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Monday Musings…

It’s the first day of fall!  Welcome Autumn, I love you so….

I love all the trappings of Fall…

I’m having “fun” speed cleaning…which just means I clean like a whirlwind…for a minute, then I stop and do something else for a minute….then back to cleaning…..etc….

This never worked when my kids were home all day.  Just when I would tackle one problem area…they would (mainly the boys, of course) create a whole new “problem area”…it was a vicious cycle!

But, today I’m letting little things make me happy…

…the smell of Pledge and Windex…the fact that I don’t have to wear any makeup…..and beautiful pics of mountain flowers…

So, that’s my Monday plan….

peace out…

Peace to the out...dog!

Peace to the out...dog!

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angiebledsoe
on September 22, 2008
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The Remains of the Day…

It was nice to be back at home at C3…

I’m ready to just be “at home” for a little while.  This morning was good.  Byron spoke about forgiveness…which is also what I heard last Sunday in Nashville - I guess I’ve got some work to do in that area (Ya think?!).  It’s definitely a daily struggle, at times.

I sang, “None but Jesus“, and for some reason find it hard to sing that particular song…it’s a bad key for me or something…

But, this morning - especially in the second service - I could hear the people singing along with me (sometimes that’s hard to do in the theaters… the acoustics seem to throw sound the other direction), anyway, I could hear the song of the people and it lifted me somehow…gave me strength to sing a song that my heart loves, but my voice…not so much.

It’s amazing how the energy in the room affects me.  I’ve been totally deflated by the room when it’s “cold” and unresponsive, no matter how the music turns out - but, I can be so lifted by feeling the Spirit and knowing people are with me as I worship…even if I’m having a bad day.

My back held out through both services, so that was great.  Then, after lunch, I got a short - but deep - nap…one of those where you aren’t sure where you are when you wake up….and no migraines yet today.  So, all in all - it’s been a banner Sunday.

It was just great to be back with my peeps again…it’s always good to come home.

C3 is for me….

Thanks to all of you who “invest and invite” to make it all possible…you’ll never know what your sacrifices mean. :-)

Peace to you all.

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angiebledsoe
on September 21, 2008
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life goes on….

so, apparently, my wrestling match with the wal-mart basket aggravated my “issues” with the disc in my lower back…

when did i get so stinkin’ old?!!

i woke up the next morning feeling like someone had beat me!!  maybe i need to work-out more…or ever.

so, it’s made this saturday interesting -

but:

  • kayleigh ran to the grocery store.
  • ashley cleaned the kitchen - and lectured the boys about picking up their “junk”!
  • the boys…well, put away their toys and clean laundry…and got along…sort of.
  • byron rearranged our bedroom - while i “supervised”…and gave moral support… :-)
  • ashley helped me get a pot of gumbo boiling…so we won’t starve while i’m out of commission.
  • it’s raining while the sun is out…so there’s a rainbow somewhere.
  • i refuse to look like an invalid tomorrow morning on the platform, so…BRING ON THE ADVIL!!
  • with our new bedroom arrangement, i can see the waterfall from the bed… :-)
  • maybe the rainbow will shine in through the window…or it could thunder, that would be just as nice.

so, anyway, life goes on even when it’s not how you planned for it to be.  i’m just glad it’s a saturday and i can lay around all day and “supervise” (thanks to my family :-) ).

pain meds are kicking in, so i’m gonna sign out now…

peace.

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angiebledsoe
on September 20, 2008
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Just one of those days…

i had one of those days today…

you know, the ones where nothing seems to go right.  i just wanted 15 minutes more sleep this morning - which turned into 30…

…and i think i’ve been trying, all day, to get that time back.

then, even racing down the 408 didn’t get me to my appointment on time - good thing i’m kind of like a race car driver! :-) - once i hit I-4, it was all downhill….actually, more like a parking lot…

since our refrigerator broke just before we left town - and, of course, we didn’t realize it wasn’t working until everything in it was room temp….

anyway, so i had to make another marathon trip to wal-mart.

i think half the known continent did too…..

then, i chose very unwisely when picking out a basket….of course, i didn’t realize how unwisely until the basket was piled so high that things were toppling out.  it didn’t want to go in a straight line…or to the right…or forward.

so, i was relegated to pulling the basket down the aisle and saying, “excuse me” and “i’m so sorry”…A LOT!

and, of course, the one thing that i desperately needed was on the opposite side of the store from where i was wrestling my basket….and then the other thing that i desperately needed was on the other side…again - i played this game for a while until i lost the desire to live much less my desperate need for whatever it was i desperately needed when i pulled into the parking lot….

then, at the check-out, i decided to resort to the 2 for $1.00 “hot” peanuts next to the register since i hadn’t eaten in….well, yet….and it was 2:00 pm.  of course, when i wondered to myself what that thunderous noise was and realized it was a repeat of the DELUGE, i decided to buy 2 cheeseburgers at the wal-mart mcdonalds and wait out the rain….

but, my basket didn’t want to go into the mcdonalds….so, i just gave up and dragged the cart through the parking lot and the torrential downpour…at which point i still had to unload said basket…in the torrential downpour - whilst an SUV with it’s blinker on metaphorically tapped it’s foot at me while i unloaded said broken basket in said torrential downpour…

and while they did have “hot” peanuts at the check-out, they did not have an umbrella…not that i could’ve held it anyway….

so….

but, my day did make me thankful:

  • thankful for LARGE sunglasses
  • thankful for starbucks
  • thankful for friends that call
  • thankful that i didn’t wear any hairspray
  • thankful for ponytails
  • thankful for husbands who recognize “certain expressions” and unload said trunk - quickly….without saying, “wow! what happened to you?!”
  • thankful that my boys act like it’s christmas morning over getting a book called “dairy of a wimpy kid”
  • thankful that, for all my dramatics, the rain did stop - and nothing really suffered except for my pride…and maybe my yellow box flip-flops with the cool fake diamonds on top
  • thankful for flip-flops with cool fake diamonds on top…..even if they Rest in Peace….
  • thankful for pork chops…bought in bulk: 25min. - BBQ sauce - yummy.
  • thankful for that 25 minutes….

So, it was just one of those days, but I can still choose to be thankful…

…oh yeah, and if you happened to be a said Wal-mart today:

Your welcome…for the comic relief!  :-)

Peace to the out!

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angiebledsoe
on September 18, 2008
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