Notice the doughnut bag is almost empty...so is the box of Honey Buns!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Your pediatrician recommends....
Folks who don't know Steve and I so well seem to be under the fallacious assumption that we are healthy eaters. Not sure what this fallacy is grounded in. Maybe because he is a pediatrician or maybe because I still weigh in the double digits. Not sure. Anyway, we start our day just like everyone else...
Notice the doughnut bag is almost empty...so is the box of Honey Buns!
Notice the doughnut bag is almost empty...so is the box of Honey Buns!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Settlin' in
How is Campbellsville? Many folks have asked. Well, we are on the backend of round 2 of the stomach bug making its way through our family. I've spent as much time sanitizing and doing laundry as I have unpacking boxes!
We have also recently discoved a plumbing leak that is going to require replacing cast iron pipes from the attic to the basement...knocking out plaster walls...and rendering the second floor bathroom useless.
The kids have transitioned nicely, better than me. Joshua is enjoying his new school. The girls get to spend the days at home with me. They love the house and playing hide n go seek and dress up. Lydia changes clothes at least 4 times per day. Which means Katherine changes clothes at least 4 times per day. Must me a girl thing because Joshua has never cared about changing clothes. Although the other day he had on a tie and sport coat...with tennis shoes. Evidently he was getting married.
Anyway, here are some photos from today. In addition to this we also went to Lowes to chose paint colors, the bank, my monthly trip to Walmart, baths, colored, and went on a pretend adventure...never could get a solid response as to where we were going.
Katherine playing dress up.
The kids putting on a show. Yes, Katherine is in her underwear...had something to do with the show...I didn't probe for further details. Cool wallpaper huh?
We made bird feeders with pine cones, peanut butter, rice krispies etc. I have made bird feeders numerous times this way...in therapy with my patients, in Sunday School...never have I needed power tools to do so...but when Steve became involved...
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Joshua lost his first tooth today. He has been wiggling it all week and after breakfast this morning it came out. He is very proud of the hole in his mouth. He says he looks 8 now. I cried. I did not cry when he took his first step, or when he transitioned from a baby bed to a toddler bed, or even on his first day of school. Maybe I'm just in a pensive mood who knows, I have not taken time to analyze it...and with the number of boxes needing to be unpacked...maybe I won't analyze it! I'm going to blink and he will be wanting the car keys.Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Our New Adventure...continued
We have been in Campbellsville for a week already! It has been a busy week, but we are beginning to sort through the boxes. It is nice to have the family together under one roof again. We have had a warm greeting to this small town. I have not cooked dinner since we have been here, it has been graciously provided every night-including tonight!As we settle in I will begin updating the blog more often again.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Here are pictures of our new home. They are not in order and unedited, I don't have time to edit them right now. The home was built in 1902.
This is the master bathroom, an addition to the home.
The living room.
This is the master bathroom, an addition to the home.
The living room. One of three fireplaces.
The office. Originally it was the dining room. It has a dish rail around the room and tin on the walls.
The kitchen has been remodeled.
The office. Originally it was the dining room. It has a dish rail around the room and tin on the walls.
The kitchen has been remodeled.
The second floor bath.
The master bedroom, part of the recent addition.
The front stairs.
The front stairs.
The sunroom. We will use it as a breakfast nook because it does not have an eat in area in the kitchen.
The foyer.
The foyer.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Our New Adventure
After talking to some friends the other day, I realized that I never explained this new adventure that our family is on. I will take just a moment to give you the abbreviated version.
About six months ago the University of Louisville purchased a private pediatrician's office in Campbellsville KY. The only pediatrician in town had been trying to sell the practice for years with no success. His plans were to close it, leaving the town with no pediatrician. This also affected the only hospital in the region as he was the pediatrician who attended the high risk deliveries, admitted kids to the hospital, and once admitted, he was the only attending who provided for their healthcare.
Until U of L could find a permanent doctor to take the position, they offered the opportunity for their physicians to go down for a few weeks at a time. Steve thought it sounded fun and wanted the experience of "rural" medicine. I wanted hardwood floors. Sounds shallow, but true. He assured me that after taxes and tithes, we could spend the rest on hardwood floors. For those of you who follow my blog, you've read about this before! Anyway, he spent September in Campbellsville and although it was a challenge, he loved it. He enjoyed the patients, the staff, and the work. At the end of the month he told me that U of L offered him the job. Evidently, Campbellsville liked Steve as much as he liked Campbellsville and had called Steve's program director. He told me and I laughed...until I saw his face.
When I realized Steve was seriously considering this offer, I told him I would pray about it. If the Lord is calling us to Campbellsville, then we needed to go. My prayer was that the Lord would make this decision crystal clear to me. He did. Within seven days I knew the answer. I will tell you that I am going out of obedience to the Lord. Sometimes our emotions are not going to preceed our actions. In other words, we may be called to do something we don't want to do.
Everything has happened so quickly. Our home sold in 13 days. We have purchased a new home in Campbellsville. We will move December 28th. Steve begins work there on January 1st as Medical Director of UCHS-Campbellsville. Joshua will begin his new school on January 4th. And I will be busy unpacking boxes and hanging pictures.
Six months ago it never entered my mind that we would welcome in the new year in a new home in a new town!
About six months ago the University of Louisville purchased a private pediatrician's office in Campbellsville KY. The only pediatrician in town had been trying to sell the practice for years with no success. His plans were to close it, leaving the town with no pediatrician. This also affected the only hospital in the region as he was the pediatrician who attended the high risk deliveries, admitted kids to the hospital, and once admitted, he was the only attending who provided for their healthcare.
