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nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
~~Matthew 6:26~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-59342377376900810572015-04-02T07:00:00.000-04:002015-04-02T07:00:06.236-04:00Throwback Thursday<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throwing it back today to two of the happiest days of any mom's life!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harley made her profession of faith on November 23, 2014.</span>~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-407964910080122402015-03-31T09:00:00.000-04:002015-03-31T09:01:00.467-04:00I'm Back in the Game!<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been thinking a lot about previous blog entries that I've made and I remembered how blogging is a great outlet for me. I'm thinking it may be time to jump back in.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, at this particular point in my life, I cannot think of a better time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My life has changed drastically in the past month. After being challenged by some colleagues at work, I jumped in head-first into a lifestyle I had no idea I would soon embrace so wholeheartedly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am now a 21-Day Fix junkie.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, I confess. I bought into it. Hook. Line. And sinker.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But there is a reason.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After 33 days, I am down 11 pounds and 9 total inches. I feel awesome. I am gaining strength I had long forgotten I had. I'm doing little things like going down steps unassisted and bending straight over to touch my toes again. I can SEE my toes again! And it feels wonderful.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thankfully, my awesome hubby has fully embraced the program as well, seeing as he does all of the cooking in our house. He has really taken on the challenge of keeping the kids happy and making sure I stay in line with my program. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, as unusual as it may sound, my kids have also totally embraced it. God is just so good. It is so hard to be healthy in today's society. Big Macs and Super-size fries are the norm, not the special occasion. Salads are frowned upon unless they have gobs of Ranch dressing oozing from the side. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But, I digress. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Am I perfect. Heck no! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have I cheated? Yes. (and you are allowed one cheat meal a week)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Want to know more? You are in luck! I have also agreed to become a BeachBody Coach. You can come see me as soon as my "online office" goes online. I will check back in tomorrow with that information.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just taking God at his word:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yeah, it feels good to be behind the dashboard again. Really good.</span>~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-2335030446150212622013-07-03T09:43:00.000-04:002013-07-03T09:43:06.618-04:00I'm LOVIN' Bloglovin'!!<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Apparently Google Reader has decided to bite the dust.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you haven't tried Bloglovin', you are missing out!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You sign up to follow your favorite blogs (I hope one of them is mine lol), and each day you receive an email with a listing of any blogs that have added updates. It's crisp, clean, and easy to navigate.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's super easy! Just go to <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/">www.bloglovin.com</a> to get your account and start browsing blogs. WARNING: Blog hopping is addictive, but it is oh, so fun!! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To follow me on Bloglovin, simply click on my new widget at the top of my post that says "Follow on Bloglovin." Easy peasy.</span></div>
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~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-69098754923625074432013-07-02T08:24:00.000-04:002013-07-02T08:24:33.530-04:00Still Depressed. . .But Loving Life!!<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, if you follow my blog posts at all, you will recognize the title pretty quickly. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you recall, God led me on a divine appointment with my family doctor, who quickly saw straight through me and informed me that I was suffering from depression.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I have no idea what made her think that--I guess she's not used to blubbering idiots showing up in her office. lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay, so maybe I didn't look THAT bad, but it was pretty close!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, with my prescriptions in tow, I set out to make some changes in my life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Am I still depressed??</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You bet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I'm going to go out on a limb and say I probably always will be.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, as long as God gives us chemists to keep my brain functioning properly, I can actually function as a real person.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the update:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, my children are being well fed and bathed! (Maybe not always wonderful home-cooked meals--if you really know me, you'll understand that--but it's ME feeding them, not their dad!!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a matter of fact, I went to the Vacation Bible School family night without complaining and actually STAYED UNTIL DARK without complaining!! OMGosh, that is HUGE for me!!! (Don't tell the folks I go to church with--I usually hide stuff like that pretty well)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've been hitting the pool often! I've actually discovered that I can "jog" in the water quite easily. So, the exercise has helped, too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've given up my Diet sodas, my "diet" anythings, and anything that contains any trace of aspartame. (That was huge and I can tell a big difference in the way I feel!) I now water my regular sodas down or go for tea--half and half.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, I've lost 19 pounds to date.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel wonderful. I still get tired. I still get cranky.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But at least I feel NORMAL.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I'm loving it!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi, my name is Lynn Mull and I suffer from Depression. But I do NOT suffer BECAUSE of it!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the Praise be to God!