House Updates

Ok here are the pictures of the living room, den and dining room painted. The before pictures are first... then the after. 

My mom and dad are ROCK STARS! They spent part of their vacation painting our house.

The hideous pink wall is now white... thank you primer!! 

Goodbye panelling! 

That light... GONE! 

The painter. He does a great job but... I promise, after this weekend of painting ... you can't afford him! 

PAINT! The weather was great so the doors stayed open most the time! 

Dining room almost done! 

Finished! 

I LOVE it! 

The blue color is called hazel... I LOVE it! 

With a little bit of tweaking... this might be my favorite spot in the house. 

I love this view. Once things get on the walls it will be perfection! 

And the hazel from a different angle. I LOVE it! 

My favorite bookshelf that dad has moved 12 times and each and every time he swears he won't do it again... well... this weekend me did it again. 

This is from the hallway looking into the living room. The wall by the window needs something... but still paying with it. 

You can't see it from here but the partitions that were between the den and the living room are gone!! It really opens things up! 

Entry way!! 

Mom and dad bought us new fixtures for our entry and hallway. I love them! 

They hallway with the new light. Love it... oh and there is a peak at my favorite wall!! 

The hallway! I'm going to put pictures up here. 

This clock is going on the HAZEL wall!! 

Yup, right up there! 

A crooked picture... love the color and window. Also note... the air holes in the top of the ceiling still don't have the vent on them! 

This mirror is going over the fire place. I spray painted it. I'm horrible at spray painting. But nonetheless... it will go over the fireplace. It will be fabulous! 

Ok so while mom and dad were here the AC was out. It wasn't too bad though. The high was maybe 80 and it was only that high during the afternoon for a few hours. The evenings were perfect! 

Ok so my Mac is on the fritz. Its giving me all sorts of a headache. Oh well. Maybe that means a break for a while. :) 

Its been too long...

Hi.
I know... I suck. Look down to my last post. It was at least 3 weeks ago.
Well I can't sleep so rather than spending HOURS on Pintrest I thought I would give an update.
We are doing well. Our Bathroom is still gutted... but it is coming along. Andrew and a friend of ours are making great progress on the vanity. Soon we will get the walls repaired and then get the tile put in. I have dreams of it being up and working by October soon.
My mom and dad are coming next Wednesday to help with the house. They are going to PAINT for us. GOD BLESS THEM! We were going to rip down our wood panelling, texture the walls and then paint. However, we have decided to just paint over it all. I'm sure someday we will go back and rip down the panelling and texture... but for now... we are just painting. Voice your opinions as you will have them, but I am ready to be done! I'm ready to have stuff up on my walls! I'm ready to NOT have a bright pink wall in my living room. I'm also ready to see my mom and dad! So that makes this deal even better!

Teaching is amazing. I love it. I am exhausted every night when I finally sit down. My feet hurt like I've never felt before. My shoulders are tight every night. My face is a constant break out and I have had a sore throat for the past 2 weeks. But... I wouldn't trade it for the world. I absolutely adore my babies. All 21 of them. The good, bad, smelly and sweet ones! Every day they remind me of innocence.

The second day of school, a fairly shy little guy started singing at the top of his lungs (while I was trying to get then whole class quiet) "Jesus Loves me This I know..." I just sat down, listened to the noise and enjoyed the song.

By the end of the second week, our PE coach had named my class 'the worse class in PreK'! If you know me... you know that is a HUGE blow. I was devastated. Until I realized that its ok. They are 4. They are going to be rambunctious. They are going to be 'wild monkeys' from time to time. The good news is that they are improving. We can now making 20 feet in the hall with our arms in a 'pretzel' and bubbles in our cheeks!

I have a fabulous aide that is just... well... fabulous!! She is easy to talk to. Fun to be around and a great help with the kids. She has been an aide for the past few years, so she is a little more familiar with 4 year old behavior than I am. She has been great at giving me advice and getting me off to a good start.

Everyone at the school is wonderful. I have 3 beautiful co-teachers. They all love Jesus! GLORY BE! On Saturday I get to go to Oklahoma City for a workshop with one of them. I'm excited to get to know her more. However, I am NOT excited about leaving at 6:15 (before I usually get up on a school day) and being in a workshop all day. I would much rather be going to play!

Andrew is starting a new job this week. He was approached about leading the High School for On The Rock Ministries a few weeks ago. After praying about it, we feel like this is a great step for him. It will only be about 10 hours a week and most of that will be on Thursday nights. I'm so excited for him. I know his heart is with youth and he will thrive in the environment.

Thats what is going on with the Schumachers right now. We are doing life one day at a time and trying to enjoy it while we are at it. Stick with us.. I might not get much posted right now... but I have faith that life will slow down one day. Or I know I'll get a break at Thanksgiving and Christmas. So I'll be sure to post and update then.
Hopefully I'll think about it and get before and after pictures of the house as we are painting!

Because I know Blogs are better with pictures... here are a few random ones that made me laugh ! :)

Yup... thats me up there. I was on a ladder and everything. Putting the ceiling fan together! :) Andrew did the electrical part... but I wanted to help too!! 

This picture remindes me of fall. We had just gotten engaged .... I think. Anyways. Its in Midland and I remember the air being cool but not freezing. It was so wonderful... its going to be here soon. 

This is one of our engagement pictures. I love it. It was taken just after Christmas in Siloam Springs Arkansas. It was bitterly cold but ... so worth it. I can't wait for winter. 

However, if my crazy husband makes me bundle up like so to walk to the grocery store... you might find his body buried in the snow along the way. I will be ok if there is only ONE big snow storm this year. One a year is fine with me! :) 

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!

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!!

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.

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.}}