womaninashoe

O.K. so I don't really care much for blogging...

2008-10-22T23:48:00.002-04:00

Well, I think I can manage a post once in a while if anyone bothers to still read mine LOL. We will be in the new house next weekend, Yay! I am soo glad we will be closer, God does answer prayer. I feel almost normal again since going to the chiro. I still think I might have something going on with my thyroid or adrenals though, my hormones are wacky and I lost all that weight that I'm having a hard time gaining back. ( I know, some people wished they had that problem). I have to say I started to see the most dramatic improvement in my health when I went on a 21 day fast and gave up all sweets and any dvd's. Praise God for that he is so good! I went to the Sarah Palin rally and took my mom and two oldest with me we really enjoyed it. I didn't see many of you there, but I heard alot of people from the church went. I had alot of jumbled up thoughts thrown in this posting, because I enjoy reading the other blogs and commenting on those more than I enjoy posting on my own. Well, that's it for now....

SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE POSITIVE

2008-09-08T22:23:00.002-04:00

I know I promised to keep up, but it' s been busy. My back is slowly getting better, Thank God! I go up and down, but with frequent visits to the chiropractor (my new best friend LOL!)I am slowly getting better having more and more good days, though I still have bad ones like this weekend my back went out and that's why we missed church :( We are actively looking for a plact to rent or rent to own and hope to be moved before cold weather Lord willing. I realized looking back on my posts that they are deppressing! Sorry about that folks I have to fight my pessimistic nature. We all had fun at the Wilhelms on Labor Day. It was nice to mingle with everyone outside of church. I'm not much for writing these days so I'll keep it short and sweet.

Ilnesses etc...

2008-07-29T22:17:00.002-04:00

Well, I had Cassidy in the E.R. on Sunday night early Mon. She was having the same breathing problems I was. Again,as with me there were no clear reasons as to what was causing it. My dad was having severe leg cramps and Dave started with them last night. Sage has had blurry vision for about 5 days now so need to set up an appt. for that. I think I finally got the doc. to listen to me when I said I think it may be our sulfur causing these problems. I called the health dept. and they gave me the # to a water testing place to test for that and other things. If this is what is causing the illnesses then I am out of here ASAP! I am soooo stressed out and really discouraged. I feel like I'm going nuts some days like it's all a bad dream and I'll wake up and it will all be over. Well,if anyone knows a huge place for sale on contract or for rent feel free to let me know. As always please pray for us.

SORRY FOR THE LAPSE HERE'S THE LATEST

2008-07-27T22:43:00.002-04:00

Well , to say the least it has been an interesting Summer. Let me try to remember everything that has been going on. First off my computer has been down for about 3 wks. Lightening struck the house and took out the computer, T.V., and the upstairs furnace. Before that lightening struck our cherry tree and split it in half, and after that it struck an apple tree and brought the whole thing down. These were all seperate storms by the way (what are the odds?!). We have 4 vehicles on the property, 3 were down for about a week. The Fierro my husband has been working on and is the money pit I don't think it will ever run again! I was in the hospital about 2 1/2 wks. ago My potassium dropped real low and I was having trouble getting my lungs to take a full breath of air. It was pretty scary I thought I was dying. I had trouble again with breathing last weekend and on our way to the urgent care a deer ran out and smashed into the side of the car taking out the drivers side window and sprinkling us with glass and smashing in the drivers side of the windshield. That was my dad's car and he thought it was covered under full coverage, WRONG! It cost $125 for the tow, $200 for the door and another $200 for the windshield. The van had some seals leaking so my handy husband was going to fix them. The bolts were so rusted that they broke off, now we have to finish taking out the heads to take into the shop so they can get the bolts out. (who knows how much that will be!) While the van was sitting for David to fix we noticed the rear passenger side tire was flat! yay! While we were in the middle of dealing with trying to get all these things fixed the fridg. went out again!!! We still don't have the van fixed we have missed church 2 wks in a row, but we watched it on the internet today. We just dropped the price on the house again and asked the bank to approve a shortsale and sent in all the info. they wanted to approve that and now we are waiting. We miss everyone and hope all is going well down in your neck of the woods. Please continue to pray that we get out of our house soon!! I will try to get on here more often now that my computer has been replaced and is running faster than the other one. I think that's all for now although it's entirely possible I missed a few things! LOL!

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

2008-06-09T21:56:00.002-04:00

O.K. I'm back. I get too busy to blog when Summer hits. The updates in my life are..... the shower is leaking and my air conditioner is broken AGAIN! We've had it fixed about 4 times since we've been here. Not one single hit on the house in about 2 months. We are hoping to be able to use the pool this Summer since the air conditioner won't work! We are also hoping to get the oil leak in the van fixed and the little car running. ( that rebate check is already spent and we're in the hole again! LOL). Well not much else going on in this neck of the woods.

DEPRESSING!

2008-05-23T23:05:00.002-04:00

Well, the economy has officially taken it's toll on our finances. It has been a struggle for a long time for us to just show up on Sunday mornings to church. Our house is not selling any time soon, so we may be forced to go elsewhere at least until (and if) we can get moved. This is really depressing to me. I hate switching churches, but we can't get involved in much of anything, it's too much of a strain on our finances. I hate that we have been there 2 yrs. and have no close friendships to speak of. I'm not blaming anyone of course, we just simply don't have the gas except to coast in on fumes once a week, and I feel too guilty to ask someone to my house when I live so far away. I feel like a hermit! We really need to pray about all this and I would like to ask for your prayers also. :(

I NEED A HORSE AND BUGGY!

2008-05-18T21:01:00.002-04:00

Well, I ran out of gas money for church this week. We may need to go some place closer til we get moved, I don't know. We will have to pray about it. We will be back next Sunday when we have money once again. I think I need to invest in a horse and buggy LOL! Well, lately I like to keep it short and sweet. That's the news in my world.

A ROCK AND SOME SOAP

2008-05-11T14:53:00.002-04:00

Well, I need a new washer. I think I'm better off with a bar of soap and a rock LOL! I go through more appliances than any 20 people I know! My house looks like a Chinese laundry mat. I will have to get money out of the savings account I guess. Where's my rebate check!? Well nothing else exciting going on in this house.

