A nice ending to a wild week

Here is my barn picture of the day...don't think I have shown this one. It is of the tin coming off the side of our lower barns. Makes me sad, really. I saw today where the guy who keeps his lawncare business stuff in our barn areas has taken down parts of our lower barns because they were brittle and falling down. I didn't realize he was going to mess with the auger area....he took down part of that, too. I regret now that I didn't take pictures of all of that, too. I didn't think he was going to touch that and I thought I had more time. The next pretty day I will be out there taking more barn pictures. All of this really bothers me but I must move past that now....doesn't mean I want to.

Wow, has this been a wild week. I am coming to find in my life that "wild" is the norm and the "calm" life I used to know is now rare. I hate that....I really do. I had a bit of a stressful day at work yesterday so that threw off my night last night. It pretty much exhausted me and I was no good after going to the grocery store after school and then coming home giving the kids baths and doing homework. I fell asleep on the couch around 9:30....thankfully we had a fire going. ;)

Today was a much better day, though. My most exciting news today was that one of my students asked Christ to be her Savior last night. I talked with her today and showed her some scriptures to make sure she understood fully and she definitely knew she needed Christ in order to take away her sins. She told me that there is only ONE way to Heaven and that is by accepting the free gift of salvation. It gave me chills and encouraged my heart. I shed tears of joy for her....I know the Lord and all of Heaven is rejoicing as well. I have had several accept Christ in the last few weeks. I love to watch the Lord work on their lives. I never want to push it down their throats...it has to be a decision based on the Holy Spirit pricking their hearts. It is wonderful to watch that in action.

This afternoon I had the lovely "physical" where they analyze your blood, etc... My doctor told me I had excellent blood levels and was doing great! I was thankful for that and thanked the Lord for allowing that in my life. I had to get a Tetanus shot...may we say OUCH!!!!!!?? The needle part isn't what hurt...it is the actual stuff in the shot that even now is making my arm ache. It is amazing how that stuff will do you! At least now I know I am covered in case something poked me or whatever. :)

The kids stayed at Moms this afternoon while I went to the doctor. Wesley immediately asked Mom if they could have a sleepover at their house again tonight. Mom said yes...I told her I didn't want her to feel pressured but she didn't. I know that the kids missed a lot of time with them last year and I want them to be able to have those memories. That is something I never got as a child since our grandparents died either before I was born or when I was very young. When Steve and I dropped off their pajamas later they were having a blast. It was good to see.

Since the kids are at Mom and Dad's Steve and I took advantage of another "date night". I must say I could get used to this. hee hee...but I wouldn't want to take advantage of Mom and Dad. We went out to eat, went to Steve's favorite store (Golf Galaxy) and then on to Party City where we got the table coverings and plates for Wesley and Mikayla's birthday party. We got a lime green and pink....we are doing a frogs and ponies theme so I think those colors will mesh well. :) We just got back home and are now going to kick back and relax a bit. Tomorrow we have to tackle this house....and what a tackle job it will be!!! It is a good thing it will be cold and rainy so we'll be inside the whole day anyway. I would love to be able to scrapbook some after I finish cleaning. Steve said he would help me clean so that should help. I do have one wonderful husband.

Today's nature picture is of our dwarf nandina. These things are more pretty to me in the fall/winter than spring because they turn such lovely colors. We have them scattered around our yard and I just so happened got this one as the sun was going down in the sky one afternoon. I thought it was pretty.

Well, off to crash with my sweet husband and enjoy the quietness of the evening. No fire tonight...too late to start one...but I'll get one all day tomorrow. hee heee :) I am giddy with excitement! :)

Have a wonderful day and make the most of it!!