Check-In 2

cory · #**911** (**permalink**) 10-26-2008, 04:27 AM

I guess now i am the threadkiller.
hi guys (and guyettes) I pray you are all well.
cory

Lotuspetal_uk · #**912** (**permalink**) 10-29-2008, 06:05 PM

Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd check in as I've realised I've not been on here very much at all. I'm being a little more 'concise' in terms of what I share online which is part of the reason for my absence. But thats said I hope everyone is well.

So Hi to everyone and big hugs.

cory · #**913** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:07 AM

hello lotus,
it's been a ghost town on here lately. Hope you are doing well.

Lotuspetal_uk · #**914** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 03:49 PM

Yeah, so I see Cory. I'll confess I've been one of the biggest culprits due to me being limited with what I can discuss online but other than that it use to be busier.

mbgb · #**915** (**permalink**) 11-01-2008, 10:22 PM

Hi all. Just checking in. I'll be praying for you all today. Thanks Cory for your wise words about friends. I think I do just need to pray for them. I haven't really done that yet. well, not as much as I should probably. Hope things are going well for everyone. talk later!

Pepperoni · #**916** (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 05:02 AM

Just wanted to pop in and say hi.

cory · #**917** (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 06:57 AM

hi back at you

mbgb · #**918** (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 02:16 AM

Hey dudes and dudettes.
Just checking in. I guess this is turning into an update post.

I have a THANK God report instead of an, "oh, please help me, God!" report..which is nice. I've been under much stress lately due to many things. DH went out of town for 3 days on business. He came back, we were happy to see each other, but I was short with him, and he has been wound up and quick to snap at me for over a week anyway. I am sort of getting weak in my stand with him and not being completely able to be as patient as he would like me to be as I have been. Anyway, I finally just told him how I felt today about this thing he did, that he keeps doing, and I am going to keep getting mad about...it has to do with destruction of my property...even though he says its his too! Anyway, I knew we were going to go around in circles. I told him to just stop, because by him continuing it's making me more angry. He said, "Oh yeah, you'd love for me to just stop so you could get the last word in." I tried to bite my tongue and I laid in the bedroom and took a nap just to get away from him. He went to his friend's house. Anyway, he called me and apologized and said he figured I was just really stressed out and was being harder on him than usual. This is huge! God is working in my marriage I just know it. Even though, to many, that would still seem like a backhanded apology, to me that's huge progress!

I have been struggling lately, and I know God knows I am pretty much at my wits end. We're talking about buying a new house soon, I'm at the very tail end of my Grad. School (and student teaching!), and money is tight as it is all over the world. But I always help DH with his emotional issues, and right now I honestly can't do that AND be able to complete what I need to. I told him to just give me until after this weekend when I take my big teacher certification test and I can be back to being supportive and a good housekeeper. But he, I guess it's due to not believing, has a hard time not putting himself first. But I see God protecting me in the times I can't be strong...which is great.

I have been regularly attending that church, Sunday School, and a bi-weekly Bible Study group. They have been super-supportive, and sit with me in church and all that. It has really meant the world to me. I have also ditched those "toxic" friends I had. I realize that my life can actually become successful when I get rid of those types of people in my life. They held me back because I constantly sought their approval subconsciously. But now I realize I have a lot to offer the world, and my career of teaching. I need to focus only on that now, and not worry about friends who never call me back. My college professor and student teaching class came to visit my school this past Tuesday evening. My professor was very impressed with the school and asked if he could invite his other classes to visit me and I would give them a run down of how I run my classroom. That just made my day! I have a friend who takes him for two classes this semester, and she said he was actually really speaking highly of me, but didn't mention my name, to the class and said, "She seems to have a really great handle on things." WOW! This is a tough professor too! He rarely praises people out loud. My friend said he asked their class if they wanted to come visit, and they all said they did, so I assume they'll be coming in the next two weeks since I'll be finished by then. But I think I finally found my niche in the world of careers. Never saw that coming.

Anyway, God is working. I'll be praying for you all and the state of our world right now. There are many crazy things, and unGodly things happening. I hope you all are doing well! Talk to you soon!

cory · #**919** (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 08:02 AM

That is great news I am so glad things are turning around for you. I will pray for you.

Life is pretty good at my place too work has been a bit slow but I still manage to end up working overtime.that is all about God. The dispatcher will send the other guys home because there is no work and when it's my turn to go something comes in out of the blue.on the home front dw and I have been looking for a common activity we have talked about retiring onto a boat so now we bought one then turned around and bought another that suits our needs better so we are trying to sell the first one in a weak economy. but we now have a boat we an weekend on or even take some longer trips. we want to try it out to see if we can live that close and not kill each other. If that works we hope to fix up this one and trade up untill we have something big enough to live on full time.
gotta run.
cory

mbgb · #**920** (**permalink**) 11-16-2008, 03:02 AM

Thanks Cory. Your boat idea sounds GREAT! What a way to retire. My dad just announced he'll be retiring this year, his company offered him a huge buyout package that he couldn't resist. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep him in your prayers that he'll always have money for him and my step-mom. He really got scared with this shaky economy. And he's always worked so so hard, and he loved his job for the most part, but he definitely made that company what they paid him three-fold I'm sure. He's such a great man, and everyone he works with just adores and admires him, so please please please keep him in your prayers as he enters the world of retirement. I just get a little sad because it means he's getting old. But I know he deserves a peaceful retirement if anyone in the world that has ever lived does. He always provided for us, and was the best father anyone could ask for.

Dear Lord,
Please keep my dad, and those who are retiring this year and in the near future, in your arms at this difficult economic time. Let us be prepared for our futures and spend/save/invest wisely. Please give my dad the opportunity to have a peaceful retirement because we all know his life has been anything but peaceful. Please allow the same of others who are retiring and are dedicated to following You, O Lord. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.