he comes on leave. It's been too long since we've seen him. Also, one the friends of the girls has been deployed to Iraq his name is Josh Stevens. Please, please, please remember to keep these young men and the other men and women fighting for our country in your prayers. Whether you agree with these wars or not they are someone's loved one. They need our support and our acceptance, not our ignorance. Guys keep up the good work and thanks for all you do to keep our country safe. I am behind you all lifting you up in prayer. God bless you.
Our church is still in the process of searching for a pastor. We ask everyone to pray for this as well. It is very important that we seek God's choice for our church, not our choice. Right now we have a really good interim pastor. His name is Bro. Jacques Steib and he is a church planter from across the river. Please also keep him in your prayers as he is planting a church in Vacherie as well as helping us at our church.
Now, for the last new bit of news. We have another Heather Adventure. Heather and Rochelle found a different route to Thibodaux the other day and she wanted to show it to me so she and I left to do that last night. She was driving and showed me the place that a bad accident had been that day and where they had to ride down the steep incline of a rain slicked levee that the police were diverting traffic over. As we drove along we spotted some pups by the very edge of the road. Heather saw them and felt compassion for them. She started backing up telling me that they were in a box and I told her I didn't see a box. I also told her that we didn't need anymore animals in addition to the animals we already have (5 dogs, 2 hamsters, fish, 2 turtles and a blue crawfish). I also told her that her dad would 'kill' us if we brought something else home and what was she going to do with them anyway. Nothing would dissuade her from picking up these poor puppies who were abandoned on the side of a remote road. So, she backed up to where they were and parked the vehicle on the side of the road close to where the pups were...all three of them. She called to them and in typical puppy fashion they began running to her with tails in full wag. By the time I caught up to her the puppies were greeting her joyously and I mentioned to her that I had told her there was no box when we heard a far off bark. I looked at her and said Heather, that sounds like a momma dog. She looked at me and then we heard several other barks following that first bark. She looked at me again and then toward the open field by the levee and said, "Oh no, bye puppies!" then proceeded to take off running for the car. Now, I'm older and quite a bit heavier than her so it took me a few more seconds to reach the car. I got inside then realized that her bank statement had fallen out in my rush to get in so I was reaching down to grab it when Heather started yelling at me to close the door. I had just grabbed the paper and put my hand on the doorhandle when she grabbed the back of my shirt and jerked forcefully backwards-pulling me inside and slamming the door in one swift move. I looked at her as she hurriedly babbled something about crazy moms not knowing when to close a door and leaving papers where they fell. I then turned my head and looked out the window at 3 very LARGE dogs whose heads were at window level staring back at me with puppies bringing up the rear. I turned my head and the only thing I could think to say was "Oh wow, they WERE REALLY close." We left the puppies where they were and Heather said she wouldn't think about picking one up like that again....but "Ohhhh that one was so skinny poor thing." Hmmmm sounds like she will stop again to me what do you think?
Well, that's it for now. I hope this one finds you all happy, healthy and safe. Take care and God bless.
I've finally taken a slow down, I had to. I was getting burnt out. I was running several times a week to doctors and hospitals, etc. with a disabled friend of mine in addition to my other daily chores. I hated to do it because this friend hasn't too many other people to count on but I talked to some people in church and they are stepping up to the plate for him and helping him to get food as well and hopefully some better housing. I certainly hope so. I do not mention this to get praise, sympathy or scolding, only to ask you to remember this person in your prayers. He and his family are definitely in need of your prayers. I won't mention his name because God knows his needs and his name.
Since my slow down I have been spending more family time and crafting time. I've missed that terribly. I have posted some pictures of the past month on the blog photos page so if I can't figure out how to put up a slide show you can go to the page and look at them. If the slideshow is too small, you can look at them in larger format on the photo page.
