Please stop by again soon

With new year and new season means new background. So I hope to be around more to share my 'Deep Thoughts' with all of you. Thank you for coming!

Hello Stanger

What can I say? I've gone through 2 seasons now without a word. I know. And I'm sorry. Not that I haven't had any blog-worthy things to say. I've just been out of practice.

For those who don't know what's going on in my life other than what is said here, I'm still in Indiana. Doing the daily grind of corporate life. Full time health insurance confusion. Tom is without employment still. Living on my income, two weeks left of unemployment, a little savings and really big prayers!

God has taken very good care of us during this time of uncertainty. It's scary. But it's ok. I know it will be.

The fibro is the same. **ow**..... I'm so thankful for pain medication! Gives me the opportunity to live a semi-ordinary life outside of my oh-so-comfortable bed.

Speaking of bed.....it's calling me. I must retire to it now. But I'll be back soon......I promise!

The Day before

I'm entering the workforce tomorrow. With a myriad of emotions following me wherever I go. Exctiment, fear, anticpation, anger. Positive and negative. It's all new and yet all too familiar. I haven't worked outside the home for almost two years now. Except for Sunday mornings, I never had to worry about things like what to wear or bad hair days. Petty? Perhaps. The end of the world as I know it? If my hair doesn't turn out or I get a run in my stocking it will.

Today is a beautiful, almost fall kind of day. A slight chill to the air that's still warm and inviting. A harbinger of what's to come. Cool, crisp and refreshing. Goodbye heat, humidity and mosquitoes. Hello clean air, golden color and fireplaces. The firewood is waiting. Ready to burn. Apple cider and pumpkins. And of course, I almost forgot (not really) my birthday. Followed closely by Anne's and Kristin's. Fall is a time to celebrate!

Even if I am stuck working.

Goodbye summer

August is over and today is Labor Day. Summer is winding down and everyone is back to school. Nothing is happening with our house right now...which isn't a bad thing because I like it here. Still looking for jobs right now but no leads as of yet. Just praying and hoping.

I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post. It's not like I didn't have any blog-worthy things to say. No, quite the opposite. I could probably write a novel on this past month alone. But I'll keep it down to a few words and sentences instead.

On Saturday we spent the afternoon at Eagle Creek Park, which is like Indianapolis' version of Presque Isle without Lake Erie. Just Eagle Creek Resorvior which reminds me of a small Chatauqua Lake. We brought Jake along and went for a stroll through the woods. You could hear the faint sound of highway traffic but it was overpowered by locust buzzing and birdsong. We all collected wildflowers along the way to make an arrangement. I put them in water the moment we got home although they look half-dead now. I just love wildflowers and their beautiful colors. I don't look at them as weeds, more like God's beautiful handiwork. I feel His presence all around in the midst of nature. A time for mindfulness and family time. What a great way to spend the afternoon.

After another great service at church (I just love it there!) we pretty much stayed indoors yesterday. Rain, rain and more rain. Flood watch. Flood warning. Oh no! The dreaded Flash flood warning! This is one of those moments I'm thankful to not have a basement!

So all the Labor Day festivities are off. I didn't have plans anyway. Alyssa baked some chocolate chip cookies and I'll make some kind of comfort-food dinner tonight. Something to make a yucky day better.

Anyone want to come over?

The next journey

It's time to pack up and go....or not. I really don't know. Tom lost his job on July 25th. The For Sale sign is on the front lawn. I hope he finds a job and we stay here.

They say change is good. I like things that are good, but change isn't one of them. It hurts. I'm angry. I want to stay put. God has a different plan. A new journey down a different path. I trust Him. It will be ok.

By the grace of God, it will be ok.

Accentuating the positive

So the song goes.....

I don't want to think that having a chronic illness will make me eternally sad. Only a slight setback, an inconvenience of sorts. I'm not terminally ill.

So with that in mind, I'd like to share some blog-worthy things that remind me that life is good anyway:

I fixed the dishwasher yesterday, no need for a repairman.
It's time for my semi-annual date with Tom.
5 months til Christmas.
It's not storming today.
Alyssa bought a hamster with her hard-earned babysitting money.
My house is clean....well almost.
The flooding rains made my grass look like Ireland.
I feel good today.
I went on a picnic with my friends last week.
The girls and I played pirates in the park.
Mom called me yesterday.
I still have gas in my tank.
The central air works very well.
My hair turned out the way I wanted it to.
Low humidity.
My children love playing with the old super nes.
All the neighborhood kids like to play at our house.

and the last one:
I am still cool!

Here I am

Seeing its been almost a month since my last post, I didn't want anyone to think I died or something. Nope, not yet.

This past month has been a real rollercoaster ride although I've been stuck at the lower end of the ride lately. A couple hills here and there but mainly in the valleys. Meaning: I haven't been well. It's been a frustrating battle of not knowing what's wrong and thinking am I crazy? That battle finally ended almost two weeks ago .

The diagnosis? Fibromyalgia.

So I'm not crazy. What a relief. Wait a minute! What do you mean there's no cure??!

Come, let's take a ride down my new road. I hear it's a rough one but the scenery is beautiful. Let's wait and see.

The pool is now open

And just in time. Spring is gone. Green is being replaced by shades of yellow and brown. Tomorrow's heat index should be somewhere between 95 and 100. Nozone alerts again--no driving in the afternoon.

The pool is up. The tradition of being the neighborhood pool hub has begun.

Hooray for summer!!