Spirited Sons

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Schooling two active boys has never been more... interesting. That's the word I'm looking for! I love my boys! God has given them the blessing of strong, active bodies and minds. We continually pray the first will remain intact, and the second will remain engaged with Him first, and then the school work. You'll meet my sweet sons, both entirely different, but both loving God to the best of their ability in the way He made them. I lovingly refer to them as my Bell Pepper Boy and my Habanero or Hambone. That should say it all! This blog is an eclectic mix. The events, conversations, and the thoughts behind it all will be in here. Every once in a while I'll try to capture something I don't want to forget. I hope you find things you enjoy. Please let me know if you do! Blessings!

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Saturday, July 5, 2008

The House Sitter

Posted in Due to Technical Difficulties Beyond Our Control. . .

Wasn't there a movie about a house sitter? I vaguely recall something like that, but whatever the drama was in that tale simply cannot compare to the drama we've had. Really. You think I'm probably overreacting, but please know that this is one of those things that just doesn't happen in real life. Right?

Come, listen to the tale, and then tell me what you think.

We are preparing for a trip. Some of you know we have several animals, a mini-zoo shall we say. Well, this complicates our trips every time. We know this. We have accepted it. (Well, most of us have accepted it.) We don't always have an easy time finding someone we trust to take care of the menagerie. And, sometimes people are a little intimidated by the thought.

Alas, we began the search some time ago. Most of our regular options weren't an option this time for various reasons, so we were charting new territory, breaking new "house sitter ground" in our search.

We found a lovely church staff friend who volunteered to do it for us. She, however, was very allergic. Honestly, she had encountered more than her normal share of dogs in that day, but I just couldn't get peace about her being able to breathe . . . or not.

Our second choice was fabulous. She's a young girl, a daughter of a close friend. She came to visit, and it seemed she would be great with the whole process of feeding and such. No problems. The dogs even liked her. All was well . . . until she was struck by a terrible virus which landed her in the hospital two days ago. Last night, the call was made. No go.

I was prepared to stay home. Really, I was just resigned to the fact that God was communicating something. I was starting to take it personally. :'P As a last-ditch attempt on the whole thing, I asked one of the guys at church if he knew anyone, and he pointed to another guy. Well, I know this guy's family, so that was a conversation to have with him. He's agreed!

He's coming over tonight to get a feel for the lay of the land. Barring any unforeseen instances (puking, plague, personal injury), I believe we have our house sitter!

You just can't make this stuff up! I promise you. I can't write that well!

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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Necessity Is the Mother of. . .

Posted in Due to Technical Difficulties Beyond Our Control. . .

Education? Sure. Let's say that necessity forces me to take a moment and learn a thing or two. Those of you who regularly read along know I've had a bit of "graffiti" on my lovely blog home. Thanks to my dear friend Jenn, I learned I could ban someone from my C-box.

But, did you know you can specifically ban someone's IP from your blog? Friends don't let friends blog blindly. For some odd reason I feel like I was supposed to know this; however, I was one of the few who must not have read all the directions and didn't know all my options in the HSB Universe. Now I know one more. :'P

I tinker; therefore, I am! *lol* (More likely STUMBLE!)

For your own precious knowledge and future reference, you would find it under settings. :')

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Why?

Posted in Due to Technical Difficulties Beyond Our Control. . .

Today I had a visitor to my blog. The e-mail address in my C-box suggests this person was female. She filled my C-box window with colorful language (or attempts at such). After contacting HSB I learned I could be basically responsible for those comments which break the Terms of Service.

I know the solution would be to remove the C-box and lock down my blog, making it near invisible. I don't want to do that.

I'm angry. I'm frustrated. I'm hurt.

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Monday, March 31, 2008

Update: Prayer Request

Posted in Due to Technical Difficulties Beyond Our Control. . .

For those of you who knew in time to pray, I can't thank you enough! Your prayers, I'm certain, made a difference. Here's how it went down:

We called a guy who attends our church, and we had him take a look. (He's a plumber.) A few things were going on: sump pump gave up the ghost, drainage from the back of the house wasn't making it to the front because of a plugged line, and the sump pump drainage line that *should* run to the street drainage is, ummm, illegally draining back away from the street.

*sigh*

New sump pump and a cleared line under the house. . .

It was like the water was just TURNED OFF! We were using our steam cleaner and soaking up water and dumping and refilling buckets. . .for hours! It never slowed down. He gets the sump pump going, and the water at the back door stopped within a couple minutes! Yay!

Now, the tricky part of all this is: our illegally draining water needs to be fixed. I will say that nearly EVERY house in this part of our block is draining in the wrong direction, though. Not sure what to make of that.

So, our biggest blessing is that we felt "wrong" about the estimate we got from the foundation guy a few weeks ago. And, the largest part of his estimate never needed to be done, per our plumber friend. That's good news!

The bad news: to fix the drainage, it'll be a costly digging deal. The trencher is $18 per linear foot. I don't know what the materials will be in addition to that. *sigh*

Jehovah Jireh, we are looking to You for this.

Thanks, again, for your prayers, friends. I know you'll continue to pray for provision. We'd really appreciate that.

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