Thursday, July 31, 2008
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Lion Sleeps Tonight! Psyche!
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Wall-E
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Snuggle Time
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Ice, Ice Baby
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Welcome to the Jungle!
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Psycho
Superman had his two month check-up this week. He is now 23" long and he weights 11lb. 2oz. He was in the 5th percentile for weight when he was born. (No one told me that until this week.) He is now right on target for height and weight in the 50th percentile.
We are heading to St. Stephens this weekend. We plan to leave Thursday afternoon and stay with my parents Thursday night. We'll do 4th of July with them (Superman has a new outfit!) and head back home Friday night.
The big kids are at the beach with their mom this week.
Next week is a crazy week for us, so keep us in your prayers. The big kids will be with us until Wednesday afternoon and then they go to their mom. She has something that weekend, so they will come back to me on Thursday night. Hubby is leaving Wednesday morning to go on a business trip. My mom is coming Thursday to help out with all the kids. Then Friday, my mom and III are leaving to go to her house and leaving me with Rosy and Superman. Hubby should be home late Friday night. Then we will go pick III up at Gram Sam's on Sunday or Monday! I may be a PSYCHO by the time it's all over!
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Miracle on Portobella Place
As most of you know, when Hubby and I decided for me to be a stay-at-home mom and homeschooler, we made a conscience decision that we would have less income and would have to change our lifestyle. Sometimes this is easy (when the children are playing harmoniously and seem to be thriving in their learning) and sometimes it is difficult (when others seem to have more "stuff" than our kids).
Well, it turns out that having a baby is one of those times when it is tough. I expected my big bill to come from the hospital where you can finance it over a year, but my doctor's office filed on the insurance first so I owe them the big bill. I went in their office last week and found out that we owe them $2200 and they will only finance it over 3 months!!!! Everybody has an extra $733.33 sitting around to pay on a bill each month, don't they? Then, we went to the pediatrician's office yesterday and discovered that they had our address wrong and had not been able to bill us correctly. We owed them $230 from previous visits and $310 for the shots that Superman got that day. Needless to say, these sorts of things are extremely stressful.
Hubby has an attitude concerning these things that amazes me. He told me to do the best I could and not to worry because "What are they going to do? Come and eat us?" Certainly we plan to pay our obligations on time, but news like that out of the blue is discouraging.
Last night I sat down to balance the checkbook and to sort through the stack of mail that had accumulated. In our mail was an envelope from our insurance provider. When I opened it, it contained the escrow refund from our home owner's insurance. We sold our house a few months ago as part of our sizing down initiative, and I had no idea that there would be a refund. It doesn't cover all of the medical bills, but it helps out a ton. Even though we don't have to tithe on it because it is not income, we decided to give the Lord the 10% he asks for as a Praise Offering.
It's amazing to me just how good God is! Everytime He throws a miracle my way, I am surprised by it. You would think that I would remember how much He loves me and would understand that He will provide for me if I am faithful to Him.
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