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We were married on June 18th surrounded by all our friends and family. We live in Oklahoma and love it. It is beginning to feel more and more like home. I love the trees, our church and the people! Everyone has made us feel so welcome and a part of this community. We both have great jobs, that we love going to every day! Life is good, God is good!!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

We love MOST drop by visitors...

Tonight Buster and Dudley were carrying on like their was something in the yard...

Yup... thats a skunk.
Our handy neighbor Joe came over and attacked it with a fierce rake!
Then with a shovel.
The skunk didn't live long.

The critter picker up people are here now to take care of his body...
Bad news... skunks travel in packs and will seek revenge! UGH.
We love drop by visitors... just not the stinky kind!

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

When opportunity knocks...

When opportunity knocks ... I'd like to be known as the person that answers.
Therefore ... this week, I took a step in faith and answered a knock at the door. Or rather an email. I'm scared. I'm stressed. I'm hungry. Anyways... lets start at the beginning. that will clear things up for you.

Monday the hubs and I started this fast. You can read more about it here. It is weird, it is radical ... and you are going to think I lost my marbles. Well I have. And I have to say that today... day 4... I feel normal again. However, the first three days I considered running away from home and taking a bite out of the first cow I came to.
Anyways... Monday night, I had a hard time falling asleep. I tossed and turned and tried talking to Andrew but he passed out... lucky him. So I decided to pray. During my prayer I prayed that God would revile to me the direction our lives are supposed to take during this fast. That He would really show himself to me. I'm sure it went deeper than that but I feel asleep and woke up with a killer headache. After explaining to my wonderful boss that I couldnt make it that morning and be worth anything, I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. Then my phone started freaking out with email alerts. I decided to check it to see if there was anything important that I was missing.
Well... there it was. A request from a principle to come talk to him about a job that just became open that day. I was the first person he had thought about and he felt that I would do a good job adapting to that role.
After freaking out by myself I called my husband and freaked out with him. He said it wouldnt hurt to go talk to him and see where it leads.
I spent the morning in prayer, worship and slight hysteria. I felt a panicked peace about things. Knowing that God has this. God has me! God will take care of it! But knowing that school starts next week... PANIC!
Long story short... I decided to take the job. My last day at my current place of employment will be Friday August 12. And on Monday August 15 I will report to my school for orientation and getting things ready. On Wednesday August 17... I will once again have a class full of little ones.

When Andrew and I got married and I moved to Bartlesville I tried to get a teaching position. However, it was not in God's plans for me. For some reason He had me take the job I have. It had been a good job with beautiful people. I can't imagine what it will be like to be with out them in my daily life. I honestly didnt know if I would ever go back into teaching again. In fact - when we moved a month ago... I threw out half of all my teacher stuff and gave half of what was left away. I'm starting from scratch and I have 4 days to get it done. But I love it! My heart is at peace. I KNOW this is God's leading and direction that I was praying for.

I will be teaching Pre K. I taught Kindergarten for 4 years back home and loved it. I never in my life thought I would enjoy such a young age, but I did. It was amazing.
On Monday I will introduce myself to a couple dozen 4 year olds and "Mrs. Schumacher"! And saying that puts a smile on my face and makes my heart panic at the same time. But God is good... and He is preparing me for the road ahead.

SO pray for me... this week is going to be a doozy!!


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Monday, August 1, 2011

My God shall supply all my needs

Phillipians 4:19-20 
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His Glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be Glory forever and ever. Amen. 

Andrew and I began discussing this on Saturday night. It continued on through Sunday morning. One fear that I had lingering in the back of my mind is ... but I NEED protein. I have low iron. If I don't have protein then I get shaky and anemic. I don't feel good and ... I get grumpy. 
Then there was the thought of... just fruit and veggies!! What if I want sugar. What if I crave chocolate? What if I need coffee?
Then there was the ever lagging fear... the one that is in the back of my mind all the time... it sneaks up on me before I start something new ... the one that says... what if I can't do it.!
I know in my heart these fears are satan talking to me. You see... I am starting to see the negative effects that sugar and processed food has on my body. It isnt pretty folks. I have headaches all the time. I am getting quite jiggly in some areas. I can't fit in to pants I could fit into when we got married a year ago. My skin is horrible. My hair is no longer healthy and thick, rather it is thin and even brittle at times. My skin breaks out worse than it ever has in my life. It is time to make a change.
Well just as these fears are lingering in my head, before I have even voiced them to my husband... this still small voice sang in my ears... "My God shall supply all thy needs... according to His Riches in Glory!" How many times have I heard that song and not listened? How many times have I heard that verse and not listened? I am told over and over in the Bible that God will take care of me. Through Him I can do this.

