…but my computer has crashed!
I am trying very hard to be positive, but I don’t know if I’ve quite succeeded yet.
I might not be around for a bit…just didn’t want y’all to wonder where I’d gone.
Don’t worry…I will find my gratitude attitude around here somewhere! It can’t stay hidden for very long.
😉
Alesha
Be forwarned – my thoughts take great leaps between each paragragh; but I didn't use "bullets" for my post, because I just hate it when that bullet formatting takes my indention button hostage.
So, hang on…like a ride in the Tardis…here we go!
I figured out how to sync 2 iPods to the same computer – with different songs on each one! Cool!
We have had lots of rain this week, and we re-e-e-eally needed it here.
It was such a blessing to have the McBride and Pitt family with us at church on Sunday! We got to hear great bluegrass-style music. They did a rendition of "For Unto Us A Child Is Born" from Handel's Messiah that had me in tears. They used the guitar and fiddle (and maybe the mandolin? I can't remember), and it was just beautiful.
Bro. McBride's preaching was spirit-filled and perfectly-timed, as usual. His Sunday morning sermon, "Does It Really Matter If I'm Faithful?" truly blessed my heart, and helped me to move forward personally, especially considering my "serious thoughts" from last Thursday.
Isaac has slept through the last 3 nights. It has been wonderful, and I am so grateful!
I got my hair cut last week and I am loving it!
I found some really cool verses yesterday.
Paul was teaching the church of Corinth how to handle a brother who was in sin, but who has now repented and turned away from that sin after the church disciplined him. I love the tone of these verses.
II Corinthians 2:7-8 – "So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him."
That really helps me. If someone has taken the proper steps to abandon their sin, we must reach out to them in love and forgiveness! It is not an easy thing to do, but it is so important, if they are to be reconciled back into fellowship.
Our truck broke down again yesterday – while Doug and Isaac were 2 hours away at therapy. Praise the Lord that our friend Howard is a mechanic, and was able to talk Doug through some steps to get it running again. He has to do something under the hood with the pliers to make it go, but that's ok because we have to do something under the hood in the fuse box to make the air conditioner run, too!!! So we might as well do both things at once, right? LOL! (Might as well laugh about it, right?) 😉
I am working on two mother's bracelets right now – one in silver and one in gold. I cannot wait to see how they turn out!
My phone is getting easier to work with…so I guess it is training me well. My very favorite app is mobislenotes. I have a to-do list for myself and one for Ike's caregiver. I prepare hers each morning, and then email it to her computer. She just pops open her laptop when she gets here, checks her email and reads her list. 🙂 🙂 :) You know how I feel about lists, so of course, this makes me very happy!
Two widgets that bring me great joy are the clock and the weather. I have them set so that I know the time and weather of all the places around the world where my friends and family live! England, Japan, Idaho, Tennessee, California. It makes it fun for me to see their weather, especially! 🙂
Oh — and here's a random picture for Dani:
(my husband thought these were absolutely hysterical, and insisted on taking a picture! now I'm glad he did!)
Well, I think that's it for me. I can't think of anything else that would be remotely interesting to you. I mean, I could talk about the mold and mildew that is trying to take over my bathroom, but really…who wants to hear me complain about jalousie windows again???
😉
Enjoy your day — it is a gift from God.
Alesha
Yes – I know I need to blog.
No – we are not still sick. Ike and I are recovering nicely.
Yes – I know many of you have snow right now.
No – I do not want snow here, thankyouverymuch!
Yes – Karen got it right – I am putting all of my music onto the computer.
No – I am not finished yet. Ugh!
Yes – I'm having tater tots for lunch. They're organic and so is the ketchup! So HA – carb, schmarb!
No – We have not given up on our Hallelujah Diet…I just wanted something hot. It's hard to eat salad for lunch when I'm wearing knee socks.
Yes – I am enjoying my new phone…A Droid Incredible.
No – I am still not smarter than the phone…it has me beat by a long shot!!!
Yes – I am going to see Cirque du Soleil® — La Nouba on Friday, and I am totally psyched!
No – Isaac is not going. I am going on a date with my hubby! (with my brother, his wife, her parents and my parents) hahaha… 😉
Yes – I've had lots of blog subjects on my mind lately…some serious…well, ok, mostly serious.
However, I do feel the need to work through things before I share about them here. I like to share my thoughts with my blog readers, even the somber thoughts; but I want to make sure I always share them in the right way. I don't want you to come to my blog and be discouraged, or leave feeling hopeless. I would be doing you a disservice if either of those things happened.
