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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 6/11/2005 12:01:33 PM
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Today I'm home with just the girls and Timothy. Erick and Jay are at Pow Wow. They will be back tonight, though. They were planning on spending the night tonight, too, but then Erick remembered he's supposed to teach Sunday School tomorrow. They are going to be doing the Purpose Driven Life in our class, and he's subbing for the next five weeks.
My secret pal's birthday is tomorrow, so I'm bringing cupcakes, and I've also got the solo in our choir song tomorrow morning. It's a neat song, even if some parts are really too high for me. I'm not a soprano, I'm a tenor, but that's okay. I can sing falsetto if I have to.  The song is called "Through the Fire" and the lyrics are great.
Then after church is a potluck, and I'm bringing Chinese Egg Rolls. That means I'm going to have to make them before I go to church.
We also have a birthday party to go to at 4:00pm, and I have to pack swim suits for the kids, and then that evening is the first night of Kids Praise Dance class that I volunteered to teach. So I'm going to be busy tomorrow!
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 7/5/2005 10:41:30 AM
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We had an interesting church service Sunday. A visitor had an epiliectic seizure in the middle of the worship service and they had to call in the ambulance and bring in a gurney to get her out because she was unconscious. They just kept singing until they left. I don't know what would have happened if they had been in the middle of the sermon. I wonder if the preacher would have stopped the sermon or kept on going?
It's kind of difficult to type right now, because I moved the computer to the bedroom temporarily while we pain in the livingroom. I have to sit on the bed and hold the keyboard in my lap. It's kind of hard on my wrists. The living room is looking so pretty, though. It's hard to believe how close we are to Erick being done with school! He's taking one more summer class, and then the fall and spring semesters, and he'll be done. He's planning on working through the licensing process soon. He's teaching Sunday School so he'd get the preaching requirements for licencing that way.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 7/11/2005 8:40:08 AM
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Erick and I had a date Saturday night! We don't get dates very often, so it's pretty special when we do. We finally saw the third Star Wars movie. It was good, but it didn't exactly have a happy ending or make me feel uplifted or anything like that. I wanted to cry when it was over. It was kind of hard to watch. I thought it was so ironic that Anakin tried so hard to save Padme's life, and it was his fault in the end that she died. If he'd just left well enough alone, she wouldn't have died. I don't think the kids are going to want to watch this one. Jay might, but probably not the girls. It's just too dark and a little disturbing. Joy thinks she likes scary movies because she's seen the Lord of the Rings movies. She hasn't got a clue how scary movies can be. I know I'm a total wimp when it comes to scary movies, though.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 7/18/2005 9:48:34 AM
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Jay and Joy and Sarah are starting VBS today, and they are riding the bus. This is the first time for them to ride the bus. I'm a little bit nervous for them! I hope the people there help them find their rooms and everything. I think they'd ask for help, if they needed it, though. They are pretty good at that.
Abby and Rachel, though, miss them already. They haven't even been gone ten minutes yet! Abby is old enough she could have gone, too, but she's only four. I really didn't want her going on the bush just yet. She's so little! Besides, someone's got to stay and play with Rachel.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 8/1/2005 10:03:52 AM
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Today Sarah is six years old.
Sarah was born on a very hot day. The day before I went into labor, the heat index reached 112 degrees. The flies were biting and we were out in the shade shucking corn.
The next day I went into labor with her very early in the morning. I fixed breakfast and after breakfast called the assistant midwife. She called my midwife (who lived 8 hours away and was planning on coming up the next day) and told her she should go ahead and come up. My contractions were getting further and further apart, so we thought it wouldn't really be that day. The midwife drove as fast as she could, afraid she wouldn't get here in time, but I wasn't worried. We snapped beans all day.
As the midwife got closer, she called on her cell phone and we agreed to meet at a friend's house in a city about an hour away. That way she could see me as soon as possible. So we drove there and met in the afternoon and she checked me and agreed I probably wouldn't have the baby that day. My contractions had just about stopped by then. She took us out to eat at the nearby Ryan's, and while I was there my contractions starting up again. They got stronger and closer together.
