surrender

It's only been a month since I started reading this new book. I randomly bought a couple books when Berean Bookstore was out of business.
Here is the title currently reading..."DANGEROUS SURRENDER".
Now who in their right mind would even pick up that book, fully knowing it was going to be a difficult read. AHHH! Only me, and I've spent several days lately reading it.
Here's a few keys:
Will you voluntarily surrender the keys to the kingdom of Me and accept Jesus' dangerous invitation to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow him? I need to surrender control.
Will you decide to say yes to God, even b/f knowing the full implications of what that yes may mean?(still working on it)
Will you let God "ruin" you forever altering how you relate to other in your life and world? I want to be ready. I want to create space in my heart for hurting people. This is what I'm ready for in my missions trip to Israel in about a month.

Laundry Detergent

What laundry detergent works best for you?

There are so many brands out there and I'm disgusted once again with another laundry detergent.
17 yrs and we've used the same detergent...ERA!!!!
It was all we used; we wash all clothes in cold water...Never, Ever had an issue till they came out with this stronger formula. My clothes were staining from the detergent.
About 5 months ago, we switched to a new detergent ALL.
I liked it, but today I wash my clothes with the same brand, but must be a different kind of ALL.(Fresh Rain) Blue detergent. Frustrated it stained the entire front and back of my gray sweat pants and the inside of my adidas shirt(lucky the shirt still wearable).
What is it these days with detergents????????
Washing one more load and then going to have to go buy the right kind of detergent, so I don't stain any other clothes. The key...Buy the clear color detergent, no liquid color.

The number 13

I waited 13 hours for this!!!!



The last race of the night at 9pm. They ran their best time of 4:37 in the 4x400 relay.
Oh, and the girl on the left w/ 2 medals I watched 3 hours of high jump to see her place 3rd.
(These girls were in the 3rd heat out of 5, and seated 24th) But after an awesome race, and running a 4:52 all year--State Champs of 6th Place.

The Crazy Life

So this rain has brought a little bad karma in the last few weeks!
#1--Why is the Nike flip flops so popular...took 2 shopping trips to buy.
#2- My glasses are getting fixed, though both eyes had the same prescription and it was right in the computer but came back with a +2.75 instead of a -3.25. Yes, I was blind when i tried it on. So the first time I get my glasses they are cracked, 2nd time wrong prescription, third time a charm.
#3- We opened our pool and have drained in 2x in one day
#4-Tea was spilled on my Apples to Apples Game
#5- My brother is still the champ of Ticket to Ride Game 6x
#6-I've been standing in the rain too much this year for track, bus duty,walking to class, and the weekend doesn't look any better for an all day track meet Fri/Sat.

Looking at the Bright side-- My neighbor apparently received flowers from her daughter, yet they sent an extra pack..so I now have tulips blooming in my room.
I am looking forward to seeing what my girls can run at the state track meet.

Track

Update!
I promised an update, yet my week has been full. I am enjoying a night off though, and it's nice to be able to rest
My runners did an awesome job, and am pleased to have a high jump, 4x200,400,4x400 going to state! Now I need to check the IESA website for ranking. It's going to be a full weekend at East Side Center.
Also--- My 7th grade Girls team placed 3rd Overall.
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So I continue to get compliments on how well my coaching has been this year. Though I beg to differ as I have realized that I have just been a coach that runs her girls like crazy.
So maybe I shouldn't have ran my kids into the ground, the night before a dual meet. {100,200,400,800,1600,400,200,100}oops! That will do it...shouldn't have ran the ladder workout.But hey- with all this rain, I was positive it would be canceled and technically, it would have given them 4 days off. Oh, and I shouldn't mess around with trying to stack my relay team, but hey--you gotta try everything to get faster b/f the BIG sectional meet. My girl's are still working on 2009 records...
Unfortunately, the weather was co-operative with us. Though a big meet at Dunlap with 5 other schools, we did well.
I thank my 10 girls[*5- 6th graders, 5- 7th graders] who work hard for me every day at practice and give it all they have. While Dunlap and Farmington girls run only 1-2 events a meet, my girls are maxed out with 3-4. We place 2nd out of 11 teams in the conference(the only team that beat us was a team that had to bring an entire bus for their Girl's team).
Looking forward to some big meets this week and hoping we qualify for state.
I'll update who I have going for state at Eastside Center on May 9th.

The Journey will Begin

TOP SECRET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been listening to stories of my Dad's childhood, dating catastrophes, Love through adoption miracles, and The Life through my Dad's eyes....
It will only continue, but I'm around 120 pgs. behind. but will soon be starting the journey of carpal tunnel.
Any tips on how to start this process of writing a book is much appreciated as I begin to dis cipher my Dad's handwriting, and lose my vision from staring at a computer screen all day!
The journey is long, but rewarding to have these stories past down for generations to come.

Uncertainty..yet standing in God's promise.

So this song totally says all that I can talk about... Life has been a total roller coaster. I am trusting in his sovereign hands. I was reminded of Isaiah 40! Thanks Jill
This is the best I can do... It's the encouragement in this song, that I need, and maybe you do too...