Make new friends, but keep the old.

Well we made it through the week. Brady is better and I actually enjoyed staying home all week with him. It was cold and we snuggled a lot. Matt was here and that was great. Man I am going to miss Spartanburg. I LOVE our church family so much. They have been here through it all with Brady. Their support, love, and some of them even volunteered to be trained for therapy! I am not giving them up! We have been so fortunate in the church family area. God has now placed us in two caring, loving churches and given me new friends here in SC that I never imagined. I still have people in the Edmond Church that I love dearly. ( you know who you are) Even though we don't talk much...(at least until this blogging thing caught on-now we can keep up with each other)...I feel close to them. I trust that God has a friend waiting for me in Virginia. She might be in church, or she might be across the street.
Wherever she is she could never take your places, but I know she will be an addition to my heart. Those of you already occupying my heart are there for good.

Vacation??????

Sunday AM Brady expressed a desire to go the doctor because, "I am sick mama". So logical. Today we went. Not only does Brady have Strep, but he also tested positive for the flu! He is a sick puppy. No school or therapy until Friday! I don't even know what to do with myself. I have forgotten what life is like without therapy and he probably has no memory of life without it. It will be some good mama/son time. I guess we will work on Brady's scrapbook. It is about a year behind. Brady didn't get a flu shot this year because it still is produced with thermerisol (mercury). Thermerisol is debated as having contributed to onsets of autism. BUT today the doc told me that the FDA lowered the age that a child can take the flu vaccine in a mist to 2 yrs old. There is no mercury in the mist so next year hopefully we will be able to avoid this without worrying that prevention might be worse than the disease.
Anyway..call me you guys....I'll be home for sure!

The weekend

Well our weekend started with Matt coming home!! Then Brady got sick. But somehow when Matt is here, it just doesn't seem to so bad. I think Brady's nose didn't run for approximately 3 days since before Christmas and then it started again. He is coughing pretty bad so we are staying in now. I guess we will go see the doc on Monday. My only regret is that I missed Jane's Lasagna tonight. I saw Dustin today. That always makes me a happy girl too! Hope your weekend is going well. It is snowing again, but not sticking. It looks pretty coming down.

SNOW

It is ...................................snowing/raining/ sleeting the whole bit....but it is so beautiful...
I can't wait to go outside. School is out so all the kids will be playing. It is going to be a fun day!

Choosing a candidate????????

Today I am awake early..as usual, but I new God was calling me to read. I opened my bible to Matthew which is where i start most readings. It took me (after a few verses )to refer to 1 Corinthians. My thoughts are toward the election. I am worried - it seems every time I feel supportive toward a candidate, I am disappointed. These are men (and woman), they are going to disappoint us. I felt relief in knowing that God will choose our next president - everyone is not counting on me to choose correctly. hehe
So here is the verse that spoke to me about our elections:
1 Corinthians 3:20-22
And again the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise; that they are vain. Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's (I love that "your's" is singular possessive - only his) Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are your's.
I have other thoughts today..serious concerns for people I love. They are still in the private stages. If you find yourself praying today and my name comes to your mind. Please pray for these unspoken things in my heart. Thanks and I hope God shines from your faces today so others can see him.

Brand new me.

Hello world! Wow that feels big. I didn't really make a resolution, but I did however set some goals. Seems like I have been taking care of others the very best I can, but not taking care of me. So this year I am going to make time to take care of myself a little bit better. I am going to get my teeth worked on, make sure I get a check up etc. etc. BUT since I am moving and will have to change docs, I started on more fun things. Lets see....I had my toes done, I had my nails done, I had my hair cut (short and scary), I have been using tanning cream. hmmmm did I forget anything, oh yea, I bought some BIG hoop earings, and bought wrinkle cream made in Greece (BTW,it works). Now in my observation I felt guilt for spending the money, but I do feel a little more confident. So I think I can check off these things as a success. ]
Got to go...somehow I worked in a massage! If this keeps up, I will be in "resolutions anonymous" by February.
"Hello, My name is Montie and am going crazy keeping my resolution."
Smile, I am kidding. In fact I couldn't wait to get back home during my nail appt.