Praises!

Number 1: For those of you that were praying for my toe-thank you! It is so much better! It does get a little sore if I stub it or bump it or someone steps on it. But nothing like when it was still ingrown. Now it is starting to itch like crazy-I suppose that means it is getting better.

Number 2: Today was Labor Day and Daddy was home. It is always so nice to have Daddy home. I love it when he has a day off and we really don't have major plans. We did get stuff done though. We went to Wal-Mart, the kiddies played in the pool again and Daddy mowed the grass again. We grilled out brats for supper-YUM. It was a good day.

Number 3: Daddy has accepted a new position at work. He will be working for the same company but in a totally different department--marketing. He is extremely excited. This is something that he has wanted for a long time. It will be a good move for him to get out of the department that he is in but also for him to do something more along the lines of what he went to school for. He doesn't have an official start date but he knows it is coming. Congrats, Daddy!

Number 4: This one is a sad praise, I guess. We had to take our new computer back this past Friday. It started going crazy. It had a DVD/CD drive in it but wouldn't recognize anything put in the drive. It's like the computer couldn't find the drive. And there were other minor things that made me really leery of it. But the praise part is--we had 14 days through Best Buy to return it and get our money back. Friday was 14 days. Our usual bad luck would be that it would go wrong on day 15. But praise the Lord it went bad before the 14 days were up! So we took it back and just got our money back. Yes I would have liked a new computer, but with Daddy's new job--right now might not be the best time to have that bill to deal with. And I didn't want to have the possibility of having the same thing go wrong with the next one. So all this to say, I am back on my old laptop. Oh well. It was nice while it lasted.

Number 5: My best praise--college football finally started. I love this time of year! Football, pumpkins, my birthday, the coolness in the air, the leaves changing.... how much better can you get? I can't wait to see FSU play on Saturday. Go 'Noles!

My toe

Well, my toe is fixed. The worst part was the needle-actually needles. Two sticks in the top of my toe. But then I watched him dig out the nail and the infection. Once it was numb, I was OK. And it was numb for a long time. They wrapped it in A LOT of gauze and put red tape on top to hold it on. So it looked like a red clown nose on my toe. After the kids went to bed last night, I soaked the gauze off, cleaned it, and Daddy helped me re-wrap it. The numbing was starting to wear off by then, so it was hurting. So before bed I took some pain meds and slept good. Today it doesn't hurt so much as it mildly aches. But I haven't unwrapped it or soaked it or taken a shower. Those are all things that I think are going to make it sore. We shall see. But thanks to all for your prayers. I am just glad it is done and over. No offense to the foot doctor, but I don't want to meet him again.

Great weekend

We had such a great weekend. We actually had an entire Saturday with no plans! But that doesn't mean we didn't get anything done. We worked outside most of Saturday morning getting much needed yard work done. I sprayed some weeds, watched the kids, set up the pool, cut the boys hair, helped clear out some weeds, planted some "Monkey grass." Daddy dug out most of the weeds that were in the front bush bed and trimmed the out-of-control bushes. It seems like I did more than Daddy but I think his was harder work. The kids played in the pool and did sidewalk chalk and rode their bikes some. K was on the little tricycle and it got out of control and she started down the driveway. She started to freak out, but once I caught her she started laughing and wanted to go again. That girl.

During K's nap time, Daddy took C to a local "water park." It's actually just a pool with some really nice features. They were there for about 3 hours or so. It sounds like they had fun. I think C had too much sun on Saturday because Sunday he didn't feel so swell. Daddy ended up staying home with him in the morning. (C actually picked Daddy over me to stay home. Interesting, but my feelings weren't hurt. I thought it was kinda cute)

Sunday night after church we had a Sunday School ice cream social. Since I am the "party planner" for our SS class, I had to set up, buy the ice cream, and tear down. So we missed most of church Sunday night. But we had a good time. There were quite a few people that came and lots of toppings to choose from. That makes it even better. Our ice cream was a nice ending to a nice weekend.

Monday night Daddy had a game (he lost) but the weather was beautiful! It was nice and cool again. I can live with this. It's still cool today. Hopefully fall is on its way. I know college football starts soon. I can't wait!

For those of you who check this on a regular basis, please pray for me tomorrow (Wednesday, August 27). I am going to have my ingrown toenail fixed in the afternoon. Hopefully, it will stop bothering me - forever! I'm only nervous about the needle. :) Daddy said I should take a before-and-after picture of it. I will but don't think I'll post them. It is kinda nasty.