BLAH!

WOW!! What a stressful day already!! My oldest is moving out this weekend. His plan was to move today before he had to work tonight. He works from 4pm-2 or 3am on most Friday nights. BUT the apartment complex won't give him the key until 3:00. That ruined all his plans. I told him he has the whole weekend, but I guess the ones that he was hoping to help will be busy, so he is totally stressing! I can't even talk to him when he starts stressing. So here I am, sitting on the computer, passing it off on all of you! :) Just kidding. I'm just writing to write really. I'm fine. He's not. he's grouchy! But what do you do.

This pic is of my oldest, Timmy, playing with Brooklynn, which is my daughters baby girl.

My husband was working in Miami yesterday. He finished the job and decided to drive back to the house instead of getting a hotel room. Well, it would normally take like 5-6 hours to travel that kind of distance, but it took them 10 hours! His overdrive went out at first, but they kept going... then the transmission started slipping and it wouldn't shift past 2nd gear. So they drove more than 3 hours in 2nd gear...slowly. I was praying that whole time for their safety. I hated not being there when he finally made it home. I want to hold him so bad and tell him how thankful I was that he was safe and how much I love him and that I'm so sorry he had such a hard time with the van. I miss him so much. It is the only reason I can't wait to move there.

I need to be with my husband. Pray for me about this. It's much harder than normal being away from each other. I think it's because we have so much going on and so many changes in our lives right now and we can't be together to strengthen each other through it all. We keep each other balanced. It's hard to be that for each other with this long of a separation. We do talk to each other often, so that's good. But it's just not the same as actually being together. Next week he works in Miami again, and then I think...I hope...he's coming home. Pray for Sis. Tina in this too. Her husband is with my husband. She seems stronger than me, but I think it MUST be hard for her too.

SO...I pray we ALL have a good day. I know I'm not the only one with things going on. I've been keeping an eye on everybodies blogs. I will remember you in my prayers. I love you much!

AND HE'S GONE.....again

Well, that was a quick 3 1/2 days. Tim left this morning for our house in FL. Jobsites are panicking without him there. His phone rang like crazy yesterday wanting to know when he was going to be back down there. We didn't get anything done really. We just sat around together, soaking up each others company. I think he might be gone for 3 weeks this time, then come home to load us up and take us with him. I have A LOT to do in the next 3 weeks to be ready for him. At least Timmy has found an apartment. Timmy is our 22 year old that has been staying with us. I was VERY concerned about what he was going to do when we left. This is a HUGE relief for me. Well, guess I better get to work. Time goes by soooo fast and I have A LOT to do. Love to you all, jana

YAY! My husband's coming HOME!

Tim is flying home from FL this afternoon! We are SOOOO excited!! It's been 2 weeks and I miss him SOOO much! I'll have him til Tuesday! We have a lot to do while he's here, but at least we'll be doing it together! My tummy has butterflies!


I added a doppler radar to my page for our area in FL. I wanted to keep an eye on the weather there since my hubby has been there. If you look at it, our house is just under the Jacksonville area on the north-east side of FL. You'll see that it's not that far into the state, which means it's not as far as a drive ;)


I love you! Gotta go straighten up the house for Tim's arrival. YAY!

I love my hubby!

Great Weekend!

So...with all the talk of camping going on for the weekend, it really got me in the mood for a trip too! So 2 sisters and myself, with all our kiddos, decided to go camping for 3 nights at Lincoln State Park! It was a beautiful weekend! No rain, plenty of sunshine, cool evenings, wonderful time. We were 5 minutes away from Holiday World (an amusement/water park here in southern IN) so we visited there during the day.

My son, David, is a bit of a history buff, so he really enjoyed the fact that we were staying in the same area that young Abe Lincoln walked as a boy himself. The beach was clean, the bath house was clean, the DNR patroled regularly. I would definitely camp there again (for any of you that wonder about a safe place to camp). I wish I would have taken more pics at the campsite. The kids collected bugs, we cooked over the fire, tossed the football, explored the paths. It was nice. Peaceful. Here's a pic of the beach at sunset....

