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| BlogI hardly ever update here! But that's because I already . So really, this post is just a shameless plug for my usual blog. So if you want to read more entries, hop over to my other blog.  Or, if you're
so inclined, check out my LiveJournal, which I probably update most of all. | | |
| NewsletterWe've just started sending out a weekly newsletter for our evangelism ministry. If anyone wants to be added to the email list, just reply and let me know, and you'll be added! | | |
| EvacuationTomorrow it will be one year since we evacuated for Hurricane Rita. It's strange to think back to this night a year ago, when we were packing up to leave. We live in a mobile home and were right on the projected path for the hurricane to hit us straight on, so we didn't know if we would have a home when we got back. A few weeks before, we were helping with some of the Katrina victims, so we got to see a lot of that firsthand and hear stories about what happened to them. It was mind-boggling to realize we were then evacuees ourselves! Here's another post from before we left, then here you can read the log I kept of our trip. One thing I didn't mention there is that it was 102 degrees outside when we set up camp! I love camping, but that was just too much. The lake was a wonderful relief though.
My asthma has been bad the last few days, and I've had a bad headache tonight. I thought I was having a rough night until I realized that one year ago tonight, we were packing up to leave thinking we weren't going to have a house to come home to. It's really all a matter of perspective. | | |
| New AdditionsMama and I went to Wal-mart tonight, and had a rather interesting shopping list:- sorbet
- Italian ice
- Prince Charming
I would imagine the last item on the list raises some questions. How on earth could we expect to find a prince charming at Wal-mart?? Well, the story behind that started with my sisters' decision to buy some fish. They've been setting up the tank recently, then bought the fish today. They saw some frogs for sale as well, and we all talked about it this evening and really wanted to get one. Over dinner, we decided we should buy one and name him Prince Charming, though none of us wanted to try kissing him. Mama and I were going to get one when we went to Wal-mart, hence the curious shopping list. We actually ended up getting two frogs, and I named the other Marshwiggle. Mama is taking pictures right now, so I should have some of those available to post soon. | | |
| Updating...I should probably update here more. I do update my regular blog more often though. The last few weeks have been pretty busy, and we've been looking for a new church as well. We've been homechurching for a while but are now trying to find something else. We're probably going to start going to one that's about 15 minutes away. We went Sunday and it went well; I loved the Sunday School class. We're going through the book of Matthew and the man teaching it makes it very interesting. He even made the geneology interesting!
Ragweed and other pollens are coming out now. I can tell because I've come down with bronchitis again(a yearly issue for me...). I actually didn't get it last year, just a lot of problems with my asthma and other respiratory stuff. I had forgotten how awful the bronchitis was! But I'm already on antibiotic for a sinus infection and asthma medicine, and I'm staying on decongestant, so hopefully I can get this out soon. Despite the fact that whenever I get it, it lasts from September to December, I'm still optimistic and hoping I can beat it sooner! It comes in with the ragweed and stays until a freeze kills the pollen. Last winter, it never froze hard enough; ragweed was still blooming in February! I'm praying for a hard winter to kill all the pollen early.
We do have two trips coming up this fall, one to Louisiana next month for a cousin's wedding, then one camping west of Austin in November. My allergies and asthma always feel better when I'm out away from the big city, so that will be nice. I love camping and hiking too, so I can't wait for that, and it will be nice to see all the family again at the wedding. And the MacDonalds are coming soon, so we're all really excited about that!! 
I'm taking the week easy, sitting back and getting plenty of rest. There's so much I want to get done: I was organizing my room and just have a bit left to finish, I want to get a lot of sewing done and make a couple of skirts before the trip to the wedding, and I really want to work on my music a lot. But I can't push myself or I'll just get worse, so I'm taking it easy and getting plenty of rest so I'll get well soon. | | |
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