Seems this past week has been turmoil in every direction. I feel it all over - wherever I turn - whatever I am doing...but the other night I finally got a spark to start decorating the Christmas tree. You see it has been up for almost two weeks, but I hadn't even put the extra lights on it. Our youngest joy found a Christmas CD - "Mom's Favorite Christmas" CD and cranked it up on the kitchen cd player. It took me from a sad hopeless mood into one full of joy and peace...singing along while climbing up and down from the stool, arranging the white sparkling lights just so...then digging through the bins of decorations while stopping to watch my youngest little, pick out his favorites and put them on the tree. Our grandson took this in for the first time...while being cuddled by his mom who was just as excited to see the tree being trimmed as her little brother. It was precious...Rylan's dad was watching too...not sure what was going through his head...maybe, simply - man, Ry's grandma can't sing so great. =O)
After about an hour of enjoying the magic of Christmas, I looked at the kids and said "well, if only those thieves that stole my purse and forged more than $10,000 of checks could see us now...maybe they would ask how we could possibly feel joy in the midst of the nightmare?" The real reason for the joy and peace of course is my Savior and King. Only He can give that kind of feeling...one like no other. Truly. Thank you Jesus.
Going to sit and look at our tree now...then into the kitchen to start some cookies. Let the holiday baking begin~
Goodnight.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Glad the GOOD LORD is on our side...
Welcome to my nightmare. Step right in. The water isn't just warm, it is starting to boil.
Talk about some professional thieves we have fallen victim to. Just three days ago...not even, my purse was stolen when someone smashed out our passenger window on the vehicle while parked at the arena in Minneapolis. They took my purse from under the seat...and the spending spree has started....checks have been coming in to my bank from stores they have shopped at. To be exact...four different Target stores, one at walmart, two at Kohls and one unknown. All total so far it is over $5,000 already. There are still 12 checks that have not come through yet, that were in the new book of checks, minus the 4 or 5 that I wrote. I feel panic at a moments notice...and yet a strange peace and calm. I know that has only come from the Lord and trust in him to handle this. I have loaded all of the mess up and dumped it for him to carry. Nothing else we can do...but for now must handle the mess it has created with our bank. I feel like we are taking part in a movie that you think will never really happen...at least to you...but it has happened, to us, and it is a nightmare. As though life wasn't hard enough the way it was at times.
Please Lord keep us in your care. Please speak to the heart of the guilty party and may they stop the crimes they have commited...may the store clerks take notice...and may they be caught before they mess up our lives any further...or the lives of others. Thank you God for sending your SON and for loving us no matter what. Thank you for the peace I feel in my heart. I know there is a reason you have allowed this to happen and I know you will handle the outcome. Eventually in Your time.
In Jesus name I pray...Amen.
Talk about some professional thieves we have fallen victim to. Just three days ago...not even, my purse was stolen when someone smashed out our passenger window on the vehicle while parked at the arena in Minneapolis. They took my purse from under the seat...and the spending spree has started....checks have been coming in to my bank from stores they have shopped at. To be exact...four different Target stores, one at walmart, two at Kohls and one unknown. All total so far it is over $5,000 already. There are still 12 checks that have not come through yet, that were in the new book of checks, minus the 4 or 5 that I wrote. I feel panic at a moments notice...and yet a strange peace and calm. I know that has only come from the Lord and trust in him to handle this. I have loaded all of the mess up and dumped it for him to carry. Nothing else we can do...but for now must handle the mess it has created with our bank. I feel like we are taking part in a movie that you think will never really happen...at least to you...but it has happened, to us, and it is a nightmare. As though life wasn't hard enough the way it was at times.
Please Lord keep us in your care. Please speak to the heart of the guilty party and may they stop the crimes they have commited...may the store clerks take notice...and may they be caught before they mess up our lives any further...or the lives of others. Thank you God for sending your SON and for loving us no matter what. Thank you for the peace I feel in my heart. I know there is a reason you have allowed this to happen and I know you will handle the outcome. Eventually in Your time.
In Jesus name I pray...Amen.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Hey thief...you suck!
Ever been robbed of anything you really cared about? I really hadn't...up to last Saturday in Minneapolis. I have always hated driving or riding in the cities, but now I hate that place period!
It all started with a fun weekend of visiting family and watching our oldest play high school hockey. Saturday Toby dropped me, Lacey, Rylan and Mel off at the door...I decided at the last minute to leave my purse tucked under the seat. We enjoyed three periods of watching Roseau vs Totino Grace...and after, hung around to visit with Brooks and the relies. Little did we know we would find a mess of broken glass in our new Ford Escape upon leaving the arena...and, my purse was gone. Yup....all of my most personal information was in it. The first thing to go through my head was what kind of a creep does this. The second thing was....panic..then tears. Lots of tears. So many tears my face got chapped. Crap. This is not fun. Riding back to Laura's in a vehicle with no window was also not fun...not so much. From there Jon & Toby took it back to the Wylies house to cover the window (or hole) with plastic. We drove home 4 long hours with NOISE and more noise! But we did stay warm. And the plastic stayed up. And we didn't run out of gas. Having no money, no checkbook and no debit or credit card is really a terrible feeling. Especially when away from home. With my kid, and my grandbaby who is only 2 1/2 months old. GGRRRRRRRRRRR!
Now the hassle of replacing the cards...drivers license, debit, credit, insurance, dental, movie rental, you name it. And praying to our wonderful God that the creep grabbed the cash and threw the purse in the trash. Please Lord save us from a nightmare.
