Hi Everyone,
I thought I would let you know about my Father-In-Law, Wayne's, surgery. Today he went in to have his prostrate removed because they had found cancer. He arrived at the hospital at 8:00 and was taken into surgery at around 10:30 a.m. It lasted about an hour and 45 minutes. He was in recovery for about 45 minutes and then moved to room #563 at Shannon. He did very well and the doctor was happy with the surgery. He went ahead and also removed some large lymph nodes around the area and will have them tested for cancer also. However, he thought that they would be fine. Wayne will be in the hospital for at least 3 days. Please lift him up in your prayers for a speedy recovery and fast healing. Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
I have a KEY!!!!
I have a HOUSE!!! Yippee yahoo! Praise the Lord! I can't tell you how happy, relieved, and excited I am! We signed the papers at 3:00, came home and finished homework quickly, and then headed to our new house! I managed to clean the sinks, started washing the cabinates, and watering our various trees and bushes. Of course, we do live in the country now and of course I kept stopping to visit with all the neighbors, family and friends who stopped by. I guess when they see you unpack cleaning supplies, power tools, and water hoses they know you are coming to stay! We had Uncle Sid, Aunt Betty, Robbi, Tammi, and Shiloh stop by as well as a couple of neighbors. I loved visiting and showing them all around. I know the boys had a blast. They picked up trash around the yard, helped Brian with the storage shed, and found 5 golf balls, a Nerf football, and a plastic spider on the 1 acre of land.
Now we have to get down to business and get the paint on the walls, the flooring pick out and put down, the carpet laid, the dishwasher and fridge delivered that we bought this weekend, and put up a chainlink fence. They only thing I can say for sure is, at least this house won't be so hard to get ready to show since we won't be here much! I can't wait to get everything set up! I have an unnatural urge to call in sick for the next week and go paint. Do you think they would figure me out??? I think so!
On another note, please keep Wayne in your prayers for Wednesday morning for his prostrate cancer surgery. We are praying that all the cancer is removed and that no follow up treatments are needed. We are also praying for a speedy recovery. He will be in the hospital for at least 3 days. Connie's dad was in for 5 days and is doing very well. He should have been able to go home today. He was just surprised how much it hurt to get up or even get out of bed with the large incision.
Well, I guess that is all the news for right now. I will let you know when the painting party is going to be. Saturday afternoon after the garage sale looks promising!
Love to all,
JJ
Now we have to get down to business and get the paint on the walls, the flooring pick out and put down, the carpet laid, the dishwasher and fridge delivered that we bought this weekend, and put up a chainlink fence. They only thing I can say for sure is, at least this house won't be so hard to get ready to show since we won't be here much! I can't wait to get everything set up! I have an unnatural urge to call in sick for the next week and go paint. Do you think they would figure me out??? I think so!
On another note, please keep Wayne in your prayers for Wednesday morning for his prostrate cancer surgery. We are praying that all the cancer is removed and that no follow up treatments are needed. We are also praying for a speedy recovery. He will be in the hospital for at least 3 days. Connie's dad was in for 5 days and is doing very well. He should have been able to go home today. He was just surprised how much it hurt to get up or even get out of bed with the large incision.
Well, I guess that is all the news for right now. I will let you know when the painting party is going to be. Saturday afternoon after the garage sale looks promising!
Love to all,
JJ
Friday, April 10, 2009
Will Monday EVER come?????
Hey guys! I thought I would post some pictures of the new house! We are set to close on Monday at 3:00! I can't wait! Today we bought a new dishwasher and Fridge from one of Brian's buddies who has a store. I am so excited. God is really working all the details out. We found out how much we have to take to closing and it's less than we thought. All in all we will be out about $700 for closing costs! Is God great or what? We also got a great deal on the Fridge and dishwasher and saved a ton of money on them. Now don't get me wrong there have been a lot of scares along the way. At one point the bank called and said we would have to pay $700 more at closing. I hyperventilated and had a panic attack. Then gathered myself together and said OK, God will provide. It turns out she looked at the contract wrong and it was a TOTAL mistake! Then on Thursday the bank called again and asked us it we knew there was a lean against our house for $7,500! Turns out that there is another Brian M. in town that has VERY bad credit and owes a lot of people money. They put a lean on our house to get money from him. All we have to do is sign an legal document that says my Brian isn't that one and we will be fine. As the time draws closer to the "close" of this long journey I can hardly breath! It's been such a long process. We have been trying to move out there for almost 20 years! Anyway, I can't wait for Monday at 3:00! I can't wait to start painting and fixing it up! I thought I would post these "before" pictures to show you how much work there is and to guilt everyone to coming and helping!!! Hee Hee :))))))I'll keep you posted when I have a key in one hand and a paint brush in the other!!!!! Come and play!!!!
Love to all,
JJ
My backyard! Full of weeds and mainly Johnson grass right now! OH the work but, I will have a blast every minute!
How many coats of Kilz will it take to get rid of the BLUE bathroom! Vote now!
The dining room and kitchen! Yes, I know it's small but it's perfect for me!
The Triangle House as we call it will be ours on Monday at 3:00 p.m.!!!!
