The pathology reports of our pastor's tumor weren't good. The tumor is malignant and is not encapsulated. So, while the doctor removed a large part of the tumor, he did not get all of it because of the nature of the tumor. Matt and Lauren are meeting with several doctors today to discuss options. Please pray for wisdom for them as they make these weighty decisions. The following is from Matt's Twitter page, written just a few hours before they got the results:
"Path report is 2ndary at best...good report doesn't mean much, bad report doesn't mean anything...my days r numbered and nt by ths report"
In case you weren't able to decipher it, here's what he said: "Pathology report is secondary at best...good report doesn't mean much, bad report doesn't mean anything...my days are numbered and not by this report."
Wow. May I suffer so well.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Quick Update
Although my weekdays have been somewhat stressful since Thanksgiving, my weekends have been AWESOME! :) Last weekend, Deanna and I watched some Christmas movies on Friday night. Saturday morning I woke up early, ran some errands, and then went Christmas shopping. I went early in the day to beat the crowds. (You know it will be a madhouse when the mall offers valet parking.) Deanna was at a school thing and Megan was in Fort Worth, so I was able to wrap all of my gifts when I got home around lunchtime. Sunday morning Deanna and I went to the first church service in our new building. It was GREAT to be there, but it was also bittersweet since Matt (our lead pastor) was still in the hospital recovering from brain surgery. You can catch up on the whole story and read updates here. God is doing a great work through it all. It has been amazing to watch the faith of their family (especially during Matt's video the day before his surgery - you can watch it by following the link above), to see how the community has responded (calls to prayer on the wall at Starbucks and the digital sign in front of Celebrity Car Wash, just to name a few), and to see the church local and church universal come together to love on and pray for this man. May God continue to be glorified in all of it. After a great church service, I came home and did some reorganizing and painted a baby shower gift. Then I relaxed for the rest of the day. :)
This weekend was lots of fun, too. I even started it early on Thursday night. My good friend Vicki cooked a delicious dinner, and she, our friend Gloria, and I had each other crying tears of laughter for about 3 hours straight! Those two ladies are two of my most special friends out here. I love the fact that they are both over twice my age (roughly...I think), and it does not matter one bit. They are great Christian ladies who have had a tremendous impact on my life out here. Friday night was very relaxing as I was in bed by 9:15!!! That should tell you about the week I had. LOL. I got up early Saturday morning to run some errands and then came home to clean, clean, clean. I kid you not, people - I cleaned for four hours straight! Why, you ask? Mary Beth and Michael were coming, of course! It is my life's goal to impress MB, and Michael had never seen the house before, so it was important for it to be clean! :) We had an excellent dinner of Mexican lasagna, and then we played Phase 10 while watching "Miracle on 34th Street". It was so. much. fun. I can't wait to do it again!!!
Today consisted of church, lunch at home, Christmas movie #1, Christmas movie #2, a pretend nap, dinner, pretend grading, and blogging. :) I hope you've enjoyed this scintillating post, and now I'm off to bed. Love y'all!
This weekend was lots of fun, too. I even started it early on Thursday night. My good friend Vicki cooked a delicious dinner, and she, our friend Gloria, and I had each other crying tears of laughter for about 3 hours straight! Those two ladies are two of my most special friends out here. I love the fact that they are both over twice my age (roughly...I think), and it does not matter one bit. They are great Christian ladies who have had a tremendous impact on my life out here. Friday night was very relaxing as I was in bed by 9:15!!! That should tell you about the week I had. LOL. I got up early Saturday morning to run some errands and then came home to clean, clean, clean. I kid you not, people - I cleaned for four hours straight! Why, you ask? Mary Beth and Michael were coming, of course! It is my life's goal to impress MB, and Michael had never seen the house before, so it was important for it to be clean! :) We had an excellent dinner of Mexican lasagna, and then we played Phase 10 while watching "Miracle on 34th Street". It was so. much. fun. I can't wait to do it again!!!
Today consisted of church, lunch at home, Christmas movie #1, Christmas movie #2, a pretend nap, dinner, pretend grading, and blogging. :) I hope you've enjoyed this scintillating post, and now I'm off to bed. Love y'all!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thankful
On this Thanksgiving day, I thought it would be appropriate to list the top 10 things I'm thankful for. Since I just can't seem to blog regularly, maybe I will just start posting relevant top 10 lists. LOL.
