This morning finds us back at home after a great 5 days in Nashville. I didn't think I was too tired until I started my bible reading and woke up with my face in John chapter 4.....and that was after 2 cups of coffee! It was a very fun trip. My new found friend, Maria, was a wonderful hostess and tour guide. We got to see rural parts of Thompson's Station, Franklin, Nashville (of course) and my personal favorite....Leiper's Fork. It was just a tiny little town but had very quaint old houses and shops, good food and my favorite..... charming, historic homes. Tennessee is really beautiful. I love it! No matter where you go you can always find (my) big Southern, Antebellum Plantation Homes.
The CM Marathon brought more than 30,000 runners and spectators to the Nashville area so you can just imagine all the attractions going on. We hit Broadway, Music Row,.....all the hot spots. Then we hit the Franklin Festival in the evenings. It's a really cool downtown area on a much smaller scale. Of course, anywhere and everywhere you go there is amazing musicians, bands and performers. Soooooo FUN!
O.K. (good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise) we will be having the yard sale this Friday, May 6th !!!!!!!!
Oh, almost forgot to mention...... If any of you have old, junk jewelry or broken jewelry that you want to get rid of, let me know. I need it for some art projects.
Of course I'll take donations :) but if you bag it and give me a price, I will see if my budget allows me to make a deal! :) Thanks!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Savannah's Results
Tonight we are THANKING & PRAISING God for his blessings. Savannah called earlier to let us know that her scans all came out clear and the existing tumor on her adrenal gland is a little smaller!!!!! Very good news!
She thought she would be getting home tonight but the bad weather in DC kept her plane on the tarmac for over an hour so she missed her connecting flight in Dallas.
Good thing her friend Nicole is living there now. She's going to pick her up and get her back to the airport tomorrow morning for her flight home. Oh, the drama!
Danny, Shelby and I are leaving in the morning for Nashville. We are visiting a couple of colleges that Shelby is interested in. No....she's not a senior....just a junior but being the over-achiever that she is, wants to get a head start on everything. It doesn't hurt that the big Country Music marathon & festival is going on this weekend either. Her friends are running the 1/2 marathon. She was training to run it too until she sprained her ankle. The doctor advised her NOT to run or even walk that far . He said it was a pretty serious sprain. Guess she'll just have to walk around the festival, listening to live concerts from up and coming artist, eat the great food, shop the booths, and watch for the celebs walking around. Hmmmmm,....tough job! :)
We will be staying with a new friend that we met at NIH while we were there in February. She was there with her dying friend, Teri. The minute we heard each others accent, we knew we had that "southern thing" in common so by the time we left, we had become good friends. She might even be a long lost relative.....she acts an awful lot like our family... :0 ....Oh my!
I probably should quit rambling on and get packed. What does one wear to a big - Who's Who in Nashville event? lol
Thanks for the prayers!
She thought she would be getting home tonight but the bad weather in DC kept her plane on the tarmac for over an hour so she missed her connecting flight in Dallas.
Good thing her friend Nicole is living there now. She's going to pick her up and get her back to the airport tomorrow morning for her flight home. Oh, the drama!
Danny, Shelby and I are leaving in the morning for Nashville. We are visiting a couple of colleges that Shelby is interested in. No....she's not a senior....just a junior but being the over-achiever that she is, wants to get a head start on everything. It doesn't hurt that the big Country Music marathon & festival is going on this weekend either. Her friends are running the 1/2 marathon. She was training to run it too until she sprained her ankle. The doctor advised her NOT to run or even walk that far . He said it was a pretty serious sprain. Guess she'll just have to walk around the festival, listening to live concerts from up and coming artist, eat the great food, shop the booths, and watch for the celebs walking around. Hmmmmm,....tough job! :)
We will be staying with a new friend that we met at NIH while we were there in February. She was there with her dying friend, Teri. The minute we heard each others accent, we knew we had that "southern thing" in common so by the time we left, we had become good friends. She might even be a long lost relative.....she acts an awful lot like our family... :0 ....Oh my!
