Prayers for Payton answered

Payton had surgery this afternoon and is in recovery. The doctor thinks the tumor is benign. Praise God.

On a lighter note: my son John was in our local paper tonight because is a 2010 State Scholar. We are so proud of him!

Prayers for Payton

Our friend's grandson played youth football last fall until he started having back pain. The doctor took an xray and said it was a pulled muscle. It didn't get any better and he even went to the emergency room a couple times. They didn't do anything more for him. Finally my girlfriend took him back to the doctor herself and insisted on an MRI. The results show a tumor on his lower spine. They are taking him to a Children's Hospital this morning where they will be doing tests the next two days. Please keep him in your prayers.

Cleaning Up Our Blog For The New Year

We are changing things up a bit this year with our blog. We put our baby pictures up in the header. To tell you the truth we are not sure who is who! We think Fern is on the left and Fran the right just like in this picture. We looked so much a like when we were younger. No one knows for sure who is who but we think we have it figured out! Part of our goals for 2010 was to not be so hard on ourselves and to take some time for US! So we started with new highlights and bought a work out video. Now we just need to get motivated! Stay tuned.

One more project off our To Do List :o)

We went from this...

To this! I know if you watch any of those decorating shows they tell you no ceiling fans but we love ours. It keeps you warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. You have to just switch the direction of the fan blades to the season. It's clockwise for winter and counter clockwise for summer. This fan has a HEATER! Love it. Hubby's back is feeling better so we are back to our list of projects. One more down...LOTS more to go :o) Have a great weekend everyone.

Not New Years Resolutions~just goals

It seems hard to stick with a New Years resolution past the first week so Twin and I are setting some goals for the new year.

1. GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED I think most people feel that with the new year. I want there to be a place for everything and everything in its place...except the kids rooms. That would be a dream come true and I'd be kidding myself to think that would happen. Let's be realistic.

2. NOT TO BE SO HARD ON OURSELVES Are most women this way? Twin and I criticize ourselves quite often. You know, how you feel you don't quite measure up when you compare yourself to someone else. I'm going to quit wishing we had our friend Wendy's body (she's the only person I know over 40 that looks awesome in a bikini) and either start working out and get toned or drop her as a friend, which ever is easier! ;0) HA!

3. LEARN MORE ON THE COMPUTER I'm going to learn how to download pictures on this blog so I don't have to ask Twin or one of my kids to do it. And improve this blog. I feel we just throw something on most of the time and I can't expect anyone else to read it if I think it's boring myself. HA. Twin is constantly telling me to post stuff and I keep telling her no one is interested in my junk!! Hmm maybe if I get over goal number 2, I'll be better at goal number 3.

4. LIVE IN THE MOMENT I'm so focused on what needs to be done that I don't embrace the now. I focus on what I didn't do as opposed to what I have accomplished. Again I think I need to refer to goal number 2. I'm starting to see a pattern here. If Twin and I accomplish goal number 2, it may be the answer to achieving all of our goals.

Well, there you have it. Twin and I are off to work on goal number 2 starting with getting highlights this afternoon. Then it's back home and on the treadmill so I can look fabulous in my thong by summer...wish me luck!

Can you help me?

Two years ago, my teenaged son had a couple of fingers and a toe that were swollen. At one point one finger was so swollen, he couldn't straighten his hand. It was like the tendons were tight. The doctor put him on steriods and took blood and xrays. Everything came back fine,no arthritis. I was so thankful but still didn't know the cause. Eventually all went back to normal. Then last year in February, the same thing. It wasn't as bad but a few fingers were swollen again. This morning his pinky finger is swollen and he told me a toe was last week. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I've googled and googled and can't find an answer. If you have any ideas please let me know. I've worried about this for 2 years and I'm not sure of what to do next. Thanks~Fran

New Hardware

Hubby had 4 days off and I had big plans for him! Unfortunately he put his back out and can't get an adjustment until Monday! So much for those plans of mine. But he did get one thing done for me. I got my hardware put on. We bought Oil Rubbed Bronze and Antique Nickel.

We put the Antique nickel on the island. We are mixing the two finishes through out the kitchen.

I picked out four different designs.

I was thinking my cabinet were looking too white and when we put the hardware on it just popped out the brown glaze. We really needed something quick because the drawers all self close and they are like suction cups and you really had to tugged on some of them to get them opened.

We chose these knobs to go on the little drawers next to the sink.

We chose these for the larger drawers.

We actually need a few more of these. We were 4 short.

If you need hardware for your cabinets I suggest you try ebay. We got ours from here
I thought they were VERY reasonable. They only charge one set shipping no matter how many you order so that saved a lot too.