Friday, July 20, 2012

Day 196 - Saturday, July 14

Saturday
 my friend, Lauren, turned 30 today. She decided to have a a pool party at her mom's with all her friends and then she and her husband performed for us.  It was awesome!
Happy Birthday!!!

Day 195 - Friday, July 13

Friday
 I spent the morning canning all those tomatoes.  And I have to tell you it was so therapeutic!!  I love canning and at the end it is extremely gratifying to see all those filled jars!!!

Day 194 - Thursday, July 12

Thursday  
 My neighbor brought these over tonight.  They have so many tomatoes, they can't possibly eat them all.  I just LOVE my neighbors!!!

Day 193 - Wednesday, July 11

Wednesday
A sweet friend from church brought us dinner tonight and it was amazing!!  As much as I love cooking, I really needed the break this week.

Day 192 -Tuesday, July 10

Tuesday
 Jared's french horn was out of state being repaired and was due to arrive today.  I had to sign for it which meant I had to be home.  No worries, Fed Ex always delivers in the mornings here.......not today.  I sat around ALL day and they finally came at 4:30pm.  sheesh!

Day 191 - Monday, July 9

Monday
 Ugh.
After 3 weeks of not exercising, I got my shoes on and headed to the gym.  Why is it SO HARD to get back into exercising but SO EASY to get out of it?!!!

Day 190 - Sunday, July 8

Sunday
It was so wonderful to have Lee and LeAnne at church on Sunday!  They are on furlough from China and it was so great to hear their stories and see how God is working through them!

Day 189 - Saturday, July 7

 Saturday
It was so sad for me to drive away and see Steve's mom standing on the stoop alone.  I know she will do well, but these next days will be the hardest I think.  I appreciate your prayers for her as she makes this transition to this new phase in her life.

Day 188 - Friday, July 6

Friday
 Joe was catholic, so today we had a mass for him.  None of our family attended this parish (Joe did not go to mass much), but this church was so wonderful to us!

Day 187 - Thursday, July 5

Thursday
 The funeral has been set for Friday so that Joe's son (who arrived just hours after he passed) could attend.  Which meant that I would have to make the 7 hour drive again tomorrow and then drive back home on Saturday.  I wasn't sure I was up for that, but our good friend, Stephen, offered to fly me.  What a huge gift that was for me!!!  I had never flown in a small plane before but it was so fun!!  And gave me the ability to face the next two days a bit less tired!  What a blessing it is to have such great friends!  Thanks Leah and Stephen!!!

Day 186 - Wednesday, July 4

Wednesday
  Joseph Roland Bauman
June 22, 1928 - July 4, 2012

Day 185 - Tuesday, July 3

Tuesday
 My good friend, LeAnne (to the right of the baby), is home on furlough from the mission field.  I was so happy to be home in time to see her at this fun get together!!

Day 184 - Monday, July 2

Monday
 I drove home today and left Steve and Alyssa with his mom.  Did you know that you could rent books on CD from Crackerbarrel and then return it to ANY Crackerbarrel in the US for just $3.49?  I rented this book and thoroughly enjoyed it on the 7 hour drive home. It definitely kept me awake.

Day 184 - Monday, July 2

Monday
 I drove home today and left Steve and Alyssa with his mom.  Did you know that you could rent books on CD from Crackerbarrel and then return it to ANY Crackerbarrel in the US for just $3.49?  I rented this book and thoroughly enjoyed it on the 7 hour drive home. It definitely kept me awake.

Day 184 - Monday, July 2

Monday
 I drove home today and left Steve and Alyssa with his mom.  Did you know that you could rent books on CD from Crackerbarrel and then return it to ANY Crackerbarrel in the US for just $3.49?  I rented this book and thoroughly enjoyed it on the 7 hour drive home. It definitely kept me awake.

Day 183 - Sunday, July 1

Sunday
 This speaks love to me and I think I will always treasure this picture.

Day 182 - Saturday, June 30

Saturday
 This is what is getting me through these days.......my time with God.  
Joe's calcium levels are down, but he is not waking up.  The doctor believes he won't and that this is not reversable.  Since he is not awake, he is not able to receive chemo.  The doctor is a christian and told Sue if it were his dad, he would not do any more.  This was a very sad day, as we decided to take Joe off everything and move him to hospice.

Day 181 - Friday, June 29

Friday
 I am not sleeping well and needed this coffee today.  I really needed about 4 cups though because my MIL uses coffee with 50% caffeine.  Today we found out that Joe has multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer.  It is the cause of his high levels of calcium.  We will be meeting with the oncologist tomorrow.

