Ok, so there is this gal I work with and her name is Sharon. Her fiance's name is Bill. Bill has a little niece whose name is Madison. Madison was born last February, very premature, less than 24 oz. She has never ever left the hospital in Iowa City. This sweet baby has had so many health problems, but one of the major ones is her heart. Her mommy & daddy have been told that she will need to have another heart operation soon, like in the next couple of weeks. The saddest thing is this: if her heart surgery is not successful, the doctors and insurance company have given them 2 options. A) take her off oxygen and other equipment that is helping her to live and let her die or B) put her up for adoption so that she can become a ward of the state, and maybe someone else with more insurance can adopt her and give her another chance at life. They have maxed out her lifetime insurance coverage and the insurance people are saying enough already. Isn't that so sad? It makes me want to cry. So please pray for little Madison and her mommy & daddy. sigh......
I know God is at work in this somewhere.......
~d~
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Monday, November 28, 2005
There is HOW many days until Christmas?
Happy Thanksgiving to each of you. We had a fantastic meal over at the in-law's (mine not Bob's) and played Phase 10 for about 3 hours. The kids loved it so much we went back the next night and played for another couple of hours. Playing with kids can make it a long and drawn out game, and we never did make it to the 10th phase! :) I bought the cards for Joey for Christmas, so am anticipating a marathon of Phase 10 on Christmas Day!
Went shopping at 5:00 am on Friday. Ya know we love to do it, but I get so exhausted by 2:00 that I just want to go home! Luckily Bob was driving so I could take a short nap on the way home so I wasn't so cranky at the kids when we got back home. It's not their fault their parents are nutcases and get up to find the "ultimate bargain" every year. They know what we are up to and have learned to go hide when we come home so that we can bring in the loot and try and hide it. Well this year there isn't a great hiding spot in the house, so we are stashing them in the trunk of Bob's car! Ha! Now, just so long as he doesn't forget and pop the trunk for groceries when all those little eyes are standing their waiting to put their little grocery bags in it! :)
I did find one good bargain that I'm especially proud of. Younkers (like a Dillards) had door buster sales, like everyone else, right? So we are wandering around just looking at stuff and I see a stand in the jewelry department with the big "Door Buster" sign so I wander over there. They had tennis bracelets for $15. I thought, well isn't that a nice gift for mom? And then I saw that the retail price was $100!!!! I'm tempted to leave the price tag on it so that she will be sufficently impressed Christmas eve....hehehehe. Bonnie & Rosa & Joy always buy her clothes, and Karen buys her things for her house. But Diane, she's gonna be buyin' momma diamonds! I hope she likes it!
Saturday we went up town and watched the Sinter Klaus parade, which is a dying tradition in our fair city. About a dozen little ones dress up like Christmas packages, reindeers, etc., a band of about 9 highschool brass players, 3 or 4 floats and dutch wagons, and the big boat float that Sinter Klaus arrives on and of course, the newly chosen Tulip Queen and her royal court. There is an official proclamation from the Town Crier guy, a welcome by the Bergermeister, another welcome by current mayor Dobernekker, smiles and waves by the pretty queen and her court, and then Sinter Klaus looks for a bad boy or girl to put in a burlap sack. That's the funniest part, you should see all the little kids with terror on their faces! They scootch in closer to Mom & Dad and hold on a little tighter. Fortunately it's all staged and some brave little girl went up on stage and just as the Piets were getting ready to stuff her in the bag Sinter Klaus spoke up and said that there was a misunderstanding. That our little town didn't have any naughty boys or girls this year and that they could all breathe a little easier, until next year. :-)
I went up with Brenda & her family. Her Anna is in kindergarten and she had the most horrified look on her face when he said he as going to find a naughty boy or girl! I don't know what that little one has been up to recently that she thought she was a candidate, but she was certainly worried!
Sunday morning we had fun gathering around the piano at the front of church for our contemporary worship service and sang Christmas carols. Someone made some hot chocolate and cider and cookies and people just wandered around while we sang and shared. It was one of the best worship services that I have been to in a very long time. Kuddos to our worship team and Pastor Ray!
