She's turned a corner!

For the first two weeks we had Faith, our kitten, she was very sick. Between an upper respiratory infection and an infected eye, not eating too much and sleeping a lot, it reminded us of Sputters, our pukey kitty we had to put down after 13 years. Faith hadn't gain any wait in 9 days. She had a constant fever. The eye ointment was working but the antibiotics didn't seem to fix anything. Then the eye infection went to the other eye.

After I took her back to the vet, her fever broke that night. It was back a little the next day, but then was gone for good. He eye infections completely subsided. Saturday she started playing, running, jumping, chasing our other cat, and being a kitten. What a joy!

She's hilarious. It's so entertaining watching her and Kira play together. Today Faith gets her stitches out and hopefully gets off her antibiotics.

Wahooo, we have a kitten!

A Little Respite

A week ago Sunday our church celebrated their one-year anniversary. It was great seeing friends we haven't seen in a while. It was also great to hear Greg reminisce about the last year in the life of God's church. Each time we put on some sort of event, it gets easier. I think I don't stress as much, as I get more experience under my belt.

Preparations weren't too hard. We bought almost 20 lbs. of tri-tip. Greg and I prepared it the night before, then we popped it in the oven Sunday morning. When it was done, I wrapped each roast in foil and put it in the ice chest to get it to church. The grill was cleaned and fired up and on they went. Pretty good stuff for our first try. Many people, from leadership to neighbors, prepared dishes and brought them to share. We even had a cake made by one of the mom's of the kids on our kid's leadership team. A wonderful thing happened at the celebration. Greg had Kristen go up front with all the kids that go to the Saturday swim parties. She had taught them the books of the New Testament. She demonstrated how she taught them and taught the congregation as well, and had the kids do them. Everyone was very into it. John DuPree, one of our Elders, and the top guy of The Harvest Group was very impressed. So impressed that he asked Kristen to be one of the speakers at the Traction Conference held in Sacramento in January. Traction is a missions conference for 18-24 year-olds. She will be teaching the books of the New Testament as a drama presentation. As a speaker she gets to attend the whole conference, Wednesday through Saturday, for free. Cool, huh?

On Tuesday after the celebration, we got our new kitty Faith. She came home with a bad cold. Sneezing, runny nose and eye, then her eye became infected. She's on amoxicillan and eye ointment. She no longer has to be on pain medicine which made her sleep alot. We're just waiting it out. Some days are better than others.
Last weekend we went to A Lovely Place, and once again, loved it! I got to work on a project I've been hammering away at, which was great. We saw a fox carry a rabbit up the hill in its mouth, 4 deer, and a squirrel. We love that place!

I think that's about it for now. Keep praying Kristen gets a job soon! School starts in 2 weeks!

Have a blessed warm Tuesday.

Aaaaawwwweeeee!

The vet called yesterday to ask all the pre-op questions and then let me know since we were doing a de-claw, we couldn't bring Faith home until Tuesday after 10:00 a.m. (which means 12:00, when I get off work). Bummer!!!!! A whole week since we adopted her! The wait is killing me! I guess if I can wait 6 weeks for Mark, I can wait a week for the kitten!

The Best Week Ever!

We've had a wonderful week! These are not in any particular order.

1. Mark is home!!!!!!!! With a cold, but he's home!!!!!!!
2. We adopted a kitten! I named her Faith. She comes home Monday afternoon. She's a total snuggler. Our other cat is aloof and is Kristen's so this one is mine. She's perfect! Not the best picture of her, but she's 3 months old and just beautiful.
3. Kristen had 2 job interviews. The hospital, and a vet office. I hope she gets the vet office one. She's much better geared towards animals. Michael's is interested in her, they just have to get permission to let relatives work together.
She wants that job the most.
4. I don't have to do landscaping anymore! That means that I can work my other job in the mornings, which I prefer.
5. The weather is supposed to be in the 80's for the next week!
6. It's Friday and Sunday is our one year celebration of our church!!!!!
Have a blesssed Friday!

Relief! Joy! Anticipation!

Mark is back in the states from his trip to Turkey! He called last night and we had a great chat. I can't wait to see him! Kristen washed his car. This valley is notorious for layers of dust and dirt on things that don't move.

We had a great leadership meeting yesterday. We planned our 1-year celebration coming up this Sunday. Can't wait!

Gotta eat breakfast and get ready to go to work. Lots of errands this afternoon.

Have a blessed warm, sunny Monday.