What a week it's been!

So… it’s been an interesting week.

I babysat a friend’s kids Mon, Tues & Wed afternoons… They’re good kids & no trouble at all, except that they want to eat constantly. LOL… but they’re fun. I think my girls enjoyed having 2 other girls to play with!

Wednesday was Valentine’s Day, not that anyone around here noticed. Delaney took her valentines to school and had a school party. And we went to church as usual on Wednesday night. Mike called during the day to tell me happy Valentine’s Day. No flowers, no card, nothing else. Just a phone call. This is my usual gift for just about every holiday, birthday, anniversary. *sigh* I just wish these things mattered to him. I truly do like to be spoiled, but he is so not a spoiler at all. I should be used to it after 8 ½ years of marriage, but it still kind of hurts my feelings.

Thursday I was sick. I mean, sick. When I woke up, I could hardly move. Everything hurt. I think my toenails were in pain. I had the chills so bad that my teeth chattered. I believe it’s the flu. Thank goodness for my mom—she came and got the girls and kept them until tonight. She had me call the doctor yesterday & ask for Tamiflu, and promptly picked it up at the pharmacy and delivered it to me. My entire day was spent on the couch. I tossed and turned, moaned and groaned… there was just no way to be comfortable. I think it was more painful than childbirth. Perhaps I have forgotten what childbirth truly feels like. ;)

I actually feel human today. I think I might survive. My girls are back at home… both are sleeping soundly in their beds.

I still don’t know yet if my dear husband will be home for the weekend (yeah, the same one who doesn’t think Valentine’s Day is important if you want to stay married)… He’s been out for 2 weeks already. I’m starting to think he has a death wish. Or perhaps a divorce wish.

Anyhow… that’s my exciting week… I hope everyone else out there has had a better week than me! I'm sort of glad it's the weekend... :)

It's a Brand New Day--Thank You, Lord!

Whew! Thank the Lord today is a brand new day, and I have this chance to try again to make things right... After the day I had yesterday, I am very thankful that I woke up this morning. :)

We've got snow... plenty of it, in my opinion! It's absolutely covered the streets and made driving anywhere out of the question. There is no school today, so I have two kids at home today instead of one... So, say a prayer for me today... Delaney likes to spend all day making Jenna scream, so I've got the Tylenol and the spanking spoon ready, just in case... But I have hope!! I hope that today will be different! I plan to lay out the expectations ahead of time, in hopes that the girls both will listen and understand...

Tomorrow, Delaney's school is supposed to go on a field trip to Tulsa. I don't see that happening at this point... And if it does, I think she won't be going because I'm pretty positive I don't want her in a bus going a hundred miles away on a snow-covered highway... Call me a worry-wort or a party-pooper or whatever, but I'd rather keep my kids safe... :)

Dear Heavenly Father... Thank you, Lord, for this brand new day... for one more chance to really make things right... Thank you, Lord, for sending your Son to die in my place, so that I would have a chance to live with you for eternity. Oh, what a glorious day it will be! Sometimes I can hardly wait! But I know that your timing is perfect! I ask you to put a hedge of protection around my husbandand kep hi out of harm's way... I ask you, Lord, to bless our family and every person reading this today in such a way that we cannot even imagine. Bind my mind to the mind of Christ, so that You alone--not myself--would be in control of m thoughts and my actions today, Lord. I ask you for your grace today, Father... in a heaping measure. Help me to parent my children with grace and understanding, as I will need to be both mother and father today with Your help.. And please keep the devil at bay. I take authority over Satan, and I command him out of my presence this day!! In Jesus's precious name I pray, Amen.