But baby it's cold outside..

Things are chilly here. Let me change that. Things are downright freezing here. Well up until this morning. We have had wind chill factors of -20 and believe me when you are standing outside putting mail into mail slots...that's cold. You pray that people get the right mail because you cannot feel your fingers anymore, so you have no clue.
Today it's supposed to be almost 30 with no wind. Great Day in the Morning-A HEAT WAVE!! Balmy 40's the next two days.

Funny, I don't seem to like snow anymore.

Life goes on here at our house. Spent Sunday at my parent's house. Our annual chili supper with "fry bread". Good stuff. Mom always cooks up a big batch for New Year's Day, but with the weather, Mom and Pop had to leave for Texas New Year's Day to beat some storms. They will now be gone for 3 months. I'm glad for them, but we sure miss them.

Will and I also made the decision that this last Sunday was our last day at Warrens Baptist Church. It is something the Lord has been leading up to for awhile now, but I was dragging my feet. We helped to start the church before Jessa was born. I have played piano there for almost every Sunday since then. Will has been a deacon that long also. It was one of the hardest decisions that we have ever had to make. It's still not easy. The main reason that we left was that our two kids were the only kids there. With Jessalyn starting Middle School next year and Jacob in High School this year, we just feel that we need to find a church with an active youth group so that they can find a place too.

Will knew how hard the decision was for me. It's so funny how that works. We seem to be on the same wave link most of the time, but some decisions are easier for Will than they are me. Must be that man/woman thing. Some decisions are so easy for me.....God says change it so I go for it. Others I groan, complain, argue and dodge. This time, I really had to go the long route and deal with some of the stuff that had been happening. I wanted to make sure that I was leaving at the right time, for the right reasons, so......I played the "what if game for a long time". You know how that one goes... but God, what if I leave and this happens.....but God, what if we leave and there's no one that will do that.... I never could figure out the actual answers to any of the what ifs....

Finally, God stepped in and reminded me not to put him in a box. I had to remember that my God is much bigger than any box that I could put him in. He does not need me to do something. He can always bring someone else in to do something. Kind of like Bill Cosby says......I brought you into this world....I can make another one just like you....humbling, that one.

Who knows, maybe God was just waiting for me to get out of the way for things to really start happening. That old "move, get out of the way, or get it remodeled thing". Of course one of the songs that I had used to help me in all of this says.....God move these problems, move these mountains or move me. Easier said than done. Guess it's time to start walking what I been thinkin and talkin....oh great.... another lesson.... I just wish that I would get better about learning them faster.

New Year's Day, I was walking in the living room (you can smell a "stupid things story here can't you?) and felt a sharp stab of pain in my bad foot. Oh super, what did I do now? I was kind of dragging my bad foot because I did not want to step directly onto the tendon. Guess what was in the carpet? A toothpick. Guess what was in my foot? A toothpick. It went in over an inch, actually almost 1/2 the toothpick went in. It took Will quite a bit of pulling to get it out. So now, I have no place on that foot that does not hurt. *****Note to self: Next year check carpet on hands and knees for toothpicks. Hurts less.***

So what day are we on? Oh, Friday. Well, yesterday went to the Doc again. He and I are seeing each other on a regular basis it seems. Not my normal thing. I'm not big into Doctors unless there is surgery involved, so you know how often I go. Well, yesterday after doing the exam he realized that I had messed everything up worse than I had when I started. I had managed to undo all the good that had been done. To make matters worse, I now have carpel tunnel in my foot. For cryin' out loud... who gets carpel tunnel in their foot?(oh that's funny, I just accidentally typed Carpet tunnel, and I bet that is true too, now that I have a toothpick tunnel, good grief.)

Work is not helping. Couple of weeks off of my foot would help lots, but not heal it. Good thing too, because there is no way that I could manage to stay off my foot for more than an hour let alone weeks.

So........insert one 2 inch needle into about 12 different places ( I stopped counting at 12) in my heel, instep and foot. Oh joy.... on the upside, after the first couple of pokes my foot didn't hurt anymore than when I step down on it. Not too bad. Still swollen and sore this morning, but I can feel some improvement already.

Will asked me how it went and I told him he never would have made it. My hubby is very stoic about pain. He gets cut at work on the glass all the time and just sprays alcohol on it and goes on. Needles are another story. I don't think he minds getting lab work, or at least he can bluff his way through it, but large needles inserted into his body are going to cause a reaction. I'm thinking it's better that this happened to me than to him.

Jessalyn had been sick for a day with a high fever and runny nose. It seemed to be better Wednesday night. All that changed yesterday. She called me at work said her stomach hurt and then said "wait a sec", proceeded to set the phone down on the vanity and throw up. She would come back and say "just a sec" and then throw up some more. Oh the joys of mother hood. She's still pretty worn out this morning, but I'm hoping she'll be better later today. So now tonight I will go through and sanitize everything, what fun.

Well, off to do dishes and start that cleaning stuff again. Not on my list of favorite things, but I am trying to start the 10 minutes in each room thing again. Not easy when you are trying to be quiet so your hubby and daughter can sleep. Kind of leaves out vacuuming etc.

Have a great day and watch out for toothpicks!
dea