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-81226356908632175992013-06-20T17:07:00.000-04:002013-06-20T17:07:38.793-04:00And Then There Was One<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Am I the only person in the world who HATES funerals? I mean absolutely DETESTS them???</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Especially when it comes to extended family.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>And more specifically, my MOM's extended family.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It just brings back wayyyy too many memories.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>My Aunt Mae passed away this week.</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She was such a neat lady. I used to hang out at her house and play Legos, walk around the cow pastures to the creek, and EAT.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>She was like my mom's very best friend. They would spend HOURS on the phone with her almost daily (and they lived less than 10 miles apart--just go see her for crying out loud!!)</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>She's had Alzheimer's disease for nearly 8 years now, and for about 7 of those years, she didn't even know anyone in the family. Her mom (my grandmother) went through the exact same ordeal, but she lay in a nursing home not knowing anyone or anything for 17 years. Such a cruel disease and such a horrible way to live.</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The neat thing about Aunt Mae, though, is that several years before she got sick (I was actually expecting Tyler, so about 11 years ago), I got a phone call telling me that I had to go to Warlick's church that night for their Sunday service. </b><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Apparently, Aunt Mae had decided that morning that she just needed to be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that things were right with the Lord, and she was being baptized that night. What a blessing that was to watch.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It can be so frustrating to a not-even-40-year-old that all of my family is gone. Poof. Just like that.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I guess that is a definite downside to waiting until you are older to have children. (I came along when my mom was 40.) So many of the memories that my brother & sister, aunts & uncles, cousins, etc. have to carry with them, I have no knowledge of.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I still remember some things, though. Especially the late night homemade ice cream sessions at Grandma Arney's house. And playing baseball in the front yard. And trying to convince the cousins to let me play with them (I was younger by a good ten years, so that didn't go over so well.) and when they agreed, all they did was play hide-n-seek in the dark and scare the daylights out of me!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I try hard not to live with regrets. I have to ask for God's mercy in that area many, many times.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>But it just kills me that my kids aunt and uncle could be their grandparents, and there are only 2 grandmothers (on Randy's side) for them to know.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>While I sat at Aunt Mae's funeral, it was like living my mom's all over again. So I sit there, tears streaming, and blubbering like an idiot, with Tyler looking at me like I just walked off of Star Trek.</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just one more reminder to make the most of every day and to tell those you love over and over how much they mean to you. </b><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Enjoy Heaven, Aunt Mae. . .I will be there to see you soon!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>And, just like that, then there was one. . .</b></span>~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-16057315972526042602013-05-20T08:25:00.000-04:002013-05-20T08:25:24.609-04:00The Hangover<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If ever I needed just ONE MORE reason to convince my kids NOT to do drugs, I found it this weekend!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Talk about a H.A.N.G.O.V.E.R.!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Boy, did I have one.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Guess I'd better back up (I get ahead of myself a LOT on here).</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Since my last post, I have held my head high and <strike>proudly</strike> not quite so reluctantly chosen to take my prescribed meds the way they are <u>supposed</u> to be taken. They are also supposed to help me lose weight, a wonderful side effect, in my humble opinion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">While starting my meds, I was also introduced to the greatest fat sucker since leeches!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">(go to <a href="http://jamiesisk.myitworks.com/">http://jamiesisk.myitworks.com</a> for more details)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Anyway, after doing my first detox wrap, I was instructed that I could not have ANY aspartame for 48 hours. . .you ARE joking, right????</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">So, after much discussion with my hubby. . .and a little bit of internet research, I decided it was time. . .</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">No more diet sodas. . .no more Crystal Light. . .even my sweet tea is now mixed with 1/2 water.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">I was feeling soooooo good about myself!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Until the headache hit.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Oh. My. Goodness.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">The headache.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">The head ACHE.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Of a lifetime.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">THREE days of feeling like I'd been completely hit by a bus!!!! And THIS is what that junk has been doing to my system????</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">So anyway, I have now been artificial sweetener (and mostly) caffeine free for four days now.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">And, my meds are kicking in.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Today is looking good!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">(Did I mention I've lost 7 pounds and approx. 10 inches from the wraps???)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Life. Is. Good.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Prayers are appreciated!! :)</span><br />
