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Kim, I have never heard of resolving pneumonia, but what you described makes sense. Is it too late to take another round of antibiotics? Praying that you are completely healed soon.
Connie, I think that for those of us who sing or play an instrument, that becomes a natural vehicle for worship. I'm always thinking of the words as I play, and certain hymns cause me to tear up. Do you still sing on the worship team?
I have two cats and am always amazed at how much of a comfort they are. Both are cuddlers. The younger one, a little over two, has asthma and is getting a shot each month, which is helping. The other one, 9 years old, suddenly stopped eating, so this has been a kind of up and down week. Tests didn't show any problems, and I finally discovered that she wants to stay hidden, but will eat if I place food close by. I'll just keep watching her and see if she comes out of it. I've begun to wonder if she might have had a mild stroke.
Some dear friends from my church back in Atlanta are visiting our area and want to meet me and Beth tomorrow evening. I love reunions like this!
Connie, thanks for sharing about your friends and authors. I get my news online rather than cable TV, so I haven't heard a lot of details about last night's hurricane damage. I do know it is devastating.0 -
Oh man. Anna Travis is an author I like in Florida. Her aunt lost everything and is staying with Anna's parents. She had part of a gate down but no other damage. Praise the Lord! Some of the stories are so sad! Governor Desantis' pre-storm preparations and mandatory evacuations kept that death toll down. This was hard because places without the mandatory evacuation got hit because that storm zig-zagged before it hit land.
I actually got chilly this morning and put my robe on, but it wasn't long before I got warm again! LOL! It's 67 now, my face feels warm but the rest of me feels chilly - kind of like when I had hot flashes, I only ever got them on my face! So glad for that, but everyone could tell I was having one, my face would get a lovely shade of red!
I'm so glad that they are finding some answers for you Bill's daughter! How scary.
Have a blessed weekend, y'all. Love you
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I'm glad everyone you know seems to have weathered the storm, Connie.
Did any of you catch any of the aurora activity last night? The first two pictures are from my house - the second one is a little blurry... I have to be really still while the camera is taking the picture and I must've moved a little. I included it because, while blurry, it is the one with the deepest color. The third picture is from my daughter-in-law at their house. We got mostly red here... they got more green and a little red. I couldn't see anything with the naked eye (she could) and only saw the colors after I took the pictures.
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I am in an area with so many lights that I didn't try to see if a picture would work. Your pictures are amazing!0
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Wow, that's interesting that you could only see it once you took the picture! We saw the Northern Lights when we were in Texas, they were so low it seemed I could reach up and touch them - but it was kind of eerie! We didn't even think to look. Wade probably knew about it, but forgot. He did go out last night, but didn't see anything, which, knowing about the picture, doesn't mean it wasn't there! We did have a deep red sunset though! LOL! I saw some pictures on YouTube where the sky was pink!
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Thanks for sharing those pictures, Cindy. Northern Lights are breathtaking, an awesome glimpse of God in nature.
I had the best time last night with dear church friends from years ago. We ate at a "fancy" taco place called the White Duck. I wasn't sure they would have anything I liked, but Beth ordered me a steak taco and it was great. We just sat and talked for a couple of hours. Such a sweet time!
There's a lot I need to do around the house, but I'm just going to relax. Maybe make a grocery store run. Hope all of you have a great weekend and get to enjoy worship tomorrow.0 -
Did a lot of funny stories get shared, Carole? It seems when we get together with friends, we laugh a lot!0
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Oh yes, lots of funny stories, Kim! He was our church administrator at the same time I was on staff. This family loves the Lord and loves to have a good time. Their son helps Beth out as a mentor of young ministers in the seminary program she runs.
I've been meaning to ask you, Kim... Do you subscribe to one of the Christian movie channels, Pureflix or Up Faith and Family?0 -
3 weeks in a row that Bill made it to church with me. He hates the process of getting in and out of the car, but loves church so much. He rarely smiles now, and has little interest in anything, but he beams when people come by to visit him, he sings along with most of the older songs, and pretty much stays awake during the sermon. Such a blessing!0
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That's wonderful, Connie! I know both of you treasure these Sundays. And that's why I love hymns so much, because their words seem to be imprinted on your soul and are never forgotten.
