Time is going by...

Time is going by...like water in a river, never standing still, always moving. Looking the same; but not the same as it is always new water flowing by.

I feel like that is the way life is right now. Time is flowing by, a lot of days look like other days. Routines are the same. Different yet the same. Slowly change happens, but when you look back you SEE the changes that escaped you on the day to day basis.

Sometimes when I think about times of transition, I think of big life changing events. Like getting married, having a child, losing a loved one, changing jobs. But in reality, transition is happening every day. God promises that EVERY time I come into His presence, I AM changed. I am transitioned to become more like Christ. Right now I am just more aware of the transitions that God is briging about in my life. Some really obvious & some so deep that it's not always easy to 'see' or to grasp or even to explain - but it's there nontheless.

Like water in a river, seemingly the same but always new, always changing.

When You Just Don't KNow What to Say.... Say Thanks

I have a friend who lives in Texas. Everytime she comes home to the 'burg to visit family, we try to have lunch or coffee or something. It's always a great time to catch up and I love hearing about her most recent Operation :) trips. About a year and a half ago I commented on a unique bracelet she was sporting - she informed me that this lady salvaged antique typewriters and made jewerly out of the antique keys. **how cool** Those of you who know me well, know that I was an Art major in college and that one of my concentrations for my degree was in metalsmithing/ jewerly making. So I loved the creative idea and recycling that was giving new life to old, old typewriters - and how neat to wear a "piece of history"

Well this Christmas my friend and I had scheduled to have coffee the week of Christmas - but she happened to stop by my work the Friday before as she was afraid that our lunch date would be canceled due to the impending snow storm... and she wanted to give me a gift. She said that ever since I had commented on her bracelet she had been looking for one for me - but since the letters spell out words (duh) she was looking for a particular word for the bracelet for me.

This is what she gave me.

How many times can I post about something that has blessed me on a deep and very personal level?? Hmmm... seems like EVERY post here recently! Her comment was that when she thinks of me; this is what she thinks of.

I have to say - I love it . I love the creativity - I love the history - I love the thoughtfulness of the friend who gave it to me.... again,

I have no words.

Sugar and so forth...

Yea! I am offically at 30 weeks! Baby Girl is kicking and moving as I type this - I was commenting to my husband the other night, that I have become so accustomed to her moving, her patterns of movement and timing of movements - that I expect them as a normal part of my day. I told him that I will miss that once she's on the outside. All in all, this seems to be a very easy pregnancy. Sure my back hurts now and then, I get tired fast and I feel like I sleep alot, oh, and I keep forgetting about this tummy of mine - that is until I drop something *chuckle*. But other than that it has been smoothe sailing. God has answered so many of my prayers concerning this pregnancy - and I had some specific ones even before we were pregnant - all I can say is that He is faithful and so so so good to me.

The other week I totally failed my blood sugar screening for the 3rd trimester - so I had to do the 3 hour test. And thank you Lord! - all my test levels were well below what they needed to be! (thank you friends that were believing with us that they would be normal)

So now - 10 weeks or so to go! (and a few weddings in between!)

Factor this...

At a recent Dr's appointment with my midwife, I got the results of recent bloodwork. I was looking forward to finding out my blood type - Now I don't know why I never knew my blood type, I guess I didn't think to ask.

Imagine my surprise when chatting with the midwife, she casually mentions that I'm RH- . HUH? Did I know that? Ummm, nope. But ok, so I'm A-.

As she launches into the explanation of how a negative Rh factor is handled, in the back of my mind I find myself saying "ok Lord, that's something that you'll just have to take of for me" and immediately, any uneasiness and worry went right out of me. Thanks Lord.

So yes, there are things I need to be aware of and watchful for - and other than additional shots later in the pregnancy and after delivery - no big deal. And after the past year and a half of lots of shots for allergy therapy (which is 4 shots at a time that are painful!) This will be nothing.

I joked with my husband that at least if someone were going to be Rh-, at least it was me since I don't mind shots anymore.

My New Best Friend

So since about mid-December, I've been dealing with all day queasiness. *yuck* Thankfully nothing more than that on the morning sickness end of things, but distracting notheless.

I decided to give the B-Natel suckers a try...


and by golly they work!!! So even though I'm on the tail end of the morning sickness era, they are so handy to have in my purse, pocket or car.

It's my new friend that I never leave home without!

I Can Type Again...sort of

Last Friday I was working late. Too late. Well too late to be dancing with a very hot glue gun.

Needless to say, Mr. Glue Gun and I had a disagreement of sorts, that is, 'where the glue should go after leaving the glue gun in it's melted state.'

You know how there is that old saying about not running with scissors? I think there needs to be a new one added about not using a hot glue gun after 10:00pm while still at work (when your day started at 7:30 am)

I know, I know - what in the world was I thinking using a hot glue gun at that time of night (I was thinking I wanted to get my project done and GO HOME!)

And those who know me well, I know you're thinking - Who gave that girl a High Temp hot glue gun? I thought you had a LOW melt hot glue gun (which still burns, by the way, still painful, just not as extreme)

Back to my story~ Having burned 2 of my fingers really bad, I decided to call it a night and go home. After bathing my fingers in some cold mustard from the fridge, I washed them off and took a look at the damage. Deciding that I preferred sleep over a field trip to the ER, I asked God to take the pain away and settled into bed with throbbing fingers.

The next morning was an early one, thankfully I awoke quite rested (thank you God!) Amazingly, my fingers were no longer throbbing! I unwrapped them, and made a face at what I saw (I will spare you the details). I threw some neosporan on, grabbed some gauze & some latex free taped and proceeded to tape my 2 middle fingers on my left hand together (the glue had run down between my fingers). so stability was important in my little task as I had a long day of wedding installation ahead of me and needed the use of both my hands. It is amazing what you can accomplish and push through when you have no other choice!

By late afternoon, I was done with my work day and heading home. As I was talking to my mom, she suggested that I stop by a friend's house (who is a nurse) and have her take a look.
Low and behold, during the day I had grown a blister ( a big one that I still have) on the one finger that I had not pulled off the glue - the other one I had made the mistake of pulling the cooled glue (along with other things) off. When she asked if it hurt, I was amazed to be able to say 'no' it was a little sensitive as we were messing with it - but no continuing pain! She bandaged me up, gave me some wonderful homemade peanut butter fudge (that was worth getting hurt for *wink, wink*) and sent me on my way.

Monday morning, I answered the phone to take an order. Only then did I realize how hard it is to type with 2 fingers taped together!! Those of you who have gotten emails from me recently - I apologize for all the typos! Hope you got a good laugh (I did!!) In fact I'm laughing now as I find out how quickly I was adapting to typing with only 3 fingers on my left hand. My 2 fingers are trying to figure out which keys to hit!!!

So today is day 1 of my fingers being free of the gauze wrap. They are venturing forth into the world today armed only with a band-aid.

They are free to type again!