Now, for the latest Anders family news. Tiffany turned 18 on July 12th. We celebrated with cake and a trip to New Orleans to the Audubon Zoo and the River Walk. We saw some of our relatives there and had a really hot time as the index that day was 102 degrees. The fountains at the zoo were really looking good to me. I was really excited that I found the zoo with no problem! Unfortunately we couldn't find the French Quarter (without a guide) and my driving anxiety kicked in so we ended up in the River Walk, we enjoyed ourselves anyway. My David and Heather were working so they couldn't make the trip. We missed having them with us. The zoo is still not completely recovered from Hurricane Katrina but it is getting there. Only half of the sea lion habitat is open. Since it was Tiffany's birthday she got to lead us through the zoo. Would you believe they have the rare Kentucky turkey (a peacock...honeymoon joke) and Kermit THE Frog has a new habitat since he retired. It's true, we saw them and we have pictures to prove it!
We went fishing for the first time as a family in years. Yes, even Heather went fishing but she was in stealth mode when she fished. She spent all of her time in the middle of a tree that was in the water. She was so well hidden that when the game warden came by to check our licenses he didn't even see her. But, maybe her bait was in stealth mode as well because she didn't catch anything. As usual David and Tiffany were in competition, they seem to be the best fishermen in the family so the competition is always between them. I think it was a toss up between them because when one caught more it went over to who had the biggest fish. Ahh family :D
Rochelle has been drawing some more pictures. I actually have one of them, a picture of Bob Hope in the photos I've uploaded so go check it out. She's also started school again and she is doing well and our school mascot sits in her lap the whole time. I have signed in on the program as a student as well as a teacher so I can see the lessons from her viewpoint and will be able to teach her better when she needs help. she is using the Alpha Omega Switched on Schoolhouse program again this year. She has gotten a kick out of asking me 'Have you got your schoolwork done young lady?' Smarty pants, she knows I'm staying a few lessons ahead of her.
While I sit with Rochelle during her schoolwork I have been getting some things done as well. I have been able to keep up with the housework and I have been crocheting quite a bit. I made my niece a monkey for her birthday and I found these really cute chihuahua patterns online. I showed one to a friend that I had made and since then I have sold quite a few color variations of them. I'm constantly coming up with new combinations. My hubby thought they were really neat and he asked me to make him a cammoflaged one. It has a flag print bandana on and he added a small backpack to it. He made me laugh. He says it's name is Comuahua. He says in the military communications officers are called 'com' and that his chihuhua is a communications expert. It can speak 4 languages...dog, English, Mexican and Arabic so he's ready to help the troops! I've posted pics of these as well.
Speaking of the troops our future son-in-law is still in Afghanistan (Hi David!) and we are looking forward to when he comes on leave. It's been too long since we've seen him. Also, one the friends of the girls has been deployed to Iraq his name is Josh Stevens. Please, please, please remember to keep these young men and the other men and women fighting for our country in your prayers. Whether you agree with these wars or not they are someone's loved one. They need our support and our acceptance, not our ignorance. Guys keep up the good work and thanks for all you do to keep our country safe. I am behind you all lifting you up in prayer. God bless you.
Our church is still in the process of searching for a pastor. We ask everyone to pray for this as well. It is very important that we seek God's choice for our church, not our choice. Right now we have a really good interim pastor. His name is Bro. Jacques Steib and he is a church planter from across the river. Please also keep him in your prayers as he is planting a church in Vacherie as well as helping us at our church.
Now, for the last new bit of news. We have another Heather Adventure. Heather and Rochelle found a different route to Thibodaux the other day and she wanted to show it to me so she and I left to do that last night. She was driving and showed me the place that a bad accident had been that day and where they had to ride down the steep incline of a rain slicked levee that the police were diverting traffic over. As we drove along we spotted some pups by the very edge of the road. Heather saw them and felt compassion for them. She started backing up telling me that they were in a box and I told her I didn't see a box. I also told her that we didn't need anymore animals in addition to the animals we already have (5 dogs, 2 hamsters, fish, 2 turtles and a blue crawfish). I also told her that her dad would 'kill' us if we brought something else home and what was she going to do with them anyway. Nothing would dissuade her from picking up these poor puppies who were abandoned on the side of a remote road. So, she backed up to where they were and parked the vehicle on the side of the road close to where the pups were...all three of them. She called to them and in typical puppy fashion they began running to her with tails in full wag. By the time I caught up to her the puppies were greeting her joyously and I mentioned to her that I had told her there was no box when we heard a far off bark. I looked at her and said Heather, that sounds like a momma dog. She looked at me and then we heard several other barks following that first bark. She looked at me again and then toward the open field by the levee and said, "Oh no, bye puppies!" then proceeded to take off running for the car. Now, I'm older and quite a bit heavier than her so it took me a few more seconds to reach the car. I got inside then realized that her bank statement had fallen out in my rush to get in so I was reaching down to grab it when Heather started yelling at me to close the door. I had just grabbed the paper and put my hand on the doorhandle when she grabbed the back of my shirt and jerked forcefully backwards-pulling me inside and slamming the door in one swift move. I looked at her as she hurriedly babbled something about crazy moms not knowing when to close a door and leaving papers where they fell. I then turned my head and looked out the window at 3 very LARGE dogs whose heads were at window level staring back at me with puppies bringing up the rear. I turned my head and the only thing I could think to say was "Oh wow, they WERE REALLY close." We left the puppies where they were and Heather said she wouldn't think about picking one up like that again....but "Ohhhh that one was so skinny poor thing." Hmmmm sounds like she will stop again to me what do you think?
