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rayofson -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/10/2008 8:26:05 AM)

Not if you have a decent memory and not two left feet like me. [:D]

It quickly becomes second-nature.



Pengie -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/10/2008 9:43:09 AM)

I took tap as a little girl - but I doubt I could get my body to move now[:D]



humbleinspirit -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/10/2008 10:08:53 AM)

I tend to remember combinations well. Now ask me to remember other stuff though and we would have a problem.



cherish405 -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/10/2008 12:28:08 PM)

I never could dance. Not coordinated enough.



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/10/2008 10:21:55 PM)

Hi everyone! My son is doing much better now, thank you, Zondie. I think I'm at the turning point.

I actually went out today--didn't want to because I'm not feeling the greatest but I needed to meet with the people who were proofing my book to get their feedback and they had delayed so long as it was that I wasn't going to argue when they said today would work. They had some very nice things to say about the book, which were nice to hear. The one major suggestion for change that was given is quite huge and I'm not sure if I'm prepared to make it at this point. There were three of them--two women and a man, all older than me (they suggested that perhaps I should have had a wider range of generations reading and proofing but oh well)--and the man was concerned that it was too long. I've shrunk it down so much already, I don't know that I can shrink it much more. And do I want to? So I have to think and pray about that.

When I got home, and looking forward to going to bed early, dh came to tell me about a phone call he received while I was out. A classmate from high school is in town and wanted to get together. They have had no contact with each other since graduating 43 years ago and despite the fact that their school was on the other side of the world and that dh's first and last name is a very common combination, this former classmate found him. Very cool. But I sure didn't want to go out anywhere. I did agree to, however, when, in answer to my question, "Do I need to go?" dh said that they'd like to meet his beautiful other half. How do you say no to that when he NEVER talks that way. They decided to come to us instead, which I really appreciated, and we had a wonderful time together.

I learned that in school, dh was an impecable dresser--the best-dressed of all his class. Now understand that they all wore uniforms so it wasn't that he had fancier clothes. No. Apparently, compared to the other boys (boys-only school), his clothes were always freshly starched and pressed and his white shirts were actually white and not part greyish. Oh! And never a hair out of place. It was interesting to hear what he was like so many years ago. He himself does not remember being like that. It's good to meet childhood friends of your spouse to hear the stuff you wouldn't otherwise know.

And now I'm all tired out. I don't want to miss church tomorrow so I need to get some shut-eye.



zondie -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/10/2008 11:42:35 PM)

I'm glad they came to you and you didn't have to go out, Maggie. (Since you would've, but really didn't feel like it.)

I'm jumping in here for a quick moment, to ask all your devoted friends to remember a grieving family in prayer. A close neighbor of ours (just last evening) received news that their son had died from an overdose. The parents are having a real tough time. More so because, he didn't confess Christianity. They're both Christians and the dad is even a preacher. Please pray that God will comfort them in a special way. Their names are: Don & Betty.



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/11/2008 2:21:20 AM)

Oh Lord! Please bring comfort to Don and Betty. Our children aren't supposed to die before we do, God. And we all want our children to be followers of you through Jesus Christ but they make decisions beyond our control and we are helpless except for you. You see what we cannot and you see the whole, while we see only part. Why did this young man have to die before embracing you? Why dash the hopes of his parents, Lord? And yet all things work together for good for those who love you. ALL things. Can we believe this? Can Don and Betty? Please give them this hope and as time passes, enable them to see the good that comes from this tragedy. Keep their faith strong in the midst of their pain! Show them your great faithfulness and compassion! Fill their hearts with your presence and give them peace. In Jesus' name, Amen.



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/11/2008 2:26:05 AM)

I can't sleep. On top of that, once I turned out the light in anticipation of sleeping, a migraine came. I want to go to church in the morning but I need sleep to do so. I think I drank caffeine when I wasn't supposed to and that's what's doing this. [:@] at me.



Pengie -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/11/2008 6:50:34 AM)

Am praying for Don & Betty.

