My Strangely Great Week, so far!

This has been such a strange week and it is only Tuesday. It hasn't been all bad...not at all...just strange. Actually, some of the strangness has been good-strange. I think God has provided some little "make-up blessings" since I was so sad about having to miss church on Sunday, and still don't feel well. Okay, so that sounds goofy...but hey, you never know?? First of all, I have actually felt like a married woman this week. Not that I am not always aware of this fact, but one might wonder if you were at my house for long. Jason and I see very little of one another during a typical work week. This week, though it is only Tuesday, I have seen more of him than I have the rest of the month. It has been quite a nice change...the boys have been so excited, too! Last night, he was home for dinner and had over 2 hours before he had to leave for his 9:30 softball game. And...thanks to a member of the PCF "J-Crew"..who will remain nameless...the game was cut short and he was back home at 10:30! (Come on boys, we really don't need to be getting ejected from our church league softball games...no matter how out- of- line the umpire is!!!:) but thanks for sending my "J" home early)
Another strange, but nice, thing was a longer than normal conversation with my friend, Juni, from Belize, yesterday. He is so funny and gives me such an interesting perspective on life. I love our friendship and how similar our lives are...while being totally different, all at the same time! It is nice to feel so connected to Belize, the home of my heart, even when I am so far away!!
Jake has been refreshingly cooperative, too! He got home from school yesterday and was SO helpful. He has had a bit of an attitude problem since beginning 3rd grade. He has been a little too big for his britches...Not yesterday though...Nope...he was my sweet Jake again! He came home, fixed him and Jaxsen a snack, and played whatever Jaxsen wanted to play. As if that wasn't plesant enough, when I asked him to do his homework, he got right to work...THE FIRST TIME I ASKED! I am really praying that that is the kid who I pick up after school today.
I have had several other things happen...I have gotten "random"emails from old friends, phone calls from precious people, who love me and just wanted to check on me, and have had some really cool and entertaining dreams! (okay, so that last one may be the pain meds, but they have been really cool and vivid dreams)
So, while I am still feeling really crummy, God has surprised me with many unexpected blessings! Oh, and there is atleast one more blessing still to come...Karen Talley called to check on me and is bringing me dinner on Thursday....YUMMY! She is SO SWEET, and a GREAT cook, too! That is going to be a huge blessing...My mom is having a heart cath that day and will be coming home to my house...With me still hurting, she is a huge help...now I can aviod the grocery store for a few more days...Yippee!
So...Here's to a continued really cool week...full of more unexpected blessings...and hopfully some much needed answers to my sono and blood tests! Let me know what God is doing in your life...He is blessing you, too...even if you have to look past some of the crummy stuff to see it!

I think I was born in the wrong place.

Let me preface this entire blog with several very important points...
1.You would be hard pressed to find anyone more patriotic or more interested in our government than me!
2.I love my life and family and know that I am truly blessed.
3.I am not naive, and know that the grass is not always greener on the other side!

Okay, with that said..I wonder why I was chosen to be born in the US, in this advanced time period!?!
I would assume that many of you are still lost and have no idea what I am talking about.
It is just that I was thinking last night, and today, that so many of the things that I have...I would be just as happy without! I spend a lot of time on the phone with my friends in Belize. Our lives are SO different!! I am always talking about things that just don't translate and sound tivial and silly...I know this! The thing is, I long for the life that they speak of. Many times, when I talk to my friend, Juni, he has just come from bathing in the river. He has such interesting stories to tell of his daily life. To most of you, it would seem crazy, and undesireable...Me, I cannot seem to find true happiness here, like I do there! I really think that I could live in a remote ,in the jungle, and be happier than I ever have been here! I know, I am crazy! I look at my "Belize pictures" everyday, and everyday, I long for HOME! Life is so easy here...I think I must be totally crazy, because it isn't near as appealing to me, as the life that I hope to live as a fulltime missionary, in Belize...someday!
Maybe I will just build a hut in my back yard, until God calls us there, fulltime! :)
Hope you are all having a great Monday!
Kristi

I am pretty sure I will stay confused all week long!

Not only am I a creature of habit...to an extreme(..that may or may not be totally healthy),but Sundays are my time to get my head on straight for the week ahead. With that said, I am pretty sure that my whole week is going to be out of whack! I know, I ought to think positively...and I am, to an extent...I am thinking this week is bound to be better than last week, anyway! BUT...I wasn't able to go and be with my church family, this morning. I missed my last week to sing for the month, and I haven't seen my friends/family, today! For me, church isn't something I "do" out of obligation...it isn't something that I "do" at all. My church is my family...often times, my lifeline...most of you who read this know exactly what I mean! So, since I wasn't there with y'all this morning...I am having a hard time convincing myself that it is even
Sunday, and that you guys went ahead and met w/o me...What nerve you all have...worshipping God, w/o me! :)
Seriously though...I love that it bothers me so much, when I have missed out on an opportunity to meet with my brothers and sisters, to worship and fellowship. There was a time in my life when I didn't think much about it! That day has certainly come and gone!
So, for all of you Plum Freaks...I missed you this morning(and at bunco Friday) and look forward to seeing you on either Wed. or Sun.!!
Love and Blessings!
Kris

A Few Quick Things!

