Katie Phelps

I’ve been sick lately. But there have been so many things I have wanted to put on here. So I think I’ll just put them all.

1. Teddy’s Hair Cut

We took Teddy to get a haircut. He’s the type of dog that doesn’t shed, but his hair had become so long that he started to leave little fur balls all over our house (mostly our couch would attract them). Normally when he gets a haircut, they cut his body, legs and head short but leave his ears and tail longer and a little bit poofy. Bryan thought that looked dumb, so this time I told them to cut it all short.

BEFORE:
This is Teddy not right before the most recent haircut (since there is no snow on the ground) but right before his very very first haircut last June. Just to give you an idea of how poofy he can get.

AFTER:
Here is Teddy after his haircut. I’ve decided that he doesn’t look like a Teddy anymore. So now I like to call him Stanley. Bryan think that probably confuses him. But he answers to Rat Monster. So I don’t think calling him Stanley is really going to mess him up too much. Oh well. He’s funny.

2. Being Sick

I have officially decided that being sick is not fun at all. I started to feel sick Wednesday/Thursday. Friday I finally went into the doctor because of some horrible pains in my head. I didn’t want the pain in my head to be something serious. And Steph (happy birthday, by the way — I need to bring your present over to you) once told me her dad said if it is a problem with your ears then I should go in (her dad’s a doctor). So I went in and decided that places like doctor’s office with lots of sick people in them, need to invest in soft tissue. The kind with lotion in it. Their tissue was like sandpaper. Now my nose just hurts. But after taking the antibiotics he gave me, I am feeling much much much better. It’s fabulous. And to the soup maker: THANK YOU! The last thing that I wanted to do yesteday when I was feeling all blah was to cook dinner, and it was really yummy.

3. The Power of Prayer

One of my big problems that I have had while I have been sick is my ears won’t pop.

IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!

So yesterday as Bryan and I were sitting down to eat some yummy soup for dinner, I said the prayer. As I prayed, my ear plugged up and wouldn’t pop. So at the end of the prayer, I paused, and said: “Please bless that my ear will pop.” And Bryan stared laughing at me (yes, during the prayer). So then I thought. “Well, if I have faith and try to pop it now before I finish praying then it will pop, just like I prayed it would.” So before I finished and closed my prayer I paused once again and tried to pop my ear. It didn’t work instantly, so I closed our prayer. And only a few seconds after I had finished the prayer, picked up my spoon and almost had my soup in my mouth, my ear popped!

The power of prayer is amazing. The Lord is listening to our prayers, hears them, and answers them. Even for things that seem so small and insignificant. It is wonderful.

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Well, I thought there was something else that I wanted to write about but now I can’t remember. So I’ll be done. Everyone have a great night!

Oh yes. And if you get a chance (and care) check out some new exciting blogs:

www.melface.com (my little sister: Melanie McCracken)

www.jonnybryson.com/lindsay (my sister-in-law: Lindsay Bryson)

www.mrkevo.com (my brother-in-law: Kevin Phelps)

Enjoy!