31 Days of DaNella's Brain... Microbursts! Day 7 (4 for me cause I started late)

Satan is such a goof ball!!!!

I recently embarked on a huge adventure for me. I committed to fast part of my day for 47 days.

Now you have to understand, I could NEVER be mistaken for an anorexic, I love my food. This was not an easy commitment for me, but I felt it was an important step in my growth with God.

Three days into my fast, satan started throwing everything including the kitchen sink at me.

A mysterious charge appeared on my checking account, and the company listed, “no longer exists”. Our bank can reverse it, but it will take 10 days. In the mean time, we racked up a couple of hundred dollars in overdraft fees.

I delivered some food for my church and nearly ran out of gas. We are out of sugar, bread, butter, even out of trash bags!

Q’s steel toe boots bit my little toe. You should see it, it turned all kinds of pretty red, black and purple colors. Then his tool box reached out and bit me. On top of all that, I fell off a stoop, not even a stair, a little 5 in step, and bruised my bottom.

However, God blessed us with a full tank of gas that we didn’t have to pay for, and our church was kind enough to give us the money to fix our checking account.

I have a few war wounds, but nothing permanent. Has it affected my commitment to fast? You bet it has; now I am more determined than ever, because satan is a goofball. He can throw everything he wants to at me I’ll never give up on God!

I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love which Christ Jesus our Lord shows us. We can't be separated by death or life, by angels or rulers, by anything in the present or anything in the future, by forces or powers in the world above or in the world below, or by anything else in creation.

Romans 8:38-39

Wuv, True Wuv...

(I didn't take this picture, but it is so cute...)

I recently had an argument with someone, you know who you are, and you know I still love you, we just disagree. The statement I made that they disagreed with was “There is no reason for two people who are actively perusing God to get a divorce.” Their argument was that I had never been in a bad marriage, and they had. Actually, let’s see I’ll call you… Kira, I don’t know any Kiras, and if a Kira reads this, you’ll know the name is a pseudonym. So anyways… Kira said “You don’t know, you’ve never been in a bad marriage.” Well that shut me up for a minute or two… However, I am kinda funny that way, if something bothers me I have to simmer on it. Not as in getting mad, but just honestly consider it, sift it, and decide how I feel about it. I learned long ago not to trust my emotions. Emotions are like a runaway dog that needs to be leashed and told where to go. No matter how I feel that doesn’t make it true. If I make the right choices, the right emotions will follow.

For example… (haha wish the dots made noise, dut dut duuu) lol I don’t always feel love for my husband, but I always love my husband. I CHOOSE to love him, but the warm fuzzies got a cold shave many years ago… But because I keep choosing to love him every day, eventually the warm fuzzies come back… and leave, and come back… Does that mean I stop loving him when I don’t feel it? No, I am committed to him. I choose to love him even when I don’t feel it.

Now that is why it hit me a few days later, I have been in a bad marriage. We have had days, months probably even a year that we… well let’s just say love is not an accurate word for what we felt at that time. I fall out of love every day and jump right back in.

Why I want to grow old with you.

Why wouldn’t I? You are the most awesome Godly Man I know. You constantly think of us, your family first.
Way back almost 17 years ago when I met you, I had no idea that the cute red head who was gentleman enough to give me his stool in the break room, since I had nowhere to sit, would be this amazing. But I sure thought you were cute. I still remember standing out at that fireplace where we worked, thinking about going to Pea Vine Falls. You see, I had driven up Oak Mountain to Pea Vine falls my first day of work. When I went outside to go home that first day, I had a flat tire. Being the princess I was, I called my Daddy to come (almost an hour away) to change it. I knew how to, but I didn’t want to get dirty. Daddy fussed at me when he found out I had driven up Oak Mountain all by myself, he said “What if you had gotten a flat tire all the way up there. Then what would you do?” I knew what I would have done, change it. However, as I stood there by the fireplace thinking, I said to myself, “He couldn’t fuss at me if I had someone with me. He really couldn’t fuss if it was a guy, then he could change the tire…” At that precise moment, you, my adorable redhead walked up to me and said “Hi.” And as you remember, I blurted out “Hey, you are off Monday, aren’t you? Do you want to come with me to Pea Vine Falls?” and you grinned real big and said… “Yes!”
Little did I know that at that precise moment you had just gotten up enough courage to walk out to the fireplace to ask me out. I saved you the trouble. But then I caused you trouble. I had never in my life asked a guy out, never, never! It just wasn’t done. A true lady did not ask a guy out, she waits for him to ask her out! So, I got nervous and tried to undo what I had done. On Monday, it was raining, so I called you and said “Darn, It’s raining, I guess we can’t go.” Then I basically said bye and hung up. I didn’t leave you a choice. I almost threw away the most precious thing in my life, the chance of a lifetime, because I didn’t realize what I had. Thankfully you wouldn’t give up that easily. The next day at work you asked me out… I said yes. We went to see Jurassic Park. I am not sure what did the trick, but somewhere between me getting ice-cream on my nose, and you putting your arm around me when I got scared in the movie, we fell in love.
Three weeks later, after you kissed me for the first time, I told a mutual friend, “I have met the man I’ll marry. Not have a relationship with, but marry.” 16 years later, and I still look forward every morning to seeing your face.
I love you!
Love Baby D.

