The truth...

Psalms 19:14

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight,

O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Here as of late, all of you know that God has been working in my heart. Today, I have spent much of my morning praying as I go. I'm really struggling with my temper right now. That is for MANY reasons, but in my heart, I know that it is wrong. Anger is OK if IT IS RIGHTEOUS and mine is becoming bitter right now. So, I have been praying through my day trying to focus on this. Then as I was loading the washer today, God spoke to my heart. The scripture above is what He showed me. I dwell on things. I dwell on the past. I dwell on the kids behaviours. I dwell on my hurts. I dwell on words that have been spoken in anger. I dwell on mistakes. The meditations of my heart are NOT pleasing in his sight! At all! Not only that, but the meditations of my heart are directly affecting the words of my mouth! So, today, this scripture is my prayer. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight today God! Amen!

pieces...

Some times, it feels like life is a blank puzzle... you have to blindly put the pieces together where they fit and then when the puzzle is all finished... you see the big picture. I kind of feel like this is the way our lives have been. We walked through the horrid scare of mito. Wondering day by day if Joey would make it or if Abby would go backwards. Then God decided to move with a touch of healing and new medical care. Why? I don't know. Am I grateful? You better believe it. Now, He begins to work on our hearts. I look at every vessel ever used in the Bible. They have been through it in some form or another. Broken and totally reliant on God alone... Today, I sit and work on my puzzle pieces of life... we are working with some issues with the kids, working on what God wants from our lives, figuring out day to day what we are to be doing and who we are supposed to be in our community... and then I wonder... when I stand before God, what will my completed puzzle look like. I pray it is beautiful and I can look on it with Joy standing beside my Father in heaven as He says Well done! Just my random thought for the moment... hope it makes sense!!!

It's laundry time!!!

We are way behind on laundry! In order for us to come to church today, we have to work!!! The kids and I have been working on laundry. The holidays have put us a bit behind on our usual chores! It's been so cute watching them help! They've done awesome... so today, we will have clean clothes!!! :)

Slave driver!!!!!

Jeff's home from work and he thinks I must work!!! he he he!!! Just kidding! He and I are pitching in to put our house back into order from the holidays! My kitchen is a disaster... our living room now looks like a used toy store! So... off we go to putting things in proper place and making life feel "norm" again! Happy clean up to the Pfohl fam!

I did survive!!!!

Sweet! I did survive! It felt so good to be back in the mode of drama/miming/interpretive... whatever you want to call it! I was so nervous that tonight wouldn't' fly because of the asthma issues I have been having. But with a little help from my friendly puffer and A LOT of help from God... I made it through! I pray that God was able to speak through tonight. I certainly enjoyed just worshipping Him through obedience but also expressing my awe for him through the motions of the song! Merry Christmas to all tomorrow!!! Happy birthday JESUS!!!!!

It's christmas eve!!!!!

Well, tomorrow is Christmas! I am VERY excited and so are the kids. Abby is thrilled to be celebrating Jesus birthday. I pray that all families can lay down any issues they are having, can lay down hurts and celebrate the birth of Christ who came to set us free! When you really stop to think about Christmas, it is a day to stand in Awe. Jesus the son of God took on the form of a baby and came to Earth KNOWING full well, he was coming in order to save those that He loves... YOU AND ME!!! So, I look forward to taking some time away from the "chaos" of Christmas and thanking Jesus for all that He has done for our lives! It's an awesome day to be able to celebrate! So, curious... do any of you have any special things you do to celebrate the birth of Christ on Christmas???

Just me...

