this is a private journal. this is a place where i express my thoughts freely, and without apology for being real. this is a place where racing thoughts may form a herd, and herds are quite manageable when one has a xattle dog. i happen to have one. yes, i know that i should say cattle dog, but i decided that i liked xattle dog better. oh, the ( Read more... )

I've been away from LJ for a long time, but I have done some reading, and have had you all in my prayers. We've had nonstop medical issues, especially between Amy and I, and it's been exhausting. Amy is still very ill, and the doctors are still trying to find something that works for more than a week. She suffers greatly. There are no words ( Read more... )

I'm having serious problems, and I need to find ways to save even more, since I cannot work. Where/how can I get grocery coupons, aside from the Sunday paper?

Rich is here tonight instead of tomorrow, so I'm happy ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in my room with Millie.Amy and Anthony are having a tiff over something he said that she didn't like. I've prayed, so now it's up to them to smooth it all out. Wouldn't it be so nice if there was some sort of Mom iron that we could just whip out and use to smooth out all the rumpled places in our kids' lives? Maybe I could invent one? ( Read more... )

We're off to a meeting with our former pastor, Pastor Mark. We had a painful split with him last winter after Amy, who was Director Of Children's Ministry, was betrayed in a huge way by him and another member. This meeting is in hopes of being able to achieve reconciliation.
Your prayers for its success are coveted!

Rich got home from the house inspection really tired and hot from following the inspector up and down, and down and up, and in and out in the heat for almost 4 hours, lol. Nothing serious was found, other than some nail pops on the roof, some miswired outlets(easily corrected), and some previous termite damage which has been corrected.Seems the ( Read more... )

ugh. very late last night millie had diarrhea in the living room. a few hours later, min min starting barfing all over my room. a real mess to clean. then we got up for church and stumbled into the living room to discover that poor millie had been sick in the crate with diarrhea and peed as well, and amy never got up when she cried b/c she wrongly ( Read more... )

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