Nanny Lou on her 96th birthday last year.
My Nanny Lou passed away this morning. My mom was by her side and was able to comfort her as she took her last breath. She’s at rest and in a much happier place now.
Sometimes God is very “in your face” and sometimes, like today, he does the small things that not only amaze me but that helped comfort me. Last night I read the Facebook status of a high school friend. Her grandmother was in hospice care and I sent her a quick note telling her that she was in my thoughts. In the process, it got me thinking about Nanny Lou, and praying for her as well. While Nanny Lou has been on my thoughts almost every day, I have to admit that I probably would not have been thinking about her last night if it were not for my friend’s Facebook status. This morning, both of our grandmothers went on to heaven. I am so glad that I was able to stop and pray for my grandmother last night. Last night she told my mom “I want to go home”. Today, she is there. Praise God.
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Last night I had a craving for Chinese food, so I swung by Three Colors Asian Kitchen. Caleb loves their fried potstickers/dumplings and I love the house fried rice.
Well, today I have a whole new craving that will be much harder to satiate. Carmine’s Home Made Devil Crab and Steak Milanesa are so tasty, but unfortunately the restaurant is in Tampa. That’s a bit of a drive for dinner. Thinking about all this good food (notice I said good, not healthy) is going to be bad for my diet.
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Tim and Lorie stopped by this past weekend and as always they were both an amazing help. Tim got the walls and ceilings ready for paint and helped move the playground to what I hope is the final position. Lorie helped Heather with several things as well.
I’ve lost some weight recently and while it isn’t much, I love watching the scale go down. Heck, I love that the scale (digital) actually registers my weight instead of an error code like it used to. So my overall goal is to loose 100 pounds, and I’ve dropped somewhere around 15 since my last visit to the doctor’s office. My short term goal is the 30 pound mark. The best inspiration is to look at my photos in the gallery and know that the change is going to be visually apparent soon.
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When Heather and I decided on a new church, I promised myself I wouldn’t dive in with both feet. You see, in the past I would try to get involved in as much as I could possibly handle, and would (of course) be warmly welcomed to help. In the end, I burnt out on most things and didn’t follow through like I should.
At our new church, I’ve hung back a bit to see what I would really enjoy doing and where I can be the most use. I’ve purposely stayed away from the soundboard, and I’ve just started getting involved in the video group. We record the sermons and also put together videos to show during the service. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.
As part of the process, we’re putting the videos online. Here’s a test video I wanted to try out. Not sure if we’re going to use this service, but we’ll be doing something like this:
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I’ve uploaded another theme that includes a comic section. I swear that someday I’m going to start posting some comics! LOL
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