Until U of L could find a permanent doctor to take the position, they offered the opportunity for their physicians to go down for a few weeks at a time. Steve thought it sounded fun and wanted the experience of "rural" medicine. I wanted hardwood floors. Sounds shallow, but true. He assured me that after taxes and tithes, we could spend the rest on hardwood floors. For those of you who follow my blog, you've read about this before! Anyway, he spent September in Campbellsville and although it was a challenge, he loved it. He enjoyed the patients, the staff, and the work. At the end of the month he told me that U of L offered him the job. Evidently, Campbellsville liked Steve as much as he liked Campbellsville and had called Steve's program director. He told me and I laughed...until I saw his face.
When I realized Steve was seriously considering this offer, I told him I would pray about it. If the Lord is calling us to Campbellsville, then we needed to go. My prayer was that the Lord would make this decision crystal clear to me. He did. Within seven days I knew the answer. I will tell you that I am going out of obedience to the Lord. Sometimes our emotions are not going to preceed our actions. In other words, we may be called to do something we don't want to do.
Everything has happened so quickly. Our home sold in 13 days. We have purchased a new home in Campbellsville. We will move December 28th. Steve begins work there on January 1st as Medical Director of UCHS-Campbellsville. Joshua will begin his new school on January 4th. And I will be busy unpacking boxes and hanging pictures.
Six months ago it never entered my mind that we would welcome in the new year in a new home in a new town!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Weaknesses and Graces
I love my BFG. Bible Fellowship Group. It is the "new" title for Sunday School. Don't know why they changed it. I will concede and call it our BFG YC3 (young couples 3...yes somehow I'm still in the young couples class) but it will always be Sunday School to me.
Our BFG is great, we study, learn, laugh and cry. It is a wonderful, sincere group. A real mix...a potpourri of folks...SAOMs, students, teachers, an attorney, fast food workers, waiters, jail commander (not sure of his actual title, but his job is important and dangerous), the "bug" guy who also has to be there when a meth lab is busted, an engineer...I could go on. It is a great mix. We are from many different states, some have kids, some don't, some went to college, some did not. One thing we have in common. We love the Lord and seek to live lives that glorify him.
Anyway, our lesson today was in Micah. Didn't know too much about the book but man does it apply to my life today. Amazing how scripture written several thousand years ago to a population of Jews who had forsaken the Lord can be so relevant in my life today. Only the Bible.
Weaknesses...the things we don't do so well. For me it is playing the piano in front of others, remembering dates and numbers, thinking on the spot-especially in times of stress, and there are many more. We all have weaknesses. It is easy to go to God and ask Him to help me in these areas. And He will. But what about my strengths, the things I do well? Like talking-to friends, in front of others, or complete strangers; organizing and planning, multitasking, or cooking. How often do I ask God to help me in those areas? Don't need it, after all I've got that under control, right? No, I only have the strenghts because He has "graced" them to me. Stay humble here...I like what a friend say, we have weaknesses and graces. Hopefully I will remember that.
What happens when I "forget" and become self-sufficient in life? When I have it all under control? When my strengths are strengths and not graces? Faithful husband, great careers-good salary, healthy kids, families in town, wonderful place to work my 4 hours/week, fabulous schools for our children, beautiful home...the front porch of my dreams, book club, a solid church, and friends-real friends-ones you don't have to clean your house for.
Honestly, there isn't too much I have to trust Him for when you look at all that.
Micah 1:10 Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all.
In Beth Ophrah, roll in the dust.
What happens when my house is sold, my kids have to change schools, my family is no longer in town, I have to leave my job...our church...book club, what happens when I say good-bye to those friends? What now?
Trust.
Our BFG is great, we study, learn, laugh and cry. It is a wonderful, sincere group. A real mix...a potpourri of folks...SAOMs, students, teachers, an attorney, fast food workers, waiters, jail commander (not sure of his actual title, but his job is important and dangerous), the "bug" guy who also has to be there when a meth lab is busted, an engineer...I could go on. It is a great mix. We are from many different states, some have kids, some don't, some went to college, some did not. One thing we have in common. We love the Lord and seek to live lives that glorify him.
Anyway, our lesson today was in Micah. Didn't know too much about the book but man does it apply to my life today. Amazing how scripture written several thousand years ago to a population of Jews who had forsaken the Lord can be so relevant in my life today. Only the Bible.
Weaknesses...the things we don't do so well. For me it is playing the piano in front of others, remembering dates and numbers, thinking on the spot-especially in times of stress, and there are many more. We all have weaknesses. It is easy to go to God and ask Him to help me in these areas. And He will. But what about my strengths, the things I do well? Like talking-to friends, in front of others, or complete strangers; organizing and planning, multitasking, or cooking. How often do I ask God to help me in those areas? Don't need it, after all I've got that under control, right? No, I only have the strenghts because He has "graced" them to me. Stay humble here...I like what a friend say, we have weaknesses and graces. Hopefully I will remember that.
What happens when I "forget" and become self-sufficient in life? When I have it all under control? When my strengths are strengths and not graces? Faithful husband, great careers-good salary, healthy kids, families in town, wonderful place to work my 4 hours/week, fabulous schools for our children, beautiful home...the front porch of my dreams, book club, a solid church, and friends-real friends-ones you don't have to clean your house for.
Honestly, there isn't too much I have to trust Him for when you look at all that.
Micah 1:10 Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all.
In Beth Ophrah, roll in the dust.
What happens when my house is sold, my kids have to change schools, my family is no longer in town, I have to leave my job...our church...book club, what happens when I say good-bye to those friends? What now?
Trust.
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