After dinner, she thought it would be a good idea to go for a walk in the mall because the head was turned a bit, and walking would help it get in the right position for labor. She had already given me an herb to relax my uterus, because my parents were on vacation and weren't coming back for a few days and they really wanted to be there. At that point I was pretty sure they weren't going to make it for the birth.
As we left, it broke into rain and everything cooled down. They asked me if I wanted to go back to our friend's house and rest, or go home. I wanted to go back to the friend's house, because my contractions were getting harder and I didn't want to go on another hour drive on bumpy country roads. Plus, our trailer was very hot and my friend had air conditioning.
My friend told me I was perfectly welcome to have my baby at her house, and she would be so honored if I would. I was just happy to be cool.
I slept in between contractions, in between my husband and the midwife. A few hours later I woke them both up because they were really getting hard. She checked me and said I was just about ready, so they set up the birthing stool. Sarah was born in about five minutes. I cried because it was so much easier than my first two births. I remember saying that if this was what birthing was supposed to be like, I don't know what everyone else was complaining about. She was born at 2:30 in the morning on Sunday, August 1st.
We slept there that night. Our friends watched our older two children in the living room while I was having Sarah in the bedroom, and then they came in and saw their new sister and we all spent the night. The next day we slept in and then stopped by Meijer and bought donuts for breakfast and then drove back. We got to Erick's parent's house just before they left for church and they got to see their newest granddaughter. Then we drove up to my parent's house so we could finish canning the green beans we had snapped. They were at church. Some of the beans had spoiled already and had to be thrown out.
My husband was doing some work on their back room, so he did some of that. At one point he asked me if I could hold up a ceiling panel and I told him, "Erick, I just gave birth a few hours ago. I can't." He felt a little foolish for forgetting that. He just thought I was walking around fine and looked fine and didn't even think about it when he asked me.
My parents got to see the baby when they got back from church. Then we took her home.
Sarah is such a sweet girl. She's the quietest of all my children. Mostly she just smiles at you and doesn't say anything.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 8/3/2005 7:17:20 PM
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The Penner's are coming tomorrow!
They'll be coming 'round the mountain when they come!
They'll be coming 'round the mountain when they come!
They'll be coming 'round the mountian, they'll be coming 'round the mountain,
They'll be coming 'round the mountain when they come!
We will all rush out to meet them when they come!
We will all rush out to meet them when they come!
We will all rush out to meet them, we will all rush out to meet them,
We will all rush out to meet them when they come!
They'll be driving Ebenezer when they come!
They'll be driving Ebenezer when they come!
They'll be driving Ebenezer, they'll be driving Ebenezer,
They'll be driving Ebenezer when they come!
We will stay up all night and giggle when they come!
We will stay up all night and giggle when they come!
We will stay up all night and giggle, we will stay up all night and giggle,
We will stay up all night and giggle when they come!
We will fix stew over a campfire when they come!
We will fix stew over a campfire when they come!
We will fix stew over a campfire, we will fix stew over a campfire,
We will fix stew over a campfire when they come!
They will have to sleep in a tent when they come!
They will have to sleep in a tent when they come!
They will have to sleep in a tent, they will have to sleep in a tent,
They will have to sleep in a tent when they come!
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 8/12/2005 9:32:00 AM
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Timothy is walking now.
He started walking while the Penners were here. I think maybe he didn't want to get run over by the older kids? We had 11 kids here all ages 9 and under. It was a riot!
We had so much fun, though. Trying to keep the Lisas and the Sarahs and the Timothys straight was a challenge, but it was fun. They fit right in.
The weather was so nice for our camping trip. We had some rain right after we set up the tents, but before we had put the bedding inside them so nothing got too wet. It cooled things down and made it so nice. We had great campsites, too, even if we did have to run off the squatters off of our reserved sites before we could set up! LOL!
We went on a hike up to some caves, we swam in the creek, we ate good food cooked over the fire, we made 20 million trips to the restrooms, and we had lots of fun just talking. It was the nicest camping trip we ever had.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 8/18/2005 7:52:58 PM
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I think I'm PMSing.
