Esther, Hendrik and Pancho help Charity show off her new cap
Esther and Hendrik show off their considerable 'hanging' skills
Rick and Judi show off progress at Discount Storage
Potty Training: Extreme Measures
About Me
- Zepmom
- Las Cruces, NM
- Child of God, Wife of one, Mother of two, Mother-in-Law of two, Grandmother of 3 girls and 2 boys - , Friend...Growing in the knowledge of Christ, always reforming as the Holy Spirit faithfully and graciously applies the Word of God to my heart.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Pardon Our Dust!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
That Used to Be Me
After work today, Rick and I were shopping at Sam's Club, and we ran into some friends from church. After greetings, one of the group told us she just lost her job. She'd had it less than a year, but when she accepted it, she was hopeful the position would provide job security and retirement benefits. Her position has been entirely eliminated, so she has neither at this time. My friend is a single gal - intelligent, capable and a consummate professional. She has lots more potential - humanly speaking - than I did when the same thing happened to me nearly six years ago. But, nonetheless, she's feeling pretty devastated, I'm sure.
I won't tell the story entire story again, but my experience was devastating to me as well. At the time, I was bringing home 2/3 of the family income, and we were in major financial difficulties too. The new job I was so hopeful about - and so sure were we of God's Hand in the employment when it was first offered - turned out to be a major nightmare.
And I had prayed for deliverance. When it came in the form of 'termination', I wasn't really shocked or surprised. A chain of events was put into motion - like carefully placed dominoes when they begin to fall, 'Click, click, click'. God insulated me and gave me grace to endure. He took my hand in His and led me through the valley of the shadow, and it was a dark, dark time in my life.
That was six years ago. And sometimes I'm still in the valley of the shadow, but much of the time the skies are bright, and sometimes I'm journeying in full-on sunshine. The constant is the faithful Shepherd who continues to lead.
I'm praying with good confidence for my friend, He's her Shepherd too.
I won't tell the story entire story again, but my experience was devastating to me as well. At the time, I was bringing home 2/3 of the family income, and we were in major financial difficulties too. The new job I was so hopeful about - and so sure were we of God's Hand in the employment when it was first offered - turned out to be a major nightmare.
And I had prayed for deliverance. When it came in the form of 'termination', I wasn't really shocked or surprised. A chain of events was put into motion - like carefully placed dominoes when they begin to fall, 'Click, click, click'. God insulated me and gave me grace to endure. He took my hand in His and led me through the valley of the shadow, and it was a dark, dark time in my life.
That was six years ago. And sometimes I'm still in the valley of the shadow, but much of the time the skies are bright, and sometimes I'm journeying in full-on sunshine. The constant is the faithful Shepherd who continues to lead.
I'm praying with good confidence for my friend, He's her Shepherd too.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Kindermusik Day with the Aggie Pride Band
Too 'yowd', he's not covering his ears, but it's what he's thinking...
Junior Color Guard, Esther
Great stuff!
Not so much...
Not Quite Facebook
Quite suddenly - mostly on a whim - I decided to go Facebook 'free'. I've deleted my FB profile and am trying to get back to blogging. I've really enjoyed keeping in touch with family and old friends through this particular social utility - I still love (most of) you :-) and I'd still love to hear from you, but my expectations aren't very high. 
Facebook makes it SO easy to find out what 'friends' are up to and how they're feeling about what they're up to. Our culture seems to live moment to moment, and if you can't tell me in a few words 'how you are' and what you're doing I'd just as soon not be bothered. In fact, I've had the experience of writing a newsy-but-lengthy e-mail to a loved one only to find out it hadn't been read because it was 'too long'!
I've heard from my still-Facebooking daughter that some have asked for me...I love hearing that I'm missed. I didn't quit Facebook because I want more attention (although I DO). I just DID it...and now that it's DONE, I'll be hanging out here instead, so surprise me - stop by...or send me a long e-mail...or (shock, horror) call me on the phone..
BTW, I got new glasses this week
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Our Little 'Housemate'
Rick found this little creature in the downstairs-office bathroom recently. It's the second one we've found inside in the last 2 weeks (click on the picture to enlarge, from the angle, you can't really see how menancing this thing's fangs are!)This Solfugid(Wind spider, Sun spider, Camel spider) is pretty common in these parts. When Rick found the first one on the floor by the kid's play table we were pretty freaked out. We've always known there was the potential to find a desert critter, ie scorpion, tarantula, centipede, etc., inside. But this fellow was like nothing we'd ever seen. The one pictured above is actually smaller than the other one we found, but this one had a 'baby' with it. We released it back into the 'wild' by carrying it in a plastic cup across the street to the arroyo.
Rick sprayed with our heavy-duty commercial product we use on the rest of the storage property. But, we're not walking around barefoot in the dark anymore, just in case this guy had friends...
Follow the link for more info.
http://www.spiderzrule.com/sunspider.htm
Friday, February 27, 2009
P.S. More From the Last Post
Following up on my last post...I'm more than a little peeved-but shocked-that the so-called 'RUINED' hand towel I paid for on my vacation is NOT ruined after all...I threw it in with a load of other towels, etc. and lo-and-behold it came out nearly-perfect in C-O-L-D water. Since I was told by a 'professional' that there was no way the item would come clean, I didn't even examine it before I threw it in the dryer with the rest of the load. So the slight discoloration is now permanently 'set'. Imagine if I had first used hot water and bleach - as I would assume a hotel would do....
Remember how I said I was going to send in the hotel's 'comment' card? Well, the chain sent me a survey e-mail...and I slammed them...probably too hard...the desk clerks were actually really nice and helpful. And that was BEFORE I washed the towels...Guess I'm still not THAT sanctified!?
Remember how I said I was going to send in the hotel's 'comment' card? Well, the chain sent me a survey e-mail...and I slammed them...probably too hard...the desk clerks were actually really nice and helpful. And that was BEFORE I washed the towels...Guess I'm still not THAT sanctified!?
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