I don't mind if you come to read my blog and leave feeling convicted or angry or in disagreement with me. That means I have caused you to think seriously about a subject, and that is a great compliment to a writer.
I just want to be sure to lead you to a conclusion of some kind: to never read my blog again, to disagree with me completely, to agree with me wholeheartedly, to feel that I should never cover that subject again…something!
I have no plan to change my blog format or anything of that nature. I've just been thinking "heavy" thoughts, and should I choose to share them, I want to be sure I say exactly what I think, no more and no less.
More importantly, though, I only want to say here exactly what the Lord would have me say. So…I wait until I'm sure.
Yes – I do feel better having shared that.
No – I'm not depressed.
Yes – I DID finish copying my cds while I blogged!!! OH, YEAH!!!
No – I did not eat my meal with absolutely no vegetables. I had OLIVES!!! That totally counts!!!
😉
Thanks for reading,
Alesha
Well, my blog for Sunday didn't happen…
And managing my Monday? Ha! I laugh!
My Tuesday was thankful, but it didn't get blogged about…
and Wednesday…well, it's almost over, too, but I thought I would squeeze in a small update.
Last Thursday, Isaac came down with what the doctor is 98% sure was the flu. By Friday, I was sick with it, too. We are still recovering – barely.
We did take Ike to the doctor, today. (I use "we" quite liberally, here – it was actually Doug who left work early and took him.) His lungs are clear – praise be to the LORD! The other things we were concerned about were the increased seizures, and that fact that on Monday and Tuesday, he slept 12 and 14 hours, respectively.
Y'all know Isaac doesn't sleep well. So when this phenomenon happened 2 nights in a row, we got very concerned. The doctor thinks it's all due to the flu. Increased seizure activity due to sickness is normal, and the doctor thinks that Isaac is just sleeping so much because the flu wears a person out so much. (And yes, I can attest to that!)
So, we are mending. Resting. Coughing. Sleeping. And counting our blessings that Doug has 2 days off at the end of this week to be here at home with us. 🙂
That's it for us. I really hope that your Christmas was completely different from ours!!!
(My only feeble attempt to take a Christmas tree picture this year. Remember I said I liked blurry Christmas light pictures? It's a good thing, huh?)
😉
Alesha
Merry Christmas
to
all my bloggy friends!!!
While I could blog about my Straight No Chaser concert experience, my cousin Joy did such a fabulous job over at Case Crossings that I thought I would just link to that.
I will add that the 2 songs that made the whole night totally worth it were "Carol of the Bells" and "O Holy Night". The first one was just incredibly awesome – hearing voices "ringing" throughout the entire song, while other voices sang the words was unbelievably beautiful.
"O Holy Night" was their 2nd encore (yes, we were a rowdy group in Tampa last night!), and they sang it sans microphones or earpieces right on the front edge of the stage.
Had I s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out my hand and one of them reached out at the same time, we could've shaken hands – we were that close. So, imagine the sound of that last song, right in front of me.
That was pretty close to "absolutely perfect" for this music lover.
Now, go read Joy's post. You'll see my picture (ha!) and Isaac's caregiver's too. She is the one who introduced my brother to SNC, and she was his special guest last night. ;) I was happy to have her along, so as not be the "fifth" wheel. 😉
Enjoy!
Alesha
P.S. My other favorite song was "You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch". The basses in this group are phenominal!!!
P.P.S So…I guess I sorta blogged after all, didn't I????? hahahahaha…
I'm thankful for the beautiful weather outside: temps are in the 60s and the sun is brilliantly shining. It is gorgeous! Day's like today are why people move to Florida. 🙂
I'm thankful for surprise gifts when Mama goes to JC Penney's with 3 coupons in her hand! She brought me home a cute new shirt.
I'm thankful for bananas. I love them for breakfast. 🙂
I'm thankful for husbands who help change the world's most awful diaper (!) – even after a long day of work!!!
I'm thankful for clean bedrooms. (I have been using the "stack" method of organizing for the past 3 weeks, and the piles were beginning to totter when I walked by!) I finally found the motivation and felt well enough to reduce all the piles and to re-organize my dresser drawers. I feel like a new woman!!! 😉
I'm thankful for Google Earth! I found my brother's house in Tennessee! :~D
I'm thankful for other brothers who take their sisters to really cool concerts. I am really excited! (and I'm trying to decide if I want to take my camera and record the evening's events for posterity, or if I want to go in empty handed and just e-n-j-o-y the evening.
What are YOU thankful for today?
Alesha
Obtaining Mercy 