Yep, I know! Shocking! That is a picture of just me on this blog! Yeppers. I did it! I really dislike pictures of myself. If you will recall with me, I have been occasionally posting about things that are heavy on my heart, changes in my life, things God is working on me. Between here and my weight loss blog, I have been talking a lot about things within me. God is really working on my whole heart right now. I have to confess, it has been a painful toll! I'm ready for the work to be complete... but it isn't there yet. Right now, God is working on me as a person... Who I am, what I'm supposed to be, what I feel about me... Let me tell you folks, that isn't always positive. Me? I very much dislike myself most days. I battle with how I look. I struggle with how I feel physically. I battle even with how I deal with life and I feel so unworthy of being called a daughter of God. All this adds up to one thing... I have and allowed life to belittle my self esteem. God has been asking me to step up and do more and that crazy self esteem just gets in the way every single time! Tomorrow is a huge day for me. I had hoped to have lost more weight than I have before committing to this... but God has laid it on my heart that it is time. I am going to do a mime/drama tomorrow. yep. I'm VERY nervous about it. To be truthful... I would rather back out... but I'm moving forward because it's what God wants. This is part of my journey of healing. God is asking me to put more ministry back in my life and this is the area I begin. So please pray for me. This is a real step of faith for me. Big girls don't do these kinds of things and I want my heart to be in letting Jesus shine through me rather than worrying about what the dude watching things of my pant size! So... God, here I am... hands open, heart bared.... USE ME!

Sir Joey

Joey was all dressed up in his armor last night at the christmas party. we had it in one of the class rooms and he settled in to play! I couldn't resist this picture!

Christmas party...

Well, tonight we celebrate with the rest of the food pantry staff that has helped out this year to minister to our community and have a Christmas dinner together. I am very excited! I love to cook and well... here is the menu...

Veggie tray with dip
Chicken and dumplings (dumplings are even scratch... mmmm!!!!!!)
Home made Mashed potatoes with gravy
Green beans with ham
Dinner rolls
and for desert...
we are having sugar cream cake and a chocolate sugar cream cake...

Do you know what my house smells like? oh my words!!! Jeff has a drip of drool on his chin every time I see him! I don't think he'll be last in line tonight! I think he'll push his way to the front after smelling it all day!

The Spirit of Jesus...

You know, the best part of Christmas to me is loving on people. Last year, I didn't get to be much a part of that because the kids were so very sick. We were very much loved on and was so much needed at the time with all that the kids were going through... BUT, Not this year! buddy, I'm back into life in the outside world and I get to I just love to love on people! Merry Christmas every one!!!!

Christmas time....

There is certainly a buzz in the house about Christmas this year! Abby is busting at the seems!!! We let the kids open Christmas last night because it was the ONLY time until after Christmas that we had an uninterrupted night. The kids were so cute and had so much fun.

Yesterday, we painted our ornaments that we made. They are the salt/flour ornaments. Abby's picture didn't turn out... no flash on my camera any more... but here is a good one of bubby's. They had a blast! Today, we may consider putting our ginger bread house together!!! We have a few more activities up our sleeves!!!! :) Merry Christmas every one!! -Mindy

Long day...

Today has been a long day! Some good, some bad! Started the morning with loads of baking and cooking to get ready for the Christmas party today with staff and volunteers at the church. Made goodies to share with the staff. Then home to clean up some of the house from the mess of the cooking! Never fails you always have to clean up!!!! We got to go into Muncie to do some Christmas shopping! TONS of fun! The kids stayed here wtih Aunt Christi. I love buying the kids their presents! I can't wait to watch them open them and share the joy with them!!! Came home to lots of snuggles and hugs! Best part of my day! I love to be missed! :) For now, I'm going to bed so I can face another day with at least a little sleep! Night all! -Mindy

Thank you Jesus!

As I requested before, I asked you all to go over and visit Miahna now I'm asking you to do it again1 T hey have posted beautiful pictures of her alert and the doctors have removed her from the ventilator! I'm crying tears of joy after seeing the pictures!!! Please stop in and praise Jesus with them!!! Again... you can go here to see her beautiful little face! Thank you God for His touch in little one's lives!!! -Mindy

The Teddy Bear tea...

