Wednesday September 27th

Anyone else having a hard time believing that its almost October?
Some inportant dates in October are:

October 7th is my 19th wedding anniversay
October 10th is Tony's 10th Birthday.

The bad day in October is the 5th and that is the day MIke leaves for his deployment.

It will be a rough day for me but with God's strength I can get thru it.

I will update more later.......

Thursday September 21st

Good morning to all you cyber people out there!!
Nothing much new has changed since I last posted yesterday. Just trying to remember to write something every day so that I can keep you updated on me and my family.

My dad made a major move. He packed up his car(I guess all of his belongings fit in his truck) and travelled without stopping from Maine to Kentucky. I believe it was 21 hours straight. Not bad for a 69 year old man!!! I couldn't do 8 hours without stopping. I'm sure he stopped for bathroom breaks and all but to drive that far and not taking a break to sleep is crazy in my opinion lol.

God is soooo good . He takes care of us in ways that we will never understand.
Nikki

Wednesday September 20th

Wow, only one month to go till I am on my way to Ohio. My 30 day notice to my landlord has been given also. I finally have a moving company assigned to our family now so on October 23rd, my household goods will be arriving at my new place in Ferry.

I also get to come back to Virginia Beach on Saturday October 28th so I can finish recording with my ladies group called Sweet Inspiration. If it wasn't for one of the members , also my very good friend, willing to drive to Ohio (8 hour drive) to get me on Friday, and return me on Monday, then this would have even been a possiblility since I really hate to drive anything over 2 hours lol.

But things are looking very good right now.

My youngest two children ages 8 and 9 (well, my 9 year old is almost 10) were baptized the other evening in our home bath tub lol. What a blessing to know that all 4 of my children are baptized believers in the only ONE who matters , Jesus Christ.

My anxieties are up with the anticipation of all that is happening. With Mike leaving in 2 weeks, the happiness of all the moving stuff is being squelched by him getting ready to leave.

Please pray for our family during this crazy time of transitions. Please also keep Mike in prayer as he is away from his family and serving our country.

Nikki

Tuesday September 12, 2006

Hard to believe its been so long since my last post. Please forgive the overlook of it.

I will try to do better but I have so many things on my plate right now, not sure if I will get more committed to my blogging now or should I wait until after my move in October.

Here are some updates:

Praise God that He provided us with a home in Ferry. Its half a mile from my mother in law's house and one block from my father in laws house.

It has everything that we really needed. It has a 2 car detached garage that we needed for storage, we can keep our dog with us since our landlord allows pets.
It still has only 3 Bedrooms but we can deal with that for a year.
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Kids are all doing well with homeschooling. I love the curriculum we are using this year called Switched on Schoolhouse. Its all on the computer and the kids have mostly A's and B's.
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Mike is on his last week of leave then he actually will be leaving in about 2 weeks. That is when my workload begins. But it will help me deal with the seperation. As long as I keep busy, then I don't have time to feel the sadness of him being away.

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Austin Cook seems to be doing well. What a strong little boy FOR SURE!! I am on an email update list so when someone posts an update on him, I get to go read up and find out how he is doing.

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I am very much looking forward to coming back home after all these years. I am also looking forward to coming to National Road Church of Christ on a full time basis instead of as a visitor.
Believe it or not, I already have a friend....YES ....you know who you guys are lol.....

God is good....He takes care of everything...not just the big things....or the small things...but everything including all in the middle. He has worked so much out for me lately, I could publish a book all about it.
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Be patient all...I will update more as I can.

Take care
Thanks for reading,
Nikki