Life with Lupus

One small set back, One Great victory!
I say that because the past couple of days have not gone well. Monday we made our gingerbread village and they turned out nice, getting to that point was not much fun. The frosting was every where and with that Brandon dropped a BIG glop of green frosting on my white chair as well as himself, the kids ate more candy than what made it onto the houses, Craig was not happy because something at work was broken and he had to work on it at home, I am still finding little Candy pellets on the floor, making my house all alone then putting everything together, and not to mention I hit the back of my head on the freezer door while sweeping up said pellets. Tuesday was spent trying to protect the Christmas cards I finished and all my stamping tools from the hands of the "Destroyer of Worlds" Collin. Waiting to hear from Jon and April that Jimmy was finally here and doing well! Plus the mountains of laundry that develop out of thin air. Today started out OK, until the break lines on the van froze up with the possibility of having to tow it someplace, the kids were late for school, Collin ripped apart his advent calendar and ate all the chocolate out of it..... and by 2:00 pm I was not feeling well and getting tired.
I know all I am doing is complaining! And complaining NEVER gets you any where!
You ask why did I say any of it to begin with. Well here it is.... I learned a few things this week and realized them today (SURPRISE!)
I was reminded that: I make A LOT of plans, most of which don't turn out the way I imagine them. I have a husband that loves me and wants to take care of me. Kids that behave even though I have yet to believe it, I have a father-in-law that is willing to come and help me out. Plus that I am not the only one on the planet(even though I would like to think I was.) And the biggest on of all is that God does love me and takes care of me.
I realized that God did hear me today when I sent up my frantic prayers of PLEASE let the van just be frozen and let the sun thaw it out, instead of a towing bill with a replace the breaks bill on top! Also the kids need to make it to school, ( we were only about 5mins late.)
And with regard to my Lupus today was hard, being stressed didn't help, I don't do well with the cold, my body hurts all over. Even though I'm on meds (low dose) I now know when I have passed the limit of what they do for me and what effect it has once I do. I think I did well in keeping my temper, I did have a moment or two I wanted to curl up on the floor and have a good cry! I have this little book that Ms. Julie gave me that has verses I go to when I have a specific topic need and under contentment I found this verse: Prov 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
I think from now on I'm going to try to remember that when I start to become overwhelmed.

THE BEST LAID PLANS!

Never turn out the way we want.

Craziness comes but once a year! .

Not in my house! It seems to have taken up a permanent residence here. When school starts in the fall we just start going a million miles an hour. And now that we passed Thanksgiving it feels like we're going even faster. Most of my shopping is done, I'm half way done with making my Christmas cards. We have made it through Katie's violin recital, Collin's Superman Birthday, now we're on to the kids school Christmas program on the 18th, and then our church's program on the 21st. Not to mention the class parties, treat making and wrapping of gifts yet to come! Now what was my point in saying all that? I am the one in my house who likes to make things as people who know me could vouch. So I thought.... I would have my kids join in this year and they would get to make their own gifts for other people, just so they would have the joy of giving out something they did on their own. So I bought clay for them to make homemade ornaments. After 2 hours, and slicing my finger with the cutting blade, we have kid made gifts to give to family. I hope the kids had fun and for the most part they turned out well.

One of the other things we do is decorate gingerbread something... Each year we do a differant kit. Last year it was a train this year it was a mini village! I thought that it would be a wonderful family moment because there were 5 different (little!) houses to decorate. It was perfect because there are 5 of us. So I thought I would put up some pics!