These are from my cell. My camera is ate up and well... it isn't working most of the time! I have had no luck with cameras since my good one broke! :( Anyways, here is the teddy bear tea!

Abby coloring her picture that Mrs. Bearington gave her while waiting on tea to be served. She had juice instead!!
Pretty princess! She made this during the craft time! So much fun! We will certainly go again!

Due to craziness...

You can now follow me on a different twitter account. To your right, you can see my updates and click to follow me!!! Thanks all! -Mindy

my little photographer...

Joey found my digital and this is what I found when i found it again! LOL! He's taking up photography! What do you think??

Worth millions, right? LOL

Cookies any one???

Tomorrow, we get to bless some friends with a meal. So, I was very excited tonight to get right on preparing for that! We decorated Christmas cookies to share with them! I just love baking! Can't eat it now a days, but Jeff tried one to make sure they tasted alright! A few were a little done, but what can you say??? Merry Christmas all! -mindy

I'm twittering!!!

Well, now you can follow me on twitter! www.twitter.com/pfohlsonthego Oh, what I won't do these days!!! Ha!

A star in the making...

Joey really gets into music. He has found mommy's guitar. I think he's going to be one great musician some day!

Home School update...

Well, I wanted to update to let you all know that Home school is going well! Today, miss Abby did number matching. We drew circles counting 1- 5 on the left side and then wrote 1-5 out of order on the right side. She is a star! matched them up drawing lines with no help! She's doing well learning to recognize letters by sight and sound. She is doing very well learning to write. We practiced colors and cutting together today. She cut out colored lines and named their color. Then she used cutting and glue to make pretty flowers! She is doing awesome! I'm so excited. Mr. Joey even joined in the fun by learning the number two and coloring two ice cream cones! I'll have to get pictures soon! I'm slacking! Have a great day all! -Mindy

The rain poors down...

I'm sitting here at my desk wathcing the rain pour down outside and listening to a worship song called "It's for you." As I watch the rain fall... I realize it is really symbolic of the desire of my heart. I so am longing to see the power and love of God rain down in our lives. Not just here, but in our community. I look at the people pouring in to the pantry week after week... I look at the lives of those who are broken right here in our neighbor hoods, I see my neighbors struggling, I go to therapy and hear mom's say "I need to get you kids in church, maybe that will fix you..." I see all around desperation and a need that needs filled. Many don't know what that need is, they just know they are empty and I long to see God use my life and those in our church to pour down the rain that will refresh and restore the dry and cracked souls... So as I listen to this worship song, I say God it's for you, it's all for you! Let your presence come God and fill our lives!!! -Mindy

It's time to decorate!!!

Joey helped empty the Christmas tub and then took up inhabitance!

Miss Abby quickly took over and the fight got the tub taken away!

Our tiny little community on the piano...
Our short and fat little tree! We got it at Sickles and we just had so much fun!

Merry Christmas from the Pfohl family!

Kids connection

We had a fun time tonight at church! My parents are there doing ministry! My kids had a ball! All the kids there can't wait for tomorrow morning! Hope to see some of you there!

portrait of my life right now....

I can so relate to this lady!!! Wow! That even looks like my desk! LOL! Back to trying to put all my ducks in a row! -Mindy

Ho Ho ho!!!!

Well, Abby and Joey got to see Santa last night at the Christmas walk up town. Abby was all about it. we don't do much of the "Santa" thing but she's been getting into it more with her friends, so we are going alone! Not that we don't want them too... we just kind of decided to go with the flow and do whatever. Abby's not been very interested in Santa until this year. She sat right up there and was all smiles! I didn't get to hear what she told him, but I'm sure she had a list! Joey however was not into the whole seen! He got stiffer and stiffer the closer we got and his lap time was oh... about 5 seconds! ha! so funny! I didn't have my camera with me! :( but next time maybe!!! Well, I hope all have a had a great day! Joey is sick right now as is half the world! So, we have had a jammie day all except for running a quick errand to Wal-Mart! Have a great night all! -Mindy

Too pooped to pop...

