Daily Chats and Encouragements
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Thank you so much! That's sweet. Oh dear, Wade bought several sweets to celebrate our 37th year together. Pumpkin ice cream sandwiches, a pumpkin roll, a small bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans and then this morning I found a beautiful lighthouse and basket of shells waiting for me. What a sweetheart! Did I get him anything - no, just a lovely smile and a great big thank you. I didn't think we were going to do more than go out and eat tomorrow night! What a wonderful surprise. I'm a heel! LOL!
Feeling tired again today. My arm is still sore, but not quite as bad as yesterday. Lately I have heard on the news several times about natural immunity - of course they start talking about it after I get my shot. But... those with natural immunity are well covered for that first year after having had Covid, then the antibodies wane. The shot brings us back to strength as well as making us safer than those who have just the shot. It's been 18 months for us and that, even without this information, made us go ahead and get the vaccine - especially for Mom's sake.
Bren, I can't imagine losing my eye lashes, although it might make my lids itch less! Hmmm. I hide behind glasses so I would probably never notice! LOL! I would make sure to use eye drops a couple times a day to wash out the junk that your lashes would have protected your eyes from. It's surprising your doctors haven't noticed.
Well, y'all have an awesome day and a wonderful service tonight if you have that chance.
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Hope you really enjoyed your Anniversary dinner. I love steak but only have one maybe 3 times a year and it's usually a chuck steak or a rib eye when on sale. Since I'm cutting a lot of red meat, I use some ground beef on occasion, have lots of chicken and fish to play with.
Yep...that eyelash thing was a shock. I can't see without my glasses and have no idea what I was looking at/for unless it was a lash IN my eye...in my magnifying mirror...then saw that I hardly have any! I googled it even. Age, medications, endocrine issues are part of the cause, as well as the slow follicle regrowth. My Doctors never get so close as to notice I suppose?
We are to get 2 days this next week at 87...hooya....come on Fall. I will start praying for that mild winter about November 15th! If we have another horrid storm like this February...I will stay home...rather than risk another fall on the ice. That was awful! This shoulder pain is a daily reminder of that fall and the terror it instilled as I lay there screaming for help.
I need to get the cart out and go take a few locks off in a bit. I did a rental...she'd reserved a 5x10...came back and said she'd need a larger unit so transferred to a 10x15. reminded me of the time a lady called for a price on the smallest unit we had, to store a car in. I told her that wouldn't work...she said "but it's a small car!"....LOL Memories...good for a giggle.1 -
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My "Baby" cat has had her babies since I saw her last week. She's one of the litter I helped with a year ago March. Her other babies must be about 5-6 months old or so. I've only seen the 2 of them once. She's still friendly and it still makes me sad that I can't feed her but thems the rules....and I will abide by them.
I look forward to getting home and hunkering down....and hope to have productive off days on Tue/Wed. I had a flooding issue in my apartment bathroom on Thursday night but they took care of it Friday. I need to wash my mats when I do sheets...maybe Wednesday?1 -
Did you see any of the bad weather from that tropical storm/hurricane that hit the coast of Texas, Bren? I was praying you would be alright.
Wow, my fish oil is not sitting well on my tummy! Gack!
What a world it would be if even the people in the Church would live by that verse, Marilyn!
Something to think about. With our new building getting ready for use our Pastor has been making sure that we understand that that is not our Church - the people are the Church. Sounds easy, huh? How often to you call the place you worship your church! I was thinking about this and the thing that made it even clearer to me was this - when rapture happens, is Jesus come back for buildings or for people? He is going to remove the Church, not buildings but His bride (again, not buildings). Another thing to remember is, in these last days the government wants more and more control over the Church and can do that through their buildings. If you have a 501C3 tax exempt status then you are even more susceptible to being controlled by the government because you've asked the government for permission to be a Church. The Church was still the Church whether they met in homes, catacombs, fields, or buildings - the place was merely where they met. If you can't meet in your building anymore, do you cease to be what your building is called? No, you are still the Church, just meeting somewhere else. You are because God called you to be, not because you got permission from the government to be. The Church belongs to God, not the State. You belong to God, not the State. They have no say in how you worship or where you worship - but in these last days you may suffer because you do worship the True and Living God!
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Kim - I learned the really hard way that I can't take fish oil. I know it is so good for you, but I'm afraid to try it again, even if they say it won't bother you.
You comment made me think of the old Gaither song "The Church Truimphant" Below are the lyrics and the recitation going with it.
