I haven't posted since Sunday!! I am so bad. So I been kinda busy....I do have that excuse. Wednesday was waaaaaaaaaay busy. I was home a total of 10-15 minutes on Wednesday from the hours of 7:30am to 10:30 pm. Long day.
Don't steal my idea,but Kohls is haveing a night owls/early bird sale this weekend. They are having a BIG sale on down alternative comforters. ALL sizes 19.99 including bonus pillow(s)normally priced 119.99-139.99...if we can come up with the money without breaking the bank I am so there! I have wanted one of those for a LONG time. I would get real down, but with damon's asthma it might not be a good thing.
Well, the vacation plans are somewhat laid down. My parents will fly in Saturday night, we will go to church on Sunday morning then head up to chattanooga. We will stay in a hotel that night while hopefully getting in some attractions in the afternoon and a carriage ride in the evening. The next morning we will go see some more chattanooga attractions then head up to the smokys to our cabin. Haven't decided which one yet though. Will be up there til' Thursday then head home that evening. Friday we will take in a lunch cruise on the General jackson and hit the opry that night...that is if anyone good is playing. They will fly back Saturday. I wish so badly I could move home, more than most will understand. Only unless you have been or are in my position would you understand. However, I am content to rest in God's will and to be honest...choosing to be mad/sad/whatever about it all the time stinks. I can choose to be happy and live for right now, because truly God holds tomorrow.
I think we have found a home for Rosie THANK the Lord! Pray for a doggy named Jake now....he needs a good home. I wont say more cus' my mom reads and she will cry. He's not being harmed and he's being fed, he just needs to be adopted soon!
What else is goin on...I just bought a five book set by Beverly Williams called Abrams Daughter's. Its pretty cool! On sale for 28.99 too! On her website it was 50 something!!
We don't have cable and I am somewhat liking it but I miss food network...specially the 4:00 to 5:00 hour. Doesn't matter I am not home during that time now anyways. We have been watching my season 2 of little house on the prairie. I really like that show, you have nothing to worry about!
See ya...my husbands stomach calls :) It's buffalo chicken and that man LOVES buff chicken!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Good Grief Charlie Brown
Posted by Kasey at 6:47 PM
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Wow!! Reading that post totally brought me back. You know I'm a MO girl by birth. We lived in GA for four years and I so longed to be home. Now we are. I mean, we live 45 minutes from my hometown and I'm thankful, but I will say this: going back home is really not what I thought it'd be. I guess it sounds like I can't be content wherever the Lord puts us and it's not that, really. It's just that I grew up moving around A LOT. So when we lived in the same area for four years, well, the wandering strand in me kind of forced me to kick and scream and throw fits (not literally, but you get the idea) and I had a hard time getting a handle on things. We've been in MO for a year and a half now and it's great in a lot of ways ... but part of me realizes that the grass on the other side, whether that means home or somewhere else, is indeed NOT always greener.
Do try to allow the Lord to quieten your heart. You're where you are for a reason and God will bring you through it and He may bring it around where you'll get to home again for a while some day; you never know. But for now focus on your blessings and not the things you miss so badly. I understand that that's a whole lot easier said than done--I know that VERY well. But God will get you through it. Focus on positive things. I wanted to focus on the negative things the time we were in GA and I often did. It's not a pleasant way to live. People are different in TN than they are in MT, I'm sure. They sure were a lot different in GA than the MO people I was used to, or so I perceived. And it was hard for me to accept the way they were. Sometimes I had a hard time liking some people because of how different they were. Once I moved back home, God let me in on a little secret. He showed me how I had been sporting rose-colored glasses when I lived in GA and reminisced about how great MO people were. I would go on and on about how "MO people" just aren't like that and "MO people" would never do that. Moving back home, I've realized, they ARE like that and they DO do that. They're different in some ways, but people are people. Look for the good in all and life's soooo much more meaningful.
Anyway, sorry to preach on your blog. I don't even know if you're going through some of the things I did or if you have the same struggles, but I just thought I'd share some of the things I had difficulties with. The Lord has been with me through it all, even when I was stubborn and acting ridiculous. I'm grateful for His help and the mercy He showed me through all of that. We serve an awesome God. To think that He worked all that out for my good. He is sooo good. Praise the Lord!!!!