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES, HELP US LORD!

2008-05-06T22:50:00.002-04:00

O.K. I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but I voted for Hilary. I figured she is the lesser of two evils. I just have a feeling that if Barack wins the Dem. nomination that he will be our next president. Lord help us! I can't fathom why so many people are buying his garbage. Doesn't it say a little bit about someone by people they associate themselves with? I mean how could soo many people just blow off the fact that he went to a church that is so anti-American and racist, not to mention the the other fellow he associates with that stomped on the flag. He won't even salute our flag himself! It drives me crazy that America is so blind. It's a sad time right now. I think we need a moment of silence to pray for our country............

MOSTLY WELL, A LITTLE BUMPY

2008-05-04T15:05:00.004-04:00

The illness for the kids seemed to be short lived. My mom however has bronchitis, again! Dave woke up yesterday morning on the floor of the bedroom with the garage door open and asked me how he got there. He had a bump on his head and a headache most of the day. (I didn't do it ;) I could say some smart remarks about that, but I'll refrain. We are getting ready for church and fellowship, so off I go....

SICK AGAIN!

2008-04-27T22:38:00.002-04:00

Well, just to update anyone on why we were not at church. We had 3 that were throwing up and 2 with the poops. I didn't think you'd want me to share so we opted to stay home ;) I thought this season for the flu bug was over, but apparently we caught the tail end of something. I haven't been sick, YET! Normally I don't get sick so I hope the Lord has mercy on me and that holds true this time too. Well that is the latest on the Ault clan. Hope to see ya'll next Sunday. God Bless!

SMELL THAT COUNTRY AIR!

2008-04-23T21:26:00.002-04:00

Here's the good news. I got a call from my realtors office that someone wanted to come see the house. I mowed the yard and cleaned. As I was leaving to take my kids to the park, the farmer comes along and sprays chicken poop as close to my property line as he can get. The smell would have gagged a maggot! I called my realtor when I got home to see if they actually left thier vehicle once they got here ( because I seriously doubt they remembered to bring a gas mask) and he is working on finding that out for me. Oh, well I guess we'll see how it goes....

Iv'e been tagged!

2008-04-20T17:45:00.005-04:00

Where was I ten ten years ago today...

Working at Intec, getting a divorce from my first husband ( who has now deceased). and needing to get back to church :(

Five things I need to do today...

cook
clean
spend time with my family
Give the day to God
get rid of my stomach ache :(

Five snacks I enjoy...

anything healthy (yeah right). Chocolate
cheesecake
pizza
mike and ike's
fruit, sometimes

If I were A billionaire what would I do...

Well, I still keep hoping I have a long lost rich relative out there somewhere, so this is a remote possibility. I would invest in real estate to help out the lower class, build churches everywhere I could. Build a huge school for the church. Give back to the community. And now for the greedy things. I would travel, buy a huge home, new vehicles, clothes, etc.. This is just off the top of my head. LOL

Five bad habits I have....

control freak ( I have a hard time giving things over to God or anyone for that matter)
lack of patience sometimes
sarcasm that sometimes gets me in trouble
worrying too much
need more faith

Five places I've lived...

Here
Florida
Texas
Oxford,Indiana
Morocco,Indiana

Five Jobs I've had....

Mc Donalds, cashier
Subway, Assist. manager
Intec, machine operator
Monon,Metal fabricator
mowed yards

Now I'm tagging....

whoever has not been tagged and reads this!

ON A MISSION!

2008-04-20T17:45:00.002-04:00

O.K., I AM getting my house sold! I have posters up in Mulberry, Lafayette, Remington, and Rensselaer. Monticello and Wolcott are my next targets. I almost had it sold on land contract just to find out that if I sell on contract, I can't get another FHA loan which is all I qualify for! Oh, well still pluggin' away with the advertising. We will make a decision in the next few months on whether or not to do a short sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure. We most likely owe more than it's worth. I know my posts are getting boring because it seems like all I have to write about is selling my house or whatever happens to be breaking in it.LOL. I think the the pink eye is coming back AGAIN! My oldest daughter came back from a friends house and she looks like she's getting it. I don't think we ever really got rid of it. Time to call the doc. again. It looks like the warm weather is here to stay (I hope).

WAITING..

2008-04-13T19:00:00.002-04:00

Well, we still have what I hope is the tail end of illness. The bad thing about having a large family is that by the time the last person gets ill it gets passed back to the first one that had it. I hope this is not the case, but I did leave my two oldest home because of coughs and eyes that still looked a little pink to me. This weather is depressing! I want Spring already! I am doing everything in my power to get my house sold. I have it listed on some free sites and had a few bites, now if someone would actually show up to the house I might get it sold! I am planning on printing up some ads to hang in stores and gas stations. Well, nothing too exciting going on still, just playing the waiting game. Waiting for Spring, waiting for my house to get sold, waiting for illness to leave, waiting,waiting,waiting.....

2008-04-08T21:41:00.002-04:00

My husband will probably kill me, but I couldn't help posting this picture. It's the first one I managed to take of him where he doesn't look like serial killer (lol ! he'll appreciate that comment I'm sure). He's holding our dog Reese.

PINK EYES AND RED EARS

2008-04-03T23:22:00.002-04:00

Well, this past week we have had two with ear infections and four with pink eye! I'm not too sure we will be at church this Sunday unless you guys are tired of the boring colored eyes like blue and brown and want to trade them for pink ;) I really think Spring is trying to push through. Even the colder days don't have as much bite as they use to. Or course at this point I think I could pretend hard enough that it's warm out that I might actually convince myself that it is! Not a whole lot going on in my little corner worth talking about. Just the same old same.I'm getting a little bored with blogging I'd rather read other peoples posts, so that's what I'm off to do . Make sure you write something interesting for me!

FRIDG. UPDATE

2008-03-30T21:02:00.002-04:00

Well,I managed to be patient and we ended up with 2 fridgs. Thank you Jesus! My mom went to the E.R. because she was having bad headaches and they thought it may be a stroke. After a cat scan they only found sinusitus. Never thought I'd be happy to hear that diagnosis. Once again God is good! He is providing and staying faithful to us and I know he will provide a home for us soon. That's all for now, keep praying for us!

