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100 things about me

1. I am a Christian and a sinner who is far from perfect
2. I am a wife of an addict
3. I am a mom of three boys
4. I cut the tip of my finger off and had it stitched back on
5. I am way too honest and vocal
6. I am scared of the dark, there are boogey men I know they will get me
7. I hate needles
8. I have 3 tattoos
9. I have my nose pierced
10. My house is almost always chaotic
11. I don't know what to do with time to myself
12. I graduated 7 months pregnant
13. I love all 3 boys for who they are
14. I am a submissive wife
15. I am an enabler
16. I am a co-dependant
17. I love the outdoors
18. I love hunting and fishing
19. I am extremely competitive
20. I am blessed to have a job that I enjoy
21. I have the most wonderful co-workers
22. My boss and I are friends
23. I have thick naturally curly hair
24. I once got a perm
25. It wasn't good
26. I color my hair
27. I used to bite my nails
28. It drives me crazy that Tyler does it
29. I have big feet
30. My big toe is big and my family makes fun of it
31. I have a cat named Smores
32. I have two turtles, Raphael and Michaelangelo
33. I fall in love with my husband every day
34. I love to wash his back when he takes a bath
35. I won't admit that to him
36. I love to pick on and banter with him
37. I adore his family
38. They taught me if you love someone, tell them
39. I LOVE licorice
40. I had braces at the age of 28
41. I chew ice
42. I have an extremely creative and talented family
43. The gene missed me
44. I miss my grandma very much
45. Every time I see a beautiful flower I think of her!
46. I just finished my first knitting project (a scarf) successfully
47. I will never be as good of a knitter as my mom or Aunt Becky
48. I am a tom boy
49. Girly girls irritate me
50. The older I get, the more girly I get
51. I am married to a fantastic cook
52. I make the best no bake cookies
53. I don't really like them
54. I love cheese, in any form, mac & cheese, cheese puffs or just plain cheese
55. Lion King is my favorite Disney movie
56. Finding Nemo is next
57. I have been told I am too trusting
58. Once I set my mind to do something, I do it 100%
59. I rarely do my hair
60. Even more rarely do I wear makeup
61. I love football and softball
62. I have never taken a cab ride
63. I have driven from Michigan to California
64. I would never do it again
65. I enlisted in the Air Force
66. I was medically discharged due to #12
67. I am a work-a-holic
68. I am not a disciplinarian
69. I love the smell of Baby Magic Baby lotion
70. I have more male friends than female
71. I will go up to 2 years without cutting my hair
72. I will go on a whim and cut it all off
73. I always wash my hands after using the restroom
74. When I wash my hands I always wash the bowl of the sink, no matter where I am
75. When grocery shopping I always put the items on the conveyer in a certain order
76. I must group like items together
77. I love to garage sale
78. I hate cheap toilet paper
79. I will skimp on something else to buy Charmin
80. I miss my home town
81. I miss my two best friends
82. I love to take pictures
83. I hate to be photographed
84. I missed my afternoon classes my senior year at least twice a week
85. I got straight A's my senior year
86. I would move to West Virginia in a heartbeat
87. My favorite car is a 69 Camaro
88. I love to shoot guns
89. My favorite western is McClintock with John Wayne
90. I would love to take a cruise to Alaska
91. I don't sleep well if my husband is not in bed with me
92. I have slept more in the last 3 months than I did the 1 1/2 years he was gone!
93. The year and a half he was gone was the best of both of us ;-)
94. I love Ansel Adams photos
95. I bought my first camera when I was 10 with money from a summer job
96. I still have the camera packed away
97. I have wronged many people that I love dearly
98. I am truly sorry
99. I always wear my sunglasses on my head
100. I honestly didn't think I would have 100 things to tell you!

He chose me

Just my ramblings this morning:

Starting 2008 I have reflected. Reflected on where I am and where I was.

I am a long way from where I want to be and yet I am so much farther than where I was. I praise God that He chose me. I praise Him for putting the people in my life to lead me to the knowledge that He wants a relationship with ME!

The responsibility of our relationship sometimes finds it's way to the back burner. I sometimes forget that my testimony and my walk is ALWAYS being watched. My every action, word, thought and step is being seen. Not just by God, by my children, their friends, my friends, my co-workers, family and by people I sometimes don't realize are watching. I should know, I am a people watcher! What message am I sending to the people watchers who see me? I may never know, God will~

I can be playful, harsh, thoughtless, silly, uncompassionate and worldly. On the other hand I can be serious, loving, thoughtful, selfless and sympathetic. My prayer is that my testimony and walk touches many, many that I know and many who I will never meet on earth.

