An Email I got today

I got this email today and thought it was really good. I had a rough day to several different things that I just would rather not discuss and God is definitely showing Himself to me since I've gotten home and that everything is going to be just fine!

God's order may be observed in the hatching of eggs.

For example:

-the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days;
-those of the canary in 14 days;
-those of the barnyard hen in 21 days;
-The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days;
-those of the mallard in 35 days;
-The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days.
(Notice, they are all divisible by seven, the number of days in a week!)

God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant.. The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. No other quadruped is so made. God ordered that this animal would have a huge body, and for this reason He gave it four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily.

The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first. A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How wise the Lord is in all His works of creation!

God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of fruit, vegetable, and grain seed sections and segments, as well as in the number of seeds/grains.
-Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the rind.
-Each orange has an even number of segments.
-Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
-Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.
-Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row an odd number.

-The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather.

All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks, and the Lord specified thirty fold, sixty fold, and a hundredfold - all even
numbers.

God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day, so that Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed!

God gives us a surprise when we cut an apple in half horizontally--there you will find a star!

Thus the Lord in His wonderful grace can arrange the life that is entrusted to His care in such a way that it will carry out His purposes and plans, and will be fragrant with His presence. Only the God-planned safe life is successful. Only the life
given over to the care of the Lord is fulfilled.

The lives of each of us are ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way for His glory, if we will only entrust Him with our lives. If you try to regulate your own life, it will only be a mess and a failure. Only the One Who made the brain and the heart can successfully guide us to a profitable end.

Sunday Thoughts

This weekend has been pretty good. Except for the fact that I had to have the radiator replaced on my Explorer, I named it Eddie not long after I got it four years ago. This car is like my baby, I have taken very good care of it and it's everything I wanted when I picked it out. Eddie has seen his share of body shops in the last 3 years, from 2 hail storms and then I was rear ended in Sept 09, since then he has been running just fine, until about a month ago it started sound funny and not wanting to shift gears right. The dealership told me just 2 weeks ago that it was just something with the transmission needing to be reprogrammed so they did that, and the problem wasn't better, but was told that it could take up to 500 miles to start working... Well Thursday when I left work and drove around UNCC's campus my car started over heating, so I went straight to the Ford place, and Friday morning they called with the diagnosis and it was the radiator, dad told them to fix it. Sat morning we went to pick it up and it was almost $300 less than what we were told. I was thankful for that. After that I came home cooked some breakfast and then spent the rest of the afternoon @ the pool with my sister n law. Good times just hanging out and relaxing.

Today, Sunday was great!! Like I said in my last post, God has been working on my heart in several areas. This mornings church service just reassured me that God is in control and it will be ok. The songs we sang reminded me of being at camp about 10 years ago. We sang "Open the Eyes of my Heart", and then one of my all time favorite songs "All in All" This is probably my favorite verse :"Taking my sin, my cross, my shame, rising again I bless your name, You are my All in All. When I am weak You lift me up, when I am dry, You fill my cup, You are my all in all. Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your Name."
Then "Be Thou my Vision" was sung, what another great song. During the 2nd service while standing in the choir, we sang "Open the Eyes of my Heart" I looked out and saw a girl who I use to babysit just smiling and I remember her singing that song with me when she was 3 years old, and I know even @ 3 she was praising the Lord, such an awesome inspiring moment.!!

Now off to bed.. more to come this week..

I think my blog spirit is coming back

I know it has been forever since I've done anything with my blog. I feel that I might be getting back into doing it again. I enjoyed blogging when I took the time. I think I should take the time to blog again amongst other things. I only wish I knew if people read it or not. Oh well, it is a place I can release "My Random Thoughts".

I've been really busy since my last post. Relay For Life was great and I stayed busy planning for that and I had a wonderful time! I am the co-chair again this year, and I can't wait, it is going to be an awesome year!!!

I am still selling thirty-one as a part time job, I am really wanting to pick up doing more shows this fall, and pick up my business. If you know anyone who would like to host a party, please let me know!

Work has been good, I am learning a lot of new things.

Hmm... I am ready for some changes in my life I'm gonna let God do the changing though, He's been pulling at me and I've been resisting, but I am ready to let Him work in me.. In my head they seem like nothing big, but really they are big things.... I just want to live every moment of every day for Him and Him alone, not for me. I saw this today and loved it, I am going to lean on this as I let God. "No matter what, I'm gonna trust in YOU!!"
That is what I am going to hold onto.

