I am sooooooo behind!! I have had so much going on these last few days that I have had NO time to write...So...here's the brief synopsis.
Friday - Took off work-drove 200 miles in 2 and a half hours (woo hoo for the Z28) to play piano for my mom to sing for her former boss's Christmas party. (He flew her to NC from TX for the event!)
Saturday - Spent time w/ my dad doing a little Christmas shopping for kids. He looks so good after his cancer surgery! No one would ever suspect he'd been sick! The 200 mile drive back home that had zipped by on Friday became a drudgery! I stopped at a mall en route for Starbucks - drove 30 minutes for a parking place and then stood for nearly that long for the coffee!! I returned to the Freeway only to encounter TONS of traffic and rain!! I started to get sleepy so I pulled into a hotel parking lot to catch a 5 minute power nap. After about 2 minutes of 'almost there' sleep, a kid with his LOUD car stereo made me realize that 2 minutes was going to have to do me! I was anxious to get home because Tom and I were to be at a Sunday School party that evening. I also knew that he and the kids were doing a "WHILE YOU WERE OUT" event somewhere in my house! This was also our anniversary and I knew this was somehow connected. Tom and I ended up meeting in town and driving to the party without my going home, which apparantly was a GOOD thing! After the party we arrived home with a note on the door preparing me for what I was to find. ALOT of hard work that was a sign of love as a gift for our anniversary and Christmas and anything else that may be due for the next year!! My bedroom has been COMPLETELY renovated. It is BEAUTIFUL!! too much to even describe...but beautiful! The only bad part is that in the process of them taking up the carpet to expose the hardwood floors, they destroyed our waterbed. Tom had to make a quick deal with a furniture store owner who is an acquaintance. Bottom line is we ended up with a new bed but DEFINITELY not in line with our financial situation right now...but WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRUST GOD!!
SUNDAY - Our Church Christmas musical...we did it at 8:30 and 11:00 and BOTH were great. Went that afternoon to a "Living Christmas Tree" performance that was good, but somewhat over rated.
MONDAY - Clean up of all the STUFF that was moved from our room to another room began! Sorting through the keepers, the trashers and the Goodwill'ers was tedious!! ALL THIS WITH MY MOM COMING today (Tuesday!)
Soooooooooooo here I am...It's Tuesday and we'll go from here!

My prayer for today---
Father - please give me the patience to handle the multiple events that lay ahead of me over the next few weeks. Give me the ability to trust you completely for all the financial insecurities that I have. Provide for us in unexpected ways that will continue to assure us of your presence in this undesireable situation. Please bless Tom as he sings today and Friday for Christmas banquets for senior adults. Would you let their hearing aids be turned down low on the rough spots and give them the ability to encourage him no matter what. I also pray especially for Matt and the others at LIFEWAY in the TRAGIC loss of one of their employees. Please give them comfort and peace in this terrible event.