Update

11/19/2005

Wow -- Time flies . . . even when you're not necessarily having "fun."

We did the Men's Walk and it was wonderful but Tim really pushed himself and we are now looking at surgery on November 28. God I love my mom - when I mentioned he was going to have the surgery and the havoc it will wreak on our schedules, she immediately asked if we'd need her to come down and stay a couple of days. She's SO awesome!

I hadn't talked to my brother in forever -- and he seemed glad to hear from us.

12/9/2005

Yikes! Has it been that long since I've written?

I guess so.

My daughter is 16 today. How is that possible? She's so beautiful and intelligent and mature. I'm so proud of her and yet. . . well, it's a cliche for a reason. . . it seems like just yesterday. . .

I've been sort of depressed today. Working up to today actually. I love my job and life is great -- God has provided so much for us. Tim had his surgery and his back is so much better! We had food from so many friends and rides for the kids and prayers lifted for us -- probably hourly. It was so wonderful and so humbling.

But time marches on and Mary's 16. And last night, Tim's Grandma Clingner died. We haven't told the kids because it's Mary's birthday.

I don't feel old or anything. In fact, I took Mary for a manicure today and the ladies doing our nails and one of the patrons couldn't believe it when I said I was the mom! They thought we were sisters! I love it when that happens! And Mary has her learner's permit. How will I survive her learning to drive?

The daughter of a friend just totaled her car -- it's a miracle she survived really.

I'm stream-of-conscious writing today...

So, I made it through my first Pledge Drive at KET. I even got on T.V. a couple of times! So did Noah and Sara! It was fun but exhausting and I have a mound of mess to plow through -- as if it wasn't bad enough when I first got there.

I'm not singing the Christmas music, again. I've been swamped with work. I miss it and it makes me sad to sit in the audience. I also sort of feel not needed. There are so many other people at church who can sing and it wasn't like anyone was sad I wasn't showing up. Oh well. . .I don't know what I expect but I'm just sad not to be participating. I sort of miss being at Versailles UMC because I felt like a vital part of the music ministry. It's the show-off in me, I'm sure and I probably shouldn't admit how much I miss feeling like I could just say "Hey, I'd like to sing this song" and be singing it a couple of weeks later; or know I'd probably have a solo in whatever program we were doing.

Okay, enough whining. It's Mary's BIRTHDAY!! She's having a party tonight -- 20-something of her closest friends. My mom and dad got a chocolate fondue fountain from my brother and his wife, Nicki, for Christmas and they are letting us borrow it for Mary and Sara's birthdays. Tonight is it's inauguration. Mary and I went shopping last night and bought pineapple, bananas, apples, oranges, oreos, peanut butter creme cookies, pretzel sticks and marshmallows to dip in the fountain. Tim bought fresh strawberries today and spent a fortune on them. We got her some jewelry and I got her some chocolate covered cherries this morning when I got wrapping paper for her gifts. I had Tim go out and get a toy car and we put a big red bow on it and he put it in the driveway. . . she made a face but I think she thought it was cute. I had a poster made with her picture and happy birthday on it. I'm going to have all her friends sign it tonight and then take it to the Narnia movie with us on Sunday for her youth group friends that aren't here tonight to sign and for her to see there. I'm excited about that because she can keep it.

Okay, time for me to get busy and help get ready.

Trying not to be sad about how fast the time goes by. . .