Hey guys, I asked last week for prayers for my friend Claire's newborn baby boy. He was born a little prematurely, and was having some issues breathing.
Well, I'm pleased to say that this little man will be going home soon! I haven't seen an update yet today, but last update said he just needed to keep gaining weight and pass a car-seat test!
Keep Praying though....pray for Claire's little man to keep growing and to pass this test. Pray also for this amazing family, as they begin to transition into being a family of 5, with a newborn at their house now!!!
Thanks for all the prayers you guys have said so far, and for the prayers you'll continue to say for them :)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Looking Back...Looking at Today...Looking Forward
Looking back...sounds so reminiscent. Makes me think of good, bad, and ugly times. But today...I'm looking a beauty.
Last year, I wrote this post and showed you blog-friends the picture of my neighbors daffodils beginning their spring-time blossom.
Well, I am pleased to present you with this years pictures: A FULL 2 WEEKS EARLIER then this year!!! (The crazy weather I have talked about before here, has meant an early spring for us here in Western New York!)
Today is March 22, 2012. I am in the middle of the most strange weather pattern (also known as winter) that I've ever seen.
We have just had our like 6th day in a row in the 70-80's. (Usually we're excited to see the 50-60's.)
I was able to go on a run OUTDOORS yesterday, and a walk tonight with my momma. It was beautiful. Simply put...I'm loving this little taste of summer.
BUT here is my fearful thoughts...We still have to get through April. I asked my dad about taking my snow-tired off my car this weekend, and he isn't sold that it is a good idea yet. While the weather patterns show we are unlikely to drop to temperatures where snow would stay long-term, he is concerned about a possible 'freak' storm happening.
UGH...I just wanna take them off. Now that I am driving with my window DOWN (!!!) I can hear the clicking sound of the studs/tread. It's loud when I drive...
Tomorrow we are suppossed to see the temperatures drop some...from the middle 70's today, to the high 50's. And for some odd reason, I'm ok with that. It is still March (last time I checked the callendar), so I typically don't get this good weather.
So long as the snow stays away, the temperature is above freezing, and the sun is shining, I think I'll survive til "spring".
Last year, I wrote this post and showed you blog-friends the picture of my neighbors daffodils beginning their spring-time blossom.
Well, I am pleased to present you with this years pictures: A FULL 2 WEEKS EARLIER then this year!!! (The crazy weather I have talked about before here, has meant an early spring for us here in Western New York!)
Today is March 22, 2012. I am in the middle of the most strange weather pattern (also known as winter) that I've ever seen.
We have just had our like 6th day in a row in the 70-80's. (Usually we're excited to see the 50-60's.)
I was able to go on a run OUTDOORS yesterday, and a walk tonight with my momma. It was beautiful. Simply put...I'm loving this little taste of summer.
BUT here is my fearful thoughts...We still have to get through April. I asked my dad about taking my snow-tired off my car this weekend, and he isn't sold that it is a good idea yet. While the weather patterns show we are unlikely to drop to temperatures where snow would stay long-term, he is concerned about a possible 'freak' storm happening.
UGH...I just wanna take them off. Now that I am driving with my window DOWN (!!!) I can hear the clicking sound of the studs/tread. It's loud when I drive...
Tomorrow we are suppossed to see the temperatures drop some...from the middle 70's today, to the high 50's. And for some odd reason, I'm ok with that. It is still March (last time I checked the callendar), so I typically don't get this good weather.
So long as the snow stays away, the temperature is above freezing, and the sun is shining, I think I'll survive til "spring".
Monday, March 19, 2012
Prayer Request (and Music Monday)
Today's Music Monday is coming to you a little differently then normally. Usually it is something that I've recently sung in church or heard on the radio, but today it is coming via a friend of mine who needs pray.
My friend Claire gave birth to a beautiful little boy on Thursday, and due to some breathing complications her little boy has been in the NICU since a few hours after his birth. She posted that THIS song is one she keeps playing and is using it to help her through this trial.
Would you listen to this song, and then remember this wonderful Christian family in your prayers? Pray for his lungs, but also pray for Claire and her husband as they stand by.
My friend Claire gave birth to a beautiful little boy on Thursday, and due to some breathing complications her little boy has been in the NICU since a few hours after his birth. She posted that THIS song is one she keeps playing and is using it to help her through this trial.
Would you listen to this song, and then remember this wonderful Christian family in your prayers? Pray for his lungs, but also pray for Claire and her husband as they stand by.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Whelp...I've been busy
So when I logged on here Tuesday, it said I posted my last blog on Feb 28th! EAK! That was quite a while ago. I'm doing my best to catch-up with all that you, my faithful followers and friends, have been up too...but bear with me. I have a lot more to read :)
I "disappeared" two weeks ago to house/baby-sit for a family friend. The husband and wife went to Florida for a week, and I was left in charge of a 10 and 14 year old. The week went well...I hardly saw C, the 14 y/o. Between a planned weekend get-away with his friends, basketball practice, and school he was on the go and out of the house most days. J, the 10 y/o, and I had a lot more quality time together. This went mostly-good. There was one evening where things weren't going super-great...but considering it was one night out of SEVEN, I was pleased.
I returned home for 3 (short) days before heading out of town for the weekend. (Forewarning..photo-dump to follow!)
My parents, brother Kevin, and I packed up the mini-van and took a little vacation to Toronto, Canada. (Yes...I still live at home, so that means many of my vacations still involve my parents!)