Top Ten Things I'm Thankful For:
10. I am thankful for my house. It is worth all the trouble I went through over the summer! :)
9. I am thankful for my job. It is not always easy or immediately rewarding, but I know that I affect our future while teaching in the present. That's pretty cool, but it also brings with it a heavy (and sometimes tiring) responsibility.
8. I am thankful for my great roommates, Megan and Deanna. Without them, I would not be such a happy homeowner. ;)
7. I am thankful for my church. I am ready to meet more people by signing up to volunteer!
6. I am thankful for air travel. Driving 9 or so hours to see my family would get old quickly. That said...
5. I am thankful for my car. That 2001 Honda Accord has done just about everything I've asked. We've had a few gasoline issues in the past, but overall, it has been good to me, and I think we've got a few thousand more miles of togetherness. :)
4. I am thankful for my Mississippi State University education. GO BULLDOGS!!!
3. I am thankful for my health. I was sick last week with a sinus infection, but that really pales in comparison to people with life-threatening illnesses. Anywho, it was a great reminder of what a blessing my healthy, working body is and how I should be taking better care of it.
2. I am thankful for my friends and family. I have to list these two together because I have so many friends that I love as family and many family members that I am fortunate enough to also count as my friends.
1. I am thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ, without whom the other nine would be irrelevant.
There are so many other things I could list, but that would take up the rest of my posts for the year, and y'all have other blogs to read! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Top Ten Things I'm Thankful For:
10. I am thankful for my house. It is worth all the trouble I went through over the summer! :)
9. I am thankful for my job. It is not always easy or immediately rewarding, but I know that I affect our future while teaching in the present. That's pretty cool, but it also brings with it a heavy (and sometimes tiring) responsibility.
8. I am thankful for my great roommates, Megan and Deanna. Without them, I would not be such a happy homeowner. ;)
7. I am thankful for my church. I am ready to meet more people by signing up to volunteer!
6. I am thankful for air travel. Driving 9 or so hours to see my family would get old quickly. That said...
5. I am thankful for my car. That 2001 Honda Accord has done just about everything I've asked. We've had a few gasoline issues in the past, but overall, it has been good to me, and I think we've got a few thousand more miles of togetherness. :)
4. I am thankful for my Mississippi State University education. GO BULLDOGS!!!
3. I am thankful for my health. I was sick last week with a sinus infection, but that really pales in comparison to people with life-threatening illnesses. Anywho, it was a great reminder of what a blessing my healthy, working body is and how I should be taking better care of it.
2. I am thankful for my friends and family. I have to list these two together because I have so many friends that I love as family and many family members that I am fortunate enough to also count as my friends.
1. I am thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ, without whom the other nine would be irrelevant.
There are so many other things I could list, but that would take up the rest of my posts for the year, and y'all have other blogs to read! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Long Time, No Post
Why, oh, why can't I be consistent with this blogging thing?! It has been a whole month since I blogged last. I've been home to MS twice, celebrated Deanna's birthday with a party, and partly decorated for Christmas. Whew!
I know some of you will say that it is too early to decorate for Christmas, but look, with three of us in the house, it is incredibly hard to line up our schedules! Especially when two of us go out of town for the holidays. It is just not worth all of the decorating work to put it all up AFTER Thanksgiving only to look at it for just three weeks before going home for Christmas. So, we decorated early. :)
In other news, the nurse sent me home early from school early yesterday to go to the doctor. I had virtually no voice all weekend, and then I started having sinus trouble on Monday. Anyway, the doctor gave me two prescriptions and told me I could stay home from school today. Yay! It was nice to rest and actually start to feel better!
I need to be cleaning instead of blogging. My mom, Aunt Tina, and my cousin Deandra are coming to visit for the weekend. Yay! I always get excited when family comes to visit. We will have a fun weekend, and we are going to see "The Blind Side" on Friday night, too! Yay!
Hope things are good for the three of you that read this! ;)
I know some of you will say that it is too early to decorate for Christmas, but look, with three of us in the house, it is incredibly hard to line up our schedules! Especially when two of us go out of town for the holidays. It is just not worth all of the decorating work to put it all up AFTER Thanksgiving only to look at it for just three weeks before going home for Christmas. So, we decorated early. :)
In other news, the nurse sent me home early from school early yesterday to go to the doctor. I had virtually no voice all weekend, and then I started having sinus trouble on Monday. Anyway, the doctor gave me two prescriptions and told me I could stay home from school today. Yay! It was nice to rest and actually start to feel better!
