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Still funny! Thanks for the chuckle.
My shower over the weekend was lovely. It was a pretty day outside, but hot, so glad we were inside with the air conditioning. I had to tear my living room apart to fit four Cafe tables in it, along with two tables of 4 in the attached open foyer. (The second of those was a small children's table for 3 of the sweetest little girls.)
Altogether I think there were 20 adults and the 3 girls here. My daughter was blessed with some wonderful, needed things for the baby to come. The games were a hit, including bingo - which my daughter and daughter-in-law ran a little differently. There were blank cards with a word list below for players to fill in their cards (taken from the registry). As the gifts were opened, if it was on the card, you marked it off with a little sticker. It kept everyone engaged.
And I had enough food (always a challenge to have enough but not too much).
Oh! I made my first balloon arch ever and it turned out pretty good. I'll see if I can find a decent picture.
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That is so funny! I checked for wetness this morning, and the rain we had yesterday morning is keeping them moist. My morning glory pot is overtaking the lamp post I put them beside. The vines are starting to creep over the light now! Yikes. We had two flowers when it first started growing, but nothing since. I think I have too many plants in the one pot and not enough nutrition for them. Although, the well water should be putting nutrients into the soil!
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I'm sorry my post was so long.0
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Cindy - your post was NOT too long. I loved the arch and enjoyed hearing about the shower.
Well, things are taking a bit of a down-turn with Bill's ugly toe. It appears that the bone has dissolved from the gout and they are wanting to amputate it. He has blood tests tomorrow morning and MRI tomorrow night, then the doctor is consulting with a colleague and they will let us know. He also does not totally agree with what the wound care doctor's treatment plan. What he says makes a lot more sense to me, so we are following his plan instead of the wound care clinic. I don't think there will be a huge hurry, so I am thinking that we can wait until after we take a nice little vacation the week before Labor Day. We will see.0 -
I'm sorry to hear about Bill's gout/toe issue, Connie. Praying that everything goes well with the procedure whenever it happens. And thanks for your kind words.0
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Oh, meant to include this earlier... we're watching our granddaughters overnight next week and Charlotte was all giggly and excited about the book she's bringing with her for us to read...
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(Sigh) Got all the way to church this morning (25 minute ride) only to find out the building had no power and church was canceled.
Ran a couple errands and then came home and made French toast for brunch. I'm packing now. 3 days in New Mexico for work. I'll be wearing a mask outside...
(feels punitive) but it's the price I'm willing to pay and not subject myself to experimentation.
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I almost did t make it to church this morning. Bill couldn't get out of bed this morning. His ankle was hurting so bad he couldn't put pressure on it. I got him a couple Tylenol and his cane to help the weight off the foot. I gave him a gout pill, just in case. Anyway, I couldn't make it to SS class, but did make church. We are about 25 minutes from church, too. That would be aggravating to get there with no power.
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Thanks Connie. It didn't start off the greatest this morning. In fact it was a bit of a nightmare. The client won't let me book my own airline ticket; I have to go through their travel agent. Well.... somehow they put in the wrong birthdate for me and it flagged me with the TSA. That took almost more time than I had to clear up. Nothing like a little stress first thing in the morning.
Reminding myself that, thankfully God is in control of the big stuff.
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Ack! What a way to start your trip, Cindy! Praise the Lord it all worked out alright.
So sorry that Bill has to go through even more. Praying for y'all.
Mom is doing well. I honestly believe that God healed her between hospital visits. The first hospital had no doubts that she had broken her neck and by the time she got to the second hospital it was just the old fracture from 2020 and she could go home. Woohoo! Some pain in her neck and the back of her head today, but I think that is from a pulled or strained muscle in her neck. God is good!
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Praise the lord Lord your mom is better. Hugs and prayers to you and Bill, Connie.
