Wednesday Night

Work has been extremely busy. Today I felt like I didn't do anything at all, yet 6 of my 24 projects had something come up today and needed immediate attention. It is very hard most of the time. We really need more help.

Here is one picture that will cheer anyone up...

Disney Cruise Ship Wonder

A friend at work just returned this weekend from sailing on the Disney Cruise Ship Wonder. She and some friends went on the "land and sea" vacation. I am sure she has plenty of stories to tell us about her adventures from staying @ DisneyWorld and visiting the parks for 4 days then boarding the ship for 3 days.

4 day work week?

I was asked today if I would like to go to a 4 day work week. "yes" I said, can I have Mondays off? My supervisor said I could!! I don't know when our new schedule will begin but I will work Tuesday-Friday from 7am to 6pm.

There are 5 of us in my team: 2 of my group are off Mondays, 2 are off on Fridays and another one is off on Wednesdays. That should allow coverage for all days. I have always preferred to have Mondays off. Mondays are very crazy at work, so I may live to regret it, but oh well.

I usually have at least one more hour of work I could do before I leave anyway, so staying later would not be too bad. I do overtime now because of my workload. I know I will get "munchy" with the 10 hour day schedule because I am used to eating around 5'ish.

I actually cooked lasagne using cheese ravioli tonight. It is getting late, I am going to eat supper now.

My last Sunday with the Nursery kids

This was a very busy and active year for the babies who where born in 2007-2008. It seems like every other year there is a "baby boom".

There are several babies who are old enough to move up to the toddler class with me. My class roll for the 08-09 Toddler class has more than 15 children on it. Most of them attend regularly.

Sad news about My Uncle Del

My Aunt from Kansas notified us that my Uncle Del passed away yesterday in Kauai, Hawaii. He is no longer in pain from cancer and is in a much better place.

I called my cousins Patti (from Alexandria, VA) and Ken (Oregon City, OR) tonight for a bit. They were understandably upset. I called to let my dad (currently visiting Geri's family in OR) and brother (Chesapeake, VA) know. Nancy, my uncle's oldest daughter is on her way to Hawaii from Portland, OR to be with her mother. Their youngest, James (I have always called him Jamey...I guess because he is 10 years younger than me) lives in Oregon, too.

Please continue to pray for my Auntie Mollie and my cousins. At this time there are no funeral arrangements.

Cancer

Today at work our associate director pulled the entire team together for a meeting. He first made sure that we were all there and then announced that he had Stage 3b lung cancer. Of course we were all shocked. On August 9th, he will be 43. He has not smoked yet he got cancer. Apparently there is Cancer in his family. He noticed that while in England earlier this year that he got sick and just couldn't get better. They did not catch it early enough. He is unoperable. I looked up his stage of cancer on Web MD.com, this is what it says for stage IIIB...

• Lung Cancer Stage III: Stage IIIA may be treated with chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Stage IIIB usually is treated with chemotherapy only or chemotherapy and radiation.

Wow, first my Uncle Del has end stage prostate/bone cancer, Al and Amy both have cancer and now Damon.

God has a reason for everything. My boss has been away from God for awhile and perhaps this will lead him back. We are not promised a tomorrow, we must be ready to go...

These verses were in Marion's blog recently...(thanks Marion)

"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps"
(Proverbs 16:9)

"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails."
(Proverbs 19:21)
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
(Matthew 6:34)

Thanks for listening.

Callaway Gardens

I was determined not to spend another day off at home, so I spent yesterday at Callaway Gardens with friends. We started at the Day butterfly center, then the birds of prey, went to the country store and ate lunch, walked around the vegetable garden, drove the scenic drive by the Chapel and ended up in the lake for a swim. It was a full and eventful day.

When I got back to work this morning, I was hit with lots and lots of emails, more project drama and other problems. There is not enough hours in a day. Tomorrow is another day...

Moody Church and BBN

Hello,

Last night I spent some time on the internet locating one of my favorite preacher's website. Please click on the "Moody Church" link to the right so you can view the site. I have also included the BBN website in my listing of links, too.

I am unable to use Windows media to listen to the sites, but Adobe Flash works for my PC.

I am enjoying my day off, will report on it perhaps another time.

Couple of days off work

I at last had a couple days off from work. I have been working on a very high priority project for about 3 months and was unable to be away from work. I took Friday and Monday off. I will return to work on 7-22-08. It was nice to be away from the office for a short time. I am sure my email box will be more than full when I do go back on Tuesday morning.

Because we had a few babies in the nursery today I was able to go to the early service at church. I rarely get to go and I do enjoy it when I can get away and join in. The pastor spoke about looking to God for help then respond. Last week's IndyMack Bank downfall was an eye opener about our economy. He reminded us that God has his hand in all we do including our present economy.

A coworker left this morning from the Atlanta airport bound for Orlando, FL. She and some friends are going on the Disney "land and sea". They will spend 4 days at Disney World and then spend 3 days on the Disney Wonder cruise ship. I KNOW they will have lots of fun. I expect lots of pictures and stories from their adventure.

I really enjoyed my cruise I went on last year to Mexico. I will cruise again one day...

I am a blogger once again

I have not written since last fall. I was able to locate my original blog site, so it was easier than I thought to be up and running so quickly.

I am somewhat excited/nervous about teaching the toddler sunday school class during the first service at church in August. It will be neat to move up with the class. I had most of the same kids in the infant nursery from the time they were very tiny.

I do need to find someone to replace me in the infant class during that same time every other week. Miss Ellen has offered to work for me every other Sunday.

My days are flying away at work. We are so busy we don't know where to start!!!

An update on my Uncle Del in Hawaii. Hospice has been called in to assist at their home. Please pray with me for my Uncle.