pregnant?

i’m currently eating shrimp ramen with lime. and having to swallow hard with every bite. and this is the best i could come up with in the house.
have i mentioned i’m sick. and tired. i think i might just be pregnant.

i will sing, yes, i will sing praises to the Lord!

finding joy – lesson 2
who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
here’s the synopsis of last wednesday night ladies’ Bible study. sorry, it’s late!!
we discussed Luke 10:38-42, the martha-i’m-sick-of-doing-everything-alone, Jesus-make-my-sister, mary,-help-me story.
first of all, can i just say, i’m so martha. gotta get everything done before i can sit down [...]

the wait is over

can you hear the madden game? “he didn’t get it.”
ok, i bawled for an hour. even on the phone with matt when i should have been encouraging. most of the time i don’t get involved in the business part of our marriage – that’s his job and i have too much to do just battling [...]

wednesday update

week 6
the baby is steadily growing and forming new organs. it still looks much like a little alien (don’t be afraid, mark, this goes away pretty soon, and i’m fairly certain who the daddy is!). one noteworthy thing – the lenses of the eyes develop this week. pretty cool.
i’m sleepy. it’s not terrible, but you [...]

waiting

waiting is so hard.
today is the first day that we could even possibly hear back from the interview with entergy. it’s been 2 weeks today. pearl’s was the first interview – on monday. they interviewed through thursday and they have fridays off. then the main guy hiring was on a week long trip to houston. so [...]

fear…

i’ve noticed in the last few weeks that fear keeps coming up. in my close ring of blogs and in my conversations. and i’ve been thinking for a while, as verses come to my head, that i should let those verses out so that they can comfort others and not just me. this is near [...]

bloggers collide!

i just finished having lunch with a ring of bloggers. brittany; shaun, brittany’s hubby; mandy; lou; lee ann;and taylor. fun stuff!! thanks for making my noontime a treat! now off to naptime!

I Shall Not Be Shaken!!

finding joy – a small group mission
our wednesday night women’s small group is discussing the fruit of the spirit in our lives. (galatians 5:22) and this week we started a lesson called “finding joy” (women of faith bible study series). the group was asked to list something that brought them joy in the last week [...]

the wednesday update

some of you will be interested in this new weekly installment and some could care less, so for those who care less – learn to skip wednesdays and for those of you who are interested be sure to tune in.
we start week 5 today. 35 weeks to go. our estimated due date (edd) is march [...]

a little lighter

a short list of things probably not to say to a pregnant woman. especially when it’s her fourth and her oldest is 4.
1. “have you ever heard of birth control?”
2. “i can tell ya what’ll fix that problem for ya.”
3. “you have your hands full, don’t ya?”
4. “those are all yours?”
5. “oh, i’m sorry.”
6. “did [...]