I probably should quit rambling on and get packed. What does one wear to a big - Who's Who in Nashville event? lol
Thanks for the prayers!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Early this morning.......
Bless Danny's heart! He got up at 4-something this morning to get Savannah to XNA for her 7am flight to NIH. He let me stay in bed and listen to the rain and thunder.....total heaven...til I had to get Shelby up for school at 6am :(
As I was praying for her safety, I was thinking how an Ark might be a safer means of travel than flying through so much rain, lightning, winds etc......but God controls all that stuff anyway so....
Her scans and tests are this afternoon then she has her breathing treatment and clinic tomorrow. She will fly back tomorrow evening. Clinic is when they will tell her if the last treatment is working or how well it is working. We believe it will be great news but extra prayers never hurt anything. So, once again, we are asking for prayer that she will have NO tumors anywhere in her body. She could also use prayers to get rid of a pesky sinus infection that she's been fighting for a couple weeks.
We had a wonderful Easter Sunday. Wes & Melody (Couch) and their 4 little girls hosted our family Easter dinner after church. It was great celebrating the Resurrection with such precious family members!
Speaking of Savannah, she just called and has made it into Chicago. From there she will fly straight into DC and take the Metro to NIH.
PLEASE keep up those prayers! Love to ALL!
As I was praying for her safety, I was thinking how an Ark might be a safer means of travel than flying through so much rain, lightning, winds etc......but God controls all that stuff anyway so....
Her scans and tests are this afternoon then she has her breathing treatment and clinic tomorrow. She will fly back tomorrow evening. Clinic is when they will tell her if the last treatment is working or how well it is working. We believe it will be great news but extra prayers never hurt anything. So, once again, we are asking for prayer that she will have NO tumors anywhere in her body. She could also use prayers to get rid of a pesky sinus infection that she's been fighting for a couple weeks.
We had a wonderful Easter Sunday. Wes & Melody (Couch) and their 4 little girls hosted our family Easter dinner after church. It was great celebrating the Resurrection with such precious family members!
Speaking of Savannah, she just called and has made it into Chicago. From there she will fly straight into DC and take the Metro to NIH.
PLEASE keep up those prayers! Love to ALL!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Day after-April Fools Day!
Oooops! Didn't mean to hit enter on that last title....sorry!
Savannah has signed a lease on a tri-plex she found this week. She's very excited about it. I think it will be really cute when she gets her stuff in and decorates. It's in the area behind Fiesta Square so it's a good location..easy to get to any part of town.
Shelby is looking forward to having the whole upstairs to herself but I think she will miss Savannah more than she realizes....although....Savannah's new place is within 2 minutes of Shelby's school so Savannah might have a little more company than what she's bargained for!!! :)
I have been very amused lately!.....April Fools Day has never really held any significance for me so I was surprised at how excited Shelby, Laura, Megan and Kim got about all the pranks they were going to play on their friends. I even overheard Laura and Megan saying this was one of the best days of their lives. Yes, they were being overly dramatic but they were VERY excited!!! They started planning the night before with all kinds of ideas....some good, some bad and some...just....well....stupid. :) Anyway, I'm not sure what they did to their poor friends at school but when they left here yesterday morning, they had a huge coffee mug velcro'd to the top of Shelby's car. It looked like she just sat it up on top to get into the car and then forgot it. BTW - I've done this with everything from a drink to a Bible....if it's not velcro'd on...it's not a good outcome! :(
I really didn't think many people would see it or pay attention but as they were trying to get out of our driveway, Greenland actually experienced their first ever
"traffic jam". It was great! Shelby was waiting her turn to pull out and cars were stopping, honking, rolling their windows down and yelling to warn them that there was a drink on top of the car. When I heard the commotion I looked out the front door and cars were lined up from our second driveway to the stoplight. It was mostly men and/or young guys waving them down. The girls just played dumb and gestured like - "what???....we don't understand you"!!!!!! Apparently, this went on all through town. All the way to school and all the way home! At some point, they got tired of playing dumb and wrote on a piece of paper with mascara (didn't have a pen - even though they were on their way to school....hmmm...?) a sign that said GOTCHA! Everyone seemed to have a good sense of humor about it, I guess.....I didn't get any phone calls from the police.
