Well, I knew this would happen, but I was hoping it would be a little longer before it did. I'm way late in posting several of my entries. Things have been really busy with the benefit planning and trying to get ready for Colorado. I'm now IN Colorado, but the wireless connection here is not a good one, so I'm not sure if it'll even allow this message to be posted. I WILL get them up here. I've got stuff documented, just not typed into the computer. Hopefully it won't take long. If I can get a few up in about 20 minutes each night, then maybe I'll have it all done before we go home. When I get home there won't be time then either. The benefit is the following weekend and we're not quite ready. Maybe it'll get better while we're here. It has to, right?
Me
Monday, July 11, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Day Sixty-One with Cancer
Day Sixty-One/Day Forty-Two without Cancer:
Sunday...and I had to sing this morning. I cannot begin to tell how much anxiety there was this morning. It was insane. Everyone kept saying, "What? Like you haven't done this before?" I had decided that I was going to speak before my song and for some reason as soon as I walked into the building I was shaking. It's the first time I had sung since my surgery. My abdominals didn't seem to be working quite the same. Yes, I suppose that's because I haven't been allowed to use them for 6 weeks, but it's kind of frightening. I need to make sure I have breath control. Thankfully, it went well. The speaking wasn't great. I stumbled over my tongue several times, but I was able to get through it. Dusty came up afterward to lead worship and he started speaking about me, my situation and how much God has gotten me through. He had to stop because he was going to cry. Glad he did, cause I would have cried as well. Service was great. Our District Superintendent was there and he gave the sermon. I love when pastors really challenge you and make you think differently about things. It's exciting.
I was supposed to meet with an old friend after church, but I texted and drove to our meeting spot and never heard back. So, I ended up heading back to CiCi's pizza to eat with Jay, Jenny, Dusty, Shiloh and Dusty's siblings. I know I spoke about this in regards to last Thursday, but I really enjoy being with people like them. The conversation is just always so much fun and I always feel really good when I leave. They're so uplifting. While I was there I got a call from Sarah Ruple. She and Hannah were going to the beach, so I said I'd meet them when I was done. I never seem to get to hang with the girls, so this was a HUGE blessing to me. I cannot begin to express how grateful I am to have them in my life. It's so much fun to be with them and just be silly. I know I can be me and we can laugh about silly, girly things. We can laugh as we see guys trying to act cool and impress us...why do there seem to be so many when we get together? I can't wait until the next time.
Dad made steak for dinner. That was pretty cool. Though I can't eat veggies yet, being able to have the meat is enjoyable. Mom and I spent another evening together. I think we're back to the point of being ready to get a cute apartment together. It was a slow evening. We watched some older food movie. I remember not really liking it the first time I saw it. I'm just not a Cathrerine Zeta Jones fan and the guy in it is NOT attractive. Around eight thirty or so I found Singin' in the Rain on TCM. Score. Gene Kelly is so dreamy. Oh how I wish they made men like him these days. After that was Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon. Ok...I wish they made men like Gene Kelly and I wish I were more like Cyd Charisse. Talk about glamor and legs that went on forever. It's always been a dream of mine to have nice legs. Now that my skin seems to be getting a bit better, it seems more attainable. However, they'd need to be slender and about 4 inches longer. Oh well. A girl can dream :) Simply lovely day. Hurray!
Song of the Day:
Verse of the Day: James 1:2-4
Sunday...and I had to sing this morning. I cannot begin to tell how much anxiety there was this morning. It was insane. Everyone kept saying, "What? Like you haven't done this before?" I had decided that I was going to speak before my song and for some reason as soon as I walked into the building I was shaking. It's the first time I had sung since my surgery. My abdominals didn't seem to be working quite the same. Yes, I suppose that's because I haven't been allowed to use them for 6 weeks, but it's kind of frightening. I need to make sure I have breath control. Thankfully, it went well. The speaking wasn't great. I stumbled over my tongue several times, but I was able to get through it. Dusty came up afterward to lead worship and he started speaking about me, my situation and how much God has gotten me through. He had to stop because he was going to cry. Glad he did, cause I would have cried as well. Service was great. Our District Superintendent was there and he gave the sermon. I love when pastors really challenge you and make you think differently about things. It's exciting.
I was supposed to meet with an old friend after church, but I texted and drove to our meeting spot and never heard back. So, I ended up heading back to CiCi's pizza to eat with Jay, Jenny, Dusty, Shiloh and Dusty's siblings. I know I spoke about this in regards to last Thursday, but I really enjoy being with people like them. The conversation is just always so much fun and I always feel really good when I leave. They're so uplifting. While I was there I got a call from Sarah Ruple. She and Hannah were going to the beach, so I said I'd meet them when I was done. I never seem to get to hang with the girls, so this was a HUGE blessing to me. I cannot begin to express how grateful I am to have them in my life. It's so much fun to be with them and just be silly. I know I can be me and we can laugh about silly, girly things. We can laugh as we see guys trying to act cool and impress us...why do there seem to be so many when we get together? I can't wait until the next time.
