huff and puff and blow the hernia out!

Hey there....back to work and what do i find before going back to work? A hernia! Thanks to all that coughing and hacking for 4 weeks (bronchitis)...i end up with a hernia! It is so weird when you find a lump (esp in a female area)...how your mind wonders! Brian (my hubby) kept telling me NOT to give Satan any power over it. But i found it when the doctors office was closed (and we were on our way to Universal) and so i had 4 days to ponder! So I turned pondering into praying and enjoyed my family.

I am so blessed this is all it is. There are people having "biopsies" so what am i fretting! i just don't like to be put under and incubated! oh well! GAP...God Always Provides! I will have my hat in hand that day. I will need to be off 7 days and no lifting/exercising for 3 wks! But God worked this all around a 1/2 day of school(friday) and then MLK day and an inservice day! so i will only miss 4 days total of work but have 9 days off! GAP!

So prayers are appreciated....but keep praying for our Worship Pastor, Keith! and the little 11 month old baby, Adrian...both battling cancer....you see i am blessed...but so are they...cuz God is the GReat Physcian!

love to all! might have more time to blog with this!

new year, new things...

hi. happy new year. blessings in the new year to you and yours. God has not changed from 2010 to 2011! Are we blessed! YES! I am glad He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow! May I change to please Him, not others! May I be aware of His callings and be still when I need to hear from Him! I have no idea what is in store for this new year, but I need to trust Him and go ahead! Knowing He has already gone ahead! new pictures will be connected to this blog soon! promise!!! so enjoy your time with God. That is my top resolution to read through the bible this year! take care and love and hugs!

merry CHRISTmas

Hi. It is Christmas Eve and all through the house not a creature is stirring! That is because brian is at work and the girls plus dog are still sleeping. I am in my clothes with wet hair ready to make ONE more run to Target! So I will be saying "dash away, dash away" real soon. We are blessed to be in Florida, as the weather is blissful. Although alittle of the "white stuff" would be nice! Guess it will have to be white sand. I know you all in "winterland" are not feeling too sorry for me!
So blessings this Christmas eve to you all and to all a good night....

Merry CHRISTmas over and over again!

I can not say it enough "Merry Christmas" to you, to yours, to EVERYONE! No "happy holidays". Living in Florida makes it difficult to feel in the Christmas mood due to the warmer weather (although we are very blessed), but "weather" should NOT be the factor in putting me in the "Christmas" spirit. I should be in the "Christmas" spirit because of Jesus! He is the spirit in me always! He is the REASON FOR THE SEASON! So "deck the halls", "falalalala",etc....but truly "merry CHRISTmas" to you and your families! Look into their faces, cherish the moments to do this. Hold their hands, feel the warmth...cherish the moment. Hug them....feel the love through this hug...cherish this moment. Listen to the sounds in and out of the house, wow... there CAN NOT BE ENOUGH Christmas music playing in my house!!! Love it so much that I could truly play it all year long.

So as you look around the house...look for the things that you should cherish...but once you discover this remember they are "things" and move deeper and see the people that make up your life....that is what should be cherished.

Brian challenged me to a "Shaker" Christmas. His way to "simplify" the decor. I tend to take all the everyday items down and put a full fledge of decorations up. But this year, I listen to him and did "simple" and you know what the house still smells like Christmas, still has "items" that show it is Christmas and you know what? I am okay with it. I like the "change up" around the house. I like the "new" places for things. I thanked Brian for the challenge and now am excited for the girls to get home and see it.

This was the first year of decorating with "no girls" and I cried. I cried hard. Ruth (the dachsund) liked me as if i was a "salt block". (you know tears are salty) Brian listened, sat with me, hugged me. He knew decorating with the girls is important to me. But they will be home soon. And I survived the "shaker" decorating challenge and you know who helped me...Brian. He has never done that before, it was good for this exchange to happen. We laughed, I danced to the Christmas music, Christmas candles burned and filled the house with evergreen smell. So yes, girls, I missed you helping me, but your dad did a great job helping me, too!

A tree was found in under two minutes! Another thing Brian wanted. I did. The tree is in the garage and needs some help. But it is just a tree. Once again it will be the family that will make it a "Christmas" tree not "what it looks like". It definetly has a side (or two) that will be facing the window and not be "shown". Oh well, even brian says..."oops" to the sides that need help. They will get that help from lights and "homemade" ornaments!

