The Eye of the Storm

What a difference a few days make. Monday and Tuesday were pretty rough on me emotionally. Basically I just felt lonely and sad. I can't really tell you why other than to say I'm sure the enemy was behind it all. He uses my emotions to get to me. I'm confident that the devil uses the emotions and feelings of a lot of women to distract and control them. It gets our eyes off of the promises and love our Father has for us and gets us to feel sorry for ourselves. Fighting our opposition starts with recognizing how he attacks us. This week I've been reading this blog. I went back to the beginning and finally caught up. Angie is so inspiring to me. She has been through so much in the past few years and yet, she keeps on going. There are so many of her blogs that I can relate to how she's feeling and God has used her to show me some things and to understand Him and His ways better. It's awesome when Christians can encourage each other with our stories and what God has taught us. Last night I went next door to deliver some items I purchased for Kim's niece. I just hung out for an hour and a half and it was nice. Nothing formal but it was just nice to be a part of her life and the kids who can always bring a smile to my face. So what have we been up to since my last blog? Let's see. The picnic tables we were going to buy, well apparently there aren't any Home Depots that carry them or have any in stock. So annoying! So, we found a guy on Craig's List that makes custom picnic tables to order and he is making us one and delivering it tomorrow. It will be 10 feet long and fit swimmingly on our patio. (Who actually uses the word swimmingly in normal conversation? Maybe that's why I like blogging so much. Because the odd words that come to my head in normal conversation, don't always make it out of my lips, but when I am writing, I am less inhibited and the words just roll out. It is my blog after all. Okay back on topic.) Yesterday, I went to Turbo at noon and then took Brooke shopping with her birthday money. That girl always makes me smile. She is so dramatic! Gotta love that girl! We also went to Coldstone Creamery and I got cheesecake ice cream mixed with strawberries, which is one of my favorites. It was so much fun to be with someone who is almost always smiling and giddy happy about life. Last night BJ went to Lake Tawakoni with Tony and they fished a tournament this morning. Apparently the fishing wasn't so great and he didn't get much sleep last night. He has gone to take a nap, which he never does, so you know he must be tired. I wonder if he'll wake up before tomorrow. I guess if he doesn't I won't have to cook dinner. Yeah for me! Today I met a high school friend for lunch. Ashley brought Jameson, her son, and he was just so cute and entertaining. Ashley was sure that James would discourage me from having kids, but actually it made me look forward to the day when we have a few kids running around the house. If you've talked to me lately I've expressed how quiet my house is. Seriously, BJ is really quiet and we have no pets, no kids, so yeah, it is really quiet. That's fine and relaxing sometimes, but quite honestly, a little noise would be a welcome break from the monotony. I know once we have kids, it'll never go back to being quiet, but I'm sure I can handle it. Usually I start these posts with a plan or a point I want to get to, but not today. So you get what you get. I almost forgot to mention that Jill will be here on Wednesday and I'm excited! I think she and my mom are going to meet me for lunch on Wednesday on their way home from the airport. It'll be a fun week with Jill here. (Jill, this paragraph is just for you since you love seeing your name in a blog.) Oh and I've started learning Psalm 139, 2 verses a day for 2 days and then a day to review/catchup. It'll take a total of 18 days. I got this idea from Angie Smith (the blog I referred to above) but I can't find the exact blog since I read 3 and a half years of blogs in like 4 days. Why don't you join me? Learning scripture is very rewarding and worth all the effort.