hey everyone....its almost moving day. Today we had a lot of our friends come and help us load up the truck. Several of John's vball girls were here too. JEB had a blast playing and coloring with them all. One couple have two girls and so JEB was able to play mostly all morning, which allowed me to help direct the packing to the guys in the truck.
We went over to one of the couple's house for dinner....filet mignon, I might add and they had the vball team over to say goodbye and had a cake and all. It was very sweet and good for John. This is the hardest place to say goodbye. I'm quite sad about it. I'll miss church too! God must have some really great things planned for us....I can't wait to see what they are!
We'll officially leave Monday morning....one more trip to Cullman and PaPa's house tomorrow before we leave.
Keep us in your prayers!
Love to all!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
well, it's official!
Well, we sent the deposit for the house in GA today and changed all the stuff over.....electric, gas, water, garbage, phone services, satellite and stuff....so that makes it official! This time next week, we'll be on our way to GA.
John still isn't sure about this move, but it's definitely God opening doors and showing us the way. I'm sort of looking forward to it....you know, getting to rearrange stuff and re-organize stuff, get a few new things for decorating and stuff. I'm just glad we both have a job. God will work out all of the other details as they come along. I will miss my church though. It took me quite a while to get used to it, very big, megachurch and several services and very contemporary music that I didn't know the words to, but I slowly got used to it and learned the songs and I love it now. But I know, God will help me fit into a slot at the church in GA.
Gotta get back to packing.....later!
John still isn't sure about this move, but it's definitely God opening doors and showing us the way. I'm sort of looking forward to it....you know, getting to rearrange stuff and re-organize stuff, get a few new things for decorating and stuff. I'm just glad we both have a job. God will work out all of the other details as they come along. I will miss my church though. It took me quite a while to get used to it, very big, megachurch and several services and very contemporary music that I didn't know the words to, but I slowly got used to it and learned the songs and I love it now. But I know, God will help me fit into a slot at the church in GA.
Gotta get back to packing.....later!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
I can't remember packing being this hard....
Hey there everyone......I simply have one question? When did packing a box become so hard to do?? My goodness! you'd think I was planning strategic war ops or something, but I'm having the hardest time figuring out how to pack a box!!! You'd think I was forgetting the reason for packing things in a box was simply to move it to a new location. Honestly!
I get a box all ready to go and then I stare at it! What foolishness and what a waste of time! I'm really going to try and be more efficient and get more done. Although, we really don't have that many things to pack.
When we left 4 yrs. ago and moved to the Cayman Islands, we purged everything! In fact, it took me two huge yard sales to get rid of it all! So we really have very little compared to that time, but oh my goodness, how we've accumulated already!
Well, at least I can't say I'm bored and have nothing to do!
Later.....I hear stuff calling me.
I get a box all ready to go and then I stare at it! What foolishness and what a waste of time! I'm really going to try and be more efficient and get more done. Although, we really don't have that many things to pack.
When we left 4 yrs. ago and moved to the Cayman Islands, we purged everything! In fact, it took me two huge yard sales to get rid of it all! So we really have very little compared to that time, but oh my goodness, how we've accumulated already!
Well, at least I can't say I'm bored and have nothing to do!
Later.....I hear stuff calling me.
Monday, June 16, 2008
well, I now have something to do!
Hey there friends and family......it's now official, we are moving to Albany, GA. While this statement brings happiness that we both have a job, it also brings great sadness and grief that we must leave our home, church and friends here in Alabama. We both know that this is God at work and has a very specific design and reason for why HE wants us to be a part of the ministry at Sherwood. Both Jn and I are ok with moving, its just that we really like being where we are.....the house that is settled back into the woods of a dead end street and the people we rent from that live next door up a little hill are like family ( we keep their dog and cats and feed them!), the church we love being a part of (worship was awesome yesterday!), changing schools for JEB and getting all of that worked out, and of course, leaving the friends we've made these past three years!
Pray for us as we look for housing and try to get all of that stuff settled. Of course, this might be hard since we are trying to move in the next couple of weeks and be there so Jn can start on July 1st.
