Wish Johnny luck!

He has an interview today at 1, I'm not sure if he really wanted it broadcasted or not considering the luck he has had so far with not being chosen for his first interview and the second job placed on hold the day before he was going to start but we need all the thoughts, prayers and positive vibes we can get at this point. I think I'm starting to get the same jink fear that you get when you are pregnant, you don't really want to announce things until you are past the "safe" mark but sometimes the excitement just gets to you first. So, I'm hoping I didn't just jinx us, seems like last time that is exactly what happened. I started telling everyone and I was starting to feel less stressed and than bam! The carpet was pulled out from underneath my feet.

Today and tomorrow is my "weekend" ........not sure what I will do with my time, we were going to do a few things today but with the interview being today we are going to bump them to tomorrow. I also need to get my check tomorrow, I could go today but that means sitting through an inservice and I just don't feel like it when I know I can take the make up test and go about my day.

Its wet and chilly here, bummer, that means Maddie will be inside pestering me all day! LOL

Love and Blessings!
"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

Acts 4:12

Happy Hump Day! ;0)

This is a good wednesday for me because Thursday and Friday is my "weekend". We have some plans to try to take care of a few things and get some assistance but other than that I'm just trying to stay positive hopeful that someone will call soon about a job for Johnny.

A few cards that I made:




Scrappy/crafty time helps me keep my mind off of stress for a little bit so its my little escape!

It rained all day here, I'm sure I will be achy later, yuck.

Love and Blessings!

The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

Romans 8:6-8

Another beautiful day here! Hope all is well wherever you are! :D

I tried something different at church today in regards to trying to get Maddie to sit still. I gave her 5 nickels in the beginning of "adult" church and we explained to her that if we had to tell her to settle down she owed us a nickel, and if she didn't have any nickels left when church was over she wouldn't get to watch her movie at naptime. Whoa, that is serious business to her! So when we picked her up at sunday school we re-explained the deal to her and asked questions to get her to verbalize she understood what the deal was one last time. She did pretty well, she lost 15 cents, 10 of it was before the offering started and the other 5 was waiting for the offereing to finish up and for the kids to be called to Children's church. I tried to add in the whole "giving" concept with her and had her give the 10 cents she lost for behavior to Jesus. I don't think she understood all of it but she knew that by the end of the day when we got home she still had some nickels left and that meant she could have a movie. Her friend Elizabeth was sitting behind us and I know they wanted to sit together but they are super chatty when they sit together so seperation is the key. :D

I'm really lacking energy or ambition today, oh, I just remembered I didn't take my thyroid medicine this morning, oops!

Love and Blessings!

He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.

Proverbs 13:3

Things to be thankful for:

First --it was a beautiful day today, 81 degrees! Maddie had a blast playing outside all day, minus nap time she lived outside. It amazes me how she can entertain herself with her imagination. She enjoyed her bubbles, planted dandilions in her mudbox (until we get some sand in it, lol) brought me a worm, so much fun for a little girl!

2nd--this is selfish but I found my mp3 player!!! I thought I lost it last weekend and have been tearing up things around here looking for it. Just when I was about to give up and start saving for a new one I found it in a pile of clothes today, yay!!

3rd--I am greatful that our basic needs are met, we have a roof over our head, food for the table and love for each other. We might be behind on things but I have FAITH that God will pull us through this and Johnny will find something soon!

4th--I got some house cleaning and scrapping done today!

Happy Day!
Love and Blessings

Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

*the closing verses are completly at random that I get in my email from a website, sometimes it amazes me the timing of a verse...

Still no word about the job, the position is still on hold. Everyday gets scarier for me, I can only imagine what hubby feels like. He is still searching and sending resumes out but alot of places are on freezes right now. Please keep up with your good thoughts and prayers that something will come up soon.

I had a horrible panic attack last night. I'm exhausted today. Maddie's behavior is on the fence. I think its just stress.

Hope all is well with everyone, have a great day!

The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalm 34:10

A Maddie funny:

All day today she has been coming up to me and asking "Am I beautiful?" my reply is always, "Of course you are" to which she tilts her head to the side and says "Aww shucks" LOL

Here is a pic I took of Maddie at church on Easter Sunday, taking advantage of all the pretty Lillys on display. I really like how it came out.


Have a great day!
Love and Blessings!

Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 John 5:21

Well, the good news is the weekend is over, the bad news is I still have to work tomorrow! Today was HORRIBLE!!! I had one of my alzheimer residents grabbing on to me and following me all over the place,getting into my cart when I was trying to crush pills, you name it. Than I had another incident with another one of my people that ended up with me sending him to the hospital and his wife mad at me because I didn't wait for her to call back and give me "permission" to send him out. I pretty much told her its my judgement, I'm not letting him suffer and so I sent him. Next,one of my guys had an incident last night and his roommate was giving me the "low down" on what happened and it wasn't good so I had to write that up. Finally, one of the other nurses and a housekeeper were fighting and I had to monitor the situation until the housekeeping supervisor arrived. GRRRRRRR....I wanted to find someone to work for me soooo bad tomorrow but we know the scoop on that.

Hoping tomorrow is better that is for sure!







My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

Psalm 62:7

From the mouths of babes....