~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-7073610607311920282013-05-14T21:45:00.000-04:002013-05-15T07:57:51.602-04:00A Divine Appointment<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I thought today about how much I was willing to share in this post, I spent some time browsing through my past few posts. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You guys probably saw the signs before I did.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I guess I should start at the beginning.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've had this crummy cough for W.E.E.K.S. now. No congestion. No snot. Just a cough.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I decided yesterday it was time to just bite the bullet and head to the doctor. (Did I mention that I <strike>hate</strike> strongly dislike doctors??)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, I had a terrible time trying to get an appointment, as my doctor left town and I am not "established" anywhere. I finally got in with the assistant who worked with my previous doctor and thought that would be good enough for now. . .I'd find a new doctor later.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The staff was very friendly! (The staff with the dr. I <i>wanted</i> to see were kind of stand-offish and smart.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She walked into the room and. . .</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">. . .I. Lost. It.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Literally.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bawled like a baby.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And had no choice but to face reality.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I told her about my cough. And the low-grade fevers. And the exhaustion--oh, the exhaustion.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The mood swings. The exhaustion (oh, yes, that bears mentioning twice).</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wake up more exhausted than I was when I go to sleep. I go to work, do what I have to do when I have to do it, drive home, and PRAY that I can make it from the van to the recliner.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I wait until bedtime, go to bed, and do it all over again.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a nutshell, I do not care.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">About anything.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Randy. My kids. My job. Church. Food. . .nothing.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hit rock bottom.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I told Randy that both he and my kids would be better off without me in the way and that I was moving out.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fortunately, it was Mother's Day and my family kind of treated me extra-special and talked me out of that before the kids knew what I was thinking.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyhow, the dr. spent LOTS of time talking to me. I explained that I had been on anti-depressants since H. was born, but took myself off of them because I did not like being dependent on a drug. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Her rationale was exactly what I needed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm not crazy.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm not mental.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(for those of you who truly know me, stop laughing and stay with me here)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a chemical imbalance.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just like someone with diabetes. Or high blood pressure. Things in my body, for whatever reason, aren't producing chemicals the way they used to.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can live with that.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I suffer from a condition called Depression.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is a real disease, and it has real side effects. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is crippling. To the point I could care less if my kids have supper or get a bath before going to bed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I left her office feeling better than I have in over a year. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On my way to have my blood drawn for routine tests, in another part of the office, I began to wince again.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Have I mentioned I faint with needles?)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Would you believe I didn't even know the girl had poked me????? I was STUNNED.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I knew, absolutely knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that I was meant to be in that office with that doctor for such a time as this.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You want to know what I did tonight? I bought pizza for the kids for dinner (yes, I slacked just one more time) and then I took BOTH kids to Wal-Mart. I wouldn't have even considered doing that for the past several weeks.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Am I cured?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nah.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Probably never will be.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But admitting the problem is half the battle.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And knowing that I am NOT mental and that there IS help out there should I choose to accept it gives me hope.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But more than anything, there is NO doubt that God has had His divine hand on me the entire way. . .even when I deserted Him, He refused to forsake me.</span><br />
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~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-15766803203384433062013-03-18T08:26:00.001-04:002013-03-18T08:26:46.653-04:00SSMT Verse #6<div align="center">
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~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-2332816328732366762013-02-24T20:13:00.000-05:002013-02-24T20:14:33.537-05:00Thoughts for My Tyler<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Sweet Boy. . .</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">My head and heart are overwhelmed with emotion tonight as I know you are heading into the unknown tomorrow morning.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">I know that, even though you have shown no resistance to change, you are nervous, hesitant, maybe even a little angry that your dad and I have chosen to move you to a new school, with new friends, new surroundings, and a new teacher.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">Son, one day, hopefully, you will have children of your own. You will want what is best for them. You will hurt when they hurt, try to teach them right from wrong (and cry because, yes, it really does hurt us more than it hurts you), and make tough decisions.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">As you go through life, no matter your age or your circumstance, don't ever make those same decisions lightly. Talk with God. Read His word. Pray. Then pray some more. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">Make sure that the Lord tells you unconditionally what He wants for you. When you follow Him and His desires for you, you will find this to be absolute truth:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">I must admit. . .I am excited, almost giddy, with excitement that you will be with me during the day. That I can check in on you and see your smiling face throughout the day. That I know what is expected of you and that I know that your teacher is a strong and Godly woman (as are the other teachers on her team!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">I am nervous about you heading into the unknown. I am nauseous with worry about you making new friends (especially the kind of friends that God would want for you).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">But, I have given all of that to Him. I trust Him completely. I have complete peace about his move, and I know without a shadow of a doubt that your dad and I have made the right decision.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">I love you, buddy. . . .go get 'em tomorrow!! And please, never, ever forget:</span><br />
