Here We Are at Monday again!

Here we are, at Monday, again!! What a glorious thing, to be able to start all over, with a new week!! This is a short week for Mark....We have a big date night, on Thursday, so he took Friday off, to spend with me as well...We need these times together, to unify and enjoy each other!! Next week is a really short week...with Thursday being Thanksgiving.....We are staying home, for Thanksgiving, this year and I am happy about that!! No getting up and hurrying around to spend two hours in the car....Then spend another two or three hours listening to my family complain and bicker, just to spend another two hours in the car, thinking about it, on the way home!! So we're staying home!! Last year, we stayed here on the hill, but we went to Pastor Dave's house for dinner. It was a wonderful time, but I think I'm looking forward to Mark and I, just being alone....We'll start the day with fresh cinnabon cinnamon rolls and coffee, while watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!! I'll watch the parade and Mark will go on the computer.....for Dinner, we're having Prime Rib (roasted in my new Ronco Rotisserie) mashed potatoes and brown gravy, cornbread stuffing, hot rolls, sweet and sour red cabbage, green salad or cole slaw and jello salad...for dessert, pumpkin pie, of course!! Then, in the evening, we're going to go see a movie!! I want to start our own Thanksgiving traditions....our own way of doing things....That way, we make the day special, instead of mundane and repeatitive... Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of a family dinner.....just not with my family......I love them all, but there are just too many differences to really enjoy the time together.....I was always kind of the black sheep and now, I'm not so certain that I ever really fit in!! I'm very old fashioned and very traditional and they're not!! And that's okay....I just choose to be more traditional and more old fashioned, here at home.

On Friday, my younger brother Kyle, went to the Emergency Room, at Kaiser, in Hayward and after oh something like 10 hours, was admitted to the hospital with a blocked coronary artery! He's only 30 years old!! But like me, he's got Type 2 Diabetes that he refuses to control....He's got high blood pressure that he takes medication for, sometimes.....He drinks and he lives the high life.....and now, it's catching up with him....I have asked God to help him want to be healthy...I have asked God for healing attention.....The rest is up to Kyle!! I took care of my brother, a lot, growing up!! He's 10 years younger than I.....I loved him like my own....More than I love any of my other siblings.....In 2003, Mark and I lent he and his new wife, Kristen, a large sum of money and they refuse to pay it back.....This has shattered me, beyond any other hurt, I've ever experienced in my life. I want nothing more than to have my brother back...to see him walk through my door and clean out my fridge for me....to stay the night up here and keep me company.....Lord, I miss him so......But it was his choice....I still want my baby brother back in my life, but I'm not compromising my beliefs to attain it!! So now, he has become the prodigal and I will wait for him....

Today, I have been relegated, once again, to a day of rest and relaxing, so as to keep the stress on my back, at a minimum!! I am still feeling groggy from the meds and it seems to be feeling a little bit better, so I'm thankful that I can say that!! I don't like taking the medication, cuz it makes me feel totally foggy headed and all I want to do is sleep!! I'm going to go and make some lunch and maybe read or watch television for a while.....

Many Blessings to you,
In Him,
Lisa