Bob went to get Ang from the airport at 11:00 Sunday a.m. so they didn't get to enjoy the service. I'm always glad when she comes home from her little get aways. But this time I was really glad to have her back in my arms. I think that this was a very hard trip for her (she went to see Kevin & his family) since Kevin kept her at arm's length the entire time. He's decided that they can only be friends for now. Ok, but do you have to treat her like a stranger? C'mon..... The good side is that now she feels like she can go to Branson and have fun with other people and not feel like she's cheating on him. I know how this will go.....he'll see her having fun dating other guys, and the chase will be on again. That's what he likes to do....chase. Once he catches her, the fun is gone and he's off to chase someone else. Now, I don't know that for a fact, that's this mom's opinion. But y'all are my friends and you know what I'm talking about. She still believes that one day they'll be married. I guess we'll see. But he's got some major proving to do to his future in-laws if that ever happens! :-)
We put the tree up last night. Now I have boxes setting around waiting for me to find new locations for my decorations. That's another hard thing about moving. It takes awhile to find places to set stuff out. I don't have my fireplace mantel, my piano or my tv stand that I had in CO, and that is a lot of decorative spaces! So, I'll probably have the boxes out for a week or so until I get inspired!
Have a happy week! And I'll talk to you again next time!
di
Went shopping at 5:00 am on Friday. Ya know we love to do it, but I get so exhausted by 2:00 that I just want to go home! Luckily Bob was driving so I could take a short nap on the way home so I wasn't so cranky at the kids when we got back home. It's not their fault their parents are nutcases and get up to find the "ultimate bargain" every year. They know what we are up to and have learned to go hide when we come home so that we can bring in the loot and try and hide it. Well this year there isn't a great hiding spot in the house, so we are stashing them in the trunk of Bob's car! Ha! Now, just so long as he doesn't forget and pop the trunk for groceries when all those little eyes are standing their waiting to put their little grocery bags in it! :)
I did find one good bargain that I'm especially proud of. Younkers (like a Dillards) had door buster sales, like everyone else, right? So we are wandering around just looking at stuff and I see a stand in the jewelry department with the big "Door Buster" sign so I wander over there. They had tennis bracelets for $15. I thought, well isn't that a nice gift for mom? And then I saw that the retail price was $100!!!! I'm tempted to leave the price tag on it so that she will be sufficently impressed Christmas eve....hehehehe. Bonnie & Rosa & Joy always buy her clothes, and Karen buys her things for her house. But Diane, she's gonna be buyin' momma diamonds! I hope she likes it!
Saturday we went up town and watched the Sinter Klaus parade, which is a dying tradition in our fair city. About a dozen little ones dress up like Christmas packages, reindeers, etc., a band of about 9 highschool brass players, 3 or 4 floats and dutch wagons, and the big boat float that Sinter Klaus arrives on and of course, the newly chosen Tulip Queen and her royal court. There is an official proclamation from the Town Crier guy, a welcome by the Bergermeister, another welcome by current mayor Dobernekker, smiles and waves by the pretty queen and her court, and then Sinter Klaus looks for a bad boy or girl to put in a burlap sack. That's the funniest part, you should see all the little kids with terror on their faces! They scootch in closer to Mom & Dad and hold on a little tighter. Fortunately it's all staged and some brave little girl went up on stage and just as the Piets were getting ready to stuff her in the bag Sinter Klaus spoke up and said that there was a misunderstanding. That our little town didn't have any naughty boys or girls this year and that they could all breathe a little easier, until next year. :-)
I went up with Brenda & her family. Her Anna is in kindergarten and she had the most horrified look on her face when he said he as going to find a naughty boy or girl! I don't know what that little one has been up to recently that she thought she was a candidate, but she was certainly worried!
Sunday morning we had fun gathering around the piano at the front of church for our contemporary worship service and sang Christmas carols. Someone made some hot chocolate and cider and cookies and people just wandered around while we sang and shared. It was one of the best worship services that I have been to in a very long time. Kuddos to our worship team and Pastor Ray!