So after such an exciting day we're back to normal....whatever that is! Oh, except for Bo. He is in Dallas at the PASSION CONFERENCE. It's supposed to be one of the biggest and best Christian conferences ever! He and about 40 other people from his group left yesterday. He has a few pics of it on his FB page already and said that so far -it's "wicked sweet" I think that means really great! :)
BTW - He is looking for a much needed job. If any of you hear about ANYTHING please let us know! Prayers would help too!
Savannah will be returning to NIH in about 3 weeks. We would appreciate continued prayers that the one tumor she has will be gone.
Thanks and LOVE to ALL
Savannah has signed a lease on a tri-plex she found this week. She's very excited about it. I think it will be really cute when she gets her stuff in and decorates. It's in the area behind Fiesta Square so it's a good location..easy to get to any part of town.
Shelby is looking forward to having the whole upstairs to herself but I think she will miss Savannah more than she realizes....although....Savannah's new place is within 2 minutes of Shelby's school so Savannah might have a little more company than what she's bargained for!!! :)
I have been very amused lately!.....April Fools Day has never really held any significance for me so I was surprised at how excited Shelby, Laura, Megan and Kim got about all the pranks they were going to play on their friends. I even overheard Laura and Megan saying this was one of the best days of their lives. Yes, they were being overly dramatic but they were VERY excited!!! They started planning the night before with all kinds of ideas....some good, some bad and some...just....well....stupid. :) Anyway, I'm not sure what they did to their poor friends at school but when they left here yesterday morning, they had a huge coffee mug velcro'd to the top of Shelby's car. It looked like she just sat it up on top to get into the car and then forgot it. BTW - I've done this with everything from a drink to a Bible....if it's not velcro'd on...it's not a good outcome! :(
I really didn't think many people would see it or pay attention but as they were trying to get out of our driveway, Greenland actually experienced their first ever
"traffic jam". It was great! Shelby was waiting her turn to pull out and cars were stopping, honking, rolling their windows down and yelling to warn them that there was a drink on top of the car. When I heard the commotion I looked out the front door and cars were lined up from our second driveway to the stoplight. It was mostly men and/or young guys waving them down. The girls just played dumb and gestured like - "what???....we don't understand you"!!!!!! Apparently, this went on all through town. All the way to school and all the way home! At some point, they got tired of playing dumb and wrote on a piece of paper with mascara (didn't have a pen - even though they were on their way to school....hmmm...?) a sign that said GOTCHA! Everyone seemed to have a good sense of humor about it, I guess.....I didn't get any phone calls from the police.
So after such an exciting day we're back to normal....whatever that is! Oh, except for Bo. He is in Dallas at the PASSION CONFERENCE. It's supposed to be one of the biggest and best Christian conferences ever! He and about 40 other people from his group left yesterday. He has a few pics of it on his FB page already and said that so far -it's "wicked sweet" I think that means really great! :)
BTW - He is looking for a much needed job. If any of you hear about ANYTHING please let us know! Prayers would help too!
Savannah will be returning to NIH in about 3 weeks. We would appreciate continued prayers that the one tumor she has will be gone.
Thanks and LOVE to ALL
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Clinic day
I wish the doctors would have told us NOT to expect anything on Savannah's first visit back! They told her in clinic today that the reason they brought her back out this soon after treatment was to make sure there were no complications going on. They don't expect to see any results til her next visit which is 4 weeks away.
I said in the last post that we are excited to see what God has in store for us next. I think it might be teaching us patience and faith...?maybe?....only time will tell....
Anyway, her news is good because there was no new growth and they said the existing tumor might be a teenie-weenie bit smaller.....maybe.....we'll have to wait til her next visit to know for sure.