Well, at least I won't be bored for awhile!
Later....JEB has VBS this week! PRAISE GOD!!
Pray for us as we look for housing and try to get all of that stuff settled. Of course, this might be hard since we are trying to move in the next couple of weeks and be there so Jn can start on July 1st.
Well, at least I won't be bored for awhile!
Later....JEB has VBS this week! PRAISE GOD!!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
It's my baby boy's 8th birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to JEB!! I can't actually believe that he's 8 today. Time goes by so fast! It seems like just last week he was a tiny thing, dressed in the cutest little Pooh clothes!! With little Pooh feet!!
Today, he woke up early and promptly decided that I should awaken with him and trot out to the living room. Usually when he does this, he proceeds to lay down on the couch, cuddle up to me and go back to sleep for another hour or so. Which irritates me, because I could've gotten a little more zzzzz's, but I at least get some quiet time. But does he do that this morning???? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! He was rarin' to go! So, I started telling him it was his birthday. He would try to repeat it, but it didn't really sound like "birthday", but I kept trying. Then when we were at lunch, he said birthday.....very plainly. And then promptly asked for a "cake"! He realized that a cake needs to come with the birthday. Obviously something he learned at school. Doesn't everyone have cupcakes with their birthday??? Which is good, because I decided to be little miss Suzy Homemaker and bake him a cake and decorate it....with SHREK deco.....and even bought an "8" candle for him to blow out and everything! So hopefully he'll remember that I baked him a cake for his eighth birthday.
We didn't really get him much......he's quite easy to accomodate. Crayons, coloring books.....WIGGLES DVD's, VEGGIE TALES, etc. Although we went to Toys R' Us the other evening and actually got him a bigger Magna-Doodle and huge hockey sticks and balls to hit around. He will love it! Another toy for us to play with on the screened back porch!! I had gotten a set of kids tennis rackets at CVS a while back, and he LOVES playing tennis on the porch! So the hockey sticks will fit right in! I know, what AM I thinking......but I figured it would be better than a set of DRUMS!
He's talking so much now. In fact, yesterday, he put on his shoes and got his traveling buddies, (Tiger, Tigger and Elephant) and told me he wanted to go to the store. So we did. He first wanted a coke....settled for Root Beer and then it was chicken. While he was nibbling on drumsticks, we went down the aisles and HE shopped. Chips, pullups, pizzas, and ice cream. Is he ever a boy, or what! Then home we went and he was tickled pink! and quite proud of himself!
It amazes me what he can do and what he knows and remembers. His vocabulary is becoming more together and he's talking in whole sentences and telling us what he wants. Things that regular children do naturally....it's so neat to hear him do them. It makes you look at things much simpler.
Happy Birthday, my sweet boy! Thank you Jesus for such a wonderful gift! We love him!
Today, he woke up early and promptly decided that I should awaken with him and trot out to the living room. Usually when he does this, he proceeds to lay down on the couch, cuddle up to me and go back to sleep for another hour or so. Which irritates me, because I could've gotten a little more zzzzz's, but I at least get some quiet time. But does he do that this morning???? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! He was rarin' to go! So, I started telling him it was his birthday. He would try to repeat it, but it didn't really sound like "birthday", but I kept trying. Then when we were at lunch, he said birthday.....very plainly. And then promptly asked for a "cake"! He realized that a cake needs to come with the birthday. Obviously something he learned at school. Doesn't everyone have cupcakes with their birthday??? Which is good, because I decided to be little miss Suzy Homemaker and bake him a cake and decorate it....with SHREK deco.....and even bought an "8" candle for him to blow out and everything! So hopefully he'll remember that I baked him a cake for his eighth birthday.
We didn't really get him much......he's quite easy to accomodate. Crayons, coloring books.....WIGGLES DVD's, VEGGIE TALES, etc. Although we went to Toys R' Us the other evening and actually got him a bigger Magna-Doodle and huge hockey sticks and balls to hit around. He will love it! Another toy for us to play with on the screened back porch!! I had gotten a set of kids tennis rackets at CVS a while back, and he LOVES playing tennis on the porch! So the hockey sticks will fit right in! I know, what AM I thinking......but I figured it would be better than a set of DRUMS!