I never used to have mood swings like this. I used to be pretty evenly keeled. As I've gotten older, though, that time of the month seems to be affecting me more than it used to. Of course, being as pregnant as often as I have been, I really haven't had very many cycles during the course of our marriage. But now they've returned, nearly a year after I gave birth to my last baby, and I'm almost feeling like I'm a different person these days.
I'm not normally a sentimental person. I dislike poetry and mushiness. Flowery cards don't interest me. I'd rather have a funny card. But today I read a library book, a sweet story about a mother and her baby who grew up and she would cuddle him and sing a sweet song to him about always been her baby after he was asleep at night, and it made me cry! I mean actual crying, not just a tear in my eye. After I dried my eyes and explained sheepishly to my wondering children that it was just a sweet book, they asked me to read it to them and so I did, and lo and behold, I cried again! I couldn't get through it without crying. Erick couldn't believe it. He's actually hoping it will last so he can send me a mushy Valentine's Day card next year instead of a funny one.
You know, now that I think about it, today is the second day in a row that someone has expressed pleasure that I was not strong. Yesterday I had a terrible day at work with computers breaking down and everything going wrong. I was extremely stressed, and one of the guys told me that seeing me stressed out just made his day, because I never lose my cool. He even said I was cute when I was upset.  I wanted to throw something at him.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 8/23/2005 8:50:38 AM
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Jay is in the hospital. He was in a bike wreck yesterday evening. It was actually his fault--he was bumping the tires of another girl to antazonize her and crashed into her. They both fell, but she didn't get hurt (Thank God!). We took him to the emergency room because his tummy was hurting and he was having a hard time breathing.
He had an ultrasound, and X-ray, and a CAT scan. The surgeon says he has lacerations on his spleen and his liver, so he must have hit the handlebar pretty hard when he wrecked. He doesn't think they'll have to operate, though, because he said in a kid his age those things can heal up on their own. So they are going to keep him a few days and watch him.
Erick stayed with him last night, and I'm going to be going there after breakfast to keep him company and take him his school work. It's tradition. When I was in the hospital when I was his age, my mom brought me my school work, too. Actually, I was in the emergency room three times before I was his age, and I'm honestly surprised this is his first time. He's always been on the brink of an accident.
I was pretty worried about him last night, but now I'm not too much anymore. He's going to be okay. I still feel bad for him, but maybe he'll learn not to do that anymore. The funny thing was the girl he ran into didn't even tell on him. Maybe she didn't want to get him into trouble. Her grandparents were watching them bike ride, so I had to ask her what happened, and she never mentioned that he was running into her like that. My daughters told on him, though. I don't think he needs any further punishment for what he did, though. Landing yourself in the hospital is far more "natural consequenses" than anyone deserves.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 9/28/2005 6:17:54 PM
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I guess I haven't posted anything in here yet about my Science Fair, so I'll take a few minutes to update you on that.
I really didn't intend on coordinating a big event like this. I've never done it before, so I'm nervous and hoping I get everything taken care of that needs to be taken care of. We are doing a unit study and we are studying Science and Scientific Method, and as a co-op activity they suggest an informal science fair. I don't have a co-op, but I am subscribed to the e-group for the local support group, so I sent a message to the group asking if anyone knew of any home school science fairs coming up or if anyone was interested in having one. I mentioned that I would be willing to put one together if there was interest. My thoughts were to reserve a room at the library and have people set up displays. No competition or anything, just an opportunity to share what we've learned with other homeschoolers.
Well, one of the board members contacted me and said that if I was willing to coordinate the Science Fair, that the homeschool group would sponsor it. I thought that sounded great. They would pay for all expenses, and all I would have to do is reserve a place.
But they wanted judges. So I've been working trying to line up judges. I think I have everyone I need now, including a Physics Professor who was a finalist in NASA's astronaut program. I still have to make a trip to the Tropy Shop to get prizes, and make programs, and hope and pray that enough people participate to make it worth everyone's time. If I can just get enough participation, I think it's going to be good. I'm just nervous, though. And in the midst of all that, I still have to get my own kids' science fair project done! We're making a wind meter.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 10/26/2005 12:57:35 PM
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My girls are having an argument. Sarah is upset because Abby has a prettier doll than she has. She's in tears.
