We got a couple of emails from Rich's aunts yesterday and his Great-Grandpa Mueller is not doing very well at all. He is days away from going home with God. He is 94 and has lived a very long happy life. He had a very hard childhood and young adult life, but then he met Thelma and that is all she wrote. They have been married for 2\3 of their lives and they are still madly in love. They hold hands and kiss and still tell each other that they love each other. They have been married for 63+ years. What a fulfilling life.
Please pray that God takes him quickly. He is on morphine as needed now to help with the pain and with the breathing. Rich talked to Grandma Mueller and Grandma Cummins this morning and they are all ready for him to go...not that he won't be missed, but you know what I mean. He is ready to go and we are now confident that we will see him in Heaven.
You will be more than missed Grandpa Mueller, but we rejoice that soon you will be in no more pain and that your hearing will be restored. You will soon get to make some gorgeous woodworking with God at your side!! WE LOVE YOU!!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Please pray
The best time of my life...so far!!
The Afters
Toby Mac
Francesca BattistelliI'M SO EXCITED!!!
Ok, so today I went and worked again at the pledge drive for Star 88.3 today. I got up at 4:45 to be there at 6. They are really struggling, so if there is anything that anyone can do, I will be eternally grateful!!
After my shift was over, I went to Kroger. Now this is where I get really excited! I had put a few coupons on my Kroger card, but had a TON of regular coupons. Well, I did all of my shopping and went to check out...I almost freaked out...then I realized that she hadn't taken the coupons off yet. (DRUMROLL PLEASE) I saved... ... ... ... is the suspense killing you yet?
Well, I saved $102.00!! I almost flipped a lid!! The lady announced it when she printed my coupon and the other ladies that were in my lane...clapped and just kept saying WOW!!
I was very proud of me and I couldn't wait to tell my hubby, who was TOTALLY stoked!!!
Let me know your amazing stories when you have them...see if you can beat me!!
I can't wait to share this...
So, Rich and I went to a marriage pep-rally this past weekend and it was awesome!! go to http://www.themarriageplaybook.com/ and you can see everything that we saw. It was amazing!! I never knew that I could be as in love with my husband as I am, but every time that we do something as a couple...I fall more in love with him.
The couples name that run the marriage playbook are Ace and Bethany McKay. They are awesome. Ace works with Rich and Bethany is a stay at home mom...being a stay at home mom, I learned some very valuable things about grocery shopping. For those of you that are "Ms. Thrifty" with your money...she gave me some awesome websites to go to for coupons...and they are as follows:
http://www.couponmom.com/
http://www.afullcup.com/
http://www.smartsource.com/
http://www.kroger.com/ for those of you that shop at Kroger, you can download coupons straight to your Kroger Plus card and when the cashier scans your card and you buy the product...it automatically takes it off for you.
http://www.couponbug.com/
I went to all of them this morning and I have signed up for all of them. She saves a ton of money and she will be doing a class at the DuPont YMCA sometime and I will let you know when it is going to be...cuz I will be there. Her system is really confusing for me to explain so you would be better to hear it from her...
So, that's about it...hope you all are having a good day!
Danielle
New Recipe
Rich opened a new jar of peanut butter and it had a recipe in it that I wanted to share with all of you. I just made it for Hunter and it is awesome. It is for a PB&J shake. You take 1T of any seedless jelly, 1T of PB and 1 cup of your favorite ice cream and 1T of milk is optional...I used it to make it a little smoother and thinner.
Put it in the blender until it is all smooth and a milk shake consistency and then pour in your favorite cup and enjoy!! IT IS AMAZING!!! Try it and let me know what you think...
More pics
PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES
Hunter and Amina
On the Honeymoon
The house we stayed in 
Valentines Pic
Rich and Jace
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The long awaited Post
So this time I do have a lot to blog about...I know that you are all dying to hear what is going on in the Cummins house...HA HA HA HA
Where to start...well I had blogged in the last one that we had decided that I would apply for school and I did at IPFW and got my acceptance letter last week. I was totally stoked. I just finished filling out my FAFSA so I will wait to hear from the school about the financial aid. So, I am pretty excited about that. Rich also got accepted into Liberty University which he would do online to get his Masters in Theology or Divinity. He was excited about that as well. I have felt since Hunter was born that I need to go to nursing school, and I believe this is why God has been shutting all the doors on me getting a job. I did have an interview last week and will find out this week whether or not I got the job. Here is my fear though...I will get the job and is it God telling me to take it or a distraction from what I am actually supposed to be doing? Being a wife, a mother, a home care taker...I will have alot to take care of this summer anyway...the girls, the house, the yard, the flowers, help with the pool, laundry. I am just afraid that if I get this job it is a distraction from my calling right now. Plus, if I get it, I will have to be gone for training for a little over a week in Indy, so I wouldn't get to be home and that adds alot of pressure to everyone else in the family...I DON'T KNOW! I don't even know if I am going to get the job or not...
Hunter is doing well. We have been having some issues with the actual bag, but we don't have to do it very much longer. I am not sure if I talked about what would happen in May or not, so I am going to do it again. The surgery that he had a couple of weeks before the wedding...Dr. Smith took out 10 inches of his colon that was slow anyways and gave him a colostomy bag which he has had ever since. We go in on May 5th to schedule the surgery to reverse his colostomy and allow him to try and poop like normal. Dr. Smith is very confident that since he took out the part that was causing the blockages before, that this time it will work. I am praying to God that it will. We have never gotten to change an actual poopy diaper, so in a very weird way, I am looking forward to that. Other than that, he is a typical almost 4 year old boy. He has his moments when he can be so sweat and just wants to cuddle and tells me that he loves me sooooooooo much, but then he turns into Mr. Hyde and acts like a crazy person. His speech is much more developed than it was even a month ago and he is understanding bigger words. At times he can make me laugh, angry, cry, and be lividly furious all in one day. I guess that is the way that God feels about us sometime huh? He so desperately wants our attention, but we say to him what I say to Hunter at times...Hunter, mommy is busy. I can't be with you right now. When I am done, I will give you some time. How often do we do that to God...me included!
The girls are good. Claire is getting so big and has an almost insatiable appetite. She eats as much if not more than Rich does. She is 11 going on 27 I'll tell you what. She is smarter than me in certain area. I love her to death though. Chloe is also good. They both go to a Catholic school in Fort Wayne and she had her first Reconciliation a couple of weeks ago and she was so excited. She has her first communion on May 22nd and she is even more excited about that. They are both doing very well.
6 days ago, Rich and I started a new diet from Isagenix. All the women at his work have done it so we thought that we would try it...ummmmmm...yeah it's kind of like a concentration camp diet. The first day was a pre-cleanse day which consisted on a protein shake, a 300-600 calorie meal, followed by another protein shake. Every hour and a have you can have 2 dry roasted unsalted almonds and a chocolate tablet that tastes like crap. Then you have 2 cleanse days which is not eating at all and drinking this disgusting drink all day for two days and eating the almond and chocolate crap every 2 hours. Then it is make to the shake meal shake stuff for the rest of the time. The last day of the diet is a cleanse day. Now, this diet isn't for everyone, so I wouldn't recommend it to any of the skinny people. I have lost about 9 pounds and Rich has lost about the same. So, we are happy with that, but are ready to eat actual food again.
I can't think of anything else to tell you all about right now, so I hope this is enough for you to read...let me know if there is anything that I am missing.
