Life

I guess I haven't really written about "life" for awhile. Maybe I was avoiding it? Ha ha ha ha...

Let's start with Jeffrey, since I haven't really talked about him much lately...

He's been pretty sick since June. The night before my surgery (which was June 1st), Jeff was out trimming bushes. He carried the trimmings away to the back yard. That night, he broke out into a rash on his arms. The rash got worse and worse and itchier and itchier. Finally, a couple days after my surgery, Jeff went to see his doctor about the rash. The doctor put him on a steroid to get rid of the rash. And yes, it did get rid of the rash, but it caused horrible stomach problems. And he's been sick ever since.

He has been on a variety of different meds for the stomach issues. None of them seem to give him relief. He had a CT scan done last Saturday. The only thing it revealed was that his intestine was kinked- which is not the reason he has these problems. So, the doctor told him to keep taking the meds and to come back in a couple weeks to discuss it further. Poor guy! I have talked to him a few times today, and he's having a rough day at work- really not feeling well.


We have had several people ask us about the adoption and foster care process and the progress (or the lack there of) we've made. Just an update- we're not doing anything. We were denied by Catholic Charities because they were no longer taking adoptive families. We waited and waited to hear back about foster care through them, but nobody ever contacted us. At this point, we're not pursuing it anymore. We will eventually, I'm sure... but just not right now. We have our health to take care of and we are also just enjoying being the two of us. Babysitting for Little M has made us realize what a sacrifice parenthood is. It's not that we don't ever want to go down that road- we just don't want to drag a child through our life right now.


I have applied for Social Security Disability. We are hoping to get some financial relief from them. Every now and then they call or send me more stuff to fill out. We are praying that it all works out. Money is tight, but God hasn't stopped blessing us.


Jeff's job is going well. It's not as exciting as he'd like it to be. And he has said to me on more than one occasion "I can't work at Honda for the rest of my life." So we'll see what happens. He has some ideas of things he'd like to do, but I'm not sure I am supposed to share that with you yet. It's sort of a dream of his that just might work out. So, for now, please just be praying that he obeys God first and foremost, but that he finds happiness in what he does.


Oh! Our cats? You're asking about our cats? How nice of you! Our inside cats, Sydney and Bailey are doing well... that is, of course, with the exception of Bailey that I slammed in the door (on accident!) today. Other than that, they are fine. We learned last night while we watched "Benny and Joon" that the cats really like a high-pitched squealing noise. There is a scene in the movie when Sam is letting the air out of a balloon, and it's squealing... the cats totally went nuts! They loved it! So, when we stopped the movie to go to bed, we both lay in bed, squealing, so that the cats would come cuddle us. I mean, we do have a life... we just enjoy tormenting our cats. Ooh! And did I ever tell you about the time Jeff asked me if I'd ever whistled under the covers before? See, we whistle for Sydney because it makes him come to us and makes him crazy. Again, something about the high pitch or something. (He prefers if we whistle "Grand Ol' Flag" but really, any song will do...) So, I took my husbands wonderful advice, hid under the covers, and started whistling. I did not realize I was asking for a death wish! Sydney jumped up and started biting my face! Jeffrey just laughed.

We still have all the outside cats. Not sure what's going to happen there. The babies don't seem to be getting very big very quickly. They are very cute, though! When Little M and I play outside, they like to chase the ball around. Or they chase bugs, grass, or anything else. It's so cute. Jeff and I still feed them when they come around. But I think they're living in the neighbor's yard now.


The month of July is Vacation Bible School. I am co-directing it with another lady from church. It seems to be going well. Our "theme" is SonRock Kids Camp... and the lessons are about Peter and how God cared for Peter (and how He cares for us!). It's a neat curriculum.


I have started yet another Bible study. I had to leave the first one because it was meeting on Monday nights, and that's Jeff and my date night! The second one sort of just gave up on each other... kind of odd. But this one seems like we'll be pretty tight. I'm excited. We're reading Genesis... actually, we hope to go through the entire Bible! So, maybe when we're 50 we'll be done! Ha ha ha ha... Anyway; tomorrow night I'm going out with my Bible study girls. We're going to go to a Worship Concert on the campus of Harvest Bible Chapel (in Elgin). Hooray! I can't wait!


I guess I'll end for now. That's a good catch up, huh? I'll try to do better in keeping up with this.