Heading home today. 4 hour drive from asmall town in New Mexico to the Denver Airport, then a 3 hour flight home. The job went well... and I will end up traveling more than I actually worked. Lol
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How beautiful! Happy travels! Thanks for remembering Mom. She's doing alright, still having some neck and head pain and mentally she suffers whenever she has a fall, so we are just working our way through this one and hoping for good results when she is finally better.0
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What a beautiful picture!
WOO HOO! A day with no obligations! This is a rarity anymore. I don't think I even want to leave the house...but that may change. Anyway, if I leave the house it should be by choice and not obligation.
Are they closing down any of your areas again? They are reinstating the mask mandate in Kansas City Missouri, but they haven't done so with our county on the Kansas side. The county and city leaders from the surrounding 4 counties, plus the City usually get together every two weeks and discuss plans. I am expecting that they will all follow KCMO's guidelines. Since Missouri is on the east side of the street (State Line Rd.) and our county is on the west side of the same road, it makes it easier to just have everything the same. It does not really include social distancing, but does include masking in all indoor public areas.
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@connierandel I'm in AR and mask mandates are now against the law here, but I'm guessing that law is in flux since COVID is rearing its ugly head again. I was so looking forward to a normal kindergarten year for my oldest after his pre-k year was crazy! Strongly considering homeschool.0 -
Hi, Savvy! So glad you found us. Wow, Arizona - hot! I thought we were hot, but when I see your temps on the news - not sure I could handle that, even though I love being warm! As far as school goes - get your child out!!! They are teaching children in school to hate God, to hate the family, to hate themselves (if they are white), and that you are neither male nor female - you get to choose! Before they are old enough to know what sex is they are teaching them to do it safely and then if you happen to get pregnant, don't worry, you can get an abortion through the school and your parents never have to know! Oh, and don't get me started on the environmentalist guerillas they are making out of our kids. If you want your child to grow up loving Jesus, loving his/her family, loving who they were created to be - then get them out of the government schools! I used to teach third grade in our free Christian School here in NC way back in the 80's. This has been going on in our schools for a very long time!
They aren't forcing mask wearing, so far, here in NC. We live out in the boonies (as mom likes to say) so we don't have to face mask wearing very often. I do wear a mask at the doctor's offices though, they never lifted it at their offices. But restaurants are mask free but still have the tables separated, and my husband goes mask-free in the grocery stores.
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I think she's in Arkansas.
I do have to agree; our public schools are continuing down a slippery slope. I'm glad we were able to afford a Christian school education for our kids (it wasn't free, but was worth the sacrifice).
Speaking of kids - we have our granddaughters here for a couple days, so no reading for me today (but maybe tonight).0 -
Yup. I'm in Arkansas! Not as hot as Arizona, but the humidity makes up for it lol.
The homeschool issue has been weighing heavy on my mind this summer. We have a handful of Christian schools nearby but they're a bit pricey. I work from home, which would make homeschool doable (just hectic) and there are other homeschoolers at our church so we'd have some support.
My son loves school and we moved here a few years ago specifically for the schools, but so much has changed in the past 18 months.
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Savvy - It is so good to meet you! I love the hills and mountains of Arkansas! We were hoping to take a trip there in September, but it may be cancelled due to the health of my hubby right now. Next is year is coming, though! We always get a kick out of the OLD MUSIC in Mountain View, and have some family in Fairfield Bay. I used to have a good friend in Little Rock that I visited on a frequent basis, but that was a LOT of years ago.
I have had more and more friends going to home-schooling. There is a program here in Kansas that several of our friends are using. I think it is available through state.1 -
My nieces and nephews were homeschooled as well as Christian schooled. My sister-in-law worked at her Church's schools so they gave them a deal on the tuition. They had outings with other homeschooled kids as well as having some of their classes together. We used the A-Beka system for our school and I've seen ads for that program, which, I think, also does some on-line classes. The kids in our Church are all homeschooled, and most of their parents were home-schooled as well (some of them were in my class at our Church school).