Our weather was beautiful today and it was good to be at church. I especially enjoy my Sunday School class because our group of 15-20 has become quite close. We haven't had our first freeze yet, but that might happen this week.0 -
Yes, they're predicting our first freeze this week too. Just last night my husband said, 'we need to blow out the sprinkler lines soon'.0
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I can't believe how quickly we went from overly hot to very cool! I'm happy. My overheating has mostly resolved itself and is only occasional now rather than all the time. I even wore a thin sweater to worship last night.
Oh Connie, that just warms my heart. I'm so glad that he is able to go. Praise the Lord for this good gift!
Carole, I agree, what a blessing the old hymns are. I like to listen to hymn sites on YouTube before we go to Church. There's a guy who plays the hymns on guitar and he's very good (Josh something). We don't have any subscriptions right now. We used to have VidAngel but anywhere we could save we had to cut. I'm glad those are out there! We have sites like Pluto and one of them, can't remember it's name, has Christian movies and shows on it. The MANDY movies are really good, and I have enjoyed watching HOW TO TRAIN A DRAGON movies and THE CROODS. There are several other movies that I have really enjoyed but of course can't remember the names. Old movies are easy to find on YouTube. We've recently discovered an old (1950's) TV show called CANNONBALL. It's about two truckers in Canada and Northern America. It's pretty good.
Friday is my MRI for the cyst on my pancreas. I would appreciate your prayers that it turns out to be a benign cyst (as most of them are) as well as me going into that MRI machine. I don't like how closed in it is, so I close my eyes and sing to myself or pray or work on memory verses. The Lord has given me such peace about it. He already knows what it is and He has a purpose for it, either for me or for me to reach someone else. I'll need to keep my eyes open (except when I'm in the machine) for who I can share the Lord with.
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We are supposed to get a freeze tonight. I'm not ready!
Kim we are praying for your MRI.0 -
Praise the Lord, no freeze for us, but it was in the 50's when I finally got up.
This morning feels like I am starting another bout of pneumonia. Breathing is harder and I'm coughing more. I'm hoping that it is actually the gunk from the last pneumonia finally trying to dispel itself! That would be great! I took some cough suppressant and it had antihistamine in it - YAWN!
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47 was our low this morning! I have a little heater going in my office just to get temps up into the 60's, it's 67 right now and I'm getting nicely warm. That will be nice this winter if I can be comfortable at those temps!
MRI tomorrow at noon to get a closer look at that cyst. I don't think that they would take it down to my hips to check on my arthritis in back, SI and hip, but it sure would make it nice since my NP has said she wants one for a fresh look at my arthritis. I've had two, the last one about 10 years ago.
Wade's been able to go kayaking several times recently and taken some pictures - I wish I could still go kayaking, but I can't get in and out of the kayak safely with my bad back and knees. I guess if there was a way to raise it to the height of a bed and I could get in there and then they could slide my kayak into the water and then reverse the process when we got out - hmmm. I wonder if anyone is dreaming up something like that? It's so peaceful out there on the water. It's the only boat I am comfortable in and don't get sea sick on! LOL!0 -
Kayaking is great exercise, but I was raised in a motor boat, water skiing family. Something as small as a kayak scares me. I went out in a fishing boat one time, and it was a bit too close to the water for me, and I was the only one in the boat that was a swimmer.
Today was a try to rest and recuperate kind of day. I got up and gave Bill a bath this morning and had a huge pile of towels, wash cloths, etc that needed washed, so I did a couple loads of laundry then sat down for the rest of the day. Giving him a bath is exhausting, then all of the towels, etc. I think I used 5 wash cloths, 4 hand towels and a bath towel, plus the rest of the used hand towels & tea towels and ones in the hamper.0 -
I ended up using the Bath Wipes with Mom. It would take two or three of those, but then we'd just throw them away! I'm so glad that you are able to take care of Bill. Even though he doesn't understand as much as he used to, I can't imagine that that doesn't mean a lot to him. You are amazing! It took three of us to take care of Mom. A friend came over every time we had to dress Mom, bathe Mom, move her.
