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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Running
Last night, I started running again. My knee's have been taking some abuse and needed a break so I took a much needed week off. They felt great yesterday and I probably could have run a little more. We ran for 41 minutes and covered 3.51 miles. Not bad, considering I haven't run in a week. Mo annoyed me before I left the house so I probably ran a little faster. ;) I have really enjoyed my three days a week hobby. It feels so good and gives me that quiet time that I never take for myself. I wish I could get up and do it in the morning though. I am a much better runner in the morning. Lately, I have noticed that I am really a morning person. I wake at 6:30 am everyday and get so much accomplished in the hour before I leave for work. I can't wait to go running again tomorrow night.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Life at with a leaky pipe...
On Friday Mo called me and said we have a leak. The pipes that connect directly to our hot water heater are leaking down the kitchen wall, under the tile and into the guest bathroom. AHHHH no wonder I have been stepping in water the past few days. I kept wondering why every time I hung up my coat my foot would be wet. Thankfully, it was a very slow leak and the pipe didn't burst. Plumbing Express made it to our home by 6:30 pm, cut a hole in the dry wall and fixed the leaky fitting. Then some other dude showed up to rip off our baseboards and check for mold. No mold. He then pulled up the carpet and tore out all the musty padding. Lastly, he headed out to his truck and came back in the house with 5 enormous industrial sized fans. He told us to run them 24/7 for the next 3 days. What? My home now sounded like a plane was about to take off. We had a horrible time trying to watch TV and no one could sleep. The next night we turned off those obnoxious fans and all slept like babies.
Tonight the fan man came and collected his noise makers. He said the inside of the house was completely dry but the garage was still very damp. On Saturday he will return to hang the baseboards and some one else will come clean and fix the carpet. As for the hole in our wall and the rest of pipes being refitted, who knows when that will happen. What a pain in the tush, thank goodness we aren't paying for it!!
Tonight the fan man came and collected his noise makers. He said the inside of the house was completely dry but the garage was still very damp. On Saturday he will return to hang the baseboards and some one else will come clean and fix the carpet. As for the hole in our wall and the rest of pipes being refitted, who knows when that will happen. What a pain in the tush, thank goodness we aren't paying for it!!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
Hope your day was as fun and yummy as ours. The kids and I made these oh so yummy cupcakes. Raine was a pro at adding the pink sprinkles. After every cupcake she decorated she would ask, "Me eat now Mama?". It was so much fun! I tried a new recipe for Rosemary Chicken and Red Potatoes. It wasn't as fantastic as I had hoped. I gave Mo a one of a kind scrapbook Love card and a Love piece of artwork from Chance Gomez. It was a wonderful day for all of us.
Raine the expert sprinkler.
Reece ate more frosting than he put on the cupcake.
Trying for a nice photo, Raine wanted no part of it.
Reece was all for it. Don't ya love the 99 cent t-shirt I found last year. 
Raine wanted to show me her new lil Nemo.
Our dinner and yummy dessert!
Happy Valentine's Day!Saturday Morning
Today, I started my day by making breakfast for the kids, enjoying a cup of coffee and an english muffin and then headed out the door for my 5 mile run in 37 degree weather. AHH it was brisk but sunny. I ran with a friend of mine who is an avid runner and I felt like I was a bit too slow for her. She said it was perfect pace and she'd be back next Saturday. I have been training for a 10K for the past month now, running every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. My neighbor and I do some speed training during the week and then distance training on Saturdays. I should be walking on my off days but it is too dark & cold in the mornings. I can't wait for day light savings and spring weather.
After I got home, Mo asked if I wanted to go for a walk and take the kids to the playground. I was all for it since my hubby never wants to go for a stroll. We piled the kids into the stroller and headed to the "Red Playground" as the kids call it. It was so much fun sitting with my hubby on a bench watching our kids scamper around. He said it best, "This is what life is about babe"! I couldn't agree more. What a great morning!