Bob went to get Ang from the airport at 11:00 Sunday a.m. so they didn't get to enjoy the service. I'm always glad when she comes home from her little get aways. But this time I was really glad to have her back in my arms. I think that this was a very hard trip for her (she went to see Kevin & his family) since Kevin kept her at arm's length the entire time. He's decided that they can only be friends for now. Ok, but do you have to treat her like a stranger? C'mon..... The good side is that now she feels like she can go to Branson and have fun with other people and not feel like she's cheating on him. I know how this will go.....he'll see her having fun dating other guys, and the chase will be on again. That's what he likes to do....chase. Once he catches her, the fun is gone and he's off to chase someone else. Now, I don't know that for a fact, that's this mom's opinion. But y'all are my friends and you know what I'm talking about. She still believes that one day they'll be married. I guess we'll see. But he's got some major proving to do to his future in-laws if that ever happens! :-)
We put the tree up last night. Now I have boxes setting around waiting for me to find new locations for my decorations. That's another hard thing about moving. It takes awhile to find places to set stuff out. I don't have my fireplace mantel, my piano or my tv stand that I had in CO, and that is a lot of decorative spaces! So, I'll probably have the boxes out for a week or so until I get inspired!
Have a happy week! And I'll talk to you again next time!
di
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Survivor Night!
Yes, well it is sad when your week is marked by television programs, isn't it? Actually the only 2 that I mark time by are Tuesday's Amazing Race and Thursday's Survivor/CSI/Without a Trace Line Up. If I think of it I tune in on Sunday nights to Extreme Makeover Home Edition. What those people do for regular people is amazing to me. Yeah, I know, it isn't everything you see on tv....like I saw that one family who had opened up their home to something like 4 or 5 kids who were orphans....kicked them out after they got this hugemongeous house! That's just wrong. I hope they take their house away or give them back the mortgage payments! :9
So, yeah, we all like to watch Survivor on Thursday nights. We especially like it when the guy we all want to go home, get's to go home! Yeah! And then I must suffer through The Apprentice.....and again, it will be great if Clay the jerk get's to go home tonight, what a creep.
Angie flies off to see Kevin tomorrow afternoon. Wish I knew where that relationship was going. It's hard to keep track of whether I'm supposed to like him or snub him! Ha! I guess this week I'm supposed to like him! Anyway, she flies out to PA on Friday, they drive up to NYC for the day on Saturday with his roommate and another friend. On Sunday she goes to church with him, Monday goes to classes with him, Tuesday hangs out around Valley Forge and then Wedneday they drive to NC to see his family. She's back home on Sunday noon. I think this will probably go like every other time they are together....."We just love it when we are together....it's really meant to be....we can make this work." Fast forward 4-6 weeks...."It's just too hard to do this long distance. Let's just be friends again!" Makes a woman glad to be married, that's for sure! Usually it's Kevin that does the "let's be friends" dance, but I have a feeling that once Miss Angie goes to Branson, she'll be the one dancing to that tune! ;-)
Well, I better toodle on. Love to those I know, and howdy to those that I don't! :) Have a lovely day all!
~di~
So, yeah, we all like to watch Survivor on Thursday nights. We especially like it when the guy we all want to go home, get's to go home! Yeah! And then I must suffer through The Apprentice.....and again, it will be great if Clay the jerk get's to go home tonight, what a creep.
Angie flies off to see Kevin tomorrow afternoon. Wish I knew where that relationship was going. It's hard to keep track of whether I'm supposed to like him or snub him! Ha! I guess this week I'm supposed to like him! Anyway, she flies out to PA on Friday, they drive up to NYC for the day on Saturday with his roommate and another friend. On Sunday she goes to church with him, Monday goes to classes with him, Tuesday hangs out around Valley Forge and then Wedneday they drive to NC to see his family. She's back home on Sunday noon. I think this will probably go like every other time they are together....."We just love it when we are together....it's really meant to be....we can make this work." Fast forward 4-6 weeks...."It's just too hard to do this long distance. Let's just be friends again!" Makes a woman glad to be married, that's for sure! Usually it's Kevin that does the "let's be friends" dance, but I have a feeling that once Miss Angie goes to Branson, she'll be the one dancing to that tune! ;-)
Well, I better toodle on. Love to those I know, and howdy to those that I don't! :) Have a lovely day all!
