These are the things that are on my mind today. <\/p>\n
Minivans<\/span> – It’s a bit confusing, but it’s also stressing me out a bit. And no, we aren’t buying one. There’s a missionary family coming to CU to drop off their son next week. They have no transportation while there here, and no connections to CU other than that their son is starting there this fall. They are supported by a WY church where a friend of mine (a CU grad) used to go. The pastor’s wife asked Ghena if she knew anyone at CU. She only knows me. SO now I’m really frustrated by the difficulty of trying to help this family find a ride to\/from the airport and a minivan for 5 people and all their luggage for a week at the busiest time of the year in C-ville. I totally understand that they can’t rent one (vans are $400-500 for a week…I checked). I’ve been praying really hard about it because I just don’t know what to do. I know God can provide something, but it’s just hanging over my head and stressing me out. <\/p>\n Eureka <\/span>– We watched episode 2 of season 3 last night. I really like that show. I even dreamed about it last night. But for some reason, they decided to do a TON of product placement all for this men’s deodorant. So it’s “woven” into the show (not very well) and then at least one commercial per break is for this product as well. I don’t like it at all. I want my show back the way it was. <\/p>\n Peanut Butter<\/span> – I guess Eric’s co-worker was trying to be helpful, but I didn’t really need the help. Eric forwarded me, last week, this article about how some Dutch study thinks there’s a link between eating peanut butter while pregnant and the likelihood of a child developing asthma. They warn that there’s an increased risk for even 1 daily serving of PB. Um…I’ve been doing 1-2 servings a day for the last 10 weeks. And now, I worry every time I have the stuff. I hate that I can’t shake the story. I hate that my control-freak nature has latched onto this idea to fill its needs to be in charge of something. I realized last night (about 3 am) that, of course, lots of it is my fear of failure (ie, my kids have some sort of “issues” = I’m a bad mother) which does give some perspective. But as easy as it is to just say “I won’t worry about this anymore,” it’s much harder to actually do. <\/p>\n So this is where my mind is today. I know I’m not exactly managing Is. 26: 3 (mind is steadfast, trusts in You) at this moment, and therefore I have no peace. But that’s where it is anyway. I really need to get a grip…<\/p>\n As far as the day’s agenda…I have two loads of laundry and some ironing to finish. I also need to do a little more reorganizing in my closet and dresser drawers so that I have room for more maternity clothes. And I probably should start on canning apple stuff so that the bags of apples Eric and his grandpa picked on the weekend don’t go bad. But we shall see…<\/p>\n Happy Wednesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These are the things that are on my mind today. Minivans – It’s a bit confusing, but it’s also stressing me out a bit. And no, we aren’t buying one. There’s a missionary family coming to CU to drop off … Continue reading