Its not secret that hubby isn't working but we really try not to talk about the stress of it around Maddie, after all, she is a kid and doesn't need to try to deal with adult issues. She isn't dumb though, she's picked up on the fact that Daddy stays home all day and he tells her when he is trying to find a job or going for an interview. With this last fiasco she must have caught a tail end of conversation with me telling hubby to try not to stress out to much, the recruiter didn't say the company was taking the job away all together or didn't want him anymore, just working out a few kinks as to when he can start. In the meantime he is still looking but the problem seems to be with the economy alot of job postings have either been placed on hold or removed. These are things that are out of our control though. We just have to continue to place faith in God that He will direct us and provide for us as he always has. So on to Maddie....for the last few days she has been really focused on the job issue and the other night was walking all around the house "looking for Daddy's job". Of course it does get a little irritating when she keeps asking over and over if the job is still lost, if someone took it or however else she phrases it. I know she's a kid and doesn't know that its irritating a stressful situation but still, shoosh! LOL

I'm trying to get the house under control, decided that if I come home from work and do something before I let myself get lazy and relax for the evening I might have better luck. I'm realizing though that the carpets are in major need of attention, so Tuesday when I am off or the weekend I hope to get around to that.

Its a beautiful day, hubby and Maddie have been outside doing stuff all day. For now I am just trying to let my feet and back recover from work.

Have a great evening!
Love and Blessings!

Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Psalm 103:1

I have managed to play around a bit, call it a distraction from having a heart attack.






And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Hebrews 11:6

Say a little prayer...

Tomorrow was going to be Johnny's first day at work, was is the key word. Today he got a call from the recruiter saying, I have some good news and bad news. The good news is your drug test came back clean, the bad news is that there seems to have been some confusion with HR and you can't start tomorrow. Are you kidding? Am I stuck in a bad dream? Is this a cruel joke? The recruiter said she doesn't know much information yet herself but that the company seemed to feel pretty confident that he would start next week. It is a combination of paperwork and the fact that they did a massive layoff awhile back and there was some confusion with how many techs could be called back and how many could be hired. So, for now, its back to square one. I just hope that everything comes together soon and we get good news sooner than later. The recruiter never "took" the job away, never said they were taking it away, changing their mind, not going to hire at this time so there is still hope. I just know my fuse is getting short, stress is going to be the death of me. Just when I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel this had to happen. I pray that everyone we owe money to continues to be patient, not as if we have been communicating with them per say but God has helped us this far in my opinion so I'm sure He will continue to guide us and provide us with what we need.

Did I mention tonight will be a Xanax night? I feel the panic attack brewing already.

Thanks in advance for all of your thoughts and prayers.

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:11

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Praise! Amen! HE GOT THE JOB!

So last night was crazy, I dropped my phone into a glass of soda! Ack! I tried to see if it would dry out but figured if I have insurance on it I may as well go ahead and pay the deductible, I have a feeling it wasn't going to dry out and start working anyways. My own stupid fault that it happened, I had the phone balancing on a glass and when I stood up I knocked it in. At first when I couldn't find my phone I didn't give it any thought and than I got this lump in my throat and I kept saying, please don't let my phone be in that cup....but guess what, it was in the cup! :O( So today at work I got my replacement phone, lost everything on my old phone though, bummer!

So today while I was going through phone withdrawal at work Johnny had his interview at 9. I eventually called to check on him and of course he forgot that my phone was dead so he was texting me about the interview. He said that it went really well and that he would probably hear something by the end of the day....by 2ish the company made an offer and so on Monday he has to go do his drug test and will be starting by wednesday or thursday, woo-hoo!!!!! We are so releived!!!! We have alot of catching up to do on bills!

This weekend we are in Lima with Grammy and Grampy...the easter bunny is coming! LOL

Have a great weekend!

Love and Blessings!

Exciting news: Interview tomorrow!

I am so excited, Johnny has an interview tomorrow! It is with a company that he interviewed with a couple years back when he was in school but it was 11-7 and they didn't think he could handle working those hours with school. He discovered they were looking for help and submitted his application and said within 5 minutes the recruiter called him, his interview is tomorrow at 9am! It isn't necessarily working with what he got his degree in entirely but it is fixing and working on things that will give him experience that some employeers are looking for. Not to mention right now we need anything so beggars can't be choosers. :o) He said the recruiter asked if he can start next week if they wanted him and of course he said yes. Your prayers on this would be greatly appreciated. :o)

For those of you that are on my card list, no surprise, cards are in the mail but they will get to you late, I asked Johnny to mail them out for me but he couldn't find the stamps so they will be out in the mail tomorrow. Sorry! Of course it should almost be expected at this point, I can never seem to get anything in the mail on time.

It's almost friday, we are going to go visit the easter bunny at Grammy's this weekend and church on Sunday. Fun!

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:1-2

The job search continues...."we" didn't get the job at the place John interviewed for but the good news in that part is they told him he did great on the skills tests it just came down to someone else having a little more experience than he did. Still a bummer but obviously it isn't what God had planned right? We aren't giving up though, of course, Johnny is still filling out applications/resumes on a daily basis and I just continue to pray everyday that we find some releif soon. When I pray I make a few selfish requests too, LOL, such as I would really like to stay here because of our church family and Maddie starting school in the fall. I know we can find a new church and I know that we can find a new school for Maddie if we have to relocate but as I said before, that is just a selfish request on my part.

And now it's time for a Maddie story....

Yesterday she was very into the thought of Spiderman and by the end of the night Spiderman was her husband. She has an imaginary husband already named Jack. I'm not sure what her infatuation is with having a husband but its funny. So I asked her last night what happened to Jack because I thought Jack was her husband and she pretty much just shrugged it off, "oh yeah, Jack, Spiderman's my husband now" I'm thinking, great, she's 5 and on her 2nd husband! LOL I was talking to a few people at work telling them about our conversation and they said to ask her if Jack and Spiderman was the same person or if she knew what happened to Jack. So tonight I asked her, what happened to Jack? She said "Jack's my husband" I said, "Well what about Spiderman?" She said in a VERY valley girl voice "Jack wears a Spiderman costume, its his job" Oh my goodness. What a mess! LOL

I've got a few projects to share, the pics I took are really crooked so as soon as I retake the pics I will post them.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:8