Well, even though I'm too pooped to pop... I mustered up the energy to clean out the stove! Yep! All the little burner trays, the burners, underneath the hood of the stove! Awww... now I really am pooped! :) It's so nice to have a clean stove though!

The kids started on a new therapy schedule today. They are having therapy now at 8 a.m. on Tuesdays instead of 1:00 p.m. Let me tell you, Abby did not like this change! she hates mornings! it really has wreaked havoc on all of us as we are all three a bit more tired today! Oh well! We'll get used to it! :) =Mindy

Please pray...

Please pray for this sweet baby, Miahna. You can click that link, or you can check in on her with updates on my list of blogging friends to your right. Please pray for healing. You can also get more details at PK's Thanks all! There is nothing closer to my heart than babies and families who are struggling with medical! Let's agree for a miracle!!!! Thanks all1 -Mindy

Back to reality!

Well, we are off and running again on our busy schedule! The holidays are over. Daddy's back to work, we are headed for a recheck today on Abby's asthma and back to our usual errands! Ahhh.... the busy times of life!!!! We will be working with Tammy B. over in the food pantry! The farmland Fire department donated $500 worth of canned goods, toiletries, ect! Tammy and I CAN NOT wait to dig in and put it all away! We are excited! It's so awesome to see the community coming together to build the pantry. Donations from church families and donations from surrounding families... JUST AWESOME!!!! This month, we served well over 60 families! I'm loving getting to be a part of TOUCHING that many lives! God is just awesome! -Mindy

The Princess's big day!!!!

Before I start, I just need to say that last night was a turning point in our lives with Abby's party. The last party we let them have was two years ago. I say last on purpose as it was planned to be the last. After the party, Abby laid on the floor and cried holding her legs saying "it hurts mommy, make it stop hurting." It took her FOUR AND A HALF days to recover and WALK at all normally. She spent that time in a church moaning every day. I couldn't take it so I said no more. My kids aren't physically able to handle it. well, as you can see, we had a big bash this year at chuck E cheese. Yep! We sure did and BOTH of them went strong for 3 1/2 hours and cried because we left NOT because of pain! God is awesome! Abby was up until 11:30 playing at home with her new toys and THEN I had to MAKE her go to bed. For Joey, he's never interacted well until recent and we were both tear filled eyes to see him doing EVERY THING the other kids were doing INCLUDING dancing with Chuckie!!!! Thank you all for praying... here's the low down on Abby's party... -Mindy

We started our birthday by opening a couple presents at home, just us! She was excited!

Then we had some play time! She got a new toy blender and the first thing mommy got to "drink" was a steak shake. Mmmm... Steak and ice cream! Yum! Glad it was "pretend"!
Then, we were off to Chuck E Cheese! 3 1/2 hours of fun! Let me tell ya!!!! She had 2 friends, her brother and her cousin there to join her in her fun!

Bubby was just plain silly through the whole party! This picture TOTALLY shows his personality!!!

So, miss Abby joined the fun by wearing EVERY ONE'S glasses! Ha! Silly girl! Do you see the joy on that face?? Brings total tears to my eyes!

Time for the live show with chuckie!!!!

Some Personal time with Chuckie after he gave her the big girl birthday gold medal!

Finally! What we have all been waiting for... CAKE!!! She loved blowing out those four candles!!! Made the night complete...

It's my princess!!!!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Abby!!!

Miss Abby Turns Four today! She talked me through finishing her cake this morning! We had fun doing it and she can't wait to take it to her party! I don't know how much like a castle it looks, but I let her decide what was going on it and we got it done! i think it is very pretty miss Abby!!!

Well, I very much need to upload my digital so that I can post some current pictures... but these are cute regardless!

