c3, cd24

Sorry I haven't written for awhile!! Things have been crazy busy around here!! We have been getting ready for our Easter musical at church & have practically been living at the church!! It all went really well this past weekend.....it was incredible to see "Jesus" actually hanging on the cross...reminded me of what is really important.....my walk with Him! We had a wonderful Easter Sunday with my in-laws....my parents have been kinda weird lately. My mom emailed me Friday night to say they'd come to our musical & then didn't. I'm just trusting the Lord to help them get back to some kind of normal.....I talked with them on Sunday afternoon & Mom just kept trying to get off the phone. I'm going to give her some space & continue to pray that the Lord will help her figure out what ever it is that is bothering her. Nothing I can say or do will change things anyway. (Sorry about that little tangent, I'm still surrendering that to the Lord!! ;o) I've been at peace with not ovulating yet this cycle. I've added ALA to my supplements & I can tell a difference in my energy level! YAY!! Finally help with my fatigue!! Last week I finally laid ALL of this TTC stuff at the Lord's feet & asked him to help me to fully trust HIS plan & throw mine away! He knows when another child should be added to our family (financially, emotionally...etc) and I'm totally ok with waiting! I'm really enjoying my girls (well, most of the time...right now they are both being little toots!! LOL!!), and am cherishing each moment with them! I will start homeschooling DD#1 this Fall! She'll be in kindergarten! YAY!! I've already started praying that this school year will go smoothly! We're going camping in a little over a week! I can hardly wait!! Some peace & quiet! I think I might even take a charting break while we are gone!! That would be GREAT! Anyway, my game plan now is to wait on the Lord & allow him to mold me into the woman HE wants me to be! God bless!!

This is just for fun!! Sorry it's SO loooooong!!

1. FIRST NAME? Colleen
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Nope!
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Watched Extreme Makeover: After the Storm.....I bawled!!
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes!
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? garlic turkey....yum!
6. KIDS? I have 2 and am ttc#3!
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I think so!
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Yes....it's my quiet time journal
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? I'm learning to use it less & less.
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes!
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? If I were on the Amazing Race!!
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Granola
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No way!!
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes.
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Rocky Road
16. SHOE SIZE? 9
17. RED OR PINK? Pink!
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My weight...but I'm working on it!!
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? DH's grandmother.....comitted suicide 3 years ago.
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? No shoes & lime green pants (pajama pants!!)
22. LAST THING YOU ATE? Potatoes!!
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? a Kojak rerun on TV!!
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Green or blue!!
25. FAVORITE SMELL? DH!! ;o)
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My friend Monica!
27. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Their smile....or lack of!
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? No one sent it to me...I 'borrowed' it from Kate!!
29. FAVORITE DRINK? Diet Dr Pepper!
30. FAVORITE SPORT? The Olympics!
31. HAIR COLOR? 7F! LOL!! It's a reddish dark blonde!
32. EYE COLOR? Hazel/blue
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Nope!
34. FAVORITE FOOD? Eggplant parmigania (sp?!!)
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy ending...definitely!!
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Meet Me In St. Louis....Judy Garland!
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Blue!
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
39. HUGS OR KISSES? Kisses from DH & DDs...Hugs from everyone else!
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? I don't eat sugar anymore...but I love this sugar free chocolate I found at my health food store!!
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Parenting Isn't For Cowards & just finished Marriage Under Fire (both James Dobson books!)
44. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? my mouse & tv remote!
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Law & Order
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? The birds & wind in the trees around my house!
47. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? Beatles!
48. THE FURTHEST YOU BEEN FROM HOME? Niagra Falls!
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can organize anything!!
51. WHAT CONDITION ARE YOUR HANDS AND FEET IN? They've always been naturally soft..my toenails are painted, but I keep my fingernails short & unpainted!
52. WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHOR? C.S. Lewis

c3, cd13....waiting to O

After I had my time with the Lord today, I looked over some journal entries during the time we were ttc Hannah. I found the entry that I wrote one year, to the day, before she was born.....

9/20/03
"Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God."
Psalm 43:5

and one month before....
8/20/03
"The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites but that year they ate the produce of Canaan."
Joshua 5:12

You are so faithful to provide for me over and over and over. How easily I forget! Thank you, my El Elyon!! I see You, El Elyon (God Most High), as the conductor of my life. There have been many times when the music has been loud and stormy, others quiet and peaceful and still others happy and joyful; but through it all the whole symphony illuminates You....Your power, Your grace, Your sovereignty. I surrender my will to You, so that You can direct my life into a symphony more beautiful than I can imagine.......

c3, cd9

Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen. Every hope or dream of the human mind will be fulfilled if it is noble and of God. Continue to persevere spiritually.

-Oswald Chambers

"In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning

I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation."

Psalm 5:3

"O God you are my God, earnestly I seek you;

my soul thirsts for you,

in a dry and weary land where there is no water."

Psalm 63:1