A Cup of Tea With Me

The past week and a half have been crazy.

Last Monday, I started feeling ill. My throat was hurting very bad. I looked and my tonsils were swollen. Um, I have had them both removed… TWICE.

Last Tuesday, my boss was out of town. I went to work, running a high fever and with a sore throat. When a friend asked me what was wrong, I started crying and told them “I want my mommy.” :thud: I am 37 years old and still want my mom when I am sick. I called the other employee and she came in to let me go home. I went to the dr office. Was told I had a “bug” and that was it. Given an antibiotic.

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With the opening of the forums over at Faith Filled Wives, I would like to have a membership referral contest, to build our membership.

To refer someone for membership you must:
Be a member yourself.
Have posted an introduction.
Have a least 2 other posts in the first week of your joining (you can refer people before then, but you cannot get credit for that referral without the posts).
Remain active for the duration of the contest.

To qualify as a referral, they must:
Put your Faith Filled Wives user name as the person who referred them
Post an introduction
Have a least 2 other posts in the first week of their joining
Remain active for the duration of the contest

Prizes are:
The person who refers the most people will receive a $25 Pay Pal deposit.
The person who refers the second most people will receive a $10.00 Pay Pal deposit.

Contest starts 5-25-2007. Will run through 6-30-2007. Winner will be announced on 7-6-2007 to allow for posting requirements to be met for each referral.

Good luck and happy referring.

It did not start out well. Actually it started out very poorly. My hubby and boys made up for it. There were no presents. That was fine with me. It really was.

I cried while talking to my mother, as it was my grandaddy’s birthday, too, and I miss celebrating with him.

My boss forgot it was my birthday, but that is actually quite funny because it was hers too! She turned several shades of red when I gave her a present and she said “That’s right. This is the 11th!” She is so funny!

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I was at work today, and we had a slump in business. I just love it when we have a slump in business, because it gives me a chance to read my Bible. I love getting to spend time in the Word, at work.

Anyway, as I was reading I was getting more frustrated. Then it dawned on me. I am reading the Bible through from Genesis to Revelation. I read at least 3 chapters a day, and some days I am blessed to be able to read more. Anyway, I am in JOB right now. I am thinking I will skip Job for now, and come back to it, when I am no longer taking medication and feeling old. Job is a very depressing book to read, until you get the end.

I know that I should be reading Job and praising God that I do not have it as bad as Job. When I realized this was part of the problem, I read two chapters, trying to look at it that way.

I will be starting Psalms later today. I look forward to it. I got to Job 22, but it will still be there when I get out of this funk.

I apologize for all the ranting. Most of you know I am not always this negative. I do not like being negative. I really do not. I like being positive! Positive is good!

God bless you all!

for (insert random gift giving occasion here).” Every occasion, I am asked this question. Every occasion I am asked to make a “list”. Every occasion 90% of the list is exactly the same. Maybe I should just type it up and laminate it, ya think? How hard can it be? I collect things. You know what is around the house. You live here, too. Well, there are always pretty tea pots at Hobby Lobby. You can find something with moose on it. They are not that hard to find.

Do not get me wrong. The gifts do not make the occasion. I would rather not make a list, let them get me what they want to get me, something from their heart.

One year, my youngest was 3 and he saw a pretty pink toothbrush. That is what he wanted to get me for my Christmas present that year. I loved that toothbrush and used it. That toothbrush was from his heart. He wanted to get it for me. He thought of me when he saw it.

I miss spontaneous gifts. They do not have to be huge or expensive, just something from the heart. Something that makes you think of me.

*EDIT* Even a handwritten note saying simply “Happy Birthday!” would mean the world to me. It is not the gift it is what is in the heart.

Sorry for the rant. You all probably wish I would go back to keeping things bottled in. LOL!

Most people I know have a hard time turning 40 or even 39. My family, it seems to be 39. For some reason for me it is 37. I am dreading this day.

Last night my sister made me a wonderful dinner. I loved it. She even had cake & ice cream and party favors! Do you realize how long it has been since I have had a party like that. It was so great! Thank you, Valorie! I love ya, sis!

I have to go get ready for work today. Not that I want to go today, but I just would rather sleep today.

Yes, my moodiness is out there for the whole world to read.

The Dr office just called. They had a mess up on 2 of my blood tests, so I am back out the door to get my blood taken AGAIN. Oh well, maybe we will have answers soon.

I turn 37 tomorrow, and I am having a hard time with it. 37 and already (most likely) have arthritis in my hips. Oh well, God’s will be done!

While I am out, I am going to Face Logic and getting a facial. OOOOH! I cannot wait. My mom gave me a gift certificate to there for my birthday.

My dear friends,

First off, this will be posted on all three blogs and several message boards. It is my blanket apology for my “disappearance” from the blogging world and several of the message boards that I frequent.

A few weeks back, I had a flair up with my irritable bowel. A little TMI here, it all but quit working on it’s own, and I could only have a bowel movement, if I took strong laxatives. I had several tests ran and Praise the Lord! It is just what my Dr is calling a lazy bowel, which is basically a spastic colon. It is completely treatable. However, my Dr put me on Amitiza. This is a wonderful medication, if you have a lazy colon. It has done what it is supposed to do. But it has also made me irritable. It has affected my bi-polar, and made me a very angry person. I will be stopping this medication when I have finished this bottle. It is $60.00 per month and that is more than I want to pay for crankiness.

So I hid. I figured it was much easier to hide from you all than to have you all listen to my rants, my raves and my fits. I knew that some of you would see through my “Everything is fine” attitude. I did not want anyone to know that anything was wrong. I wanted to maintain the ideal that I had my bi-polar under control. Yes, I was wrong.

I was reminded that I need my friends. God does not give us anything we cannot handle. He also gives us the friends, family and support that we need to be able to handle some situations. He wants us to lean on Him, but He also gives us loved ones to lift us up in prayer and support.

I know that many of my readers and many of my friends were worried about me, and I sincerely apologize for “hiding” from you. I would like to ask that my readers and friends please accept my apology and please forgive me. I let my human nature take over and did not lean on the Lord. I know that many of you would say this post was not necessary, but others needed to know what was on my heart.

I love you all and I am thankful for each and every one of you. I have a ton of catching up to do, so I will close this post.

Sincerely,
Melly

done something really bad?

I have recently. I went into hiding, because I was afraid I would say or do something hurtful. Yeah I know, I should have been honest and up front and told everyone what was happening and why. I did not. I am so sorry.

I went to try to apologize to someone for this. I really wanted her to know that I was so sorry. When I went to talk to her, I misspelled her name. ACK! Yes, that looked and sounded sincere. *rolling her eyes* I am such a lousy friend. I really am.

My deepest apologies to all of you out there in the blogosphere.