After I got home, Mo asked if I wanted to go for a walk and take the kids to the playground. I was all for it since my hubby never wants to go for a stroll. We piled the kids into the stroller and headed to the "Red Playground" as the kids call it. It was so much fun sitting with my hubby on a bench watching our kids scamper around. He said it best, "This is what life is about babe"! I couldn't agree more. What a great morning!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
So Thankful
Tonight we braved the Fashion Show Mall with two crazy kids to spend some gift cards that we thought only worked down on the strip. When we went to guest services, they informed us that we could us them anywhere in the United States. Huh? We can? So our plan of eating out and splurging on ourselves went right out the window! God, answered our prayers to provide us some grocery money and we need to be obedient. But I didn't want to! Mo wanted to take the cards right out of my hands and drive us home. I told him to loosen up that we came here for a family night out so let's eat!!
I really wanted Maggiano's but he didn't want to spend that much. :( We ended up at Johnny Rockets, which was way overpriced for the burgers and fries they serve there. It was definitely more kid friendly but really? Mo is so obsessed with this Money Makeover stuff that we had to share a $10.99 chicken club sandwich. Which in all honesty, was all in needed since I treated myself to the most delicious 6.99 chocolate shake. Hey I ran 4 miles today, I can drink 650 yummy calories... Reece and Raine had so much fun wearing their little chef hats and coloring. Then the staff cranked up the music and started dancing. I felt like I was in a Broadway show cuz Reece and Raine asked to go dance with the servers. I tried to get a picture with my cell phone but they were all to blurry. My dancing fools had the whole restaurant in stitches. It was too cute. We enjoyed the rest of our meal and headed to Borders to spend another gift card!
I told the kids before we left that we were going to the mall to get ourselves a Valentine present, then when we found out God gave us money for gas and groceries I couldn't buy silly stuff. I am a smart girl though and I grabbed the Borders and Macy's gift cards also. We let Reece and Raine pick out one book each and I was able to sneak in one more book for Reece's Easter basket. The Lord once again provided a little extra for our family. Time to head home it was getting late but then Mo reminded me of Macy's and how I wanted to swing by there. We looked at some bargain items for him and then some kid clothes but nothing was jumping out at us. Then I found 2 of the cutest outfits for a friend's new baby, both half price. Yay, thanks again God!
The kids really needed to use the restroom so we head to the back of the store near the women's undergarments. Mo found the clearance rack and started picking out cute bra's and panties. He said here ya go Happy Valentine's Day! It really was just what I needed, cuz I have purchased new bra's since I was pregnant with Raine. My chest size has shrunk quite a bit since I have been running and eating better so I truly needed a few half price Calvin Klein bras! I tried them on and was very pleased, I wanted to ask my hubby what he thought but I didn't think that would be too wise. I'll surprise him on Saturday! God is so good, he lead my man right to the rack I needed most in the store.
After a few hours of eating, dancing and shopping we headed home. It was a very entertaining night of spending gift cards, ya gotta love that!! As I type this reflection of how amazing God is, Mo just shouted up to me that our Verizon bill came in $25.00 under our budgeted amount!
Isaiah 65:24 proved itself so true for the Hauguel family today. Praise the Lord!
I really wanted Maggiano's but he didn't want to spend that much. :( We ended up at Johnny Rockets, which was way overpriced for the burgers and fries they serve there. It was definitely more kid friendly but really? Mo is so obsessed with this Money Makeover stuff that we had to share a $10.99 chicken club sandwich. Which in all honesty, was all in needed since I treated myself to the most delicious 6.99 chocolate shake. Hey I ran 4 miles today, I can drink 650 yummy calories... Reece and Raine had so much fun wearing their little chef hats and coloring. Then the staff cranked up the music and started dancing. I felt like I was in a Broadway show cuz Reece and Raine asked to go dance with the servers. I tried to get a picture with my cell phone but they were all to blurry. My dancing fools had the whole restaurant in stitches. It was too cute. We enjoyed the rest of our meal and headed to Borders to spend another gift card!
I told the kids before we left that we were going to the mall to get ourselves a Valentine present, then when we found out God gave us money for gas and groceries I couldn't buy silly stuff. I am a smart girl though and I grabbed the Borders and Macy's gift cards also. We let Reece and Raine pick out one book each and I was able to sneak in one more book for Reece's Easter basket. The Lord once again provided a little extra for our family. Time to head home it was getting late but then Mo reminded me of Macy's and how I wanted to swing by there. We looked at some bargain items for him and then some kid clothes but nothing was jumping out at us. Then I found 2 of the cutest outfits for a friend's new baby, both half price. Yay, thanks again God!
