Just be praying for me I had a blog written but I just deleted because some of it I am ashamed of. I am really angry and upset and confused right now. Thank you and appreciate all of you.

GIRLS NIGHT

Thank you Sarah and Homer for putting our beds together while I was at work. The girls and I made them with clean sheets.
Here is the house that is no longer my stand out brown house. Which we arrived home to.
We haven't had much fun tonight. I left Don and Sarah's around 7pm and fixed the girls popcorn to go with their movie while I hung pictures and ate dinner. Continue to pray for Don as he is not feeling well and there is so much to get done. If it doesn't rain tomorrow the girls and I are going to go help with branches but will save time to do a surprise I promised them.
Girls watching movie while eating popcorn!!
The girls doing a horseshoe symbol with legs for the colts! If you ask me it looks like the field goal posts.
The girls smiling pretty with animals.
The girls wanted a silly picture.
Here is the main wall in kitchen I made it my family wall.

Work went well and I enjoyed the day until listening to voicemails on the way to get the girls but I am over it and I am going to have a great weekend. I might make pancakes tomorrow for the girls or french toast. It has been 3 days now that I have either eaten homecooked meals or packed my lunch. No eating out!!! And I haven't had much pop either :)

Where is my house. I love my little brown house and it is gone. I now have a pale cream color house. Alex walked to school to get on shuttle bus this morning all on her own. Big step for me. Work was crazy today. The flu shots are killing us. I have not eaten out for 2 days now. :) A girl from across the street came over tonight as Alex was in bathtub and asked if she could go play volleyball with them. I was amazed because Alex said this same girl gives her a hard time in playing another game at school. I think it is just competition talking while at school.
Alex failed an accelerated reading test today and we had a talk about slowing down to read and understanding it and not to just fly through a book to get done so she can play. I told her I will have Sarah and I have her not play at all and she will just do reading and homework til bed if she doesn't put her all into it. I told her I want her to re-read the book and test but it won't count but said teacher told her to return it so I will see what I can do. Pray for strength that I can stick to discipline because she is pushing as far as she can as far as listening and obeying. Fortunately, Sarah and I are on track together and working together to enforce unity.

I love you all but I have to get going on this mess!!

First Day at new location

Today went well. I found out that Iowa is very different from Indiana.

Indiana / Iowa
1. workflow chart 1. no workflow just teamwork
2. need id for controls 2. no id for controls not even C-2's
3. pharmacist takes md calls 3. senior techs can take md calls
4. scan and file scripts (alpha) 4. scan/sticker/file scripts(numeric)
5. pharmacy puts truck away 5. manager does truck
6. can wear dressy capris 6. has to be long dress pants

The people I work with are great but I miss the family atmosphere that I had at Fort Wayne. I work 2 minutes away from Sarah's mom and was nice to see her today. She stopped in to say hi and to invite me for lunch for my first day. She made pizza on onion flavored bagels. YUM!!

I didn't have caffeine til 5:30pm when I got off. I had 64 ounces of water prior. Sarah then had yummy lasanga made for supper before church tonight. I am thankful for her support with Alex and being a good friend in Christ. Each day I learn more about their family. Maybe I need to just be a gypsie and move to each family area to get to know who they are and how they live. :) I know, Don, once is enough.

Well, gotta go tuck my little one in so I pray that you will have a blessed night.

What God has called us to do to get refocused

This was Alex on Sunday night after a long day of church and unpacking. I got her bed cleared off around 10:30pm and as soon as she laid down she was out. I love her and she has been great through all of this. She is still loving school.
Good Afternoon, today is my last day to get organized before having to go to work again. This past month has been great. The move went smoothly and better than what I expected. I have been praying to God for guidance and also I have mostly decluttered my life so I can focus on Alex and God. Today God spoke to me through something I read and it is In quietness and trust shall be your strength. Let it be our care to walk uprightly and then let us trust God to give us everything that is good for us. I have Woman's Bible study tonight. Praying God will speak to me there.

WOW!!! Who would have imagined going from this big house to a very small house. And that it would only take 5 towncar loads and 2 truck/trailer loads. Hard to believe after giving away so much stuff to friends and family. Oh, can't forget the donation to goodwill and to the trash. Our home now is very cozy but Alex and I need cozy right now. I hope to set an example for her to have quiet time with God more than rushing through the reading to just have it done to quality time. As the improvements come I will post comparisons of rooms on my blog.

I am leaving you with a picture of a godly man who I couldn't have done this move so smoothly without. He amazed me on how much stuff he could get in the trailer both times. He even sacrificed time away from family, work, and his housing project to help Alex and I out. I also want to thank my dad and brothers as well for their help. I didn't have a camera then to take pictures.

New home

It has been hard for me not to be able to get on and write this past month. But I am back! So far I met a neighbor across the street and the deputy sheriff (next door) who they both happen to be very helpful in helping me with things I needed help on. Pray for Don and I as we are congested and he is not feeling the best. I get to go grocery shopping with Sarah tomorrow so I can cook!:) I have my kitchen in order and my "living room" almost there. I plan on getting the clothes put in dressers tomorrow and hang pictures. Don't worry, I picked a few and packed the rest for storage. I thought it was great that only 2 picture frame glass broke and 2 other frames just got dinged out of all that was packed into one long rubbermaid tote without padding. I am determined to get all settled in before Friday so the 2 McCallum girls and Alex and I can have a fun weekend together. I will post pictures sometime. I am also hoping to get thank yous out sometime as well from the going away party mom threw for us and I really appreciated. Got more things to do and get Alex to bed so take care and glad to be back. Love, LA