the cost of sleep

After only sleeping about three hours last night and waking up feeling awful, I called our NP to see if I could get an appointment. Thankfully she was able to see me. This is after finishing my first round of antibiotics several days ago. So after paying for a shot, a new round of antibiotics, and narcotic cough medicine I came home, took all my medicine like a good girl, and slept for about three and a half hours.

I have one thing to say about all this: It was the bet $74 dollar nap I've ever had. And worth every cent of it.

text of my life

Pastor Paul sent us a prayer that he was praying for us today and a scripture to go with it. I really wanted to go to Life Group tonight, but instead I spent about six hours coughing my head off. It seems I couldn't breathe without coughing. I asked Donald to take notes for me and Connie sent me an encouraging email.

Before he went to sleep Donald told me to steam up the bathroom and stay in there a bit and I did. It really seemed to help me, but after coughing so long it is hard to breathe and I can't sleep. I keep singing this song in my mind and decided to get up and seek God.....

Open the eyes of my heart, Lord

Open the eyes of my heart

I want to see You

I want to see You

(Open the Eyes of My Heart; Michael W. Smith)

How often do I "see" but not "see." I really want God to open the eyes of my heart so I can see Him and His ways. Here are some verses about seeing.

Hagar:

Genesis 21:19
Just then God opened her eyes. She looked. She saw a well of water. She went to it and filled her canteen and gave the boy a long, cool drink.

Moses to the Israelites:

Deuteronomy 29:4
But God didn't give you an understanding heart or perceptive eyes or attentive ears until right now, this very day.

David's prayer in song:

2 Samuel 22:25
God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.

Elisha's prayer for his servant:

II Kings 6:17

Then Elisha prayed, "O God, open his eyes and let him see." The eyes of the young man were opened and he saw. A wonder! The whole mountainside full of horses and chariots of fire surrounding Elisha!

Psalms 18:24
God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.

2 Samuel 22:25 and Psalms 18:24 are the same in the NIV also. This is my prayer to God; this is what I desire. He has rewritten many of the words in my life already, but there are oh, so many more He wants to rewrite. He is life; there is none besides Him.

Deuteronomy 4:35
You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other. (NIV)

for lack of anything better

I just bought a printer cartridge for $8.45 on eBay and that includes shipping charges. Isn't that awesome? I love a good deal~!

Ben is feeling better. He's vertical today so that's a good sign. He may go to his lab at the junior college if he still doesn't have a temperature this afternoon. I took Rebekah by the rent a car place this morning cause her car is in the shop due to a bumper bender a few weeks ago. No one was hurt and that's the main thing. I am grateful that the other person had insurance and it wasn't a problem in filing a claim. We have an excellent body repair shop though and they know us by name since we've given them quite a lot of business the past few years. It's a blessing to have people you can trust.

And now, a word from our sponsor.................(sounds better than "because this post is so boring")

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.
Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.

Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)

where would i be?

I'm still (cough, cough, cough) around. Not much going on , (cough, cough) unless I mention that (cough) Ben has the flu. And I'm still coughing. At least I haven't coughed my tonsils out......yet. I think I may have pulled a muscle in my chest though and the top of my head has felt like it was going to explode during each of my coughing fits. I wonder if you can die during one of these episodes; no, I don't think I really want to know. Right now I'll just focus on breathing.

Poor Ben, he feels so bad. Our NP called in some Tamiflu for him. I hope it works. He still has temperature; I woke him up for his medicine and more Tylenol and hopefully he can get some more sleep. He has to eat when he takes the flu medicine so I made him breakfast and served him in bed. In between coughing fits that is. No Chemistry today.

I have finished my antibiotics. I guess I'll see if I need more when I take Daniel in to have his staples removed later this week. He has been such a trooper. Either he just doesn't complain or his head really isn't bothering him that much.

With me it's a different story. I do not believe in suffering in silence. If I feel bad I want you to know about it. I'm sure you have a hard time telling that from my blog!

We appreciate your prayers. February has been a hard month for us. God is still in control and taking care of things. Here's my song for today.......

