A prayer for faith.

I wanted to blog about this song last night. When we sang this song at church on Sunday, I was moved by it. But, last night I couldn't pull up the tune or any part of the lyrics. Which made me sad. This morning I woke up to the chorus running through my head and heart. "Thank you, Father for the sweet wake up this morning."

A Prayer For Faith

My heart is glad, that you are my Father
Adopted to you, as sons and daughters
And Your love endures, as You said it would
And my heart sings...

Chorus:
Teach me, the sound of Your voice
With the faith to respond, to love you...
Teach me, to follow you close
With the faith you bestow, to love you...

My heart is glad, to serve you as King
Forgive the times, that I am stubborn
With a humble heart, may I come to you
And my heart sings...

Chorus:
Teach me, the sound of Your voice
With the faith to respond, to love you...
Teach me, to follow you close
With the faith you bestow, to love you...

My heart is glad, that you are my Father
Adopted to you, as sons and daughters
And Your love endures, as You said it would
And my heart sings...

Chorus:
Teach me, the sound of Your voice
With the faith to respond, to love you...
Teach me, to follow you close
With the faith you bestow, to love you...

Classroom space extended.

We decided that the raised area in the back was not quite big enough for classroom space. So we thought we should have concrete poured to make it one even raised area.
Robert made the forms last night. Which I thought the concrete guys were supposed to do, but you know Robert, once he gets started...
Here is the completed concrete. I think it turned out great. I misunderstood and thought it is was going to go all the way across. So, now we have a ramp up into the space and into the kids area. Which I think they will like.

This is where the old walk in cooler was.
This is a reminder of where we started. The coke cooler is in the foreground and behind it is the walk in cooler. I had forgotten there was a wall around the raised part, I think a freezer was in there. Then there was a table, the ramp, a half wall and another booth next to the window.
Here's another shot, with the wall down and old brown booth out. Wow, have we come a long long way. No wonder we are tired and sore.

Wondering how Megan is doing?

Thanks for asking. She is faring fairly well. She is back at school. She has passed all her tests, and starts finals on Friday. The sad thing for her is that she will do the research portion of her clinicals first, which means she is not out of the classroom quite yet. The good news is that can be done more easily than OB on crutches. She will still be on crutches for part of her second rotation, which is psych. She has been blessed with many meals that she has frozen portions of them so she can reheat those for dinner. Her roommate Jessica takes her laundry done the stairs and then brings it back up when it is finished. Megan can manage the stairs to do the laundry, but can't get it up or down the stairs. She is still needing people to walk her dogs for her. The downtown community from her church has really pitched in to help with that. She can swim, which is nice. She has some calluses on her hands which is a bummer. She has great muscles in her arms which is good, but none really in her left leg which is not so good. Anyway, she cannot put any weight on her left lef for a little over two more months. That's the scoop.

The last of the summer 2008 short do's.

This is the best summer cut Tallulah has had. It and the cool tile definitely help her stay a little cooler in the summer heat.











They trimmed around her face which was nice. And she kept the two little bows in for a couple of hours after we got home.

Neighborhood watch.

So, here is the dogs new post when I'm sewing and the shades are up. Keeping and eagle eye on the neighborhood.

Vintage quilt squares.

My friend Margaret Gettis sent me these quilt squares. They were her husband's grandmothers, she asked me if I could make them into a quilt for her. I love to do this kind of thing, so I said "yes." I trimmed the blocks, and I sashed them so I could cut them all to the same size. It turned out pretty well.

I had a hard time trying to find a solid 1930's fabric to sash the blocks. So, while I had the blocks out at the Aiken Quilt Shoppe several of the quilters offered their ideas. One of them was this blue polka dot. I think it was a great choice. Then I added the pink floral 1930's border. I will probably quilt it with an all over stipple. I hope that they like it. I enjoyed putting it together.

Today, I am....

stub·born
–adjective

1. unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
2. fixed or set in purpose or opinion; resolute: a stubborn opponent of foreign aid.
3. obstinately maintained, as a course of action: a stubborn resistance.
4. difficult to manage or suppress: a stubborn horse; a stubborn pain.
5. hard, tough, or stiff, as stone or wood; difficult to shape or work.

Deuteronomy 9:13:13
Furthermore the Lord said to me, I have seen this people, and behold, they are stubborn and hard.

