WEEK-END WRAP UP....AND GOOD NEWS!

Well, let me start by saying a big thank you for all your prayers, e-mails, and encouragement for little Donatella.  She was able to go home this afternoon, and her face here just says soo much.   She was soo happy to get out.  Makes my heart break so for all those precious little ones who are chronically sick and spend so much of their time in the hospital.  What a wonderful hospital this was, and we are all soo thankful to the nurses and doctors that work there.

THANK YOU JESUS!

THEIR DOG TONY MISSED HER TOO..LOOK AT ALL HER TATTOOS SHE GOT AT THE HOSPITAL, HAHA
DADDY'S FACE BOOK MESSAGE:  Tella is home! Our house is right again. Loud, messy, and wonderful. Thank you Jesus, and thank all of you for praying.

We had a nice week-end other than that, and I enjoyed it all.  Nothing really out of the ordinary.  We did go down to San Diego to church on Sun but decided against going to see Tella (which was soo hard!) afterwards as she could still be contagious, and I was afraid I might pick something up and then give it to my mom.  But the message was GREAT, and we were able to go out to lunch afterwards with James and visit for a little while.  After lunch (and getting my camera back ~ YAY!) we stopped by Joe's studio on the way home.  They are in the process of painting, and getting things all organized for their big grand opening.  Joe managed to sign up 10 new student this last week, and how grateful to God we are for this.  He needs a few more weeks like this one, haha!  I have a couple of pics that were sent via the phone from Joe (my camera was still dead of course) so you can kind of see what the artist they hired was doing.  It is hard to see from small views, and trust me the camera did not even come close to doing it justice.  It looked soo good.

THIS LOOKED REALLY COOL ON THE WALL, AND CIRCLED ALL THE WAY AROUND...

THIS IS ON THE WALL ON THE OUTSIDE OF JOE'S OFFICE..IT IS TO REPRESENT JOE AS THE SOLDIER BREAKING THROUGH THE WALLS SO THAT HE CAN REACH HIS GOAL OF HAVING A STUDIO AT THE BEACH....(HE TOLD THE ARTIST WHAT HE WANTED, AND THIS IS WHAT HE CAME UP WITH!)  PRETTY GOOD!

LOVE THIS!

Today I spent the morning organizing our desk (HOW does it get soo bad?  sigh) and catching up some laundry.  Then I went and had lunch with my girl friend Cindy.  It was soo good to catch up with her as we have not had lunch together since right before Christmas.  She lost her mom on Dec 30th, and of course I have been dealing with all the issues with my mom, so it was nice for both of us.  Seems like soo many of us in the 55 - 65 (NOT that you can't be younger or older than that of course!) age group are dealing with the issues of aging parents.   Watching my mom journey through it has left me thinking that there is not much about it I like.  Wouldn't it be nice if we could just pick how we go?  I would certainly wish to live just as long as I can function well ON MY OWN, and then just go quietly to sleep one night and wake up to looking Jesus in the face.  But I guess it is just like so many other things.  I will trust Him with every breathe I take, and know He will see me through to the end.

We had glorious weather this week-end, but a new storm is blowing in and bringing with it much cooler temperatures.  I am actually kind of looking forward to it.  Spring and summer are right around the corner I know, but I am not quite done with cozy fires, warm soup and hot tea.  Hope you all have a good week!