Running from God

Yesterday I was sick, and in bed.  I mean I was very sick.  Today I am a better, I still have the aches and pains, but I never get to just lay in bed.  My hubby isn’t one for that.  He likes me out in the living room and since he controls the remote and I don’t, I don’t get to watch what I want.  But last night I was flipping channels and I found Charles Stanley on, and it was about running from God.  You know what, so many people waste so much of their lives running from God and its impossible.  He talked about the story of Jonah and I wished my daughter would of come in and watched it with me.  Just a few areas I think really would of touched her life.  I think the message touches all our lives, including mine.  Before it was over hubby came in to watch TV and wanted to know if he could change the channel, I said to him, its almost over and he sat a few minutes at the end.  I am grateful for the hour I got and glad I chose the program that I chose!

The message definitely hit home, we must obey God, and we can’t think we can ignore him and run from him, its just impossible.  I am going to be better at listening to his voice!!

Two groundhogs, one shadow, go figure!

This morning I heard on the television that the groundhog here in Ohio didn’t see his shadow but the one in Pennsylvania did!  Go figure!  So does this mean early spring or some more of winter?  If you think about winter time natures rest, and if nature needs six more weeks to rest, then more snow to come.  Honestly the weather patterns have changed so  much over the years, you never know what to expect.  Some say in like a lion, out like a lamb.  so we shall see.  I know I am anxious for spring to come.  Winter is hard with being cooped up in the house.  I wish we had room for some fitness equipment, because if we did, I think I would love to have a treadmill.  Buy one of those huge wall posters of a beautiful outdoor kind of day, and hop on it and walk, and try to imagine myself outside walking.  Since our kitty has to loose some weight, I often wonder if he would walk on it too, or if it would scare him?  He is already down a few pounds since they put him on the Science Diet prescription food.  I sure hope his UTI has totally cleared up this time too.

A lesson in pruning

I wish my daughter would take a lesson in pruning, so that she can understand that sometimes in the path of our lives, we have to be pruned.  She has  a few toxic friendships, when I say toxic I mean not healthy.  It brings her spirit down and then there is much tension between us.  Sometimes our paths in life will take a detour from a direction we thought we were going, but there is a reason and purpose.  However, she really pulls and steers to go that directions anyhow.  Sometimes she seems to plan things around what ever the deal of the day is.  Like who or what can offer her the best entertainment, and that is the choice she goes.  If what I am offering isn’t good enough, even though its plans we made in advance, she will change them last minute.    We had words because I absolutely will not allow her one friend to come to our house anymore and she is really upset with me about it.  The way I see it, its too much stress for me and I am pruning it out, its my house and I have a say who comes and who goes.  She doesn’t like it, then she can walk up the street and let her friend pick her up there.  I am not stopping or choosing her friends, but I am putting an end to her coming to me crying and upset because she said or did things to hurt her again.  This girl only comes around when no one else is, and I see it, hubby sees it, my friends even see it, but my daughter?  Nope, she doesn’t see it!

A new name, wonders about that!

In the book of Revelations (from the Bible) it says: “I will also give to each one who wins the victory a white stone with a new name written on it.” Revelation 2:17

Wow, a new name! I never really sat down and thought about how when we are in heaven, we will be given a new name, and I wonder why God will choose for me!  So many people are unhappy with the names their parents gave them, I mean I know my daughter has complained so much about her middle name to me, some change their name once they become old enough to do so.

All my life I have been Susan and I never really just given any more thought on it but now that I think about it, I am so curious and wonder what name God will pick for me.  How exciting, a new life begins, and comes with a new name to boot!

Oh man this is the worst coverage to date!

Oh man my hubby brought home more paperwork tonight with the new health insurance coverage that takes effect next month.  Oh man the more I read it, the more it stresses me out.  How they expect people to afford this is beyond me.  My hubby pays to have insurance, its not just given as a benefit freebie, but most people have to pay now, but man when my daughter her her coverage it was so much better, and she just started with the company she is with, and hubby has been with his company over twenty years.  Just for example our copay just for the ER if we had to go, $200 dollars!  I am in process in getting some free insurance quotes to see how much it would cost us to maybe have a secondary insurance.  Maybe sit down and do the math on what we generally spend in a year, multiply that by the increase for this year if we would to have the same amount of medical expenses and weigh it out.  My concern is my prescriptions.  Its already outrageous now, the new fees we won’t be able to afford my Topamax anymore, as I can’t take generic I had a bad reaction to it and my doctor and I had to fight to get special approval to cover the brand name but we had to pay $40.00 per refill.  Now?  You don’t want me to go there!