Let the Church be the Church
Let the people rejoice
For we've settled the question
We've made our choice
Let the anthems ring out, songs of victory swell
For the church triumphant, is alive and well
You know, this ship's been through battles before
The storms and the tempests and all the rocks on the shore
Though the hull may be battered
Inside it's safe and dry
It's gonna carry its cargo to the port in the sky
God has always had a people.
Many a foolish conqueror has made the mistake of thinking that because he had forced the church of Jesus Christ out of site, he had stilled its voice and snuffed out its life, but God has always had a people.
The powerful current of a rushing river is not diminished because it's forced to flow underground.
Now the purest water is the stream that burst crystal clear into the sunlight after it has forced its way through solid rock.
There have been [?] who like Simon The Magician sought to barter on the open market that power which cannot be bought or sold, but God has always had a people.
Men who could not be bought and women who were beyond purchase.
God has always had a people.
There have been times of affluence and prosperity when the church's message has been nearly deluded into oblivion by those who sought to make it socially attractive, neatly organized, financially profitable, but God has always had a people.
Yes it's been gold platted, draped in purple and encrusted with jewels.
It has been misrepresented, ridiculed, lauded and scorned but God has always had a people.
And these followers of Jesus Christ have been, according to the whim of the times, elevated sacred leaders and modern heretics.
Yet through it all, their march is on that powerful army of the meek.
God's chosen people who cannot be bought, blabbered, murdered or stilled.
On through the ages they march, the church!
God's church triumphant!
Listen child of God, its alive.
Discouraged pastor, it's his church and it's still alive.
Lonely missionary, sow that seed with confidence.
The church is still alive.
Old saint, you're not alone or forgotten.
The church is still alive.
Its alive my broken-hearted friend, it's still alive.
Busy mothers, just keep trusting in Jesus, the church is alive.
You're not alone out there [?], just keep looking to Jesus.
The church is alive.
And faithful fathers, there's rest in the Lord.
God's church is still alive.
So family of God lift your hands, lift your hands and praise the Lord.
The church, God's church triumphant is alive, it's alive my friends.
Alive and well
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Amen and Amen. It's getting smaller, sometimes it feels like there is but a remnant left, but we are out there, hallelujah for God's great salvation and sanctification!
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Nothing here yet from the storms, Kim. I'm in the middle of the state but had hoped for some lovely rain at least.1
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Ooo, we got a doozy of a storm last night - thunder and lightening and lots of rain. I was hoping it would rain because I didn't want to go out and water the plants - although the rain means my morning glory isn't going to die back any time soon - LOL! So glad you are in the middle of the state and not on the coast. Praise the Lord, no bad storms through here either, and we are on the coast.
Getting used to my new laptop. Can't believe I'm typing normally on it. I have trouble reaching the shift key on the right and keep hitting the enter key, just need to get used to it. I got an Acer Aspire 5. It showed up on almost all of the lists that I looked at, in the top five, sometimes number one, so I went with that. My tower was an Acer as well. This one is very fast - yeah! It's kind of scary though, everything I had on my desk top showed up on this computer - so I must have it saved on One Drive. I also have it all saved on a memory stick. It seems like what they put on here is several months behind what I had on my other computer though, so I may have to update some of the things that showed up. All of my pictures showed up as well - so glad for that.1 -
Woohoo! I am so intimidated by new technical gadgets that I let Office Depot do the transfer off my old computer to my new one a couple years or so back. I still have issues with Windows 10 as I used Windows 7 for 12 years I think.
My boss asked me to work Tuesday since Debbie at the other office has Dr.'s appointments that day so I'll have Monday (vacation day) Work Tuesday, then have Thursday/Friday for my 2 regular off days. Debbie has always been willing to fill in gaps so I'll do the same when asked. It's been awhile since I was asked to shift days.