First of all...I really need some help (Melissa) with this blog...nothing on here matches or is cute or anything! I never even remember what colors are on here! HELP!
Next...Jason was so freaked out that I actually blogged about my uterus and my IUD and stuff! He was totally freaked out that I wrote about that for all the world to see. He was in utter shock that I was so candid! I am pretty sure that we have been married and living under the same roof for over a decade...And my last 2 blog posts surprised him? Does he not know me at all? So, after being reprimanded...not really, he was too appalled to reprimand...I feel the need to share that I will no longer be blogging about my reproductive system in such detail...I would certainly not want to attract any crazies who may be on the net searching for talk of women and their uterus! :)
I, Kristi, will from now on blog about things like boogers and baseball, and all of the other fun things that are relevant in the life of a mom with 2 boys!

Update on My Alien Body!

I really think that my sisters and I were all part of some weird, top secret, government science experiment! Really, Come on now! If it is a remote possibility then it has happened to one of us...I have come to a point where I have to laugh about it or I will loose my mind!! You know when they list possible complications or side effects with a medication or surgery...Well I do believe that our family "hand book" was missing the word"possible". Like I said...I just have to laugh! So, Yes, I gave birth to an IUD! Strange, gross, unbelievable, STUPID, ridiculous, BUT...nonetheless...TRUE! I have been lying on my couch ever since. I feel like crap. Excuse the use of that word that so many think I should trade in for one more becoming of a "missionary"...sometimes "crap" is the only word that is suited to describe ones state of being!!
So, anyway...I am FINALLY going to see my OBGYN today at 11:00. I don't want to be too graphic, but things aren't where they should be! I am very concerned that I may trip over my uterus! :) No really...I am concerned that the muscles supporting "all that" aren't doing their job! I guess that is the most "non-graphic" way to describe it?? I am just going to pray that it is only my girl friends reading this...or atleast guys who aren't easily disturbed! The good Lord knows that I am not shy! It is what it is! If you are reading this male or female...just pray that my doctor figures out why I am hurting and decides that he will give me some pain medication that actually works...before I loose my mind....or before my family disowns me!!
More to come! Stay tunned...unless this is TMI...if so...this is probably not the blog for you! :)
LOVE AND BLESSINGS!!
Kristi

The Strangest Thing Happened Today!

This is really weird and pretty gross, so if you are easily grossed out then stop reading now! But, aside from being gross, this is also informative and it may keep someone else from thinking that they are loosing their mind!
It all started with really bad cramps! That isn't totally out of the ordinary for me, but they were REALLY BAD! Saturday they were normal cramps, but by Sunday evening, they were getting pretty bad. All day on Monday, they were almost more than I could stand. Then came Tuesday...I felt like I was in labor. I know what labor feels like, I've done it twice! I was having severe pains in regular intervals...I really thought I was loosing my mind! I stayed in a fetal position most of the day, fighting back tears! I alternated advil and Tylenol, still no relief. Just as things got to the point where I was ready to call my OBGYN, I went to the bathroom and realized (I won't go into detail here) that I had, in fact, given birth...to my Mirena IUD! I then called my OB and talked to the nurse...there are some other big problems that we need to check on. BUT...I really was laboring.OH MY GOODNESS! Somehow my body decided that it needed to get rid of the "foreign object" and the only way a woman's body knows how to do that...when that "foreign object" is in the uterus...is LABOR!!! So, needless to say, I am exhausted and in pain after a long day of labor! This was certainly the strangest thing that has happened to me in a while! (and I don't even have a sweet baby to show for it!)

Miracle of all miracles!

This is just CRAZY! I just signed on to create a new blogspot account, because my password would not work....not just once or twice....For months and months! I had given up on blogging! Now that I have this handy new laptop, I decided to give it one more try...Well, my goofy password...the same one that I have been using forever just worked! I guess God was telling me that I need to keep my thoughts to myself for a while! So, now y'all are in trouble...He has released me from my blogging slumber! Look out blogging world!
I really mean it this time, Carri, I am going to be cool like you! Not AS COOL as you, just cool LIKE you!
More to come soon!