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We have the family coming over later today to celebrate our youngest son's birthday. The last time we got together was the 4th of July. I'm excited to see the babies. They change so much in a month.
It's pretty gloomy out and not very hot, so I doubt we'll go swimming. It'll probably be a board game day. Thank goodness we have the space for everyone to spread out!0 -
Hope you have a great day with your family!0
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Thanks Connie! We did have a nice day with the kids. Now we're relaxing, content to have our house quiet again.0
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So glad you had a good time, Cindy!
We did a bit of shopping today. They are working on the main road out of our area so we had to take a detour into town making the trip a bit longer. We tried to get everything that we needed before the three days they will be working on it, but my meds were available and I needed two of them!
Hopefully we'll get a wee bit of rain!
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It has rained here on and off all day. It has been "ugly", but a real blessing. The temperatures have been great and I don't think the air conditioner has kicked on all day. The yard is slurping up that water and starting to green up again. It is supposed to be mild all week and that is such a nice change.0
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We keep having gray skies but so far no rain out of them. I'm sure someone got that rain though.
We have a garden center about a hundred yards down the road from us and they had some peaches, pears, apples, nectarines, plums for sale yesterday. They often have fresh fruits and veggies for sale. Got some peaches, apples and pears. Will cut up the peaches and put them in the freezer. I ate one of them but it slightly burned my tongue! Maybe if I put some in my smoothie it won't do it then.
We are still getting okra from the garden, but most of the other stuff has stopped. The birds ate most of the figs even though we had netting over the trees - sigh! There are still a few out there though. There is a mocking bird that lives in a tree near the figs and we think he is the culprit.
Y'all have a wonderful Wednesday.0 -
It's currently raining here; it's been overcast most of the day. I'm heading to my son and DIL's house to watch my granddaughters. He's out of town this week and she has an after work meeting. I'm excited that I was able to find two nearly identical strawberries in the garden to bring with me.
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Oh yum! I wish that I could eat strawberries, but alas, migraines! I used to put them in my smoothies all the time!
I am still reading SHOCK WAVE but not really understanding what the book is about. I know that there is a central issue or theme, but I can't quite get it figured out - yet!
Still reading HUNTED as well.
I am reading a fantasy story, but it is getting redundant, the same things happening over and over. This is the one with the little sister who is a slave, and her big brother wants to free her and everything he does in his life is toward that end - but he has to lie to those who have been kind to him so that he can accomplish it. I'll keep on reading, because the story has been good, but I wish something different would happen!0 -
Happy Saturday. I am looking at this messy house and knowing I should get moving... but instead, I'm sitting here, finding excuses to stay at the computer while drinking my coffee. Hope you all have a restful day.0
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Hmm, sounds like me! LOL! I did get a load of laundry in the washer and it is now in the dryer. I think Wade and I are going to go into town this for lunch and some shopping. We also have some things to bring to our favorite thrift store, Loaves and Fishes. They are so fast at getting things out in their shop - we drop off at the back and by the time we come around front and go in the item(s) are already there! They have a fairly good Christian book section but we mostly get non-fiction from them at about $.10 a book. One day the lady just gave them to us for free so we put money in their donation jar.
Hot and humid today after rain yesterday. Glad the Lord has provided air conditioning!
Love y'all. Have a great weekend.0 -
We are in Branson and hoping to catch some of Gospel Music festival. Tomorrow we are going to try staying on the first level of the park and using Bill's wheelchair. It won't work on all the hills in the park, but there is a lot to see tomorrow right by the entrance level. If everything goes well, we will rent an electric cart for Thursday to see some groups that will be in other theaters...that require HILLS!! The carts are $50 per day, so that sounded like the most reasonable option...and Wednesday there isn't really anyone that we want to see down in those 4 theaters.0
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Oh, have a great time, Connie!
Carole, happy birthday if you get on!0 -
I sent Carole a happy birthday wish and received an e-mail back from her. She and Dwight have been sick back and forth. They are both doing better now and she hopes to visit us soon. Please remember them in your prayers.
Had a nice birthday yesterday, lots of birthday wishes from family and friends. Wade and I went out to dinner and I had a T-bone steak and some fries. Oh mine, the seasoning they used on the fries made my tongue burn! But the steak was soooo good. I ate the filet side first and had about half of the other side to bring home. Wade also had some left over steak so I am going to have a wonderful dinner tonight! I bought some broccoli to make my broccoli salad and will have that with my steak. I did have cheesecake too (I won't share how much, it makes me blush!)
Hope y'all have a great day. Love you0 -
Happy belated birthday to you, Kim!
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Happy belated birthday to you too Carole!0
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Happy Birthday, Kim. I thought of you, but just didn't get a chance to wish you a great day.
Carole, hope you guys are feeling better and that you had a great birthday, as well.