Well, that's it for now. I hope this one finds you all happy, healthy and safe. Take care and God bless.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
June 8 to June 28, 2008
Hello Everyone,
Since we talked last there has been another "Heather Adventure", this time I was with her and so was Tiffany. We went to Houma, and on the way home we were supposed to pass over a double bridge in an area we are not familiar with. I don't care much to watch while she drives, so I was playing Galaxy Balls on my cell phone. I noticed that we stopped at the redlight before the bridge and I glanced up briefly. I felt our ascent and glanced up again. When I did I saw this crazy zig zag pattern of a full sized silver pick-up truck in our lane of traffic, he swerved missing us and all the while I was looking at him and saying "Oh, oh, oh, what is he doing? He's on our lane!" After that fearful incident I thought I could relax and take a breath when I saw 6....6 I tell you, other cars coming up the bridge in our lane and the other lane. Then, realization hit me and I started yelling " OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!!!" All the while I was holding onto my seat and the door like the seat was going to eject or something. Praises be to the Lord though, it was a Sunday afternoon and the traffic was light. She made a quick U-turn and then I saw the side of the bridge and this poor guy who'd been walking in the pedestrian side staring with bugged out eyes at my daughter who was equally horrified. So, Heather being Heather... and trying to save face; she puts on a bright smile, gives him a wave, backs up and proceeds to finish making her U-turn. We got down the bridge "safely" and managed to get to the other bridge that was, thankfully the proper one for our direction. I was almost scared to death. Remarkably, I didn't hear a thing from Tiffany in the back seat. I think she was in shock. When we stopped off at Heather's future in-law's house I had pretty shaky legs but otherwise was intact. We made it the rest of the way home without incident. Needless to say, my game score was the worst I've ever had.
David isn't going to get the assistant manager job. He went to ask if they saw on his application that he requested Sundays off so he can be available to preach and they got really upset with him. So, he is staying at the store he is at now. They work with him. The only thing is they will be dropping his salary by $2 less an hour because the salary he was making before was for the other department he was working in. We struggle now but we will have to see what the Lord has planned for us. I know He doesn't leave His people without the things they need. I don't want anything more than our needs met. I am proud of David for trying to make sure he is available for the Lord whenever He wants him. We will have to be very vigilant though to make sure everything is taken care of the way it should be. We will need your prayers. I know God will see that he was doing his best to do what he feels God wills and so we will be ok. It's just a little scary to have a smaller salary than he's had in 13 years with all the economy on haywire mode. Please pray for us.
Have you ever noticed that whenever you try to do something it always backfires on you? I mentioned last time that I was using the pool to try to lose weight. Well, it is now messed up and I haven't had a good workout in about two weeks. The pool had an inflatable ring that you blow up to fill it. Well, somehow the ring is now flat. I have yet to find the hole and I'm scared to swim for fear I will collapse the walls. UGH! It is my most favorite mode of exercise besides lifting weights so I don't know how I will continue now. We don't have our bowflex anymore since we moved here. I'll figure something out, hopefully the hole will be found and I can continue. I'll see. All I know is I HAVE to take off this weight. I don't even want anyone to see me right now. I am ashamed of what I did with what God gave me and I'm tired of hurting all the time.
