Happy Holidays!!!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Sorry it has taken me so long to get back on the website.This year I have been making Christmas presents for my family. For the neices & nephews I have made pillow pets & for the families I am making tree skirts. It has taking me a whole year to make all of these but I am glad to say that I can relax. I enjoy crocheting, it is one of my stress release. But it can also get stressful when I tell someone I will have something done by a date & it does not look like I am going to complete it by that date.

My Thanksgiving was nice I was able to spend some time with my Grandmother from Texas and with my mom in Georgia. I was able to relax and get allot of my crocheting done.

Happy Birthday Alex!

Tomorrow morning when Alex wakes up to go to school she will be 12 years old. My baby girl is becoming a young lady. She is a mircule from the very beginning. Todd & I had been married 6 years when I found out that I was pregnant with Alex. The day I found out I was pregnant was Aug 25, 1995, I was already four months pregnant. I was on birth control pills at the time I found out. I was told the antibiotic that I was taking effected my birth control. On Oct 28,1995 I was having contractions all day & I finally told Todd around 11 p.m. I was unaware that I was having contractions, finally around 3 a.m. we woke his mom up to tell her something was wrong. That night she took us to the hospital to make sure nothing was wrong with the baby. All day the next day the doctor tried to stop my contractions. Finally on Monday Oct 30,1995 we were told that the contractions were not going away & to prepare to have a baby at any time. A call went to my mom in Georgia & to my dad in Texas. My mom was able to come at a moments notice & arrived right before Alex made her appearance. My beautiful baby girl arrived at 5:55 p.m. on that Monday evening. She looked just like her dad & her Mimi. She was born at 26 weeks 4 days into my pregancy. I was told that she would have to stay at the hospital until she was at least 5 pounds. At her birth she was 2 pounds 3 ounces & 21 inches long. My baby girl was born small but healthy. During her 3 months in the hospital I knew deep in my heart that the Lord has blessed me with the little girl I have always wanted. I also know in my heart that the Lord could of taken her to heaven with him instead of letting me borrow her for a season.
She loves the Lord & I know deep in my heart that she will be with God one day and that blesses my heart just as much as the day she was born. Thank you God for letting my have our baby girl. Just remember to never take for granted our children we are only borrowing them for a season. Happy Birthday Alex!

Judgement House

Friday night our church 6th graders & youth went to Judgement House in Hartsville SC. Alex & I have never been so we did not know what to expect. That was an awesome experience. If you are not saved you will want to be saved, if you are not living right then you will be. After a night a getting a glimpse of what heaven & hell looks like makes you want to walk that straight & narrow road with Jesus. Afterwards we ate at Cici Pizza in Florence, which was nice. I can not wait to experience Fall Festival at church on Friday night Oct. 26,2007. For those who are close by please come & join us and experience a church where "Everyone is Somebody".

It's a Sad Day at Assurant.

Hello People! I found out yesterday at work that one of my co-workers was found dead at her home. She was young & it has put a damper on the atmosphere at work. It seems when you work with people it hits close at home when you find out that they have died. I did not work with her personally, but I still knew her & she was a nice woman to work with. The sad thing about it is that the cause of death could possibly be murder. That hurts when you find out that someone would kill you for your life insurance. I am hoping that murder is not the cause of death. You can never trust the rumors that goes around either. I not sure if she has children, but please lift this woman's family & friends & co-workers up in prayers.

Bad Fast Food Service

Last Night I went to Hardee's after Church. We ordered $27 worth of food. After we got our food thru the drive thru last night we checked our food to make sure it was correct & then I had to go inside & have them fix my order. The manager was not nice or polite. In fact she scared me. When we got home my food was still wrong. I received a thick burger & not a double thick burger. By this time I was angry (there is no need to deny the way I felt) I call the Hardees that we went to & gave them a piece of my mind & then asked for the 1-800-number. I called them & told them I was very displeased with their service & had repeatedly received bad service from them before. They took my name & my information. They asked if I wanted coupons & I refused because I told them I refuse to go back to Hardee's anymore.

Have you ever felt this way about a Fast Food Restaurant? I was mad but I promise you one thing I did not cuss at the people, even though the Devil was right there edging me on. I have been served bad service so many times that my anger had built up so much I just had to release it. And at Church the preacher was preaching on the Armor of God & Prayer. I was not were I needed to be last night. I am ashamed to admit that, but I am being honest about it.
I am going to be working on putting on my whole armor of God over the next month on a daily basis. Because it only takes 21 days to become a habit. Pray for me in my new adventure.

