We are about to become a country that will allow our government to decide who is worthy of medical treatment:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/18/how-about-a-stimulus-for-life/

We are about to be forced to pay for all abortions (yes you currently do pay for abortions because your tax dollars pay for Planned Parenthood – however this is to an even larger scale.)

http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000010668.cfm

Our children will continue to be taught even more so that they have no control, have no boundaries and basically anything goes. There will no longer be another voice encouraging them to make choices that actually do make sense and protect them.

http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000010629.cfm

I don’t know about you but all of this makes me sad and frustrated and angry and I grieve for the nation that we have become. I plan to tell my legislators how I feel and you can too (whether you agree or disagree with me) by clicking here.

I’m struggling to come up with a good title for this post. Obviously. Maybe because there’s so much I want to share and dont know where to start. I guess I’ll start with the most important and see how far I get before my latest dose of pain meds knock me out.
First of all…the Bachelorette. Yes I did watch it. For the first time this season! I’ve read other blogs’ updates so I kinda knew what was going on. And I think it’s very good that Ed came back right. And how can the producers of the show sleep at night knowing what a creep Wes is and that Jillian is falling for him. It’s tragic.

The other thing that’s tragic is that i still havent had chocolate cake yet. And it’s also tragic that I’m so lazy ive given up on using correct punctuation. I’ll blame that on this little phone im trying to blog from.

Anyway im still in the hospital. I should be getting out today because all is going well. i finally got the iv and catheter out this morning. Ya!

i have more to share but im at my word limit. More to come.

Yes, I know enough with the chocolate cake.

Everything went really well with surgery. They did leave my ovaries. At first I wanted dr to take them too so I wouldnt have to deal with pms. But there were quite a few side effects I didnt know about. So hopefully that was a good decision.

Hubby and the babies just left. It was so good to see them. Thank you Jesus for giving me more time with them. I love my family so much and I’m so thankful for God’s blessings.

Now I’m hopefully going to get some rest and watch some tv. Although I love my babies I’d be lying if I didnt say I was looking forward to this little vacation. And my hubby is so amazing they probably wont even know I’m not there!

Have a great night.

we are on our way to hospital to check in for my surgery. Check in is at 9 and surgery is at 11. I’m starving. I could only have clear liquids for supper and then nothing at all after I went to bed. And then hubby had to make the comment that after they take me away to surgery he’s going to go down to the cafeteria and get one of those amazing chocolate brownies that we feasted on when his mom was in the hospital.

Harsh.

But then he said he’d get me one for later tonight. And in some sort of really weird way that makes my surgery totally worth it.

I’ll check in later tonight. Thanks for your prayers!

Belle had started calling our little cabin in the woods “home” this past week. Although vacation was wonderful I’d have to say I’m glad we are on our way back to our real home.

Only 5 hours to go.

Pip decided that since we started this vacation with puking (Belle at the hotel the first night) we should end the vacation with puking. He woke up at about midnight, threw up 2 times really bad and then dry heaved the rest of the night.

Sorry for the gorey details.

Anyway he was all clammy and warm and poor guy was completely miserable. Every time I’d lay him down he’d start puking again so I held him all night. He finally fell asleep at 530 and slept til 730. Now he seems to be better but just in case I’m smashed in the back all ready to clean up any…well you know.

Did I mention we have 5 hours to go? My legs are already screaming in pain. But I did purchase another day of web access on my phone.

Yes reality is only 5 hours away too.

When we got here on Wednesday my sister and I went and got groceries for the week. Only we made the mistake of going shopping hungry and we’re actually only here for 3 days.

I can neither confirm nor deny whether or not the 200 dollars I spent on groceries included the following:

box of ice crean sandwiches
chips
dip
2 bags of chocolate
1 bag of licorice
pudding
summer sausage
cheese
fruit and cream cheese dip
4 boxes of different types of crackers
12 pack coke
12 pack mt dew
popcorn

And that’s just our snack food. We also got we we needed for our main meals – grilled cheese and soup, pork loin with fried potatoes and salad, and tonight it’s spaghetti, veggie, garlic bread and salad.

See it’s not all bad. We’ve been having lots of salad. Yes with lots of yummy salad dressing but I’m pretty sure those calories don’t count since we’re on vacation.

Ok I think I need to turn off the food network and go on walk!

Turns out we don’t have internet at our cabin on vacation. I should have figured considering we are in the middle of nowhere. But miracles do happen and my mom informed me this morning that I can get web access on my phone for just 1.99 for 24 hours. It only took me til now, 10 hours later to figure out on to access my blog.

Lucky you.

We’re having a great time. Hubby, my dad, Princess and Prankster went jeeping today. Me, the babies, my mom and sister met my best friend from college Trixie and her 2 kids. Unfortunately I dont think I can post pictures using my phone so you’ll have to wait a little longer for those.

I was able to go jeeping Wed night with Hubby. It’s a shorter run and so I figured I’d be ok. It was alot of fun and I think my mom and I were only in grave danger one time. Oh yes I have pictures.

Well Princess, Prankster and Hubby are waiting on me to play cards. Just wanted to say hi and hope you’re having a good week!

Today is my amazing sister-in-law’s birthday! Leana has been such a blessing to our family. She is a wonderful wife to my brother Jim, is super-duper aunt to our babies and loves the Lord! Leana is from South Africa and came to the states to work. That’s where she met my brother Jim and they just got married a few months ago. I know there isn’t a day that goes by when she doesn’t miss her family back in South Africa. But we are so blessed to have her in our family and thank the Lord for her each and every day!

We love you Leana. We hope you had a wonderful birthday!

Leana and Jim

Leana playing with Belle

Leana and Jim on their wedding trip

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Fall ‘all Bloggy Giveaway. It was a blast!

The winner of the fleece blanket is Emily. Congrats!!! I’ll send you an email with some other fleece designs for you to pick from.

A few requested instructions on how to make the blankets – it’s sooo easy! – I’ll post that tomorrow for ya.

Have a great night!

So I’m on my way to work this morning enjoying the beautiful day the Lord had given me. I’m sitting at a stoplight looking around at God’s marvelous creation. My eye catches some birds sitting on the telephone wires at the intersection. Then I see this one little bird farther down on the wire sitting all by himself. As I watch him I realize he keeps scooting closer to the other birds sitting together farther down the wire.

What in the world!? Seriously, he scoots, looks around, scoots again. I even say to him “What are you doing little birdy?” Unfortunately he doesn’t tell me or if he did I couldn’t hear him. He keeps scooting, looking at his birdy buddy wannabes farther down the wire.

I say to Mr Bird “Uh, you can fly over there ya know!”

Then it hit me. Not only am I an idiot for talking to this bird but I realize that we do exactly what Mr Bird was doing. We sit on our little wire and we have this goal in mind or some place we think God may have called us to. But instead of using the gifts God has given us and flying right on over we take little baby steps, fearful of what will happen.

I wonder if God’s looking at us saying “Uh, you can fly over there ya know!” Nope, we have to scoot scoot scoot and miss out on the many blessings that spreading our wings and leaping off that wire will bring.

Ok, this whole birdy talk is getting creepy. Morale of the story: don’t be such a chicken!