I have been fighting burn out from all my running around so I am trying to take the time to slow down. I have created a schedule so I can spend more time with God and also to get things done around the house and for my family. I have also taken some time to crochet some things. Crocheting relaxes me a great deal...so much so that from all the counting I often can be found falling asleep in mid-stitch. I am working on a monkey for my neice Ashlee's birthday and I have a frog prince to make for another neice's birthday. A friend also asked if I could make her a chihuahua for her like I made for my dad for father's day. So, I will be busy for a while with projects. When I finish them I will take pics so everyone can see them.
VBS went well. We had 11 kids who came forward to give their lives to Christ. AMEN!!! That's the most people we have had in a long time. We are still in the search for a new pastor, but we aren't hurrying as we feel the one for us has already been chosen by God, we are just waiting for him to reveal that man to us. It still feels funny without Bro. Sam and Mrs. Betty being here. I miss them.
Rochelle just finished a mural. Her first picture with more than one person, at least one that she is satisfied with. She has Red Skelton, Bob Hope, John Wayne, Desi Arnaz, and Roy Rogers with an NBC mike on it. The picture at the top of this blog post is the picture I was just talking about. I hope you can see it, as she took a digital picture of it to post it to her myspace. Now she is working on a picture of Jimmy Stewart, if it turns out, I will post it.
My father's surgery went well. He has markable improvement in his vision. He will be having surgery on the other eye July 15th. Mom had a routine pet scan run to make sure the cancer has not come back in any other place. We will know the results soon.
I hope this post finds everyone happy, healthy and safe. Take care and God bless.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
March to June 2008
Hello Everyone,
I thought it was time to give a little update. We are doing ok.
David's was recomended for an assistant manager position at another Winn-Dixie store! He is going to look into it but the answers to his questions have to be right for him to take it so pray for him on it. I am proud of him and have no doubt that he could do the job well. He will also be leading a class at our church's Vacation Bible School in a few days. He is doing well with his seminary studies and is taking every opportunity he can to study and is learning quite a lot. I am glad it's him and not me taking the courses, just listening to the questions hurts my brain lol. He had the opportunity to preach the other day and I videotaped it. He watched it and said oh wow, do I sound that bad? It's so funny, he didn't realize he picked up the accent of the people in this area of Louisiana.
I'm doing fine. I've been melancholy a lot lately, having lots of mommy moments, plus my hot flashes have started up again. I didn't miss them at all. The "short vacations in the tropics" come about every 45 minutes UGH! My future son-in-law will probably think that's funny. I've been trying to take off these stubborn pounds and spending time swimming in between my everyday "taxi-ing" and other stuff. I hope that my hard work will pay off. If not, maybe I'll have a killer tan.
Heather is still working at Gem's drug store and seems to enjoy it. She is buying her own car and loving her independence. She spends a lot of time missing her David. He's in Afghanistan now and we hope to see him back home soon. We miss him too. Please keep him and his company in your prayers. Heather went on a drive the other day and got lost. She called her dad trying to find out how to get back home, but he didn't know. I'm happy to say she figured it out. I laughed and told her it was another chapter in the "everyday adventures of Heather". LOL we could write a book. She's a character.
Tiffany is working now at Gem's drug store. She works at the one closest to home while Heather works at the other store. That's good for me as right now I am her transportation back and forth until her car is on the road and she gets her driver's license. She is taking her GED as well and seems to be doing pretty well. I'm proud of her. She goes to GED during her lunch hour from work. Her boyfriend, Chris gave her a promise ring in March. I was excited for her. Chris just graduated from high school and is working for a landscaping company. He plans to join the military after the summer is over.
Rochelle is doing well. She has been working on her portrait drawings. She loves to draw and they are really good. One day when I have more time I will post the pics of some of her drawings. She is working on a crocheted table cloth for me. I am looking forward to having it on my kitchen table it is coming out nice.
Our church's pastor has resigned and we are looking for another one. We miss him so much but his health has gotten really bad. He's gone back home to Alabama. Please be prayerful for him and his wife Betty, and our church as we search for a new pastor.