Day 180 - Thursday, June 28

Thursday
 Soooo tired today.  Joe is not waking up like they keep saying he will and we still don't have any answers.  Tonight I just needed to put my feet up and rest.

Day 179 - Wednesday, June 27

Wednesday
 No change in my FIL.  His calcium levels have started to come down but he is still not waking up.  This picture cracks me up.  This is how my MIL walks around the house carrying her phones.....so cute!

Day 178 - Tuesday, June 26

Tuesday
 My FIL is in CCU.  He is mostly unresponsive but when I got there, he turned his head to me and smiled!!!  A gift for sure.  They are running lots of test on him to find out why his calcium and sodium levels are so high....the reason they think he is not responding.

Day 177 - Monday, June 25

Monday
 Our church secretary came back from maternity leave and I finally got to hold this sweet, sweet boy!!!  She will be bringing him to work with her, so I hope to do more of this!!  :)
Right after noon, I got a call that my FIL, who had been in rehab, was not responsive and was being taken to the ER.  I was planning to leave on Tuesday to go help my MIL, but hopped in the car and left today....so glad I did.

day 176 - Sunday, June 24

Sunday
 We are using a VBS program for our Summer Sunday school.  While we were gone last week, my amazingly talented friend, Denise, decorated our Sunday School hall for me!!!  It looks so great!

Day 175 - Saturday, June 23

Saturday
 This is the scene in our kitchen....crazy.
The Bunn is our coffee maker..which broke...so my son brought his coffee maker downstairs for us to use till we get the part to fix ours.  The espresso machine was what my son purchased on Ebay while we were gone.....of course he wants to keep it in the kitchen.  
We DO like coffee in our house, but this is ridiculous!!!

Day 174 - Friday, June 22

Friday
We got home to $3.02 for gas!!!  with the $.03 cents off we get for being Kroger shoppers, we got gas for $2.99......awesome!

Day 173 - Thursday, June 21

Thursday
 Today we drove back to LR.  What should have been a 10 hour drive ended up being over 14 hours....ugh.  So much traffic, accidents and construction...this was our view several times over the day!
 But all the delays let us view this GORGEOUS sunset over the Arkansas River!

Day 172 - Wednesday, June 20

Wednesday
Today, we said goodbye to our friends and drove to Anderson to pick up Jared.  They put on a small program to show us what they had learned over the four days.  It was fun watching Jared completely in his element.  We spent the evening with Rita and Mike and played a pretty crazy game of Nertz! What a blessing it is to know them!!

Day 171 - Tuesday, June 19

Tuesday
 mornings on the lake are my favorite!
 And Tuesday was basically a repeat of Monday!!

Day 170 - MOnday, June 18

Monday
 most...ok, ALL of this day was spent relaxing!!!  There is nothing better than time with good friends to rejuvenate and refresh you!!


Day 169 - Sunday, June 17

Sunday
 We enjoyed going to church with Rita and Mike and then headed out to drop Jared at Anderson for the Music Ed camp.
 Then we drove 2 hours north to our friend's lake house and enjoyed the sunset on the boat!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Day 168 - Saturday, June 16


We are at Rita and Mike's!!!
Jared has a MusicEd camp at Anderson and we drove him up today.  The bonus is we get to visit with Rita and Mike!!!

Day 167 - Friday, June 15


 Leaving on a mini trip tomorrow and spent the day making some goodies to take with us!!!

Day 166 - Thursday, June 14


 Had a pedicure today and then spent the afternoon by the pool with a good friend.  pretty awesome day!

Day 165 - Wednesday, June 13


 I attended a going away party for a dear friend who is moving out of state.  We are so going to miss her!!!

Day 164 - Tuesday, June 12


 This is a nice change!!!!
Hope it sticks around!

Day 163 - Monday, June 11

 
 Went and picked blueberries today.  So Good!!!

Day 162 - Sunday, June 10

Sunday
 The last night our friend, Mark is here.  He and Steve were trying to redeem themselves in Euchre.....and they did.

Day 161 - Saturday, June 9

Saturday
Our good friend, Mark, is here visiting us from Indiana.  I loved this picture of them all just hanging by the pool.  It is so great to have him here with us!!

Day 160 - Friday, June 8


Tonight my neighbor and I threw a Going-Away cocktail party for the sweet couple in the middle.  They are moving from our neighborhood to Houston and we are SO SAD to see them go!!