Oh, and Abram's Daughters was a great series. Enjoy!! :-)
Oh, and did you catch my comment on your post about you wanting to do a LIW tour? You posted it a few days ago, but I just recently commented to it.
Love ya, sis.
Chattanooga cool things to do in the beautiful springtime weather:
Coolidge Park downtown by the riverfront ... they have a carousel and you can walk across the bridge and enjoy neat little ice cream shops and delicatessans ... fun times.
Also, on Market Street across from the Choo Choo is the The Rose English Tea Room; neat, neat, neat place for lunch. Enjoy crumpets and tea and Shepherd's Pie with a very pretty little gift shop.
There's the newly renovated aquarium and the IMAX, which are both cool. Hamilton Place mall is a very nice mall. On the mountain are Rock City and the Incline Railway, but I don't really recommend Ruby Falls unless you just really, really like caves. It's just not that impressive.
Hidden Mountain Resort is where we always rented a cabin in Pigeon Forge, and they are absolutely gorgeous, very well appointed cabins. They have hot tubs on screened-in porches, swings or rockers, and barbecue grills. Whirlpool tubs and very pretty furnishings with nice kitchens and great furniture grace the inside of each one. Some of the cabins even have pool tables or fooze (don't have a clue how that's spelled) ball. It's a great place to stay. I'd recommend it very highly to anyone.
Have a blast. :-)
Hey thanks Kasey!!! Man!!! I wish I could take Jake! I love dogs! I'll be praying...theres a home out there for him. I'll remember to pray for you as well girly!! For God to give you peace and joy. Luv ya!
Thank you for telling me you commented Amy, I wouldn't have known...on the LIW. Acutally I am from Idaho. :) Close enough to MT but ID!!Acutally thank the Lord, I have come a long long way. By HIS grace. One reason I would move to idaho...the LACK OF humidity!HA that stuff I could so do without.BTW I really wanna do all that stuff, amish thing, LIW, all if it. I will try to talk damon into it. If I thought my dad would do the LIW thing without being bored I would suggest that, but somehow I just dont think that would happen. Damon and I watch little house together so he might like it!
Thanks for the input everyone! Jessa keep praying for Jake...he needs a home SOON!
as you know, i can totally relate with you wanting to go home. one thing that is different is that you are blessed with a wonderful, active church home/family. enjoy it. i have thought here recently that my unhappiness is not that i want to go back to TN but that i just want to be in a spiritual environment with fellowship. maybe i will have that one day soon.
anyway.....
it sounds like you did a good job planning your parent's visit. i'm sure y'all will have a good time.
I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. I got to thinking last night about the comment I left on Kasey's blog just above here and I wanted to explain that the people I was talking about, the ones I had a hard time liking, were NOT Church people. They were mostly people I worked with and had contact with in other ways. Plus, it was a spiritual struggle; I didn't truly "not like them", it was something I was going through in my spiritual life.
Man, I hope someone doesn't get the wrong idea. I love Church of God people. They truly have the love of God in their lives and I've known that ever since I retook my covenant at Zion Hill several years ago. And I love people in general, but just being honest there are some who .... you know, it takes God to help ya.
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I totally got what you meant Sis. Amy, if no one else did. I've been tickled to see the differences in "AR" people, "NC" people, and "TN" people. Even IN the church, people are different everywhere you go! But the truth is constant in The Church of God. :-)
Kasey, we have a non-down down comforter and we LOVE it! Warm in winter, light in summer. :-) And it's Beverly LEWIS, not Williams. She's my FAVORITE author. I don't own the Abram's daughter series yet, but I have other books from her if you'd like to borrow them when you're done with the Abram's daughters series.
I almost feel popular. 8 comments. :)Amy, thank the Lord that is a struggle of the past. I just want to be obedient to whatever the Lord has for us. Here,there, anywhere. Rachel, lewis...and you could borrow my books when I am finished if you'd like.
Coolidge Park is AWESOME!! You HAVE to go there.
Beverly Lewis is AWESOME!!! I love her stuff!!! Makes me want to be Amish!! LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!
You need to buy combo tickets for Chattanooga it's cheaper!!! Look ahead of time... look for coupons... combo tickets prices are gooder! ;)
Good Idea, I shoulda started this sooner, the cabin stuff is getting stressful. good idea about the combo ticket wen, is what I am saying.
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