At Holiday World, we played a few games......

Cooled off in the water.........

Drove some cars (so cute to see the kiddo's driving. They think they're all grown up...or getting away with something major! lol....) This is 2 of Sis Dawn's kiddos...


This is my kiddo, David.......
This is Sis Tina's kiddo....
And my David again...
We had a real good time. I'm anxious to hear about Sky Camp! I will be checking everyones pages! Love you Lots! Sis Jana

dedicated to my girls

So I'm not sure how many of you have actually stopped to listen to the words to More Than You'll Ever Know from my playlist, but I put there for you, my sisters. I love this song. It's been a favorite of mine for years. I always think of my sisters and how I've been given this beautiful relationship through Christ with my girls here. And now it reminds me of even you girls out there. I love it. I try to be this way. It's a beautiful example to me of how to be a true friend to you. And it sings to my heart about how many of you have been to me. I love you. This ones for you....

*tears* *sniffle* *lovins*

It's Official...

Well...i've been home for about 5 days now...i have to admitt that i've kinda been avoiding this post. I guess putting it in writing like this makes it feel soooo official......We are moving to FL. I'm excited about the fact that my husband is SO much BETTER while we're there and David doesn't cough or complain about his health either...but of course I'm sad because i can't imagine being away from my body of brethren here. it's going to be terribly hard. i will need prayer and encouragement. and visitation!!! Oh Please, Oh Please, Oh Please !?! ;) I will try to come back here regularly...which shouldn't be hard to convince Tim since we have 2 precious grandbabies here, which I have pics of...





This is Brooklynn Marie...we were at the gardens at the zoo. She got very wet playing in the fountains! She's running barefoot thru the wedding garden here. So cute!!

And this is Kerah Elisabeth...with her birthday hat on! I love my girls sooooo much. I'm missing them already!!!

So, it's official. We plan to move at the end of September. I am praying that God will use me in this new place and perhaps someday we'll even have a body of brethren brought together there. If they are already there, I hope I find them. I've been daydreaming of visiting other bodies of brethren, too. It would be cool to be able to go to the other assemblies as well. I did get a prophecy that I would be visiting other places. hmmmm...it will be interesting to see God's plan for me. I love it when things come together...I didn't expect it like this though. We'll see what happens. I'm just speculating right now. Only He knows what's to come for me...I sure am clueless at the moment! HA!

OK...so please pray for me also about an accident I was involved in yesterday...a man "under the infuence" of drugs rear ended me...and then accidently rammed into the cop's car that came to the scene. The man was arrested...I cried. He kept looking over at me with his head hanging down while he was in handcuffs...unsettling for me. My back hurts and my shoulders are tight. But I'm ok otherwise. Pray for the man also if you feel led...he obviously has issues...and I want him to forget my face. *BLAH* creeps me out...he needs God's mercy and tenderness...as do I.

Lots of Love...

Another road trip

Okay...Just a heads up, we are heading back to FL in the morning. Tim has work there all next week starting early Monday morning, so we will need to leave at like 6am tomorrow. He will be working until Saturday of next week, so we won't be heading home until Sunday morning. SO...I will miss church for 2 Sunday's in a row again. :( Pray for us for a safe trip and also for this to be our deciding week about moving there or not. I'm feeling pretty strongly that we will, but we are not 100% sure yet. Tim suffers with his health so badly, and I know he sees winter coming as a threat. The warmth truly transforms him back into a functional person and I don't want to see him suffer the cold ever again. Now if I could find brethren there, I would feel so much better about the move. Please, does anyone know of any brethren anywhere around St. Augustine/Jacksonville area???? Or in Florida anywhere?!?! I must find them! Ask around, let me know. Pray for my family. Love you. *hugs to my girls* (please don't cry-I'll always be nearby)