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Monday, July 14, 2008

  • The week begins, and there's much to do... as there always is.  Some of it *must* get done, and a bunch of it *should* get done.  We'll see how that goes. 

    I took Rein to his eye doctor this morning.  He gouged his eye on Saturday evening with his thumb.  He was lifting a heavy roll of vinyl, and his hand slipped.  His thumb ripped his glasses off and gouged his eye.  It was a pretty good gouge (or bad, if you will.)  We put some natural drops in it to clean it out and help it begin to heal, and he layed low (I grounded him) the rest of that night and all day yesterday.  He is much better today.  Thankfully, the eye heals quickly, and we had *many* people praying for him.  His doctor gave him some antibiotic and anti-inflammatory ointment that will further keep the eye from getting infected, as well as give a bit of comfort.  He also bought sun glasses to go over his regular glasses, as all light makes it uncomfortable.  So, he went from feeling like he had just stuck a knife in his eye, to feeling like there was sand paper in it, to now feeling like he's been punched in the eye along with the sand paper.  Well, he *did* punch himself in the eye, so that makes sense.  Any way, our county fair is this week, so he'll be working all day as normal as he can, and then sitting at his booth at night at the fair.  Aimee and Tori set the booth up and have been covering these past two days.  He usually airbrushes at the fair, so we'll see if he heals well enough to want to do that.

    Other than all that stuff I need to get done, I don't have much on my schedule this week.  I love weeks like that.    Not that things couldn't come up, but at least for now, it doesn't look too complicated.  I may or may not venture over to the fair (it's literally just across a field from our house.)  Sometimes I enjoy going, and sometimes I enjoy avoiding the entire event.  It might depend on whether or not I get a craving for some of that deliciously awful-for-you fair food.    Though, for that reason, I'm sure it'd just be better for me to stay home.

    Any way... have a wonderful week, no matter what you have going on!

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

  • I think this is "one of those days."  Nothing is terribly wrong or anything... I just feel really sluggish and out of it.  So, I'm having my coffee, and I'm going to go do some thought provoking reading.  Maybe by provoking my thoughts and enjoying my coffee, I'll kick into some kind of gear... even if it's the lowest level.  I guess we'll see.

    (Maybe it's the weather?  It seems like you can blame the weather for a lot of things, so maybe that's it.  You think?)

    Any way... I hope your week is starting out well, and that if it's "one of those days" for you, too, that it won't last long. 

Friday, July 04, 2008

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

  • Where has the time gone???  It's been two weeks since I've posted, and I certainly didn't mean for time to get away like that.  Hmph.  I guess it's not like I've had anything profound to say that I'm depriving anyone of.  I am still pondering some thoughts that I'd like to share eventually, but I need to be able to sit at the computer without feeling that I need to be somewhere else, doing something else, in order to put my thoughts down coherently.  So, we'll see when that happens.

    In other news, we're still shifting things from cutting out that wall and opening up a computer room just off the dining room.  I am sitting in said room, kind of like a nook, at my computer with my new (new to me, any way) computer desk, instead of the makeshift piece of furniture that has sufficed for the past many years.  All of Rein's computer stuff is in here, too, as well as my 7 foot tall oak bookshelf.  But... my huge oak desk didn't fit.  Well, it would've, except we wouldn't be able to actually sit at our desks or move around at all.  So, it is on one of the walls in the dining room.  Certainly not what I had planned, but I think it'll all work in the end.  I bought a couch and chair from Goodwill for $50 with the intent of getting them reupholstered... but I'm running out of fun money.  So, they will still look okay once I get the living room repainted.  I'm pretty eclectic in my style (if I even have one) any way, so it's not a big deal.  For now, though, we have to figure out where all this STUFF is going to properly go, since Asher will have a house full of friends here next weekend to celebrate his graduation.  All and all, the space is more open, and I do like that.

    I've also been enjoying soccer *every* day on the ESPN channels.    Asher has me hooked.  It's the Euro 2008 tournament, which is like the World Cup Lite, with only the European nations.  Tomorrow begins the quarter finals.  It's been exciting.  The final game is the 29th of this month.  What AM I going to do when it's all over???  I may go through withdrawal for awhile.  But I am not subscribing to the FOXSoccer Channel to have it 24/7.  Clearly, I wouldn't be able to handle being responsible and having that much soccer available all the time.  I'll just take whatever ESPN throws my way, thank you very much.

    I've been enjoying my time in the morning in the books of John, Psalms, and Proverbs, as well as reading a book by John Bevere, Honor's Rewards.  I only read one section of each, so that I can keep moving through the morning, but that gives me plenty to digest and meditate on, as well as springs me off into prayer on many issues and for all the people the Lord brings to my mind.  One overwhelming thought lately is just how deep our Lord's goodness is.  I looked up "goodness" in the dictionary once, and I was amazed and overwhelmed at the broadness it encompasses... and that's just a smidgen of all that God encompasses in His goodness.  That's just been a lot to try to digest lately.

    Well, the dryer is buzzing at me, the dishwasher wants unloaded and relaoded, and the bills on my desk are crying out to be paid.  With all this *noise* around me, I suppose I'd better get off here and see to all that.

    I hope you're all doing well and having a great week. 

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

  • We got home from NC last night about 9:00pm.  What a weekend!  It was a lot of fun seeing everyone, introducing Rein to everyone, and meeting even more people, especially more parents of the kids I have come to know and love over these past few years.

    There were many good speakers and challenging moments, and I hope to reflect on some of those points later on.  Even though we were just there for the weekend, we were stretched.

    There were 18 students from Indiana there this year!  That's amazing!!!  It was so much fun seeing all of them again... and I'm very much looking forward already to next year's season and to the Indiana class. 

    Now, for a slow day of rest and relaxation... even though there's always MUCH to be done.  One more day won't matter that much... at least that's what I'm going to tell myself all day today. 

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  • Wife of Rein; mom to Aimee, Tori & Asher.