I need to be cleaning instead of blogging. My mom, Aunt Tina, and my cousin Deandra are coming to visit for the weekend. Yay! I always get excited when family comes to visit. We will have a fun weekend, and we are going to see "The Blind Side" on Friday night, too! Yay!
Hope things are good for the three of you that read this! ;)
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Feelin' crafty...
We had a bit of a problem in our media room upstairs:
Apparently, I was in a super-crafty mood this weekend because I also created a blog to display my paintings. Who knows? Maybe you need a painting for your house, your office, your friend's birthday, etc., and I'm the one to do it! LOL.
The black curtains from the apartment just weren't long enough for these LARGE windows. What's a thrifty, lazy girl to do?
Apparently, I was in a super-crafty mood this weekend because I also created a blog to display my paintings. Who knows? Maybe you need a painting for your house, your office, your friend's birthday, etc., and I'm the one to do it! LOL.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Some days I really enjoy where I work...
It's really too bad that so many of them are like yesterday, where the teachers go, but the kids do not. ;) Instead of being off yesterday like Deanna and Megan, I had a Staff Development Day. Fun, right? Well...actually it was! Our administrators put us into teams with people we don't get a chance to work with often, and then each team was given a clue. We had to figure out the clue, head to that location, and complete an education-related task (Amazing Race-style). When we completed each task, we received our next clue...AND a recipe ingredient. There were ten clue-related tasks total, but task #11 was...wait for it...BAKING COOKIES with all of our ingredients in the school's brand new culinary lab!!! It was freakin' awesome! My team made chocolate chip, but other groups made pumpkin, snickerdoodle, chocolate peanut butter chunk, etc. The whole staff met back up at 3:00 for a debriefing/survey/cookie sampling. Good times. :)
Hmmm...what else is new? Oh, Deanna got a dog, Lola. You can read all about her on Deanna's blog. I linked to it in the first paragraph. She is pretty great, and that is saying a lot since I am not really into pets. Also new: I am playing volleyball again on our staff team. Today was the first day I was able to play. We lost our first match, but we won the second match which just happened to be against the other Academy team. It was SO FUN!!! I was a little anxious about playing at first, but I am so glad I put myself out there. What else, what else? Most of the house is decorated/liveable, so if you're in the area, please call us up! It has been really great to be able to have people over for dinner and such.
I guess that's about it for now. I am still updating my "25 Things" list, so if you haven't checked it lately, you can find it here. Enjoy!
Hmmm...what else is new? Oh, Deanna got a dog, Lola. You can read all about her on Deanna's blog. I linked to it in the first paragraph. She is pretty great, and that is saying a lot since I am not really into pets. Also new: I am playing volleyball again on our staff team. Today was the first day I was able to play. We lost our first match, but we won the second match which just happened to be against the other Academy team. It was SO FUN!!! I was a little anxious about playing at first, but I am so glad I put myself out there. What else, what else? Most of the house is decorated/liveable, so if you're in the area, please call us up! It has been really great to be able to have people over for dinner and such.
I guess that's about it for now. I am still updating my "25 Things" list, so if you haven't checked it lately, you can find it here. Enjoy!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
OMG...I am so overwhelmed!
It's official.
This is the story of my life.
I feel like I am constantly overwhelmed by something. Right now, it's school. Teaching a new curriculum (9th grade Pre-AP English) is kicking my butt. Since the house-buying lasted all summer, I wasn't really able to plan much before school started. (And let's face it: I had other things I wanted to do! It was summer, after all.) I feel like a slacker because I am totally relying on the other 9th grade teachers for lesson plans. I am having trouble convincing myself that it is worthwhile for me to spend time creating new lessons when I am not even sure that I will teach freshmen again next year, though. And I'm tired when I go home. Woe is me.
There are also homeowner-ish things I need to take of. For instance, I painted my bedroom this weekend. I could have graded papers, but I didn't. I painted instead. :) I also need to hang curtains. Three or four sets, I believe. And the laundry...I always seem to be behind on laundry. Geez.
Will I ever be caught up??
Will I ever be caught up??
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