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Sugury will be this Thursday... please continue to pray!

Thanks all for the prayers... God is great! Last night we got a call from our neighbor and they seen the cat in thier yard ( I put up flyers and left one on their door) so my dd went up there about 10:30 and she was able to pick him up and I held him on the way home. We put him in a crate that we have for our chickens inside our closed garage so I hope there is no chance of him getting out. I recieved a call from dh this morning and Miciah's infections has gone down so he can come home today but will have to be on antibiotics for a while. Please continue to pray for a full recovery and that the cat doesn't have rabies. I will be calling the public health to see exactly what we need to do.

Thanks all for the prayers....

Thanks all for the prayers. We were able to find the owner of the cat but they said that it dissapeared over a week ago. Unfortunaltly we still need to find the cat because since they last seen it, it could have been bit by something that does have rabies. My dh called awhile ago and said that my ds's arm was starting to weep, not sure if that is a good thing or not. Will post more later...

Please pray for my ds Miciah (5yrs) he was bit by a cat on Saturday. I thought I cleaned the wound good enough that I didn't take him to the dr (next time I'll know better). It was worse on Sun so after church we brought him to the dr and they put him on antibiotics and sent him home saying that if the red infected area was bigger to bring him back in. We brought him in Monday and they admitted him into the hospital for the infection. They now have him on 2 different types of antibiotics and are hoping that he can come home after supper tonight depending on if the red area gets smaller and if the Infectious Disease Dr says ok. Please pray that he can come home soon. The hospital is 50 miles away and with so many trips back and forth, we are spending alot of money on gas. We are also having a problem finding the cat. The dr wants us to find the cat by June 21st so it can get tested for rabies. If we can't find it Miciah will be having rabies shots which if I understand right very painful and is a series of 6 shots over a month. I would really like to avoid that so pleas pray that we can find the cat, dead or alive (preferably alived so I don't have to put a dead cat in my freezer) We think that is was a cat that was just dropped off since we live in the country so it will be harder to find it. I am going around to all the neighbors to see if they have seen it and put up flyers, I pray that someone knows where it is. Please pray....

John, I havn't been on lately but please remember that you and your family are always in our prayers! :pray

where do people get their coupons anyway

All hail from a coupon diva! :cool

Couponing is a regular part of my week. I save my coupons and use them (at stores that double coupons) when the item is on sale, thereby maximizing my savings. One time I had a total at Lowes Foods that was high at first but after the coupons went so low that the cash register wouldn't complete the transaction until a manager came over and approved it.

Triple events at Harris Teeter are even better! My best so far was a grocery bill totaling well over $200 and I only paid around $35! :Green

Hm, did I mention that Harris Teeter is tripling again this Thur.-Sat.?

Yeah' date=' but the hassle of collecting them and selling them and mailing them and paying Ebay their fees isn't worth the few bucks you make....[/quote']

There are some really great coups out there that people are getting alot of money selling like those the gatorade $1 off which makes a 32oz free at walmart and other stores. Johnson's buddies soap you can get free with the $ 1 off q. Kotex $1 off qs for free kotex and clean team wipes q that are $3/2 so you can get two packs for .28! 10 Gatorade coupons are going for $6 - $8 right now on ebay.

Well I have had cashiers be they from Walgreens Walmart or other such stores ,say way to go .Thats the way to do it .
I need to learn to do this more .
Just to day I saved over 14 dollars using coupons .
This past weekend I got Dove Chocolate bars ,at Walgreens after the coupons I used they were 1.03 thats with tax
CVS had Nestle Crunch BOGO and I used coupons got 2 fun size bags for .99 cents
CVS a coupole weeks back had Dawn dish soap for .99 cents I had coupons for 1.00 so basically they paid me to take them
Month ago I had Cheerio coupons for 1.00 off price matched the Kmart ad at Walmart got 3 boxes for .88 cents each BIG boxes .
Recently got Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers at Walmart used 1.00 off coupon got them for .27 cents each
I could go on and on but you save money .
I think of a coupon like found money
If I have coupons I won't need I trade for some I will .
Its great :Green

I thought I would update to let you know that the Bell's Palsy is gone. Praise God!

Thanks all for the prayers. We got home late last night.... I'm so glad I live in a rural area, I couldn't take all the traffic in the cities. I'm also glad that I didn't have to drive, I was having a hard enough time just riding. The funeral went well, I didn't realize that they were catholic so I don't think the family is saved. There is a chance that my uncle was saved, he was raised in the church that I now attend but I don't know.

Thanks again for the prayers....

Please pray for my family. My uncle passed away on Saturday and the funeral is on Thurs. We have to travel about 250 miles to attend. Please pray for those that are hurting right now and also for safe travel for all that are going. Thanks!