I'll work on my schedule some this week. I've been floundering about for much too long and it shows....1 -
The only problem I've run into so far is with E-Sword. They no longer have NASB77, which is a more accurate translation. Unfortunately, my brain gets scrambled trying to read the KJV which is a good translation, but the language makes me stop and try to figure out what they are talking about! I use the NKJV for Church which our pastor is using the KJV or NASB77, Olive Tree doesn't offer the NASB at all and it's the easiest one to maneuver through on my Kindle. I would love to find a way to move the E-Sword I have on my desk top over to my lap top because it has the NASB77 on it. I paid for it and have the code, the new one just won't accept the code and go and find me that version! Boo! I may have to find another brand that offers the NASB77. I memorized my verses and have done my coloring all in that translation. My AVG worked fine. I went to my account and downloaded the ones that I have paid for and we were off and running with security. I guess so much of my stuff was on One Drive that it all just transferred over.1
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Kim - Hope that you enjoy your new laptop! I have had mine for over a year and I still hit num-lock instead of back space about half the time! I have a Lenovo. I really wanted a laptop with the same memory/speed, etc as my mac computer, but didn't want to pay the price. I did my research and found this one on sale. I have really enjoyed it, especially when Bill was in the wheelchair, because there wasn't room for my chair by the desk I usually keep my laptop on. I could just take it to the couch and got by fine. The one thing about laptops that I don't like are the mousepad things. I just hook up a wireless mouse and I'm a happy camper.0
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Getting some laundry done before work...yay! Once I get it in, I HAVE to finish. Each run at it includes 3 round trips to the laundry room if all goes well. The bottom dryer was working last time and I was so glad. I am so short and reaching the top ones are a struggle. I use my spaghetti tool to grab from the depths of the machines.
When I went for my HEB order after work, my phone was dead and I couldn't let them know I was there. I flagged down a lady, thinking she worked there and she was just trying to get to her car with her stuff. She helped me anyway by texting my location in. I have to charge the phone daily and I rarely use it...mostly for such as this...store pick ups. Oh well. I do have a charger in my car but it wasn't charging enough, quick enough to use it.
Computers: Mine is a teeny little Dell desk top and I love it. Refurbished from Amazon for $99.00. It serves me well, then we have the HP at the office and I spend a LOT of time on it....work related and personal stuff. I am so glad for the ability to go far and do much on these things!1 -
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Praise the Lord - Bill has been released from the doctor's care for his foot, and he is out of the boot! He is still having some issues with walking, but I think it is mainly just because he is so used to that heavy boot, and having to keep some of the weight off of the foot.1
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So happy for Bill (and you!) You'll have to hold him down, he'll want to float away without the weight of that boot. Ask Bren, she often get's grounded using one of those things. Praise the Lord, I've never had to!
So glad you are doing well and able to make those laundry runs, Bren! I am so very grateful for my washer and dryer. When we first got married and for several years afterwards we went to the laundry mat - not fun!
Doing well today. We took Mom out for a little ride in her transport chair yesterday. Glad they have a seatbelt on it because there isn't a lot of smooth ground for us to move her around on. Mostly we need it to get her to the building and Church meetings or parties as well as when we go to restaurants and shopping. Mom and Wade will get their second vaccination this week and I'll get my second on Oct. 11th. Don't like that we need to do it, but with the stronger variant and Mom's delicate health and the distance between our having had it and now - well, it just seemed wise.
Y'all have a restful evening. Love you1 -
We were going to go yesterday for the vaccine on the way home from the doctor and it was during their lunch hour. Today we had to buy a new dishwasher, so decided to stop by on the way home and it was just 5 minutes until lunch and not enough time to do it....who knows, but we did make the decision to do it.
We put Bill's chair in the back of the car and we used it at Lowes to get the dishwasher and into WalMart to the pharmacy. It was much easier and quicker. I think it may "live" there since Bill's knee is still so bad.1 -
Today was my weekly meeting with my TOPS chapter - lost 2.2 pounds this week and last week lost 1.2 so am on a roll. Looking forward to have week 3 with a loss also. The food plan I am following which my doctor has approved of really helps. I know I can do many weeks of loss when I keep my focus on my Lord and be in obedience to Him with how I treat my body and what I put into it - feel so much healthier when I eat whole foods, nothing processed and 3 meals with no snacks.
Well it is mid afternoon, we are going to visit our 2nd born daughter that lives in town - we haven't seen her in a couple of weeks so it is time we saw her and got a hug - also looking forward to seeing the grandsons.
Will connect again tomorrow.
- Marilyn
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Yeah, Marilyn. Keep up the good work! Don't lose sight of the goal.
Yesterday's weigh in for me was the same, down 2.5 pounds. I forgot to get on the scale this morning, but that could be a good thing after yesterdays debacle! LOL! Am on track today.
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I did loose one pound in the last 2 weeks. Loss is very slow for me. I was hoping for a better report, but this is still going the right direction.0
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I had a rough night last night with the shoulder pain and getting up 7 times or more. Tomorrow is the first of October and I've floundered badly since our move over here.
I had a very few days with better BP numbers. Today it's 148/92 and some of that is a reflection of the rough night I suppose.
