Just Like Back in the Day

I woke up very dehydrated today. I'll stop you right now and say I wasn't drinking last night, I promise, though there was a time in college it could have been a possibility. Anyway this morning I got up and went to the bathroom and felt like I was going to puke. Once I made it back to bed I started to feel better. WEIRD. Ok, I'll stop you again and say...I'm not pregnant either! After I laid in bed for a while I remember that that's how I felt most days back in high school. The nausea and headache would last until about noon. It wasn't until I was older and had experienced a hangover (and knew what caused it) that I realized what the deal was back in the day. I hated drinking water, so I didn't. I can't believe how much can be changed just by drinking enough water, headaches, constipation, leg cramps, your complexion... Check this out... http://www.romow.com/health-blog/health-benefits-of-drinking-water/ and then ask yourself...have you had enough today? Heck, if I had drank more tap water, maybe I would have better teeth too (fluoride). If you want to see some health benefits, try drinking enough water for 21 days (the amount of time it takes to make or break a habit, so I've heard). It's never too late for a New Years Resolution! Let me know if you do it and it works. I'll be trying harder to drink more water too.

Sleep...AT LAST!!

Sure, he's cute, but he can sure be a pain when he's getting up once, twice, three times (or more) a night screaming. I finally got the confidence to let him scream without feeding him. Haylie never gave us this much trouble at night so it kind of caught us off guard. I should have "weened" him of his night feedings a LONG time ago, but it was not until I started tracking his sleeping and eating patterns that I got the push I needed. Most could have told me he wasn't starving, the kid is a heavy weight, but because of nursing I just wasn't sure. The good news is I'm now done nursing and we've started to form a pretty good schedule. He is still a night owl, up until 10:30 most nights, but the great thing is I don't hear from either of the kids until about 7:30 in the morning (or later!) This I can handle. ;o) I actually feel normal again!
Here's some pictures of Haylie and daddy cleanin' the semi this weekend.

Potty Possible! (P)

We did it! (insert Dora song and dance here). It took just over six months but it's a done deal. Haylie is potty trained. We started June 14th of '08 and by her birthday we were down to an accident a week. Now she's going through the night without a pull-up and getting me up if she has to go potty. She still doesn't always wipe, flush or wash her hands if she goes by herself, but we'll get that part down too. I don't know how people say they can potty train a child in a weekend. Maybe if we had started this last weekend. I guess each child is different and so is their path. All I know is that we've got one kid down, one to go. ;o)

Cross Between Bumper Cars and Air Hockey (V)

Coincidentally...

My sleeping problems started the same time I started taking my women's bible study Wednesday mornings on prayer. Hmmm...

Why did it take me this long to add it up, maybe because this week we are reading about answer to prayer and these two scriptures were a couple of the highlighted ones.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Luke 22:42-44 (Jesus prays on the Mount of Olives)
"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
(In Matthew and Mark it is stated that Jesus also pleaded three times)

Trick Tommy's Truck (P)

BEFORE
AFTER

Isn't it Crazy!

The bible says...
"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." Matthew 6:24

A story was shared with me this weekend about how people who work on railroad tracks get so used to the sound of trains that it's not uncommon for them to get hit while working because they don't hear the train coming. Can you imagine NOT hearing a train approaching WHILE STANDING ON THE TRACK!

Our country has become so backwards. "No interest, No payment, until 2010". What ever happened to layaway? Too slow? Have now, pay later...don't wait. BE HAPPY NOW. Big houses, fancy cars, nice furniture, new clothes... Our wastefulness too. How about a bite size brownie pan that you can buy now at Target that allows you to make brownies in little squares (like cutting them has become too hard). Rental storage units will certainly be in demand even in this economy because of all the stuff we own and don't use or need, especially if we lose the house we were once able to store it in.

No problem, it doesn't cost much or we'll make the money and pay for it...eventually. And we will...

All this, even after God tried to remind us that it all belongs to him and we should trust in Him to provide. EVERY PIECE OF MONEY HAS "IN GOD WE TRUST" WRITTEN ON IT. EVERY PIECE! Do you you think we got a little used to getting things ourselves and on OUR time rather than "trusting in God"? And now the train is approaching.

Do you here the horn?

I don't know about any of you, but I want to be free. Our Crown Financial memory scripture for this week...
"The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. " Proverbs 22:7

If you are interested in finding out more about the financial freedom God offers feel free to contact me or click on this link http://www.crown.org/ .