Time to eat! I didn't even have to do the cooking tonight so I am outahere.
It all started with a fun weekend of visiting family and watching our oldest play high school hockey. Saturday Toby dropped me, Lacey, Rylan and Mel off at the door...I decided at the last minute to leave my purse tucked under the seat. We enjoyed three periods of watching Roseau vs Totino Grace...and after, hung around to visit with Brooks and the relies. Little did we know we would find a mess of broken glass in our new Ford Escape upon leaving the arena...and, my purse was gone. Yup....all of my most personal information was in it. The first thing to go through my head was what kind of a creep does this. The second thing was....panic..then tears. Lots of tears. So many tears my face got chapped. Crap. This is not fun. Riding back to Laura's in a vehicle with no window was also not fun...not so much. From there Jon & Toby took it back to the Wylies house to cover the window (or hole) with plastic. We drove home 4 long hours with NOISE and more noise! But we did stay warm. And the plastic stayed up. And we didn't run out of gas. Having no money, no checkbook and no debit or credit card is really a terrible feeling. Especially when away from home. With my kid, and my grandbaby who is only 2 1/2 months old. GGRRRRRRRRRRR!
Now the hassle of replacing the cards...drivers license, debit, credit, insurance, dental, movie rental, you name it. And praying to our wonderful God that the creep grabbed the cash and threw the purse in the trash. Please Lord save us from a nightmare.
Time to eat! I didn't even have to do the cooking tonight so I am outahere.
Monday, December 1, 2008
The Love of My Life...
The excitement still buzzes around our house...our oldest daughter Lindsey, aka sparkie, was the lucky recipient of a beautiful diamond engagement ring this past Saturday. Yup, November 29th was the special day for her and Jesse. He had this planned for a month, so we are told, and pulled it off with a big huge surprise for his special girl. He proposed with a romantic idea of asking her to marry him with a sixteen foot sign lit up with Christmas lights! Here is how it went down....
Started with letting her dad and I know he would like to propose that night. Of course we were extatic! Jesse is just one of those perfect gentlemen...the kind any mom or dad would be pleased to see their daughter marry. He even talked to her brother Brooks when they were out hunting. That was sweet. Of course Brooks was thrilled to have Jesse as a future member of our family.
Dinner: Jesse cooked for them...a pot of chicken wild rice soup. Sounds good to me. And delicious. Ok, then two periods of the Sioux hockey game on tv. It was a close and exciting game and 1-0 after two periods. This is when Jesse suggested they leave and go put the dogs in for Bernie & Amy. With some hesitation he finally convinced her to go. . . with a detour to view some Christmas lights! Finally getting close to the destination of surprise...they rounded the corner to Bernie and Amy's house. Lindsey noticed the pretty Christmas lights...thinking the long sign said Merry Christmas. Instead, as they got closer she saw LINDSEY WILL YOU MARRY ME in red Christmas lights! She said to Jesse "are you serious?" and as they were getting out of the car he reached for a box inside his coat pocket, they got out and walked over to the sign, and he got down on one knee and asked her if she would marry him! She of course said YES and cried...happy tears...all the while Amy was hiding in the bushes and sneaking up on them with the video camera! What a wonderful moment that will be in their memories...always. While standing there, she called us on her cell phone. We were all so excited! We jumped in the car with Rylan and drove to GF at 10pm that night, meeting them at Applebees for a celebration dessert! Amy was there with them...we had a nice visit and returned to their place for a bit to see the sign and take pictures. We got back to Moorhead at 1:40am! But hardly slept with the excitement of it all! God is good...we prayed for Lindsey to find that perfect match...God's choice for her and He did! Thank you Lord!
Goodnight!
Started with letting her dad and I know he would like to propose that night. Of course we were extatic! Jesse is just one of those perfect gentlemen...the kind any mom or dad would be pleased to see their daughter marry. He even talked to her brother Brooks when they were out hunting. That was sweet. Of course Brooks was thrilled to have Jesse as a future member of our family.
Dinner: Jesse cooked for them...a pot of chicken wild rice soup. Sounds good to me. And delicious. Ok, then two periods of the Sioux hockey game on tv. It was a close and exciting game and 1-0 after two periods. This is when Jesse suggested they leave and go put the dogs in for Bernie & Amy. With some hesitation he finally convinced her to go. . . with a detour to view some Christmas lights! Finally getting close to the destination of surprise...they rounded the corner to Bernie and Amy's house. Lindsey noticed the pretty Christmas lights...thinking the long sign said Merry Christmas. Instead, as they got closer she saw LINDSEY WILL YOU MARRY ME in red Christmas lights! She said to Jesse "are you serious?" and as they were getting out of the car he reached for a box inside his coat pocket, they got out and walked over to the sign, and he got down on one knee and asked her if she would marry him! She of course said YES and cried...happy tears...all the while Amy was hiding in the bushes and sneaking up on them with the video camera! What a wonderful moment that will be in their memories...always. While standing there, she called us on her cell phone. We were all so excited! We jumped in the car with Rylan and drove to GF at 10pm that night, meeting them at Applebees for a celebration dessert! Amy was there with them...we had a nice visit and returned to their place for a bit to see the sign and take pictures. We got back to Moorhead at 1:40am! But hardly slept with the excitement of it all! God is good...we prayed for Lindsey to find that perfect match...God's choice for her and He did! Thank you Lord!
Goodnight!
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