I was tagged by Robin to list 15 random things about myself. Here goes:

1. Random is a good word to describe me. I am always starting one thing and before finishing, starting another…and another. If you look around my house you’ll see little piles of started and unfinished projects. That is why Donald has added a studio to our new house….a place to store my piles…and make new ones!

2. I love..LOVE … LOVE Diet Dr. Pepper! It’s the best! And I drink way tooooo many.

3. My favorite color combination is black and white! And just a touch of something bright for accent. I like it in clothes, in shoes, in art, in decorating, in everything!

4.I love rusty things…rusty anything! I think the color and shading is beautiful and unlike anything a painter can capture. I also love the verdigris patina that copper takes on. It is such a ‘natural’ process, and fun to watch. (Yes I know you can’t actually ‘watch’ it happen, but it’s neat to see it evolve over time.) I have actually bought things for my home and then put them outside for a few months to get some character!

5. I am very frightened of lightning. VERY! I do not like it! And I know it is from God and necessary in the grand scheme of things, but I just wish it would never happen around me! EVER!

6. I have a clock that is very difficult to set. So, I don’t. I just have to remember that it is right only during daylight savings time!

7. I have stacks of books that I have not read. I fully intended to at the time, but just haven’t yet. At least I will have something to put in our new library.

8. I do not like to sit in the back of the church. I usually sit on the 3rd or 4th row….if I get in there first from Sunday School. If Donald gets there first, we sit about 7 or 8 rows backs. He is 6’2″…I am 5’1″…..plus, I get very distracted if there is anything between me and the preacher…and I need to hear everything he is saying!

9. I love to make lists. And I love to cross things off of lists…if I don’t lose the list and have to make another one. Which sometimes happens…and when I find the first list, I can really confuse myself. Which is not a good thing…for someone who is easily confused. If I forget to put something on my to do list…and I do it anyway..I will write it on the list just so I can cross it off. My crazy friend Jean does this, too. So there is crazy in AL and PA.

10. I love listening to music by Beethoven. It speaks to my soul, and to my heart. The notes are like words I need to hear. Music is a beautiful thing!

11. My favorite scene from nature is a bare tree against a grey sky. It’s branches are like beautiful architecture.

12. I know these last 2 things make me sound like a much deeper thinker than I am. And I maybe could be a deeper thinker if I was not spending so much time looking for lists, and waiting for rust to happen!

13. On the days when I plan to run away from home, I call the airlines and check on the cost of a flight to Maui. I always change my mind before I give them my card number…but….one day………

14. I think sunflowers…the giant ones…are magnificent!

15. My sister likes to think she can boss me around…but she can only boss me around when I NEED to be bossed around. Like yesterday. Thanks, Sis.
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WHEW! Now you know way more about me than you ever wanted to know, and I realize I’m just a more ‘off-center’ than I thought!
I am tagging: Crazy Jean in PA. and Jennifer.

I really did have a Dr. visit yesterday. And he did talk to me about some things I need to do. I was trying to pay close attention…but sometime what I hear you say is not exactly what you meant. HOWEVER…I am fairly certain that this was what he said…or at least what he meant! Anyway, it pays to follow your Dr.’s advice. And I am a very good patient!

Have a great week-end!

This was a long night and I didn’t sleep very much. Early the next morning, our Pastor, Ken Harrison, came by. Pouring out my heart to him, I said how unfair this was and maybe I had done something to cause God to punish my baby. He was a fiery, old-time country preacher, and he jumped up and shook his finger in my face. “Don’t you ever let me hear you say that again”, he said,”that is not the way God does things. If you needed punishing, God would punish you. This is happening and God will be the One to see you through!” I knew his words were true, but I was at a loss to find some sense in this crisis.

The plans were made to send us on to Birmingham. When we finished with the 24 hour urine collection, we were on our way home. I found out later that the type of tumor that Adam had puts out a certain substance and it always show up in a 24=hour collection, and it did in Adam’s case. When we got to our house, it was full of friends. They had a meal for us, and were there to love on us and give us support. We packed and quickly ate, then joined our hands in a circle and had prayer. My sweet, sweet Aunt Katherine who was like a second mother to me…not really an aunt, but so much more than a friend….prayed for us all. People…she and Jesus were real tight. They talked often, and she went boldly to Him and asked for healing. It was as if we all had a taste of the glory of the Lord that day…He filled my den and wrapped us all up in his tender loving arms. A feeling I will never forget. Aunt Katherine lives with Jesus now and I know she is one happy lady to be with her Saviour every day. I miss her, her kind ways, and her quiet wisdom.

Don was having major stomach problems through out this time. Virus…nerves? I think it was a little of both. Remember we were young, He was 27 and I was 25…just younguns’ ourselves. His sister, Beth, drove us to Birmingham. Time was of the essence, so they told us to go quickly, but safely. Don was crashed in the backseat and Beth, Adam and I were in the front. We pulled up at Children’s Hospital about dark. Don was so ill, so I checked us in while Beth took care of Adam. Then they gave us papers and told us to report to the 6th floor. We got in the elevator and I felt like the closing doors were sealing me in a tomb of despair. When the doors opened, we got off and there were 2 little guys pushing IV poles…laughing and playing,,,but no hair. Here comes a mother pulling a child down the hall in a wagon. The child was very ill and not smiling at all…neither was the Mom. Walking down the hall, looking into rooms, were children in various stages of cancer…some crying, some playing…but all without hair. I freaked! I turned around and went back to the elevator with Adam and got inside and pushed the bottom floor button. When we got out I went straight outside. My plan was to get in the car and go home. I guess I thought if I didn’t stay, it wouldn’t happen. Crazy, huh? I think that was when the reality of the situation hit me…and I realized my baby was going to be one of those on that hall. Beth and Don followed me and by the time they arrived, I had pulled it together. Don just put his arm around me and Beth took Adam, and back up we went. And this time, when those doors closed, I had resigned myself to get through the coming weeks. My worst fears were about to come true. My baby and I were getting off this elevator to fight for his life.

Just went by to see the house…and We. Have. Wood! Only 1/2 of the foundation is poured, but they are already framing it. Still looks so small…but the builder just laughs at me when I say that.

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April Fool’s Day…a day for jokes and pranks, and having a laugh!

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An atheist complained to a Christian friend, “You Christians have your special holidays, such as Christmas and Easter. Jews celebrate their national holidays, such as Passover and Yom Kippur. But we atheists have no recognized national holidays. It’s unfair discrimination.”

His friend replied, “Why of course you do, didn’t you hear? It’s on April 1 !!!”
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I suppose it is only fair…even Maxine agrees! Check it out….
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They can celebrate this…..

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HOWEVER…..

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God has said:

2 Peter 3:9 says “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

Galatians 6:7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

AMEN