A day with friends. 5-30-09

Today I got up at 5am and got ready for work. I went in and worked a stress-less 5 hours. I came home to my wonderful husband and we proceeded to get ready for our trip to Rockingham, SC. Why, you ask? Because my dear friends the Parkers were celebrating their daughter's, Emma, b-day. She turned 6 years old on the 23rd of this month(?). There they went swimming and grilled out. We had a great time fellow-shipping with our friends.

Barrett, Chris, Christi, and I went out tonight also. Because Chris and Christi are from that neck of the woods, they took us to a restaurant named, Little Bo's. The salad bar was GREAT, the atmosphere was divine and the company was superb. Christi and I had a great time laughing at our husbands. I think they love each other more then they love us (HAHAHA). Christi and I are very blessed that our husbands get along. They are good for each other.

Well, it's time to say goodnight. It is 10minutes till 12:00midnight. I hope and pray that you all have a great weekend and I will see some of you at church.

I missed mentioning a very important person in my last blog. My husband, Barrett, came to the hospital after working an 11 hour day. He arrived while I was filling out my insurance paperwork. He sat with me for a couple of hours and then I sent him home for a shower and to feed the pets. I want everyone to know that he was very concerned about me. I have a great man. I am very blessed.

I LOVE YOU BARRETT!!!!

Well, I have not been able to get on here in a couple of days. Let me tell you what has been going on. On Wednesday, my day started out great. I went to a meeting with my Assistant Manager Christine at the Marshall's in downtown Charlotte. After the meeting we ate lunch at Arby's with several co-workers. We then made our way back to our store in Matthews. Not to long after arriving back to work I started feeling very sick. Now you need to know that for the last couple of weeks I have not felt good. I took several pregnancy tests and they all came out negative. So anyway, Wed. when my stomach started hurting I called upon my good friends at Artistic Imprints for advice. Karen and Christi told me to go to the ER and have them test me for everything. I went to Presbyterian Hospital in Matthews and waited. I got there about 4pm and left about 10pm. During that time they took 4 tubes of blood, hooked me to an IV, gave me morphine for pain, and rolled me through the hospital for an ultrasound. The good news is, my gallbladder, liver and pancreas is fine. The bad news, they are treating me for an ulcer and Gastritis. So, this means that I have to change my diet to very bland and take a lot of medication. How am I feeling right now, okay. I have to eat a little bit at a time so that my stomach does not hurt. I take Maalox every couple of hours. I will be okay. I know that God has a reason for all of this. I have to be thankful that I'm alive and not having surgery or anything like that. I am blessed. I want to thank all those who have been praying for me, that means a lot. I hope that everyone has a great day and weekend. Love ya mean it.

Today was a great day. I have to say that this morning did not start out the best. When I arrived at work all of the phone lines were down. No one could call in or out and we did not have the intercom system either. I made the phone calls that needed to be made and it was going to be 4 hours before anyone would show up. I have to say it was nice not having the phones ring, very quite. Later in the afternoon I was helping at the registers and a man sat down near the door and the alarm went off. I went over to him and moved his cart, letting him know why the alarm was going off. He looked at me add with all seriousness he said, "I bet I know something about you that you don't know I know." Well, my curious cat inside responded, "really, what?" He looked me in the eyes and said, " You are a child of God, aren't you!?" I can say that in that moment I felt taller and replied, " Yes, I am." He then went on to tell me that I was radiating God's love through my face and actions. I thanked him and he said, "no, thank you."

My day became brighter and better in that moment. I have always heard that walking God's path will show more then the words we say but I don't always see it. I was proud of myself but then thanked God for what He did. You see, Christ is the only one that shine through us. I get up every morning and try my best to walk the walk. It is a hard road because my flesh likes to take over. I encourage those who know Christ, smile a little bit more, help those who need it and those who don't, be kind to the unkind, and Christ will use you to reach His people.

I hope that you have a greatday. Jenn

My crazy day

I want you to know that my blonde roots came out today. I was enjoying my time with Sherrie and Christi when I decided that I needed access to the internet. Sherrie first set up Christi's so she could get on. Then Sherrie took my laptop and tried to get it connected to her wireless router. Well, Sherrie could not get it to work, so, I called my husband. Like most men, he wanted me to tell him everything that the computer was doing and not doing. After about 15mins. I convinced him that it was okay and I did not need that internet. Well, after telling him that I loved him, I proceeded to try again. I succeeded but ! I ended up changing the internet server to my name and kicked everyone else off line. I can tell you, Sherrie was Not happy. I thought she might have to kill me. I asked her if she wanted me to call Barrett and that was a big NO! Christi was sitting beside of me just laughing. Leave it to the blonde to screw things up. Those who know me, know that this is not unusual. Anyway, we decided to go eat, hoping that when we get back everything will be okay. I went home and don't know how things went. I can only say that I AM VERY SORRY SHERRIE!!!! I love you very much and would never do anything like this on purpose.

Well, I hope that everyone has a great night and I will talk to you later.

The start of a new day.

Crazy Days From Night 2 Day. I have always wanted to write a book and maybe this is the better way to go. I am not famous or important in anyway, but I love to talk. Today I am meeting with two wonderful people. My preacher's wife Sherrie and her daughter Christi. I am excited to spend time with these ladies because they make me think. I know some of you are saying, " It's about time." They encourage me to dig deeper into God's word and I love it.

The rest of my day will go like this: clean the house, clean the house, clean the house. I hope that me and Barrett (my wonderful husband) will spend time together (gegaty gegaty!). At this time he is in bed and I have Peakoe (dog) and marley (kitten) sleeping beside of me. Life is good.

I want to let you know how BLESSED I am. I have a wonderful husband, great pets, great family (on both sides). God is so good to me. There are no words that can express the love that I have for him. I know that the more I walk the walk the less I will have to say. God help me everyday.