Am right there with you on the headache pain, Maggie. Just took a pain pill myself.

Hope you make it to church.



Doveflight -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/11/2008 8:54:05 AM)

[sm=wave.gif] Happy Mother's Day



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/11/2008 2:09:02 PM)

Happy Mother's Day
to all the moms here.


Hi Pengie and Dove! How's your headache, Pengie? Dove, how are you managing? I was praying for you both in the night when I couldn't sleep. (I was praying for you too, Ben--I know you read but don't post.)

I didn't go to church. Once I did fall asleep, my coughing and the need to blow my nose kept waking me (and dh) up. I'm still very, very tired. I was going to play table games with my sons this afternoon because one of them keeps asking and I always say, "Not now," but ds2 is still sleeping, ds3 had a worse night than me and needs to sleep more and ds4 has a lunch engagement (ds1 is in Europe somewhere). So I've sent ds4 to pick up a meal for me that I've been craving for several days, and a couple of pastries, and then he's free to go spend the afternoon with his friend.

Dh is "raking in the dough" as he oversees the yard sale on our front lawn. He's sick but he is very uncomfortable doing nothing (not me!) and he's quite enjoying this. He loves talking to people--he's very good at small talk--and there have been lots of people stopping. Yesterday he made a nice tidy sum so I presume today will be the same and maybe better because today the sun is shining and yesterday was dull. I encouraged him to give half the proceeds from yesterday to ds4 who initiated this whole thing and who worked very hard all week in the crawl space of the house (we don't have a full basement) sorting through things and then helping with the sale yesterday, and he did. I'm going to encourage dh to use the rest of the money to do something nice for himself. If it had been me, I would have just given the stuff away. The work of a sale is just too much for me and I've really been encouraging him for a long time to get rid of all the junk we have. Now that he's done that, he deserves what he's earned from it.

Mmmmmmmmm. My son came back with my goodies and I'm eating my dessert first. [sm=dance.gif]



Pengie -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/11/2008 3:28:24 PM)

Happy Mother's Day to you too, Maggie.

I am pretty much staying doped up today. The pain is strong and I'm not giving it much room to grow.

I agree with you, Maggie. Dessert first!

My hubby ordered a yummy pizza which is most definitely NOT on my diet, but I loved every bite anyway[:D].

When I got up this morning there was a bouquet of flowers at my spot on the table and a little box wrapped in gold with an ivory bow. Inside I found a pair of white gold heart earrings with a diamond in the middle of each earring! What a surprise! I put them on right away. I've already thanked my hubby, but my daughter is still asleep . . .



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/11/2008 4:41:32 PM)

I saw your post in Linda's thread before I came here and responded about the gift there. What a lovely thing for him to give you! If staying doped up is the only way to make it through the day, then do so. That's what the meds are there for. I think trying to keep the pain at bay, rather than waiting to treat it until it's really, really bad is the way to go.

I don't know what dh plans to make for dinner tonight. The man is insane. He's sick, like I am--just a couple days behind me. He didn't let his being sick stop him from continuing his work of cleaning out the basement last week and this weekend he's had a yard sale despite being sick. Now he wants to cook a nice meal. Silly, silly man. He's funny too, because when he makes a nice meal for me, like today, he makes HIS favourite foods and meal. I guess he assumes that what's a treat for him must be a treat for me. But we have very different tastes. But I do appreciate the effort.

We're all sick now. ds4 reported a sore throat yesterday and ds2 told me this afternoon that he's coming down with it too. I sure hope we're not all sick for as long as ds3, the instigator of all this, has been. He finally got up this afternoon and is riding his bike over here to play games with me. Probably a geographical game called "On Assignment" by National Geographic. It's Mother's Day so I get to choose. :D



leah777 -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/11/2008 5:05:26 PM)


quote:

Mmmmmmmmm. My son came back with my goodies and I'm eating my dessert first.