Joey had a big day today. We went to Cincinnati with him and well, they removed his Gtube! (Abdominal feeding tube) Yep! Another praise! It is gone! They said he's perfect on the growth chart and is NO LONGER considered under weight. Yippy!!! He will be as good as new within a few days!
Miss Abby has her big day tomorrow! Yep! She has her fourth birthday! She will be just adorable and sweet I'm sure! :) She's very excited to be celebrating at ChuckECheese with Joey, her cousin Logan and her friends, Gracie, Sophia and Shelby. I can't wait! It's going to be an exciting time! Hugs to all! Thanks for praying for our family! We have lots to be thankful for and celebrate right now! -Mindy

It's Thanks Giving!!!!

Hey all! Well, this year, we have a huge reason to be thankful. My mom went through Cancer and is with us! Jeff's mom went through Cancer and is with us! Our babies lives have been touched by the grace of God and not only are they with us but they are doing more and more awesome every day! Also, I'm thankful to be here. Thursdays news was pretty rough to swallow. I did not share in depth because I wasn't able to at the time, but God graced me with a good doc to recognize that I needed serious help! So, thank you Jesus! In light of that, we have turned the corner into a new era! A new life to live. One that will keep our bodies healthy and will allow us to glorify and live for God even more! I invite you again to visit my other blog. The link is to your right on my side bar! Tonight there is a yummy healthy breakfast recipe that I posted on my blog that you can greet your morning with tomorrow! MMmmm...!!!!! Happy Thanks giving to all my wonderful friends and family... I'm thankful for EACH AND EVERY ONE of you!!!! -Mindy

Days of frustration...

I'm really battling to stay on top of life today. After being turned away for surgery, realizing the severity of it all and then talking with my doctor about drastic changes in my life... wow! My emotions are hay wire right now. Today, I'm just trying hard to remain positive as I work towards learning a new life style. I keep reminding myself that this is what we all need in our house hold, but it's amazing the battle you go through in your mind as you strive towards bettering your life. Only by God's grace and good strength will I survive! So... hats off and here's to surviving the next few weeks! -mindy

We are home...

Hey all! It's Mindy updating! :) I wanted to let you all know I was not able to have surgery today. They had me there, my IV in, my fluids started and then the "sleepy" guy (can't spell that big word he's called! Ha!) came in and listened to me. They had given me a breathing treatment already to try to help me since I have asthma. Even with that treatment, he said I sounded awful. He said he could not proceed because my lungs were not stable enough. So, out came the IV and home I went. I was able to get in to my actual doctor. I've been seeing the NP up until this point. He started me on a daily asthma treatment AND another round of antibiotics. So... he'll be the one to decide when I'm stable and when I need the surgery rescheduled. Also, Joey and I's blood work is back. joey's is normal! No metabolic stuff! Yeah!!! Me, not so normal, but improved! So, mine is not metabolic either... just whacky! They are starting me on a new diet and they are going to give me some suppliments to help even out my blood work. Other than that, not a lot to say! I think that is enough! Thank you all for praying and supporting us.T hank you to those who have called, checked in or offered to help. We appreciate you all! Please pray for me as I work towards feeling better and getting myself "stable" again! Hugs to all

It is here!!!

It's 6 a.m. on Tuesday and we are packed and ready run out the door! My misery soon will end! Days of being in Jammies are soon to end! I will miss the jammies but not the pain!!! My surgery begins at 9 a.m. Thanks all for keeping our family in prayer! We'll update soon!

-Mindy

Sunday recap...

Over on PK's blog, he did a Sunday recap... Thought I would do one as well.

1. laid in my jammies

2. washed a few dishes

3. laid in my jammies

4. laid in my jammies some more

5. went to my parents to eat veggie soup still in my jammies

6. laid in my jammies again....

Wasn't that an eventful day?

Hey all!

Miss Abby and the rest enjoyed the cake tonight. It wasn't her birthday yet! It was a "Pre-birthday" Celebration. It was loads of fun. Grandpa got some foam disk shooters so all the kids and grandpa were having fun shooting. Joey and Logan (both two) were holding theirs backwards causing it to shoot themselves! Ha! Joey nailed his eye a few times! Poor guy! That had to be miserable.

