Daily Chats and Encouragements
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A bit quiet in here - praying for you - am ok getting ready for my surgery on Thursday so dealing with some extra anxiety. When the surgery is over I will start participating more just need to get through this week
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Prayers for you Marilyn...may God go before you, to prepare the way and may the procedure be as painless as possible, done quickly and cause you no trouble. My heart goes out to you, having reached this stage. May you find rest and comfort in Jesus in the days ahead. Gentle hugs...0
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Well boo-hooey...those freaky bugs have come back for a return engagement. I've stripped my bed,sprayed my bed and will order some more of the spray....and keep it on hand.
I truly enjoyed the weeks they were on vacation and pray it happens again very soon. I managed to find and capture on tape, those on my bed and my blanket. I do despise them!0 -
Ugh, I can't believe they came back! I hope they go away fairly easily this time.
Marilyn, praying all went well with your surgery and you find peace as you go through this new phase in your life. I know that it will be a bit before you go through dialysis, so praise the Lord for the short reprieve!
Here are those pictures, Bren:
The first picture is my front yard, the second our garden out back. On the left are the blueberries. There is a blackberry bush hiding below the bottom left hand corner of the picture! It is growing in a fire ant hill! Eek! The other beds hold tomatoes, green peppers (of which we have lost two to something eating them near the roots), onions, okra, and zucchini. We have potatoes in grow bags, so hopefully those will do alright. We had some potatoes that got old and grew eyes, so we used those - hope they work. The onions were a bit old too but so far at least two of them are coming up!
A young lady in our church has some Silky Chickens and some of her eggs hatched (at least 15). She asked if we wanted any, but we just can't take care of them. If we were 10 years younger maybe, but not now, and especially not since there isn't a lot that I can do. I feel bad. Our neighbors have some chickens though and I can enjoy theirs! Love y'all.
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That's so lovely Kim! I don't have personal yard space but I claim it! I hope all your plants do well....can you kill the fire ants without damage to the bush? Like with the creeps I deal with, I can't see a single, positive reason for their existence!
That was so sweet of the offer of some chicks but yes, they do take work! Perhaps they will find another person to share that bounty with! My Mom raised chickens, Guinee hens, pigs and stray babies like raccoons, deer, lamb and possum. Living in the country, we could do that.
I only got 2 hours of sleep last night, and was up for 12 hours...managed to finally get a grocery order after 2 cancellations. That is very hard on my back for sure. I am restocked with ice and produce.
I got down for a nap just after Noon and 30 minutes later...was awakened by a series of sirens racing by....there were 8 or more, assorted. Perhaps it will say on the news tonight what it was about. I did finally drop back off for a nice, refreshing nap.
A 12 year old was arrested in Merkel ISD for falsely reporting a school shooting. The things kids do these days confounds me. They SHOULD be arrested!
This was in the news line up. Does anybody proof read anymore?
2300 block of Robertson Drive – Theft of Property
A resident reported he let his dog go to the bathroom in his front yard and when he came back outside, the dog was gone. A neighbor down the street stated a dog picked the car up. The dog is worth $2,500.
Yes folks...a dog picked the car up.....
Mary, our manager came to tell me they were picking up the screen/storm doors today and hoped to have them put on this week. They are giving me mine but I'm to keep mum as they cost $250 each. Since I have been here so long and am such a good tenant! I will only have to pay the $75 for installation. My current one is over 20 years old and swinging by one weary hinge...like me some days! I am looking forward to my gift!
Thank you! I pray this round will be of short duration as well. The nasty little buggers. They have no respect for boundaries. I'm glad they don't run super fast so I can snag the ones I see with my trusty scotch tape.
Love and prayers for us all as we wind down another day. Take good care of yourselves and be blessed.
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Oh, that picture is so cute! Yep, I get it! LOL! We are going to try and go to an air show on Saturday and I am seriously considering bringing the wheeled chair that we used for Mom. There is no food allowed in the area so we will have to go out to the car to eat lunch. That means I will have to travel the distance from the car to where we will be sitting five times! Hope it won't be a long distance. I am going to try and walk it and hope it works out, bringing the chair will just make too much to have to bring in and out. I've even considered just eating a good breakfast and skipping lunch then going out for dinner afterwards. Sounds good to me! Not sure what Wade will think yet though.
Woke with a bad headache this morning, a bit of nausea. Thank the Lord I didn't get sick and the pain decreased quickly. Praise the Lord I did get 7 hours of sleep last night. I woke at 3:30 yesterday morning and couldn't go back to sleep, but I did take a nap in the afternoon so was able to be alert for Church!
The fire ants haven't been affected by vinegar and baking soda or boiling water, so Wade is going to try something else that isn't supposed to affect the fruit of the plant. We'll see. So far they don't seem to be bothering the plant, and are probably keeping away any underground bugs that could hurt it! LOL. As long as they don't hurt us I guess it doesn't really matter!