He's talking so much now. In fact, yesterday, he put on his shoes and got his traveling buddies, (Tiger, Tigger and Elephant) and told me he wanted to go to the store. So we did. He first wanted a coke....settled for Root Beer and then it was chicken. While he was nibbling on drumsticks, we went down the aisles and HE shopped. Chips, pullups, pizzas, and ice cream. Is he ever a boy, or what! Then home we went and he was tickled pink! and quite proud of himself!
It amazes me what he can do and what he knows and remembers. His vocabulary is becoming more together and he's talking in whole sentences and telling us what he wants. Things that regular children do naturally....it's so neat to hear him do them. It makes you look at things much simpler.
Happy Birthday, my sweet boy! Thank you Jesus for such a wonderful gift! We love him!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
summer is boring...
I know, I know......it's so pathetic!! I'm bored and its only been a good week!
Later, after I find something to do!
Later, after I find something to do!
Friday, June 6, 2008
We have a job!
Well, the school in GA offered us both a position there......in fact, they called yesterday and wanted Jn to know that they were putting the contracts in the mail to us and that they would like John to start by July 1st or no later than the 15th. Only thing....no mention of $$ at all.....so we have absolutely NO idea what the package is worth.......so we must wait to see what the offers are before we know for sure what we are doing! Isn't that odd??? I said that they must be 150% confident that the $$ is great and totally awesome that we wouldn't be able to turn it down and so they didn't need to mention what it was in a phone call. We'll see.
I'm ok with moving......while I would miss my friends here that I've made these past three years and our church, which I love! But I also know that I would make new friends there and be involved in church more, probably because its smaller and more manageable than our 8000 member church.
Well, we'll see what God shows us. If it's where we are to be, then all the puzzle pieces will fall into place. John has his interview next Wednesday at one of the local community colleges, but my second interview at the church preschool/daycare isn't until the 16th. I just want to know what we're doing and where we're going. I hate the in-between stuff. Waiting stinks! But thank you Lord for the offers at Sherwood. I KNOW you know what we're doing!
later everyone,
deb
I'm ok with moving......while I would miss my friends here that I've made these past three years and our church, which I love! But I also know that I would make new friends there and be involved in church more, probably because its smaller and more manageable than our 8000 member church.
Well, we'll see what God shows us. If it's where we are to be, then all the puzzle pieces will fall into place. John has his interview next Wednesday at one of the local community colleges, but my second interview at the church preschool/daycare isn't until the 16th. I just want to know what we're doing and where we're going. I hate the in-between stuff. Waiting stinks! But thank you Lord for the offers at Sherwood. I KNOW you know what we're doing!
later everyone,
deb
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
good morning all....
hey there everyone. No news on the job front yet, although I did find out from a colleague that the school in Albany is cking references, which is good. We are still praying for God to hit us with a LIGHTNING BOLT and have written on it where we should be and what job to take. Boy, if it were only done that way, life would be so much simpler.
I spent the day cleaning my bathrm and our bedrm....not an easy task mind you. You know, organized my closet, actually vacummed between the washer and dryer, oiled the wood trim around both rooms...(who in their right mind would put wood trim in a bathrm??) oiled the door to my bathrm...(again I ask, who in their right mind would put a door up that had slats??)....vacummed the room really well.....actually dusted in the corners behind the doors....oh, and cleaned the carpet where JEB has spilled who knows what. I think though it actually looks a little better, but I think I need to call the carpet cleaner people. This carpet, which is a rose color, (yeah, I know), needs to be steam cleaned. We cleaned it with the RUG DOCTOR over Christmas break and it looked better for a while, but now it's back to nasty again. I think this rug has been in there since they remodeled 25 yrs. ago. So, I think I'll make that phone call to have someone come clean it. I might actually feel better about walking on it barefoot.
