Wow I have the day off today and I have about a thousand things to do. I know it has been a long time since I posted but let me tell you a few things that have been going on. I got the new job and right after I started I twisted my ankle really bad. I had to go on in to work that day (I did it going out the door). Boy that wasn’t fun it still hurts a little and it has been several weeks. I heard crunching noises, yucky huh? Then the next week I had a tooth abscess that was bad also. I had to have pain med’s called in and those didn’t do much good. so I was in the bed all weekend. The following Monday I had to go have a root canal done Yucky again. Still have to go back and have that finished. Then a week later my father-in-law caught himself on fire. I’m not joking! He has 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns and he is 76 years old. We finally got to see him on Sunday and he is doing well considering all he has been thourgh. He leaned up against his electric stove top with it on and his robe caught on fire. Flames were licking up over his head. His wife is wheelchair bound so she could not help him. He took his robe off and his tee shirt and he was still on fire. Which he put out with his hand. His hand is burn also just not as bad. So they took him to the burn hospital in Augusta Georgia. This is two hours from our home. My husband stayed the night with his mother for several nights because she can’t be left alone. He came home on Saturday and we got to see him Sunday. He has to go back for skin grafts this week so we will have another busy weekend. Well that is all the bad stuff. Now for the good.
1. God protect him and did not let him die. We are so thankful! And he is in good spirits which is surprising..
2. Yesterday I got a permanent position at the North American Mission Board where I have been working on a temporary basis. This is what I have been praying for and is a huge blessing. It comes with all the wonderful perks like health and dental insurance and a huge raise.
3. The embroidery orders are pouring in. I guess it is that time of year. My customers are finding me even though I haven’t had time to notify everyone.
So I guess all the bad evened out with all the good.
Well that is a huge update. I will not post all of the embroidery work since most of it is not that interesting but several orders are so I will post on those. I better go get busy and make the most of my day.
Yikes! You have been through A LOT. I had to have a root canal redone a few months ago. SOOO not fun, but I discovered that going to an endodontist makes the whole thing a lot quicker. My dentist took 3 hours to do my root canal. The endodontist can do a root canal in 30 minutes.
Congratulations on the job! I guess your weekends will be full of your embroidery.
I worry about my parents as well – just the safety of them being at home and getting older. Praise God he’s okay!
Comment by craftapple — March 27, 2007 @ 11:19 am