Joey and I go on Monday to have blood work done together. I had some corky blood levels come back a few weeks ago. We may be on a rabbit trail or we may be onto something that might be a clue as to what has caused the kids issues. So please be praying!

Ok, I'm wiped out! Too much in one day for my ol' body! NIght alll! -Mindy

Abby's dreams come true....

Well, miss Abby has wanted a princess cake for a long time! I was going to originally make it mini to go with her castle, but it didn't work out so well for me. But we are going to visit family today, so I thought I might as well make it for her. So, here was my shot at free hand making her a princess cake. It might not be perfect, but I have one happy little girl!!!! She says "Papaw will just say yum when he takes a bit of the cake!" -Mindy

The fun begins...

Well, miss Abby's birthday is coming! So, I started the beginnings of a princess castle cake!! Here it is! Three teirs high! You can follow the progress here! :) Hope it is as pretty as it will be yummy!!!

What was on my heart...

This morning, I was reading my Bible and this one certain verse just kept grabbing me. I couldn't stop thinking about it even when I walked away from my Bible... it was stuck there. I have been thinking and praying about all that goes on in our country and across our Earth today and it grieves my heart. The abortions, the brutal murders of children and adults, the silent abuse behind closed doors... the morality of our country has fallen! It grieves my heart and I so wish that America could get a gliimpse of what is happening and fall before God! The verse I had on my heart was this...

Psalm 7:9

O righteous God,

who searches minds and hearts,

bring to an end the violence of the wicked

and make the righteous secure.

After reading this, I wanted to post something but I just couldn't think what. Then I got an e-mail from a friend and it stated this:

A father wanted to read a magazine

but was being bothered by his little girl.

She wanted to know what the United States looked Like.

Finally, he tore a sheet out of his new magazine on which was printed the map of the country.

Tearing it into small pieces,

he gave it to her and said,

'Go into the other room and see if you can put this together.

This will show you our whole country today.'

After a few minutes, She returned

and handed him the map, correctly fitted and taped together.

The father was surprised and asked how she had finished so quickly.

'Oh,' she said,'on the other side of the paper is a picture of Jesus.

When I got all of Jesus back where He belonged,

then our country just came together.

My prayer today is that we can get Jesus back where he belongs so that our country can be put back together!!!! -Mindy

So enjoyable!!!!

Well, yesterday, we didn't go to therapy in Muncie. I had not gotten sleep the night before and was not feeling well at all... so we went over to the church and helped with the food pantry. I so much enjoyed talking to all the people! It was ABSOLUTELY amazing! I loved it! You know, I think I made the right call. I am supposed to be doing ministry. I hadn't felt this happy in a long time! I didn't realize how much guilt and pressure I felt with the pampered chef stuff. It's so good to be in right alignment with God's will. Please pray for wisdom for me as I search out exactly what God wants me doing! -Mindy

Changes in life...

