Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and a little in between!

Wow! What a month! Thanksgiving was great! Christmas wonderful as well.. Since I wrote last time, I've hardly had too much time to breathe. The family hasn't had a weekend since that we haven't had something going on. Shortly after Thanksgiving, we did a little redecorating in our house! We had new carpet and Pergo (fake hardwoods) installed and it completely changed the look of our house! It looks great, but my advice is that if you want carpet, be prepared for a mess. We had 26 1/2 years worth of stuff in our house, and it ALL had to be gone through and cleaned out. We found things we hadn't seen in years. There were several trips to goodwill, and 2 trips to the dump of stuff that couldn't be salvaged. After getting the carpet and floors installed came the unpacking. Which lingered for weeks. Finally about 2 weeks ago we finished getting everything back in the house, then we spent time unpacking and getting things back how we wanted it. My room is almost back where I want it. I still have one bookcase to be painted and put back in its proper place. I'm super excited about something that came from all the cleaning and everything and that is I have a place for my scrapbook/stamp stuff. Now I can work on a project and leave it out if I want a break instead of having to pack it all back up so its not in the floor in my room. I hope I can get busy on some over due scrapbooking!!

We had our family Christmas with dad's side of the family the 2nd weekend in December. That was nice to see everyone together. It's pretty much the only time everyone gets together. It is nice though to have this weekend set aside to see each other!

The next weekend a family friend got married!

Then came Christmas! On Monday, last week, Dad and I drove to Raleigh to pick up my Aunt Faye so she could spend Christmas with us! On Christmas Eve, mom, KC, Aunt Faye, Will, Margaret, Em, and Garret all went to breakfast at Cracker Barrell, this is a new tradition of ours. Then Mom, Aunt Faye, and I went to Walmart so mom could finish her last minute stuff, she's such a procrastinator.. I know where I get it from.Lol! Christmas day was nice and relaxing. Mom, Dad, Aunt Faye and I ate breakfast then went and saw Em, and Garret and what they got for Christmas, then we went back to the house, and just relaxed until Rob, KC, and Will got there. We then opened our presents. Rob cooked our steaks and mom did the rest of our traditional Steak and Shrimp. Bill and Donna arrived for dinner! Then we just enjoyed each other and being a family!

The day after Christmas, Aunt Faye and I drove to SC to see one of my cousins and spend the day with him and his wife. It was nice seeing them, I don't know the last time I saw them. maybe I'll have to go down another time for a visit. We ate lunch, went to a Clemson store, played Guitar Hero, then went and ate dinner! Kristin came over when we got home and saw Aunt Faye and exchanged our gifts! She got me a game for wii!!!

OH yea! On Sunday Dec. 29th, I celebrated my 2 yr anniversary of finishing chemo!!! YAY!!!

Now here we are entering into 2009 in a little over 24 hours. I can't believe that the year is almost over.... Well til next Happy NEW YEAR!!

What I'm Thankful for!

Well I said yesterday that I would post what I'm thankful for. So here goes! I don't really have to think about this very hard. I have so much to be thankful for, I'm sure I'll forget something or someone. If I do I am very very sorry!!

~My salvation
~an amazing set of parents who love Jesus and me despite of the stuff I put them through, they have been by my side every day since I was born, and I truly can't thank them enough 2 years ago, really showed me how much they loved me and made me realize that.
~my brother, sister n law, and will. Rob and KC have been there for me a lot and are always supportive of me, and Will! I can't thank the Lord enough for this precious gift He has given our family. I can't wait to watch Will grow up and love the Lord with all that is in him!
~My Aunt Faye! What an inspiration this lady is. In her life she has been through so much, but has held on to her faith with all that she has, and I know that's what has gotten her through. She was with me through every step of my fight with Cancer, and I can't thank her enough for her love for me, and ALL that she has done for me to help me out!
~ The rest of my family who love me unconditionally!
~ My extended family the Wisemans (KC's family) . It's amazing how well we all get along that we can spend the holidays together!
~My Church family, what would I do with out you guys supporting me in prayer and with your love, I don't know another church who is as supportive as you are! Jesus shines through you! He uses you in ways that you could never know.
~ A job that I truly do enjoy! I'm glad that I have a job with the economy like it is.
~ Shelter, food, and the necessities of life!
~ Almost two years of great health. You know the Bible says that God will never put on us more than we can handle, and I can testify to this. I never would of thought that I could deal with having cancer, but you know what I did and it is ONLY because of His GRACE! God's grace is AMAZING, if you don't believe just look around!

You know there are days that I complain because I don't have this or that, but you know I have all that I need and that is JESUS. I pray that I would live my life a little more like that.


I leave you with a favorite praise song that I learned at camp o so long ago! Enjoy!

