Funny Chicken Story

This happened earlier this month. We were loading up our chickens to take to a farm to be prepared for the freezer. (Isn't that a nice way to put it.) We got up at 6 am to get them loaded in the crates the family loaned us. If we had been smart we would have gotton up an hour earlier and just picked them up while they were sleeping, but then I wouldn't have a funny story to tell.

Anyway these fat lazy chickens usually just come to the door when you open it, however this morning they were apparently on edge and ran into the outside pen, where we can't get to them. My dh had to remove some chicken wire and get a ladder to climb in the pen and chase them into the chicken house, then climb out and run around and help me load them. In the meantime several of them got to the "real" outside. By now my mom, dad and the children are trying to help chase chickens. We managed to get the "outside" ones back in; all but one. The lone rooster decided to wait for us under the truck. We saved him for last and proceeded to load the rest. We got them all loaded and looked for the lone rooster, but alas he was not under the truck and no where to be found. Could he have gotton back into the chicken house and loaded? Well, that was the only reasonable explanation, so out to the farm we went.

I explained to the lady what had happened and, that we may have 28 or 29 chickens. Then we went home to return at noon to package our birds.

My parents were camping at our place and so we sat by the campfire for a bit before making breakfast, when our daughter said, "Look!" Lo and behold our lone rooster was back underneath the truck. My dh peeked underneath and the axil was full of chicken poo. That crazy rooster road about 12 miles to the farm and back underneath the truck. Can you imagine him sitting there riding his harley with the wind in his feathers, holding on with dear life. Chickens don't have hands, just feet. I wonder that he didn't spin round and round. Of course he somehow avoided being smooshed on the highway.

At this point in the story many people asked if we kept him as a pet. Ahhh, were not that nice. We loaded him in a cardboard box and he road in style in the front seat of the truck. The little gal that butchers the birds thought that was incredibly funny.

I have another funny story about a rooster trapping a VERY pregnant woman in a shed, but I'll save that for another day.

Miscarriage and general update

Numbers went down considerably. I was so numb I didn't hear what the nurse said. 400 something. Anyway, the good news is the doctor didn't think it was tubal. Praise the Lord. Well, we may not be filling the earth with our multiplying, however we're putting a little dent in Heaven! I am very grateful that we can still conceive, so I'm not completely dysfunctional-just a little. God be praised for all things.

For accountability's sake. I am still working on memorizing Psalm 25. I've made it through verse 5, but need to look it again, because when I tried to go through it in my mind last night at bedtime, some of the words didn't sound quite right.

Interesting tidbit. The minds of people who didn't memorize Scripture as a child start slowing down at age 20, but children who did still have high recall at age 35. I wonder if it's just spending time memorizing, or if the key is in memorizing Scripture. Of course, I can't think of anything more important to spend great deals of time memorizing than Scripture. Well, I've definitely missed the boat; my mind definitely has been going down hill for many years. My children have been memorizing Scripture for years. I'll have to ask them at 30 how there brains are. I've always claimed it was them stealing brain cells during pregnancy. Funny I started having babies at 20. hmmmmmm

DM- If you've been emailing me, I'm not getting them. You can try the old one again, it is still good till the end of the month.

Fare thee well.

Pregnancy Update

Monday night I started having sharp pains on my left side (the side with my only functioning tube). I called the dr. and explained the situation. They could not help me that night, which seemed crazy since I know you can die from an ectopic rupture. Anyway since I was not "doubled over" in pain it could wait until morning.

Tuesday morning the pain had moved somewhat which led me to believe it was intestinal pain. I went to the clinic anyway for a beta hcg. The number was 662. I was hoping for a "1" in front of that. I would be 22 dpo at that time. They were happy that the pain had moved. They could not do an ultrasound because nothing will show with that low of a number. I go back in tomorrow morning for a repeat beta. Any number above 1000 will be okay, but 1324 would be much more promising.

According to charts, my number is within the range for 22 dpo, however I was going by my son's numbers and I expected 1600 at least. Anyway I did some figuring and based on my first + hpt it is still a workable number. Of course God shows Himself best in impossible situations.

I am still so grateful to have stayed pregnant this long. Only by God's grace since I have only had one successful pregnancy in 9 years, 6 of those with an open tube.

God bless.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Evidently there are many versions of this story and maybe reading the shortened one to my son was not a good idea. Maybe the original has a moral????

