Chris & Michelle In The Morning

Top on my list of people that do good in our community is those at the Lifeline Pregnancy Care Center in Nampa!

Going thru rough times means some walk in when others walk out.  That’s what the Pregnancy Care Center is all about.  About 11 years ago my girls dad decided he didn’t want to be married anymore.  I had a 3 year old and was pregnant and on bedrest.  Hard times.  How I WISH there would have been a Lifeline Pregnancy Care Center where I was living. How Good God is to provide people to be there for us!

If you are going thru hard times, give them a call.  Or, check out their website www.lifelinepcc.org

Great idea that my husband actually told me about.  Last night he took me to dinner at Applebees.  We usually try to go as cheap as possible as we want to be debt free.  Right now they have a special:  It’s called ‘2 for $20′.  You pick an appetizer and two dinner plates from a great selection.  Even my vegetarian husband found stuff he could eat!  So…for whatever it’s worth… 

$20 may seem like a lot, and, it is.  But, when I think about how much we used to blow?  WOW!  What a bargain!
Michelle

Bebo Norman talks to JerryRecently I had the opportunity to chat with Christian artist Bebo Norman.   He shared how he came to be a Christian musician, when he had big plans to be a doctor.  He talks about what it’s like to be the daddy of a one-year-old.  We didn’t have time to get to everything on the air, so there’s some bonus material here.  He explains in detail why he wrote a song to Britney Spears.  Click the link below to hear the entire interview.

Last night close to 200 KTSY family member got to see the new movie “Fireproof.”  It’s by the same people who made “Facing the Giants.”  Wow, what a powerful movie.  Kirk Cameron plays fire Captain Caleb Holt.  Caleb is a man who is a hero to just about everybody except for his wife.  After a huge blow-up fight, they decide they both want out.   Caleb’s dad asks Caleb to take “The Love Dare,” a 40-day journey to try to reclaim his wife’s heart.   I won’t spoil it for you, but you’d like to watch the trailer check out www.fireproofthemovie.com.

The movie doesn’t come out in theaters until September 26th, but KTSY will be holding another sneak preview soon.  If you’d like to know about that when it happens, just sign up for the e-family newsletter by clicking here: http://www.895ktsy.org/pages/news/newsletter.shtml.

A Pastor friend of mine sent me this video.  I have to be honest though, I use my husband on the show way more than he talks about me in his sermons.  Not sure if that’s fair.

 What they did was take Carrie Underwoods song, “Before He Cheats” (not the best message) and changed it to “Before He Speaks”.  It’s about Pastor’s wives who are tired of being used for sermon illustrations.  Very funny indeed! 

 And may this remind me–not my husband–to think before I speak on the air!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY4khRpG8O8

Well, this won’t make me look so good.  But, here goes…

I was tired.  Couldn’t keep my eyes open.  Couldn’t make it thru the day without at least a cup of coffee.  I had to have a nap!  This went on day after day, month after month. 

I finally had had enough and made an appointment with my doctor.  Maybe something was really wrong with me.  Yeah I get up early but I was getting enough sleep and shouldn’t be this tired. 

At my appointment I explain to my doctor that something just isn’t right.  Maybe it’s my thyroid (which I take medication for).  Maybe it’s my PCOS (which I take medication for).  Then she asks, ‘When do you take your Lexapro (my anti-depressant)?  Every morning!  Faithfully!!  I make sure for my happiness and my families that I take it.  But, I can’t stay awake!!!

 She says, “How about taking that at night.  It’s been known to make people drowsy.”  Ok…I’ll try anything! 

So…home I go.  I’m in my restroom and happen to look CLOSELY at my anti-depressant bottle.  And, BIG AS LIFE there is a sticker that say, “May cause drowsiness; take before bed.”  Um…what???  I’ve been taking this for a couple of years.  All of those naps.  All of that missed time sleeping!!! 

 Ok…so I may not be the brightest crayon in the box.  But, how did I miss that?  I’m happy to say though…I’m awake!  And happy!  And can have coffee or not and no big deal!  Wow!  I can smell roses and enjoy life again! 

So…if you see me around having a hard time staying awake, I wouldn’t put anything past myself, Just ask me when I took my pill.  hehe

In college Trent Patterson was a football player.  He ate 7000-8000 calories a day, but he worked it off in his workouts.  When he stopped playing football, he kept eating like a football player, eventually weighting 436 pounds.  Trent visited with Jerry & Michelle on the KTSY Morning Show to talk about how the NBC show “The Biggest Loser” helped him start some good habits that changed his life.