Love to all,
JJ
My backyard! Full of weeds and mainly Johnson grass right now! OH the work but, I will have a blast every minute!
How many coats of Kilz will it take to get rid of the BLUE bathroom! Vote now!
The dining room and kitchen! Yes, I know it's small but it's perfect for me!
The Triangle House as we call it will be ours on Monday at 3:00 p.m.!!!!
Monday, April 6, 2009
The House was Open...did the buyers see it?
Hey guys! Well, the painting is DONE! Thank you Jesus! Brian and Daddy started the fun when they sprayed the house and Brian and I got busy and painted it in a week. It was wild and wonderful and oh so very tiring. We trimmed the windows out and painted the doors. One day Brian and I managed to spill almost a whole gallon of paint! The first time he was pouring it into my bucket and I dropped it and it splattered all over the garage floor. Then about an hour later he sat the paint down to move the ladder and kicked the bucket! I laughed like crazy and he just tried to not say things he would have to repent of later. I ended up having to go and buy another gallon just to have enough to finish up. On Friday night we cleaned out the pool and got it ready for the open house. I managed to water the whole backyard with the green water at the bottom of the pool. Yuck! On Saturday, I did something that should have caused a major hailstorm, rainstorm or earthquake. I CLEANED MY WINDOWS! I drug out the ladder and hauled myself all around the house and scraped the over spray painting and the drips from the windows. I don't actually think that I have EVER washed the windows of this house. Come on we live in Texas right???? The dirt blows here all the time and I feel a certain pointlessness to the whole thing. I really think this whole "house selling" thing is starting to effect my common sense and judgment!!! Hee hee :)
Well, everything was ready for the open house on Sunday. We went to church and out to eat and then vacated the place for 2 hours and prayed for a buyer. According to Bob the realtor, we had about 8 "groups" of people come through. About 20 people in all if you count them. He seemed to think we had one or two serious ones. So you do the math...I don't have a clue. So far we have seen more people come by and grab fliers out of the box but we haven't really showed it any at all. I'm just glad the work is over and we can rest and get our lives back for a week.
That brings me to the next news. We will close on the house in Miles next Monday. If all goes well we will have a city home and a country home! Hee Hee! I can't wait to start painting and putting color on the walls. I HATE white/antique white walls! That is all we have in this house now and it's driving me nuts. I have several paint colors selected and keep narrowing down the choices. I might post them later and ask your opinions of them. I want color on the walls but I also don't want to get things too dark or over done. Brian would go into shock! He likes "white"! I think he and Amy's husband Tom should move in together and live in a all white house. (It maybe the loony bin after we all get our remodeling done. She is doing her living room right now.) Also, after we close on Monday, Wayne will have surgery on Wednesday. He will go in that morning and be there for at least two days, maybe more. I ask for your prayers as he goes into surgery and for a speedy recovery. Please pray that Jesus would prepare his body for the trauma and allow the cancer to be removed completely. Also, please be in prayer for Judy as she stands by his side and nurses him. Please also keep my sister in law Connie's dad, Billy in your prayers. He found out he had prostrate cancer about two days before Wayne did. He will be going to Austin to have the new surgery done to remove the prostrate sometime soon.
Well, other than buying houses, surgeries, and the normal homework and kids everything is perfectly normal around here. Any more normal, and I would have to be on Prozac! LOL :)))))
Love to all,
JJ
Well, everything was ready for the open house on Sunday. We went to church and out to eat and then vacated the place for 2 hours and prayed for a buyer. According to Bob the realtor, we had about 8 "groups" of people come through. About 20 people in all if you count them. He seemed to think we had one or two serious ones. So you do the math...I don't have a clue. So far we have seen more people come by and grab fliers out of the box but we haven't really showed it any at all. I'm just glad the work is over and we can rest and get our lives back for a week.
That brings me to the next news. We will close on the house in Miles next Monday. If all goes well we will have a city home and a country home! Hee Hee! I can't wait to start painting and putting color on the walls. I HATE white/antique white walls! That is all we have in this house now and it's driving me nuts. I have several paint colors selected and keep narrowing down the choices. I might post them later and ask your opinions of them. I want color on the walls but I also don't want to get things too dark or over done. Brian would go into shock! He likes "white"! I think he and Amy's husband Tom should move in together and live in a all white house. (It maybe the loony bin after we all get our remodeling done. She is doing her living room right now.) Also, after we close on Monday, Wayne will have surgery on Wednesday. He will go in that morning and be there for at least two days, maybe more. I ask for your prayers as he goes into surgery and for a speedy recovery. Please pray that Jesus would prepare his body for the trauma and allow the cancer to be removed completely. Also, please be in prayer for Judy as she stands by his side and nurses him. Please also keep my sister in law Connie's dad, Billy in your prayers. He found out he had prostrate cancer about two days before Wayne did. He will be going to Austin to have the new surgery done to remove the prostrate sometime soon.
Well, other than buying houses, surgeries, and the normal homework and kids everything is perfectly normal around here. Any more normal, and I would have to be on Prozac! LOL :)))))
Love to all,
JJ
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