Hello again!

Well, hello again.  It has been a while since I posted, and part of that is because I was sitting with an elderly lady and I didn’t have much time for being on the computer.  But now I am at home again, so I thought I would let you all know that I am still alive and doing well.  It is so hard for me to believe that the year is almost over, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, with Christmas coming soon.  I am thankful that my family is healthy, and that we are all doing pretty good.  I still haven’t started school yet, but I pray that I soon will be in school so that I can get a decent job with benefits, God willing of course.  B.J. is still doing well in school, she is in the 10th grade and taking drivers education.  It seems like she is to young for that, but she is growing into a young lady, and though I am very proud of her, I still miss the young child she was.  It still makes me sad to think that all the stuff she is accomplishing, John will not get to experience.  I miss him so much, especially this time of year.  He so loved getting together with the family at Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as other times.  I miss seeing the sparkle in his eyes, and the mischievousness too.   I wonder if he would be starting to be interested in girls, and what “type” of girl he would like.  I guess you could say that I just ache for him sometimes. 

Becky has passed the first of 2 tests required to get her state license in Cosmetology, and I am very proud of her.  She is now living with her future in-laws, and they are working on the small house that they are building to start their lives together. 

Brad is back with his wife, still struggling with finding a job, and getting his life back together.  I just pray that he will find his way back to God and the church.  I feel he would be better able to cope and all if he would put God first in his life.  I know it has helped me a lot.

I am still reading my Bible every night.  If I am able to keep my schedule up, I will read the Bible in one year.  All  Books, chapters, and verses, and yes I am a bit proud of this accomplishment.  It is the first time I have read the entire Bible.  And now it just doesn’t seem like the end of the day and time to sleep until I have taken the time to read from God’s word.  I always feel more at peace after reading the Bible.  There was once a time when I didn’t think that reading the Bible would help me in any way, but now I know the truth, IT DOES! 

Well, I guess I had better get some more work done around this house, so I will go for now.  May God bless you all!

Judy

Hello again

Well, Hello again.  I am sorry I haven’t posted much lately, I guess it is because I haven’t been having much to post.  I mainly sit with an elderly friend all day.  In my spare time, not that there is much of that, I am crocheting some bookmarks for our Ladies Day event at Church, and also making earrings.  If I can find someone to wear them so that I can take some pictures of them I will post them so that you can see some of them.  Other than that there isn’t much to put on here.  Oh, one bit of information, my oldest son is back in Tennessee.  He and his wife have decided to give it another try, they are living in Columbia now.  I hope they both grow up and make better decisions and make it work.  I pray that they will try to find a church that they like and start to study their Bible again.  I think that will help them more than anything.  The Bible has all the answers that we need to make a good life for ourselves in God’s eyes.  We don’t need a lot of money, or “things”, we just need Faith, Love, and the desire to follow God’s will.  That way we will be headed in the right direction.  That is not to say that there won’t be hard times, and very difficult decisions and stuff in the future, but it will give us all the strength to get through our paths in live.  I know that since I have rededicated myself to the Lord and His will, even the hard times don’t seem as hard.  So, my suggestion to everyone is to put their faith in God and let him guide your lives!  He is always with us and will never forsake us!  God is who we all need to depend on!

May He bless us all,

Judy

Just a little update!

Hello, I just thought I would do a little update.  Things are going okay here, just getting through one day at a time and trying to not get to down.  I do have a little good news to post.  My oldest daughter is engaged, and I like her fiancée!  His name is Matthew Sage Alsup, and he is a real nice guy.  His family is great too, I like them all.  He got his whole family together and me too, and asked her to marry him in front of the bonfire that we were all sitting around and it was just so sweet.  Everyone knew what was going to happen except Becky, though I think she had her suspicions.  They are planning for October 31, 2010, yes that will be Halloween.  They both love Halloween and going to costume parties and stuff, so their reception might even be a costume party.  It will be wonderful no matter what.  It does my heart good to see her so happy.  It has been a while since I have seen her smile so much!  I will try to post some pictures I took of them soon.

Friday will be hard for me, so please be praying for me to have the strength to deal with it and keep on keeping on.  It would have been John’s 14TH birthday had he not passed away.  I find myself wondering what his interests would be and how he would be doing in school and stuff.  It is hard sometimes to see kids that he would be in school with, or that he called his friends.  Love you kids and let them know how much you care while you can, because you never know what tomorrow will bring.  You never know if you will be able to tell them tomorrow or the next day, so don’t put it off until some other time.

Well, that about does it for now,

May God bless you all!

Judy

Okay, so it has been a while. Sorry :-(

Okay, so I have been a bad girl and not updated my blog in a while.  I am sorry if I worried anyone, I just don’t like this time of year much and I didn’t want to complain and be whinny.  So, what has been going on.  Let’s start with the bathroom.  The bathroom is almost done.  My husband just has to build the vanity for the sink and get it installed and it will be done.  Here are some pictures of how it looks so far.

This is the  makeup vanity that used to be my Grandmothers, and the  tub/shower.  What do you think of the color of the walls?

     

This shot doesn’t need any explaining but it really shows the floor and wall color.

And this is the beautiful  linen cupboard that my husband built for the bathroom.  He is so talented, at least I think so.  My husband and his friend did the whole remodel and I am loving it. 

Other than this, it has been about the same.  The only excitement is that B.J. now has her drivers permit, and is learning to drive.  Can we say more gray hairs are coming?  I am proud of her, but it is scary too.  My baby is growing up.

September is a hard month for me to say the least.  John would have been 14 this month, on the 25TH.  I keep looking at kids at church that are about his age and wonder exactly what John would be like and what he would be doing had he lived through his FA and BMT.  I know he is in a better place, but that still doesn’t fill the empty place in my heart.  I miss him so much. 

So that about does it for this post, I hope all is well with everyone out there in blog land.

May God bless you each and everyone,

Judy