Wednesday, June 20, 2007

sinus infection - oh how i love thy!

went to bed thurday night feeling great - woke up friday with a sour throat and a fever - how's that for a good night's rest?!

after sleeping most of the weekend - in the heat - i wasn't feeling better - so, i did what i hate to do - go to the doctor's - and i'm glad i did (did i really say that?)

not only do i have a sinus infection - but i have some fluid in not one, but both of my ears - fun, fun, fun! but i was able to get another $.10 off of gas after getting my meds. - the prescriptions helped me to push past the $50 mark - usually it takes me a month or two to spend that much at Gaint Eagle - but not this time!

here it is day 2 of meds. and i'm. . . not AS tired, don't have a sore throat any more but i am not stuffed up - where i wasn't before and my ears still feel oh so fluidy - i'm hoping it gets better cause i really hate doctor's.

francie

Thursday, June 14, 2007

wow - i knew jr. was going to make a change in teams - but henricks? - what does that do for jeff gordon? -- will he still be the go to guy or will jr. be the man? i really thought he would go with rcr since that's where his dad was - but now henricks has them all. . . gordon, johnson and now jr. -- jr. wants to win a championship . . . well, that's good for the organization but what about the other two guys - gordon is hungry for #5 and johnson, he tasted the top and wants more too. not sure how it's going to play out - but i still like both gordon and jr. . . . and i can't forget about sweet little casey kane - he's so cute! but he's having a crappy season - but that's okay he's still a good driver in his own right.

okay -needed to vent on the nascar stuff -i haven't seen mr. slovan to compare rants - i'm sure we will do that on sunday.

in other stuff - visited my first vbs to rescue tuesday - it was cute - i sure am missing not doing vbs this summer at beaver - even though last summer was such a drama filled week, i can't help but hunger to see kids of all ages and backgrounds come to know Jesus - some who has never heard before. Father, may you pour out your spirit upon all kids this summer - may each vbs around the country be bold and share your name for your glory!

one other note - i was watching the replay of tuesday's sbc stuff this morning - i couldn't help but noticed during one of the motions being made by a messenger that in the background of the microphone area there was a lady knitting - how funny is that?!! she seemed to be very excited to be there and listen to the sbc poltics of the day!

okay - my time is about up - i need to venture south to cranberry for another night of krispy kreme fun!

Friday, June 08, 2007

isn't new suppose to be better?

well in the case of our new email provider - no -- so it's been one week since we switched to our new website and email - and still isn't better - aside from not really having access to my email much over the week - i'm not really liking the "new" and "improved" email. it's harder to navigate through - your messages don't really get deleted - they just move from folder to folder - and the spam - it's still there - isn't that the reason we switched? -- to decrease our huge spam in take. . . didn't work - and the site -- it's a mouth full to remember - i'm going to have to carry the site tattooed to my hand when ever i'm out and about in order to access my email - cause i'll never remember it. and to add to the frustration -- the email forwarded to us from the provider indicated that certain types of email will not be able to get through - such as hotmail, yahoo, gmail - etc. this may be seen as spam and not be allowed through to our boxes - that's not good - who knows how many emails i've missed or have not been able to send -- that's why i love the phone -- i can always pick the phone and call the youth leader or possible volunteer - but sometimes the first contact is through email via our website or another site i'm linked to.

but this too shall pass - just needed to vent.

francie

Monday, June 04, 2007

fresh fruit

not much going on -- finished the cooperative program course that apparently i needed to take but didn't know it until they placed a hold on my account to where i couldn't registar of classes - a bit frustrating but nevertheless the class is done - did learn a few things but not too much - but like my pastor said the lectures will be good to use for a new members type of class - being that southern gives us the permission to download and the us the lectures for free in churches - so, thanks to the cp monies my church has another free resource.

i'm going home this weekend - twice in three weeks - it's amazing! - but going home for the annual blair county relay for life - my mom doesn't ask much of me but this is something i know means alot to her - so, every year i make great strides to go home and send the weekend at madison park, walking and looking at all the tent set-ups in tent city -the the free meals from the outback are good too! but the high light has to be walking the surviors lap with my mom -- every year become more and emotional and means more -- to see the see of survior shirts and to reflect and remember those who lost their lives to cancer - it's something! it's also a great bonding time for me and my mom - we laugh, cry, and remember my grandma - who died of stomach cancer at 3am in march 15, 1993 - yes, you read right - on my birthday - so, my birthday is bitter sweet in many ways.

okay enough updates of my mundane life - i've been enjoying the fresh fruit that is now lining the shelves of my local stores -- everything from in season watermellon, cantalope, strawberrys, and right now my fav. peach!! -- i love the smell of a fresh, ripe peach - it's heavenly! speaking of fruit - i need to go and buy some more to snack on for tonights adventures at krispy kreme!

see ya!