~di~
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Well, it's official
The wind and snow arrived yesterday, and it is officially winter in my hometown. Brrrr.....I must admit it was pretty when it was big and fluffy, for about 5 minutes.....and then it was wet and sticky. Good for snowmen making, if it wasn't so dad blasted windy and cold! :-)
Went out for supper last night with mom & the girls and a few husbands. It's always good to get together, but sometime's someone's feelings get hurt, and then it's not as much fun anymore. Last night it was mom's. She was on edge anyway b/c it would have been her & dad's anniversary today, 51 years. And that was the reason for our gathering, except nobody mentioned the words "dad" or "anniversary" so when something was said that wasn't very nice, she got up and left in a huff. Sigh......how long does grief last? Pastor Steve told me that it never goes away, it just becomes a part of who we are and we learn to live differently. I suppose there is some truth in that.
Today is the day I go in to work early, and then leave for a couple of appointments, and then come back to work, and then go to church for LTW's and then to GEMS. Unless the weather stays nasty, and then we'll stay home tonight! :-) Wednesday's seem to fly by quickly because they are so busy!
Well, happy day to whoever may read this.
Until next time.....
diane
Went out for supper last night with mom & the girls and a few husbands. It's always good to get together, but sometime's someone's feelings get hurt, and then it's not as much fun anymore. Last night it was mom's. She was on edge anyway b/c it would have been her & dad's anniversary today, 51 years. And that was the reason for our gathering, except nobody mentioned the words "dad" or "anniversary" so when something was said that wasn't very nice, she got up and left in a huff. Sigh......how long does grief last? Pastor Steve told me that it never goes away, it just becomes a part of who we are and we learn to live differently. I suppose there is some truth in that.
Today is the day I go in to work early, and then leave for a couple of appointments, and then come back to work, and then go to church for LTW's and then to GEMS. Unless the weather stays nasty, and then we'll stay home tonight! :-) Wednesday's seem to fly by quickly because they are so busy!
Well, happy day to whoever may read this.
Until next time.....
diane
Monday, November 14, 2005
Brrrrr......The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow....maybe
Man it's cold! And damp.....and gray....and very Novemberish.....which is good b/c it is almost the middle of November.
My mood kind of reflects it today too. I've been feeling antsy the last few days....tried shopping for our Operation Christmas Child (http://www.samaritanspurse.org/OCC_Index.asp) boxes yesterday. That helped a little, but then today it came back. I don't know why I feel this way somedays. Maybe I need to do more shopping! :)
Off to dance class tonight....something new for me....growth out of our LTW dowel rod ministry at church. It's fun and allows me to worship God in an entire new way!
Toodles!
My mood kind of reflects it today too. I've been feeling antsy the last few days....tried shopping for our Operation Christmas Child (http://www.samaritanspurse.org/OCC_Index.asp) boxes yesterday. That helped a little, but then today it came back. I don't know why I feel this way somedays. Maybe I need to do more shopping! :)
Off to dance class tonight....something new for me....growth out of our LTW dowel rod ministry at church. It's fun and allows me to worship God in an entire new way!
Toodles!
Friday, November 11, 2005
Hmmm.....
Well, this is new territory.....but I'm up for the challenge. I'll try and get back as often as I can, hopefully once a week or so...maybe Friday nights? Just keep checkin' back, and give me a hard time if I don't keep it up, ok?
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- iowegian
- I'm a 45 year old mother of 4 biological children and currently 2 other little ones who are living with us temporarily. I've been in love with the same man since 1981 and appreciate him more and more the longer we are together. I delayed going to college until I was in my 40's, a decision I don't regret as it has been a wonderful experience for me. I have learned so much and having several years of life experience has given me great perspective.