Goin' a' visitin'

We will be heading to MS to visit with dad this weekend. We also will be working on the house.. and and and..

David's grandmother (Oma) will be having surgery this weekend too. So, we will get to visit with her.

:) God is good. All the time. I just need to remember that.

Christa

Update: We were able to see Oma on Monday before we headed home. The doctors found cancer in her right lung and a few lymph nodes. They removed 1/3 of her total lungs and some of the lining and lymph nodes. She looked really good. Her long time friend, Mary, was there helping keep watch over her. We are *SO* incredibly thankful that Mary is there to help keep us updated while she's in the hospital. We stayed for about an hour, while we fought with her over dinner. (She is still as stubborn as ever, refusing to eat, and sent most of her food home to the cats).

Workin' the plan

First Place
Biblical Weight Loss - It's working for me!!

I'm sure I will post more on it later. For now here's a goal pic I've got on my desktop to help "inspire" me to get on the treadmill. :)










Graduation - May 2005 (30 lbs ago!)

Helping out friends

Kim announced last month that she was closing her store down (she's a military wife and her husband deployed. In order to be able to spend more time with her 3 boys, she is also leaving a full-time job).

The store is called In My Mind's Eye, and the link is http://www.inmymindseyeonline.com. Currently all merchandise is 40% off.

Thanks for visiting her site and helping in any way you can. (Early Christmas gifts ;) )

I feel so small

I have failed at my job as program person.
On 27 Dec 06 I provided Ch. Kim, Felisha and Ch. Page with a detailed plan for the weekend of 9-10March. I also produced a facility request for those days after receiving confirmation from the chaplain advisor and our speaker. What I failed to do was follow up with the CA's on that request. Yesterday I spoke with Sherene Fenton and
found out that the paperwork has been lost and therefore not approved or available.

The problem: AFRC has the Annex and all classrooms on Saturday 10March from 0700-1300, the same times we would need the Annex for breakfast and then childcare. We put in the announcements for this Sunday's bulletin for the special Saturday program, including childcare.

Possible solution: If the sanctuary is available, we could have Rabbi Frankel speak in there. Instead of Clyde's big breakfast, we could do a continental spread of danishes, fruit, coffee, and juice possibly outside in a tent. Childcare, if the weather was decent (or heated tents) could be outside in those tents as well.

So far I have actually spoken with David (fix it man) who talked about the "chain of command" etc etc. I have also spoken with Felisha, who says this is not out of the ordinary for our chapel.

It just hurts to have messed up. Knowing that I have much more work ahead of me makes it worse. Why me?! Why God?!

UPDATE: We will be having our program in the Sanctuary at the chapel. We have cut it down to only 2 hours, and no food, which is VERY out of the ordinary for our church group.

PWOC and Me!

Well, let's see. We just had our February montly program at the chapel last Friday. It was good as usual.

I ended up in the nursery/kids room with our Childcare chair, Linda. She had 6 little ones to herself. So, when the announcments started I helped her get through the "bathroom" break and chose to stay and help her out.

The room was mostly chaos, but we made it through the night singing "ABC's" and "Frosty the Snowman!" We read some, colored some, and kept the peace some!

Our speaker was Ginger Taylor. She is an old friend of Charlene's. She is a very powerful, insightful speaker. I just love the affect she has on our ladies. They just fall to pieces when she speaks. Our theme was "Stand by Your Man" (Jesus). The room was decked out in a pink wedding style. I even ordered a wedding cake from a local bakery. It was beautiful.

I'm counting down the next programs. Here they are listed:
March Craft Day and Program
April Program
April Spring Retreat
April PWOC Sunday - involves a large reception
May Craft Day
May Program - Should be installing new board members!!

Time..

OH I wish I had more time.

Especially to update this blog for my friends and family.

I have had a whirl-wind month, and it isn't stopping now.

Past:
Trip to Mississippi
Seperate trip to Texas
Server went down for a weekend, and LOST all the information on it :(.
Hospitality chair flaking out on me.

Present:
Valentine's Banquet on the 3rd of February
involves- 14 women decorating tables, the Officer's Club, cakes, food, etc!
Lists, lists, lists!
Need to scan in items for friend who is job hunting.

Future:
PWOC monthly programs - need to figure out what in the world I am doing!

ACK! I don't know what I am doing..
Hopefully, Maybe, I'll get good pictures of the banquet, should be fun, say the least!