 Trent from The Biggest Loser Talks with Jerry & Michelle

Well, it finally caught up to me.  I’m a terrible one for staying in touch.  I’ve lived a few different places.  I’m a great friend while there, but once I leave, I can’t seem to keep in touch. 

Yesterday…I paid for that.  I have a friend that was there when my first child was born.  She and I were like sisters.  We went over to their house most weeks after church and hung out.  She has5 kids and taught me how to be a calm mom.  How not to stress out.  How to have fun with my kids.  We lived near each other while our families were in the military.  She’s the kind of friend that would do anything for you.  I had a million questions with my first baby and she never laughed at me.  I had no clue what I was doing.  I talked to her while I was on bedrest with my youngest daughter and whined about how I wished she was there to help me. 

We kept in contact every few weeks when they got transferred.  Then…every few months.  Then…years. 

I haven’t talked to her for about 2-3 years.  I have been thru 3 cell phones and needless to say, lost her number and had a new one myself so she couldn’t have called me. 

And then yesterday.  Ok…it’s late, but, better late than never right?  I’m trying to mail out our Christmas letter.  It’s been a while since we’ve done one.   As I look in my address book, all of my addresses are outdated.  So…I look on the internet to do some searching.  As I enter her name in a search engine, I feel guilty for not keeping in better contact.  Then, I see it.  It’s her sons name with his obituary.  Her second son had died two years ago by a drunk driver and I had no clue.  Two years ago!!! 

What a friend I am!!  And now what to do?  I have to write her and tell her I’m a schmuck!  She is a very loving person and will say, “Oh Chelle, It’s ok!  You’re a busy person!”  But I don’t want to be off the hook that easy.  I want to go back and do it over and fly down to help her with the arrangements and cry with her and be there for her like she was there for me.  I want to be there to yell and scream with her about how it isn’t fair.

I guess we don’t get any do overs.  All we get is now.   

Trying to be a better friend,

Michelle

My daughter was sick yesterday and it was a blessing.  Before you think I’m crazy, let me explain. 

I thought I was going to get a nap yesterday.  I laid Jocelyn (almost 2) down for a nap in my room because I was hoping to get a REALLY good nap.  Then, the sound that all mothers love, the sound of liquid hitting the portable crib.  I jumped up to see what had happened.  Jossi was laying there with a really stunned look on her face.  She’d just lost her lunch…and breakfast…and well you get the idea.  She was shocked because she really hadn’t ever thrown up before.  Maybe as an infant…but…she hasn’t been sick really ever.  And…what a blessing that is!  As I cleaned her up, I started thinking about the little girl we’re going to try to help this weekend.

Arianna is a 5 year old who has leukemia for the second time this year.  She went in to remission in May and in September, it came back.  She’s just little, and how many times has she been really sick?  How many times has her mom cleaned her up and held her until she felt better?  I am so blessed with healthy children that I can’t help but reach out to help this weekend.  On Saturday there will be a bone marrow drive at the Holiday Inn Express just off the freeway and Eagle Road.  It’s from 8am-8pm and Jerry and I will be there from noon until 5pm.  We’ll be trying to get as many people to register in the bone marrow program as possible. 

I hope if you have a chance you’ll stop by.  It shouldn’t take long to just get your mouth swabbed.  Not even any blood!!   Someone asked if giving bone marrow hurt.  I said, yes…it’s my understanding that it does.  But if you looked in little Arianna’s face and saw her smile, you’d do it in a heartbeat.

 What I’m realizing the older I get is that I am blessed…and the more blessed I realize I am, the more I want to  bless others.

Hey!  It’s Michelle from the morning show.

I had what I would call a small heart attack yesterday.   My daughter Gabbi is almost 13.  We were talking about how fun it was in our family.  She says, yeah I’ll only be here for about one more year to enjoy it.  I said “WHAT??? Where exactly are you going?”  (breath michelle…breath….)  She says, “Well, I’m going to high school and I can go live in the dorm at one of the area  schools or I can go live with Aunt Tricia and go to the school by her because I want to go to a Christian school.”  Oh dear.  I’m not ready for this.  Is there a course somewhere I should take?  I must have looked like I was freaking out because she says, “Mom…are you ok?  Mom?  what’s wrong?”  I say, I love having you here.  I don’t ever want you to leave.  Even when you’re forty and go on your first date.  You can stay with me always.  (insert Gabbi rolling her eyes)  She says, “Ok mom.  No big deal.  You know I’m leaving eventually right?”  I don’t want to think about it I tell her.  She says, “Maybe we should talk about it later.”  What she really means is, ‘Lets talk about this when your emotionally stable.’  Oh my.  I’m not ready for this.