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Saturday, 02 February 2008

Charity's surgery went well...they removed part of her small intestine and say that that removal should help the pain that she was in. My dad just called and said she is in recovery...but please don't stop the prayers. She's such a strong woman and I can't begin to describe how much I admire her...

There has been a CarePages made for her. "www.carepages.com" and the name is "CharityHopes08". If you've prayed for her, leave her a message letting her know that. Even if you don't know her. I know it would mean so much to her!

Thank you friends...
Do me a favor as you read this....say a prayer for Charity. I just got a call that she's going into surgery right now to remove a blockage in her stomach. The doctors were hoping that the blockage could be taken care of without surgery, but I guess it can't. I'm not sure as to the seriousness of it all...but I'm guessing because of the fact that they aren't waiting to operate it means it's pretty serious. Because of the fact that she does have cancer, her body is frail and an operation won't be easy. So please be praying...I'll update this when I have more information. Thank you friends....

Tuesday, 15 January 2008

I really do live for American Idol auditions. Seriously - they provide SO much entertainment on the weeknights. And apparently our neighbors that live above us love them too 'cause we can hear them singing the songs through our ceiling. I will admit though, that I feel SO bad for some of these people. One girl already had me crying tonight 'cause she was so sad. And there are also those people that I just can't watch - I get embarrassed for them. At least American Idol doesn't have writers on strike. (Right now there is a girl who looks like JEM cussing out the camera and is giving a patriotic speech...or something...)

There is a tarantula on the wall of our living room and Mike refuses to make it go away. Isn't that what husbands are supposed to do? We should have put something about this in our vows. I'm terrified that it's gonna fall on my head! (and there is no way I'm gonna kill it myself...absolutely not)

Alright - this is too distracting. Go watch American Idol - it does a body good.

- Natalie

Monday, 07 January 2008

Holy crap - I guess I should update this thing! I didn't realize it had been so long! I guess with the busy-ness of December, beyond reading about other people's lives I didn't do much with Xanga.

It's currently BEYOND creepy outside. It was over 60 today, dark and rainy. And now it's storming. This isn't my idea of a good time in January. I like the cold and the snow.

All the Christmas celebrations were good - although, Christmas seems to get less and less magical the older I get. Which is sad. Next year I'm going to try and re-focus my priorities and try and get a little bit of that "awe" back. Not that I'm a total Grinch - our tree is still up. I can't bring myself to take it down yet! It's just so pretty!

Christmas and New Years weeks are always slow at daycares - so I was able to have quite a few days off work which was awesome. I really needed it. I love my job and missed those babies so much, but it was nice to have a break. I got to spend a lot of time with Mike and we did a lot of organizing and cleaning around the house (which also was very needed). Tomorrow is my first full, 10-hour day back...I'm anticipating hating getting up in the morning, but I can't complain. Vacation was awesome.

I'd still greatly cherish prayers for Charity. The tumor in her brain has shrunk from a golf ball size to the size of a pea - which is great! However, the cancer is in her blood stream and has settled in her lymph-nodes. They are concerned about it going to her pancreas. The last I heard, the doctors weren't sure what approach they were going to take with it - it might be more focused radiation. I hate cancer.

Mike and I have started going to a new church and we love it. The pastor seems to be as honest and real as they come and we love being challenged by the messages. I've been finding myself wanting to study more and thinking about the messages throughout the week - which is awesome. It's been a long time since that's happened. It's refreshing and I love it.

I guess that's about it. G'night!

- Natalie