The girls had a change of plans last night. They did go to DC but they didn't get to see Donna, Lilly and Rose after all. Their plan is to get with them on the way out of town today so it won't be such a long trip for Donna and the girls. I tried to talk them in to staying another night but Savannah's good friend Julie is in for Spring Break and she wants to spend some time with her. So she is itching to get home!
However, they were going to make time to stop by the Home Goods store. Not that I blame them...:) Savannah is preparing to get her first apartment so I really hope she shows some restraint in shopping. It will be tough for her. Bless her little heart!!!! I haven't exactly set a good example there. :)
Please keep up those prayers for healing! We appreciate them SO much!!!!
Love to ALL!
I said in the last post that we are excited to see what God has in store for us next. I think it might be teaching us patience and faith...?maybe?....only time will tell....
Anyway, her news is good because there was no new growth and they said the existing tumor might be a teenie-weenie bit smaller.....maybe.....we'll have to wait til her next visit to know for sure.
The girls had a change of plans last night. They did go to DC but they didn't get to see Donna, Lilly and Rose after all. Their plan is to get with them on the way out of town today so it won't be such a long trip for Donna and the girls. I tried to talk them in to staying another night but Savannah's good friend Julie is in for Spring Break and she wants to spend some time with her. So she is itching to get home!
However, they were going to make time to stop by the Home Goods store. Not that I blame them...:) Savannah is preparing to get her first apartment so I really hope she shows some restraint in shopping. It will be tough for her. Bless her little heart!!!! I haven't exactly set a good example there. :)
Please keep up those prayers for healing! We appreciate them SO much!!!!
Love to ALL!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Road Warriors...?
OK, so....how does an 8 to 9 hour trip to Nashville turn into a 12 hour trip??? Well, let me see if I can count the ways....#1 - leaving from home then stopping at TOBO's for 20 minutes or so...before you even get out of Greenland. #2 - taking a "short cut" from Conway around Little Rock..(a crooked little 2 lane highway). #3 - getting pulled over for doing 40 in a 60 on that crooked little road. And of course it takes a little time to flirt your way out of a ticket with just a warning! #4 - trying to find your way back to the Interstate after two or three wrong exits. I'm sure there's a number 5 but I don't think I really want to know!!!
Savannah, Shelby and Kim spent Saturday night in Nashville with a girl (friend) of Bo's. I thought that was really sweet of her to let them take over her house for a good nights sleep. They were up and on the road again fairly early Sunday morning.
They finally arrived in Bethesda last night at their hotel....(Thank you LORD!)
Savannah's first appointment was at 6:30 so she left Kim and Shelby in bed to get caught up on some much needed sleep. When they woke up they caught the shuttle to the Metro and went to downtown Bethesda. As soon as Savannah's tests were over she met them and they all headed to DC on the Metro. I think Donna, Lilly and Rose are meeting them in DC for dinner later tonight. I'm sure they will have a blast!
Tomorrow is the big day!!! Savannah will have her clinic appointment and we will find out how well the treatment is working. We're anxious and excited to see what God is going to do with us next! :)
Thanks!
Savannah, Shelby and Kim spent Saturday night in Nashville with a girl (friend) of Bo's. I thought that was really sweet of her to let them take over her house for a good nights sleep. They were up and on the road again fairly early Sunday morning.
They finally arrived in Bethesda last night at their hotel....(Thank you LORD!)
Savannah's first appointment was at 6:30 so she left Kim and Shelby in bed to get caught up on some much needed sleep. When they woke up they caught the shuttle to the Metro and went to downtown Bethesda. As soon as Savannah's tests were over she met them and they all headed to DC on the Metro. I think Donna, Lilly and Rose are meeting them in DC for dinner later tonight. I'm sure they will have a blast!
Tomorrow is the big day!!! Savannah will have her clinic appointment and we will find out how well the treatment is working. We're anxious and excited to see what God is going to do with us next! :)
Thanks!
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