The MRI went okay. I handled being in the machine fine, but it was very different from the first two times I'd had MRI's done. This time they put a thing on my chest she called the coils. Then she strapped me and the coils together. It was mildly heavy, felt like a weighted blanket, which I love. But, I had to keep taking a deep breath and then holding it, and I'm sure that machine was causing the air to leak out of my nose, so I'd stiffen my body and try to keep it from happening - then she'd have to take that shot again because I moved. I tried holding my breath when I got home, piece of cake (as long as it isn't for very long - LOL!) I think I was in the machine for around 40 minutes. Last two times I just had rubber ear plugs in, this time they gave me headphones and played music for me (The Message on Sirius), the only Christian music they had. I couldn't hear it much of the time and when I could I would start tapping my foot - oops - DON'T MOVE! I was rather exhausted when I came out of there, but then the Valium probably contributed to that too. We did go out to eat afterwards and I got one of my favorites - a Reuben Sandwich from Kountry Kitchen! Yeehaw!
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We started out using the disposable bath cloths, but I just felt better using real towels and wash cloths with the no-rinse foam soap. I wish I had known about the bath cloths when we camped, though! They would have been great in the camper.
Today I needed to run by Mom's and talk to her about the Medicare changes. Her prescription plan went from $3.30 a month to $38.30 a month (Bill's did too). I found a free plan for them that actually pays fairly well for their prescriptions, but I didn't want to change it without telling her. Anyway, I had $45 in BigLot's gift cards that Kip had left at the house because they didn't have BigLots in the area where his kids live. I got an email that our BigLots was going out of business (all in the KC area) and thought I needed to use them, and my 15% birthday discount, so I got Bill in the car and off we went. I got a few grocery items, 2 bath towels, 2 hand towels, 2 wash cloths, 2 soft soap, a beautiful Christmas wreath and some large stems of silk poinsettias for $1.37. I really was hoping they had coffee, since I was running low, but am happy with my haul!0 -
Wow, that's awesome! I got my recliner from them - it was the most comfortable seat that I found in all the ones I tried. A bit different when we got the new one home, not as many bodies making it as squishy so I've had to try and help it along so it's as comfortable as in the store.
I better check my drug plan. Right now it's free and paying really well. I haven't gotten any kind of notice that either of the things I chose in August have changed so right now I'm just going to let them ride since they have been quite good. I have a Medigap plan as well as the drug and A and B. I knew that when I finally got Medicare there would be lots of tests and visits to the doctor to sort me out, these all help a lot. None of the meds I take are very expensive anyway, so this just makes it that much easier. I still have to pay for the deductibles, but most everything else will be covered.
Gorgeous Fall day here today. We should be up to 73 or so - so happy! I can't believe how hot I got just before we went to Bible Class and Worship, but our pastor had them put the fan on me so I did well until it passed! I hadn't had such a strong "hot flash" for a week or so.
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We have kept our medigap plan since taking it. It has gotten expensive, but because of Bill's health, our agent told us to leave it alone. Mine, I could save some money on, but the plan offers a good discount if we are both insured, so it isn't worth changing. I do check the prescription plans every year, though. I won't change mine. It used to be 50 cents a month and went to free. I don't take any prescriptions, so not worth messing with. The Medicare website is such a great tool for finding the right prescription plan. You plug in your prescriptions and a few local pharmacies that you trust and it shows all the plans in your area and how much your total drug + plan will cost you for the year.0
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I checked both the drug plan and my Medi-gap plan and they will stay the same. Wade and I watched quite a few YouTube videos as the time for me to get on Medicare got closer and we found an insurance agency that would help us. I was able to sign up through their site for the Medi-gap plan and then used Medicare to sign up for my drug plan. It was all pretty easy.
