Tuesday 8/23/05
Woke at 6:45am to take a shower before the little ones woke up. I had to get Amber off to the bus in a hurry and then I got ready to go to my Tia Glenda's house to visit her and my grandmother. Alisha was also expected to come by to visit with Mia. When I got there my Tia had some workmen fixing the eaves around her roof and somehow one of the men turned on the outside line to her water and the line broke and water started to enter the house under all the carpeting. I called my dad to ask him how to turn off the water from the outside , but one of the workmen figured it out, but my dad ended up coming anyway and helped my Tia wetvac the more than 2 gallons of water that was on the floor. She ended up having to rip up the carpet halfway from the living room floor and tore up the padding and has a fan blowing on the carpet to dry it out. I felt so sorry for my Tia. She is trying to take care of my Abuela , who has some mystery blood loss. She was scheduled to take my Abuela to the dr. at 3:30 and now all this? Anyway, we agreed that it could have been worse; it could have happened while she was at the Doctor with Abuela.
My Abuela's Alzheimer's is progressing quickly and it has been difficult on my Abuela , of coarse , but also my dad and Tia Glenda.
I got home at 3:00pm and Amber came home from school at around 3:30. I spent the rest of the day making dinner and brownies, cleaning up the kitchen , playing with the kids , and bathing the kids. Oh! and I ordered the book by Elizabeth Elliott called " Through Gates of Splendor." It is about the five missionaries that were martyred in Equador? by the Auca Indians. It is really a powerful testimony. I can't wait to read it. I already read
about the aftermath , when I read ," Savage my Kinsman."

Wednesday 8/24/05
Went over to Dixie's house with the Rachel and Jude around 11:30 am and the kids played with Victoria outside in the sprinkler and pool. The kids only played for about 30 minutes then wanted to come in because as Jude put it " too hot." We ate sandwiches, fruit, and chips for lunch. I went home after Jude bit Victoria on the leg because she wouldn't give him her fuzzy phone? Anyway, it is ALWAYS SOMETHING.
I went to church at 6:00 and they had there Wednesday night kick-off dinner. The kids and I ate pizza and salad. My parents came to church to attend the class on "Spiritual Warfare" that our Pastor, Dr. Kirk Johnston is teaching. Jude would not go into his classwith Rachel and I ended up having to bring him into our class for about 45 minutes. My mom took him to the class and stayed with him for the rest of the time....went home and watched "Lost" and went to sleep.
Thursday 8/25/05
Today I woke up with the worst neck pain; I hardly got any sleep. Bill had to call in . I began making a bunch a calls to Aetna and others to find a good Chiropractor in the area and found one -Welsh Chiropractic ; I saw Dr. Neal Sayers. He really couldn't do anything for me except give me recommendations to ice my neck and take anti-inflammatory medications , ie, aspirin or ibuprofen. He gave me a referral to get my neck x-rayed and then make another appt. to come and see him again so they he can adjust my neck. I picked up KFC for dinner after the appt. and headed home ; got home around 6:00p.

Friday 8/26/05
I took Jude to Shriner's hospital for children to have the dr. check Jude's feet for any re-lapse; thankfully there isn't any sign of re-lapse; Jude's feet remain corrected. We are scheduled to go back on 10-28-05. My mom came with me to the appt. with Rachel and as always we headed to McDonald's for lunch and got Happy Meals for the kids'.
My neck hurt all day and if the pain continues at this rate, I will get the x-ray on Monday and schedule an appt for Wed. to have the chiro. adjust it. It is difficult to function like this and watch the kids' as active as they are. Thankfully , my mom stayed over the whole day and left at 6:30pm ; she also watched the kids so I could go to the store and she made dinner. She is the best!!!!
She also to took Amber to a youth group meeting at Grace Family Church; they are also picking her up at 10:00pm and she will be spending the night at their house.
Bill went to work at 7:30 this morning and I don't except him back until around midnight. I hope he doesn't work tomorrow; I have to work on Sunday and I want to spend some time with him this weekend. He is applying a job with Zephryhills Water which will put him on a better schedule.