IT'S JUST LIKE CAMPING!

2008-03-25T22:21:00.002-04:00

Who needs to go camping when you can live out of a cooler right at home? Yes people as I had predicted my garage fridg. is now dead. For most people this wouldn't so bad, but for us it was the only one left working. I hate to go get another one when I know it's a waste of money. So I am now scouring the free ads to see if I can get one that way. Of course the few I have seen were already taken. Shopping will be interesting this week since I have 3 coolers to put "fridg. food in. At least we still have a large freezer in the pole barn. Which is probably only still working because it's not by a water source. Maybe we should move out there. The weather has to get warmer soon. We can just set up cots and get our water straight from the well. When the frigd. went out I was trying real hard not to feel sorry for myself and that same day I got a letter in the mail to donate to St. Judes childrens hospital with some little girl about 1 1/2 all bald from chemo. pictured on the front. I said o.k. Lord I get it. Thanks for reminding me it could always be worse. I still ask for prayer that there is some way we can get moved SOON! I honestly believe this would test the patience of Mother Teresa either that or I really need to work on mine.

TRYING NEW THINGS ON THE BLOG

2008-03-22T22:26:00.002-04:00

O.K. I just figured out how to add the video feature, but I'm not sure how I ended up with 4 video clips I like the first one at the top if anyone cares to listen. It's a new spin on Amazing Grace and I love it! Especially the chorus.

EASTER AND GOOD BOOKS

2008-03-21T22:59:00.002-04:00

I have been reading a good series by Teri Blackstock. It's called the Restoration series. The Story is about what we would all do if we suddenly lost all modern technology. I mean no phones at all, no running water, no electricity, cars. nada. I found it very interesting how one affluent family who claimed to be christians dealt with it. They didn't realize how caught up in the world and how materialistic and shallow they were until the only thing that mattered was getting thier next meal and finding clean water to drink and cook with. It really makes you think. How would we survive without all of our luxuries?Would we be prepared to do it like they did back in the old days. Work I mean REALLY work for every meal and washing clothes and dishes by hand. I have really enjoyed this series and feel like it is just what I needed at this point in my life right now. While my garage fridg ( the only working one left ) is acting like it wants to die on me and the van check engine light is coming on I can still be thankful for all I still have. Jesus went through more on this earth than any other human that has ever lived. He died on the cross for ME and I know he loves and cares about me. So even when I am going through hard times I know he understands and feels it too. I hope everyone can be grateful for all they have and thank Jesus not just for dying on the cross, but for coming back to life! Happy Easter to all and Please pray that my van will continue to work!

A TACK-Y SITUATION

2008-03-18T09:07:00.002-04:00

Well, I had a busy day yesterday! I got up at 6:00 a.m. to take my mom to get her stress test. I had an appt. at 2:00 p.m. with the vein doc. to get my road map for legs looked at. We FINALLY got home around 5:00 p.m. I was whipped! But since Sage and Drake were spending the night at thier Gma's I decided to use the opportunity to vaccum under Sage's bed and stepped on a rusty tack all the way up to the plastic! ouch! I looked at that in my foot and thought this is gonna hurt as I yanked it out. Ironically enough it's been 10 yrs. this year since I've had a Tetnus and I'm nursing. I called the doc. he said if it's been more than 5 yrs to get one, but I needed to call immediate care. I called them and they said maybe I shouldn't nurse until I get a shot and to call the Pediatrician. Well if anyone has a doc. with Arnett you know how this can go. I call the operator and get put on hold for the ped. advice nurse. about 5 min. later someone picks up to say they will take my info. and have a nurse call me back and then they put me on hold! after about 5 more min I hang up and call back. I tell the operator that I want straight through to a nurse so she tells me she will take my info. and have tem call me back. I said as soon as I hang up this phone to wait for someone to call back it could be midnight! So what does she do? She assures me that a nurse should call me within the next couple of hours by now it's 7:30. So as she goes to take my info. she says hold on and puts me on hold! about 5 MORE min. and I hang up. I am a little aggravated now. I call and tell the operator I WILL not talk to the Ped. advice nurse to put me through to the doc.! She takes my name and number and about 10 min. later a doc. calls back! whew! all this for a tack in my foot! Well he tells me it should be fine to breastfeed, but I need a tetnus immediately. So now that urgent care is closed I traipse off to the E.R. just to be greeted by some bitter nurse who hates her job and acts like it's completely retarted that I came to the E.R. for a tetnus. I explain it was opn the advice of my doc. that I come immediately. She looks skeptical like I'm really just a hypochondriac (did I spell that right?) but she checks me in anyway, takes me to a room And needless to say I got home about 11:00 p.m. Well my foot is swollen and I can't walk on it today, BUT I am praising the Lord anyway!

AND SO I THINK OF JOB..

2008-03-16T15:39:00.002-04:00

When I read my Bible I usually just flip it open and wherever it lands that's what I read. I was reading The book of Job last night, and realized that God lead me to that. All these things going on with my house and all the things that keep breaking can be annoying and frustrating, but I realized that God is testing me and so far I have been failing miserably. Instead of just being grateful that I have a house at all and that everyone is healthy I have complained and gotten mad at my poor misfortune. I asked myself what am I teaching my children with this? To only praise God when things are going your way? I believe I am getting a test in patience which I dearly need. My Realtor, God bless him has really helped to put things in perspective for me. He keeps telling me we have to be patient that someone is out there that wants our house and that since we are praying about it it is in God's hands. I keep saying I know this, but I guess I didn't have the faith to back it up. I vow to change that and show my children that you should praise the Lord in good times and in bad and be thankful always because someone somewhere has it worse. I'm sure I will write about the things that break and updates on who comes to see the house, but the difference I hope will be the attitude I have when these things happen. That I keep praising God no matter what!

AMISH LIFE IS FOR THE BIRDS!!