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~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-65254702381917317372013-02-12T08:34:00.000-05:002013-02-12T08:34:37.790-05:00Yes, This Sums Things Up Nicely<img height="319" id="il_fi" src="http://www.indianrealestateforum.com/attachments/coffee-lounge-discuss-anything/18043d1353412465-inspirational-quotes-obless.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="400" />~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-34022981685068715052013-02-11T13:49:00.000-05:002013-02-11T13:49:26.194-05:00February's Blessings<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Okay, so. . .my day of silence on my last post slipped into a week. . .where did the time go this weekend?? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Oh, yeah. . .basketball tournaments, a great Sunday School lesson on sharing, a funeral that was better than many church services, and several episodes of F*ll House to appease the little one. . . whew!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">(Oh, and have I mentioned that I got a new refrigerator this weekend!!!??? Woot!! Woot!!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Okay, still counting my blessings~~~</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">February 6th:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3 gifts found outside</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~Tyler practicing his basketball skills, shooting hoops in the backyard</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~sunshine!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~a wonderful recess time to share and reflect with my teammates</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br />February 7th:<br />
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a gift at 11:30am~a nap with my Harley-bug (we had to stay home because she was sick with the stomach yuckies)<br />
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a gift at 2:30pm~a chance to do laundry during the middle of the day instead of having to wait until what feels like midnight, or even worse, the weekend<br />
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a gift at 6:30pm~more loving time with my Harley-bug and Tippy while the boys were off to basketball practice<br />
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February 8th:<br />
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a gift broken~my heart at some of the situations my son is dealing with. . .oh how painful growing up can be sometimes!<br />
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a gift fixed~my new microwave installed and ready to use!!<br />
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a gift thrifted~my refund check for the kids' dental checkups a few weeks ago arrived in the mail today--whoopee!!<br />
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~~my teammate treating me to dinner before the Valentine's dance on Friday night<br />
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~~Harley-bug being in a GREAT mood and having her BEST listening ears on at Tyler's first game</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~going to buy M&M's for my Sunday School lesson this week and discovering they were on SALE. . .oh, yeah, baby!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3 times I heard laughter today</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~my sweet Sunday School babies. . .I do love them so!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~during Mr. Jay's funeral. . .so wonderful to be able to show joy during a time of sorrow</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~at last night's drama practice. . .everyone seemed genuinely happy to be there and ready to practice</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3 gifts in working</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~wonderful colleagues</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~dedicated prayer partners</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~fifteen chatty, but smiling, kiddos that make me laugh always!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Have you been blessed today???</span>~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-58650876057065222022013-02-06T15:17:00.001-05:002013-02-06T15:17:25.874-05:00Day of Silence<strong><em><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I am taking a Blogger's Day of Silence.</span></em></strong><br />
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~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-21947073647439457672013-02-05T08:30:00.001-05:002013-02-11T08:29:11.114-05:00Focus on Him in February<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">February 1st:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~seeing the sea of "red" wandering our hallways in school in recognition of National Heart Day</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~bowling shoes!! Our principal took us bowling after school today as a faculty treat. . .We had a blast!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~ big <span style="font-size: x-large;">red </span><span style="font-size: small;">letters at H.H. Gr*gg. . .a sign that the Mulls are getting a new refrigerator--something that has been nearly 18 years in the waiting!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~remember that new refrigerator I mentioned? Yeah, I think it bears repeating!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~coloring with my baby girl. . .she is growing up wayyyy too fast</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~this word on the whiteboard in my Sunday School class</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">along with a reminder that we need to focus on what we are doing for Him TODAY rather than wallow in yesterday or worry about tomorrow. What a blessing I needed to hear.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~an announcement in our church bulletin that it's time for Easter Drama practice to begin. . .it is amazing to watch God work through our drama. . .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~many of my Facebook posts proclaiming love for Christ and sharing blessings shared in their lives. . .so uplifting</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~new shoes! Being on my feet most of the day can be torture, so I finally invested in a pair of D*nskos. My feet are thanking me already!