Today is Jn's bathrm and the hallway and possibly JEB's room. I'm tackling the house a couple of rooms at a time and really cleaning them well. That should take me thru the wkend and then I'll have to hunt for something else to do to keep me busy. I really should do some scrapping, but Jn is playing one of his war games on the computer, which is in the same room as my scrap stuff and both of us in the same room doing something that is relaxing for each of us wouldn't work.
Continue praying for us as we wait on God's timing for our jobs. I hate this in between part.....
love to all,
deb
I spent the day cleaning my bathrm and our bedrm....not an easy task mind you. You know, organized my closet, actually vacummed between the washer and dryer, oiled the wood trim around both rooms...(who in their right mind would put wood trim in a bathrm??) oiled the door to my bathrm...(again I ask, who in their right mind would put a door up that had slats??)....vacummed the room really well.....actually dusted in the corners behind the doors....oh, and cleaned the carpet where JEB has spilled who knows what. I think though it actually looks a little better, but I think I need to call the carpet cleaner people. This carpet, which is a rose color, (yeah, I know), needs to be steam cleaned. We cleaned it with the RUG DOCTOR over Christmas break and it looked better for a while, but now it's back to nasty again. I think this rug has been in there since they remodeled 25 yrs. ago. So, I think I'll make that phone call to have someone come clean it. I might actually feel better about walking on it barefoot.
Today is Jn's bathrm and the hallway and possibly JEB's room. I'm tackling the house a couple of rooms at a time and really cleaning them well. That should take me thru the wkend and then I'll have to hunt for something else to do to keep me busy. I really should do some scrapping, but Jn is playing one of his war games on the computer, which is in the same room as my scrap stuff and both of us in the same room doing something that is relaxing for each of us wouldn't work.
Continue praying for us as we wait on God's timing for our jobs. I hate this in between part.....
love to all,
deb
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
job interviews....
Hello all.....we just got home from an interview for us both at Sherwood Baptist in Albany, GA....you might recognize the name from the movie "Facing the Giants"....yeah, that one! They want a HS Guidance Counselor/Admin. person and then an Elementary teacher. We drove down on Saturday afternoon and then came home yesterday. First, let me say that we were taken care of quite well. We stayed in one of the homes across the street from the church that they use for out of town speakers or guests.....very nice little house. Actually, not super little....it's bigger than what we live in now. Cute house.....they had everything! TV, computer, dishes, food in the pantry. It was great! Church was great, too.....typical Southern Baptist church. The school was good.....they've been blessed by God, for sure! They are getting ready to release another movie this fall, "Fireproof" that stars Kirk Cameron from Growing Pains.
Anyway, the interviews went well and we fully expect them to call and offer us the positions. Now we simply pray for God to direct us. John has an interview at a local community college next week, which would be GREAT on many accounts. Great health insurance....great retirement....What's that??....and good salary. I have a second interview with a nearby church that has a daycare/preschool and are looking for a program director. So, we need prayer for God to just lead us which direction He wants us to go!
Now we are into our second actual week of vacation.....I'm not looking forward to it, though I am going to begin my cleaning jag. I want to take one room at a time and CLEAN it. Every corner and every little spot, to help feel like its clean. This house has major dirt issues......very dirty when we moved in and we just haven't been able to clean it up since.
Well, not much else. Glad to be home though.
Anyway, the interviews went well and we fully expect them to call and offer us the positions. Now we simply pray for God to direct us. John has an interview at a local community college next week, which would be GREAT on many accounts. Great health insurance....great retirement....What's that??....and good salary. I have a second interview with a nearby church that has a daycare/preschool and are looking for a program director. So, we need prayer for God to just lead us which direction He wants us to go!
Now we are into our second actual week of vacation.....I'm not looking forward to it, though I am going to begin my cleaning jag. I want to take one room at a time and CLEAN it. Every corner and every little spot, to help feel like its clean. This house has major dirt issues......very dirty when we moved in and we just haven't been able to clean it up since.
Well, not much else. Glad to be home though.
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