2008-03-13T21:25:00.004-04:00

O.K. this is the second time I tried to post because I am on the laptop that shuts off if you sneeze because it has the wrong power plug. Wanna know why I'm on it? The monitor on the other one is broke. The microwave we got in Dec. is dead. Thank God we had a spare that my dad found in the trash. The only thing wrong with it is it didn't have a turn table. We had a few extra's from the other microwave casualties. The dvd player is dead. The T.V. shuts off by itself and the dryer starts by itself. People usually pay good money for that type of technology. I get it for free and I don't want it. Now to bring everyone up to date on everything, we have a stove that has burners that don't work the oven doesn't heat properly, the dryer runs with the door open, the frigd, is dead, the micro. just went out, the dvd player has kicked the bucket and the T.V. is on it's way, and the computer monitor is out. I wouldn't dare get a radio the last one didn't last a year. I called the Realtor and we are having a meeting hopefully this weekend with the mortgage guy to do whatever is needed to GET OUT OF HERE!! Well those are the updates on my life so far. I'm guesssing you're thinking your day wasn't so bad after all huh?

DRAKE'S BIRTHDAY AND OTHER TID BITS

2008-03-04T20:32:00.004-05:00

Try to contain your joy
looking ornery
The chicken dance?

O.K. I know I'm late posting it, but here it is. Drake had alot of fun hamming it up with his buddies Ethan and Conner at Chuckie Cheese Sat. I do think though that he will be to old for it next year. He was a little embarrassed about marching around and dancing with Chuckie :) Time has sure flown since I gave birth to my little 7 lb 5 oz. baby. Love to see them all growing up. Me and the girls worked on the cabinet doors til 12:00 a.m. last Fri. It was kind of fun with the little ones asleep to spend one on one with the older ones. I did have to bribe them though. I told them they could only stay up if they were painting. I still have some knobs to do, but at least all of the hinges are done and all the doors are back on. Not very fun keeping A 2 yr. old out of the cabinets with no doors I think it's just to tempting. My husband got another car to paint for $700. I am grateful for the money, but I know it means a house project will once again get put on the back burner :( Oh, well I told him he can use it to pay for the speeding ticket he got last night for $115! He said the only reason I don't get speeding tickets is because I'm a woman. I said I'm just more cautious about were I speed ;) Now I will get one for sure for getting cocky about it! (sorry Lord please have mercy on me!)Well that's it for now

MINDLESS RAMBLINGS ECT...

2008-02-27T22:46:00.003-05:00

Am I getting old? I have been doing some projects around the house preparing it to put back on the market and all I have done lately is paint the kitchen knobs( I have only gotten 4 done!) and put in a new outlet where the fridg. goes. My neck and shoulder on the right side are so stiff I can hardly move them, on the up side my sinus cold seems to be getting better. Has anyone ever tried that Kaboom never scrub for your toilet? It's supposed to keep your toilet bowl clean with every flush, yeah right. I say if you never scrub it's never clean. It doesn't work ladies. I thought I had stumbled upon something that would make our lives a little easier :( Has anyone heard the great news about gas prices supposed to be going up to $4 a gal.? Yeah, our economy is really showing we can handle that. Can anyone say DEPRESSION! What's the point in trying get us some rebate checks to spend when by the time we get gas in our car we don't have any money left to spend! Drake is having his 7th b.day this week! I can't believe it. He has found 2 of his gifts already and asked who one of them was for and rather than tell him or lie(which I wouldn't do anyway) I just completely ignored the question and changed the subject. Great plan right? Do you think he will still be suprised when he opens them? I guess we will find out Sat. Well that's all for now nothing to terrible interesting to read about I'm afraid. I'll try harder next time ;)

MAKE THIS HOUSE SULFUR FREE!?

2008-02-25T18:06:00.002-05:00

Well I got the feedback from the people who came out to see my house last week. I think people should have to take I.Q. tests in order to purchase a home! They apparently have lived in the area before and didn't like the sulfur water. So stupidly they decided to look in the area again thinking it had magically disappeared. The one demand they had for buying the house was that I dug a deeper well and guaranteed them no sulfur( huh?). Yeah, as soon as my last brain cell dies. I'll spend a couple of grand and dig to the earths core to guarantee that you have no sulfur. Gee, now why didn't I think of that while I have been living here? Needless to say I'm a little annoyed that I wasted my time and day getting this house ready to leave at 7:00 p.m. in the evening when noone was feeling good just for the main reason they don't want the house to be something they already knew before they walked in the door! Beyond that it appears that my sinus problems have returned yay! Another snow storm is supposed to be coming with up to 6 in.! When will it end?!! O.K. I think I am done ranting, I mean venting my frustration. I need a long soak in the tub with my Bible, unfortunatly I don't think that will be possible because my 2 and 4 yr. old have taken naps which usually means a hard time getting them to bed. I think I will go have a quick breakdown in the bathroom...

THE PEOPLE CAME TO SEE THE HOUSE!

2008-02-21T20:25:00.002-05:00

Well the Realtor called about noon today to let me know those people wanted to come see my house at 7:00 p.m. tonight. yikes! So I canceled school, woke up my husband and made him finish the bathrooms by threat of bodily harm and got to work making the house look a close as possible to a home and gardens home. We just got back a little bit ago and I'm DYING to know what they thought. If they are as interested as the Realtor made it sound I should know something by tomorrow. The kids are slowly getting better. Tessa still sounds awful, but the doc. says it's just a cold. By the way does anyone want a loveable st. bernard mix? He's neutered, shots, housebroke and great with people/kids.

UPDATES ON THE HOUSE SITUATION

2008-02-19T21:31:00.002-05:00

O.K. hopefully this is good news. My house is not technically back on the market yet, but a realtor stopped by this past Saturday to say that someone was interested in looking at it and that they could pay cash!! Apparently they have driven by the house several times and asked for pictures, so hopefully this all works out, the only thing is that they need a place quick, so we may be scrambling for a place to live if this goes through. I am not worried at all because I know if this is meant to be the Lord will provide a place for us to live. Then we can move closer and grace everyone with our presence (all 9 of us ;) Who's gonna invite us over first!? Oh, well, anyway we only have about a million things to do amongst dealing with sick children. Tessa,Drake, and Serenity are sick with colds and my mom has laryngitis and bronchitis! I've driven everyone to the doc. and Tessa has another appt. tomorrow she really is miserable her voice is almost gone and her little nose is stuffy :( I haven't been getting much for sleep, but suprisingly I'm not feeling the effects yet, or maybe I'm so tired I don't realize I'm tired? Well that's about all I've got for now please pray that the kids get better.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ALL!!

