Slowly things are looking up

at 03/18/10 10:37PM
Just about the time I start getting down. Things have a away of turning around!

Andrew lost a tooth Sunday night and a tooth tonight. :-). Poor baby is not going to be able to bite stuff.
Mark is feeling better, well at least he doesn't think he is dying anymore. :-)
Caleb's eye has good days and bad. Hopefully it is more related to his runny nose then the tear duct.
Bethany and I seemed to have missed the brunt of all this.

I will say it again. The lord always provides!! We had multiple refund checks come in this week that I wasn't expecting. It doesn't make things tons better but it definately makes them a little better. At least I am not as stressed about that part of all the stuff going on.

Nothing much for the rest of this week. Next week Andrew goes back to school, we will start spring cleaning, have lunch with friends, visit an ent for drew, and start the wedding festivities for the sweet/Elmore wedding. The follow week I will see some sort of dental specialist to have part of a root canal taken out and Bethany turns 4!! No rest for the Gray's!! ;-)

Love to all!
  • beckyd
    So glad things are getting better for y'all!
    by beckyd at 03/19/10 3:15PM

Well here is part of what has happened so far in March...

at 03/16/10 1:44PM *
1) STUPID Speeding ticket
2) Fighting Honda about the paint job on my van again
3) EXPENSIVE dental work needs to be done
4) Andrew has Pink Eye
5) Mark has pneumonia
6) Andrew is going to go see an ENT, the tonsils will be coming out shortly I assume (Appt. is next Thursday)
7) Still watching Caleb's eye but if it doesn't improve then he will have to have a stint put in his tear duct

Please oh Please let us make it through all this. I know that we are truly blessed but I am really getting frustrated and down about all this. The Lord ALWAYS provides for us and I am trying not to question things but between Feburary and March, this year hasn't started off the greatest.

Thank you Lord, for taking care of Tommy, giving me a roof over my head and food to eat, thank you for the wonderful friends and family that keep me going!

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Update 1) The dental work just got cut in thirds! I have found a dentist that was highly recommend by a friend and he isn't out to make tons of money! Feeling a little better about that one. It is a start.
  • pokey
    How did you get a ticket? Didn't they know you are a firefighter's wife??

    Hang in there!
    by pokey at 03/16/10 2:06PM
  • mapgray
    I know Chantel, that is what I was most upset about! I have the stickers, I drive a mini-van, I was a single lady in a vehicle with 3 kids...He was just a jerk. :-)
    by mapgray at 03/16/10 5:36PM
  • pokey
    David and I got pulled over on Thanksgiving morning while the 4 of us were headed to his parents house. Mind you, it was 8 in the morning...we were on the tollway...NO ONE else in the world was out and around. Maybe one or two other cars on this huge highway...the speed limit is 70, David had the cruise control SET to 76. Some lonely cop saw us and pulled him over. He walked up to the window and said "I pulled you over for your speed...you were consistently going 6-7 mph over." Really?? David said, "yeah, I know." He was going to write him a ticket until David flashed his id badge at him. He wasn't happy that he was a firefighter, but ended up letting us go.
    Some cops are just out looking for a ticket. :)
    by pokey at 03/17/10 8:53AM
  • mropolo
    Some cops also greatly dislike firefighters. But I guess some of the feeling is mutual : )
    by mropolo at 03/17/10 11:08AM

March isn't going any better

at 03/11/10 5:35PM
I was really hoping that this month would be better than last, but its not and I am getting frustrated.

All though, Praise be to God for he is good and he always provides!

We will get through this, what doesn't kill us can only make us stronger.
  • pokey
    It sounds like we need a girls lunch. It may not fix things, but it always helps! :)
    by pokey at 03/12/10 7:57AM
  • graycastle
    Hang on Dear, it'll get better !
    by graycastle at 03/12/10 8:35AM
  • curmudgeon
    I'll just put the mapgray's on my daily prayer list. I often think about 2Chron 16:9a. It makes me fell better anyway. (For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him...).
    by curmudgeon at 03/12/10 10:18AM
  • nik
    yep girls lunch! i understand though. i keep waiting for life to go back to normal and it doesnt!
    by nik at 03/12/10 11:12AM
  • nik
    chantel said any day but tuesday?
    by nik at 03/12/10 11:17AM
  • yellowrose
    Thinking of all of you and praying hard for Tommy and Amanda!
    by yellowrose at 03/12/10 1:17PM
  • mapgray
    Thank you everyone!
    by mapgray at 03/12/10 2:42PM
  • mommakeeb
    Praying for all of you! May God keep you all in his loving hands.
    by mommakeeb at 03/12/10 7:52PM

Bye Bye February

at 02/28/10 1:55PM
Woot! February will be over in 10 hours! We survived.

March will be a great month...

~ This weekend the kids and I are going to Houston/Galveston for some fun with my family.
~ Caleb will probably be crawling before to long.
~ Megan and Jason's wedding extravaganza :-)
~ Bethany and I are getting our hair done.
~ Birthdays...

I know there is more but apparently lack of sleep is catching up to me and I can't remember anything.
  • yellowrose
    Here's to a new month!!
    by yellowrose at 02/28/10 3:17PM
  • nik
    i agree on the survived february thing
    by nik at 03/02/10 9:12AM

Poor Baby Caleb

at 02/23/10 9:00AM
Caleb had to have a repeat eye procedure to open his tear duct yesterday...Hopefully the second times takes care of it.