Tuesday's service was great, too, glad Sheila was back! Suzan went to ER because she was pushing truck and hurt back, Kathy came to church with us, she really enjoyed it, next is going to be 'I Want for Nothing"

I am posting notes here for my friend Sheila who was sick and couldn't be at church tonight...

Getting back to your first love

Preacher West started talking about how Samson was God's man and let sin come between him and God and tells us in Judges16:20
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
He said that was one of the saddest verses in the Bible
He then goes to Rev. 2:1 where the church of Ephesus has slowly pulled away from God talking about how first we stop going to church on Wednesdays and skipping Sundays, then we stop praying faithfully and then we find we are no longer in love with God like we were when we first were saved!

Matthew 24:12 (New King James Version)
12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.

He talks about how went we lose something we need to go back to where we were when we first lost it.

IF WE LOVE GOD WE MUST RETURN TO DOING THE THINGS THAT BRING US CLOSE TO GOD!

We must read the Word, Pray and go to Church and HEAR GOD'S WORD"
Ps23 tells us we HE RESTORETH MY SOUL

It's a gradual thing that brings us back to where we need to be, there must be a starting point!

I honestly believe God puts people in our lives at just the right time! I took Les to work and went to get my Carolina long sleeved T shirt I wanted from Palmetto Treasures (ON SALE) then I went to see if something I wanted from Hancock was still there and since it was not I sat looking at patterns when Dee Cobb saw me and sat down. We started talking about the earring class tonight and she told me her car was cutting out so I called Les and he said bring it to him. I followed her to the Zone where he found the battery cables were just loose Advance had looked and told her they didn't see anything. Then we went to the class. It was fun!

Had a very nice day! Got my new chair, played with the kids, ate Chinese with Mom and Mema and the lady beside us slipped $2 in my hand and said, "God's blessings to you!" that was a blessing, $2 from a total stranger is a treasure from heaven!!

Started my Cellcept today, it added 5 pills to my daily regiment ;( This is the way I do my pills for the week, it takes several minutes to do and is easier to do once a week, I take 15 in the morning then often take a pill for coughing, heartburn pill and my sleeping pill. At least no more chemo!
I let Les read side effects and we laughed, I wouldn't know if I had them because I already have them all, LOL!
Gina is still sick, she must have had the flu, the kids, Trey and Les and I had our shots but she didn't.

Ames rolled over today, Gina texted me to let me know.
I can't believe the month is over! Poor Jamie is having a colonoscopy on my birthday and is needing a ride home, poor thing, Les goes back to work tomorrow and I will have the babies, I wish I could be more of a help, she has helped us to much with filling out paperwork and stuff to get Les back to work after these 6 weeks!
Getting ready for Homecoming and Preaching Mission next week! Got to think of something to fix for lunch after preaching, I hope we have a full house!

This is a picture of Charli blessing her tea party, LOL!
Today has been nice, Charli and I spent time watching videos and laughing at the Pixar bloopers and fun songs Like The Bird's the Word and Ames was his usual smiling self BUT Gina had to go home sick which is so rare! She had the stomach bug, I guess.
Les went to eat with his Mom who made beef stew but I didn't want to get out in the cold and stayed home.

I have always been close to my Grandmother, I spent a lot of time with her growing up. She is a godly woman just like her mother, Hassie. I took the babies to visit with her Monday and as I was walking out the door she touched my arm (Les had taken the kids out to put in the van) and told me she was concerned about family members who were not in church and she started tearing up. I almost started to cry myself. I know how she feels and me heart ached to listen to her. What started it is she asked a granddaughter about going to chuch and she gave her a funny look and said "Going to CHURCH?" I do not want to die not seeing my kids faithful and since she is in her 90's she probably feels that way, too.
I pray she will get her wish!

I saw my first orioles today! It was sleeting when I told Les to put out my feeder Twila gave me, I got a few pictures of the pretty yellow birds, I hope I will get more!

Today is Seth's 3rd Birthday and my 700th post! I sent him a tool set and book so I hope he got them! Charli went to the doctor for her check up, she is in the 95% for height and weighs 28lbs. She doesn't like the doctor's office and freaks out when she has to get undressed, she did the same last year. Gina said it was worse this year. I was with her last year and it was bad, LOL!
Gina took us to O'Charlie's and I took the kids to see Grandmama while she went to jury duty. We then are dinner with Mema, it was a nice day.

I LOVE this song!!!