2008-02-13T20:39:00.002-05:00

I hope it has been a wonderful day for all you love birds out there ;) I am hoping to suprise my hubby by having a little getaway next weekend (when his mom is off to watch the kids). We REALLY need to get out and forget about all the worries we have been dealing with and come back refreshed and ready to deal with life once again. We hardly EVER get away. There have been times we have not gotten out for a year or more! It makes it harder when you have more kids because you feel guilty leaving so many with one person. At least on occasion we can spilt them up between grandma's. Well, wishing all a romantic evening and hoping you remember all the reasons you love the one you're with!

WELL,WE MAY BE STUCK FOR A WHILE :(

2008-02-13T20:39:00.001-05:00

Apparently this house has had the tendency to flood. It's supposed to be something that can be fixed. ( I'm sure that would be cheap). We may go look at it still, but there doesn't seem to be much point, after speaking to my realtor and mortgage lender I was informed that lenders are getting REALLY strict right now and that you have to have stellar credit (not us) and stellar income (definetly not us), so I'm not even sure we qualify for a home loan anymore. We owe more than the home is worth and anything less than selling it will put us in a situation of being unable to buy. A real promising situation at this point. I am really finding it difficult to keep a positive attitude at this point. I pray that God gives me the strength to be patient because I have a feeling it will all get worse before it gets better. Sorry to sound so depressing it just happens to be my mood at the moment, I'm sure I will snap out of it and continue to look for (legal) ways out of here.

I FOUND A HOUSE TO GO SEE!!!!!

2008-02-12T21:32:00.000-05:00

Please, Jesus let this be the place! This is my prayer. I found a house outside of Rossville only 12 mi. from church! It's on 2 acres over 2600 sq ft. and fenced! I look for houses EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, so this is a new listing. It's only 139k . I hope this is something we can use. I think I am going to stay up all night praying about this. I am soo keyed up I feel like a kid that just ate 3 lbs of sugar. I know it's in the Lords hands either way, but it never hurts to put in your requests. I was just getting a little down about my house again because something else broke (don't even ask)and I decided to look for houses not thinking I would find anything. I almost clicked off and decided to look at a few more pages and low and behold there was the house! Well I'm praying that this was a sign and not just a coincidence. I guess we will find out when I call my realtor at 8:00 a.m. to go look at the place! ( I hope he's an early riser because if he ain't available someone else will be!) Please pray for us that if this isn't it something else will be SOON.

AND SO IT NEVER ENDS...

2008-02-08T22:00:00.000-05:00

Well it's 10:00 p.m. and I am just putting the last load of laundry in the dryer! Speaking of dryers, you know how annoying it is when you put a pair of shoes in the dryer and they knock up against the door and cause it to open and shut it off? Well, I no longer have that problem, my dryer works even when the door is open. It's not supposed to do that, but oh well I consider it a bonus at this point. My van got cleaned today and I left the doors open for it to dry. Oh, well, it was due for a new battery anyway I just helped speed things up a bit. No the cat was NOT inside when I closed it. I checked myself this time! We had duct tape on the shower floor until we can find something to fix it or replace it. I thought this was keeping the water from flooding my bedroom, and it would have done a good job if that was the only thing leaking, but of course we discovered the pipes are also leaking and the floor is wet(ter) once again! I realize some of you at this point are probably thinking I am making this stuff up to entertain you, boy do I wish that were true! The problem is we have sulfer sooo bad that the kinetico water people came out and said they have never seen it this bad and they would not guarantee thier system in our home (that was nice to hear), so therefore it eats away at all things electrical until they die. The things that are happening outside the house (such as the van, ect) are all just bonus material. It's extremely aggravating at times, but mostly I TRY to keep a sense of humor about it and realize someone, somewhere has it worse than me(even though most of the time I couldn't imagine who it could possibly be and oh, how sorry I feel for them!) Despite all that happens I know God is still with me and that is what keeps me going.

CABIN FEVER AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION!

2008-02-08T00:19:00.000-05:00

O.K. I'm soo bored with Winter already.Brittney doesn't get her braces until next week, because we were worried about the weather (floods snow etc. ). The colds seem to be doing better, but the whole house hasn't gotten it yet so I'm sure it will continue to make it's rounds. I am soo sleep deprived and the baby is sleeping better. I guess I just can't seem to shut my brain off in the evening. I keep thinking about all we need to do and fix ect. Oh, well such is the life of a mother. We could have broken arms and legs and be in a coma and still be expected to make meals, clean, and chauffer everyone around LOL. Well I am tired and will TRY to go to sleep...

O.K. Spoke too soon about the little less crazy thing!

2008-02-05T21:47:00.000-05:00

Has anyone heard of that movie called the money pit? I realize now where that was filmed, in Wolcott Indiana, at my house! The shower is cracked and it leaked all over my bedroom floor, thank God the paneling was already ruined from previous flooding from when the bathroom pipes broke and when the washing machine overflowed :) I already have a new piece to be put up. I guess it comes in handy sometimes to have a husband who procrastinates. Now if we can just get the upstairs bathroom finished by putting up the trim, replacing the shower downstairs, fixing the electrical and sulfer problems, painting the outside, and pray REAL hard we MAY be able to unload this place (yeah right). Well I am currently waiting for my van to be professionally cleaned to remove the pet odors from when the girls left the cat in the van over the weekend. ( it smells like the inside of a litter box now). I suppose it's really our fault on that though. We told them to make sure the cat got out of the van. Well Brittney took the cat out of the van and then she jumped right back in and instead of getting her back out she let it go and "forgot" about her. I should have been more specific in saying to make sure the cat STAYED out of the the van ;) Lucky me though because she peed on the floor board on the drivers side (that would be my side). Brittney is off to get her braces tomorrow. Tessa & Serenity are both getting colds and so it continues.....