I have a life verse, but I have layed it down. My daughter was born and during birth, she was almost stollen from me by death. She fought for life in the NICU and then came home and continued to face battles. Things began to improve and life felt almost normal... then I found out I was pregnant again. A beautiful baby boy was born with out a fight. Here he was... no complications and then it happened, his battle begun. 4 mths. later, they told me he was going to die a horrible death with a disease called mitochondrial disease. Nearly 10 months later, I was told my daughter was as well. 2 years of struggling... 2 years of fighting for my kids health and good medical care... Who I was died and I became "super mom" I was doctor, I was nurse, I was mommy, I was wife, I was the one that had to put my foot down and make life and death decisions every day for my kids well being. Then it happened. For reasons I don't know, that is now all over. God chose to change the path that we were on and now we are experiencing life to it's fullest... But Mindy was still lost. I had been the rescuer for so long with medical that I felt helpless. My kids didn't need that "super mommy" any more. Doctors didn't need me to make hard decisions on the spot and life was... well... NORMAL again. I made a rash decision. I thought I prayed, I thought I saught God and I realized tonight while laying in bed praying, i didn't. I missed him horribly! I picked up something i now find myself enjoying... Pampered Chef... but in light of who God has called me to be... In light of the life verse He gave me at a very young age... I am laying it down. I will be finishing my shows out through Dec. and Then I'm throwing myself at the feet of God for his soul purpose for my life. I know God healed my babies and I'm hiding. I'm scared to talk about it because I don't want people to hurt. I'm scared to admit it because I'm afraid it will spur anger in others... but instead... I want to fight along side of poeple and I want them to meet the God I know. The God who is loving and has a purspose in every thing he does! My life verse is found in Isaiah 61... So, God, here I am! Heart open wide! take me and mold me into what you want with me! I never understood parts of this verse, but looking back at the last 4 years, I now realize God was molding me and preparing me for this verse. I have been the one who is in this verse and Now, I want to be the one that God will use to bring life... TRUE life to those who need it. Thank you God for my journey! -Amen!

Isaiah 61:1-3

The spirit of teh sovereign Lord is on me,

because the lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim freedom for the captives

and release from darkness for the prisoners,

to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor

and the day of vengeance of our God

to comfort all who mourn

and provide for those who grieve in Zion-

to bestow on them a crown of beauty

instead of ashes

the oil of gladness

instead of mourning

and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair

they will be called oaks of righteosuness

a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor!

So proud of myself!!!

Well, I tried my hand at making bread bowls tonight. We had my mother-n-law over for supper and I made veggie soup and well, I decided serving it up in bread bowls sounded yummy! So, to make it even more yummy, I added some Italian seasoning and Parm. cheese with some egg white... mmm.... so good!!!! I think I'm getting the hang of all this "fancy" cooking stuff and I'm having a blast!

Day of rest...

Well, I'd like to say I'm chipper and feeling awesome... but this is not the story! I have nothing in me right now to keep me going! I am so looking forward to the 25th so I can start getting better. Each day, i feel I get a bit worse and a bit weaker. My husband is so sweet! he's been doing laundry, dishes and trying to keep up on the house. I didn't make it to church today because I was up all night sick. Joey and I had some napping and snuggling time together in the recliner today! I must say, I enjoyed that! Abby wanted to go to class badly, so Aunt Christi picked her up on their way to church. Looking forward to being back in action! -Mindy

It's snowing!!!!

Well, Miss Abby is jumping out of her skin! There are HUGE snow flakes coming down outside! She screamed and ran to the door to look. Jeff was holding her up at the window and she says "Daddy, it's coming down just like popcorn!" Watch out you all! She'll be praying for snow again this year!!! -Mindy

It is coming!

Ok, met my surgeon today. My gallbladder is not functioning much at all so it comes out on November 25th at 8:30 a.m.! Yippy!!!! -Mindy PS... yes, there is excitment in this post! I have been in pain OVER 7 mths now and I want it to go AWAY!!!! :) i'd have let them have the crazy gallbladder today if they would have agreed! :)

Our time with daddy away.

I have not been up to ANYTHING this week. Jeff is out of town and I've been sick with my gallbladder. Abby wanted to help clean... so here was her attempt...

She oraganized the bathroom. If you will note, the soaps, lotions AND body sprays are set nicely on the edge of the tub AND THEY ARE SORTED BY BRAND!!! Ha! Then the bath toys are stacked neatly in the corner by the tub. Too cute! She tried so hard to help mommy!
Joey on the other hand... He passed out in the hall AND required to bottles to deal with the stress of daddy being gone and home with the two girls! Poor guy! daddy gets home tonight!

Cloudy day...