My dad will be having cataract surgery June 10th and then again on July 15th. Please remember him in your prayers. He has never had surgery before and he's a little worried.
Well, I will have to cut this short for now. I will post pictures and write more later. I have to run I forgot we were decorating the church for vacation Bible school and my friend just called. Take care and God bless you all.
I thought it was time to give a little update. We are doing ok.
David's was recomended for an assistant manager position at another Winn-Dixie store! He is going to look into it but the answers to his questions have to be right for him to take it so pray for him on it. I am proud of him and have no doubt that he could do the job well. He will also be leading a class at our church's Vacation Bible School in a few days. He is doing well with his seminary studies and is taking every opportunity he can to study and is learning quite a lot. I am glad it's him and not me taking the courses, just listening to the questions hurts my brain lol. He had the opportunity to preach the other day and I videotaped it. He watched it and said oh wow, do I sound that bad? It's so funny, he didn't realize he picked up the accent of the people in this area of Louisiana.
I'm doing fine. I've been melancholy a lot lately, having lots of mommy moments, plus my hot flashes have started up again. I didn't miss them at all. The "short vacations in the tropics" come about every 45 minutes UGH! My future son-in-law will probably think that's funny. I've been trying to take off these stubborn pounds and spending time swimming in between my everyday "taxi-ing" and other stuff. I hope that my hard work will pay off. If not, maybe I'll have a killer tan.
Heather is still working at Gem's drug store and seems to enjoy it. She is buying her own car and loving her independence. She spends a lot of time missing her David. He's in Afghanistan now and we hope to see him back home soon. We miss him too. Please keep him and his company in your prayers. Heather went on a drive the other day and got lost. She called her dad trying to find out how to get back home, but he didn't know. I'm happy to say she figured it out. I laughed and told her it was another chapter in the "everyday adventures of Heather". LOL we could write a book. She's a character.
Tiffany is working now at Gem's drug store. She works at the one closest to home while Heather works at the other store. That's good for me as right now I am her transportation back and forth until her car is on the road and she gets her driver's license. She is taking her GED as well and seems to be doing pretty well. I'm proud of her. She goes to GED during her lunch hour from work. Her boyfriend, Chris gave her a promise ring in March. I was excited for her. Chris just graduated from high school and is working for a landscaping company. He plans to join the military after the summer is over.
Rochelle is doing well. She has been working on her portrait drawings. She loves to draw and they are really good. One day when I have more time I will post the pics of some of her drawings. She is working on a crocheted table cloth for me. I am looking forward to having it on my kitchen table it is coming out nice.
Our church's pastor has resigned and we are looking for another one. We miss him so much but his health has gotten really bad. He's gone back home to Alabama. Please be prayerful for him and his wife Betty, and our church as we search for a new pastor.
My dad will be having cataract surgery June 10th and then again on July 15th. Please remember him in your prayers. He has never had surgery before and he's a little worried.
Well, I will have to cut this short for now. I will post pictures and write more later. I have to run I forgot we were decorating the church for vacation Bible school and my friend just called. Take care and God bless you all.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
For those of you who worry about us, yes we are still here.
Our refrigerator died in December and we had to wait for a new one.
We got our new refrigerator and each time the thing makes the noisy sound of ice falling I say thank you Jesus! I don't want to wait that long for a fridge again. It was almost a month before we got it...yep, all the way through Christmas and New Year's, but we got it and we are up and running again....the leftover queen is back! Here comes Mustgo flambe'.
Well, it's finally happened. Heather is engaged to David Ghere. They got engaged on February 1st....if you want to be technical about it, if not, it was the night before. You see, Heather terrified me at 3am in the morning by pounding on my bedroom door hollering for us to come out quick. I thought something was wrong. I, of course was dead asleep at this hour and woke in a panic wondering what was wrong and trying to find my way quickly through a pitch black bedroom. I opened my door to find Heather's hand in my eyeballs and had to back up to see what she was doing. She wiggled her fingers so her ring would sparkle in the light. Her David was behind her grining sheepishly because she woke up the whole house in her excitement lol. I told them that EVEN THOUGH YOU WOKE ME UP AT 3AM I was very happy for them and then went back to bed shortly after that. The next morning she called everyone she could think of. In my February 2008 pictures folder you can see the ring and also a picture of her sharing her happy news on the phone the next morning lol. Seriously though I am happy for them. David G. will be leaving for Afghanistan one day in the near future so PLEASE keep him in your prayers.