Way too Long

It's been way too long since I did a blog. I think about it often but just don't take the time to blog. I have really been thinking that I should get back into doing them, because I enjoy them. Another thing I miss is journaling my thoughts and what's going on in my life. Maybe I should make that part of my "New Year's Resolutions". I had set many in my mind but so far I haven't stuck with any of them. I keep telling myself, next week is a new week and I can start then. I am really going to try to do that this week. I'll let you know how that goes. So now for a little of an update, and hopefully next time it won't be umm 4 1/2 months between blogs..

Let's see what has happened since Sept.1st, I survived pink eye. I had 2 sinus infections, went to Dr. Schwartz for my 4 month follow-up, all is still GREAT!!! Praise the Lord. I had my yearly physical everything is great there!

Relay season is back upon us, and I am very involved in that this year with Cabarrus County, since mom retired last year. I was going to be the online chair, but turns out that I am also Co-Captain. I am enjoying the new role, and learning a lot and I am looking forward to a wonderful Relay this year!!!

Next would be that I am now a consultant for the company thirty-one that has bags of all kinds and accessories that can be monogrammed. I enjoy that, and I am doing well with it. The spring line just came out and i am really excited about it, there are a lot of great new products and patterns!

Well that's it for tonight..

3 years

Yesterday, marked 3 years since I was diagnosed with cancer. I remember it yesterday but did not really have time to type anything. We were busy at work yesterday and then I went to the gym with Kristin to work out. Her and I are going to start working out.

I wrote this post last year about it being 2 years. I was talking to someone today and she said it's been 3 years? I said yes, and it seems like it was just yesterday. I must say over the last year I have really started to feel more like myself again, by being active and on the go all the time. It is nice to finally have that zeal to life back. I went back to the oncologist in July for my 4 mo. follow up and everything still looks good. He did bloodwork and everything came back good, my thyroid is right where it should be and my white count was just a little elevated, but we believe that is just how my body is. I go back again in 4 months for my next follow up. Another friend of mine has the same oncologist and she went and saw him last week and he told her that I do more in one day than they do in a whole week. I thought that was funny. Everytime I go see him I do always have some type of trip planned. I think it is funny.

Oh, new news in my life is I have pink eye. I don't know where I got it from, but I stayed home from work today so I didn't share my germs with my coworkers. I hope I haven't shared it with anyone else. The dr. I saw this morning, was the Attending Dr. over the PA I saw when I first went to the Dr. 3 yrs ago. His first question was do you need to go to the hospital? I laughed and was like no.. I"m good today.. HAHA.. So after the dr. I went and picked up my prescription and then picked something up for supper. I cooked pork tenderloin in a Marsala Wine Sauce with Provolone cheese on top, with Mashed Potatoes, and steamed broccoli, it was yummy!!

Quote for the day "God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way."

Goodbye!! :)

Almost Over :(

Sorry I got behind on what we were doing. We have been super busy on our vacation and our days have been packed full! Here's what we have been up to since Sunday.

Sunday, Aug 2nd.
We ate breakfast @ our hotel and it was a wonderful bar that had waffles, fruit, eggs, oatmeal, and other things as well. Mom and I made a quick run to Target, which so happened to have a Starbucks as well!! We then picked up my dad's cousin Virgina Ray (VR) and then went back and got dad and Aunt Faye at the hotel. Then we all loaded into the car and headed North into Philly for our tour. One of VR's grandsons had agreed to be our guide since he lives in Philly. When we pulled off the interstate and headed to his house, we were surprised with the streets, not only do they park on both sides of one way streets but they double park on both sides of the streets, parking is very limited in Philly. We were lucky enough to park right beside his house. We all had to use the bathroom before our tour, and by the time we were done it had started to storm.
Mom, VR, Aunt Faye and I were all in the explorer and Dad and Tommy were stuck in the house until it finally calmed down enough for them to come out. We then drove around Philly and saw all the important sites and took what pictures we could because it continued to rain. Some of the roads flooded it was raining so bad. Once we finished our tour we stopped and got some Philly Cheesesteaks from a place called Tony Luke's I believe, they were good, but I don't think the best. We then headed back to where we were staying and after a short stop and a few moments of rest we went to VR's daughters house for supper. We had Popeye's Chicken and Pizza. It was delish, then we sat around and talked for the rest of the evening.