It's a yucky day here in Farmland! The clouds are out, it's cold, it's rainy and whew! I think I'd rather sleep than atemtp to function on a day like this! I did get a smile in extra special today! My husband is out of town this week and well, He has sent me and "e" card every day to remind me he loves me and misses me! So sweet! Thanks honey! Hope all are having a good day! Oh, I meet my surgeon on Friday! Yippy! I'm counting down the days to get rid of this crazy thing inside of me! Later all! -Mindy

Facing the knife....

Yep, that's me! I'm facing surgery! Hmm... I actually can't wait! I'm tired of being in pain! The test showed that my gallbladder is severely damaged. So, I will hear from my docs office tomorrow regarding my surgery consult. I never thought I'd be relieved to hear the word surgery! I just want this pain to go away! night all! -Mindy

Picture Challenge...

Ok, So I decided to take the picture challenge tonight posted over on Milah's blog, from my back porch. So, the challenge is to go to your sixth folder and post your sixth picture. This would be it! My two stinkers napping together on the sofa! If I remember right, this was when we were still battling the mito symptoms. Fatigue was our worst enemy and it ALWAYS got the best of them. So, here you see them both sacked out. Joey asleep and Abby awake but unable to do much. I'm glad I took this challenge because tonight, my kids were running around giggling while I was doing laundry and such. At the end of the day, what you see above was normal, but not any more! They go until they hit the beds sleeping! Milah, thanks for this challenge! I needed to see this picture today to see just what God has done! We've gone from lethargy to laughter and play! Praise God!

Ug...

Please pray for my strength. I dont' know what is causing it but I'm weak and tired. My blood tests were odd so I'm sure testing is to come... still waiting on the Gallbladder results. :( Hope to know something soon. My blogging will probably be less right now just because I am so tired. Check in with you all soon. -Mindy

My test...

I had one of these fancy jobies today. As you can tell from the Male figure... this was NOT me!!!! Google is a wonderful thing! This is a hydascan. It is NO fun what so ever! They inject somethign that made me hurt and I don't like it one bit!!!! Oh well, I lived! HOpefully we will know something soon but they are thinking my gallbladder may need to come out thus the crazy machine I layed in for an hour and a half today! Whew! I'm tired! Night! -Mindy

Combining it...

I am combining the kids caring bridges. I'm tired and we don't really have a lot of medical to update. But, I wasn't ready to close them completely. They can now be found at www.caringbridge.org/visit/pfohlfamily I will be adding pictures soon! Night all!

Absolutely wonderful...

I have an absolutely wonderful man in my life and I am so grateful for him! I came home from the eye doctor with Abby yesterday to find him starting supper in the kitchen for me. He greeted me with a hug to tell me how much he Loved me! Then, while he was away at a meeting in Carmel, he had sent me a greeting card full of hugs! I am so thankful for the man that he is, the dad and the wonderful husband! Thanks Honey! you are the best and I love you more than words could say!

Had a visit with this today...

Yep, it is true! I had an ultrasound today! OK, STOP HOLDING YOUR BREATHE!!! I am not pregnant! They were looking at my liver and gallbladder. I have been having pain for over 5 mths. now that I decided this last week to finally check out. They aren't sure which organ it is... so thus we are running tests now! I think the tech was trying to kill me! She'd tell me to hold my breathe and then when I get dizzy... she'd finally let me breathe! Whew! Never a fun trip! Anyway, now I just wait on the results. Oh the fun of waiting! -Mindy

So much fun!!!!!

Ok, so today, I taught in the 4 yrs-Kindergarten class! I must admit, I was dragging my feet and then Pastor Tonya asked me point blank... well, I knew I was supposed to say yes. Glad I did! I absolutely LOVED it! so much fun! We were in the new class today too! What a blessing! I'm so thrilled I said yes! It was a great day and so much fun to watch the kids listen and take in the lesson!

Added bonus...

Ok, arms up, legs curled... Is he trying to pounce or just plain comfy???