3/31/09

What.is.that.smell?

Oh my.
I've been pretty busy around my little castle -- taking care of kids, preparing for a retreat in Tulsa and working with a non-profit ministry I adore. All good-busy, but busy. I've put myself on a Twitter diet, a Facebook diet, a shopping diet and a blogging diet.
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And the other thing that has kept me distracted? That horrible, Horrible, HORRIBLE smell in my garage. Seriously, what is that smell?
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Apparently, the Foxy Mr. left me a little gift while he went out of town. It turns out there's a little "problem" with our second refrigerator - the one that makes the dreadful humming sound that can be heard INSIDE the house despite the fact it's not in the house. Oh no.
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Apparently, the MANY packages of meat that were chill-axin' in my freezer were disrupted from their frozen vacation when the Foxy Mr. unplugged the appliance a week or so ago, to silence the humming ruckus. Not the dandiest idea he's ever had. (But I still think he's amazing.) ...And then he left town... Without telling me he unplugged it. ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Apparently, meat, especially the uncooked kind, requires a temperature lower than the nice spring numbers Edmond Oklahoma has posted the last couple of days. Much lower. So the philly steak pucks, and loads of chicken breasts began to revolt and grow the worst case of funk you can imagine.
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Apparently, this kind of stench evokes quite a response on the olfactory system...which is tied to the digestive system...which produces a violent event when thrust into reverse...which is all I'm going to say about that...
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So I gagged, and cleaned and bagged the chicken that was supposed to satisfy my dinner menu plan for the next two weeks. Then I skipped dinner due to lack of interest.
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And because I like to use real life events to reflect on life when things go weird, I reminded myself that if I don't stay plugged into the Word and keep my cool, I'll be stinky and not fun for anyone. It's true, you know.
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Without Jesus, we all begin to go bad.
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3/24/09

My Little Black Eyed Pea


Kid Three took a tumble today. One minute he was sitting on my bed, minding his own business... and the next minute he took a trip through the air via my nightstand. Not sure what happened. I was standing right there but couldn't catch him.


Doesn't every kid fall off a bed and smack their face on something hard at least once before the age of two? It's kind of a right of passage. He's a real boy now.


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3/8/09

Passing Time in the ER

Thumbs down on the snot in this house! There is plenty of it, too.
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Last weekend, Kid Two had battled a fever and congestion for 2 days when he began to get an earache. This kid has had quite a battle with earaches in his life. His little right eardrum has ruptured about 8 or 9 times already, so when he says "My ear hurts," I know it's the real deal.
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It always happens on Friday, after 5pm, when the doctor's office closes. nice.
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This time it was 11pm on Saturday night when the extreme pain began for him. Knowing he couldn't make it until Monday, he and I took a little "field trip" to the emergency room. I'm not going to say which one in case one of you reading this blog works there. Let's just say the next time we go, Kid Two and I agreed we would beef up the drama a little more with some crying and yelping so we can skip the 3 hour tour of the waiting room. ugh.
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To pass time we prayed. First we prayed again and again for his pain to subside. Once that was under control, we began to pray for all the other people we saw and heard in the emergency room. A kid crying next door, a man with chest pain, a little girl with a nasty cough...
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We didn't pray with thembut we prayed together in our little triage room. It was a great teachable moment for Kid Two. And for me. We talked about how Jesus came for the sick, not the healthy and how He is our great physician in all things. Before we knew it, we were on our way home with a little 'cillian to fight the infection.
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All cozy in our beds by 3:30am, we were very much aware who was fighting for him!
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3/6/09

It's Coming

It's coming this summer.

I am getting so excited!

Tell every single mom you know to go to http://www.ariseministries.net/.

More on this later...


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