Riley Hospital

It was the 24 month Riley Hospital check ups for Jenni and Jeremy-- it was a lesson in patience and frustration but it ended well!
They were running 2 hours behind....and the toys there don't keep them occupied anymore...LOL

But when you are walking out with relitivly healthy kids hey how can you really complain!! Some of the kids there are So very sick.

Jenni she wanted to have Jeremy take her to her practice after the first hour -I was like uhh you have to see the cardiologist,,,she says is he gonna touch me?? Can't you just show him my echo and my picture??!! LOL uhh no Jen it doesn't work that way!
Ahh well we sharred lots of laughs as we waited quality time right??LOL

Now we await the snow and it is Basketball tournament weekend...
Go Emmaus!

Photography ....

I used my Christmas $ to buy some photography stuff...I got 2 backdrops and a backdrop holder and some lighting I got 2 heavy duty stools that match at the goodwill...
So now I guess it is time to play around with it! I am not really sure where to set it up at tho...LOL
I guess I can clean up my scrapbooking room and set it up there, just so I can play around with it.
I am not trading in Scrapbooking for photography tho!! LOL
I might be able to take some senior pics next year!

heres to new hobbys anyone want to model ???

God is God and I am not....

in this world of control and being in control we have to realize we control only our hearts...and sometimes our minds .tho sometimes we let the enemy control our thoughts which leads us to think WE can be God ...to think we WANT to be God....how dumb....
God is God and I for one am glad HE is the one in charge.

Dear Lord please don't let me have control for one nano second please do not take your hands off me - today tomorrow or ever...

Becasue God is God and I am not......

walking

Well today was a Bricks to bricks class and a walk...I did walk the mile and my knee did ok...I did come home and ice it tho,,,
the class was SO Boring... bla nutrition bla bla injurys bla shoes bla bla...the walk part was fun cold but fun -
I am not a kenyan... So stop with all the technacal junk already...

And I want Chocolate hear me CHOCOLATE
give it to me and nobody gets hurt! grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

why are there people who can eat any old thing they want and then there is me??
Lord I know this is so stupid and childish but it is NOT FAIR!
and what comes to mind with that is ...look at so many peoples BIG problems and I am whining about chocolate bar...enough... ok isn't great that this is my biggest problem right now how lucky am I...

C is for cookie ...

the cookies are coming and what in the WORLD am I gonna do?? For those who don't know GS cookies are like white castles you have to open a box for the drive home from pick up!!! What you all don't do that?? hummmm well this is gonna be HARD having all those yummy cookies here ...whaaaaaaa the thin mints and the do si dos ...
the rest who cares!!! LOL
ok well I am done whining about that they don't come in till the 14th so maybe by then I will have a stratagy worked out!
ok.............

Gods Faithfulness is Amazing

I know this to be true,,,His love for us is unending and His faithfulness is beyond our scope of understanding.
He is to be our everything yet we so often regulate Him to be our last resort.,
Why is this??
I am woking on this losing weight thing and excersising...
if Jesus is truly my everything then why the other day when i was frustrated and crazed over the car thing running to a game did I turm to those 2 (count them 2) snicker bars?? what did snickers ever fix? nothng but the fat on my belly...

Dear Jesus I am so sorry I forgot the basic lessons you have taught me to Be still and know you are God.
I am nothing --

36 laps....and Owen

that is my Owen...he is the cutest! And he loves his Auntie Kim


wow swam 1 mile today...after not swimming for 3 days it about killed me ! And the massage thing wow not great thing at all...went with the sister shoulda gone to the spa...never cut a dollar when talking about massages!!

I found the Devil...he lives at the cheesecake factory...

