The weekend seemed incredibly long because we were "iced" in.  We are usually very active people so to have to stay in all weekend was driving me crazy.  I do have to say that our road crews were incredible and when we finally ventured out last night around 7:30PM I was amazed at how well the roads had been treated and were completely safe to drive on.  Unfortunately for them an even bigger ice storm is headed our way tonight.  More than likely schools will be called off tomorrow in which I won't even try to drive into work. 

The party at my Vice Presidents house on Friday evening was pretty nice.  My VP lives in one of the top notch housing communities in the area so it is always fun to drive through the neighborhood and only wish we could have a home so huge.  We mainly hung out with one of my co-workers and his wife and their baby.  I love their daughter...she is as cute as can be.  We have spent alot of time with this same couple outside of work in the past.  They are good people but they do not believe in God.  I don't let this stray me from hanging out with them but look at it as an opportunity to show them what God can do for them in their lives through my own life.  In fact my co-worker has recently been interviewing for a job outside of our company.  Many times when we has updated me on the situation I always tell him I will keep him in prayer.  It is the little things that plant the seeds.  This morning he told me that the company contacted him over the weekend and will be giving him a formal offer this week.  When he gets that offer I will say something to him like "Praise God" or "God has answered yet another prayer."  I will keep plugging away at him.  However, there are many times he scares me to death by the things he says.  He has told me he would take the mark of the beast and has also said he wants to get a gun to ensure he has a way of defending his family in case the rapture comes.  But I know God can get through to those that think on the lines of the way my friend does and I am happy to do whatever He wants me to do in order to get this family saved.

While I am on faith I have to share a touching story.  As I had posted last week or so I had gone in for my yearly OB appointment.  I had not had an exam since giving birth to Hylari.  I don't remember why I didn't go the first year after I had her but the second year was when I was going through my divorce from Hylari's dad and I just let go from that point.  I then began having fears that since I had not gone for so long what the results might produce and I didn't want to hear any bad news.  My mom had to have a complete hystorectomy (not sure how to spell it) at a fairly young age because of having cancer so there was a good chance that I could get it since my mom did.  Since my diabetes flaired up last year I have been seeing my doctor regularly and she insisted that I have one.  I respect my doctor and did as she requested.  I had been so nervous afterwards as I was waiting for the results.  I talked to my husband about being nervous and he told me he was sure everything was going to be fine.  I got the call from the doctors office last Thursday while I was standing with a truck driver who was about to unload a delivery.  My heart sank as I answered the phone and the voice on the other line said..."This is Angie from the doctors office with your pap results."  I immediately thought to myself how am I going to take this news when I have a complete stranger standing here with me?  She then continued and said "everything looks normal."  What a relief!!!  I had to wait 30 minutes for the truck driver to unload the truck before I got the chance to call my husband and tell him the good news.  Once on the phone with him he said to me, "I knew everything was going to be fine because I prayed and asked God to take care of you."  That very sentence means so much to me.  My husband has come along way in his faith since I met him.   And although from time to time we talk in depth about God just to hear the words of prayer for me come from my husbands mouth means a better gift to me than a 25 carat ring along with a fur coat and a new Mercedez Benz.  I know my husband prays for me and often we pray together.  But to hear him tell me he prayed for me in this delicate situation without me even knowing means the world to me.   And  aside from that a long time ago I remember praying to God one night as I lay in bed wondering about the length of time since I had an exam.  I remember telling the Lord that at any time He would decide to choose me to be a person who lived on this earth with cancer I would take it on doing His work rather than saying "Why me?"  I know while cancer is not a pleasant condition I know there is alot of work that can be done for the Lord being a person with cancer.  I have no fear of anything knowing God is in control.

