Hard work weekend

 

Don't let this smile fool you. I am having back pain, cramping in my legs and thighs. All caused by me and the hard work of this weekend. Not sure what I was thinking. Well, I can tell you exactly what I was thinking....Let's save some money...staining and weather-proofing the deck will be a weekend job. No sweat, just painting on the stain. Shouldn't be that hard. All I can say is OMG! Next time, if there will be a next time, I will find someone that wants to cash in and do the work. In 2 days I got most of it done. Still have about 2 more days of work left! Supposed to rain on Friday, so that means I have 3 days to get it done so it can set and dry before the rain. 

But there is a problem...I have to go back to work. So the hour of daylight I have when I get home the next 3 days, I will be SLAMMING out the stain on the deck stairs.  I just hope my ibuprofen works and keeps the my old back feeling like I'm 30 again. At least for this week! 

Have you ever overthought you can do something and then in the middle of it, think, what was I thinking? Good. I am glad I am not the only one that does this. And you would think I would learn in the 58 years I have been alive. But NOOOOOO! I keep having to learn this lesson over and over. Maybe I need to start writing this all down and keep a list, so I can refer to it before I decide to do something. Maybe call it the "hard work list, don't do it". 

So I leave you with this. Learn from your experiences in your life, good and the bad. 

Proverbs 10:4 – "Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth".

2 Chronicles 15:7;" But as for you, be brave and don't lose heart, because your work will be rewarded!” 

Love to all,

Doing it again...

 

I'm back in the saddle again...the manager saddle, that is. And this is after I said I wasn't going back in it! Hubs says he thinks that I like being a manager. I guess I do. So after A LOT of thought and praying, when this position came open, I decided to apply and who knew...I got it! I was so nervous and anxious. And for a sec I was second guessing myself, am I made the right decision, do I want to do this, will the people I work with support me.  I was even thinking, do they even like me! Well I guess they do because it has been 2 weeks so far in this new role, and I have to say I feel this is the best decision. I work with some amazing people and feel so supported. That is half the battle, being supported. 

With this role, I have an office. So now I need to decorate it so at least it is welcoming for when people come in to talk with me. And I am not a very good decorator. So this may take some time! I really should do something behind me where I sit. Most of my meetings are on zoom and I need something behind me other than a plan wall! And another thing...I have to get some new clothes! yay for me...shopping trip! When I left my last manager role, I also had lost a lot of weight. So instead of getting new dress clothes, I got scrubs. Well, I think I need some new dress clothes again! Like I even needed a reason for shopping. LOL.

As I am going back into this leadership role, I got to thinking...You don't have to have the title to be a leader. We all are leaders, whether in our jobs, at home, we all lead. Like with your kids. No matter how old they are, you are leading them. My son just got married, is moving into a new home this week. He looks to us for guidance (leadership) to help him answer questions on a road he has not taken yet in life. 

No matter what your job is, I am sure you look to your co-workers for assistance and they look to you as well. That is being a leader. Just go out there and do your best, give it your all and take pride in your work and what you do. 

Luke 12:48; "Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more."

Philippians 2:3–4; "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others."

Love to all,

Another tooth burial

 

Well,  you can't tell from the picture, but I have recovered from this morning. OMG. I hate the dentist and had to go back again today for my bridge to be removed and had not one...but 2 teeth pulled! I am really tired of going to to the dentist for work on my teeth. I just wish I my teeth would behave! Thank goodness you can't tell that I am missing teeth and that it was teeth in the back of my mouth. 

It started with an xray and my dentist saying that my tooth was "hanging on for dear life!" I thought it was funny till I saw the xray and it really was. I have periodontal disease and that causes bone loss and gum recession which eventually causes you to lose your teeth slowly over time. So your PSA today is BRUSH YOUR TEETH AND FLOSS KIDS!

Moving on...I show up. They take me right back, probably so I am not sitting there thinking about what is going to happen. The dentist comes in tells me what he is going to do then BAM! Out of nowhere, he starts to give me the numbing medication. Ok I have had this before, so I am thinking there is nothing new to expect. Well, he goes in and then I feel the "pinch". LOL, pinch is a kind way to say it. He then sticks it in the roof of my mouth! I can tell you that you don't want to experience that. I about levitated off that chair. 

