Prayers needed

Today was fully intended to be a fun exciting day. As we headed to EnterTrainMent Junction we had fun, everyone was laughing and carrying on, never even expecting what happened 20 minutes into our adventure at the museum. Grady was acting perfectly fine, alert, laughing and enjoying himself. Then it happened, he was looking at a display when I felt him twitch, then fall back into my arms and his eyes roll back... I went into "the mode" frantically telling Connie to call an ambulance, asking mom what time it was over and over again.... 4 minutes passed and he finally stopped convulsing and started to cry, more of a whimper than a cry, minutes later, his eyes glazed over and he wouldn't respond to me or blink. Now I need to stop here and say that the staff at EnterTrainMent Junction were amazing... they called the ambulance for us, they were by our side the whole time while waiting on the ambulance, even giving us tickets to come back since we had just walked in the door... I look out and there is a police car, a fire truck (and not a little one either!! LOL) and the ambulance, goodness what a commotion such a little guy can make, they rushed us to Cincinnati Children's Hospital where they checked his temp it was 104 degrees, this was Grady's 5th Febrile Seizure in a year. My sweet Keagan was beside himself, he was sobbing and kept asking if his brother was dying, such a scary scene for a little boy, I feel horrible that he had to witness it. When we were discharged at the hospital, he came a running as fast as those little legs could go, just grinning ear to ear and squeezed the day lights out of his baby brother.

Mere minutes before his seizure

Worn out from it all

Thank you Lord for keeping your hand on my baby!!!
I sit here and weep, not fully understanding why my sweet ornery little man has had to endure the things he's went through and currently going through. I know my Lord has a plan for his life and there is a reason for all this, if it wasn't for my trust in God there is absolutely no way that I could make it through all we've went through... If you could, please remember us in your prayers!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
God Bless!
Brenda :)

Olive Garden At Home

So, I adore Olive Garden, but sadly can't afford to eat there like I want to. Last year I went looking on their website and was amazed to find that they have recipes on their website!!!! Tonight I was feeling like eating "high on the hog" and since going to such a place is out of the question I went to their website and cooked up a meal :)
Here's a little "how to" :)

A jar of roasted red peppers thinly sliced  into strips

A zucchini cut into half moons

In a skillet, add oil and heat, then add black olives, zucchini, red pepper strips and  garlic 

After veggies have cooked, add 1 cup chicken broth and simmer for 2 minutes

Add cooked ravioli to veggies

mix the veggies and ravioli together

whip up some garlic bread (not as olive garden as I'd have liked lol)

And there you have it!! YUMMY!!! :)

http://www.olivegarden.com/Connections-to-Italy/Recipes/Main-Dishes/Cheese-Ravioli-with-Fresh-Vegetables/ Here is the exact recipe, I figure this would be easier than me just copying it down lol (plus you can check out their other recipes!!!)

A new project finally finished!!

Last fall I acquired this less than beautiful 3 drawer small dresser at a "free" garage sale that the church across from us puts on a couple times a year.

Before I began to sand it, broken and rather worn out.

After giving it a little sand, I scored some spray paint in the yellow I had been looking for, at 1.49 a can!! Thank you Hobby Lobby Clearance lol. I then found some really cute, knobs at Hobby Lobby half off!! After 2 cans of spray paint, some light distressing, and new knobs, out came a beautiful dresser all for around 10 bucks!!!!!

There she is!!! please excuse our mess LOL

Up close of the distressing and my cute knobs!!!

  As I was putting this post together, it came to me that I am like this dresser (bear with me and my off the wall analogies lol) a year ago I was like this dresser when I got it, in a spiritual sense. I was broken and hurting and worn out. but after some work and God's grace I've become something different! The distressed parts mean I'm not perfect and God is still working on me :)
Hope you have a blessed day and remember that God can take your worn out tired soul and give it a face lift :)