Strange Bug

Well, now Obi seems to have this strange little bug that Izzy had on Saturday. It came out of nowhere after we got back from the dentist. Just Izzy it began with him complaining about how cold he was, and that he just couldn't warm up. I felt his face immediately and he was fine. His temperature was normal. Within an hour or so Joel said Obi was starting to burn up and sure enough his little cheeks were bright red. He couldn't eat supper, but asked instead if he could go and lie down (even more strange for Obi than Izzy). He slept from 5 pm or so until 7:30. Now he's awake and thinks it's the middle of the day. Poor little guy. Joel brought him down for some crackers and juice and they're going to watch the hockey game for a while. His fever has gone down over a degree and a half so I think he may already be on the mend (just like Izzy was on Saturday...so quick). I'm hoping so anyway, because he hates to miss school.

On a more positive note, we had our first heart to heart session at church. This is a program that some girls from my church put on. They offer a book study, a half hour of snacks and chatting, then an hour of a craft elective. I'm not sure how many years we've been having it, but it is such a wonderful thing! They have childcare workers that adore the kids (and don't mind having a whole LOT of them), so us moms get 2 1/2 hours of time to ourselves (unless our babies are under one year). Let me tell you it's a real treat to be able to go to all of my classes without a child attached to my hip :) The program is like a breath of fresh air, we learn more about God, and we learn a new skill craftwise. It's awesome.

I'm studying a book called "Fresh-Brewed Life". It's about discovering who you are and what God thinks of you. Developing intimacy with yourself and your Creator. I'm totally excited about it. It is based on journaling and discovering more about yourself and deepening your relationship with God and I'm hoping for me that it will help me to clear away some of the clutter in my mind right now. I feel like I need to find focus. I need to find my perspective. There are SO many things right now that I am 'somewhat' involved in that I can't focus my attention fully on anything. Do you ever have seasons like that? I feel like I'm full of wonderful ideas, and many different outlets where I can use my gifts, but I don't know how to get more focused. I've always been a 'starter'. Great at starting projects. Full of energy, ideas, etc. But once I get started I tend to run out of steam, or excitement and I want to move on to something else. As a child this was evident when you looked at my crafting. I always had several projects on the go: a cross-stitch and maybe a crocheting project that I had started. Finding the energy to finish projects was always a struggle for me.

So here I am as an adult. With so many great ideas, so many things I want to be involved in. Yet I find myself so overwhelmed that I can't seem to give my "all" for one thing. Frustrating. Anyway, so I'm helping this book will help me to sort some of that out. We'll see.

Gotta run, I'm getting some Tienda products organized for my open house on Thursday. I'm hoping that it goes really well and that we can help to support these women from the Dominican.

Melanie