Lord, change my stubborn heart.

A man and a paint sprayer.

So, this is what happens when you spend the morning helping friends paint witht a paint sprayer.

Rough-in inspection approved (with one change)

There's only one change that's needed to pass the rough-in inspection. I have to change the footers of the interior walls to treated wood. The inspector checked to see if there could be an exception, but there is not. Anywhere a wall touches concrete has to be treated. That won't take too long. Here are pictures of electrical and plumbing. Maybe a week to change the footers and then we can get started on the finish work like drywall. And the inspector gave me an option to painting the i-beams with a special 1 hour fire rated paint, so we don't have to enclose them. Kathy will be thrilled!

Half time!

The word from the doctor, is I need wear the boot for work, for two more weeks, but I can wear real shoes at home. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH! I know it may not be a big deal for some of you, but this means in the middle of the night I don't have to put the boot on my foot to walk to the bathroom. Woohoo, it is the little things.

The dahlia quilt continued.

Here is the dahlia quilt is coming along. I have been working on it in the evenings. It takes me about an hour to piece two of the arcs and then to sew two of them together. So, half of the arcs are done. This is definitely one of the most challenging quilts I have done, but it is fun and I am excited about how it is turning out. It might be second only to the paper pieced nativity that I started 3 years ago and still have not finished. Maybe just maybe Beth and Debbie, I might get motivated to finished it this year.

Official card carrying member...

...of the East Central Regional Library System. It's about time, I mean we have lived here over a year. The library is only about 5 blocks from our house. Honestly, it is as nice as the library that was closest to our house in Alpharetta. The funny part is that I checked out a couple of books on tape and a movie. Not an actual book, though they had lots of books. Yea, for the Library.

Drywall and cabinets!

The plumbers are coming! The plumbers are coming! (and the electricians too!) Yes, it's time to call in the professionals. I've done all the damage I can do. I also need to impress the building inspector. Here's a before and after picture of the break area, where the plumbers will be putting in the rough-in plumbing this week. We have purchased cabinets for the break area and the bathroom.

Saga with my foot.

Still point tenderness on my fifth metatarsal, so the doc said two more weeks in the boot. He will get x-rays in two weeks and we go from there. Meaning maybe another two weeks in the boot. He said the danger is that it goes from a stress fracture to a complete fracture and that would require pins, I told him I thought I would like to pass on that. So, having the boot for a few more weeks will be fine with me. There probably is more lessons from the boot I need to learn.

Surgery day.

Pre-op at o'dark thirty.

In the the PACU, with a PCA pump of morphine. Not really feeling any pain, yet still sassy to her mom.

Friends from her class come to visit at lunch time.

Amber taking Megan on a walk down the hall.

The good news is they were able to align the the bones well according to the doctors. She has five screws in her tibia now. No cast, no brace, no weight bearing. She can bend her knee all she can tolerate. And she will probably go home tomorrow. Yeah only one night in the hospital.

Megan is feeling a little creative before surgery tomorrow,

Megan decided that she needed a treasure map on her leg for surgery tomorrow.

X marks the spot!!!!

Reminds me of the time when her leg got burned from a hot cup of coffee. Anyway, I was working for our family doctor at the time and he lectured me about being really careful and watching it for infection. Well, we decided to put some plastic wrap around the old bandage and put some goopy "gak" play dough kind of stuff on it and then wrap it up in fresh guaze to play a practical joke on the doctor. The "gak" looked just like gross yellow-greenish puss. I wish I had a picture of the doctors face when he cut the bandage off. He couldn't believe his nurse had let it get that bad....but under the real dressing was a healing burn, that looked great. It was funny, we all got a laugh out of it. That too was Megan's idea.

We have to be at the hospital at 5:30 in the morning for a 7:00 surgery. So, goodnight all.

A big THANK YOU!!

I just wanted to say to our friends, THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you for your prayers.
Thank you for your calls.
Thank you for your prayers.
Thank you for your visits.
Thank you for your prayers.
Thank you for all the meals you have provided.
Thank you for your prayers.
Thank you for your emails.
Thank you for your prayers.
Thank you for your words of encouragements.
And thank you for your prayers.
We really appreciate your love and support!
~The Mullis family