Sarah: You always get the prettiest dolls. It's not fair.
Abby: Yes, that's because I'm a pretty girl.
Sarah: You're not the prettiest girl in the whole world! The prettiest girl in the whole world is that girl that's in the Bible.
Abby: Who?
Sarah: Mary. She's the prettiest girl.
Abby: No, it's Mommy.
Sarah: Mom's not in the Bible!
Joy: Abby's in the Bible, though.
Sarah: No she's not.
Joy: Yes she is. Remember, she and Sarah were sisters and they married the same guy.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 11/8/2005 9:16:20 AM
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I have been having some computer problems lately. Things have been running very slowly. The longer I stay on forums the slower things run. Usually they will start out okay, but by the second or third post they are running slower and slower until I can't post anymore and I have to reboot. Right now things are actually running okay, but I don't imagine they will stay that way. Yesterday I e-mailed Fritz about it, because I'm running so far behind in my moderating duties, and he suggested I do a scan for viruses (virusi?) and adware/spyware. It took me three hours to do that, and although I did not find any viruses, I did find some adware which I deleted, but it didn't seem to help when I tried forums later on. If anything, things were running slower. So that's a little disheartening.
I keep thinking maybe it's just this site, because other sites seem to run okay, but on the other hand, this is the only site I have to type on. (Oops, a dangling preposition! Oh well. Life goes on.)
I'm wondering if maybe my computer is just too old. I looked on Ebay last night and almost bid on one, but it only had five minutes left and I didn't want to make a hasty purchase. It was another Compaq, and I didn't know if Erick would want me getting another one. It had lots more memory than this one, though--250mb vs 64. So I don't know, I probably should have gone ahead and got it. It was only up to about $35. I did bid on another one (a brand new Dell) but I didn't even meet the reserve price on it. Erick thinks we should just get another one, but it would wipe out half of our emergency fund to do that and I don't know if Dave Ramsey would think this qualifies as an emergency. 
Anyway, I figured I'd post about it, because as little as I can get on now, I'd better at least try and keep my blog active! And it's about the only half-way interesting thing going on right now anyway. So it's all I have to post about.
Yes, I know I'm making a lengthy post about nothing, but when I can type freely without waiting several seconds for each word to show up, it causes me to type with reckless abandon simply for the sheer joy of typing.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 11/20/2005 6:40:19 PM
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I just got new pictures up in my photo album! Click on the link in my sig to see them.
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RE: My First Blog (by Lisa Luper) - 12/1/2005 8:15:50 PM
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My husband talked to our pastor from Indiana on the phone today. They talked for a long time about what Erick should do after school, etc., Pastor Brent would love for Erick to come back and serve with him, but finances are tight and they don't know if they could hire on anyone right now. He told him that if Erick would be willing to do it as a volunteer for awhile, he would be willing to take him under his wing and give him the ministry experience he is lacking. Erick is very excited about this. He wants to serve under Pastor Brent more than he wants to serve under anyone else. It's been his hearts desire for a long time. Even if he does it for free, it would be worth it to him because he admires him so much. He believes that Pastor Brent has a lot to teach him. It doesn't bother him that he may have to work another job for awhile longer yet. I'm excited, too. I want to be back at that church. I just love the atmosphere, there. Who knows, maybe in a couple of years the money will be there for Erick to go on staff full time or even part time there. It's just a blessing to be asked to come back and work with him there.
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I had quite a hard time staying awake through Sunday School and church, and I was afraid I was going to fall down the steps going up the platform. If I'd thought about it I would have had Erick carry Timothy. It was all I could do to stay upright in my high heel shoes going up the platform carrying a baby under the influence of whatever it was I took! 
We've had nine good years. I feel so blessed to have such a happy marriage. We've been through some tough stuff together, but it's always been together. I never imagined marriage could be this good.
This is ridiculous. We are going to have to cut down on our trips to church. It about makes me sick to my stomach every time I pass the gas station.
