03.21.08

Priorities, and listening to God’s will. Mar 19 repost

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:21 am by Guertin Family

Ever get to the point that you have so much to do, and you are pulled in so many directions that you barely know which end is up?  Yep, that’s me at the moment, and I need to vent about it so I can try and get it organized.

I went from worrying horribly about our financial situation, to finding something to do to help, to being totally overloaded with projects and assignments that I don’t know which way to turn.  Before taking on alot of these projects, I prayed to God for Him to show me his will, and He did.  And I accepted.  Then I thought, hey, if I just take on more and more stuff to do, I will really be contributing to the family.  So I made some decisions myself.  I took on more and more, hoping to bring in even MORE money for our family.

This has gone totally haywire.  I now have the projects I prayed about, and the ones I didn’t, sitting all around me and I am stuck…stuck with too little time in the day, stuck not being able to spend time with family as much as I like because I have deadlines.  Stuck with stress migraines because I’m afraid I’m going to let someone down.  Just plain STUCK!!!

So, my new lesson this week is learning to go to God with all things, not just some.  Listening to His will in all that I do would have resulted in everything I do being for Him.  If it’s His will, He will let me know.  If it’s not, and I choose to do it anyhow, I have to deal with the consequences.

I think I had better start listening…

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Mar 17 repost

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:20 am by Guertin Family

I am finally getting back to the swing of things after being so sick.  Praise the Lord!

This means alot of playing catch-up tho, with everything from housework to homeschooling to preparing for my preview chat…oh yeah, don’t forget…the Ultimate Home School Expo 2008!! Please go to www.Ultimatehomeschoolexpo.com for more information, and a blast of a time with Cindy Rushton and friends!

I am starting to wonder why I always feel like I never get anything accomplished.  It’s always the same guilty feeling…until I look at my to-do list, in depth.  Then I wonder how I manage to get so much on there.  There are the everyday things like caring for the family, chores, homeschooling, prayer…and then all of the other things I take on, like redoing my planner for the nth time, translating, article writing and the likes to help dh with the financial aspect of things…plus finding time for fun stuff like hobbies and time with the family doing interesting things…

I officially declare we need more hours in a day….who’s with me?  LOL

Well, break-time is over.  Time to get back to those things that are calling my name…

Steph

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if it doesn’t rain, it pours…or in our case, snows! Mar 10 repost

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:20 am by Guertin Family

I am official fed up with winter.

Not only do we have record snowfalls here in Quebec, but the entire house has been sick for what seems like forever.  Ok, so I shouldn’t go that far…how about at least 3 weeks?  There, that’s a little more realistic.

It all started when my wonderful, darling son came home with the flu.  Not just any flu, but the one strain that was NOT covered by the flu shot this year.  So, naturally, everyone else followed suit.

The kids had it for about 4 days, with high fevers, chills..the works.

Then hubby got it.  His turned into a lung infection, and he is still home from work.  At least he can work from home, and is not falling behind too much, and is still getting paid.  Praise God for small miracles!

Then…there’s me.  I was bound to get it.  With my MS and my system being low most of the time, it was almost a guarantee that I would be the next one.  That, and I was the only one left…

The flu by itself was horrible for about a week.  Just when I thought I was starting to feel better (Mom always said don’t make assumptions…) I started spiking a fever again.  Not a little fever like everyone else…no..that would be too easy.  I spent 4 days with fevers ranging between 103F and 105F.  I have never seen fevers that high in adults.

So, here comes trip one to the hospital…not my fave passtime.  Somehow, I have managed to get a kidney infection on top of it all.  Not just one kidney, but both.  Fun…NOT.  Seeing as I am allergic to just about every antibiotic under the sun, they decide to take a ‘chance’ with synthetic penecillin.  I do not like being a guinea pig…especially when it comes to medical stuff.

SO..the first dose has to be done by injection…one in each hip.  I have decided that giving birth is more comfortable than having injections in your hips…and I pray I never have to go through THAT again.  This is followed by 10 days of super strength oral antibiotics…all in the hopes that I don’t have a reaction to them.  Enter more prayers…and lots of them.

So, God saved me from any reactions…Yay GOD!  Thanks so much.  I finish the antibiotics, all the while not really feeling any better.  The day after the meds were done, here is Mom in just as much pain as before, if not worse.

Trip 2 to the hospital…more bloodwork (my veins collapse easily, so this results in many attempts to get enough blood, and horrible looking bruises everywhere) and various other tests.

“Sorry ma’am…but your this and your that are coming up clean.  There is something else wrong, so go home with this morphine, sleep for a week and the specialist will contact you.  Oh, here..take this morphine before you leave though…”

How comforting…no answers and more meds…I don’t like this very much.  Then comes more babble babble babble that I can’t remember anymore, because now I am very loopy…and in comes the gravol so I don’t mess up the car on the way home.

There are more details, but all that will succeed in doing is reminding me that I feel horrid, I’m still loopy, and we still have over 5 feet of snow outside…if you don’t count the snowbanks on the side of the roads.  I want spring to get here quickly, but with my luck…we’ll still have snow in June.

Steph

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More snow, and a breakthrough-Feb 6th repost

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:19 am by Guertin Family

Well, it’s snowing here…again.  We have had more snow this year so far than I remember ever having.  I’m really starting to get tired of winter.  Winter ended up giving me an unwanted gift too.  I slipped on a patch of ice last week, and my body went one way and my knee the other.  So now, Mom is in a full leg brace for who knows how long while it heals.  Just what I needed, huh?

The breakthrough is enough to make up for that however.  I changed math curriculum a few weeks ago for A, to see if we could find an easier method so she can learn.  We went with Miquon Math, and Cuisinaire rods for just about everything…and by George I think she has it!  Please pray that she finally realizes that she CAN do it, and do it well.  She is still a little unsure of herself, but she is using her fingers less and less to count on, and that is such a sweet gift for me.

So, the other good news is that my children LOVE Ancient History.  We really starting in-depth Egyptian studying today, and they didn’t want to do anything else.  Every book, picture, notebooking paper, lapbook, anything we have with something Egyptian, is now spread all over my diningroom table…

But for once I don’t mind at all…they are WANTING to study this, and learn all they can.  And ya know what?  I’m gonna let them.  Don’t you just love homeschooling?

Blessings in Him
Steph

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11.13.07

To do lists and priorities…

Posted in Uncategorized, Every day at 10:05 am by Guertin Family

I don’t know about anyone else, but I never seem to get my to-to lists done. There is always something to be added, something I keep procrastinating on, or some reason to just not do it for me.

I have had several things on my heart lately, and it just seems that more and more things keep adding themlves to the list. It’s really time for me to have a little conference call with God. I need to ask Him what HE wants done first. I know that if I ask, He will help me clear this up.

I know He wants me to continue my Bible studies. I know He wants me to homeschool the children. I know He wants me to be a better wife to my darling husband. And I think He wants me to write my books and provide inexpensive options for other homeschoolers…but I think I had better make sure. There are a few other things I need to check out with Him also. I’m sure He will set me straight.

Now, I wonder if He can help me with my request for an extra 12 hours in a day? Hmmmmmmmmmm…we’ll have to see about that one I suppose.

Here’s hoping that everyone has a blessed day!

Stephanie

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