Minor Wrist Surgery

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Ouch! Here's a picture of my cast, and me... sans shower, makeup etc. But you can see that my kids love me cuz they wrote helpful messages on the bandage/cast thingie.

The pain meds make me nauseous so my drug of choice is ibuprofen and at night, if it's bad... I take benadryl. LOL. Funny, huh??

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Day 1 London/Dublin Vacay- Agony!

We traveled this summer. We went from Sioux Falls to Chicago and then to Dublin, Ireland via Aer Lingus. Our flight left Chicago at about 6:00 p.m. After six hours on board, we arrived at Dublin Airport. It was 7:00 a.m.

We didn't sleep much on the flight, although we tried!! We were seated near the bathrooms and every time we'd begin to drift off to sleep... someone would come by and we'd hear the door creak. So... we were a little bit tired to say the least.

We went through Irish Immigration which was pretty easy to navigate and got our passports stamped. Then we headed for the hotel, thinking that as we were so early our room would not be ready and we'd be in agony. The Carleton, however, had our room ready for us so we took a brief nap of about 3 hours, and then headed out.

We had lunch in the Temple Bar district, and picked up a few groceries for supper that night. The boy and the girl are badly jetlagged in this photo. The girl is sipping complimentary tea, and the boy is standing there after showering. Dh and I were on the balcony.

It was romantic, and wonderful. Yet at that moment, we'd have given just about anything for a bit more sleep. However, we knew we had to acclimate to the new time zone so we stayed up til it was about 8 p.m. Impressive, huh??

A book I'm reading...

This is quite possibly one of the most inspirational and heartwarming books I've begun in a while. Three Cups of Tea challenges all of us to do more and be more. The story, if you're not familiar, involves Greg Mortenson's failed attempt to climb Kilimanjaro. He is helped by the people of the region and in turn promises to come back and build a school.

I'm inspired by it, and so is my entire church. You see, we have a large congregation of Sudanese immigrants. Many of them are Lost Boys... one in particular, Moses, wants to give back to his village. And so, the project began... one school at a time.

This is part of what we're called to do. To give to those who have little. To build grain mills so that the girls can have time from the back breaking work of preparing food to go to school. To provide wells for water... and, of course, to pray without ceasing for those building now and those who will be learning later.

If you're inclined to join your prayers with mine... please do so!

Frugal Friday!

Just a reminder to those of you with Saver's in your neighborhoods... Labor Day 50% off storewide sale is right around the corner. You definitely don't want to miss that! It's a tradition for my daughter and I. We hit the sale early, and then... Red Lobster for lunch.

Sometimes being frugal, though, means spending some money up front. For example, dental care! It is much cheaper to buy good toothbrushes, floss, and mouthwash with antigingivitis properties than it is to care for periodontal disease. Another recent example from my home... running shoes.

It is cheaper to buy an expensive pair of running shoes than it is to find yourself at the orthopod getting told that you should probably bike instead of run. And now an unsolicited plug... Asics.

Yes...they are spendy. I eeped at the price. But... since I can now run without horrible ankle pain -- obviously worth it. Asics Gel Nimbus 11 for the win. And I mean it. My feet do not hurt and that makes them a bargain. Cuz, I'll let you in on a secret... I don't intend to stop running anytime soon. :)

Wordless Wednesday!

The Imperial War Museum... an actual chunk of the Berlin Wall...

We CAN change our lives and the world... with God's help!