So may you have a MERRY "CHRIST"MAS this year! May Jesus be the center of the season. May you spread His love to those around you and to all! May He be the reason you decorate, make cookies to share, sing a Christmas carol, go to candlelight service and most of all sit with your family and pray together!

merry "CHRIST"mas my friends, merry "CHRIST"mas! love and hugs

I got a job, but now i have a cold....germs and children?

I am all congested and my chest is tickly...my voice is deep and i am up at 5:30 cuz i went to bed at 7:30! So do children pass germs or is this just a fall cold? I am taking Vit. D3 and lots of Echinechea with Gold seal and RESTING this weekend! My molly girl came home this weekend...yeah! but had to have a CAT scan for migranes she has been having...blah...PRAYERS!

Being an AIDE is just that "aiding those around me to help them be successful" is my definition. It is a tough job being a teacher these days...so being a blessing and being a teachers aide is rewarding. Not sure all the ways it is rewarding yet, but getting there. I have a very challenging class...9 boys and 3 girls. 8 WILD boys and 1 quiet boy and 3 quiet girls! Pray for this class please. Pray for Ryland, Ethan, Alyssa, Belle, Isabelle, Ryder, Lucca, Micah, Patrick, Jake, Jared, Paulie. these children each come from different kinds of homes....some with no dads, some with abuse, some living with one parent one weekend and the other the next, some come from typical households, some are only children...all different....all created by God. All needing love and attention and DISCIPLINE!

So pray for my teachers Amy, Aubrey and Cari....that i work with. Pray that i shine Jesus to them and those around me! Pray for God's will and direction for me and this job!

So back to the coughing and some rest this weekend! (and yes i did have a flu shot!)

Have a great weekend....fall is here is florida...jean and sweatshirt weather! cool 50's in the a.m. and in the 70's in the afternoon...lovely...just lovely.

I love God! I am blessed by His Grace, Mercy, Forgiveness, and uncondtional love! and so much more....He blesses me each and everyday more than i can see! Thank you Jesus for loving me!

I got a job and that is why I have NOT blogged

Hi.
I got a job 4 wks ago as a Teacher's Aide at charter school called Imagine. SO that explains my missing blog postings. sorry! But so glad I found a job and it is going well, just time consuming and "testing".

I promise to blog more about it and how God was SOOOO involved, but for now i have to run to Walmart and get supper for the week! Alot of "pre" planning goes into the week when you have a full time job! If anyone has some great dinner ideas shoot them my way! Brian and I make out our menus on Saturday and do the shopping Sunday. yeah! less stress this way!

I learned at church last night this "A calling always comes with a challenge". I am being called cuz I am being CHALLENGED....but God is faithful and is with me! I am being a "ripple" for Jesus!

How are you my sweet friends??? Have been busy making LOTS of pumpkin bread, too! Have a great FALL from the HALL's!

FOUND IT, bet you can't guess what....

LIBBY'S CANNED PUMPKIN!!!! Can you believe it! Finally yesterday at Publix (our local grocery store) had it! I grabbed 4 cans and Brian said "that's all you grabbed?" They were 1.79 a small can and today at Walmart I got the bigger can for 2.09...so what is with those people on eBay??? My wonderful sister in law sent me 4 cans! I feel so bad! But today Brian got to take a loaf of pumpkin bread (my house smelled so yummy last night!) to his Board of Directors meeting at the bank! Yeah...it makes them in such a good mood! And I also have a tradition that our Pastor gets one of the first loaves, so I dropped his off today...I am sure I will hear from him tomorrow! He does not share it, so I just made him a "mini" loaf.

So anyway...Fall is finally here at the Hall household! YEAH!!! And I will send anyone who wants the recipe for my pumpkin bread...it is yummy! This time I made it with whole wheat white flour. I would love to also try applesauce instead of oil. But I can not change it too much...those Director's would know!!!

So thank you for hanging in there with me! Wish I could put a picture of a can of pumpkin on this blog...but waiting for Megan to get her computer fixed! And boy do I need some pictures on my FaceBook (or FB or FaithBook)

I am seeing my lack of "computer" saavy is not a good thing!! Because I started looking for a job today! YIKES..am I old? am I dated? NO...God has the right job out there for me and my skills! Prayers are appreciated! Feeling alittle unqualified! (and I am not!)

take care and keep your eyes of Jesus (KYEOJ)!!!!