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It's so good to connect with you all again! Kim, thanks so much for emailing me. I was actually about to check back in when I received it. It's been a rough few months and I apologize for not keeping you updated. Like I told Kim, we've both been sick at different times, but thankfully not with Covid. Dwight's been in the hospital a couple of times, mainly for tests, and is beginning to feel better. He stays pretty weak and gets dizzy when he walks, but hasn't fallen since we moved - 1 1/2 years now! Chronic cough is a huge problem and he's scheduled for a scope next Thursday.
Beth and I have birthdays 10 days apart, so we've done a couple of fun things to celebrate. One was the Appalachian Fair last weekend. It was fun, especially the food and exhibits, but not an experience worth repeating. Then she took me out to eat on Wednesday evening at a restaurant on a beautiful mountain lake, only to discover that it was just open Thursday thru Saturday. We're definitely going back, though.
Would you believe that I haven't read a book since January! I plan to remedy that starting tonight, just not sure where to start.0 -
Thanks for the birthday wishes, y'all!
So good to see you again, Carole!
Been working a lot on my computer. I've been putting together the blogs that my pastor has written since 2009, editing out the formatting and if there are any spelling or grammar checks I do those too. It's been fun as well as such a spiritual blessing. Although, he uses the King James version in the passages he quotes and my brain just can't always decipher that anymore, so I have to go to my NASB and read that. I haven't gone through and read each one, I'm just trying to get it ready so I can give each family in the Church a copy on a memory stick. You never know when the government is going to remove everything Christian from the inter-net! After Biden's very strange speech and setting the other night it doesn't seem like it will be long.
Carole, I've had an allergy cough that I haven't had before. It's a weird cough that comes from my throat and sounds awful, but there isn't anything in my lungs to bring up, it's just from my throat irritating so easily. Not to say that is Dwight's problem, but it seems in these last days or maybe it's my latter days, that I keep hearing of strange physical ailments. How many people do you know who struggle with joint problems? I hear it all the time, yet I don't remember my older family members having that problem when I was young. Maybe they just never said anything about it around us kids or teens, but I knew of other issues they were having! Just weird. Praise the Lord y'all didn't stuggle with Covid. I've been hearing lately that having had the vaccine is actually a detriment, it doesn't keep you from getting sicker, it very well may be making you sicker if you do get the Covid! Thank you, Mr. President Biden for pushing everyone and threatening everyone to get it! This world is crazy, praise the Lord He is never surprised and knows exactly what is happening!
Well, on that note, I'll wish y'all a very blessed weekend! Love you0 -
Sorry to hear about those who've been sick. I sure hope you rebound quickly.
Maybe people just complained less about aches and pains back in our grandparents' day. 🤷♀️ The closest my grandma got to complaining was saying, "Growing old ain't for sissies (and she lived to be 97).
Our world has certainly gotten crazier - that's for sure. 'Nuff said0 -
Carole - It is so good to see you again, but so sorry for all of the physical issues!
On to the dry cough - could it be asthma? That is how my asthma presents. The cough is brutal! Luckily I haven't had an issue in quite a while. I don't notice it as much since retirement.
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I appreciate the thoughts about Dwight's cough. He had several different types of tests when we were back in Atlanta, but never got a diagnosis. He can go a long time without coughing, then have a hard coughing spell and even throw up. A few months ago he couldn't keep anything down, which resulted in a hospital stay. Because of all his heart problems, they did some x-rays, one of which showed something on his esophagus - like maybe a valve not functioning properly. He's seeing a gastroenterologist and is on some meds that seem to help a little. Because of the x-ray, he wants to do the scope that I mentioned. Maybe we'll know more after the test on Thursday.
Do any of you have plans for this weekend? I'm playing piano in the morning and hope for a restful weekend after that.0 -
Church was our only weekend activity. I play the closing hymns and while people are exiting the church on Sunday mornings. That is all that I play right now because I don't like to leave Bill alone for worship team/musician practices. This works well for me. At least I am keeping my foot in the door and there is no huge time commitments.
Carole - do you use a program on a tablet for music? On the facebook group "The Church Pianist" a lot of people use Mobile Sheets Pro on Android tablets (like kindle fire or LG like my tablet with SIM card) and ForScore for IPad. There are also foot pedal page turners. I have been thinking about the Mobile Sheets one, it offers a free trial, but since I am not playing for worship service, my google documents works well. I have pretty much the entire hymnal on it (in keys that are actually singable) and hundreds of choruses (either words with chords or the music).0 -
Connie, I print out my music and put it in a notebook. Larger print and easier to see that way. But I have bought music from a website and opened songs on my Kindle. It works real good here at home for practice, but I'd be nervous playing from it at church, for fear I might mess up page turns. I didn't know there was a Facebook group called "The Church Pianist," though. I'm eager to check that out. Thanks for telling me.
