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update on Jan
Well since Christmas not a lot has changed with my back issues. I still have problems with my back. In July 2004, gosh I can’t believe it’s been that long ago, I ruptured a disc. I had a back surgery in November 2004 and another surgery in March 2005. I have other disc that are messed up, they just haven’t ruptured.
I don’t sleep anymore. I don’t know what’s going on there….. I guess old age. All of that started when the back issues started and the sleep issues have just gotten worse. There’s a lot more to my back stuff I just don’t feel like writing about it right now.
On to other things, I stay busy being a somewhat stay-at-home wife and mom. I work for a friend of ours in his veterinary office. I work about 9 hours a week as his office manager. As I mentioned in another post I am a Creative Memories consultant. I’ve been a CMC for about 9 years. I’m somewhat of a amateur (very amateur) photographer. I love taking pictures. I’ve taken pictures of some of my friends for their Christmas cards and such. I love just going to the Botanical Gardens or around town and snapping away.
I’m back helping out in Sunday school at our church in the baby class. Before I hurt my back I taught the 1-2 year olds for several years and really enjoyed it. I’ve missed it a lot. I can’t lift those kiddos anymore but I can hold babies. 
I’ve been the preschool coordinator for our VBS for I don’t even know how many years, maybe 8 or 9 years?? I really enjoy VBS. It’s so much fun and the most important thing is watching God work in those kids lives. The kids that come to Christ during VBS is what makes it worth it all.
I’ve been trying to get my scrapbooks up to date. It seems like that’s a never ending job with all of the pictures I take.
I have a reading problem though so it gets in the way of things some times. I LOVE to read. I’m so excited that I get to hear Karen Kingsbury speak this weekend at the Ewomen Conference in Birmingham (this is a Christian Ladies Conference). She spoke at the conference last year when I went. If you haven’t read her books it’s a must!! She’s awesome! I’m really looking forward to all of the speakers and singers. I’m a little bummed that Mark Schultz isn’t going to be there. He was there last year. I really enjoy hearing him sing. There are about 10-12 ladies from my church going this weekend. I’m really looking forward to the fellowship with them.
Hopefully this year I will not get a ticket going to the conference! Last year I was pulled over just as I was turning into the church parking. I wasn’t speeding or anything. I didn’t have a clue as to why I was beening pulled over. The lady riding with me was as puzzled as I was. As it turns out my car tag had expired 2 weeks before that. The dude gave me a ticket!! He was very rude!! She and I couldn’t get over how rude he was. My friends in the cars in front of us had no idea what was going on. Lisa called my cell. I told her that he thought I was drunk. ( I was kidding of course). She thought that I was telling the truth, b/c we’d changed lanes back and forth several times on our way to the church. They didn’t know until I got into the church the real reason for me getting pulled over. They couldn’t believe that I’d gotten a ticket either. Apparently there is a “grace period” and I’d missed it by one day. Beware of Vestiva Hills policemen, they’ll flat out give you a ticket. I can laugh about it now, but I wasn’t laughing then. Needless to say, I’ve bought our car tags for this year. I’ve got it in my Google calendar to come up every April 1st – Buy Car Tags!!
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