I need to go back to State abbreviations school! I am always getting those mixed up. I love it when I am having my Kindle read to me and someone's name comes up that is an abbreviation of a state - in my latest book Cal was California when it read it to me! There was an Arkansas and a Tennessee in one of my books as well.
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@connierandel we LOVE Mountain View and Fairfield Bay! Hope yall are able to make your trip soon!
@Restfinder we are seriously considering Abeka Academy! It looks great! And lol @ California for Cal. I'd chuckle every time I heard it.0 -
Abeka worked great for our school and our kids tested extremely high during the State testing of schools, in the 90 percentile! We had first to 11th grade (because no 12th graders signed up for the school). I had one student who came from the public school and had basically helped the janitor all day long. He was a third grader and I had to teach him to read, to write, to think. It was really sad.
Woke with another headache this morning. Will get my headache med when I go to the eye doctor on Wednesday. Can't wait for that! My glasses work most of the time, but there are times my vision goes blurry and nothing helps. I think it's that cataract that is growing in my left eye, it acts up sometimes! Too small to do anything with it yet, but it sure affects my vision. Mom needs new glasses too, so we are both going in on Wednesday.
We also made an appointment for her with her regular doctor to see if she really needs to see a neurosurgeon. The Trauma center that she went to did a follow up call and the girl I talked to was surprised at first that we were going with that since mom had broken her neck - hmmm??? She read the chart and after I reminded her that it was the old break she saw that on the chart and agreed that seeing her regular doc would be fine. Just a moment there of my heart rate going up, but surely a trauma center wouldn't make that kind of mistake!!! Phew!
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I don't understand all of the different doctors recommended! I understood wound care for Bill and I understood the Ortho Dr. for him, but the Ortho has to collaborate with another doctor, so we are going to have to go see him, and then the Primary Care wants him to see a Rheumatologist. Our normal hospital system and Doctors that we normally see are 3 miles from our house. These doctors are everywhere from 12 miles south east to 10 miles north east from where we live. Not that it is far, but the traffic can be atrocious. I may cancel the Rheumatologist if they schedule the surgery soon. I don't think it is necessary, now. I will message the Doctor first, but this is wild.1
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Our doctor's are about 30 minutes away, but the neurosurgeon is two hours away! You probably have that 30 minute ride even though it's only 10 miles away! We don't have that much traffic between here and there, or really anywhere! LOL! I hope you can get it all figured out for him. If he loses that toe, not sure what a rheumatologist can do for him, unless his whole foot is affected. Poor Bill, I feel for him. Prayers for y'all.
I took my monthly headache med, but I've had a headache in the AM for the past five days. I got today's shortly after we had lunch out. Hmmm??? We have had some weather fronts go through so hopefully that is the culprit and not another food!0 -
Yes, we are expecting a 30 minute drive tomorrow morning for the 10 mile doctor. One doctor finally contacted me today and said that they are not going to schedule Bill due to the fact that the doctor said it wasn't in his area of expertise. We will see what the doctor says tomorrow morning. If this doctor doesn't want to do the surgery, I think I will have him refer Bill to the orthopedic surgeon that did my foot surgery about 14 or 15 years ago. I had arthritis in a very small joint on the top of my foot and it inflamed my entire foot. My regular orthopedic surgeon said that he was the only person that he knew in the area that he trusted to treat my foot. I have a very functional, non-painful foot today! I have never looked back and worked on that foot on concrete floors for about 12 more years.0
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Prayers going up for your husband's medical stuff, Connie! I'm hoping this resurgence of COVID doesn't bring everything to a grinding halt again.
Restfinder, hope your headaches improve. It finally cooled off here after a HOT week.