Maggie Maggie Maggie . . . . Lord, please forgive Maggie for being so weak. (Maggie, pass me one of those pastries, please!) [sm=angelhalo.gif]

That's great that dh had a successful day with his sale, and that he's sharing the proceeds with ds4. Yeah, yard sales are LOTS of HARD work -- I'd much rather just give it away anymore. 'Specially since I don't really have much to put in a sale, and nothing that will really bring a good amount of money.

I had a rather sleepless night, also, and am feeling it. And we are running are partial electric again . . seems the storm last night got our meter or pole or something and took out half of our voltage or something. Anyway . . . . maybe I'll just go take a nap [:)]



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/11/2008 11:29:05 PM)

LOL, Linda! Yes, I'm very weak. And those pastries were VERY yummy. You'll have to come up here to try them.

I didn't think we had all that much that people would like to buy but I guess we did. We had a couple very old microscopes in wooden boxes that dh had asked a big price for and I think they went. There was also a chrome wall "sculpture" from the late seventies that went. My kids were surprised because they saw nothing special in it (neither did I, to tell the truth).

I sure hope your electricity gets fixed soon.

I'm off to bed.



Pengie -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/14/2008 1:09:47 PM)

Hi Everyone![sm=wave.gif]

Leah, I sure hope your electricity is fixed by now!

Maggie, I would have the patiance for a yard sale. Tried one once a few years back and hated every minute of it. I'm with you - now I just donate everything!

Hope all is well with everyone. I'm doing ok here.



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/14/2008 5:55:54 PM)

I'm glad to hear you're doing okay, Pengie. That is truly good news. I think you meant to say you would NOT have the patience for a yard sale and I'm in total agreement with you on that one. Not for me thank you!

I'm still really sick and feeling miserable. And dh and I just blew up at each other. It feels like all the ground I thought we had gained in our marriage is disappearing. It hurts.



Shaunii -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/14/2008 7:36:29 PM)

Hopefully this will be encouraging... anything time there is change, which is hard, when there is, and there will be, setbacks, people in it feel as though the change was false or temporary, etc. Truth is, gains though made, do have to be maintained and that takes hard work and diligence on both parts. Mind-reading, though done often, is not a "real gift" so while we are expecting the person to act/react as normal or as the new... either way we can't relax. Why? Because, if they react in the old pattern we tell ourselves they haven't really changed... when they react in the new way we won't allow ourselves to relax and think that the change is genuine.

Also, before babies begin to crawl they begin to pull up on things and mom after mom think that their child is the most gifted ever and that this child will certainly walk before he crawls... but they never do... why? the muscles... they aren't strong enough to walk even though they are determined and really want to walk... really want to explore the unchartered territory... so instead ... they crawl... and then... one day begin trying to walk again... the muscles have gotten stronger through all of that painful crawling... their knees have gotten scraped, but learned to toughen... their arms begin to be able to carry that weight and their legs, seemingly never tire of crawling from to and fro at rapid speeds that adults if they attempt to crawl can only dream of... I dare you... any adult... try to crawl for any amount of time and see just how tiring and painful it is... we aren't designed to continue crawling... however, it is in the pain of the crawl.. the slowed down process of getting somewhere... that growth happens... gains are made... when the baby finally is ready to walk... you'll notice that it takes them a while... they keep falling, but they continue to get back up and try again... the muscles are getting stronger and learning how to walk and support them properly.

Just as you and your hubby have been crawling realize that you have made gains. And when the enemy comes to try and rob you of what God has promised and shown you stand STRONG in the little... faithful over little first. It takes time so don't be discouraged...and you know why not? Because when that baby falls... he doesn't start over from scratch... he doesn't go all the way back to learning to crawl... instead... a new thing forms... faith and it gets stronger... because they keep trying and each time they start from where they fell (not at the beginning) and they get better and stronger...

Be encouraged in your marriage Maggie, quick gains are lost quick as well. Gains that progress over time are habit forming and more likely to stick. Finally, in drug treatment programs do you know what is a part of the treatment? Setbacks, they know and prepare them for setbacks so that way when they happen they don't feel like failures, they don't feel like they'll never be delivered... they look at is as what it is... a setback. Couples fight and most often.... the person that you love the most and would protect is also the person that you feel most comfortable with to show your true (ugly) colors and they won't leave. Trust God's process and become aware of and focus on your journey... not the destination, you'll get there.