Silly pictures ;P

2008-01-30T20:48:00.000-05:00

The kids were "playing" with Tessa. She seemed to enjoy it though. Serenity is in a play fire truck that had Legos in it taking a nap. She picks the weirdest spots to nap!

A LITTLE LESS CRAZY

2008-01-30T20:40:00.000-05:00

We are all getting cabin fever BAD. All these people in the same house 24/7 can be nerve racking sometimes. I want to get out and take the kids to the childrens museum sometime SOON for the sake of all our sanity. Ivy and Serenity got into my handsoap and lotion in the bathroom and lost the screw to my knob on the bathroom faucet ugh! I knew something was up when they were being to quiet. I thought they were upstairs playing and decided to investigate. I was not happy, I keep saying to myself I will laugh about these things when they get older. Waiting for the tax check to get another work car. Anyone know where we can get a decent running cheap one? That's it for now. I am going to post some cute pictures now.

BRING ON THE RAIN!!

2008-01-26T20:22:00.000-05:00

O.K so I'm beginning to think I'm cursed. My fridg quit working. This tends to happen from time to time for everyone. For me, this is my 8th one in 3 1/2 yrs.!!! Oh, my husbands work car finally went kaput. I forgot to mention, that as I was taking my mom to the doc a few days ago, my dad was "watching the kids" and Ivy got a hold of the scissors. Let's all take a wild guess at what she did with those. Needless to say she will be sporting a new hair-do on Sunday. with pig tails it's not that noticeable. I cut as little as possible to make it look civilized, but I would have to cut it up to her chin to make it look right. The scissors have a new hiding spot now. On the up side Brittney is feeling better. I think we all might make it to church tomorrow, if my migrane goes away. (I can't imagine why I would have one of those). I have to ask myself what is the lesson God is trying to teach me here? I tell you what though I've had enough of the Amish life. I don't envy those people one bit! Well gotta run, the baby's crying...

UPDATES ON THE AULT DISASTERS

2008-01-25T21:49:00.000-05:00

I got the part for my washing machine and installed it myself! Before you get too impressed, it only required plugging it in to the terminal and screwing it down. I FINALLY spoke to the doc. today about Cassidy and at this point it just looks like she is short. We have to do a check up in 6 mo. and if there is still some concern she will go to an Endocrinologist. My mom has been light-headed and dizzy for about 2 weeks now. She went to the doc. twice this week and they did blood work so far everything is normal, but she has an appt. with her Cardiologist this coming Monday. Her blood pressure was low both times she went. The nurse took her pressure and it was 80/62, she said this was normal. I looked at her like she had lost her mind! While I know this doesn't put you at deaths door, for someone who has been on blood pressure pills to keep thier blood pressure down suddenly has blood pressure this low it's not rocket science that something is going on, so we need prayer for this. My oldest daughter has come down with the flu, I think. She has been feeling much worse than the rest of the kids when they got it. She's been getting pains in her stomach and arms and been running a fever off and on while I know this sounds like the ordinary flu, she has never had these symptoms with her flu and the one that went around the house wasn't like this for anyone. If she doesn't feel better tomorrow. I will probably take her to urgent care to make sure she doesn't have anything else going on. My children all went to bed early tonight with not much trouble. Praise GOD! I hate having a really long day and then have trouble getting them to bed. I had alot of laundry to catch up on, plus my daughters chores, plus mine,plus school work. It was a FULL day to say the least.

2008-01-23T22:22:00.000-05:00

Well I found a few things out today. Some good, some bad. The great news is that Cassidy's blood tests have all come back normal, but the x-rays show that she has some delayed bone growth. I don't know at this point if this is anything to be concerned about or not the nurse didn't think so, but I haven't spoke to the doctor yet. I personally think she is just plain short. The parts for the washer are going to be $70! I guess it's cheaper than a new one though. I also found out that as far as we know noone has passed that maintenance test. This may present an opportunity for a retake and now Dave knows what to study for. Either way, it's in the Lords hands and I feel comfortable with whatever happens. Has anyone ever been so short on cash you were tempted not to pay your tithes? I almost did that this week (shame on me :( ), but every time I have been faithful and paid them, the Lord has been faithful and seen to it that I had all I needed until the next check, so once again I am trusting him. I am hoping it's going to be possible for me to come to revival this week. We will have to see..

2008-01-22T22:09:00.000-05:00

Well, I had a crazy day! We all got up at 7:00 to be to the doc. for Cassidy & Sage to get thier yearly check ups and Brittney needed labs and a booster shot. Drake had a dentist appt. at 11:00 for a filling, and I had to take my mom to the doc. at 1:00!! Cassidy is currently not on the growth chart for height. Her weight is proportionate to her height, but her growth rate is slowing down too much for her age, so she needed to get x-rays of her bones to see if there is any indication of her growth being about done. She had labs to test her sed rate levels, thyroid function and a bunch of other things. At this point I'm praying she doesn't have anything seriously wrong with her. She was tested about 5-6 yrs ago because of her small stature and they didn't find anything wrong, but that doesn't mean they didn't miss something. I guess I should leave it up to the Lord, so I am requesting prayer for her. Dave told me he found out he didn't get the maintenace job, which is a little disappointing, but not too suprising considering how much of it was electrical and he has had very little training in that. I can't complain though because he hasn't even been there a year and he still has a good position. The washer still isn't working properly, but Dave is sure he knows how to fix it and he usually can, but we have to buy parts that hopefully won't cost much :( I don't know what we'd do if he wasn't so handy SIA just don't know what they passed up!

2008-01-20T18:32:00.000-05:00

We finally made it to church ( in sub zero weather ). I'd like to see some more evidence of this global warming. My sweet son felt the need to ask prayer request for the lice to be gone in Sunday school, how embarrassing! I did have to chuckle though, only a child could get away with that..
My washer is breaking down on me, it won't spin out (great). If my husband works with it he can get it going, but it takes longer each time. My van needs oil again! I use almost as much oil as I do gas. I'm ready to get a horse and buggy and a wash board. Of course with my luck the horse would die lol. The house hunt continues. Thanks to the Durgans for thinking of us when they were looking for a house themselves. We went by the house and I e-mailed my realtor to find out a little more about it, we may go look at it inside and see if it might be doable ( is that a real word)? for our family. I'll keep everyone updated. My husband applied for a maintenance position at work please pray that he gets it. It starts out at $23 an hr.! That's it for now. I hope we can make it to revival a time ot two.

