11:59:59

Okay, so the last blog wasn't so cheerful and upbeat. Alot has happened since then. See, I have DivorceCare every Tuesday night at the church. There I went in with my pity party and vented all my boo-hoos followed up with 'I'm breaking and I'm not gonna make it', 'I can't take this'. They are shutting the water off on Thursday. My counsilors listened and then corrected me.

The power of life and death are in the words of our mouths. Do NOT say 'You can't make it, you can't take any more'. The devil dances on your shoulders when you say things like that. Speak life. You are going to make it because God promised to never let you down. He has good things for you. You know, kinda like Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lords, Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and future."

So I cried one last time and decided to buck up. They are right. Either He is going to take care of me or He's just gonna let me fry. I decided to stay right where I was till the water shuts off. Mom was constantly saying, "If God promises to be there at 12 o'clock, He'll show up at 11:59:59."

I have to be honest, I went on everyone else's faith. They believed He would come through so I would see if God was going to make a fool of me or not. Here we go, bring it on!!

That very Tuesday (since we had till Thursday before the water shuts off) we had gone around looking at houses. Now I was in a panic. We have to find something NOW!! I was skeptical. How in the world are we going find a place sign paperwork, and get moved in, within two days?

We looked at one house. - Too close to the road, too noisy, too close to the fire department. Next house. - WAY too close to the road, too small of a yard, Bubs would be dead. Next house. - Loved it. But.....

Well, one of us wanted to live in one town, another wanted to be in another town. I gave up. Whatever you want God works with me. I'll stay in the cabin till the water is shut off. I prayed, went to DivorceCare.

Wednesday morning. Dark-thirty. I about lead out of my skin because something was pounding on the big picture window. It was Dad. I open the door, "Hello! Is this the family that wants to buy that house?" YES IT WAS! "I think we should do it. I think that's what God wants us to do."

YIPPPEEEEE! Drop kids off at school, look at house again, pick up kids, make offer. We signed papers that very night. I kid you not, we bought a house that very night. We started moving stuff in that night and stayed the night in our new house that same Wednesday night. YIPPEEE! And true to thier word, they shut the water off the very next day.

When we signed the papers, I just cried and cried and cried. I couldn't believe it! God came through for me! He gave me a house just as he promised. All week long the kids and I have been singing, "It's a big, big house, with lots and lots of room....." (I was actually asked if I was singing a real song - Yes, it is!)

THE HOUSE:
Location: Makes both Dad and I happy. We are 1 mile from town and still out in the country in a nice neighborhood. A VERY nice neighborhood. Stick around, cause my friends are going to be invited to my house warming party. If you don't get invited, ummm...well, you can figure it out.

Upstairs: Mom and Dad said the upstairs is ours to do as we please. GREAT! Three bedrooms, a full, indoor bathroom with a tub (A TUB!!!!!), laundry room, big dining and kitchen with a fridge that has ice/water in the door, dishwasher (not my children, hahahaha) and....and indoor oven and stove - that works!!! Yeah!!!! Two door garage. Hot tub. (I'm so excited)

Downstairs: 880 sq feet of living space, cause the downstairs is finished. They have a full bath, wood-furning stove, closets, heat (of course), bedroom and a whole other room for canning with the water softner.

Outside: Doog-boog loves this, there's a basketball court on concrete, outbuilding and lots of bird houses and feeders. Bea-utifully landscaped around the house with hanging baskets of flowers all around and hooks already installed for our hammock swings. TV antenna (which I'm sure my boy will have climbed before the end of the year) and satellite. Even and a storeage building for equiptment. A blacktopped drive leads to the house where we can park our vans in the garage and lights up the sidewalk to the door. I love it!!
sings: It's a big, big house. With lots and lots of room.... A big, big table. With lots and lots of food. A big, big yard. Where we can play (kids changed it) basketball. A big, big house. It's my Father's house.

So God came through for me again. I love my room. It has two closets with a sink in the middle. The girls love the intercom cause we play our music throughout the house. New berber carpeting throughout. We love it.

Oh, and for the more exciting part. Since I wrecked my van I again, this time on a barwire fence. Unharmed $3 fence post did $1,700 worth of damage to my minivan. Dropped the van off at the repair place, picked up the rental car and in 1 hour I totaled it. This little baby-booty of a car. I haven't driven one of these things in like 12 yrs. It's always been vans and bigger cars. That little thing. I came up the hill and tapped my breaks to slow down because over that hill is a zig-zag. Over that hill, my car not slowing down, there is a VAN coming my way. (No kidding, they were the neighbors I had in my previous house.) I know slammed on my brakes, turned the wheel and that little car acknowledged nothing. It just kept going forward and slammed into this van.

There are a few things now I can cross of my curious list. I have always wondered what it was like to be in a head-on collision. Wondered what it was like to total a rental car (or any car for that particular matter) and I have always been curious what it was like to use an airbag. Now, I can cross all three of those things off at once.

Did you know that your seatbelt can not only save your life, but also can rip your shoulder into some unpleasant sensations? It can leave marks on your torso and hipbones. Also, I think I hit my head on something cause there's a bruise on my eyebrow.

Today, while we were driving to the same town, again to finish up the laundry, we all got ran off the road by a white van. Ran OFF the road. We just looked at each other. I laughed. Must be something very, very big in store for me just around the corner. Seems that's when big, bad things happen to me. My thought it: I think the devil hates me. That's alright. Cuase my God has always been bigger than him and my God still reigns. He got me a house at 11:59:59 and I'm sure He'll get me a job at about the same time.

Just a quick note:
As I was driving toward this hill (that I think God put the van there so I woudn't have slid right off the hill and into the trees) I was telling Him how thankful I was for all He has done for us. How I hoped the next trial I went through that I would hold tighter to my faith and not waver. To please help me forgive a number of people I hold grudges against and that I wanted to learn to love people like He does. Then....SLAM! You know, I didn't cuss through the whole thing. I wasn't angry and I didn't get depressed...woe is me.....I thought....'Wow! I bet God has a big financial blessing right around the corner for me. Bring it on!!!'

"For they that hope in the Lord shall renew thier strength. They shall fly on wings of eagles. They shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31