God Bless [:)]



_Cinderella_ -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/14/2008 7:46:37 PM)

{{{{{Maggie}}}}}

I have felt that way lately too. [sm=icon_smile_sad.gif]



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/14/2008 8:52:09 PM)

{{{{{{{{{{{Catherine}}}}}}}}}}}}

Thank you, Shaunii, what you wrote is very helpful. And I know the truths of what you wrote but completely forgot (keep forgetting) about that. I didn't know about the drug treatment program thing. Very interesting. Thank you so much for encouraging me.

Have you started one of those novels yet?



leah777 -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/14/2008 9:04:24 PM)


Shaunii, that was a beautiful post . . so well said!!

{{{{{{{{{{{MAGGIE}}}}}}}}}}}}}



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/14/2008 9:10:18 PM)

Thanks for the hug, Linda. {{{{{{Linda}}}}}}



Shaunii -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/15/2008 12:40:26 AM)

((((((((((((((((((Everyone)))))))))))))))))))

Thank you Leah.

Maggs, yeah. I've finished two of them... I decided that I didn't want to do anything so I didn't today... I just laid in the bed and read. I read the smallest one yesterday and finished it last night. It was Anyone But You by Jennifer Cruise. Today I read Every Woman For Herself by Tricia Ashley. I think she's a Canadian writer... only because of the spelling of some words (s's where we use z's) ... when I tried to check I just saw distribution in Canada... oh well... it was okay... not as good as the 1st one but not as bad as the second.

My friend asked me to watch some TV with her later and I agreed.. so around 6pm I get in the shower and that's when it hits me that its Wed and I have a therapy appt at 6 [8|] AND its out last one (that we're scheduling for a while)... oops. I called (when I got out of the shower of course) and told him I forgot it was Wed... he laughed and said good... that means I'm off of my "schedule" enough to relax [:D]

Anywho... that's all... and I think that God created us like this (you know, needing reminders and forgetting) for us to take advantage of and rely on community... we can't see our stuff... especially in it... but its so much easier to encourage someone else along because you can see their's... so all that means is that we all need each other... we're relational beings, not meant to "be alone" [:)]

Good night all... I'll check in tomorrow as my schedule has eased up, since GRADUATING!!! [;)]

Shaunii exits the room bouncing off the walls in giddy hysteria



magdaleine -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/15/2008 1:49:11 AM)

LOL at the giddy hysteria! You're funny. But it sure is nice to have that pressure off, isn't it, MASTER Shaunii? So, did you make it to the appointment or did you remember too late? And was this you giving or receiving therapy? It's too confusing when you're on both sides of the couch, you know. Oh. I reread and found the answer to one of my questions. You were too late. Oh well. If it was your therapist and not your client it's not the end of the world. (Wouldn't be anyway, I suppose, but it would be different.)

Never heard of Tricia Ashley so I can't confirm if she's Canadian or not. She could also be British, Kiwi or Australian.

Yeah, you're right about being relational beings and how hard it is to our "stuff" and how easy it is to see others'.

I can't sleep. I took my sleep medication, turned the light out 35 minutes later and 45 minutes after that I was still tossing, turning and coughing my lungs out. It didn't help that dh is also coughing HIS lungs out. So here I be for a while. I drank a cup of warm milk and now I'm on Sleepytime tea. I know the hot liquids will help my congestion if not my sleep. I AM tired so hopefully I won't have to stay up too late.



Shaunii -> RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium (5/15/2008 2:02:14 AM)

Ha! I laughed when I saw your post ... I admit I didn't really expect it as I expected you'd be sleeping... but I am awake watching tv shows online that I haven't had a chance to see... It was my therapy session. I have no more client's until I am hired somewhere... [8|] I went on an interview last week and it seems promising... I'd appreciate prayers because I really would LOVE this job...



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