The kids really needed to use the restroom so we head to the back of the store near the women's undergarments. Mo found the clearance rack and started picking out cute bra's and panties. He said here ya go Happy Valentine's Day! It really was just what I needed, cuz I have purchased new bra's since I was pregnant with Raine. My chest size has shrunk quite a bit since I have been running and eating better so I truly needed a few half price Calvin Klein bras! I tried them on and was very pleased, I wanted to ask my hubby what he thought but I didn't think that would be too wise. I'll surprise him on Saturday! God is so good, he lead my man right to the rack I needed most in the store.
After a few hours of eating, dancing and shopping we headed home. It was a very entertaining night of spending gift cards, ya gotta love that!! As I type this reflection of how amazing God is, Mo just shouted up to me that our Verizon bill came in $25.00 under our budgeted amount!
Isaiah 65:24 proved itself so true for the Hauguel family today. Praise the Lord!
"Before they call, I will answer!" Isaiah 65:24
Isaiah 65:24 was the verse of the day sent to my email by Air1. I really needed to read this today because life has been very trying this week. The enemy has truly been testing my faith in God. When I read this story, I was reminded to have the faith of a child. God will provide!
A Story from a Missionary in Africa(Isaiah 65:24)
One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do she died leaving us with a tiny premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter. We would have difficulty keeping the baby alive, as we had no incubator. (We had no electricity to run an incubator.) We also had no special feeding facilities. Although we lived on the equator, nights were often chilly with treacherous drafts.
One student midwife went for the box we had for such babies and the cotton wool the baby would be wrapped in. Another went to stoke up the fire and fill a hot water bottle. She came back shortly in distress to tell me that in filling the bottle, it had burst. Rubber perishes easily in tropical climates. "And it is our last hot water bottle!" she exclaimed.
As in the West it is no good crying over spilled milk, so in Central Africa it might be considered no good crying over burst water bottles. They do not grow on trees, and there are no drugstores down forest pathways.
"All right," I said, "put the baby as near the fire as you safely can, and sleep between the baby and the door to keep it free from drafts. "Your job is to keep the baby warm."
The following noon , as I did most days, I went to have prayers with any of the orphanage children who chose to gather with me. I gave the youngsters various suggestions of things to pray about and told them about the tiny baby.
I explained our problem about keeping the baby warm enough, mentioning the hot water bottle. The baby could so easily die if it got chills. I also told them of the two-year-old sister, crying because her mother had died.
During the prayer time, one ten -year-old girl, Ruth, prayed with the usual blunt conciseness of our African children. "Please, God," she prayed, "send us a water bottle. It'll be no good tomorrow, God, as the baby will be dead, so please send it this afternoon."
While I gasped inwardly at the audacity of the prayer, she added by way of a corollary, "And while You are about it, would You please send a dolly for the little girl so she'll know You really love her?"
As often with children's prayers, I was put on the spot. Could I honestly say, "Amen?" ! I just did not believe that God could do this. Oh, yes, I know that He can do everything. The Bible says so. But there are limits, aren't there? The only way God could answer would be for a package to arrive from the homeland.
I had been in Africa for almost four years at that time, and I had never, ever received a parcel from home. Anyway, if anyone did send me a parcel, who would put in a hot water bottle? I lived on the equator!
Halfway through the afternoon, while I was teaching in the nurses' training school, a message was sent that there was a car at my front door. By the time I reached home, the car had gone, but there, on the verandah, was a large twenty-two pound parcel. I felt tears pricking my eyes. I could not open the parcel alone, so I sent for the orphanage children. Together we pulled off the string, carefully undoing each knot. We folded the paper, taking care not to tear it unduly. Excitement was mounting.
Some thirty or forty pairs of eyes were focused on the large cardboard box. From the top, I lifted out brightly colored, knitted jerseys. Eyes sparkled as I gave them out. Then there were the knitted bandages for the leprosy patients, and the children looked a little bored.
Then came a box of mixed raisins and sultanas-that would make a batch of buns for the weekend. Then, as I put my hand in again, I felt the.....could it really be? I grasped it and pulled it out-yes, a brand-new, rubber hot water bottle, I cried.
I had not asked God to send it; I had not truly believed that He could. Ruth was in the front row of, the children. She rushed forward, crying out, "If God has sent the bottle, He must have sent the dolly, too!"