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~a gift stitched: my warm and cozy blanket that I sewed <u>by hand</u>. . .yes, you read that correctly, I made it <u>by hand</u> and during the winter time, I am soooo blessed by it. (I will try to post a picture of it in the very near future)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~Tyler got a brand new suit and he is walking on air!! He is so much like his daddy--he loves dressing up and looking sharp. He wasn't too happy about Mom making him strike a pose, though. I just kept reminding him that every girl's crazy about a sharp dressed man!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">~~a gift hammered: my hubby pounding on the cabinets to work on installing my new over-the-range microwave (I am sooooo LOVING this new kitchen makeover!)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Arial;">I'll give you a few days to let that sink in. Happy Friday!</span></strong>~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-69343928290567256622013-01-31T08:02:00.000-05:002013-01-31T08:02:55.245-05:00January's Blessings--the Finale<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I seriously cannot believe that January is already gone. But, wow, how God has abundantly blessed me in 2013!! He is so very good.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">January 29th:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a song heard~~so many songs that I hear touch my heart, but none so much as those I hear my Harley-bug belting out to the Lord. . .tonight's chosen favorite was "Shouting Time" along with a round of "Yes, Lord, Yes." I hope she never loses her passion for the Lord</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a soft word~~a new student came into my class today, escorted by her mother whose English was quite broken. . .before leaving her daughter behind, the mother abruptly turns, grabs me into a huge bear hug (yes, in front of my kids) and whispers in my ear, "I love you for taking care of my daughter." Wow. What a huge burden I carry watching over 15 precious babies each and every day. I love them as if they were my very own.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">light seen~~RECESS!!! Our days lately have been sooo dreary and cold and nasty that recess is more of a blessing than you would know!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">January 30th:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3 old things seen new~~</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~my lesson plans. . .I've kinda been in a rut lately. I started planning next week with an excitement I haven't had in a while, and I'm glad it's back!!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~~my Bible verse that I have chosen to memorize for the 2nd part of January. . .it's amazing how something that you hear over and over can suddenly have a whole new meaning and an entirely new freshness to it when you seem to need it most.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a gift on paper~~one of our third graders went into another teacher's classroom and asked where a little girl sat. . .he walked over to her desk, put something on it, and left. . .when the teacher checked, it was a snowflake he had drawn with the words "Be Mine" written on it. . .so sweet!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in a person~~my sweet hubby. . .being trapped in all the nasty weather has kind of put us on edge, but we sat down to watch "Duck Dynasty" and plan our family vacation together last night. . .Good stuff.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><em>Happy Tuesday!</em></span>~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-11378804172977752192013-01-28T08:46:00.001-05:002013-01-28T08:46:06.496-05:00January Blessings<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">January 23rd:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">3 gifts found in Christ:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~grace new each and every morning</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~my salvation</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~His word and His promises that always provide me comfort</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">January 24th:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~the eyes of a dear friend who took time to let me unload today. . .I thank <br /> God every day for putting our lives on the same track. . .</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~feeling blue today after something pretty big went down with one of my </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> kids. . .just another reason to get down on my knees and rebuke the enemy</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~my most comfy nightgown. . .which, after today, I was more than happy to </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">January 25th:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">a grace borrowed~a ride home from school for Tyler since we were dismissed </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> early &<em> </em>I wasn't able to come pick him up on time</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">a grace found~an extra day to spend time hanging out with the kiddos.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> We "found" the time when an ice "storm" decided to send us home from </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> school early! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">a grace inherited~my love for Jesus from watching my dad's parents -- my </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> PawPaw was a deacon in the church and both he and my MawMaw</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">January 26th:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">a gift before dawn~turning over to find my sweet Tippy-girl snuggled around </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> my neck--I love that dog!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">a gift after dark~finding a "Duck Dynasty" marathon. . .happy, happy, happy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">January 27th:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">3 gifts in the kitchen</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">(okay, so anyone that knows me, really knows me, STOP LAUGHING!!!!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">The kitchen is NOT where I need to spend my time, especially if I want my family to live and I do not want my house to burn down.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~a beautiful pink birthday cake that my kiddos (with a little help) made me for </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> my birthday</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~the huge stack of pancakes my hubby whipped up after church. . .better </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> than IH*P, I tell ya!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~the dinner table, where we share laughs, day's events, troubles, and just </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">January 28th:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~daily laughter, smiles, and encouragement--you are a true blessing, Chelsea!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~daily words of encouragement and frequent doses of laughter from my </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> friend Deidre over at <a href="http://www.raisingfutureesthers.com/">www.raisingfutureesthers.com</a>~~ I don't think she has </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> any idea what a blessing she is to others. Sometimes I read her blog </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">~~my first ever birthday gift from a student. . .and he is such a treasure!! </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"> His entire family has been a blessing to me for the past two years. Feeling </span><br />