Odd I know and considering I have NEVER been to Cheesecake factory makes this odder still yet I believe this to be true...LOL
I was at Sams club and they had samples of the Godiva Dble. Chocolate cheesecake yummm I was trying to figure out how many times I could go back and get a sample before the lady cut me off...LOL it was SOOOOOO good.. I called all my friends and told them about this wonderful Cheesecake ... no sense in getting fat alone..and we all decided it was not only good enough to eat but oh my gosh I coulda filled a bath tub full of this wonderful dessert and just slathered in it ( all the women got this ..my husband and sons all just thought ewww gross...LOL) ANYWAY
WENT TO http://www.calorieking.com and looked it up
and heres how I figure the devil lives there...they have one cheese cake that is Chocolate PB Cookie Dough ONE slice of this is 1150 calories...


Nutrition Facts
Calories 1150
Total Fat 74 g 114%
Sat. Fat 37 g 185%
Cholesterol 200 mg 67%
Sodium 710 mg 30%
Total Carbs. 114 g 38%
Dietary Fiber 5 g 20%
Sugars 85 g
Protein 17 g
Calcium 100 mg

HerEs the devil part LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF FAT CALORIES!
Fat 666 cals (56%)
Carbs. 456 cals (38%)
Protein 68 cals (6%)


OH MY GOSH!
CRAZY HUH??? lol ONLY THE DEVIL WOULD NAKE SOMETHING SO BAD FOR YOU taste SO DARN GOOD!!

ugggghhh AGAIN ...

No life guard once again.... GRRRRRR
a six month membership is like .57 cents
a day so it is not the YMCA but is it so
hard to get a guard??
Come on Sisters of St Benedict...
Today tho I go for Sports massage with Sister
Betty Jean... lets hope for good results!

2 days of no swimming I am beicoming grumpy...
I did 2 laps 1/2 mile on the tred mill
so now I will go read my Bible and ice
my knee...

oh oh oh maybe do my BSF...LOL

Verse today...1cor.6:19 Do you not know your body is a temple of the oly Spirit who is in you ,whom you have recieved from God?

yes...my Temple is bigger then most...more like uhhha tajmahal...LOL

Gotta get the temple smaller and heart for Jesus bigger...

Love this Song wish I wrote it....

you can hear this on KLOVE
http://www.klove.com/music/listenonline.aspx

Michael English - The Only Thing Good In Me


I heard someone say the other day
They’d seen in me true love displayed
Blessed by something I had done for them
No sooner did they speak those words
I found myself somehow disturbed
Uneasy as I took their compliment
‘Cause I know the heart inside this man
I know the truth of who I am

[Chorus]
The only thing that’s good in me is Jesus
The only thing that’s good in me is Jesus
I’ve lived long enough to know
No matter what this life may show
The only thing that’s good in me is Jesus

If you could walk the hallways of my heart
And see things as they really are
I wonder if you might be surprised
Seeing faded walls of pride and fear
Rooms I’ve filled with faithless tears
And corners where I’ve stood in compromise
But you’d see the work His grace has done
You’d know just how far I’ve come

[Chorus]

In a thousand years
When the dust of this world clears
And I look back on my life
And see in perfect light

no swimming....today:(

Well the life guard called in sick so -no guard -no swim...whaaaaaa
I am really bummed about that ..sob.. it has become a thing ..sniff.. that I LOVE to do ..sob.. and I don't want ..sniffle gasp sob.. To stop now! ..sniff sniff.. ahh ok I am over it ...I guess I will give the old trdmill a whirl...See how the knee holds out on that -I will walk softly and not pound it...LOL there is a family swim tonight maybe I can go then and get a lane...I am obessed I tell you I think I have become a swimoerexic... LOL or would it be a swimbuliemic... oh my gosh ..LOL who knew ? God is SO Good ..all the time!

Lifes trials & God's Faithfulness

What a comfort these words acan be in the trials of life

Lamentations3
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall.
20 I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast within me.
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."
25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.