Rummaging down to the bottom of the box, she pulled out the small, beautifully dressed dolly. Her eyes shone! She had never doubted. Looking up at me, she asked: "Can I go over with you, Mummy, and give this dolly to that little girl, so she'll know that Jesus really loves her?"
That parcel had been on the way for five whole months. Packed up by my former Sunday school class, whose leader had heard and obeyed God's prompting to send a hot water bottle, even to the equator. And one of the girls had put in a dolly for an African child-five months before-in answer to the believing prayer of a ten-year-old to bring it "that afternoon."
"Before they call, I will answer!" Isaiah 65:24
A Story from a Missionary in Africa(Isaiah 65:24)
One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do she died leaving us with a tiny premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter. We would have difficulty keeping the baby alive, as we had no incubator. (We had no electricity to run an incubator.) We also had no special feeding facilities. Although we lived on the equator, nights were often chilly with treacherous drafts.
One student midwife went for the box we had for such babies and the cotton wool the baby would be wrapped in. Another went to stoke up the fire and fill a hot water bottle. She came back shortly in distress to tell me that in filling the bottle, it had burst. Rubber perishes easily in tropical climates. "And it is our last hot water bottle!" she exclaimed.
As in the West it is no good crying over spilled milk, so in Central Africa it might be considered no good crying over burst water bottles. They do not grow on trees, and there are no drugstores down forest pathways.
"All right," I said, "put the baby as near the fire as you safely can, and sleep between the baby and the door to keep it free from drafts. "Your job is to keep the baby warm."
The following noon , as I did most days, I went to have prayers with any of the orphanage children who chose to gather with me. I gave the youngsters various suggestions of things to pray about and told them about the tiny baby.
I explained our problem about keeping the baby warm enough, mentioning the hot water bottle. The baby could so easily die if it got chills. I also told them of the two-year-old sister, crying because her mother had died.
During the prayer time, one ten -year-old girl, Ruth, prayed with the usual blunt conciseness of our African children. "Please, God," she prayed, "send us a water bottle. It'll be no good tomorrow, God, as the baby will be dead, so please send it this afternoon."
While I gasped inwardly at the audacity of the prayer, she added by way of a corollary, "And while You are about it, would You please send a dolly for the little girl so she'll know You really love her?"
As often with children's prayers, I was put on the spot. Could I honestly say, "Amen?" ! I just did not believe that God could do this. Oh, yes, I know that He can do everything. The Bible says so. But there are limits, aren't there? The only way God could answer would be for a package to arrive from the homeland.
I had been in Africa for almost four years at that time, and I had never, ever received a parcel from home. Anyway, if anyone did send me a parcel, who would put in a hot water bottle? I lived on the equator!
Halfway through the afternoon, while I was teaching in the nurses' training school, a message was sent that there was a car at my front door. By the time I reached home, the car had gone, but there, on the verandah, was a large twenty-two pound parcel. I felt tears pricking my eyes. I could not open the parcel alone, so I sent for the orphanage children. Together we pulled off the string, carefully undoing each knot. We folded the paper, taking care not to tear it unduly. Excitement was mounting.
Some thirty or forty pairs of eyes were focused on the large cardboard box. From the top, I lifted out brightly colored, knitted jerseys. Eyes sparkled as I gave them out. Then there were the knitted bandages for the leprosy patients, and the children looked a little bored.
Then came a box of mixed raisins and sultanas-that would make a batch of buns for the weekend. Then, as I put my hand in again, I felt the.....could it really be? I grasped it and pulled it out-yes, a brand-new, rubber hot water bottle, I cried.
I had not asked God to send it; I had not truly believed that He could. Ruth was in the front row of, the children. She rushed forward, crying out, "If God has sent the bottle, He must have sent the dolly, too!"
Rummaging down to the bottom of the box, she pulled out the small, beautifully dressed dolly. Her eyes shone! She had never doubted. Looking up at me, she asked: "Can I go over with you, Mummy, and give this dolly to that little girl, so she'll know that Jesus really loves her?"
That parcel had been on the way for five whole months. Packed up by my former Sunday school class, whose leader had heard and obeyed God's prompting to send a hot water bottle, even to the equator. And one of the girls had put in a dolly for an African child-five months before-in answer to the believing prayer of a ten-year-old to bring it "that afternoon."
"Before they call, I will answer!" Isaiah 65:24
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
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