He chose me! He chose me to see the supernatural. Sometimes when we go through trials and tribulations we want to know why we have to endure hard times. I pray that I never lose sight of the fact that on the other side of trials are the celebrations and the fact that through the trials are the eyes of watchers who see God's hands at work through me, my actions and my words. Every day I fall short of the grace of God. Every day I get up and put my best foot forward to spread His love, His joy and His grace. He chose me and He chose you! I am thankful that His timing is perfect, He knew that I could not have endured the events that have happened in my life without His hand in the mix.

True intimacy with God always breeds humility! I pray for 2008 that I come to Him honest and bare hearted!

I Peter 4:19 KJV

19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

And the results are in

Ok, here is the update!
They did the hysterectomy on Monday,the 10th, I was released from the hospital on Wednesday, the 12th! Came home, feeling sore and tired but otherwise OK! The next day Dalton stayed home from school with me and I was under strict instructions to rest, which I did! I was in pain so I was taking the prescription medication that the doctor gave me, which in turn made me sleep most of the day away! At about 5 that day my niece stopped to check on me. When she left she kissed me on the forehead and noticed I had a fever. Doctors instructions were..... over 101, we should call the doctor. Well throughout the night on Thursday the fever progressed, climbing higher and higher until I checked at about 2 in the morning and it was 101.8. I was in serious pain, so bad that the prescription was not helping. Finally at 5:30 am, I woke Bill up and told him that he needed to help me, I didn't know how he could help or what to do... but something was NOT right.
Now, for those of you who don't know me or my family, this may not seem like a big deal. But for me to admit that something is wrong, let alone ask for help..... THE WORLD SHOULD HAVE STOPPED!
So, by this point, I was going downhill fast. Bill called his sister, who is a nurse and is always the go to in times of question. She said call the on call doctor on the hospital form. Bill called, the doctors instructions were..... take me to the ER! Ha Ha. After my insistent NO, he gave up. I told him I was not going to the ER and sitting there for several hours. At 8 Bill called my doctors office, they said to bring me to the office at 9 and they would do x-rays and blood work and I could see the doctor. Went to the office, which by this time, I could barely walk on my own or keep my eyes open and head up as I was so weak, and they did x-rays. We went upstairs to my doctors office and the next thing I know I am back in the car and off to the ER we go. The next few hours were blurry. I remember getting more x-rays and the nurse coming into take blood and start an IV. They could not find a vein, I have my father to thank for that, so the nurse decided to start an IV port and take blood from that same vein before starting the IV. I heard her say OMG, her blood is barley dripping in the vile, drip, drip, drip, to my husband. Another nurse came into to take more blood for another culture and they couldn't find a vein, of course, after trying twice! Oh, have I mentioned that I HATE NEEDLES! Like make me want to puke! So the nurse said that they were going to send IV therapy up to try and get the other culture.
I looked Bill right in the eyes, which took about all the energy I had and said " NO MORE NEEDLES, take me home now, I don't want to do this anymore" And I meant it, I was done fighting, I didn't want to be sick and certainly did not want to be at the hospital any longer.
The nurse who started my IV and was with me for the first few hours in the ER came back in the room and I said, I don't want anymore blood work! She said, sweety, they aren't gonna find another vein on you to take blood from until we get you hydrated.
I didn't understand what she meant at the time. The next day my doctor came to check on me and told me that the fever was due to a major infection and severe dehydration. Which was why my veins were heard to find and why my blood was running so slow. Many IV solutions and antibiotics and on Monday they released me from the hospital. As a matter of fact, on Sunday I told Bill "you better be here at 9:30 in the morning because I am out of here tomorrow" Needless to say the doctor didn't show up until 10:30! She asked how I was and I very boldly said " I am going home today" She sort of giggled and said OK! From the time she released me to the time the wheelchair was there to give me a ride downstairs was about 15 minutes. Yep, just that fast, they had my IV out and I was in my own clothes and was on my way home. Two very strong prescription antibiotics and plenty of fluids and rest were on order for the next couple weeks.
I did good, rested, plenty of fluids (wasn't making the mistake of getting dehydrated again!!!!) and took my prescriptions just like the doctor ordered. I had my checkup on the 27th and she said I was recovering beautifully! I even talked her into letting me go back to work, well she said 4 hours a day until the 21st, then I can go back full time. But hey.... as much of a workaholic as I am...... I'll take what I can get. So I went back to work on Monday, rested on Tuesday and worked today. I could seriously get used to only working 4 hours a day.... it is kind of nice. But I seriously missed everyone from work. They are family. We spend most of our time with co-workers and I work for such an awesome company with fantastic co-workers, my heart missed so many of them so much, that I just couldn't wait to get back.

I will be checking on everyone shortly.... just getting back in the swing of things!

~~~~~HAPPY NEW YEAR~~~~~