I get antsy when I have a test and then don't hear quickly the results. I was a little frustrated to know that my CT scan results were sitting in my folder but the doctor hadn't been into the office to see them. I got that result a week after the test. I hope they get the MRI results to me soon. I expect it will say - no problems. Twice I've had symptoms of something being wrong (heart and lungs) but every test came back negative and they had no idea why I was having symptoms - so they gave them a name unique to me! Other doctors have no idea what it is when I tell them IST or allergy induced asthma. I am just wondering if I had pneumonia when I went through those breathing issues because it's the same as I have gone through recently, but if you don't have a fever, they don't think it's that. I don't even remember them listening to my lungs, just doing the asthma tests.
I hope that y'all have a very good day in Jesus!0 -
Well, I filled out my mail-in-ballot today. I guess I will send it tomorrow. I don't know where to vote and haven't wanted to leave Bill to find one of the places. Bill didn't get registered after the move. Today I took him to the DL bureau to get his state ID card and they registered him to vote...but will be for the next election. I had a 11am appointment for him. They told me last year when I got my DL renewed that I just needed to get Bill in before his DL was expired by a year. We were running early and I got there about 10:10 and they called our number as soon as we walked toward the chairs. Easy Peasy, and they were very nice to us.0
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I typed a reply and don't know what happened to it! Hope you get your results soon!
We went today to the DL bureau and got Bill's state id. I didn't think it was necessary with a passport, but we have had places that refuse the passport, but will take his expired DL. I knew we needed to get it done. It was really easy, and they even got us in early. Our appointment was at 11 and we were gone by 10:45.0 -
Wow, that's very unusual, praise the Lord for that blessing! I have a state ID, my last DL expired in '88!
I called my doctor's office and they said the results aren't there yet. boohoo!0 -
Early voting starts in my community on the 26th, but I'll actually be working another DJT rally that day. My plan is to vote on Monday, the 28th. I talked to my dad and both he and I are planning to mark every box (not just mark the straight ticket box) - that way there can be no shenanigans with my ballot. (Not that I really think there would be - my precinct is very like-minded; I don't see any of the opposition signs in my area... but still.)0
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I have sent in a mail ballot for the election. I hate doing it that way after the last presidential election, but I don't know where any of the polling options are, and am not sure how long it would take to vote (last time it took almost 2 hours for early voting), so will have to get someone to sit with Bill. This was much easier. I did get Bill's voters registration for the next election. I couldn't get him there in time for this election.0
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I'm glad we live in a small town. We had to wait in line for about five minutes and then another few minutes to fill out the form (I did vote straight party line) and we were done! The two parties are so different, one bent on destroying this country and turning it into a socialist/communistic country filled with wickedness and the other just working to help us survive and hopefully do a little bit of thriving. It's hard to believe that any Christian would be voting for the dems - the party of abortion, sex changes for children and prisoners and illegal aliens (on our dime), denigrating Christianity to the point of making it illegal, letting anyone vote in our elections, even non-citizens. I don't agree with everything 45 has done or said, but at least he is telling us he will give the states the vote on what to do about abortion, bring back our own oil to this country, not support Iran but rather support Israel, and turn the economy around to our advantage - oh, and stop the flood of illegals, terrorists, and gangs from other countries coming in here! Okay, that's my two cents! It is rare to see a non-conservative sign on the lawns of our tiny towns down east.
Hopefully the results of my MRI will be at the doctor's office today! I just looked up how long it can take to get back results, and for something that isn't life-threatening it could take as much as two weeks, so I still have quite a long wait.
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I am so worried that our Christians won't get out and vote! It is a really critical election and there are a lot of people that don't like either candidate and won't look into what the party stands for and who the party supports and just will stay home.0
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That's true, Connie. Neither person is exemplary in their behavior, but we know that one of them has proven themselves in the past, and the other has failed miserably. One I know can do what is promised, and the other hasn't proved they can even tell the truth! Whether he will do what he promised is yet to be seen, but at least with him there's a chance.0
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And with him, the platform is a LOT more in line with my beliefs and principles. He has proven himself, but he sure has made a fool of himself, too. I likened him to a little kid having a temper tantrum.0