AJ's basketball game and Hylari's bowling was cancelled on Saturday due to the weather.  Mike's ACT test was still on but he did not go because he was "not feeling good."  I have decided to wash my hands of Mike's college and let his mom and dad take care of it.  Not feeling good and actually having a fever and all that goes with it is one thing.  But flat out not going and using "not feeling good" as an excuse is another.  The sad thing is his parents buy everything he says.  So the boys lack of direction is a direct result of them not holding him accountable nor being strict enough to nudge him on his way to adulthood.  Mike is a smart kid he just doesn't use it.  My husband was talking yesterday about trying to see if he could talk Mike into going into the military.  While I think that would be in Mike's best interest he is currently in a military class in school and he has an F in the class!!!!  I don't see him succeeding in anything until someone makes him grow up .........which he would do real quick in the military.    Uuuuuuuuugh!  It is all very frustrating!

This afternoon I have to go to my first mammogram exam.   I am nervous about my appointment.  I told the receptionist on the phone that I was nervous and she told me she had just had her first exam within the last year.  She told me that while it doesn't "hurt" that it is very uncomfortable.  She said she had heard horror stories prior going to hers and it wasn't as bad as she had anticipated it being.  It really stinks getting old!

 

Have a great day!

I am so glad your pap smear went well! I know how you feel my dear about being afraid to go to the doctors. I was like that this past month when I went for my physical. I had been going to get my yearly paps (which I want you to do from now on) but not my physicals. Sooooo I was afraid to go and postponed it for a few years because I was afraid they would tell me I had high BP; high cholesterol; diabetes. The reason I felt that way was because I had gained so much weight!Thank God that everything is normal! None of those things. Only I have to lose weight because I fall under the "obese" category. Oh boy. Anyway, I can imagine how your heart fluttered when you heard your husband said he prayed specifically for God to take care of you. I LOVE it!! My husband, he never went to church regularly nor did he really belong to a religion because thats just how he was raised by his mom. Now that we are married, he has gone to church all the time and we pray together at church. At home, only at meals. But I always talk about God and all our blessings and sometimes my kids think I preach. But its not that, I just want them to know God and to understand and believe. I think its people's faith in God that helps us do good on earth and to perservere. There are so many times in life that I would not have been strong if it were not for my asking God for help. And I have several examples that prove that God answers prayers. It sounds like your friends are good people and I'm glad you are little by little trying to bring God into their thinking. I hope you succeed. I don't know if you caught one of my posts prior to me switching blogs but I had my first mammogram a few months ago. I got it done early (I'm 37) because I'm considered "high risk" since my mom had it in

her mid 40s and she died of breast cancer in her early 50s. Anyway, it did hurt for me! I'm not use to having my boob squished like that. ha ha! Actually, my left one hurt for a few days after. But its a good idea to get one so I did. Thank goodness results were good on those too. As for Mike, I think he is lucky to have you in his life although he has his biological mom. You are a good influence on him to tell him what he should be focusing on his studies. But you can only do what you can do being that his Mom isn't as hard on him as she should be. He is so young though so he doesnt "see" the need to get decent grades just yet. Luckily, I think two-year junior colleges are good because it has the kids slowly but surely get into the groove of deciding what they want to do with their lives while they take a few general ed classes and maybe work at the same time. Also, like you said, another option is the military. That is an excellent place for young men to go and find themselves. Plus they pay for school once he decides what to do. Well, I cant imagine being snowed in! Your heating bills must be through the roof! My kids would love it if they got to stay home because it snowed so much. actually, I would like if if I couldn't go to work cuz of snow. ha ha! Okay, I better go see what my girls are doing. Grace (my younger one) had her first detention today!! She left her vocabulary in her other backpack that she took to her grandmas this wkend and so didnt bring it to school. I was mad because I had made an drs appt for Alyssa to get her throat swabbed since she's been coughing. My girls do well in school BUT they need to improve their organization! (he he...so okay. I better leave now before I type your ears off..)

So glad your pap went well.
Okay, you said you were getting old, so I gotta ask.....how old are you?
I'm going to be 40 the beginning of January.......