My Peacefully Chaotic Life

Have you seen one lately? LadyBug is quite impressed with the size of them! Ha, it's actually PYTHON snakes taking over down in the Florida Keys. People release their pet Burmese Pythons to the wild and now they are becoming a problem. So there is a new task force that is being trained to catch them and they eventually want to train mailmen, meter readers, anyone who works outside to do the same. Hmm...we have a few friends who may want to find a new line of work if those things move too far north! Personally, I have no desire to catch any snake, pom-pom or otherwise! Ok, I have to go buy my groceries now. Just had to hop on here and share that. Hee, hee, pom-pom snake! So cute!

Today was a better day than I thought it would be! I was sooooo tired and the thought of facing household chores and homeschooling just did not excite me. The house is a wreck since we have been gone so much lately. But for my own peace of mind I try to focus on what I have accomplished rather than all there is to be done. This morning the girls enjoyed an episode of Wishbone on PBS. It's weird because The GuitarMan grew up watching it. They had never seen it before but with all these new PBS channels we now have with the converter box there are more shows to choose from. We got our homeschooling finished today and even did some extra manipulative work in Math and read an extra book in Reading. The little ones enjoyed playtime with the puppies this afternoon. I managed to get all the children's laundry washed, dried, and put away. Supper was tacos so that made for happy children. Then we went to church where I teach Mission Friends. We are learning about missionaries in Jackson...

I received this email from a good friend and thought I would pass it on. It gave me chills to think how easily these things can happen! Pray for this family! Please pray for some friends of ours-The Franklin Family. Their 16 month old daughter, Katherine, went to be with Jesus on Monday, March 2nd. Katherine had detached some decorative binding from her pillow while napping, and was found dead with it around her neck. The Franklin's currently live in Maryland and have three other young children. I can't even begin to fathom their loss. Thankfully they have a relationship with Jesus and are leaning on Him during this time for His comfort, peace and strength. Thank you for praying!

Well, it seems that 13 billion dollars from the American taxpayers simply wasn't enough for the poor GM company. They have now decided to extend their begging to include the EU. GM has asked the European Union for an additional 4 billion dollars. Now many people interested in end times prophecy think they need to watch the United Nations. But actually the EU is the one to pay attention to. It is bad enough that within the last 6 months everything has been put in place for the American government to be in control of finance, major industry. and health care but now it is being extended to include the EU! Speaking of health care, the Obama's newest bill will take away health workers rights to deny participation in procedures that go against their religious beliefs. The Bush administration had signed legislation to protect health care workers from such persecution. But when this goes into affect, a doctor that does not believe in abortion will be forced to perform them or face jai...

Thank you to everyone that has prayed for GuitarMan. He is doing much better tonight although he is still "out of it" (his words) and having some fleeting dizziness and nausea. He is back at school now and when I spoke to him a little while ago (well, texted!) he was lying down getting ready to sleep. (He had done a little texting yesterday after he got through the peak of the migraine but tonight the texting picked up and he started trying to make plans for this weekend so I knew then he was really better! LOL ) I must brag on our doctor's office. They were so kind. They knew how he felt with this being a particularly severe migraine and called medicine in for him, rather than making him come in. Then they called to check on him this morning, called in more meds and called again this afternoon to check on him. Just another reason I love them! Tonight was The FlowerChild's first soccer game of the season. She was so miserably cold out there! But typical of my sweetie...

The doctor called to check on the GuitarMan this morning. We had an appt. but he said don't try to make him move. He has called in 2 additional medications as it still has not passed yet. Hopefully that will help. Thanks so much for your prayers.

Hi, all. Goodness what a day! I had texted the GuitarMan earlier on and he surprised me when he called me back a few minutes later. I say surprised because today is a busy day for him. Well, he managed to croak out that he was sick. He has been sick for a couple of weeks with a cold which settled in his chest but Stubborn would not go to the doctor. (He calls me that, too, by the way...guess he gets it honest!) At first I thought he meant that was worse. Anyway it only took a minute to realize that he was in the throes of a migraine. Any of you who suffer with them knows how he feels. He went to bed late but woke up a short time later with a sick stomach. He still managed to make it to 8:00 class though only to find it canceled. So he headed back to his dorm to do a little guitar practice but found he just could not hold out. The migraine hit him full force at that point and he was out. When we got to the college he was at the worst point. Slurred speech, mixed up words, could not take...