just call me Grace part 2

Yeah.
The very next day.
I'm getting this glass top table for a guest, which comes boxed in two's. Of course, she just wanted one. I take out the smaller box which has the glass tops. It slips out of my hand and lands directly on my right big toe. My left foot is the one I'm still limping on from the day before.

Black and blue are the colors of choice for my big toe today. I'm glad I still have nail polish on from my too long ago to show you a picture of my black and blue toe pedicure. I'd be scared to see what the actual toe nail looks like, since that is where it hit. Relax, I wouldn't show you a picture of my toe anyway.

Oh, don't worry, the glass tops are fine....because my toe broke the freakin' fall.

just call me Grace

Today I was moving the ladder to get some furniture down, and I got interrupted. I leaned the ladder against the shelves to go answer the phone. I hadn't totally cleared the ladder as I hurriedly started to walk away. My foot caught the bottom of one side of the ladder, and I went flying through the air. I literally landed flat on my face.

My foot is a sore from where it hit the ladder, and the heel of my left hand is a little swollen and sore. My hands were out in front of me, so my left hand took the majority of the hit. Other than that, I'm fine.

Emotions

Disclaimer:
Expressions in this post will most likely be politically incorrect. You won't find any apologies here, so it might be best to move on to another blog if you should find afore mentioned post bothersome.


I try really hard not to get bogged down with the "why's" and the "how come's" and "what have I done wrong's" and all of those things that you go through when things haven't worked out the way you think they should've, but this morning I was upset.

Upset because I do not understand why two women who each have children from previous relationships can decide that they want to live an alternate lifestyle and then go a step further and--God knows I don't wanna know how--have a baby together.

WHY???

How is that fair???

I don't pretend to have it all together, and in no way do I feel like I'm better than they are, but this is so not fair. All my life I have wanted nothing more than to be a wife and a mom. For years growing up I was called Mother Goose because I always had a baby in each arm and a trail of toddlers following behind me. I was always afraid that the rapture would take place before I had the chance to be a mom. Now after almost fourteen years of marriage, I'm still afraid that might happen! :}

I just don't get it. And just about the time I feel like I'm becoming okay with the fact that--let's face it with tears coming down my face--I may never be a mom. This may be the life God wants for me. The lives that we touch through Ready Now may be the only kids I ever get to have, and if that's the case, fine, just let me be happy with that and take these other feelings away. Just when I start to let it sink in, this comes to my attention, and the roller coaster of emotion begins.

It's a girl I used to be friends with...I came across the information several days ago. I hadn't said anything to Dan about it, and I hadn't really even thought much about it until this morning. It just bothered me. It just really made me mad.

I was already at work, and I knew that if I didn't get it out of my system I would be upset all day. I called Dan and told him about everything and the way I was feeling. I cried; he prayed peace over me and asked God to keep things busy at work so I would be going all day with things and not have time to dwell on the situation. And He did. I was busy all day in one way or another. I'm so very thankful for my husband and his comforting words to me, and to my Father who overshadows me in this weary world we live in.

Overshadow me

I am overwhelmed.

In the shelter of Your wings

I still don't understand.

Holy Spirit, cover me

I don't know if I can let it go.

Overshadow me

Only by Your grace, Lord.

Overshadow me

Oh, did I forget to mention?...

Click the very tiny Play button at the base of the Capitol building to begin video.

Slothful

...that is the word to describe me yesterday.

I had not had a day off since I got back from vacation. Nine days...and some of those were 10-14 hour days. There was some confusion over when the new DM was coming to our store...blah, blah, blah...so there you have it.

I got to sleep in until 11-ish AND take a nap! It was heavenly.

kj, I will have you know that the only time I got out of my pj's yesterday was to put on a clean pair!

Today I only slept in until nine. After leisurely having some coffee and a bowl of cereal, I plan on getting out of the house for a bit of retail therapy and possibly a pedicure.

Off the subject, but did you see the women's beach volleyball team win gold last night??? They did so great! The men play for gold tonight, and the women's indoor volleyball play for gold as well.

I love the Olympics!!!

Just stuff

*I'm obsessed with the Olympics. I'm currently watching volleyball.

*I have a new district manager at work. From what I've seen, I like her a lot, but it seems she's going to be more of a stickler on the details than Mike was. I don't think, necessarily, she'll be a micro-manager. However, I'm not sure she will be as macro as Mike. Oh, well...if all else fails, just do my job, right? :)

*Have you seen the Jack in the Box commercial advertising the jogger coming in to order the fruit smoothies? That is just so wrong. So, so....wrong.

*And the U.S. women's volleyball team gets to play for the gold! YEA!

*Somehow Rosie got a hold of some chocolate the other night. That is not a good thing for small dogs. Let's just say I had to change the sheets on our bed twice that night. Did I mention we only have two sets of sheets? Mm-hmmm. She was a lot better the next day, just wiped out. (So was Dan, after having to do all that laundry!)

*It rained, literally, all day today. It was so nice. The only thing that would have made it better is if we didn't have to unload the truck in the middle of it. I've never been so glad to have worn a black t-shirt instead of a white one in all my life! LOL

I guess that's about all the "stuff" I can think of right now.

Attention All S.A. People!!!

My assistant at Kirkland's in San Angelo that took my place when we moved has given her notice. Well, she gave her notice over a month ago, and they hired someone to take her place. Evidently, it did not work out, so they are on the hunt again for a store team leader.

Does anyone know anyone with retail experience who would be interested in this position? Like, ASAP???

It's retail, you know, so Thanksgiving and Christmas are pretty crazy.

Comment if you have any suggestions. I was asked to find out any info I could and get back with the district team leader tomorrow.

Thanks!

We're Home!

We got home from North Carolina at midnight!

We left Charlotte around 4:30 yesterday afternoon and flew to Chicago for our connecting flight to Dallas, which was delayed over an hour. We were supposed to get in around 10:30, but finally got in around midnight.

We had such a good time, even though this year was a little different than some of the past years. Not really in a bad way, just...different. North Texas district represented well, coming away with eight Awards of Merit. I think we ended up having over 30 entries in the top ten amongst all of the categories! Our students are extremely talented!!!

I wasn't able to get a whole lot of pictures because we were working 90 percent of the time, but here are a few!



Dan, Kat, and Jimmy at Christian Band callbacks


Lots of people at the Celebration service!!!


The merit winning worship band from Reading, PA.
They cleaned up the music category this year!


Dan and I leaving the Celebration service

We're in Charlotte!

This is our first night here in the "Queen City" of North Carolina.

We ate breakfast at the airport about 8:30 this morning. Our flight finally left at noon, and we were at the hotel by 4:00. We were so hungry! We knew if we stayed at the hotel for any length of time we would fall asleep, so off we went in search of some dinner.

We walked around down town for a while getting a feel for where things were at, and when we started walking down where the restaurants were, we ran into a bike race. Of course, all the eateries were on the other side of the street and everything was blocked off. We finally made our way to the other side and found a place called Zinc. We sat out on the patio, and it was so pleasant. The bike race was going on behind us, so there were a lot of people out on the patio and walking on the sidewalk. The atmosphere was really friendly.

And the food!!! It was so good. Dan got an Angus burger with mushrooms and swiss with a side of truffle infused cheesy tater tots...wow! I got a turkey burger with bacon and avacado with a side of hand cut fries seasoned with pepper, sea salt, and a sprinkling of cheese.

Here are a few photos...

Ummm...I better explain the first one. This was when we first came upon the race and were a little taken aback by the theme (yes, that says booty), but I couldn't help the photo op!!! hehehe