Special Prayer Request

Today was an awesome day for me. I am praying that it is a start to a new found love. My husband Todd went to church this morning. Even though the preacher was preaching to Todd, he was not upset when I got home. I have been saved for a little over 11 years and even though it has been a struggle in the past couple of years I have not given up on Todd's Salvation or MY GOD. I was nervous about Todd being there listening to the message, but I knew that God had sent to church this very day to hear this very message. Preacher Allen preached on blockades to heaven. He touched on drugs. I just hope that Todd will go back next week.

My prayer request is to lift Todd up, and to keep Alex & I from getting our hopes up. We truly love the man that we know that Todd can be.

Lord, keep me close & guard my heart from being broken hearted.

South Florence Baptist Women's Banquet

Last night was an awesome night. We had our first annual Women's Banquet and it was truly a blessing to me & my mother-in-law. As you read yesterday's post about our home life. The banquet last night truly showed me what I need to do through the testimony of Cindy Beard. I could feel the Holy Spirit of God all over Cindy. I could feel the Holy Spirit of God all through that fellowship hall. I get a blessing out of my Mary's Heart WOM group every month. Through all of my struggles that I am going through in my life today I realize last night that He is first & foremost in my life. I appreciate the prayers of my SFBC Bloggers.

My Life at home

I am back to my website with lots to say. The visit to Georgia was nice, I really enjoyed visiting with my family. Since I have been back alot has been going on in my home life & it think it has alot to do with my Spiritual life. My Spiritual life is not where I would like for it to be & I am in the process of working on. Todd & his drugs are getting worse. I am getting to the point that I do not know how to handle him any more. Every day is different, One day home can be nice, watching a movie together. But then the next day Todd can be aggravating someone for money. Do not let him have the car because by the time I get home from work something we have can be in the pawn shop for me to get out the next pay period. I took a couple of days off from work & you would of thought Todd & I could go eat lunch together or go to Wal-Mart together without any problems.
But that weekend I had to pay to get my car out of a ditch, because Todd decides to go partying all night long. The sad thing about this way of life that Todd has chosen for hisself, Todd was raised in church all of his life. So he knows that he is living for the Devil at this point in his life. As for me, I was not raised in Church & at this point in my life I am struggling with my Christianity. Does that make sense to anyone, because it does not make sense to me.
South Florence Bloggers out there please pray for me & my family. I am looking on the positive side of all of this is that I know that I have Jesus with his arms around me taking care of me & my daughter.

I am Bible Study-Lesson 1

I finally got to the I am Bible Study. I think that I am going to truly enjoy this bible study. Bloggers out there please pray for me in my new adventure. I have alot to learn & take in.

My questions for lesson 1 were:
Am I emotionally & spritually healthy? I can honestly say "No" to both of those questions. I am ashamed to say that my spritual life is not healthy at all. I am working on this part of my life & I need alot of prayers. My emotional health is not healthy because I never know from one day to the next what I have to put up with at home.

My next question was Do you have "yes" spirit? I do not think that I can have a yes spirit if I am not spiritually healthy. But I am working on that also.

Please pray for me & my family.

I am Back

I am back from my trip & what a trip that was. Before we could even get to Columbia SC we had a flat tire. We stopped in Camden SC to get a tire & after the agrevation & two hours later we were finally back on the road. I had a good visit with my mom. But I can honestly say that I missed being at my home church on Sunday.

Going Visiting !

I would like for my friends & family to pray for me this weekend. I am going visiting my family in Georgia. I am going to take lots of pictures so I can add them to my blog. This is going be the first visit since Febuary. Pray for traveling mercies for our family. I am hoping to be a witness to my lost family members. Spreading the love of God.

Last night at church was a blessing to me. Seeing the girls in the church learning about different missionaries. It was a truly blessing that no matter what my daughter Alex ask for prayer request for her daddy, every week. That means more to me than anything in the world to know that my child wants her daddy saved & going to heaven just as much as I do. Please join me back here on Monday evening to see what has happened over the weekend.

I want to say a special thank you to Josh (my chruch son) for helping in my Sunday School class this weekend.

Have a happy & safe weekend.
God Bless you all.

God Is Good

I know that I have God on my side. Having a husband that is not saved is a challenge for me. I think that is away that God is trying to keep me on my toes. This weekend Todd told me that God must of had his hands on him. I believe that God did have his hands on Todd, Todd just do not realize that he has a praying wife to keep God's hand on him. People do not realize what I go thru because when they see me I always have a smile on me. God has his hands on me to keep me patient with a unsaved husband that for some reason or another I truly love from the depths of my heart. I went into this marriage when the determination that no matter what I am going to make this marriage work. It will truly be "til death do we part".

Welcome to Carolina Girl

Hello Friends & Family, welcome to my new blog site. This site is going to take over all of my websites:
http://circlep.blogspot.com/
http://andipandi.wordpress.com/
http://noworries2007.spaces.live.com/

I hope that you will join me at my new website starting in September 2007.