Angel and Bruce sang this tonight, I love it, too

I am actually ahead of the game for once, LOL! I created 6 posters for Homecoming through Walgreen and got most of the pictures printed and ready to go in the album while they were half price. Those posters are wonderful! I am thinking how they will be a great idea for gifts to send Jeremy's son Seth to help him know the family that he doesn't get to see. We did the 20 x 30 size at church and 6 cost $68.00 which wasn't bad. We are laminating them and each year I will make a new one. Our building will be finished by next homecoming so I have the pictures uploaded and ready, I will tell Sheila so if something happens to me she can get them printed. I do plan on being around, though, LOL!
Gina had a class and Charli went to Sunday School with us, she must have gotten up earl because she fell asleep in my arms, ;0) Papa Doug and Nana 'Laine gave her a singing card that sings "I Want Candy" Each Sunday he has a pack of Tic Tacs for her in his shirt pocket and they are another set of Grandparents.
I decided I want a chair for my Christmas/Birthday and Office Max had the very chair I want for $50, I was ready to go get it but Les's disability check didn't come in so I am afraid to get anything extra :( I am sure they will have it on sale again or maybe I will get the cash I need to make up the difference, I am tired of my air hanging in the arm of the chair I have and my back hurting. The new one is wider and has good support. I have less than 2 weeks until my birthday, I told Les I want a chair and a long sleeved Carolina shirt, I saw a Carolina Girls shirt at church I loved so I tell him what I want so I don't get something I can't use (BIG :0))
Have felt pretty good this week, just sleeping a little more than I would like to. Have been going to bed around 2 and sleeping in until 10 or 11, I sleep so good in the morning!

I am so glad all the snow is gone! I meant to take some bread up to the mill pond white it was iced over but forgot. Charli and Seth's gifts came today, it costs $10 to mail Seth's! Next time I will just spend the money and have shipped to him!

We started a Sunday Night study on Healing and Health so I was looking at some verses and found this.

The snow is now getting rained on so it is sliding off my roof and scaring the poor birds!

Poor Charli had several mood swings at her party, LOL! She wasn't crazy about bowling but the other kids had fun. She got a lot of nice gifts and a nice crowd.

Cute hat ideas
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2008/11/simple-fleece-snow-hat.html
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2008/12/another-hat.html
this is cute, too http://www.anniesattic.com/detail.html?prod_id=76330&source=GGCROBB
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/10/looking-for-modern-bird-studios-250.html
scarf
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2009/10/simple-fleece-scarf.html
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/01/gathered-flannel-scarf.html

This is yesterday, Les cleaned Gina's car off so she could drive to work instead of him driving her. The snow is still sticking around and I fell today, Les and I were laughing so hard it was not easy to get up, LOL! I did what he told me and instead of walking on Gina's walkway I stepped out on the lawn and still down, it wasn't painful or anything. I will just be glad when it is GONE!
I ordered the babies birthday gifts from Barnes and Noble tonight. I was afraid we couldn't make it to Greenville and I wouldn't get Seth's mailed in time. I got Charli a Pinkalicious doll and books and Seth a wooden tool set and books. Charli has memorized the Pinkalisious book! I want to record her, it is amazing because it is a book with a good amount of words and vocabulary. She also likes Fancy Nancy. Gina is getting her these books. I would have liked to find a bigger doll but they are expensive! Right now she is watching Monsters Inc Everyday, LOL! It is too old to find anything from that movie though. I might look on eBay or in Thrift stores to find a Scully toy sometime.

Here is Ames with the soft blur hat I made him, I am planning on getting more colors and making a few since Gina likes hats on him and he is quickly outgrowing what he has.

We kept the kids at Gina's today, the roads are bad is some places including her road. Les took her to work and picked her up. I still have not done anything creative yet today, LOL, Gina loved Ames hat though.

I saved all my bracelets from Self for 2010 just to see how many I ended up with, 13, it seems like a lot when I put them together! I spent hours trying to get ahead of the spam at 3S, it is so bad it is in the gallery! I don't know why they keep it open if they are not going to maintain it! I can still delete most of it, Barbara is on medical leave and I guess no one is taking care of it.

The snow is sticking with us, I saw some melt off the neighbors roof but it stayed in the mid 30's and will drop and refreeze, Trey and Gina both were off and I talked to an excited Charli! I am sure she had a great time with her Mommy and Daddy.

I finished up a little red hat and started one with an eyelash type yarn I bought on sale but I hate working with it because it is so hard to tell where the next stitch goes!