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~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-35286671922265695822013-01-24T08:11:00.000-05:002013-01-24T08:11:13.619-05:00Enemy, BACK OFF!!<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to remind myself that I need to be very careful within the confines of this post, for several reasons:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">I made my pledge to myself and to God that this year I was going to focus on being more</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;"> 1) keeping up with my blog--it helps me to think more of Him and to count my blessings</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;"> 2) memorizing scripture--something I've never really done <strike>intentionally</strike> before</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">Yet, with everything good, there is an equal and vicious not-so-good.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">He strikes our good intentions, thrives on making us look like a failure, and uses the areas where our faithfulness should be obvious to make us look as if we haven't accomplished a thing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">I haven't been to church in what seems like forever. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">It isn't because I haven't wanted to be there--I love hearing my pastors speak. . .the singing is always a blessing. . .and there are several people there that just having them in my presence gives me JOY because I know they are cheering me on (love you, Piper!).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">Call it coincidence or call it enemy attacks. . .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">Children have gotten sick.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">I've been sick.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">Family situations have come up that had to be dealt with--not simple issues, mind you, but conversations that could not be avoided and that much prayer over led us to sit as a family to work things out. . .and by the time everyone had dried their tears and were ready to move on, church had started.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">It just seems as if it has been something all the time. . .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">Some people would argue that you can love Him and follow Him without ever setting foot in a church.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">Maybe.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">Other folks would argue that if you really did love Him as you proclaim then nothing would keep you from His house.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">I want to be there. I need to be there. I want to be intentionally</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">And I know that others may (or may not) be whispering. . .or wondering. . .or questioning. . .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">But I have come to learn that what really matters most in my life is what GOD knows, what GOD thinks, how my relationship with GOD is affected.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">Not what everyone else thinks. Or says. Or even cares for that matter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;">And with that, I am going to start my day with my head held high, my eyes on Him, and a </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift given away~~a sympathy basket for another teammate who lost her Grandfather this w</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">eek</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift shared~~the excitement Tyler had when making a math competition team at school </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;"> that he never really thought he would make (and later this same week getting a phone </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;"> call from his music teacher telling me how proud she is of him making All County Chorus--</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">blessed!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">--my boss reminding me that I need to always put myself and my health ahead of my job. . </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">.it really is a blessing to have a Godly boss who truly believes in family first</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">--a friend of Tyler's coming to me to thank me for inviting him to Tyler's party last week. . .wow, I didn't know manners like that even existed anymore!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">--watching Randy and Harley playing together on the iP*d, just giggling away</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">January 17th:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift bringing laughter~~snowflakes falling outside my sliding glass door. . .we've waited <u>so </u></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;"><u>long</u>!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift bringing prayer~~a special friend in need</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift bringing quiet~~a migraine that forced me to take the next day off to rest my mind and m</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">y body. . .ice pack, anyone?? : /</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">--Hebrews 13:5b "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. . ."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">--Psalm 121:1-2 "I will lift up mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help; my help c</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">ometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth. . ."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">~~special alone time with my Harley-bug. . .she had the stomach virus and was in complete </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;"> and total "Mommy-mode"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">~~my marriage. . .I thank God every single day that His ways are not my ways and His </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">~~having Mee Maw here with us after fighting cancer not once, not twice, but three times </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">and coming out on top!