Thank You

For all that You've done,

I will thank You

For all that You're going to do

For all that You've promised and all that You are

Is all that has carried me through Jesus,

I thank You

And I thank You Thank You Lord

And I thank You Thank You Lord

Thank You for loving and setting me free

Thank You for giving Your life just for me

How I thank You Jesus,

I thank You

I greatfully thank You And I thank You.

Now its your turn, leave comments with what you're thankful for!

Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

What are you thankful for?

I'll let you know later what I am thankful for!


love you all!!

Kim :)

The Nation's Capital!

For those who didn't know I'm in Washington DC siteseeing and visiting with a family friend (Kenny and Nancy) . I had never been to DC and wanted to come and found a decent priced flight so I planned a trip! So it's finally here!

I got up Sat morning @ 4:15 in order to be at the airport by 5:30 for my flight @ 6:30. I then had a 2 hour layover in Atlanta, and then on to DC. I landed right around 11:20, and met our friend Kenny then we drove around the city and around the city.. We ate at Hard Rock Cafe and then drove around some more and up to Lincoln's cottage, but didn't get to see it because it was closed. We are going to try to go back on Tuesday. We did go to the National Catherdral and that was absolutely AMAZING. It's huge. We made it back to Kenny's about 7:30 or so.

Today we left about 10 and headed into the city, and went to the Holocaust museum. The Museum was quite breathtaking. I am still kind of speechless about it, my thoughts on that later. We then went and ate at Phillips a seafood buffet. After lunch we went to Jefferson memorial, then iwo jema, and drove by the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Memorial, Arlington National Cemetary and the Pentagon. We are going to all of those tomorrow, and I will be riding the Subway for the 1st time. Then we are going to ride the tour mobile thing. I'll get back to you on all of that later.

So far I love DC and it is BEAUTIFUL with all the leaves changing. I could see them from the plane and took some pictures.

Now time to spend some time with my friends!

:) KIM :)

Another good check up!

Well today was a busy day for me with Doctor's appointments and all. Thankfully the both went well. I had my yearly physical and bloodwork, and will know those results within a week or so... When I left there, I went and voted, then to the Ford dealership, and the insurance place, and to get gas. Once I got home I called and registered for my spring classes, and then watched a movie. I just relaxed for awhile and then headed off to my 4 month follow up oncology appointment with Dr. Schwartz. It went great! No new developments since the last time, and pretty much says that I'm doing great! I was his only well patient today. I am very thankful every time I go and have a good check up. I go back in 4 more months!

One more good thing from today is I have lost 31 of the 75 lbs that I want to loose! I am well on my way to my goal of being a healthier thinner Kim!!

I would also like to mention this too. Doug said this Sunday night in his sermon and it really made me thing about how sovereign our God is! "God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with his will for you. And his will is always directed to our good. Why then do we suffer such disappointment when the hoped for favor that we needed from another person doesn't materialize? Why do we struggle with resentment and bitterness when someone else's decision or action adversely affects us? Is it not because it is our plans that have been dashed or our pride that has been wounded?Deut.29:29" We have to remember on this night of the election that we have to trust that God is completely in control no matter who wins the election.

I hope everyone has a good one! I'll be back next week, I'm leaving Sat. morning going to Washington DC for the weekend, please keep me in your prayers that I have a safe trip!

Kim:)

Be Unto Your Name

The past few weeks have been pretty busy for me. This past weekend was great! Rob, KC, and Will came over Sat. for breakfast then we hung out at the house for a little bit. Then Mom, KC, Will, and I went shopping at Linen's N Things, Babies-R-Us. We met Dad and Rob at Lowe's to pick out new carpet and counter tops finally! Dad has been saying for like 5 yrs we are getting new carpet and FINALLY we are! Mom and I then went to Walmart and by the hospital to see Kendra working on 3J. I then just relaxed after supper!

Today was church, and it was a great day! This morning Doug preached on Romans 12:1 "1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship." Very good, and made me think about some things in my life that I need to give to the Lord.

We sang a song tonight that I really liked, and think this should be all of our prayers. It's
"Turn my Heart, O Lord."
(Chorus)
Turn my hear, O Lord
Like rivers of water
Turn my heart, O Lord by Your hand
'Til my whole life flows
In the river of Your Spirit
And my name brings honor to the Lamb

Lord, I surrender to Your work in me
I rest my life within Your loving hands.

Enjoy the week!
Oh yea, I go for my 4 month follow up on Tues, i'll let you know how it goes!

Til then!

What Cancer CANNOT do....

I have a poem about Cancer to share, Doug, my pastor, read it last night at church.
I thought I would share it with everyone.
What Cancer Cannot Do
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love
It cannot shatter hope
It cannot corrode faith
It cannot destroy peace
It cannot kill friendship
It cannot suppress memories
It cannot silence courage
It cannot invade the soul
It cannot steal eternal life
It cannot conquer the spirit.

This poem is really true and I can relate to it.

Thats all for tonight..