I was gonna show you what I had for Supper...

THE love of my life and my very reason to breathe next to God.
Ha... I was playing with timed release of the shutter, and trying to make a heart.


Sam didn't want her picture taken, and Nana was trying to hold her still.

Sorry this is all that was left of my food by the time I went to take a picture... It was good.

16 years ago today...

16 years ago today Q took me to see Jurassic Park in the theatres. When the lamb's leg falls on top of the van with the kids in it, I nearly jumped into his lap.. Ofcourse being the gentleman he was he put his arm around me so I would feel safe. Then we went to get ice cream. Don't ask me how, but I got ice cream on my nose (ok so I stuck my nose in it being silly,) it worked, he thought I was adorable, and the rest is history.

Babe, I love you! And I thought I loved you then.




16

15 years ago today.

This is actually a little deceptive, this picture was taken on June 4th 1994, we actually got married May 20th.

We eloped... GASP! Yes I am serious. Back in 94 in Alabama you had to have a blood test to get a marriage licence. So we were looking for a place to get that done. It was gonna wind up costing like $50, not what we wanted... Who wants to pay people to stick you with needles??? That's a whole nother blog. So anyway, I called Mom, cause she is a nurse I thought she might know of a place we could get it done cheaper. She said she didn't. Right about that time Que pipped up and said, "We could drive to Florida and get married for that much money!"

What was my stolid sage mother's response? "Well if you aren't coming home tonight call me so I won't be worried."

To which I replied, well exclaimed is more accurate, "YOU DON'T THINK WE'LL DO IT!"

And she merely said "Call me so I don't worry."

So we called to Florida, and found out it only cost $80 to get married in the courthouse, and then we called the pastor and asked if he would mind renewing our vows in two weeks at our planned wedding, and then we called mom and said "I'm not coming home tonight, we are driving to Florida after work to get married."

She said "Ok, I love you, drive safe. Why don't you come by here and get the cooler and you can put some soft drinks in it."

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Too fun. I love my mom.

So then we went to work and gave them 24 hr notice we would not be in the next night. They said why? and we said we are driving to FL to get married, and they said, "No you aren't" lol

So that night when we got off work at about 1am, we went to mom's house and got the cooler, and then drove to fl. We go to Pensacola at about 6:30-7am, and went to McDonalds for some breakfast since the courthouse didn't open until 8am. Then at about 8 we went in, filled out the paperwork, and had some lady marry us!!! What fun! Then we drove to the beach, but it was too cold really, and then went back to Q's house. I have been with him since.

I am so glad my mom let us, it is a great adventure we still talk about to day. This is true, all it, as Wendy Bagwell would say, "That's a fact with my hand up."

My husband.

14 years ago this may...
Have I mentioned lately how much I love my husband? He is so totally awesome! He knew I had a hard day today, I had an Art History final at 10:30 am, and then an Algebra final tonight from 4-6. When I got home, he took me by the hand, swept me past 4 loud rambunctious kids, all yelling " Mommy's home!," straight to our bedroom, where there were candles lit a around the tub. The water was running, and all that was left to do was for me to climb in... I love my Hubby!