Wow, what they don’t try!

I really love the spam filter that is on my blog, what people do not try and sneak as keywords for names and the stuff they post as a comment, like how come your fingers and toes prune when your taking a bath or shower and nothing else?  LOL  Seriously?  Who comes up with this stuff anyway?  I mean they could very well perhaps I dunno do search the web and find out and solve the mystery!

I started reading a new book yesterday, called How To Reach Your Full Potential for  God:  Never Settle for Less than His Best by Charles Stanley.  I am already in chapter 3.  So far I am enjoying the book and have no doubt I will until the end of the book and am learning things already about myself, like the low self opinions I have of myself, its amazing how it just fits into the time I need it most to read.  I know its not by chance I am reading this now.  I am also enjoying his podcasts.

Hubby got an update on his insurance change which takes effect next month and I have tell you the benefits are not looking good. Regular medical is terrible, this far the worst we have had coverage ways to date (in twelve years).  I had to see what changes are coming with dental.  I might as well do a search for dental implants Mexico now because that is where we are going to have to head too to get any dental care done I can just feel it.  I am really taking care of the bridge I have.  When I was a teaching assistant before hubby and I got married, one of the students had head butted me so I had to have some major work done.  I know I am going to need it replaced within the next couple years and its scary to think what that cost is going to be and not having coverage doesn’t help.  I love to just get implants and never have to worry about it again, but I may end up with just an upper plate denture wise.  Time will tell.  In the meantime I baby my bridge!  Poor dad sure needs dentures but Medicare doesn’t even cover it.  It just sad anymore the health care we all so need and can’t get.  Remember the days in bartering?

I finished my book, fearless!

Today I finished my book Fearless, Imagine You Life Without Fear by  Max Lucado.  This was truly an awesome book.  I have to tell you this book has helped me in so many ways and so much of it just fit right into my life.  I just love when how a book can do that.  In a section of  Battling Fear, he says to write out the following statement and place where we will see it often:  “Everything will work out in the end.  If it’s not work out, its not the end.”  Does that not say it all.  I am going to make a desktop wallpaper and put this on it and share with my family for their computers too.

My friend in PA has decided to sign her girls up for online schooling.  I am so excited for her and them.  We did the same thing for my son when he was in 8th grade.  Pulled him out right in the middle of the school year due to issues, home schooled him for the rest of 8th grade, then enrolled him in the online school.  Its still public school but a better learning environment.  Her hubby has been keeping his eyes out in the philadelphia inquirer jobs, he really could use a part time job to go with the job he has.  He was trying to go active duty but the position offered was way too dangerous and glad he didn’t accept it.  It just isn’t meant for them to go active duty right now.  I know its really tight for them financially and hope he can find something that will help them out a little bit.

I got next month’s issue of InTouch magazine today, and there is a ship on it and it says God wants you to succeed!  I can’t wait until I can make some tea or coffee and start reading it.

About ready to give up trying

So our youngest kitty, he is two, had a bad UTI and we had to take him to the emergency clinic at 11:30pm at night, came home at 1:30am, then two days later back to our vet’s office because he could not urinate and when the vet squeezed his bladder he passed a long blood clot.  They gave him a shot of antibiotics that stays in his system for two weeks, we had to keep him in a kennel cage for about a week, and then get a urine sample to bring in.  The vet also wants him on a diet, as he weighs 20.80lbs.  He is just a big boy.  He refuses to eat the science diet food and the special care formula food didn’t agree with him either, if only there was weight loss pills for kitties!  Anyhow I have not been able to catch a urine yet.  I have tried putting him in a kennel cage with an empty liter box, that didn’t work, trying to watch when he heads off to the main liter box with a dixie cup at hand, its just impossible for me.  With hubby on crazy hours, as soon as they settle we are just going to have to make an appointment to take him in and let them catch it and pay for the visit because I have tried everything I know.  He is much better and back to himself.  As far as his weight, he isn’t overly chubby, he just is a big cat!  Has big paws too!

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