Haircut. Finally!

For those of you who haven't seen Marshall in awhile, his hair has gotten a little out of control. Well, he finally let me cut it (he helped a little). I had to cut the majority of it off with scissors, then he looked like a cancer patient.

Progression of haircut (June 28, 2008)...

BEFORE

DURING

& AFTER:

Anyone need a wig?

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I long for a simplier time....1953

For a long time now, I have been fascinated with the idea of living my life in one solitary year, why, you ask? Because I think it would be neat, 1953 is a year which has always held much interest for me. I don't know why exactly, but I have long fantasized about living in 1953, no real special reason; I just want to live in 1953. I wasn't alive in 1953, I wasn't born till 25 years later, but I just think it would be amazing, if I could leave today, 2008 and go back to 1953. Taking nothing with me, leaving everything here, just so that I could start anew.

Now I know that the actual 1953 is probably much different then what I'm picturing in my head as I compose this but, seriously who wants to pay 4 dollars a gallon for gas, not me. There are enough things about today that drive me nutty, and believe me if you gave me the choice to stay here or go back to oh say 1953, I think I'd choose 1953.

Yes, I not that 1953 had it's problems like the fact that Joesph Stalin was still alive and that there was still segregation in the south. But there were also no computers, no internet, no cell phones, and no video games. Anyone who knows my well knows that I love my computer, internet and video games, but I think it would be well worth for me to give them up, if I could escape the today's new media, the rapists and the just plan old bad people there are in this world.

I know 1953 was not great or anything like that, but it's gotta be better that most of the stuff we put up with in today's world.

What were you doing two years ago today?

I remember very well what I was doing. Two years ago today my parents house flooded. Can you believe that it has been two years ago!? What a crazy day that was! When I have more time I'll write about that, but today I just wanted to write a little something as a reminder.

My mom refers to this day as an Ebenezer day. I went to www.bible.com and looked up Ebenezer. This is the verse/s that are pertinent to what she means:

1 Samuel 7:12:

^{10 -12} While Samuel was offering the sacrifice, the Philistines came within range to fight Israel. Just then God thundered, a huge thunderclap exploding among the Philistines. They panicked—mass confusion!—and ran helter-skelter from Israel. Israel poured out of Mizpah and gave chase, killing Philistines right and left, to a point just beyond Beth Car. Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it "Ebenezer" (Rock of Help), saying, "This marks the place where God helped us." (taken from The Message Bible, emphasis mine).

We first learned about this concept in a Beth Moore Bible study, and it stuck! Today Mom was going to go down to the creek and get a rock to plant in her garden as a reminder of what God helped them overcome during that time. What a mighty God we serve! I don't know how we would have gotten through that time without a faith in the one true God or have a relationship with Jesus or without a church family who was always there to help. Thank you!

Thank you

Just want to say thank you to those of you who read our blog, and let us know. I know life is crazy hectic for most of us, and you taking the time to check in on us is much appreciated.

I'm so glad that this week is over, and that I'm starting a new schedule. I worked 58 hours for each of the last two weeks. Yes, I said 58 hours. I'm so looking forward to having some free time. :) Needless to say I'm not going anywhere on Tuesday. I told Mar that I'm only going to do what I want on Tuesday, nothing else! So if I feel like watching TV all day...that's what I'm going to do!

A couple of things to praise God for:
- Getting through the last two weeks!
- Possible job opportunity!
- Notice that the VA is going to pay for Mar's school this summer, and that the payment is nearly twice what we need to pay the bill!
- Mar's dad getting through emergency kidney surgery, and not having to be on dialysis.

Things to pray for:
- Either another part-time job for me (even though I need a break, we also need money) or find a full-time job.
- That Mar will do well in his classes.
- Mar's dad, Greg ~ healing for his kidneys. He's lost a lot of weight, is in pain at times, and hasn't been eating/being able to keep anything down.

Thanks, Friends!

I'm nervous

I'm working like crazy right now. Between this week and next, I'll have worked about 108 hours. It'll be a nice check, but the week after that I go back to working part-time. It will be nice to have more time off, but I'm getting nervous about how we're going to pay our bills. I've been looking in the paper everyday for something that might work, but haven't had much luck. A couple of months ago I submitted an application for an additional part-time job, but two days after I submitted the application I got a letter in the mail saying that they had filled the position. I have a feeling that someone had an "in".

I know I need to be relying on God more for the money we need to pay our bills. It's funny how He works. The last two weeks He has confirmed that He's in control, yet I still have moments where I panic. Two weeks ago I was worried about paying our rent. That day I got home from work, and there was the rent check sitting on the table. This week I was worrying about paying our bills in general. That same day I got home from work, and Marshall said that his GI Bill money was approved and is almost twice what we expected for this semester. How awesome is that?!

Please pray that I will be able to give this specific thing over to Him every time I start to panic.