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OH! Enjoy yourselves. My friend Laura and her hubby had intentions for ours just recently and got in two different traffic jams, finally just pulled out and went home. I went to the one at the Air Base in 1997 with my friend Travis.
I wish I had kept Mom's fancy walker with the seat. Ten years ago I didn't need it so much tho and I only took the necessities to finish her finances and the things that meant something to me. I left the rest for my brother to deal with, use or sell. Until the goofy manager refused to let him in to finish the job, anyway. He was an oddball and liar I found out.
I find my cane to be of immense help. I keep one in the car and have one here to use daily. I have my trusty walker too but am thankful it's not a daily need yet.
I got my new storm door today! Oh Joy! It's beautiful. My old one was actually a bit over 25 years old! Wow...I will be at this complex for 27 years in August. Time does fly.
I did up a Wal-Mart order for Saturday. I don't go out there often anymore...as if it's a 30 mile drive...it's about 10 maybe, one way. Just feels like 30. I still have a half tank of gas I put in my car last November. LOL I do NOT have any travel bugs. I filled up twice for the whole year...in April and November.
I think I'll got check mail and see if any hungry kitties are lurking...then it's back to be, me thinks.
Hoping our Marilyn is doing well after her surgery. Prayers for us all in this brand new day. Love you...0 -
Oh, I know. I am keeping her in my prayers. Hope she will feel up to coming on soon and sharing her precious pictures and some news!
Went to Roses this morning to check out the new tires on the car. Wade found a flat the other day and the tire had a hole in it, so, there is a guy we know who comes out to your house to work on your car and he came yesterday and put on a whole set of tires! Woohoo! Several people in the church have used him for other stuff - right handy! I was able to find a couple of T-shirts in the men's department. Oh my, I found a gorgeous white dress in my size. It would be awesome with a pair of white leggings, but it is really see-through so I'd have to wear something under it and that would end up making me hot... It was just 7:99, but I left it there. We also found this awesome tote with all the lighthouses on the coast of NC (we've visited three of the five, all of them are just a few hours from where we live) - but I couldn't think of anything that I would use it for - other than putting my laundry in it! LOL! We left that one there too. Might go back and get it though, just because I love it and it's just $7.99 as well. My T-shirts were just $2.49 each! Love that store!
Well, I give you the whole low-down after we go to the air-show! I sure hope we don't run into those traffic problems.0 -
That's great! To have someone to come to your spot for help! That's a blessing and a whole set of tires...wow! For me....I am so very thankful for my Triple A membership and Firestone.
I used to get my tires at Discount tires but after not using my card for 4 years, they closed my account. That's OK, now that I'm retired and not wanting to gallivant about, I let my Firestone, on this side of town, take care of my car needs.
You did good...in leaving behind things. I do that with my online shopping carts...I usually have some trimming and deleting to do as I often uhm....have things leaping into the cart that are not to my benefit!
So many things this girl gets in trouble with...and I do have goals to work on that require better actions from me!
My feet are finally back to normal and I am so grateful! That was another rough ride. I am so thankful for prayers in my behalf when I'm dragging in the valley experiences.
I'm going to get coffee on, check yesterday's mail and feed some kitties. They have been skittish with the door changes going on...
Today's stats:
236.4
126/78 76
182
I tried something new and so delicious yesterday....Avocado toast on thin sliced 15 grain...with some hot sauce....oh my! Why haven't I done that before?
I have a Wal-Mart order to pick up this morning and some meds at Walgreen's. I have things coming in from Amazon today...phone batteries and the like. My home phones gave it up after 10 years. It will still ring but I can't dial out and it shows dead batteries.
Have a blessed weekend all....Love and prayers.
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Thank you all for praying - they have been answered. The operation went well and the fiscula is working - I have to test it 2x a day to make sure I get a 'buzz', my arm does have a bandage over the stitches and am quite swollen. Big thing is I am not to lift anything with that are for the time being so am really aware of doing things differently. I am black and blue from bruises both where the operated and also where they put the IV on the other arm. Thoughit is sore I have been able to stay off of pain killers which is good but do have some tyenlol should it be bad - they told me it could 'hurt' for up to 3 weeks so will see how that goes. The bandage looks a mess but the kidney clinic is closed till Tuesday so I will be calling then to go up to them to have them change the bandage and make sure it is healing well. But am feeling ok so that is great.
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Oh that's great Marilyn! So glad to see you checking in and in good spirits. I hear you on the bruising. There's no way around that it seems and it takes a long while to clear up. Continued prayers for your journey in the time ahead.0
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Oh, that is hilarious! That would be me! It's a workout just to get dressed some mornings.
Marilyn, praise the Lord all is going well so far. Lord willing you won't need to use it for a while. You be good and use that arm as little as possible!
I saw your numbers, Bren, very good. My weight is just a wee bit higher than yours, 236.8 (well, that's if my doctor's office is still two pounds heavier than mine! Otherwise, it's 238.8! LOL) I'm so glad your feet are doing better. Praise the Lord.