2008-01-16T19:33:00.000-05:00

Well my week so far has been crazy. I have gone to co-op, indy, and dentist appts. The kids were driving me nuts today being at each others throats. We had prayer early and I sent them ALL to bed at 7:30! We need some more activities to burn energy around here! Anyway I am coming to church this week we all need it, it's not the same on the internet. Me and Dave looked at houses over the weekend, only one showed some possibilities. On the positive side there were 2 showings for my house this weeked also. No bites though. I think it's priced too high. If I had to do it over I wouldn't pay what I did for it knowing what I know now. We were S-T-U-P-I-D and didn't get a home inspection. If we find a place we will rent it if need be to get out of here. Well that's all I have for now

2008-01-11T00:07:00.000-05:00

Well, I hope to come back to church soon. I heard about the unwelcome visitors and couldn't bring myself to go. I have been down that road when I only had 2 kids. I freaked out when I found them in my hair about 1:00 a.m. and drove about 30 mi. to get the nix or whatever it was and got everyone out of bed to treat thier heads. I checked our heads every time I seen someone scratch for about 3 mo. afterwards. Anyhow I couldn't afford the treatment for all the people in my house now, I'd have to take out a second mortgage! As soon as I know it's safe I'll be happy to return to church, until then I will watch on the internet. Hope to see ya'll soon happy scratchin' !

2008-01-04T22:44:00.000-05:00

too cute for words

2008-01-04T22:20:00.000-05:00

Chritmas picture of the kids
Tessa's adorable little smile Awwww
I love this one, Ivy looks like she's praising the Lord

hair's in the face , but it's still cute
lookin' cute, but ornery
little blonde haired angel
turning into a lovely young woman
The sassy miss Cassidy

2008-01-02T22:54:00.000-05:00

Well, I was going to post some pictures, but my computer is running like molasses in January.I guess I will try later. I called my realtor today and said we want out of our house before the end of summer if possible. I told him if we find the right place I will get rid of this house any way possible rent, contract, loan assumption, or sell whatever works! We just want to be closer to Lafayette and church. I try to be patient in this area, but I've wanted out of here for soooo long (since shortly after we moved here 3 1/2 yrs. ago) that it becomes really hard. Poor Cathy gets to hear me complain about it almost every time she calls. I will try to be better about it and leave it up to the Lord. I'm glad my life is starting to get back to normal after the holidays! I hope this crazy weather settles down I've had just about enough of winter since about a week after it began. I'm a warm weather person I could live in the Amazon more comfortably than here LOL.

2007-12-22T23:55:00.000-05:00

Well it's not looking promising for us to go to church yet again! The winds are supposed to be around 40 + mph. I have to say thank you for all your prayers they must have worked because my dad found out his aneurism is fairly small and in a good stable position. They are going to continue to keep an eye on it though. I asked for prayer regarding my van because the check engine light was coming on and it was shaking. It has been using oil alot lately, but the check oil light always came on when it was low. It didn't recently and apparently that was the problem. I put oil in it and it stopped. I consider the fact that the engine didn't blow a miracle in itself. I finally got through two birthday's! I can't wait til everything settles back into a routine it's been hard to keep a schedule with all that's been going on lately and it makes my kids go nuts. I've been a little relaxed over the Holiday's with the sweets. My son was so hyper off the sugar that he was racing around aggravating his sisters and saying incoherent things. I cut the sugar off and just as they were all back to normal we had the birthday party today (ugh!) . Well I've made up my mind to trick the devil and show up at church on Wednesday since I can't seem to make it on Sunday.

2007-12-14T21:10:00.000-05:00

Well I'm officially STRESSED OUT! I can have a million things going on and be doing really well then all of the sudden there is the straw that broke the camels back. My dad has been diagnosed with an abdominal aortic anuerism. They do not know how they are going to treat it yet, with a stint or surgery. I pray all goes well. I am sooo behind on everything. If the weather is well someone is supposed to come look at my house, naturally everything is breaking. I painted the house about 6 wks ago and the paint is coming off. The washer is breaking down , the stove is only working when it wants to, the toilet is leaking, the closet door was broke(that just got fixed today) My van windshield is cracked all the way across AND it leaks on the inside! I haven't planned the birthday parties yet, I tried to take family pictures by the fireplace and they all but one turned out blurry. I know it sounds like I am whinning, but really venting like this helps me deal with it a little better. some days I feel like I'm barely making it through the day, not getting any good sleep because my baby doesn't rest well after she wakes up for her first feeding is not helping matters. Please continue to pray for my dad and my sanity.

2007-12-10T21:44:00.000-05:00

Well maybe I will get to go to church again someday. I hope the weather is nice this weekend! I am slowly getting done all the things that need to get done in this already busy month. It doesn't help that 2 kids have a birthday this month also(mine's this month, but who counts anymore after 30?). I get to take 6 kids to get thier teeth cleaned tomorrow Yeah sounds fun don't it?I have been so busy I hit the ground running in the morning and don't stop until bedtime. I am suprised that I still have any baby weight to lose I should be a size 2 by now with all the exercise I get. I guess it comes off slower the older you get :( well that's it for now. I'll post more later.

2007-12-07T23:14:00.000-05:00

Well I did things a little backwards today, but I did romp and play, get rowdy and sing with my kids. The thing is I waited til 8:00 p.m. to do it and then tried to settle them down for bible reading. Just imagine how well that worked out. It has been helpful though to post on my blog the goals I have. It's kind of like making a promise to yourself that everyone can see and you feel obligated to see it through. I wish I had done this sooner. I am feeling a little overwelmed about this holiday. I have to finish Christmas shopping, plan 2 birthdays, and get family pictures taken. I hope my sanity holds out. I pray for patience and wisdom daily :P well that's all for today.