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">~~Harley's sweet chest slowly rising and falling after a long 24 hours of throwing up and </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;"> finally being able to rest</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">~~the insides of my eyelids as God blessed me with some much needed rest after being </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;"> sick myself then having a sick baby</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">~~Tippy's big brown eyes as she lay at my head at night. . .so thankful God led her to our </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">family</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift in the sky~~sweet, sweet sunshine after DAYS of rain and winter weather</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift in the water~~a very long, very hot, <u>uninterrupted</u> shower (hey, those really are a </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift in memory~~my precious daughter that is sitting with Jesus. . .I cannot wait to see her </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">precious face</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift wrinkled~~my worn-out-but-oh-so-comfy-recliner. . .aahhhh. (well, when I get to use it, </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">anyway!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift smoothed~~my new outfit I was able to get today with a gift card from a special friend </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">for Christmas</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">a gift unfolded~~a note my waitress left on the table with my bill for Tyler and I saying she </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">hoped we had a day filled with joy. . .what an unexpected surprise!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">Have you been blessed this week?</span>~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-14953542839866944232013-01-17T07:19:00.000-05:002013-01-17T07:19:25.727-05:00One for the Books<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It's.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Finally snow!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;"><strong><u><em>Oh my word, I'm so giddy I can hardly contain myself. It's going to be a loooonnnggggg day at work!!</em></u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Wanted to share a quick story with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">One day, a "happy, happy, happy" teacher strolled into her classroom, settled in at her desk with her Diet Dr. Pepper and B*jangles breakfast sandwich and logged in to her email.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">As she was browsing, an invoice email from Am*zon caught her eye.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Although this wasn't <u>that</u> unusual, she knew that she had not ordered any K*ndle books recently.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">The teacher flipped open the email, only to discover that she had been charged $19.99 for an online purchase.</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Someone had hacked her account!!!!</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Upon further investigation, the teacher discovered that the purchase was made at around 10pm (when the teacher and her children were <strike>snoozing away</strike> supposed to be in bed) and was made while in the app "Temple R*n."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Suspicious, she kept probing and discovered that 250,000 (yes, <u>thousand</u>) coins had been purchased in the Temple R*n game.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Disgruntled, the teacher waited until that afternoon and immediately went to see where the tablets were.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">What??? Seriously??? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">It appeared that a young, witty 4-year-old (we won't name names here) had a tablet smuggled into her room. . .</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Ahhh. . .I think the mystery is solved!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Apparently, while moms and dads are sleeping, we sneak out, grab a tablet, and play Temple R*n until we crash.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">I am happy to say that after about a twenty minute online chat with the Am*zon specialists, the credit card account was refunded the $19.99. The teacher was happy she didn't actually <strong><em>see</em></strong> the specialist cracking up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">And all is well once again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Moral of the Story:</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;"> 1) NEVER underestimate the power of a four year old.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;"> 2) Choose harder passwords.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">(Oh, and, just for the record, I love you Harley-bug!!!!)</span><br />
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~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-74378439843395644722013-01-16T07:34:00.000-05:002013-01-16T07:34:21.127-05:00Mid-Month Check-In<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The FABULOUS Melanie over at Only A Breath is having a linky party on the 15th of each month to see how we are coming along with our "One Word" for the year. To help keep me accountable, I thought I'd join in.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana;">I chose this word because I feel as though my walk with Him has not been what it should be recently. I've allowed to much "stuff" and "clutter" to take over and pushed Him to the side. </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana;">I need to practice being more FAITHFUL to Him, for He has <u>always</u> been FAITHFUL to me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana;">I have by no means come full circle with my goals for 2013, but I have started taking some baby steps, like spending more time in prayer and memorizing scripture with a sweet friend at work helping to hold me accountable.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana;">I really want to develop a better routine of being still and listening for Him. . .my kids and my schedule are in need of re-arranging to help me make that happen, but I am asking His guidance in opening up the door that I know I need opened to become <strike>as close</strike> closer to Him than ever before.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana;">If you are visiting my blog for the first time, Welcome! I hope you'll come back, and I welcome all comments--they make me feel that my time blogging is actually worthwhile!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana;">Happy Hump Day!!</span><br />
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~Lynn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03168329671245194664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421424099743627424.post-32712544448210227102013-01-15T07:45:00.001-05:002013-01-15T07:45:52.383-05:00SSMT 2013 Verse #2<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've had a couple of verses in mind for my second memory verse for a while now, but in our message this past Sunday, Preacher Dale used a verse that I have just <u>not</u> been able to get out of my mind. . .it says everything that the Lord has been trying to get through to me for the past couple of weeks, so I've decided to use it as my new verse instead. . .</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">2 Samuel 22:3</span></em></div>
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