I am in need of healthful ways to improve my sinus cavities. sore throat and eye headaches are plaguing me on and off. no actual medications - doc said I'm not allowed those kinds of medications through the first trimester. oh yeah, for those who didn't read through the end of the previous post that seemed to only be a questionnaire... we're expecting. and for that same reason, no herbal remedies.

it's late, and I'm tired. so that's all I'm gonna write tonight after spending some time catching up on my post reading.

and a sore throat. and chills, but no fever. I think I'm coming down with Tony's cold. and the physical part of me argues "go to bed! go to sleep! sleep until you feel better!" but the emotional part of me argues "you feel bad about yourself when you waste the day away. get up and do something!"

so maybe I will in a little bit. but not right this minute.

so far, we're all loving Des Arc. Tony loves working with the pastor, who has a real desire for growth and a humility and confidence (difficult combo to come by) about himself that is easy to want to follow.

for the most part, I like living outside of town. since its a small town without Wal-Mart (for example) we actually live just a bit closer to the nearest "city" with amenities and such. and really, the distance from the house to church isn't any longer time-wise than it was in Camden where we had to deal with two stop lights, a railroad track and a school zone.

I like the church a lot. there's a Sunday School class made of young marrieds (30s and 20s, mostly 20s) which we didn't have before, there's a Women's Bible Study that I'm enjoying but not staying as on-time with as I should (I'm a few days behind). Taryn has a Sunday school class and extended session with children her age where they actually do Bible study, rather than just babysit during the church hour. and she's really enjoying that.

Tony and I are leading the children's choir - the kids voted on the name KidStyle. and I'm working on a t-shirt design. he's talked to the youth about beginning a youth choir. and several are all for it, particularly the older ones, which is a great blessing.

I really like having the time at home with Taryn. and I like having the time to do project-type stuff for other people. ex. the Women on Mission group announced that the town's nursing home needed desserts for a halloween party, so I made cupcakes. and decorated. the decorating was the fun part. I would post a picture, but I forgot to take one. they were cute, and it was fun. the kids in KidStyle are helping decorate boxes for Sunday School classes to donate Thanksgiving meals to the area food pantry (the decorating being my idea and my prep work.) I'm not telling all this to brag, just to kind of "sigh" in the fun of being able to do these things that aren't really "needed" but just the icing, if you will. my heart is in the icing. *lol*

some things I have found I don't like are mostly minor - a mouse that came in the house and scared the bejeebers out of me by running across the laundry room floor (Taryn heard me and asked "big bug?" *lol* guess she's heard me scream like that before, huh?), wasps (like a dozen at least, but we see no nest) hovering around the primary entrance of the house in the daytime (see first item on this list for what my response to THAT must be), and how dark it is getting from the car to the house at night... then again, if it wasn't so dark we wouldn't be able to stare up and see more stars in the sky than I think I've ever seen in my life! I asked Taryn if she liked them, and she said she did. and I told her that God made them and we should thank Him. so she yelled up "Thank you God!"

more news for later. time for a long bath...