Its a New Day

On the long weekend, Mike & Karen and I decided to spend a quiet weekend together camping. (Did I just say Karen and quiet in the same sentence?!?) We were a bit smarter this year than last and brought the trailer, got an electrical site and brought a heater along. While it was quite cold at night we were snug as bugs in rugs. Our first night was not one of much sleep. The people beside us came in just before 1 am drinking and making all sorts of noise. Finally at 4 am I opened the door and told them to be quiet. (Mike was shocked awake because he hadn't heard a thing!) At 4:30 Mike and Karen went out looking for the park rangers and then went to the site and told them to be quiet. Finally at about 5am they were asleep in their tents. Karen (who doesn't always need a lot of sleep) went out at about 8 and found the ranger and by 9 he was shaking their tents telling them that they had to leave. Karen, being Karen, made sure that we got our money back for the night! Our neigh...

Last week I was able to see the neurologist in Hamilton for a follow up visit. The medication that she had me trying was not working, so now I'm trying a medication that I used last year (that worked for 1 week) but at a different dosage as well as one that I had when the migraines first started (many moons ago). The only side effect that I've noticed so far is being a bit dopey (okay for those of you who are thinking it... I know I can be a bit 'off' at times... but now I have an excuse:)) but that should only last a week or so. Then, last Friday, I got a call from a Respirologist. He had a cancellation for Monday morning and would I be able to come in? Well of course! My original appointment was for September 5 - this is 4 months earlier!!! So he is going to book me for a sleep study to see if maybe my sleeping has something to do with my headaches. (This was Heather's idea). One thing that was quite funny was when he asked me if I snore or sleep walk/ta...

I think that it is oftent the simplest gestures that mean the most to me. Last week I had the priviledge of going to visit friends for dinner. When their 4 year old boy heard I was coming he wanted to set the table extra special. So he carefully put out the plates then put out the forks and knives. When he put out the napkins he decided to make it extra special and 'crinkled' the napkin around the utensil. Just a sim ple thoughful gesture to make things a bit more special. In February at our Ladies retreat we talked about Hospitality and how we need to get out of our comfort zones and start to make our homes and churches more inviting and welcoming places. We were encouraged and challenged to not worry if our homes weren't clean, we didn't have a 5 course meal prepared, or anyother excuse that we may have thought of in the past and just obey the command to Practice Hospitality (Romans 12:13). What a blessing it could be if our children grew up without the same hang ups ...