This 'N' That

Just a quick update on E. He's up walking around, eating a little, sitting in chairs, playing on the computer, quizzing the Drs. about his treatment (they aren't used to that as 99% of the patients in PICU are under the age of 2). Yesterday, the Dr. told him they were going to give him a drug to increase his apetite and he asked them why hadn't they done that before? He's a very precocious kid as they are finding out at Medical City, Dallas, PICU. The Drs. also like that he watches sports all the time instead of Sesame Street. Perhaps they spend more time in his room...

Anyway, thanks again for your concern and prayers. E has to stay in the hospital 10-14 more days, then be homebound on IV antibiotics for about 4-6 weeks until they can implant his new pacemaker. If all goes well, Lord willing, he'll be on his way to complete recovery. God is so good! E goes to the private Christian school at our church and I know they'll help him catch up on his schoolwork. He shouldn't have any problems - he's a whiz. It'll be good to see him at church again!

I've been blog hopping the last few days and have been reading some of the farming blogs. I've got a bug in my head to check out raising chickens. I can't have any now because we haven't moved out to the farm permanently yet. I guess it'll be a year or two more before we can actually do that. We're there every weekend and on holidays so I can't really have any chickens yet cuz I'm not there to feed them every day.

I looked at all the different varieties of chickens. There's little 'uns and big 'uns and floozy-lookin' ones and plain ones. I loved the brightly colored ones and the black/white ones. I have a two fold reason for wanting chickens. I want fresh eggs, and I want to be able to paint them. My grandmother always had chickens. She had a huge chicken coop and after the chickens were all gone, I loved to play in there. It was used for storage later on.

I've been thinking about this recession thing. Our home is paid for, our farm is paid for, the farmhouse is paid for... what if things got really bad? I suppose we could move out to the farm, have our garden (altho it would have to increase greatly in size), get us some cows/goats, and have our chickens. Not such a bad idea really. I'd hate for things to get that bad, however, I'm longing to make that move and have my little farm and live my dream.

The stock market dropped over 300 points upon the announcement of the stimulus pkge passing the senate today. This is scarey stuff, people. We've personally lost  money in the stock market & mutual funds just like everybody else. My folks have lost some too. Tony and I (Lord willin') still have plenty of years to recoup that loss, but the older generation doesn't. I don't know if they'll ever get their retirement nest egg back.

I know the Lord will take care of us. He knows our every need. I pray for our President even tho I didn't vote for him. I pray that God will give him wisdom and that Obama will seek God's guidance in his decisions. I pray that we are not headed for socialism. I fear for my kids and grandkids and I know ya'll do, too. What will happen? Only the Lord knows. My only consolation is that everything is in God's hands.

On a lighter note, I think this is my 95th post. Wow. I didn't know it would get this far. Didn't even know if I'd like this blogging thing. But I did and I do. I appreciate all your comments and your concern for me, my life, and my little world. I've surely enjoyed getting to know you all and sharing your world with you.

I am going to have a give-away to celebrate my 100th post. My first. I'll be back to let you know a little more about it in a few days. I've got something I hope you'll like!