I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT...AND I WENT

I am still in a quandry as to how I won this. But I did, and we went, and it was beautiful. I DID NOT get the flu (thanks for your prayers about THAT), and we made all flights (even though one we had 10 minutes to get to). After the last picture above, apparently my camera broke...which is VERY sad (as there is a wedding coming up). Anyway, the first six were views from our balcony. We arrived at night, and had a 60 minute ride to the resort. It was interesting, and I asked CB "where are we and how did we get here?". But as we pulled into Wyndham my fears were relieved. We couldn't see out so we did not see where we REALLY were until morning. The worst part was trying to adjust to the pace there. No one gets in ANY hurry. The bottom 3 pictures were taken as we laid on the beach, and this was our view. Someone got BURNT, and that was the last day we 'sunned'. Right behind us was the pool area, and I will blog that when I get my portable camera pictures back. We had wonderful meals, and we sat hours on that balcony reading and just watching the boats go by. When they came to pick us up, it was on one of those open buses. Again, no one is in a hurry, and the driver stopped at a roadside market (no one ASKED him to). I am thinking...HEY WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH CUSTOMS!! But again, all went well, and we had plenty of time.

We continually thanked the Lord, from Whom we know this trip came....

WE WERE LIKE LITTLE KIDS.....

We were like little kids all day Saturday. Starting early we were texting each other, counting down the hours until we were together (it had been several weeks). We went to Cracker Barrel and then to play cards, cheating included (right boys)? And apparently SOME could not remember what we were playing, so we had to get the blackboard out..... always fun times, lots of laughs, lots of food....

TRUTH PROJECT and BABYSITTING THE DOGS

This is a few pictures of Franklin and Colby (when Franklin was being good, which only happens when he is asleep!!) They were asleep on my lap!

Here are a few pictures of our weekly Truth Project, minus the Youngs. We really are enjoying the videos, and our time together! Thanks Arnolds for opening your home!

PRAY FOR ME!

With so many problems of the world, this is such a small request.....

BUT! As you know, my trip I won last July to St. Thomas is NEXT WEEK!! We drive to Tulsa Wednesday, and fly out Thursday morning (we won't reach our destination until 9pm). But, here is my request....

I have been SURROUNDED by people with the flu this week. Every coworker that I work with daily have the dang flu. One of them even had to go to the ER for treatment!!! Now listen, if it is my turn to get the flu, I am fine with it, but NOT NOW!! I have been wearing gloves, wiping down everything, even sleeping more, trying to keep my immune system up.

So, when you are praying for things that really need praying for, maybe you could just remember this small and insignificant (in the grand scheme of things) request!

ST. THOMAS

St.Thomas is there where it says US Virgin Isle. And the first picture is the resort we will be staying at. I still can't believe I won this! I even called the resort AND American Airlines, and sure enough, CB and I have confirmations!!! I can't believe it, and I am so excited. We leave Wednesday, April 2 after work to drive to Tulsa to catch an early morning flight on Thursday. We will eventually land in St. Thomas around 8:30 that night, coming home late Monday night. I won it doing on line surveys at this site http://www.npdor.com/ I also won $100 from here about 4 years ago. They send surveys about every 10 days, and takes maybe 10 minutes or so, usually about shopping habits, or restaurant likes/dislikes. I just can't believe it!!!

OH NO.......

More snow????? After the mid 70s this weekend!!! Predicting 3 to10 inches tonight!!! WAHHHHHH!! And the flu is in full swing here. There are no hospital beds open in Springfield. BOTH hospitals full (which means we house them in the Emergency Department!!!)

Catching Up.....

We have all been so very busy. So I thought I would quickly blog to catch you up.

*Tobi got a big promotion, she is now HR manager
*Clint changed jobs, he is still working for St. John's, but he is now Applications Specialist for our new EHR (electronic health record)
*Speaking of EPIC (our EHR), we go live Wednesday in the clinics. My portion (ER & Hospitalists really go live in December),
*CB is changing jobs. He will manage a clinic at Smith Glenn (OB/GYN). He is excited!
*CB gets to go on the trip I won to St. Thomas in April!! YIPPEEEE
*My trip to Milwaukee for the Hospitalists was very productive, except, I cannot take that job on (opening another department). I have agreed to get it set up.....but that is all I can do.
*Have a Strategic Planning mtg today for the Hospitalists at University Plaza, which means I will miss Truth Project!
*I LOVE Truth Project!
*Someone is having a birthday....(maybe Kathy Arnold?????)
*LOVED the weather this weekend, but another cruel joke from Mother Nature, I am afraid....
*Very busy with Wedding stuff!!!

Ok, done for now, gotta get to church!!