Ya'll, it's a beautiful fall here in east Tennessee, with days in the 78-82 range, nights low to mid 60s. Dogwoods are beginning to turn and leaves are starting to slowly drop. I think we'll have an early fall. Two big sugar maples in our front yard and one in the back were quite pretty last fall. What's fall looking like where you are?0 -
Carole, I don't know if this will help any, but Mom had had her esophagus stretched a couple of times, and when she was in the hospital her last time they did a choke test. She would choke of water or any thin drink. When they thickened her water she had no trouble at all. You can buy the thickener Amazon or at Walmart and you can make it three different thicknesses. I don't know if that is a problem that Dwight is having, but thought I'd throw that out there.
Wow, I haven't played piano in forever. I had to have two years of piano lessons before I was allowed to choose my own instrument - I chose the guitar! I found I couldn't coordinate my hands. I can't really do anything that my left hand is doing one thing and my right another, my brain can't separate those movements. Now, I can pat my head and rub my belly, but only with my right hand on my head and my left on my belly - I can't switch hands and do it. I am a little bit ambidextrous (I can write legibly with my left hand although I am right-handed), but just can't coordinate between them! LOL! Have you ever heard Kim Collingsworth's testimony about how she received her gift - really awesome.
We are still having hot and humid weather. We had some thunder and lightning yesterday, but I don't think any of the rain fell in our area. I'm ready for it to cool down. We keep our house pretty warm, around 80, so we won't be overwhelmed when we get an electric bill. I can't see us keeping it that warm when winter comes around though, then it will probably go down to about 68! Thank the Lord we have lots of blankets!
Well, I hope y'all have a wonderful time in worship this evening. Love you0 -
Phew, went to Sam's Club today. I ended up with nearly 3,000 steps. A lot for me, but a mere drop in the bucket for Cindy. Phew, I don't do as many steps as you do in a whole week!
Woke before 6 with a headache and have another one this evening. This one is more migraine like, the one this more was more sinus like.
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Went to a "singing" at a church in Harker's Island last night. There were three groups and it was rather strange, but two of the groups were people in their 60's-80's. They were good. The first group had younger folks in it and they were the best. One of them was probably in his 60's, one in her 40's and one around 30. There were mostly elderly folk there too. It is so sad not to see young people in Church. We have eight young people in our Church of 23 people! And they all love the Lord!
Praise the Lord we've also had a couple of rainy days, we need the moisture. My okra just keeps on giving. I really need to get out there and pick the ones that are ready. It's odd, but the plant keeps growing up and producing fruit at the top. Well, the other day I noticed new leaves coming in at the bottom of the plants and they are producing! Oh dear! I haven't really been eating much of it, but my neighbor uses it all the time. It is supposed to aid in weight loss! She is doing the THM program and these ladies even put okra in their pancakes - gack!
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I used to love the singings! I sang in a quartet for quite a while when I was in my 20's and we sang somewhere about ever Saturday night or Sunday afternoon (we refused to miss our church to sing somewhere else). Sounds like fun .0
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Connie, are you a soprano or an alto? I have always loved quartets, think I might have sung alto in one for a little while back in Bible college. Sang 2nd soprano in a trio for a time also. But I was a much better pianist than singer, so that's pretty much how things ended.
Last week was pretty full, but enjoyable. A dear friend from back in Atlanta who I've known since the age of 4 visited me for two days. Her husband's sister lives here in Johnson City, so she spent the days with me while the two of them did stuff. Then Dwight had his scope on Thursday and did fine. The doctor said everything looked normal and just wants him to continue the anti-acid or reflux meds. If he continues to have a severe problem with chronic cough, he said it might be a sliding hiatal hernia and could do an upper GI test.
Beginning to enjoy reading again! Love you all.0 -
I've sung since choir in high school - alto. Right now I'm probably a baritone because of my allergy throat! LOL! I can sing a high falsetto, but it's weak and I can't always count on it not cutting out.
Praise the Lord it wasn't anything serious, Connie. How fun to meet with a friend you've had for so long! Most of my friends are here, I've known them for over 40 years now! I'm so glad to be a daily part of their lives!
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Back when I was in high school Glee Club, someone said that if you could read music, you would automatically be put in the alto section. Never knew if that was really true, but that's when I became an alto. And I've always loved to harmonize.
It's funny how you can live in one place all your life, yet not have many local friends. There were only two people that I miss from Atlanta - one, the friend who visited last week, and the other a "second mother" who passed away a few months ago. My closest friends are from Bible college days where bonds were created for a lifetime, and they're scattered throughout the world now. Kim, you can probably relate to that with being separated by distance from your church before you moved. Here in Johnson City, though, it's a different story. The Hopwood church is special and I'm enjoying making new friends.0