2007-12-06T22:20:00.000-05:00

It was today that I realized just how BIG my family is when I got turned down by Target for a family portrait because there was too many people. I realized something in the quiet of the evening as my children were settling down for the night and "finally" asleep. Sometimes we don't truely appreciate the special moments with our children because we are too busy with "life". Sometimes when they are giggling or being rowdy we just wish they would be quiet because we are tired or just want some peace and quiet. In reality one day they will give us our wish, they will be grown and the giggling in the bedroom and rowdy play will fade into the recesses of our mind, memories to lock away in our hearts. Tomorrow I am going to be rowdy with my children and let them giggle all they want and cherish every moment.

2007-12-05T22:24:00.000-05:00

I'm still trying to customize my blog. I can't figure out how to get a blogroll going that just shows the names that you click on and it opens up to that blog :) I haven't had time to look over the features of how all this works since I set it up. Any advice would be appreciated. I hope to be able to connect a little more with everyone from church till I get moved closer and can actually invite someone to my house or vice versa. Things are still a little crazy around my house since Tessa has been born. I'm stilll trying to squeeze her into my routine and rearrange things to run smoother and believe me there are still some kinks to work out. I actually started on the fruits of the spirit with the kids today. I read some and had the older girls look up scripture to read relating to the fruit of the spirit we are working on (love). The younger ones worked on being still and answering questions about how they can show that fruit of the spirit. There were a couple of meltdowns, but overall it went smoothly. Someone came to look at my house yesterday and stayed almost an hour, so hopefully that is a good sign. I will know more tomorrow when my realtor connects with thiers. Both vehicles are having issues the van is sucking up oil quicker than hoover vacuum and has started to cut out once in a while and the check engine light is coming on. The work car if you could see it you'd know there are too many issues with it to mention, needless to say they both need help. I'm just trying to leave it in the Lord's hands like I know I should and quit worrying about it, but it's hard when your a self confessed control freak like myself. I have been working on that. Well that's all for now folks!

2007-12-03T21:23:00.000-05:00

I hope to start keeping up on this now. We had a good Thanksgiving. My sister from Ohio came over and some of Dave's family came also. We have our house on the market and some couple's are interested, but they are all having trouble with getting financed or they have to sell thier house before they can purchase another home. We need prayer that all this works out! We REALLY want to move closer to church and Dave's work. I want to involve my children with more church activities and I would like to get to know some of the church people outside of church. We have started some new things with the children trying to teach some self control and better behavior inside and outside the home. We have decided to start going over the fruits of the spirit we could all use some improvement in some of the areas, so I pray that we will all get something out of this that we will apply to our daily lives and make some changes for the better.

2007-11-14T19:49:00.000-05:00

O.K this about sums up the Summer. We have had stitches, broken bones, births, home repair, auto repair, and we're hoping to move. I think I've covered it all for now!

Tessa 5 wks.

2007-11-14T19:39:00.000-05:00

Here is some pictures without Jaundice!

Tessa and Serenity

2007-11-14T19:32:00.000-05:00

Tessa with her bili blanket and Serenity with her cast on. She Broke her leg the day after I got home from the hospital with Tessa tripping over the dogs! Aren't they a sad sight?

2007-11-14T19:24:00.000-05:00

Here's some more pictures with her Jaundice showing real well.(she's still cute though!)

2007-11-14T19:20:00.000-05:00

here's Tessa right after she was born

2007-11-14T18:47:00.000-05:00

O.K so I'm a horrible blogger! Here's what has happened since I last posted. I have had a kid. 6 lbs 11 oz. 19 1/2 in. Her name is Tessa Renae. Our house is on the market and I'm sure there are a bunch of other things I'll think of later, but for now I will post some pictures.

Hi, I'm back!

2007-07-26T19:59:00.000-04:00

O.K. I know it's been a few days or so, but I'm still alive I know everyone is relieved. I fixed the comments section so anyone can post, so all ya'll that tried and couldn't can now. The puppies were born I will post photos when I get the chance. The work car is having major oil leaking issues, so I see a new one in the near future. The hidden blessing I had this week was finding $180.00 in my file cabinet, thank God we needed it. I guess he knows when you need it and directs you to it when the time is right. Well bye for now!

It's me Darlene

2007-07-15T16:18:00.000-04:00

Tired momma!

Dave

2007-07-15T16:08:00.000-04:00

this is my hubby, I swear he's sane

gracie

2007-07-15T16:00:00.000-04:00

She's preggo too, you want one let me know

speckles

2007-07-15T15:59:00.000-04:00

She's preggo,you want one?

reese

2007-07-15T15:58:00.000-04:00

Our 10 mo. chihuahua

our kitties

2007-07-15T15:57:00.000-04:00

Our outside cats

dad's garden

2007-07-15T15:56:00.001-04:00

dad's garden

2007-07-15T15:56:00.000-04:00

dad's garden

2007-07-15T15:55:00.001-04:00

Gordon

2007-07-15T15:54:00.001-04:00

Our lazy St bernard mix, he's sweet

Sage

2007-07-15T15:54:00.000-04:00

She loves to pose!

Drake

2007-07-15T15:53:00.000-04:00

Trying not to smile

Serenity

2007-07-15T15:52:00.001-04:00

Isn't she cute!

Cassidy

2007-07-15T15:52:00.000-04:00

Smiling sweet

Well it's done

2007-07-15T12:17:00.000-04:00

My husband got "fixed" Friday. He seems to be doing o.k. I guess time will tell. I have mixed feelings, I am happy to get it over with,yet it is the end of creating life. We were ready for it though, overall I think it was the right decision. If God sees fit to give us another one as can sometimes happen after these things, I will be happy none the less, however that chance is pretty slim, so I'm staying in the state of mind that baby making days are over. Well I will probably post some pictures later of my dad's beautiful veg. garden. I will post a few of the kids too!

MY FIRST POST!!

2007-07-12T20:56:00.000-04:00

Well tomorrow is a big day for me and my husband. We are going on our 7th child and have decided that my husband needs to get fixed. It's kinda scary and sad, but we are ready! Wish us luck that all goes well and he has a speedy recovery.