While we were waiting for the medicine to sink in, he left. My young tech kept walking past my doorway, secretly checking on me. It was kinda comical because she appeared to try not to be conspicuous. Well, looking back, I can see why she was concerned. I was trying not to have a panic attack. When the dentist left, I started to get overwhelmed with feelings of fear. Hot tears in my eyes, and me trying to hold back so no one will think of me as a baby. Hands shaking, especially after that freaking shot in the roof of my mouth.

Y'all, Jesus showed up. And my God has such a sense of humor. I had my earbuds in and the song from Lauren Daigle came on...."Be Okay".  One verse goes like this:

You're gonna be okay, I know that you're, you're gonna be okay

Not a care in this whole world can take that truth away, You're, you're gonna be okay

THEN.. the next song that comes on is from Forest Frank, Good Day. It goes:

I'm 'bout to have a good day (good day); No matter what they say (what they say)

Sun is shining down on me, Birds are singing praise, I'm 'bout to have a good day (good day)

In every single way. The God who made the universe Knows me by my name, So it's a good day

So after hearing this, and listening to God through their words, my hands stop shaking and I felt more calm. Why? Because I knew that Jesus was right there with me. I was going to be okay. 

Now I have to learn how to eat on the other side of my mouth until it heals. This is really gonna be fun! (insert sarcasm). I have to wait 11 weeks for it to heal before I can move forward with getting "new teeth". This is going to be a fun time!

God speaks to all of us through different ways. You just have to be still and listen. You will hear him.

Psalm 85:8: "Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people."

Love to all,

It's fall y'all

Y'all....It is fall time!! I LOVE IT! The sun shining with the crisp, cool air.  It feels so good. Makes you want to go outside! And I got my mums and pumpkins out on the porch. I can't wait to see the blooms of the mums...that will just add more to the beauty of fall. I know halloween is coming, but no kids here, so I am just doing the fall thing. I figured, this will last through Thanksgiving, then it's Christmas decorating time. That is a whole other mess, but we got time before we start that! 

AND WAIT...the best is yet to come. Because in October (At least out here in the country of Kentucky), the leaves on the trees will change to a beautiful rainbow of color. And you know I will definitely have pictures. I always have pictures of everything. (No wonder my phone keeps telling my my cloud storage is full.) I have so many trees behind my house, I have a front row seat to this season. (and you will too!). So buckle up, buttercup. It's coming. 

Genesis 1:1-27:46 ESV;  "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ..."

Love to all,

Summer heat

 

WHEW! That Ohio Valley humidity is getting pretty rough. I used to love summer, but I am now more a fall kind of girl. Sweater weather kinda of gal. Yesterday was the day I realized it for real.

So yesterday I participated in a local, community mission. (to read more about that, go to my other blog, onemission4him ). Well, we walked in the middle of the afternoon all over neighborhoods...in the heat. I think I had sweat in places that usually don't sweat! After about 3 hours, I started to get a little woosy. I really never feel that way and the heat usually doesn't get to me, but I am noticing that I cannot tolerated the extreme heat any more as I get older! 

It has literally taken me all day today to recover! I don't like feeling this way and I really don't like what comes with getting older. In my mind, I am still 26! I just can't do anything like I did when I was 26. And the changes with aging not only show with stamina, but with changes in my body. I have wrinkles in my neck! What is going on! 

I am grateful for air conditioning and fans! That has help throughout summer and the heat. And I have to learn to take breaks. That one is hard. I just push myself to keep going and now I need to learn to pace myself. I think that is something we all need to learn. If I started this earlier in my life, I wouldn't feel so guilty about it now when I try to take care of myself. So my advice, start early!

What I do like and will miss about summer is the longer days. I really don't like how it is now starting to get dark at 8:00pm. I like for the longer days when the sun is out. I think I get my second wind around 7:00 and Riley, my dog, expects a walk around 8:30. Well it is too dark now, and scaredy cat me, I won't go walk down the street in the dark! At our new neighborhood we live in now, there are a lot of wildlife, including foxes. I really don't want to interact with them in the dark. And who knows what else may be lurking in those empty fields.

I hope everyone survives the change in season coming up. I will push through it! Like, do I have a choice! haha.

2 Corinthians 4:16; Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

Isaiah 46:4; Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

Love to all,