Helping the People of Japan

 

If you have decided to give to the relief effort in Japan, I would like to recommend my friend Laura's blog. If you send supplies to Laura and Jerry, I personally GUARANTEE you the supplies will get to the people who were hardest hit by this tragedy. The best part is that along with the supplies, they will be taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of Japan, as well!

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I will be getting detailed instructions from Laura, probably this evening when she wakes up (they are sleeping right now – it is already Saturday night there.) :)  So if you have any questions, let me know, and I will do my best to find out the answers for you.

Foto Friday

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These yummy bars of soap arrived yesterday.  Oh.my.word.  You should have smelled the box when I opened it! 🙂

They came from here:

 

My sweet friend, Bren, send me a sample bar of oatmeal spice and I liked it so much, that I wanted another.  But she also has lavendar and lemon grass…I couldn't decide!  So I took one of each!!!

Each bar is nice and big.  I measured one at 3.75×2 inches.  They have that lovely hand-cut look to them, too,which I love!  The artisan in me was just delighted.

I know this sounds like a commercial, and in a way, I guess it is; but I hope you don't mind.  I just like to share with you when I find something that I really like. 🙂

(I will not share with you a picture of the pajama pants that I bought that were about 8 inches too big in the waist – and they didn't have a draw string!!!  Ugh – I hate returning things!) 😉

May the Lord bless your weekend!

Alesha

Isaac’s Accomplishments

Isaac had a Speech Therapy Evaluation yesterday.  He has these every 6 months.  Since the last eval, he has doubled his speech "score" and has advanced in his understanding his surroundings by 3 months!

This is a really huge accomplishment!

If you think back to when your baby was 18 months old, and think about what they could understand, and then think about your 2-year-old's understanding, you will get an idea of how he is advancing.

We have noticed, in the past several weeks, a marked absense of seizures, except when he was sick with a cold. 

We have also noticed that he is looking to his left – on purpose.  Now, we've been told that he has limited left-field vision in both eyes.  Meaning that he doesn't see to the left with either eye.  But now, he is looking to the left to see things, to look at things.  Obviously, his vision to the left is there to some extent, and he is using it now, when he didn't use it much before.

He is also "telling" us every time he goes potty.  Every time.  Even when he's asleep, he wakes up to tell us when he needs dry pants.

So, my boy is growing, not just physically, but also mentally, socially and developementally.

It is very exciting to experience life with Isaac!

Oh, and on February 22nd, we celebrated his 9th "Gotcha Day".

What a wonderful, amazing adventure it has been!

God is good!

 

Thankful on Tuesday

Sitting outside in the swing,

Feeling the warm breeze,

Basking in the sunshine,

Listening to my fourth load of laundry tumbling in my new dryer,

Being visited by pretty friends…

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So much to be thankful for!

Big Friday

Well.  The day itself was no bigger than the usual 24 hours, of course.

However, I went to the doctor, who diagnosed me with bronchitis.  Whoo-woo…

So…subtract from my pocket the following:

  • office visit
  • antibiotic
  • golden seal
  • vitamin C
  • echinacea
  • acidophilus 

Yep…it was a big day!

Aaaaaand it got even bigger.

I stopped at Lowe's to purchase this:

Dryer

It's a Maytag.  It was on sale – 10% off.  The only one left was the floor model, and so they gave me another 5% off!!!  With tax, I still paid $37 less than the regular price.  I was really pleased with that.  They deliver it – for free($65 value) – on Monday, and my dad will install it with the chord we already have (saving another $20 or so). 

Whew – that big day finished out even bigger, didn't it?

And now…I honestly cannot wait to start that antibiotic!

Happy weekend!

Alesha

Thoughtful Thursday

I am thoughtful about a few things today:

  1. I'm SO happy to have my husband home!
  2. I'm praying for Doug's uncle (brother to his mom and his grandma's only other child) who was put into the hospital yesterday with blood clots in his lungs.  Very serious, indeed! 
  3. I'm surprised that Doug's mom is going home from the hospital today.  Yay!  She is doing really well.
  4. I'm mulling over a little story I listened to last night: The Light Princess by George MacDonald.
  5. I'm planning for mine and Isaac's doctor appointments tomorrow.  I am still running fever, just low grade since last night, and figured I should be seen.  Isaac has a patch of ezcema that is "itching" him out of his mind, and we need to get a cream to clear it up.
  6. I'm thankful for online friends who don't mind sharing their expertise when I am in need of advice.
  7. I'm pleased to be exchanging letters with an "old" friend, who I feared might be estranged from me forever.
  8. I'm admiring the incredible weather we are having this week (with the exception of Monday, when it reached 87* – I KNOW!)
  9. I'm praising the Lord for a wise, Godly pastor who preaches exactly what we need to hear at just the right time, as he follows the Lord's leading.
  10. I'm bummed that I feel a fever blister coming on.  It's inevitable, I know, after my running fever for over a week, but I'm still disappointed to deal with it.

So…what's on YOUR mind today???