Toronto was BEAUTIFUL! (I had only previously been to the city for a field-trip in high school to the science museum.) I LOVED THIS CITY!
We were able to go up in the towers, and there, they have a glass floor that you can stand on. It was very weird, I'll admit, to walk out onto the glass floor...because when you look down, you look WAY down....
That evening we went to a Medieval Times Dinner...super cool if you've never been before. You're watching a horse-competition (dual) and eating a meal completely with your hands (if you sneak in plastic silverware and they catch you using it, they take it!)
Sunday we meandered through the city, then went to a Toronto Raptors (NBA) game. I'd never been to a NBA game before, so this was really fun!
Monday, before we went back across the boarder, we went to Niagara Falls. If you ever get the chance to see the falls from the Canadian side....DO IT! The American Falls is beautiful, but the Canadian Falls are breath-taking. The amount of water flowing over the edge ever SECOND is mind-boggling. Simply beautiful. And if you go on a sunny day (it was dreary when we were there) the rainbow is constant!
We followed that day up with a Buffalo Sabres game!!! EAK!!! I LOVE THE SABRES!!!
We ended our wonderful long-weekend with a quick shopping trip to the outlet malls in Niagara Falls.
So there....I got it all out :) Hope you enjoyed the re-cap of my absence from blogging!!
I "disappeared" two weeks ago to house/baby-sit for a family friend. The husband and wife went to Florida for a week, and I was left in charge of a 10 and 14 year old. The week went well...I hardly saw C, the 14 y/o. Between a planned weekend get-away with his friends, basketball practice, and school he was on the go and out of the house most days. J, the 10 y/o, and I had a lot more quality time together. This went mostly-good. There was one evening where things weren't going super-great...but considering it was one night out of SEVEN, I was pleased.
I returned home for 3 (short) days before heading out of town for the weekend. (Forewarning..photo-dump to follow!)
My parents, brother Kevin, and I packed up the mini-van and took a little vacation to Toronto, Canada. (Yes...I still live at home, so that means many of my vacations still involve my parents!)
Toronto was BEAUTIFUL! (I had only previously been to the city for a field-trip in high school to the science museum.) I LOVED THIS CITY!
I thought we were crazy to even consider heading north in middle March, as usually for "spring break" ya head south and "catch some rays..." Not so for us. We went north, but because of this AMAZING heat-wave the weather was in the 40's on Saturday, and the 60's on Sunday & Monday! (For that matter, the weather is still in the 50-60s most days, and will be for much of this coming week!)
We went to the CN Tower! What a beautiful building...
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| Both during the day... |
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| and night.... |
We were able to go up in the towers, and there, they have a glass floor that you can stand on. It was very weird, I'll admit, to walk out onto the glass floor...because when you look down, you look WAY down....
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| The view... |
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| my brother (Kevin) & I |
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| Mom & Dad |
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| looking down....way down! |
That evening we went to a Medieval Times Dinner...super cool if you've never been before. You're watching a horse-competition (dual) and eating a meal completely with your hands (if you sneak in plastic silverware and they catch you using it, they take it!)
Sunday we meandered through the city, then went to a Toronto Raptors (NBA) game. I'd never been to a NBA game before, so this was really fun!
Monday, before we went back across the boarder, we went to Niagara Falls. If you ever get the chance to see the falls from the Canadian side....DO IT! The American Falls is beautiful, but the Canadian Falls are breath-taking. The amount of water flowing over the edge ever SECOND is mind-boggling. Simply beautiful. And if you go on a sunny day (it was dreary when we were there) the rainbow is constant!
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| American Falls |
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| Canadian Falls |
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| American Falls |
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| Canadian Falls |
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| Me at the Canadian Falls |
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| rushing water... |
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| So much water! |
We followed that day up with a Buffalo Sabres game!!! EAK!!! I LOVE THE SABRES!!!
We ended our wonderful long-weekend with a quick shopping trip to the outlet malls in Niagara Falls.
So there....I got it all out :) Hope you enjoyed the re-cap of my absence from blogging!!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Weird and Wrong at the same time!
Something is wrong with this picture...
My car is reading 70 degrees when I took this picture this afternoon. I live in WESTERN NEW YORK! It is usually ~35-40 degrees out...not 70!
It is middle of March and the continuation of a very very weird winter is going on here...the abnormally warm temperatures are continuing into this month, and the meteorologists don't expect the temperatures to drop for another few weeks!!! WEEKS!!!
I am LOVING this, and won't be complaining anytime soon...YAYAY!!!!!
So for now...HELLO SPRING!
My car is reading 70 degrees when I took this picture this afternoon. I live in WESTERN NEW YORK! It is usually ~35-40 degrees out...not 70!
It is middle of March and the continuation of a very very weird winter is going on here...the abnormally warm temperatures are continuing into this month, and the meteorologists don't expect the temperatures to drop for another few weeks!!! WEEKS!!!
I am LOVING this, and won't be complaining anytime soon...YAYAY!!!!!
So for now...HELLO SPRING!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Can you guess....
Hey guys...me here :) I've been missing-in-action for a few weeks now, BUT I promise I will be filling you in soon.
BUT here is a hint as to one of the things I have been up to. Anybody know where I've been and what I've been up to the last few days?!?!? (Answer will be revealed in a few days!)
BUT here is a hint as to one of the things I have been up to. Anybody know where I've been and what I've been up to the last few days?!?!? (Answer will be revealed in a few days!)
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