It's a quiet dreary rainy Tuesday morning in East Texas. The girls are off to their second week of school and were ready to roll this morning. Richard is off to work. Riley is passed out on the floor beside me and Willey is starring at Riley trying to decide whether to pounce or not. I had to put Jackson in his kennel because he kept running off this morning when we would go outside. We are working on manners with these dogs, but not getting where I would like too. Yesterday I pulled something in my neck/back and I am in some pain this morning. It was so crazy. I was getting something out of the drawer in the fridge and when I stood up, pain just shot down my back. I layed on a heating pad for awhile yesterday, but slept awful as every time I rolled over, I would feel discomfort. I am going to lay down in a bit with the heating pad again and just relax and try to ease some of the pain. Hopefully between 2 Alleve and the heating pad, I can get to moving a little better . The girls were laughing at me as I drove them to school as I had to turn my whole body, I couldn't just turn my neck. Frankenstein is in house.

We had a nice Labor Day weekend. Richard was off the whole weekend which was awesome. We went to Longview Friday evening and hung out with Ben and Andrea. Saturday the guys had a fantasy football party and the girls went to Barbara's to let the kids all play. We came home Saturday evening. Sunday we went to church and then to lunch at a place called NEWKS in Tyler. It is a great restaurant. Richard calls it a sandwich shop on steroids. Really great food. Sunday evening we grilled, met and hung out with the neighbors and then went to their house and played the Wii. Monday was relaxing. We grilled again, the girls played in the hose and we just relaxed.

I have much on my mind this morning and wish I could let it all out. Really I need about 24 hours straight with a therapist. Ha ha ha. Richard has been great lately. He is so good at taking care of me and giving me wisdom and help when I need it. He is a wise man. I am lucky to have someone so level headed. He just hates to see his wife hurt and is so protective of me. What a gift he has.

My friend last week sent me a Bible verse. She didn't know what was going on but could tell by my mood that something was wrong and I thought I would share that verse today.

Psalm 94:19 ...when doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.

As I re-read and proof my blog, my eyes have been opened about how lucky I am to have friends and family like I do. It's hard moving to a new place and starting over, it feels some days like my days drag on with out the phone ringing or something to do, but when I sit and think, I am lucky, I don't have friends yet in Bullard, but I do have friends and family all over Texas and the US and with realizing this I am going to be thankful for what I have instead of griping and feeling sad for what I don't have. So I just shared my revalation with all of you who read this.