Dad made steak for dinner. That was pretty cool. Though I can't eat veggies yet, being able to have the meat is enjoyable. Mom and I spent another evening together. I think we're back to the point of being ready to get a cute apartment together. It was a slow evening. We watched some older food movie. I remember not really liking it the first time I saw it. I'm just not a Cathrerine Zeta Jones fan and the guy in it is NOT attractive. Around eight thirty or so I found Singin' in the Rain on TCM. Score. Gene Kelly is so dreamy. Oh how I wish they made men like him these days. After that was Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon. Ok...I wish they made men like Gene Kelly and I wish I were more like Cyd Charisse. Talk about glamor and legs that went on forever. It's always been a dream of mine to have nice legs. Now that my skin seems to be getting a bit better, it seems more attainable. However, they'd need to be slender and about 4 inches longer. Oh well. A girl can dream :) Simply lovely day. Hurray!
Song of the Day:
Verse of the Day: James 1:2-4
Day Sixty with Cancer
Day Sixty with Cancer/Day Forty-One without Cancer:
Is it already Saturday again? That doesn't seem right. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'll take a Saturday...it just doesn't seem possible already. Today was such a lazy day. It was the only day that I didn't have anything special planned. I was going to go out and ask for donations, but I ended up staying in and washing clothes most of the day. At least I got some things accomplished. I have to admit, I was a little down today. That seems to happen when I'm not insanely busy with things. Time with my thoughts is not good for me. I'm trying to do what a certain someone always encouraged me to do, and keep my thoughts captive. At least I'm noticing when it's happening and I'm getting to a point in my walk where I see it and I'm able to pray about it. I hope that eventually I can find that I don't have those thoughts at all, but at least I seem to be maturing a bit. (I hope) I still often feel like a baby Christian. Thankfully, God has been teaching me and showing me things in these past several weeks.
Got to hang out with mom after she got home. She made grilled cheese. :) I don't like Saturdays when mom has to work. It doesn't seem right. I enjoy my weekends with her. I also think we'd accomplish a lot more if we had time off together. *sigh* At least we'll have Friday.
Song of the Day:
Verse of the Day:
Is it already Saturday again? That doesn't seem right. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'll take a Saturday...it just doesn't seem possible already. Today was such a lazy day. It was the only day that I didn't have anything special planned. I was going to go out and ask for donations, but I ended up staying in and washing clothes most of the day. At least I got some things accomplished. I have to admit, I was a little down today. That seems to happen when I'm not insanely busy with things. Time with my thoughts is not good for me. I'm trying to do what a certain someone always encouraged me to do, and keep my thoughts captive. At least I'm noticing when it's happening and I'm getting to a point in my walk where I see it and I'm able to pray about it. I hope that eventually I can find that I don't have those thoughts at all, but at least I seem to be maturing a bit. (I hope) I still often feel like a baby Christian. Thankfully, God has been teaching me and showing me things in these past several weeks.
Got to hang out with mom after she got home. She made grilled cheese. :) I don't like Saturdays when mom has to work. It doesn't seem right. I enjoy my weekends with her. I also think we'd accomplish a lot more if we had time off together. *sigh* At least we'll have Friday.
Song of the Day:
Verse of the Day:
Day Fifty-Nine with Cancer
Day Fifty-Nine with Cancer/Day Forty without Cancer:
It was so delightful going to small group yesterday...even if it was for a short while. I love being with those people. We seem to understand each other. Maybe we don't, but I feel like we do. Plus, where else can you go to eat pie and chips and no one looks down on you? lol. Praise the Lord for good friends. After that, I went to Adam's house and we put on Wizard of Oz. It's funny...we really didn't watch much of it. We were discussing his cabaret, my benefit, and watching Judy stuff on youtube. It was a nice relaxing time.
Today was work in the afternoon. I went by Wal Mart afterward to exchange a sun dress mom had purchased. Never again will I go to customer service on a Friday. Everyone and their mother was there to cash their checks. I waited for well over an hour to exchange dresses. I grabbed Gnomeo and Juliet to take to Amber's house. We've been talking about watching that together for a really long time. I'm surprised neither of us have seen it yet. I don't think either of us were expecting too much, but it was such a cute movie. We both really enjoyed it. We were laughing for most of the movie. I think that's one of those movies I'm going to have to purchase. We took pictures of our gnomes watching the movie. It was adorable. I stayed and spoke with Amber and her mother for quite some time about all the things we could do for the benefit and who I should talk to about donations. We had pizza and ice cream :) Yum!
Seriously fabulous day! Yay!
Song of the Day:
Verse of the Day:
It was so delightful going to small group yesterday...even if it was for a short while. I love being with those people. We seem to understand each other. Maybe we don't, but I feel like we do. Plus, where else can you go to eat pie and chips and no one looks down on you? lol. Praise the Lord for good friends. After that, I went to Adam's house and we put on Wizard of Oz. It's funny...we really didn't watch much of it. We were discussing his cabaret, my benefit, and watching Judy stuff on youtube. It was a nice relaxing time.
Today was work in the afternoon. I went by Wal Mart afterward to exchange a sun dress mom had purchased. Never again will I go to customer service on a Friday. Everyone and their mother was there to cash their checks. I waited for well over an hour to exchange dresses. I grabbed Gnomeo and Juliet to take to Amber's house. We've been talking about watching that together for a really long time. I'm surprised neither of us have seen it yet. I don't think either of us were expecting too much, but it was such a cute movie. We both really enjoyed it. We were laughing for most of the movie. I think that's one of those movies I'm going to have to purchase. We took pictures of our gnomes watching the movie. It was adorable. I stayed and spoke with Amber and her mother for quite some time about all the things we could do for the benefit and who I should talk to about donations. We had pizza and ice cream :) Yum!
Seriously fabulous day! Yay!
Song of the Day:
Verse of the Day:
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