Jack and his mom are very poor. Jack disobeys his mother when told to sell the cow. He instead trades her for 5 magic beans. Mother throws them out the window and they proceed to grow into an ENORMOUS bean stalk which Jack climbs clear into the clouds. He discovers a giant, enters his home and steals his hen that lays golden eggs and his golden harp. Since the giant is about to catch up with Jack, he (Jack) heroicly chops down the beanstalk killing the giant. He and his mother get rich off the spoil aka the golden eggs.

Okay, I don't see any morals here. Jack disobeys, steals and kills and is rewarded. Nothing here I want to teach my chilren. Eek. Therefore, the book was purged last night. I cannot believe I read that to my 2yo.

Still Pregnant

I took another test yesterday and it is still positive. Praise the Lord. The bleeding has lightenend considerably.

Meditating on Scripture

Our Basic Life Principles seminar last night was about meditating on Scripture. I've started with Psalm 25 as per suggestion. Unfortunately I am not very quick on memorizing. I was able to memorize only the first verse. I fell asleep visualizing myself lifting my soul up to the LORD; handing it over actually. This morning I was able to add the 2nd verse, and hope to meditate on it while I "walk by the way", or anytime I am able to do chores that don't require thinking.

Psalm 25

1 Unto thee, O LORD, I do lift up my soul.

2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Book Review "Before You Meet Prince Charming" by Sarah Mally

I highly recommended this book for teenage girls and their parents. Sarah Mally does a beautiful job of teaching girls how to stay physically and emotionally pure for their future husbands; all the while keeping the book itself pure from topics that need not be discussed.

She teaches the girl how to spend her time while she waits. Rather than daydreaming, or fretting, or being idle, she should take the time to get to know the Lord, memorize scripture, serve her family and others, because what other time in her life will she have time to dedicate her all to the Lord.

Mixed in with real life stories, practical advice, and much scripture is a beautiful fairy tale of a princess (daughter of the King!!!). The story tells of how her parents protect her and guide her, how the alligator continuously temps her, and how finally with no aggression on her part she is courted by her prince charming.

Beautiful and a must read!

Amazing

I'm still pregnant. Praying that the bleeding will stop.

4 Weeks 4 Days Pregnant and Bleeding (Long... Miscarriages mentioned)

I found out Sunday evening 9/9/07 that I was expecting. I was already 1 to 3 days late and was only spotting. (I have very short cycles). My temps had been bobbing up and down for several days, so I was sure if I was pregnant I was heading for another miscarriage. The Fact + test was light, but not faint. (I get light tests even at the same time as a blood test hcg level of 124.)

I gave it all to the Lord. I want the Lord's will for this baby. If it is His will for baby to go home with Him, then that is preferable. Don't get me wrong, I desperately want another child to love. However, I have done this too many times. God has blessed us with 4 beautiful children. Our 4th was a miracle after many miscarriages (and a tubal reversal). Sadly I became angry with losing some of the early ones that I didn't even write them down and do not know how many I have had. I think there were at least 6 maybe 8. I have had one since JG (2) was born. I spotted for 11 days that time and then started to bleed heavy. I didn't have a light test until just a few days before and then an almost negative test the day the bleeding started.

Back to the present. I took another test Monday morning, sure that it would get lighter. It was just the same. By 9am however the pink and brown spotting had turned to bright red. By afternoon it was like a light period. I was sure I had lost the baby, but hubby wanted to go to town and get some progesterone cream. I used the cream Monday night, but was still bleeding.

Tuesday, yesterday: I went and bought more hpts. 2 Fact + and 3 ept. (They were very cheap at the salvage store, so I bought some for another time. ) I took a Fact + just to be sure that I had lost the baby so I could stop using the progesterone cream. This is how your mind works after so many miscarriages. I asked God for an accurate result. Praise God, even after the bleeding, the new positive test was noticeably darker than the last one!!!! Thank you Jesus for letting me have one more day with your little blessing.

Well, here I am on Wednesday, still bleeding like a medium flow period and with yet another positive test. I don't know what tomorrow will bring. If anyone out there in cyberspace who claims Jesus Christ as Savior is reading this, please pray for my little one, and for peace in my and dh's hearts.

Fare thee well. Maybe another time I will talk about my tubal reversal and our miracle baby.

What I hope to accomplish with this blog (and what I don't)

What are my goals? Well, I want to be able to share great links, recipes, curriculum reviews, etc. Mostly I want to keep a journal of what God is doing in my life. Someday I can compile this all together and pass it on to my children.

What I don't want is for this to be a huge time waster for me or anyone else who is supposed to be busy in the home. I don't want this to turn into a debate about what I should or should not be doing. If at anytime this becomes dishonoring to Jesus Christ my Lord or my husband I will shut it down.

God bless you and keep you till we meet again.