I spoke with my husband about homeschool and he's open to talking about it more. I've been reading/listening to all the homeschool info I can get my hands on. We have 13 days before we have to let the state know if that's what we're doing.0 -
Have Bill's surgery scheduled for the 20th of August. The doctor didn't really want us taking a trip to Branson and Bill being on his foot more than normal, so we cancelled it and that made the surgery a bit sooner. All-in-all the appointment went well. The MRI showed exactly what the doctor thought, the blood tests were good and all is a go.
Homeschooling is a real commitment for you, but if you are willing to commit to it, I think it is a great tool.0 -
I hope that y'all are able to make that commitment to homeschool. So much better for your child! Thank you for thinking of me. No headache today, praise the Lord!!! We've had A LOT of rain the past few days so I'm sure that the weather front that has been going through is the culprit for those three days of headaches. Phew, our neighbor across the street's yard was completely full of water while the rains were falling. It's gone down quite a bit though. We just get pools of water in our yard. 50% chance for the next three days.
Let us know what day Bill will have his surgery so we can be praying for y'all beforehand and during.
Eye doctor's appointment went well. Getting Mom out and to an appointment is difficult, but necessary! Physically and mentally she is just slowing down. One day at a time and we rejoice that she is still with us and God has blessed us with the ability to help her and care for her. Praise the Lord my eyes hadn't changed much and I may have some answers for the allergy eyes that I have, itching and dryness. We'll see how these drops and wipes work. If you have dry eye, something she told me that my other doctors hadn't is to place a warm wet cloth over my eyes for several minutes to loosen the oils that help the eyes stay moist. She pressed on the bottom of my lower lid and she said that the oil that was coming out was thick and it wasn't clear, a sure sign of dry eye. When you blink that oil coats your eye and mine isn't able to come out - so a warm wet cloth helps with that! Whodathunk!!!0 -
I worked all day yesterday trying to find a way for Bill to get around the house after his surgery. He will be totally non-weight bearing for at least 3 weeks, and I don't think that crutches are the right thing for his only mobility.
A knee scooter was my first thought, but it won't work because he needs a knee replacement on that knee and it would put too much pressure on the knee and would cause a lot of pain.
Then, I thought one of the walkers with a seat and thought he could sit on it and kind of walk it around with the one good foot - That won't work, either. I read up on them and they say that the bearings on the wheels won't hold up to that type of weight and moving the wheels continually.
Then I thought that maybe just our office chair would work. I rolled it into the bathroom and almost fell out of the chair when I tried to roll it from the tile back on to the carpet...that wouldn't work.
My next research was into a small transport wheelchair. A regular wheelchair would be too wide for bathrooms. A transport would work. I kept going to this one on Amazon that was $140, which was a bit more that I really wanted to pay for 3-4 weeks of use, but still about what rental would be. The problem was that they couldn't guarantee it would arrive by his surgery date. I was just flummoxed! There are lots of them, but in reading reviews, I was particular.
This morning one of the first things I thought of was facebook marketplace. I typed in wheelchairs and got ramps, seatbelts, cushions, toys and about everything except wheelchairs. I looked through pages of stuff. I was just getting ready to close the page and saw a picture of the Amazon listing for the one I was looking at. It was brand new, purchased a year ago, but wouldn't work for their needs. Still in the box, plastic still on it...brand new. Straps still on the box. It was about a mile from us and $80! God had it there for us! I went around the house in it and it works great on the hard floors, but we still have a lot of carpet. It is a bit harder on carpet but it works! And it goes through the master bathroom door!0 -
God is so good! That's a great answer to a need. I'm sure it will work well for him.0
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Praise the Lord, Connie! How awesome. We are looking at wheelchairs for mom, I don't think we are too far out for her to be needing something like that, especially when we go out to a restaurant. She just can't think about more than one thing at a time so using the cane or walker in a crowded place isn't working any more. This is the one that we were looking at: https://smile.amazon.com/Medline-Lightweight-Transport-Wheelchair-Handbrakes/dp/B007WA1ZG4
I hope that all goes well with Bill's surgery!0