Praying about this John!

How horrible.... praying for the kids and the family!

Praying...

Yeah, I have my mom who only lives about 3 miles away and 2 sisters that live within 10 miles away. They have been good about asking when I need help but they work so often that it doesn't always work out with them. I do take them to mom's and she let's me lay down while the kids run crazy. LOL

Danny, yes that's my name I covet your prayers. I have noticed that the prednisone is making me a little crazy. That, on top of post-partum depression I asked my dr to put me on anti-depressants to combat the mood swings, my family doesn't need that from me right now. I have noticed my appetite increasing but since it is difficult to eat, most the times I don't eat much or I eat so slow that I get fuller faster... not a bad diet I guess At least my weird sense of humor is coming back.

I did manage to make it to church this am. I sat in the parking lot for a few minutes to prepare myself. I did get some stares and some wispers but most the members knew about it from our pastors wife asking for prayer for me at ladies fellowship. I was really appreciative of the ones that did come talk to me instead of talking about me to others. There are 2 other members of our church that has had BP even tho our church only has 50 members and most all have known others that have had it. One of the ones that had it is the sweetest lady and she really shared some comforting words. I am glad that God helped me over come my fears and allowed me to go, prayerfully I hope I was an encouragement to someone for doing that.

Praying for your brother and his family....

John, I'm sorry I didn't see this until now but I will be in prayer for Karlene and the rest of the family. I pray that God will work in their hearts during this time and will also give comfort to all that mourn.

Yeah, I am trying to remember that this too will pass, but it's exactly like you said... easier said than done. I have been doing better at taking care of myself, walking, more vitamins in addition to the prednisone, but since I"m still recovering from having baby last Thurs, it's harder to do the waking bit cause I"m still sore. :sad

I have been walking closer to God the past few days tho, reading more and praying more, looking for words of comfort... that that has helped me to deal with this some...

Thanks all, this is just really hard on me since I am a type of person that doesn't have the best self esteem at times.... I have managed to be ok in front of my family (mom & siblings) but anyone else I avoid. We had our gas man stop by yesterday and he just stared at my face the whole time, I'm sure he didn't but that is what it seemed like. My bro doesn't think that I should be driving but I'm fine if I manually blink my eye so it doesn't dry out. My dd hasn't even seen me yet, she has been at camp since the day after I came home from the hospital. Dh has been at work so I have been trying to take care of myself, the baby and the boys, it is difficult at times since I am still recovering from the delivery.

Thanks again for praying for me!! I really do appreciate it!

Thanks all for the prayers & congrats... It is hard to believe that it has been a week already! Matthias is doing great, I could use prayers tho (I started another post about me)

Thanks again!

I was diagnosed yesterday will Bells Palsy. It started out Tuesday with no taste in my mouth and after I woke up from napping with baby I couldn't close my left eye with my right eye staying open and I didn't have full function of the left side of my lips. I woke up yesterday with the left side of my face being paralyized. When I blink my left eye doesn't move, I need to tape it shut at night or when I start to feel it getting dry. I need to tape and use artifical tears so I don't get an corneal infection. I have to hold my lips closed when I drink through a straw, I need to have baby bites when I eat so I don't choke since I only have control over half my mouth. I know that God doesn't give you more that you can handle but I don't know how I'm going to deal with this. I'm already getting stares and I don't want to be seen by anyone except for my family. I broke down crying when my pastor's wife stopped by, as much as I appreciated her stopping I just wanted her to leave because I felt I looked so horrible. The dr says there is a 50% chance that it will only last a month but those arn't favorable odds. He also said it could last a year or sometimes it will never go away, needless to say that this is really scaring me. It seems like this is the last thing that I need since I only had Matthias 7 days ago and am still recovering from that. Please pray that this is short lived and that I will be strong enough to handle it. I'm sad to admit that I don't want to attend church until this is gone, too many people, too many questions, the stares... I know they mean well but I also know that I will just break down crying, hopefully my feelings will change by Sun am but right now I just don't know.


For those that have no clue about bell's palsy here is a link that I found helpful, I had never heard about this until I talked to my pastor's wife about the left side of my face being paralyzed. http://www.bellspalsy.ws/

Thanks for praying. The nurse called later this am and said I'm reschelduled for tommorrow morning. I have to be honest and say that I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully things will work out and the new plans will work out.

Thanks again!

Thanks for praying. A nurse called this morning about 30 minutes before I needed to leave to inform me that the induction needed to be canceled. No reason was given. I do admit I'm a little upset with all the planning and scrambling we had to do to get ready, telling people and now having to untell them, sending the kids off to grandmas, Dh taking time off of work.... but I"m sure God had a good reason for this.