Dropped Out. Literally.

no, no no no, he's outside - looking in!

hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa

The electric koolaid acid bus made some stops in my local mountains ....

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LilSis

Just some info for DC. Check Embassy suites. There is one in DC with the subway running right underneath it, so it's easy access and no walking the streets late at night. The also serve an awesome breakfast in the am's with made to order eggs and lots of good foods for kids and it was free. We would eat a great breakfast in the mornings and it would get us through till sometimes after lunch when the places to eat were less crowded. I believe this one also has a pool that the boys can relax in right before bedtime. Not sure what the cost is however not having to put money out for breakfast helped even out that cost.

Go to a place called trip advisor and it will give you all kinds of info on the hotels, and places to see. People have even written about their trips and how they went to the different places. We were amazed at how far of a walk things were. DC's blocks are much longer than many blocks I know of. Also if you tour the capital there is no water around that area and you can't take your water inside. They do have a trolley that you can take and get on and off whenever you want. It goes through to all the memorials and out to Arlington. Take water with you. Some of the museums require you to get rid of your water before going in.

You and the boys would have a great time.

Embassy Suites is great w/ kids....plus the rooms are larger than most hotels.

thanks for the info. A Tigers game would be fun...we could see Pudge...my little guy is a big baseball fan. i'll have to check and see who the play ...and if they are in town that week-end.

I always check out the IGOUGO website.

We like Embassy Suites, too..but it's kind of expensive...but it does include the breakfast and the afternoon drinks and snacks...

LilSis,

You are right! Give it up to God. He will take care of you.
Just make sure you take care of you.

On a lighter note, regarding you new furry little house guests, just think how fun it will be to clean out their cage, sweep up all those RAT TURDS, and flush them away!
Kind of symbolic, huh?

PGA

Nia,
Don't wanna threadjack here but re: Tiger game...if you're thinking you want to do that, buy your tix ASAP.
The cheap ones (if you wanna call them that) are selling very quickly.
Comerica Park is a great place to see a ball game.

I live in the Detroit suburbs and I must say there is not much to do in April.

LilSis is fortunate to be living the best part of our state.

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It IS one of the things I give thanks for everyday...the beauty around me.

thanx.
appreciate the info.

Sis,

Think of this whole thing - of giving it up to God - as a poker game.

You have been dealt the cards.
You are not able to play them yourself.
You stand up and walk away from the table.
God takes your seat, and plays your hand for you.

Now, isn't that easier? You know, if I found myself sitting across from God, I would fold my cards, and tell Him, "You win. Here are all my chips, do with them what You will." Because I would never want to be opposed to Him in any way. And somehow, I believe that He would play the game so that we would all win, in the end, if we left it up to Him in the way we should. The way He wants us to.

And I would never think twice about having Him play my cards for me in ANY game.

SB

good one !

LS,


This isn't an issue about testing your faith. God already knows your faith and you passed that test already. He has your cards and faith in you.


Celesial House always wins in the end with a Royal Flush.


Sometimes life is simply a crapshoot& by how people choose.


You chose differently. Freewill. It's not your fault.


Life sometimes intervenes for us.


Takes time for the "ajoining bonds" with super glue to come undone, slowly, a process.


Your doing soooo marvelously great!


SB-Great analogy! Bump!

SB,

I really like that analogy of God playing our hand in cards. I'll try to use that when I want to control everything.

Still

Thank you, SB.

It is exactly those kind of reminders that make this not just bearable, but an opportunity...if you know what I mean?

It's my opportunity to turn all that energy that I had been focusing on WH, and instead focus it on me and the boys. Letting God take care of everything as he will, and he will for good in whatever way his plan has been all along.

I don't know how someone could do this without faith.

DS11 just finished up his book report...I spent the last two hours typing and helping to spray mount the various pieces onto poster board. Funny how on Monday night he was "a third" of the way done after spending 20 minutes drawing a map of the setting...and tonight he spent over two hours finishing the last couple of things that would "only take a minute."

He says to me, "I think I have a problem with procrastination. I better work on that."

Ya think?

I love working with them on stuff like this. WH has never done this. He has no idea what DS11 is capable of academically....he's so removed from all of that, from everything. I wouldn't miss this for the world.

I'm going to go tell DS11 that right now.

One thing we talked about in DivorceCare is how people that have a relationship with God can really experience true healing. After all the Bible says in Psalm 139:13:

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

So if God created us he can put our broken hearts and crushed spirits back together EXACTLY how they need to be.

Now that is true healing. Without God, you just put your own lose fitting band-aid on the problem.

Similar to you LilSis, my DS6 is learning how to read. Tonight, he read me a story before bed rather than me reading to him. Truly a magical moment.

Nia,

I live outside of Toledo, near Detroit. You could go to the Henry Ford Museum or Greenfield Village, both are interesting. Also, you could go accross the bridge into Canada for the day just bc you can! I think you need passports now to do this.

nab

DS11 had a friend over after school yesterday (thus being up until 10:30 finishing the book report). When he arrived, the boy said hi, and then right away said that his family had some devasting news. His dad has lung cancer, and he's in the hospital.

Of course my heart lept into my throat...that's what killed my dad. I told him I was so sorry, how's his dad doing? Oh, fine, says the boy...then goes on to tell me how they got this big box of chocolates. Kids crack me up.

When his mom came to pick him up, she stepped in the back door, and I told her that her son had told me about his dad, I was so sorry...anything I can do...if she ever needs to unload the kids, let me know.

I don't know this woman very well, but we ended up standing there talking for about 20 minutes, both of us revealing things...talking about faith, etc. She's very hopeful about her husband's condition, but is struggling with an unsupportive family, an alcoholic sister, finances.

Again, perspective time for me. You never know what's going on with other people. It's very humbling. I prayed for her family last night.

Oh crap. It begins...he made contact through my intermediary (even referred to her as such) with purely business matters.

Dagger in my heart....don't cry, don't cry. Too late.

Hi GF,

I'm sorry you've been made the intermediary in this but so be it. A few things you may pass along to LS at your discretion.

-I've withdrawn $200 from the checking account to represent the overage I paid in child support for February.

-We'll settle the tax refund split when I get it back from the government.

-I got the impression from the kids that their time spent in the attic was curtailed because of a worry over the electric bill from running that fireplace. Checking the bill I see that the electric usage for the fireplace seemed to be about $25 for the month equating a total heating bill for the coldest month in 10 years to be about $100. Not a bad deal.

-I'm leaving for AZ Monday morning 3/12 and will return Friday 3/23.

I truly hope all is well with your family. Hi to FWH if it's appropriate for me to say so.

Thank you,

WH

And my response to GF...

Nice how torn up he is. Nice how he remarks at all about missing the boys while he leaves for two weeks. Nice how he appreciates my willingness to work with him while he goes off to visit sunny AZ. Nice how he thanks you for helping out. Nice how he apologizes to you for being forced into doing this...see how he does that??? He does that all the time..."so sorry that you are dragged into LS' craziness, isn't she a whack job?" is the implication. Nice how he assumes I'm curtailing the kids in the attic...he knows nothing about it.

(Acutally, I had closed the attic door and turned the heat off up there because the kids were gone, and when they returned I didn't want them going up there and turning on the heat...because it was about a half hour before bed and I didn't want them getting all involved in an xbox game AS WELL as wasting the electricity)