Wordless Wednesday

My Nephew, Rance

His little Brother, Ben

My Little Man, Cutter

My other (oldest) Little Man, Zane

Have a Blessed Wednesday!

Seriously?

I am in NO WAY for cloning.  But, let me say, there needs to be another me these days.  Good Lord, I'm meeting myself coming and going, asking and answering myself and wondering about half the time, who am I?  who are you?  where are we?  {smile}

I will try to make this a short version of my long story.  Starting back in July of last year, you may remember me talking about my dear husband having some back trouble...which turned into be a herniated disc which needed surgery.  He had surgery(micro-diskectomy) on Sept 30, 2009.  But before that, he was totally down, in bed, unable to do anything but lay around...I had to help him get dressed, etc.  It was not good.  So we see a Dr that we weren't crazy about...but we were desperate...my poor hubby was DOWN so we went ahead and went with this dr.

  BIG MISTAKE

He struggles along until about December, thinking he is just needing to fully recouperate, even though we had a bad feeling about it all...he came out of surgery hurting much worse than he went in and I really didn't think that was possible.  We contact the dr...basically he says that he should be fine, he can have another MRI if he wants--won't try a different anti-inflammatory med, we have to beg for Physical Therapy.  It's end of January, first of February by now...we get another MRI ordered by our Family Doc...it shows the disc still herniated.  AAAAAHHHHHH
There is no way it re-herniated...he's been in bed and hardly able to work.  It was {never} fixed. 
Get another appt with a different Dr who comes highly recommended...after waiting nearly 6 wks to get in...we saw him last Wednesday.  He was WONDERFUL.  Very kind, knowledgeable and encouraging that he can fix Justin's back and get him going again with no problems.  PRAISE THE LORD!  This involves another surgery and its a little more invasive...going thru the abdomen, cleaning up the disc, cleaning up the degeneration(arthritis) in there and then placing "cages" in where the disc goes so it will fuse to the bone.  When we left there...the first opening for surgery was going to be June 17th....WHAT?  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  They put him on a cancellation list and we left, praying for God to provide a way for it to be sooner for several reasons.  #1 Justin is hurting so much and unable to work or do anything. #2 Our insurance deductible starts over on June 1st #3 JB is taking so darn much medicine, his tummy is tore up.  God is Good...by Monday morning they called and had a cancellation for May 6th!  YEA!  We are still on a cancellation list in the event there is something even sooner but that is soooooo much better! 

What I've learned:  I do not like being a single parent; It is impossible to keep up with a job outside the home, the boys and activities, laundry and maintain a home; I'm weak; God continues to be faithful even when I'm not;  I am blessed beyond measure with wonderful family and friends; I'm tough;

I am happy to say our ladies{heifers} are going to be shipped to grass in 2 days...that will be a HUGE help.  Think about taking care of 560 women!  LOL!!!  BUT...we will be getting 4-H lambs on Sunday afternoon.  It won't take nearly as long to chore those sheep :)
Thanks to all of you who have prayed for my mom...she is doing better since Heart Cath and Stent #2...I honestly can't even remember if I've even told that story.  That was about 1 month ago--I'm telling ya...there has been so much happen, I can't keep up...

I look forward to catching up on my blog reading...I'm wwwwaaaaaaayyyyyyyy Behind.  I really appreciate those of you that continue to stop by and visit me. I really look forward to your sweet and encouraging comments.  Sending all of you a Blessing Filled Week!!!

Up From The Grave He Arose!!!

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.  As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.  "Don't be alarmed," he said. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified.  HE HAS RISEN!  He is not here.  See the place where they had laid him.  But go, tell his disciples and Peter, "He is going ahead of you into Galilee, There you will see him, just as he told you."  Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb.  They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. Mark 16:4-8 NIV

Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.  He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.  Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will accompany those who believe:  IN MY NAME THEY WILL DRIVE OUT DEMONS; THEY WILL SPEAK IN NEW TONGUES; THEY WILL PICK UP SNAKES WITH THEIR HANDS; AND WHEN THEY DRINK DEADLY POISON, IT WILL NOT HURT THEM AT ALL; THEY WILL PLACE THEIR HANDS ON SICK PEOPLE AND THEY WILL GET WELL."
Mark 16:14-18 NIV

Praise the Lord that my family and I understand that this Day is more than just about some bunnies and eggs.  While I've celebrated with those 2 things as well, The more my relationship grows with the Lord, the more those things become less and less important...if only the world could see that.  Have I done my part to help the world see that this is about Jesus' Ressurection?  No, I haven't.  But that is where I'm going to change.  Jesus said in the last verses I posted up top.
Go into All the world and preach the good news to ALL creation

My challenge to you(and me) for this week and all weeks to come.....
Go into all the world and preach good news-there are so many ways to do just that.  Seek the Lord and he will show you, he will place you in the right place at the right time and you will be AMAZED at what will happen....and someone will be Blessed, including YOU!!

Have a Wonderful RESSURECTION SUNDAY!!!

Wordless Wednesday~again

WorDy WEdneSDAy!

I'm rarely Wordless.  Anyone who knows me

will agree!

A few pics to share before I take off.  It's cattle sale day

and we're going to have a nice big run~so not

a lot of time to dilly-dally around.  If you get the urge...

check us out at

http://www.winfieldlivestockauct.com/

Mr Ben is 1 yr old now.

CB, my B-ball boy

A small sign of spring...they will probably

freeze this weekend if the weatherman

knows what he's talking about.

Gorgeous Sunrise the day of our

Farm Consignment Sale.

Thank you Lord for a beautiful picture.

Mr. Ben...again

The last wrestling match of the season. ZB puttin

the whoopin on this boy! lol

CB---in hiding

ZB doing a little fishing...with no luck

These ladies are doing well despite the yucky weather

we've had.  They are putting away the feed...and about

20 round bales a week.  1 more month and

off to grass they go!

Now that wrestling is over, Golf begins

Have a Blessed Day!

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na.....

They say it's your birthday....
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
It's my Birthday too, yeah.
(anyone know this song by the Beatles besides me?)


Yes it is.  I'm off to my folks to celebrate with a birthday dinner.  Can't wait.  Yes...I will share my age...38 and happy to be here and so thankful for all I have!

Will post more soon, having computer issues and picture downloading issues, etc.  Hope to have it all going good by tonite.  We shall see, my computer "fix it knowledge" can be quite limited :)

Have a great day...I'm going to~it would be even better if that big orange thing in the sky that brings warmth would come out~ LOL

Hello

This is a QUICK hello to all my bloggin buddies. 


Yes, we are still kickin
Yes, there are still More wrestling matches to watch
Yes, we had an AWESOME and RECORD sales  Consignment Auction  {smile}
Yes, my laundry room likes like...well you can imagine
Yes, I'm at work right now
Yes, I should be doing other things

No, I haven't had time to post in over a week
No, I didn't get much rest over the last weekend
No, I can't believe we're in a new month
No, I don't know when the laundry will get done
No, I have not cooked for my family but once/twice in the last week
No, I have no pics to post...yet.

I am still around and hope to post soon.  Probably not till the weekend...somewhere to go and be EVERY night this week {smile}

Have a wonderful week. 

Give thanks to the Lord for he is Faithful and True!!!