wednesday, 9/5/2007

writing early this morning cuz some things are on my mind-- not necessarily related to anything, just stuff.

the first thing on my mind is the number 34. for just over a year now when i look at a digital clock it's a time like 2:34pm, 9:34am... or 7:34am. you get the idea. my honorary son #3 in valpo always wore the number 34 on his ball jersey. my daughter's AIM has the number in it..... this number simply surrounds me-- truthfully, it's been a part of my life a bit longer than earlier mentioned, it wasn't quite in my face as it is now tho. i find this fascinating!

the reason i've been revisiting the number now is because it seems to have found me yet one more time.... mom has 34 staples in her arm from surgery. yes, i took the time to count them-- thinking it would be bragging rights for mom if a story ever gets told.

another thing on my mind is way off skew... which is why it's something i'm chosing to put out there!! :) because my days consist of now walking two doggies- i find myself taking a lot of walks. it dawned on me yesterday that a pups toilet is quite vast and, downright exhausting! there will be no complaints as to the size of both yards as we are blessed with some acreage... yet, it bothers me that actual acreage is a toilet! why can't it be a bowl that's in the same place each time?! naturally our good 4-legged friends from around the hood also find their toilet in the same acreage on occassion, making it that much more to sniff and smell and decide that it's a good enough spot or noo way they're gonna use that spot anymore!

ya walk here, no. ya walk there, no. ohhh yes, a good spot! partial squat. noo, not quite right- must keep moving. over and over. all i can think about is thank goodness i have only one place that's right and there's no other decisions or distractions. when the time is right, i gotta go and know just where to go. how do dogs have the ability to hold it so long they can wait-- and walk-- and sniff-- to find just the right spot... somewhere.... ???!!

my last note here does relate to a former post and is important for me to share. earlier this week i prayed and asked for a billboard or a sign from god-- anything to let me know he's here with us.

message received!! at 4:30am (hey-- maybe it was 4:34am!! i couldn't read the clock too well at the time), our hall light turned on. it woke me immediately. i opened my eyes and didn't move- just turned my head so i could tell what had happened. it didn't scare me that hubby, pups and i were the only ones home that night-- and both were sound asleep on their respective sides of me. i stayed right where i was and thanked god for letting me know he was with us-- i wasn't about to shut that light out of my life by turning it off! hubby woke up about 10 minutes later, saw the light and got up to turn it off. no words exchanged-- we went back to our slumbers.

there's a book i read awhile ago- it's pretty old... one from here at mom and dad's from guideposts. it's called "his mysterious ways." it's got all kinds of good stories like the one above in it. for anyone leary or unsure- check it out cuz it's pretty kewl.

for you critics out there-- it's ok. i find stuff unbelieveable, too. there are other things that happen in our home from time to time that i believe are completely unrelated to what happened this week. stuff like footsteps hubby and youngest son only hear, candles blown out that wind could no way do it's job, the pups barking his lungs out at the top of the stairs at something downstairs-- investigating and finding nothing going on and no one down there, and... the weirdest one-- a california king-sized box spring mattress moving four feet to block a doorway. yeah- now those things are freaky to me!! and please don't ask oldest daughter to relive the dog barking at the stairs-- she was the one home alone with the pups at the time. i'll never forget that phone call!

hope today's a great one for all! ohh- thy will be done. amen.