It is all over, where are the hotflashes????

Well it is finally all done. I had surgery last week and feel great.. REALLY.... I think the days leading up to the surgery were, by far, the worst. We had a terrible blizzard that day and I was a nervous wreck.. If anyone knows me, they know I have a phobia of bad weather and car trips. Well, add to that a scheduled surgery and you have MY PERFECT STORM... (no pun intended). I had to be at the hospital at 5 AM and Greg got home at 11:45 PM. You guessed it and so did he.... I begged him to leave right then, I would rather wait in the hospital waiting room then in my living room worried sick. The trip usually takes about 1 hour. USUALLY.... BUT...

God's Favorite Promise to keep........

I have been unemployed for going on the 11th month, I was the primary wage-earner and my hubby works for insurance and the LOVE of his job. Which suits him and his spiritual gifts to a "T". He is a Job Coach for the Mentally Challenged. I'm back-tracking, sorry..

Well, I am also getting ready for a minor surgery, so I will be coming off of unemployment for a couple of weeks, due to the fact that it is unlawful to collect if you are not fit to work. We have been making it on a string and a prayer, literally. We had strayed from the church for a time and have just found a church family we LOVE and feel at home in. We both have spent our adult lives tithing 10% of our GROSS income (why should Uncle Sam get paid before God?), that is until we wandered away. Needless to say, times are BAD. It was bad enough to lose my job, but we live in Michigan one of the worse states in the union and my skills are not in great demand where we live. I have searched till I am blue in the face. That's why I am taking this opportunity to have this surgery now, in case something opens later and I will not need to take time off.

Back to my problem, I do wander, don't I????? LOL

Well we have given our tithe a few times since we have begun attending church regularly and ironically.. SURPRISE, the money stretched those weeks.... I have a disconnect notice for the power company and soon to have one for the gas company... I have cut back on everything I can. No house phone. The cell phone is gone the end of this week, they are waiving the early cancellation fee, but there are hoops to jump through.. I do have Internet, but I have been doing OK selling on E-Bay, so it more than pays for itself... We do nothing else....

Luckily I have a warm and LOVING husband and we make each other laugh and love to be together. So we spend time together which does not require money for DATES....Watching favorite movies or snuggling on the couch and listening to Christmas music are our favorites.... ( I know, it's too early, but we love the music and keep it out all year)

I guess I said all that to say this: Please, Pray for us..... Also,God does not need your tithe, but he does need your obedience. OUCH.... Remember this- Who is more important God or Uncle Sam? Tithe off your gross, if you have never tried it you will not believe the blessings. We're going back to it ASAP..... Scripture says that God LOVES to bless his children... TEST HIM!!!

God Bless- Michelle & Greg

Is this really normal???? Really???

I swear I have cried more in the last couple of weeks than I have cried in a year. I cry at commercials on TV, I cry during the Praise and Worship songs at church (which is not a bad thing), I cry at a post on the computer. Our Yellow Lab, Mazie, sits at my feet and looks at me with those huge eyes, BOOM, that's all it takes... WHY????

I would go so far as to say, I have cried over anything and everything that could possible give me the SLIGHTEST reason.... WHY????

I haven't even had surgery yet. My hormones are not going crazy YET....

Finding humor in a weather map...

I would have never dreamed that when I went to Intellicast to check the weather for my hubby, who was contemplating a hunting expedition, that I would find something that would make me chuckle and smile for the rest of the day.... When I pulled up our local forecast I noticed a new map option available....

Awful weather...Beautiful show

Well, it has begun, the weather is changing faster than we can believe.... One day we are watching the trees change from green into beautiful autumn colors and the next the wind kicks up and the leaves are on the ground and the rain and snow, yes I said snow, starts.. It is part of the wonderful life we enjoy here in Northern Michigan. It has been gorgeous this year. The trees were quite arrayed in a show of color that lasted for a nice long time.... I have been driving a friend to several Dr. appointments through out the state, so we have had the honor of getting a front row seat to the beautiful show this year....

The journey begins here....

I was challenged to "find happiness" on one of the websites that I am a member of. In fact it is Hystersisters.com, the group I found online that gave me support and information to help my husband and myself make our decision about my hysterectomy. They are one of the most incredible bunch of ladies I have yet to meet and I may never get that chance... In this group of friends everyone is referred to as a "Princess" and we are carted off to the "castle" for surgery. They do their best to make something good out of something seemingly BAD. It maked me think, I am blessed in the fact that I do not have to have surgery for any cancer or any possible terminal health reason. That in and of itself is a blessing and reason to "find happiness".

Think about it.. Do you have something in your life that seems to be a negative, but in reality it truly is really just a "princess" going to the "castle"?? Things really could be much worse...
Just a thought.