This has also brought up an interesting point in my life. My day is centered around what I will be eating. What will I have for breakfast? What will I have for lunch? What can I make Andrew for dinner? Ohh lets have a snack. If friends come over I MUST fix something delishious. If we need to have a discussion... it is better if there is food between us. If I'm sad I want to eat. If I am happy I want to eat. If I am lonely I want to eat. If I am with friends I want to eat... this must stop now!! My life is not about the food I eat... it is about the one who created the food for me to eat. And just as easily as he created it for me... He can take it away.


Jesus -
Hold me when I get scared. Lift me up when I am weak, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Please father, make my life not about what I am eating, but about WHO I am serving.


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Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead...

We are encountering on a new adventure. Yup, The Schumacher's have drank the crazy Kool-aid.
We have decided to try a Juice Fast. But not just any juice fast. The Fast we are talking about comes from the documentary Fat Sick and Nearly Dead . In this documentary Joe Cross, who is from Australia, decides it is time to get his life under-control. He comes to America (why I'm not sure) to travel and to do this Juice Fast. He buys organic fruits and vegetables and juices them from the back of his car.


I would advise you to check out his website and to watch the documentary. Andrew came across it on Netflix and we watched it with some friends. By the end of the show I was nearly in tears when I saw the transformation that happened to this one man on there. It was beautiful.

In the documentary, someone used the phrase "committing suicide with food" (I'll watch it again tonight to get the correct quote... but that jumped out and grabbed my attention. Many of you know about my family history with suicide and you KNOW that I have personal issues with it. (really who shouldn't). But that is what we are doing as we are poisoning our bodies with processed garbage. I don't want to die one day only for my husband to have to tell our children that their mommy didnt love herself or them enough to take care of myself. 

Benefits of Doing the Reboot Entry followed by a healthy eating lifestyle: (which is what we are doing)

  • Boost the number of fruit/vegetable servings you can ingest in a day
  • Break the cycle of unhealthy eating
  • Retrain your brain to crave fruits and vegetables
  • Manage your weight
  • Promote a lifestyle that will lower risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, macular degeneration, cognitive decline and mental illness including depression
  • Promote longevity
  • Decrease aches and pains in joints and muscles
  • Improve your immunity
  • Promote increased energy levels
  • Promote healthy skin, nails and hair
  • Gain greater access to digestive enzymes locked away in whole produce through juicing

So many of those pertain to me personally. The ones that I am the most excited about are Promoting a lifestyle that will lower the risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, macular degeneration, cognitive decline and mental illness including depression; Promoting an increase in my energy levels and promoting healthy skin,  nails and hair.

If you know me you know that I suffer from depression (regardless if it is genetic or not... I want it GONE! I am done letting satan have a foothold in my emotions!), I also tend to have a VERY low level of energy unless I have recently had some caffeine or just taken a nap and my skin has given me issues sense I was a pre-teen.

So starting Monday August 8, 2011 the Schumacher's are going to do a Juice Fast for 15 days. This will be a big step for me. If you know my wonderful husband you will not doubt his ability to stick with it, but if you know me... you will know that I give in. I quit when things get hard. I run away. I give into my weaknesses so easily. I know that during this process there will be many things that change. I figure go big or go home right...? I'm going to tackle many issues in life... to be discussed tomorrow.

If you are interested in Juicing... feel free to contact me either via email or facebook. I'd love to share what I have learned... or give you over to my smarty pants husband who can answer. If you want to do this with us... contact me soon! We would love to build a community to fast with.

Blessings and love to you all!


{{All information was taken from the website Join the Reboot from the Fat Sick and Nearly Dead  website. I was not paid to write this review or to voice my opinion about the matter.}}
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