Attack

As I sit here laughing at myself, I just had to share. So after leaving the gym tonight I had to make a quick stop at the church. I was only running in to grab something I had forgotten earlier today so I just left my van running and the door open while I ran inside. I went in (seriously like 2 mins), came back out and started to get in my van. As I'm buckling my belt I hear this horrid sound....BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Immediately I'm terrified. I look around and find the culprit, it's a huge horse-fly. Let me go on record and say that I am scared to death of horse-flies, they def creep me out. So as I'm trying to think of my plan of attack.....the blame thing flies straight at me, I immediately jump out of my van. I start rolling the windows down bc the thing isn't out of my van yet. The thing gets wedged in between my windshield and dash board, grrrrrr. What am I going to do now? I grab a piece of newspaper and start swatting....the thing keeps buzzing around and coming at me but won't come out of my van. So I go outside of my van, crawl on the hood and start beating he window...praying the thing will fly away. FINALLY, the thing flies out after about 10 mins of me raging around my van like a mad woman. All I can say is the people that drove by got a free comedy show and I got an extra workout in....all thanks to a horsefly!

Ok update: We counted the change we raised in our penny drive (for VBS). We raised $359.00, Yah, I'm sooooo excited! We decided to pass the $$$$ on to a senior in our church that could use a little extra! I'm so glad we did this penny drive, the kids had a blast seeing who could get the most change and now they get to be a blessing to someone in need! :) I'm looking forward to doing this each year!

Now, I must go to bed. Tomorrow is the last day of super-doubles at Harris Teeter. My coupons are cut and ready to go. We shall see what kind of deals I get!!!!!

A New Week

Well it is Monday. Last week we had VBS, which was wonderful. We had so much fun and it was a blessing to see all of those kids come out. Now, we are starting a new week and a new schedule. So we are starting it of by going to the church to clean out a room in the fellowship building and count the change from the penny drive at VBS. Following that we will be going to Granny's to mow and eat an o so yummy supper (which I'm sure will not be good for the diet). Sooooo, off we go!

Immmmm aaa back (in the words of Luigi)

It feels so good to be "normal" (I know that's a matter of opinion). I finally feel good! :) Today so far I have cleaned out my kitchen cabinets and made 5 loaves of zuchini bread (thanks Mindy for the recipe).

We have some news to share. We are finally moving. We have been looking and praying and praying and praying for God to lead us in the path in which He would have us go concerning buying a house. We have struggled with buying because we are in the ministry and you never know where God will take us. So we prayed whatever Gods will is what we want and basically God would have to drop a house in our laps. And being the wonderful, almighty God He is, He did just that. The house is all we could ask for and in our budget :).

It's Amazing.......

It's amazing how four tiny puncture holes can make you feel horrible. I feel like I've done a million crunches, I just wish I would see the results of a million crunches.....lol. O well, its ok..it will be worth it. I will survive, I'm a mom...right???

Everybody have a good day and keep blogging so I'll have something to do! :D

The Big Day

Well I haven't said anything but I have been having some medical issues lately. I ended up going to the ER about 3 weeks ago with (what I later found out) a gallbladder attack. I have been having tests since then to see what the dr/surgeon wants to do. I went back today for the results of my latest test and found out that I will be having surgery to remove my gallbladder. So......I'm thinking he will probably schedule this surgery for next week or so! NO, WRONG, NOT IN THE PLANS! I'm having surgery tomorrow morning at 8:30 am (that's only 8 1/2 hours) away! Yeah, I'm excited to get it done and over with but finding out you are having surgery the next day doesn't exactly give you time to prepare. Needless to say we have been running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to get things ready for VBS (which starts Monday), grocery shopping and house work done. Everything did not get done but I'm really trying to accept the fact that the world will still go on and will not fall of it's axis if I'm out of comission for a few days! :)

Anyway, say a prayer for me AND a very good friend of mine is having surgery on Monday...so please remember her and her family as well!!!!!

May God Always Bless All Of Y'all!!!!!!

Day of Rest

As if we haven't had enough days of rest lately we decided to have another today. But of course not before a very busy weekend. When we came home from the beach on Friday we had a graduation bbq to go to followed by the graduation on Saturday.

This is Joshua Luke Sherrill: One of the wonderful members of our "pea patch." We love him as if he were our own! We are so proud of him!!!

Then there was today. We had our homecoming at church today. It was amazing. We had the Saunders family singing during the Sunday school hour and then Preach Mark Saunders brought the message in the 11 o'clock hour. Then, of course, (being the Baptist we are) we had a massive lunch. We didn't leave the church until after 3pm. When we are with the Saunders we tend to chat a little. Afterwards we came home and slept for THREE hours (we don't have service on homecoming night). Needless to say I'm well rested and wide awake. This could be a long night, maybe I'll scrub the base boards.....we'll see!

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We finally have some down time and I decided to update the blog. I decided to explore and see if I could "design" on my own (so poor Mindy wouldn't have to keep up with mine and hers). I conquered the background, the widdly tinks and the shabby blinkie thingy. Needless to say the header is another story in itself. I tried, tried and tried again. I kept getting an error message (hence the title). So I figured I would wait a little and try later. So I'll get some pics up from our vacatio (Yes, they are from our camera phone).

Here we gooooo.........

This is the crew we took! Our three plus two more!!!!

What's a beach vacation without a trip to play putt~putt?

And of course Sharky's......YUMMY!

Yes, I do realize this is a horrible picture but honestly it is the only one that we have of us together....lol!

This is a Ballard tradition. When we go over "the bridge" we roll the windows down, put our hands in the air and scream. I'm sure everyone knows when we arrive.

My beautiful family!

Now that's a wonderful view of Gods creation! Isn't He amazing?

That's all folks.........

Now I'll try the header again!

Seriously

Well we made it safely! However, we got here and as we were unpacking I realized I forgot my camera. SERIOUSLY, MY CAMERA! Wow, I'm going to have to get really creative. Michael suggested I use the camera on my phone....we will see how that goes.

Ok just to catch up a little. I don't even know where to start. Three weeks ago I ended up in the ER having a gallbladder attack.. The wonderful nurses and dr's at the ER drugged me and sent me home. The following week I went to a surgeon....he sent me for some test scheduled for the next week. Well, two days before we left for vacation the nurse calls and tells me that I need to come in and "discuss my options." More or less I'm getting cut, I didn't know I had an option. Fortuantely, I convinced them that I could wait until we get back from vacation. So while I'm here I will be sipping water and nibbling lettuce (insert sad face)! I so want to eat at Sharky's. When I get back I will go see the surgeon who I'm sure will schedule my procedure for the next week. I do realize that may sound rambled but if you're reading this I'm assuming you know me and understand how I am...hahahahah!

Alright off to bed!

Hurry!

So obviously my last post shouldn't have been titles "So Far Behind." I'm even farther behind now. So much to catch up on. However, it probably won't be today. We are headed to church then we are beach bound.....Yah! Hopefully this week  I will get to spend some time catching up on my blog and sharing some fun with you all from our vacay!