Monday, Aug 3rd.

We left Glen Mills, PA around 10 am headed towards Hershey. We had no real time schedule and just enjoyed the country and drove through the Amish Country in Intercourse,PA. It was neat seeing all the sites. We had some wonderful ice cream from the LAPP family dairy, then we drove on into Hershey. We visited Chocolate World which was neat and smelled Heavenly . Mom and I got some goodies and then we headed south towards to Gettysburg. We drove through Gettysburg, which was simply amazing. So much history, I couldn't take it all in. Definitely somehting I would like to go back through and learn more about. I stood on North Carolina soil in Pennsylvania. After that we continued South towards DC. We got into Stafford VA around 10 pm. We are staying at Staybridge Suites, but the cool thing is, it's a BRAND NEW Hotel. We are the first people to stay in this room.

Tuesday, Aug. 4th

We called our friend Kenny around 9:30 that lives outside of DC and then went to his house, and then headed into DC for the afternoon. We stopped at a Buffet for lunch and drove by the airport and stopped at the place where the planes fly directly over your head, and then went to Arlington Nat. Cemetary and took the tourmobile around. Then we left and drove to the National Cathedral and took some pictures there and walked around. We then drove by the Wall, and WWII memorial. Then Kenny drove us around Haines Point which runs right along the Potomac River. We then drove into Maryland to the National Harbor and saw the Awakening which is really neat its like a man coming out of the ground. We saw several other spots. We made it back to Kenny's around 10, had coffee and then came back to the hotel.

Wednesday, Aug 5th.

Kenny came to the hotel this morning and picked Mom, Aunt Faye and I up and we drove into DC and went to the Vietnam Memorial Wall, then we drove to President Lincoln's Cottage and did the tour there which was full of information and so neat to hear. I was glad to finally get to do the tour because I had been there 2 other times and had not been able to tour. AFter that, Kenny dropped us off at Union Station, the train and Metro station, because he had an eye appointement on the other side of the city. We ate lunch @ Johnny Rockets in Union Station, then walked around and decided to take the Metro(subway) to over where the Smithsonian is and plundered around I saw the Hope Diamond, and a exhibit of butterflies. The cool thing was the huge Elephant that was in the rotunda of the Smithsonian we went into. We then took a break outside on the bench and then walked up passed the Washington Monument to the WWII memorial and waited for Kenny to pick us up. We then drove back took showers, I took a dip in the hotel pool to cool off and went to dinner @ Bonefish Grill up the road. Then we came back to the hotel after making a pit stop for me @ Starbucks, everyone else had regular coffee at the hotel room. Now its time for bed. Tomorrow morning we leave and head back to NC. I'm not sure if we are going to Charlotte or Williamston to take my aunt home first. We shall see..

Goodnight!!! :) :)

We Made IT!

Friday, we left Mt. Pleasant around 230 and made it to Williamston around 7, we ran into a few rain storms. On the way we decided to name the woman who talks on the Garmin, and we came up with Mabel as her name. I know very random, but thats the story of my life.

Well we made it to PA today. We left Williamston around 9 after stopping at McDonald's and eating and spending some time with one of my uncles and one of my cousins. We drove for a few hours stopped for gas and a bathroom break. Then we drove a little further and made it to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, which is 17.6 miles long with 2-1 mile tunnels that go under water. It was beautiful to look out and see nothing but water and a bridge. I wish the sun would have been out, but it was still aesome to see God's creation like that. Mom doesn't care much for bridges, but she made it like a trooper until we made a wrong turn and to go across a bridge that goes from Delaware into New Jersey, and then to get back where we needed to go we had to go back across the other side of the bridge. We drove about another 30 minutes and made it to Glen Mills in PA around 615. It was a long day in the car. After getting things into the hotel we went to pick up Dad's cousin, Virginia Ray, and then went to eat at the Concordville Grille. It was delish! Then we took Virginia Ray home and came back to the hotel. Mom, Aunt Faye, and I went to the pool, but it was little chilly so we didn't stay long.

Tomorrow, we are going north into Philly to see the city and get a Philly Cheesesteak!! :)

Goodnight from PA!