I got my David a puppy for Christmas and she's a hyper cutie that runs 90 to nothing. Once Heather gets married she will be the replacement. It seems we are on the ADHD exchange program lol. The puppy's name is SuzieQ and she's a chihuahua, too cute for her own good (hard to fuss her). I have pics of her in my February album too.
David is doing well on his diet. I am awful proud of him. He was 318 and is now down to 239 since September of last year. His diabetes is under control praise the Lord! He also got a new job which we have been praying for for a long time. He has resumed taking his seminary schooling and has gotten an A on a recent test.
Tiffany is doing fine, she and Chris are going on five months since they started dating. Tiffany is no longer working at Aunt Ellies but that has freed her up for some other activities and she was able to go help my sister-in-law who recently had some surgery. Please pray for my sister-in-law to have a speedy recovery. Tiff is scouting for a new job though. It is hard to believe that she will be 18 this year. Time passes so quickly. She is also looking forward to prom next month. I will post pictures.
Rochelle is getting really talented with her drawings she has several works in progress and has also done some portraits for friends of ours. She has posted some of them on her myspace as well.
As for me, I'm still me, busy as ever, trying to keep up with everyone else. I am looking forward to getting my hands in my garden soon though. I love spring! It is my favorite season... along with fall.
That's about it here. Take care and God bless.
Our refrigerator died in December and we had to wait for a new one.
We got our new refrigerator and each time the thing makes the noisy sound of ice falling I say thank you Jesus! I don't want to wait that long for a fridge again. It was almost a month before we got it...yep, all the way through Christmas and New Year's, but we got it and we are up and running again....the leftover queen is back! Here comes Mustgo flambe'.
Well, it's finally happened. Heather is engaged to David Ghere. They got engaged on February 1st....if you want to be technical about it, if not, it was the night before. You see, Heather terrified me at 3am in the morning by pounding on my bedroom door hollering for us to come out quick. I thought something was wrong. I, of course was dead asleep at this hour and woke in a panic wondering what was wrong and trying to find my way quickly through a pitch black bedroom. I opened my door to find Heather's hand in my eyeballs and had to back up to see what she was doing. She wiggled her fingers so her ring would sparkle in the light. Her David was behind her grining sheepishly because she woke up the whole house in her excitement lol. I told them that EVEN THOUGH YOU WOKE ME UP AT 3AM I was very happy for them and then went back to bed shortly after that. The next morning she called everyone she could think of. In my February 2008 pictures folder you can see the ring and also a picture of her sharing her happy news on the phone the next morning lol. Seriously though I am happy for them. David G. will be leaving for Afghanistan one day in the near future so PLEASE keep him in your prayers.
I got my David a puppy for Christmas and she's a hyper cutie that runs 90 to nothing. Once Heather gets married she will be the replacement. It seems we are on the ADHD exchange program lol. The puppy's name is SuzieQ and she's a chihuahua, too cute for her own good (hard to fuss her). I have pics of her in my February album too.
David is doing well on his diet. I am awful proud of him. He was 318 and is now down to 239 since September of last year. His diabetes is under control praise the Lord! He also got a new job which we have been praying for for a long time. He has resumed taking his seminary schooling and has gotten an A on a recent test.
Tiffany is doing fine, she and Chris are going on five months since they started dating. Tiffany is no longer working at Aunt Ellies but that has freed her up for some other activities and she was able to go help my sister-in-law who recently had some surgery. Please pray for my sister-in-law to have a speedy recovery. Tiff is scouting for a new job though. It is hard to believe that she will be 18 this year. Time passes so quickly. She is also looking forward to prom next month. I will post pictures.
Rochelle is getting really talented with her drawings she has several works in progress and has also done some portraits for friends of ours. She has posted some of them on her myspace as well.
As for me, I'm still me, busy as ever, trying to keep up with everyone else. I am looking forward to getting my hands in my garden soon though. I love spring! It is my favorite season... along with fall.
That's about it here. Take care and God bless.
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