Kim, it does feel good to be down to one round of laundry to do currently. I miss the days of having a washer/dryer. I used to hang things out to dry in the "olden days" but that would be a hardship these days.
Congrats Marilyn on rejoining TOPS and the progress being made. This girl needs some of that discipline.0 -
Time to reset your goals, Bren, and then daily make a new resolution to keep those goals. I know it's hard when you are hurting to not grab something fast or not so good for you - but we have to keep the big picture in our mind and realize too that the sooner we get this weight off the easier it will be on our joints!
Woohoo, Connie. For all the days you said you didn't do well, you still had a loss. Way to go.
Did well today, no dessert grabs. I did have chicken casserole for dinner which has crackers as a topping, but I didn't do a snack, so hopefully that will even things out.
Good night.
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Oh yes...you are right my friend! I will be doing that today. I entered my stats on the goals thread and will work on a plan of recovery for October. I'd like to finish this rather tumultuous year well.
I will have a busy day at the office, need to drop my check off at the bank on the way in. I'll get my lunch stuff packed to go shortly.
I have cancelled my last 2 orders at HEB...knowing it wasn't something I "needed" at the moment and will wait until I do "need" something...like my coffee..and place an order then.
I got to see some beautiful cats in the office yesterday. Mary rescued a beautiful black kitty, she named Queenie, and she had 4 other beauties in the office as well. I'm not sure if she was cat sitting? Tho I can't "have" one...or feed the ferals.....I know those are safe and loved and fixed! Any pet would be a trip hazard for me.
I need to do my catch up stuff and get ready for work. Have a blessed day, all.
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Love that picture and the prayer. I put it as the picture for my lock screen. A very good prayer to remember for each day!0
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I love it too, Kim. I have copies in different places, laminated. Here on my desk, one on the freezer, one on my notebook cover...I love the picture on this one too. Love the beach, the water...
I muddled thru quite well yesterday in spite of my fatigue and I went to bed early last night. I took my Tylenol/Codeine so rested better with less pain.
I did have a busy day and no bosses about so I was happy. Chris laid out so I had no maintenance. He'd told me last Friday he'd had a good mind to call Zach and say he didn't want to work that day. He took a "sick day" yesterday. We get 4 a year but he sees it as another 4 extra days off tho I told him you're supposed to be sick to take them. He doesn't care and I can't make him. He didn't want to work on doors and clean units.
I had washed a boatload of plastics by hand the other day and now need to unload them from the dishwasher rack so I can load it up and clean my kitchen. I'll do that before work.0 -
Beautiful weather here, enjoying it a lot.
So glad that you were able to get some sleep! That is so helpful.
Not much going on in my world today. Tired, again, but plugging along. Tired of the tummy troubles I'm having. I ate a tortilla with peanut butter and jelly when I got nauseous this morning. Now I will have the side effects for a day or two of eating the wheat. Sigh! At least I have something I can take to minimize the side effects!
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I had nausea about half the night but I think it may have been the peaches. I ate 2 servings of slices, no sugar added. Went to bed too soon after dinner perhaps?0
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Thinking of all of you - praying that you all stay healthy, that you will follow a good healthy eating plan remembering to take your health seriously.
The church we are attending now has had the kickoff in September for all the different programs that are starting up for the year. This past week we went to the AGM which was interesting - have never seen one so well run. Then the next day the lead Pastor came for a visit - it was nice to get to know him better. Came to know that one of the churches that he was working at was where my mom and step dad went - my step dad was a retired pastor of that church so it was interesting to met someone who knew him. Then yesterday morning we went back to the church for Prime Timers for those over 55 (it was a group of 50 and think all of us were in our 70's) Next week we start a course that goes for 10 weeks and will also be taking the membership class at the the end of the month. So things are getting a bit more busy but am ok with that
Have a good weekend everyone
- Marilyn
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I like the Prime Timers concept and would like that. Sounds like you're moving right along, Marilyn. Enjoy each day.0
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Bren - yes the Prime Timers is a great group. We have lots of seniors in our Church but at this time due to the pandemic only 50 can meet at a time - but that is a nice size to get to no each other. Am looking forward to next month to see what the group will do - it was suggested by one of the fellows that we should be singing more as a group.
Am ready to go now to church - we are really enjoying this new church we have decided to attend. We have been in person now since July but have been listening on line since back in February. And we were just told that with the online that they do that they are having many people from all over Canada and even in the USA listen - makes me think that the Church is doing what they are suppose to do - reach out to all in the name of Christ.
Have a great day everyone
- Marilyn
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