God is good ALL the time
can I get an aman to that?? LOL

Eating

wow it has come to my attention thru some old notes ...about my eating .,..and how it has changed. I no longer seem to be running to Food first in times of trouble heartache and stress. Humm where am I going you might ask ? I am going to Jesus first..WOW it has been a long time in coming--this me coming to Jesus thing..let me tell you it ain't been easy! The enemy tells me Chocolate is so much more there and available but that is SO a lie...JESUS is the one who is there- always there 24/7 /365 honestly now where is the hershey bar when you really need it? laying on some stupid grocery shelf...not in my heart ...not where I am at...So who needs a helper that has to be paid for? has to be carried ? I want to be carried! I was already paid for ...By Jesus ...hummm hershey ...you have let me down no longer do I crave your chocolate city...your land filled with that rich chocolate smell - the smooth chcolate taste on my tounge be gone from me satan! Thank you Jesus for being my all in all...

Old Friends

Ran into an old friend today - I forgot how much I love Dean!
Till I see him agian it is so funny he lives in the neighborhood behind mine I only see him once every couple of years and always in the oddest places!! Today we were at the crafty owl...LOL
It is wierd I haven't moved much at all since High School - My first apt is accross the street...even....yet I hardly ever see people from High School ...wierd huh? Did they all move far away or are they hiding one street over like Dean?? Of course Dean was one of the 'hood..

God is Awesome!

He is totally awesone. My heart is exploding in His goodness and His faithfulness in the day to day workings in our lives. How our heavenly Father cares about the smallest things is so totoally cool. Jesus is not about religon he is all about relationship...Gotta love that!!

ok gonna walk the mini marathon...it intimadates me somewhat...the whole thought ...Tho my friend Madeline is also gonna walk it ,,,I am gonna get us shirts made that say..Matthew 20:16a So the last shall be first, and the first last: HA to those Kenyans!
is it wrong to be like Team Jesus??? I will have to think on that one!!!

Things...

Wow it was soooo warm today....would have loved to have walked but swam instead. whoo hoo I am up to 28 (there and back laps)or I guess 56 laps! in 55 min ...not so bad for an old fat girl...

Doing my Bible Study Fellowship lesson had it 3 weeks due tomorrow hummm doing it tonight go figure,,,,LOL
and ofcourse every other question is a challenge one...

Some good thought provokers tho...

had both girl friends here for supper...seems like we are feeding them 3-4 times a week.... wouldn't thier parents notice they are gone?????

swimming & Bible verses

wow ok so in 7 days I have done 308 laps that is 4.5 miles whooo hooo there is some contoversy on the counting and what is a lap I was told a lap was down and back..then i was told it is one time down is 1 lap...all I know is I have crossed the pool 308 times....if 76 laps is a mile it is 4.5 miles . I love swimming.... who knew? And I am no longer getting lapped by the 70 yr olds at least not today!!! LOL

I have gotten my laundry all done and caught up yea and here is the verse from yesterday which I am still pondering coz I just love it....Eph.2 :10
We are what God has made us , created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.


I maybe need to take my verse of the day with me and try to memorize it as i do laps....hummmm

Happy New year!

Wow 2008 ...who knew! I am swimming to get my knee better it is killing me . the swimming that is! of course I go at it all the way I started last fri with 231/2 laps right off then Sat could only do 9 laps!! My surgen Dr Woo swims there and did he see the 23 laps?? NOOOO only the wimpy 9 sighhhh so yeasterday I went back (it was closed for the 31st and the 1st) it was a test of discipline to go back yesterday as it was what 9 degrees? Anyway I went back and WOW did 25 laps....now today my body is aching...LOL anmd it si 5 degrees I AM going back I swear!!
It is hard when you are getting lapped by 70 yr olds but hey my competitive spirit will allow no less then full speed ahead...
What is God teaching me here...LOL
I am even getting a swim hat.,...no pics of that let me tell ya!!

And So it was Christmas....

Wow what a GREAT Christmas it was! My oldest came home and it was just GOOD. I am in a good place right now at this moment. God IS good...I did have my knee scoped for my torn meniscus and that was not fun but it has all worked out fine. I got all the shopping done beofre the 12th and then it was just rest ans recoup.