FYI – my main cancer fighting journal has been moved to www.caringbridge.org/visit/triannbenson

Now that we have ‘business’ out of the way…

Isn’t my new background totally cute??
The BEST part?
I figured out how to import the template all by myself!!
Yea me!
Typically I simply wait until Eric can do it for me, but Patience isn’t my middle name – nor is it my first – THANK YOU Mom and Dad!!
Seriously, that was an option.
God knew I couldn’t do justice to such a name. Ha!

Now for the telling on myself…
The lamp in the kids’ room hasn’t been working, so I thought I would investigate.
It appeared that the piece that the light-bulb screwed into was a little loose.
So, like an IDIOT, I thought I would simply adjust it. Possibly the first time I have electrocuted myself in adult life – or ever. I still have goose bumps.
Perhaps this is one of those times I should use my emergency adrenalin.
Probably not.
I’ll ask the doctor at my next visit…he’ll just love that, I’m sure.
I NEVER want to experience a shock like that again!
Glad it was me and not one of the kids. Ugh.

Actually, I’m wondering the difference between shock and electrocution.
Is it voltage? Or how much your head tingles?

Christmas fun and craziness for today:
Santa with the kids. (Emily’s therapy place offers a sign-up time to go see Santa with their siblings so you don’t have to wait in line. Thought it might be nice to take advantage of…)
Cookie Exchange at a dear friend’s house.
Dinner with new friends.
Bible Study at church -more friends!
How great is that??

All things I am looking forward to – must schedule in a nap though!
And perhaps get off the computer and get into the shower.

By the way…it is FREEZING here!
How is it possible for the temperature to go DOWN when the sun comes UP?
Current temperature? 28 degrees!
I need to find my gloves. Mom and Dad sent coats just in time!
I need to figure in time to shop for gloves for Daniel. He has outgrown his mittens and is currently wearing a spare pair of Emily’s gloves. Don’t tell him that. They are solid black, but still…
I’m thinking the stretchy $1 kind from Target…perhaps I can splurge and buy the CARS or Spiderman ones for $4.99. You know we will most likely require more than one set to get through the winter with him. Playgrounds across Plano will be sporting lonely gloves, I can see it now. We’ll have to see what they have when I get there.
Plus, both kids have birthday parties to attend this week. One on Sunday and one on Wednesday.

God does provide. The week of Thanksgiving when I checked out at Target, the little coupon thing that spit out of the machine was for a $20 gift card for new or transferred prescriptions! Well, all of our meds are already at Target. Except one. However, I had to wait for Eric to go to the doctor to get the written script (his doctor’s rule). In the meantime, I cleaned out my purse and put the coupon in a ‘safe place’. Read: I lost it!! I prayed all day yesterday that I would find it.
And I did! In a most unlikely place, of course.
How awesome is God?
SMALL thing for Him, BIG thing for us.
Extremely thankful we still have an RX that isn’t at Target and especially thankful that I will get $20 to use at Target!!
For those of you in other areas of the country, our Targets are Super Targets, which means they also carry groceries. Very nice! Think Fred Meyer, but bigger.

OK, enough yakking at you. Have a blessed day and stay warm!
Perhaps curl up with Hot Cocoa and watch Elf.
Think I can fit that in today? Didn’t think so…maybe tomorrow.

Triann