Saturday, August 2, 2008

SUMMERTIME AGAIN! Love it love it love it

Well, it has been a VERY long time since I have felt the urge to post...but here I am, in the middle of a very HOT summer in the south...& I LOVE every minute of it! Swimming, biking, & NOT being cold...umm hmm.
My oldest daughter has just (finally) moved closer to home...she has lived about 2 1/2 hours away from here ever since going off to college back in 2001, so it has been a very long time since she has actually lived here...but she has purchased her own home, a town house about 45 minutes away from us, & she is extremely excited about owning her own place. (She has had a roommate ever since college, so this will be fabulous!). One thing, though, the town home is new construction, & will not be ready for about 5 more weeks, so ...guess what? She had to move back in with ol' Mom & Dad for a few weeks...HA! This should be interesting...but seriously, the time will fly & we will enjoy it! Our younger daughter is about to start student teaching when the fall semester starts, and then, GRADUATION in DECEMBER! Whoo hoo, our daughter will be a teacher!
Meanwhile, our almost 2-year old church (two years Aug 6th!)...is finally purchasing a building of our own! PRAISE GOD...and it looks as though this building will suit our needs perfectly-plenty of room for lots of activities...PLUS, we still have the Freedom On The Square place for weekly activities & youth gatherings also...GOD is SO good!
The past few weeks have been kind of tough at work, as I probably mentioned in an earlier post, I am a staff insurance agent in a small office in our city & as with many businesses, keeping good help is VERY difficult...but we now have 2 pretty good ladies that are full time ...but three weeks ago, one of the ladies went on a 2 week vacation & then the 2nd week she was gone,the other lady went on a week's vacation, so for two full weeks, it was basically just me & the Owner agent...and we have a VERY large book of business, so things were really rough for a while, BUT...thankfully, both ladies are now back, & things are getting back to normal...
Meanwhile, my migraine headaches are continuing on (not sure if I mentioned that before), but I have these horrid headaches on a regular basis...any number of things could trigger them, I am thinking eating greasy food, sometimes being outside when the ozone count is high, eating too much chocolate :(( or even stress (imagine that!) could be the main culprits...anyway, I have one today (started yesterday morning when I got up).. these darn things seem to come on Fridays A LOT...for some reason, & they usually last 3-4 days...so it is NOT fair that my weekends are spent in pain! I keep taking Ibuprofen and/or Tylenol...but nothing really helps until it has run it's course....I know there are migraine remedies out there, but I just HATE side effects, so have never had the nerve to try anything else...seems like everything I hear of, has these 'side effects' that seem worse than the headache itself, so I just keep suffering with it...
OK, enough about me for today, maybe I'll post again soon, OR...may be months again, who knows!? Have a blessed summer, all who may happen to stumble upon my blog!
Malia