Meet my 2 new friends and Help me design the Boys' Room

Thank you for asking how I am doing these days. I am 2 1/2 wks off of antibiotics and doing good! You have no idea what a victory that is!! Praise God.

I am not doing so good with the raw diet. I really need more self-control! I fell off the raw wagon HARD! I am always starting over... every day. I did good for a week and a half... and then I got HUNGRY! But, I am sticking with my homeopathic stuff and just trusting in the Lord!

We had Prayer on the Porch last night and it blessed my socks off. I love praying for people and watching God do miracles. To Him be the Glory for the great things He does, right?!

I got to meet 2 famous people I respect so much last week! One was Rita Springer who sings "I have to Believe". I was asked to take pictures at the conference where she was playing. It was so cool to be able to tell her HOW MUCH her song has ministered to me. That song is POWER----FULL.

I also got to meet Shaun Groves! I never dreamed I would get to talk to him so I didn't take my camera. He played an amazing concert. I was touched and changed there. He talked about his trip to India (the one Angie Smith went on) and shared about how to sponsor children through Compassion. I was moved to tears by a picture of a little girl who was so impoverished all she could do was put 2 fingers in her mouth asking Shaun to help her--- FEED HER. Something happened in my heart when I saw her. I came home and spent the whole next day sorting through everything in my house, deciding what to sell. I am having a huge garage sale on Saturday and all the proceeds will go to Compassion or AAA Women's. I sent out an email and people are coming with truck loads donating things. I don't know if we will make $200 or $2000. We are also selling our VAN! Don't think I am super-spiritual though. We bought another used one. It was time. I struggled with this decision.. trying to decide if it was good stewardship or not but it was TIME.

I am trying so hard to change the way I live. To live simply and give MUCH. Seeing that sweet girl starving made me HATE all the STUFF in my house. Too much. She has nothing.

So.... I am rallying the troops!

If you live near me and want to throw some things in, let me know.

tsblackiston@comcast.net

"At the present time your plenty will supply what they need..." 2 Cor 8:14

"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich."

2 Cor 8:9

Shaun Groves is WAY cool. He left me a comment and talked about meeting us on his blog! How fun. Oh, to be famous... LOL. I thought I may have scared him because I talked so much. I am so bummed I didn't have my camera!
Go buy his CD. :)

So, anyway, God is so good. My Bible Study on Thursdays ROCKS. I love those girls so much and every week there are more. The Scripture memorization is the best part. We are memorizing Col 1:9-20. I feel like I can feel those words CHANGING me. The passage is floating through my head all day long and I have started praying it over my children.
God's Word=life, freedom, hope, joy, FUN!

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I am getting ready to move all 3 boys into the same room. I think it will be so great for them. It will be like camp every day of their life! I also don't want Lake to be left out. So, I have been trying to design their room. Here are some really cool bunk ideas I found. Tell me your favorite. My favorite is 2, or 4. Tim thinks he can maybe do this if it isn't too complicated!!! It may be a while because I am in no hurry to let my 2 yr old monkey out of the captivity of his crib. It is amazing he is still in there. He climbed out at 18 months but we spanked his little hand and he never did it again??? Go figure. He gives me about 20 panic attacks a day when I lose him. He opens the front door and leaves! I have always said that all 3 of my boys (when toddlers) had one mission- to bust out of this joint.

I need to be on nerve pills. If my door is not locked, Lake is gone.

Oh, good grief--- BOYS!?!?!?

My anxiety level finally levels out when they are all 3 sleeping.

I can't wait to see them sleeping in their new room!

This project will take a while.

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I don't think this one is a possibility cause it seems a little complicated to build but I love it!!! Great idea for anyone building a house but hard (and expensive) to add.




























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I just found this in my sink when I went to brush my teeth tonight. It actually doesn't shock me anymore. I would much prefer this over the giant fake python that is wrapped around my toilet in the morning.

I always thought I would have all girls.

This life God has given me never ceases to make me smile.