Seems like I have been a blog slacker lately.  But things have been really busy!  I planned the Easter Egg Hunt for the church.  So that kept me super busy.  It was a hit tho.  We had 41 kids, with kids and parents our fellowship hall was packed!!  Woohoo  God is good. 

This week I have been busy with church meetings and getting ready for our spring break vacation.  We are going to DisneyWorld!!  We are stoked about this trip.  My parents are going along too.  Its gonna be so much fun for us all.  Nothing much better than a family trip to the sunny coast of Florida. 

I am also going to work the Emmaus walk this year.  That was such a turning point in my life last  year.  I felt the need to give back.  I'm on the Agape team.  We are the ones behind the scenes that keep things running smoothly.  We put gifts of the pilgrims pillows, keep bathrooms clean, etc.  Its gonna be so much fun.  We are still in need of a few pilgrims to have it, but I have faith God will provide and we will have more than enough people. 

Well I'm off to clean house and do laundry.  Oh I guess I need to stop for lunch too...lol  Busy busy busy!!!  : )

I have also read where Terri Shiavo has died.  I will be praying for her family.  I know this has to be a very hard day.  God bless them all.

*HUGS* all around.

Yikes.....its been over a week since I last blogged.  So sorry girls.  But lots has happened.  I had a terrible week last week.  We had conflicts going on at church, my blood pressure was still high.  Last Wednesday night my bp was 145/104!!  NOT good at all.  I keep my neice during the day and she drives me nuts.  Always wanting something from me. 

So on Friday Whitney got sick.  She had an ear infection.  I took her to a nurse practioner up town.  I really like her...she is super nice.  Then on Monday I had an appointment with her to check my bp.  She also did blood work to check my cholestrol.  Long story short she put me on meds for bp and high cholestrol.    Then on Wednesday Amber got sick.  She has an infection of some kind.  Its all in her head.  So she is on meds for that.  Hopefully we can all feel better now...rofl 

Things at church have gotten much better.  A few of us went out there to talk things out and pray about it.  That was an amazing experience.  We had a one night revival on Friday night.  Bro. Don Smith was just wonderful.  Everyone prayed over me at the end of that service, so that has helped my health alot.  God is soooo good!! 

Since I am coordinator for the easter egg hunt this year, I have been busy with that this week too.  I went and placed the ad in the local paper today.  It will run for two weeks.  I have bought prize baskets, prize eggs, and some little things to go in the baskets.  I also bought 50 chocolate bunnies as a participation prize.  I just knew the person that checked me out was gonna ask if I was really really pmsy .....rofl 

Oh I will also be helping with this years Emmaus Walk.  I am so excited about this.  I went to my walk last year.  I was the most awesome experience ever!!  http://www.emmaus.org   This site may help you to know more about it. 

*HUGS*

We got snow on Monday night....just a dusting, but the roads were slick I guess so they called off school.  I had my two girls and my two nieces all day.  All in all they were all pretty good.  Thank goodness we are keeping Whitney's room clean.  It's a miracle!! 

Today was Amber's second day in her new school.  They all went over on buses Monday and was showed around etc.  This is Amber's first experience with lockers that have combonation locks.........needless to say that is not going well.  She can't get in it.  I tried to encourage her to keep trying, not sure she will tho. 

This new school is the only school in KY with such a high amount of technology.  They have smart boards, which allow the students to answer things on the board from thier desks.  I am looking forward to teacher/parent conferences so I can see the inside.  It is really nice outside...they have a bell tower and all.  It will play seasonal songs, etc.  So they have all been really excited about that. 

We have bible study tonight at church.  I'm looking forward to that because we are starting Revelation.  I hope this will help me understand more.  The bible is so confusing most of the time, but since we have started going to bible study......things are much more clear. 

*HUGS*

Things have not gotten better with Amber.  Today was the worst of all.  We fought over her wearing her winter coat.  She finally put it on and then smarted off and asked if I was happy.  Well needless to say that didn't set well with me at all.  So I told her she wasn't to talk to me like that...that it was disrespectful.  So then she sulled up and said Well I'm NOT wearing it Monday.  I told her that she would if I told her too.  Somehow somewhere I have lost my authority.  I'm sure she is just going thru a stage, but I still feel as if it is my fault somehow.  I could just sit and cry.  I may just have Mike to take her to her last Super Saturday's class tomorrow.  I really don't think she wants me there. 

Earlier in the week Mike's Great Aunt died.  They asked him to be a pallbearer (sp?) at her funeral.  So I went with him to that yesterday.  Shelby stayed with another relative while Wendy worked.  So I had the day off.  That afternoon I cleaned on Whitney's tornado ridden room.  Got everything in its place.  I'm  having Mike  help me move furniture out so I can shampoo her carpets tonight.  So she may end up sleeping in the livingroom tonight.  I was hoping she and Amber could bunk together but I don't see that happening. 

I guess thats all for now.  It sure does help to come here to vent.....even if only one person is reading..lol 

*HUGS*
Lori

Well it seems Amber is beginning to hit puberty.  Lord help us all, especially me.  We have fought all freaking weekend.  When she gets mad at me she gives me the silent treatment.   So I have got to figure out how to deal with this now. 

Another thing....one of her friends from church is constently on me to come over.  I let her come over a few weeks ago and they fought all day.  But this girl does not stop.  I tell her no and she keeps on and on and on.  It drives me insane.  So by the time we leave church I'm in such a bad mood it isn't even funny.  Lot of good it did me to go huh? 

Something else that bugged me at church was the fact that one of the guys suggested we not do a Good Friday service since our *youth*  (college kids) aren't going to be there to lead up the service.  I was soooooo good last year when they did it.  So this guy suggested we all just go to our sister church's service.  But the above mentioned childs father said we should discuss that b/c he knew she wanted to do something that night.  Well that just took the cake b/c a few weeks early her took another teacher's class at the spur of the moment.  NO DISCUSSION there at all!!!!!  That really hurt her feelings b/c she loves teaching them.  I just didn't think that was fair at all. 

Well enough of my tangents...lol  Hopefully tomorrow will be better.  The girls are out of school for president's day.  So I may not have any hair left by the end of the day.