That reminds me….Tori, you won’t mind if I get my son to try and print the picture of Madi with Russ, do you? It is so precious.

First day of exam tests done, 3 to go :-/ …

Praying for you, sweetie pie.

Jonny, wow! What a story about your lost phone! I’m still trying to find my lost digital camera!!! I’ve looked everywhere I thought it could be! I am desperate at this point! I know as soon as I buy a new one, the old one will show up!

I can hardly wait for Russ’s CD to come out. Is there any hint of date as to when that might be? Hope he’ll include some Faroe Islands photos in the fly sheet. I repeat…I can hardly wait for that CD!!!!

Enjoyed the People of Walmart blog though I didn’t take time to have “my say”. Amazing sights. I’ve never seen anything close at any of the Walmarts I go to…I need to start paying better attention. I think I just tend to shop and hurry out without looking at other people much, so no one will notice how awful I look. LOL

Congratulations, Granny Delivered! Enjoy while you can.

I haven’t gone anywhere, Sweet-Pea!

OK, been meaning to share this one for awhile now. A few weeks ago I left my phone on a tram, aka street car. I realized moments after I got off what happened, but it was too late. I helplessly watched it take off with my phone, aka life, in it. Well, what else could I do but trust God, and wonderfully wait for what was up ahead as a result of this. I’ve NEVER done that before, FWIW.

Well, that was a Saturday and there was nothing I could do about it until Monday morning. I went to the main railway station lost and found, where these things first get sent to, but all they had had just been sent to the city lost and found. Expensive. I then went to the Elisa Shop. Elisa is the company who I have my phone contract with and asked their advice. The guy suggested I get a new and better contract, which also came with a free new super-phone, aka mini computer, the Nokia N-97 mini. Well, it was a much better contract/deal than what I had been using, so I went for it. I also got a new SIM card, stuck it in an older phone I had brought with me and called the city lost and found. They didn’t have the phone I lost. I went home, and becuase all my phone info gets automatically up-dated to my PC when I go on-line, my phone is also my modem, I then started getting back to business again.

A couple hours later I recieved a call from Elisa and was told to contact the city lost and found. I did so, they had my phone. It was turned in from elsewhere. They had to triple check that I was really its owner, sooo… once they turned it on, with the code I gave them over the phone, the guy I was talking to asked what image I had for my wallpaper. I told him. “It’s a picture of a painting that reads, “Trust God or Go Crazy.”” There was then no doubt in his mind that the phone was indeed mine = ) It cost just over 20€ to get it back.

BrownEyedGirl– Thanks, Wendy. Appreciate the prayers; he is far away from home!

LindaB– Wait– my picture was on the L’Oreal site?! Oh yeah, I did sign in for their trial run, that must be it. Well, I’ve been kinda haphazard with my beauty regimen these last few weeks, too. But I still think it’s a good product. And as much as I LOVED your suggestions, I better hold off on the furniture rearranging– unless i can make the girls do it… Hmmmm…

rachelbaker– Yeah, I’ll admit I have had some nervous moments about being alone here in my ‘diminished capacity! But I am getting a little stronger every day, so we’ll be fine.

DELIVERED– Nope, no goth for Madi– she’s been wearing black and navy nail polish since she was about 9! I’ll check into the pic…

MostlySunny– I DO love this pictures, too! Hopefully we can do a few little daytrips in the next few weeks.

gracelynn– Always appreciate those prayers, sweetie. Thank you.

Phyllis S– Ha! You know, that’s already come up!

auburn60– Photoshop is a GREAT idea! And as you personally witnessed when you came to visit me on my bed of affliction in Gatlinburg, I ain’t doing ANYTHING that’s gonna mess me up again!

jonny– You nailed it–the man is definitely ‘touched’!

LindaB– Lordy, I would love to see the Taco Bell incident on tape!

Hi Jonny! Nice to see you are still hangin’ with us! We need your rock star cool to balance out our Granny hotness. It works for us!

And good to see you back too, Delivered Granny!

Congrats, D!! Good to know all went well & you are now what you are… a granny = )

She could call Russ overseas and tell him she’s in Taco Bell, stretched out in their bucket seats, and to come get her a.s.a.p.! LOL

I LOVE your Gaither light idea!!!

I like all of Linda’s ideas EXCEPT rearranging the furniture. Tori, do NOT rearrange any furniture! Don’t even relocate a flowerpot! You don’t need to go back to square one with this back thing.

I like the ‘horse pic’–except I want to photo shop a lasso in his hand. Or a Gaither light.

Ya know, while he’s gone, you could think up some things to make his homecoming more “interesting”, you might say. Like……rearrange ALL the furniture in the house so when he gets home, he won’t know where he is. Or, pick up empty beer cans from the streets (not a problem here) and lay them all around your bed. Or, lay one of those pregnancy test kits out in your bathroom. I’m just trying to liven up things a bit.

Congratulations granny delivered!

I really think you guys need another trip to England …

Wendy