Had a good time at the air show. It was about 3,000 steps to get to the venue from our car. I didn't realize that I had gotten some blisters on that journey but felt them when going back. Had to stop about five times for those and a racing heart on our way back to the car. The airshow was very good. It was cloudy in the morning, so a nice breeze kept things cool. Then most of the clouds burned off, but the Lord sent a breeze just when I was getting really warm/hot. I stayed under the umbrella most of the afternoon. Then some clouds rolled in near the end, so nice. There were a ton of people there - Seymour Johnson Airbase in Goldsboro, NC, about two hours away from us.
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Life may not require perfection, but God requires believers or atonement perfection from His children. He requires us to be perfect in love as He is perfect. He requires us to be righteous as He is righteous. Not absolute perfection, only God can have that, but a perfection that has us totally committed and submitted to the will of God.
Doing much better today. Not nearly as sore, although I do have my thigh brace on and my compression garments. I need to squeeze off some of this fluid and get a little bit of weight down. I was 238-240 this morning. I think I will put it that way - the first number is if I take two pounds away from what my doctor's scale would say and then what my scale says! I am going to cut out all wheat from my diet and curb my intake of dairy. Not sure how or when I will exercise. I am also going to stop eating at 7 PM, so I will have an 11 - 12 hour fast through the night. I've read that intermittent fasting doesn't really help, but it makes me stop at a certain time and for me, that's a good thing.
Went to the eye doctor. All looks good for me. I ordered a pair of computer glasses, the intermediate section is bigger than the other two, so that will be nice. Nothing should go wrong as far as vitreous detachments go, I'm only supposed to have one for each eye, and I've had both of mine. As long as it doesn't cause a retinal detachment, I'm good! I'll go back in a year. Next month is the dentist!
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Happy Wednesday, my lovelies! I hope your day will be very good. Love you!1
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That's a good report, Kim....I think it's been 2 years since my last eye appointment but then I haven't been having issues except for my aversion to getting dressed and driving?
My weight is back up after a careless week...I need to be done with such things. The pain is a deterrent to good behavior but not an excuse to stay in trouble. I am ready to try Advil for the pain tho I am advised not to. The Tylenol doesn't even pretend to relieve it.
I managed with God's help and in His strength, to get my chores done the past 2-3 days. Today will be lighter efforts needed.
I had laundry picked up yesterday and had the phone/cable guy out. After replacing the phone batteries Sunday, it still didn't work....but it was a 5 second fix...he just unplugged the power cord, plugged it back in to reset. I may have to pay the $60 fee for his service trip....but at least I hadn't already ordered new phones....I need the landline due to my hearing issues which are magnified on my cell....Oh well. There are folks in the world I am most sure, who would trade problems with me.
My Brother: I don't hear from him, other than the texts when someone died, like my friend Dee...last year. I'd posted a note in search of him on FB and another friend and her hubby....cousin by marriage many years ago, somewhat loosely....has let him move into Johnny's Mom and Pop's house, rent free, just has to pay utilities and do some keep up. They are such a blessing.
I am very rarely tempted to drive over there, since I don't want to drive at all...but if I did, I would have to get directions to the house. He lives across the street from my ex-step son is all I know.
Speaking of driving...did I mention I still have a half tank of gas? From my fill up, last November?
Have a blessed day Ladies....and take good care of yourselves. I will do the same here at my spot.
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Wow, you missed out on most of the super-high gas prices! Good for you!
My weight was down one pound yesterday. I forgot to weigh this morning. I'm having quite a bit of pain in my lower left abdomen. I think it's IBS related, but if it doesn't resolve today I'll go to the doctor. Without insurance, I can't afford to have a lot of tests done! Please be praying it will go away on its own!
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Oh...Praying this issue resolves itself, Kim. Yes...do have a time limit for waiting to see a Dr. is need be. Love you!
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Going to the doctor this afternoon and will see what he says about the pain. I found that if I just sit still I don't have as much pain - seeing as the most pain comes when I'm moving around! LOL! Lord willing all will be well and he'll know what it is right away. Thank you for your prayers.0
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Saw a PA, a new guy to me, and he thinks it's diverticulitis. To be sure we would have to do a CAT scan, but since I don't have insurance we are avoiding that and just going to do the meds for diverticulitis. I've taken two antibiotics and one of the meds specific for this. Pain is much better today - by the hand of God - not doubled over but just gentle stabs! LOL! I will be taking seeds and nuts out of my diet! Ugh. I think jello will be the only thing I can eat pretty soon! LOL! Love you. Thank you for your prayers.0
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Oh Kim! So very glad you saw someone...and have some meds and yes...it does seem Jello is the meal plan for now. Praying you are back up to snuff quickly. Be gentle with your loving self....0
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Glad to see you gals! I pray ya'll are doing well! Are we doing any challenges lately? My garden is keeping me very busy! I still love watching my birds!
Kim, diverticulitis is nothing to take lightly. It almost killed me. I had to have a big chunk of my intestines removed ...so please be careful!
missed ya'll
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