Andrae Crouch - I Don't Know Why Jesus Loves Me

I Don't Know Why Jesus Loved Me

i Don't Know Why He Cared

i Don't Know Why He Sacrificed His Life

oh, But I'm Glad, So Glad He Did

he Left His Mighty Throne In Glory

to Bring To Us Redemption's Story

then He Died But He Rose Again

oh, But I'm Glad, So Glad He Did.

Where Would I Be If Jesus Didn't Love Me?

where Would I Be If Jesus Didn't Care?

where Would I Be If He Hadn't Sacrificed His Life

oh, But I'm Glad, So Glad He Did

this ice cream is so good

Today is going to be one of those comfortable days for me. I'm still coughing from bronchitis and stayed home from church this morning. I actually didn't miss it at all; I slept until noon~! This afternoon I'm staying in my pajamas and watching my NYPD Blue dvd's and later on the Dallas Mavericks game.

I'm beginning to get adjusted to Jason Kidd; he seems like he may actually help my team. I would not make a good coach or owner. I would keep a team because I liked the people. I don't like it when they trade someone I like. It wasn't that I didn't like JK, I was just used to Devin and really liked him.

Donald has gone to Sonic to get me ice cream. He's such a sweetie.

Yesterday Daniel was several hours away playing paintball. We get a call from his friend at the ER that he was having staples put in his head. Evidently he had tried jumping through a hole in a brick wall and because of limited vision from his mask he had hit his head and Aaron had taken him to the ER. I could tell something was going on and it was about Daniel, so of course immediately I begin trusting God.........not hardly.

That's what I should of done, but my motherly instincts took over before I had time to choose how I would react. Donald told me he was okay. I thought maybe he was telling me that so I would leave him alone so he could hear. All reason goes out the window with me at times~! He really was okay though. They wrapped his head all the way around with a huge white bandage and it looked like a rather impressive injury. I know God isn't upset with me because I didn't trust Him at first. I chose to trust Him after my emotions settled down a bit and He understands.

Aaron got some really neat pictures of Daniel on the stretcher in the ER. He had his camo on and they were pretty cool. Daniel probably won't want me to put them on my blog so you'll just have to believe me when I say they looked really great.

Bethany is a lot like me. She was out running errands when she found out Daniel was in the ER. She told Rebekah she was going to the hospital. Rebekah told her he wasn't here, but in Antlers. Her response: "I'm going to Antlers. Where's Antler's???"

It's okay, Bethany. I totally understand.

no title needed

Persistently Tenacious

Break time.........only a short one. I'm behind in grading schoolwork, as usual. I had a sinus infection last month, and I don't think I got completely over it. Then some of the kids got the crud that is going around, and as usual, I picked it up also. At least maybe I got a head start on it as I started antibiotics yesterday.

Daniel found this cartoon and while I don't think an electric razor is a cell phone, I do have a story. Several months ago Daniel bought a cell phone and while adding his phone to our account I found that I could get a better price on text messaging.

I am always looking for good deals, so this one was a no brainer. Unlimited text messaging on 5 phones for $20 a month. We had been paying $30 a month for unlimited on 3 phones so I asked for the new plan.

Now of course, as usual, anytime we make a change on our plan, it takes several months to correct the problems they create each and every time I have done this. Instead of $20 for the text messaging, our first bill after the change charged us $20 EACH on all five phones. That was $100 instead of the $20 advertised. So I called and the person on the other end couldn't figure out why it was charging us on each phone and had to refer it to someone else. It was so frustrating, but I don't quit and I'm certainly not going to pay $80 extra any day.

After finding and correcting the problem I was told I would receive a credit on the next bill, after I paid them for charging me too much. That really got me going and after more calls and talking on-line to a service rep I received the credit before I paid the bill.

This past month our bill was only $20.06. They had given us several credits for something and after talking on-line again I decided just to accept it and let it pay for all the hours I have spent on the phone trying to get their mistakes corrected.

I think a good word to describe me is tenacious......

Main Entry:
te·na·cious
Pronunciation:
\tə-ˈnā-shəs\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin tenac-, tenax tending to hold fast, from tenēre to hold
Date:
1607

I believe the second meaning describes me quite adequately.

2 a: persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired