Chat Cafe
Replies
-
Linda. Please keep us posted on your friend Ken & his hip. My mums are also blooming but our temps are very warm, hot, really one meteorologist told us that we are hotter than on 7/4. Still no rain too, we got lots of cracks in the grass & digging is just hard. Guess we are saving on the heat bill. The humidity is not there so that’s good but the sun is warm.
im sure my cold is from mriposaand 3. Annabella has it too only HH has escaped though I wonder of she’ll get it as she likes not having the sleep, she needs.Judith I’m,over yiur pictures your flower arrangement was so very pretty. Such a nice got for speaking I take it. Your grandsons card is so special as you made it. So neat with the 9 on it. Your 2 Merry Christmas cards are very nice too. Thank you again
I live in central time so,I’m a hour ahead of Linda. My mom living I. Pennsylvania is eastern time so a hour before me. When our son lived in Wyoming he was mountain time which is the same zone as Linda. The. California and such is yours Pacific.
It’s bad if you when you travel through many time zones like going to, see Susan in Australia or Hong Kong. That can take it out on one.
Susan. Hope all your practices are going well, when is your Oktoberfest?So 3 broke 3 of his personal records in PT today!!! His bus came in early so he missed the parallel bar test. I’m not sure what tests he PR, but figure we will, find out tomorrow as we will be taking him as he has a dr visit for drawing blood. Then later morning he gets his stickers for his double vision PTL on that. God is, so good!!
Prayer for all.
Oh in my craft group,it’s October NDIS we will be making scarfs and hats to,give out. I’ve missed 3 weeks so I will know more this Friday.
My mom had some PT and will have it 5 days a week she played BINGO and may have doe. Too much with PT and she was tired. She is meeting staff she knew nurses who, worked with my Dad so, that has made her feel more at home PTL. She did ha pre OT not sure if thT will continue or not.
Stay well all.Oh I heard today is the last day our sun will set anat 7, every night now will be in the 6’s. That’s sad.
1 -
Have to let everyone know the Devotion that wouldn’t post this morning was finally accepted. I’m so thankful.
Thank you Susan for kind comments on my crafting activities, I sure wish we lived near each other as I’d love to craft with you. We would have lots of fun. So sorry your craft didn’t turn out, frustrating and sad 😔 especially when you spent extra time and bought materials. So sorry to hear Joe is coming to the end of his lovely life. You will miss him but what gives comfort and hope isJoe will be with Jesus in his Heavenly Home and you Colin and all his loved ones will see him again. As Christians that’s the Hope we have. Praise God!
Thank Barb for your kindness about my crafting activities I do. You do a lot of lovely crafts too, it would be nice for all of us to get together to do crafts, Linda is a crafter too so it would be us 4, not sure if Marilyn crafts. We sure would have so much fun. So happy Harry3 is making such great progress, I rejoice and thank God we are seeing healing. Happy he gets his glasses tomorrow, sure will help his double vision. It sounds like your dear Mom is making progress and it’s nice that she is connected to some of the Nurses who cared for your Dad. I’d love to see a picture of your scarves and hats you are making in your craft group. Thanks for the heads up on the time zones, didn’t know California was Pacific time zone like mine is in BC.
Linda, please keep us posted on Ken, so sorry he has had so many issues with the hip, it has to be so painful I am keeping him in much prayer. That was such a blessing to have the man stop to talk to you on your walk. It’s such a blessing when it’s a fellow brother in the Lord. After all your restless sleep and dreams I am sure you talking to this man refreshed your spirit. Hope the dreams have settled down and you are sleeping better.
It’s late now so it’s off to bed now…Good Night God Bless 🙏🤗
1 -
Good Morning. Yes, our time zones sure are different as are our seasons but it doesn’t affect us posting and being friends 🧡
Now that would be something, all of us crafting together! Maybe in heaven one day. I'm sure we could all teach each other something!
Yesterday I abandoned the Uke group to go to the Dr with Colin. He thought she would have a cardiology report for him but she didn't. He wanted me to hear what was said but it turned into one of those routine visits with no new information.
Barb, Oktoberfest here is going to be Saturday, 25th October.
Yes, Pastor Joe is looking heavenward. He will be missed here and it is hard to watch him losing his thoughts and being in pain, but we will be together again in Christ.
1 -
2 time.
Susan. That is neat that your Oktoberfest is the same day as our church fall fest for it’s a time for our burg to witness and all. How many time one does ustraliamhave 4 like us here is North America maybe?0 -
3 time. I guess my time was up. Sorry got to,love MFP.
So Judith when do you we the Dr again or surgeon??? prayers.
Linda. I hope you had a good day.
Busy day. Lots of great news with 3.
He PR 3 times in PT one in 5 minutes on walker and another walking around cones with a walker. He ,at take a sick,day tomorrow I’m not sure. He is coughing lot with his cold and the vocal,cord. At the eye Dr his eyesight has improved no prism stickers given. But they ordered reading glasses that you can’t get OTC. He can resume contacts if he, likes to.
I’ll include a picture of him & and Annabella that I so, cute. It’s been 5 months and his balance is improving. God is so, good!
Go walkers.
1 -
PS. I put down 7 bags of mulch today and 2 dirt bags. I. Keep putting repellent for moles but may buy more poison for them. Please pray they go bye bye. So I should sleep well Y. Old is goin away i took a nap too.
1 -
The afternoon session is over and Glenn is having a deep conversation with a friend so I will be able this time to check- in. Changing to the new time zone was difficult. I only got 3 hours of sleep before we left so I went to bed early last night and slept for 10 hours. Glenn went to breakfast with a friend but I slept in. I feel so much better today! The lesson titles are taken from Isaiah 24, 25. 40, 41 and 42. At the end of each session we were asked to answer these questions. "What did you learn, what new thing can I do to be personally transformed, and what new thing can I do in response to this lesson. There has been a lot to think about. My daughter is recovering from her surgery. She got very nauseous and threw up after taking her pain medication so she is only on Tylenol and Ibuprofen which is helping some. She is having trouble sleeping so is taking short naps frequently. My friend Ken had revision of his hip replacement yesterday. They were hoping that he could go home today. I have not heard anything yet.
Barb - great news that Cher does not have a tumor. I will be praying for your MRI on Monday. I am glad that 3 is improving and breaking records. I did not get my haircut. It was just too much to get done on the day that we had before we left. I am glad your Mom is getting rehab and knows some the staff. The picture of 3 and Anabelle both using walkers is so cute.
Susan - I am sorry that Joe is getting near the end of his earthly life. He has been walking with God here and seeing him face to face soon.
Judith - the tea cup arrangement is beautiful. Do you use special antique cups? Where do you get them?
0 -
Linda glad all adjusted to, the different time zones. It can be rough I’m sure. Trust your daughter will get feeling better soon for her surgery. Many prayers.
i guess my mom with adjusting to life without a gallbladder. Olus having one for 90 years maybe hard. I may ask Elisabeth’s mother in law who doesn’t have her gallbladder. . She told me that it does take time.
Have a good night all.1 -
I will be back and reply to your posts but wanted to tell you I have been locked out of my account and our Group. Took me 1 hour to get in here, so frustrating. Going now to work on our Threads!
0 -
Linda, you asked about my Cups and Sauers and where I got them from. For years I have collected Bone China Cups and Saucers, I inherited some from my Grandma and other Family members who gave them to me as gifts. I have so many, my China cabinet is filled to overflowing and I have a cupboard in kitchen that has another 25+. A friend at Church approached me and said not to use and give my Bone China Cups and Saucers away when I did the Floral arranging in them. Then he promptly presented me with a box of cups and saucers that were given to him for me to use at the Church for the Women’s Ministry I was a part of. So my Kitchen cupboard has some of my own and some from my friend. Most of mine are Royal Albert, Aynsley, some have Crowns on them and all have the trade number and England Bone China on each set. Time Zones are hard on the body when you are going through so many, hope it’s getting easier for you. The scriptures you shared from Isaiah are ones that have always touched me. Praying for your daughter for a speedy recovery and healing, hope the nausea and pain settle down for her.
Barb,you made me chuckle with reading about 3 times, think you were timed out. For me, I was Locked outfoxed my account and our Group, took me 1 hour to get in here. Sorry to hear you have Moles in your yard, the back of my mind it seems you had them last year? And all the other work you did, that is exercise right there, Strength Training, Cardio, Stretching, Go Barb Go…. You are doing great. Love the picture of Harry3 with Annabella with their Walkers. So cute. Harry3 has come along ways, balance walking and his eyesight improving, Praise God! God is so Good. Sorry about his cold and cough, will keep that in prayer.
Susan, so sorry Colin didn’t get the Cardiology results from the Doctor yesterday. I am sure you were all geared up to hear all what the Doctor had to say but ended up as a routine follow up visit. Hope they do get the results to you both soon. Susan you are so supportive and caring with dropping things in an instant even a music practice to go with Colin thinking you both would get the cardiology results. My prayers continue. Thank you for keeping us updated with Pastor Joe, it does appear he is nearing the end of a full and wonderful life touching lives for the Kingdom, I can almost hear those Heavenly Words from our Lord: Well Done thou good and faithful servant, enter in to the Joy of your Lord…I know there is another part to that verse but this is what I remember. I am sure you, Colin and the Church Family will miss him so.
God Bless you all, I posted my updates in our Prayer Thread. I started late as it took me 1 hour to gain access in Jere so now it’s Friday @ 12:30am so this gal is going to bed. Be back later today! 🙏😇🤗
0 -
Judith, what a nuisance that MFP caused all that trouble. I'm glad you sorted it out but you shouldn't have had to. It was lovely to hear about the China cups and how you got so many. I have caught up with your news about your appointments, treatments and Dr reports. Will keep you in prayer, my friend. Thank you for praying for Pastor Joe. He had a fall in the night and they think something could be broken or he might have internal damage but he is refusing to go to the hospital for X-rays. Colin has gone up to see him in the Hospice to see if he can persuade him to go for X-rays. I think Joe is afraid they will keep him in the hospital. He much prefers the Hospice as it is so much more like home. Joe's rational thinking ability seems to have deserted him.
Barb, this will be the first time I have done anything for Oktoberfest. I don't drink so it is about the music for me. They are serving bratwurst on a bun, sauerkraut and bajed potatoes for the meal. I shouldn't be eating anything but the sauerkraut but that doesn't sound like a great meal to me so I will bring food from home. The picture of Harry3 and Annabella is so cute! I hope he keeps improving every day. Like you I have been working on my garden of pot plants, repotting ones who outgrew their pots, topping up soil levels, trimming, culling, fertilising and keeping them well watered in the heat. I think I will get a good crop of lemons and limes if the grasshoppers don't chew them up. It almost time to cover my citrus trees with big net bags but I wanted to let them be out in the open a bit longer. I'm watching for the pesky grasshoppers.
Linda, may you adjust to the new time zone soon. It's like having jet lag. It sounds like a good conference. Yes, it is hard for Pastor Joe at this stage and for his wife Eileen too. We already miss them in church. Pastor Joe used to give devotions when he was up to it and he used to organise special music and play his harmonica at times with the musicians. He often led us in prayer and kept us updated on missions in Niu Guinea. It's hard to see him lose his thinking abilities like he is, but the disease, painkillers and other medications are causing this dulling of his abilities. The Lord has him and will not let him go, no matter what.
1 -
Quick update here. We divided into men and women this morning. It was good to learn from other women. This evening we had a BBQ dinner which was delicious. There is a bonfire with smores later but we will not be going. It's too late for us! See you tomorrow.
1 -
Susan. So you are working on your garden & I’m trying to, get ready for fall and winter. I will need to get more mulch, but I will wait till I get paid again.
imhope Colin could encourage Pastor a Joe, praying for him & his wife Eileen. It must be hard on them. Do they have any children if so I’m sure it be hard on them too. Prayers for all.
Yes imhad molesa d obviously imdidnt get rid of them. I’ve gotten some poison strips, from Lowe’s for for the 3 time today. I also have put down some repellent. I hope between the 2. thins I will be successful. I know the holes have moved so maybe plus, putting down poison. Sure hope that it kills them. I hope you have many lemons and limes. Sounds good do you grow veggies like we do in the states cucumbers & tomatoes. Sure hope the grasshoppers let you alone.Linda your China cups sound net you have a lot. I, have a set from Germany and then a few from my grandmother who died and I never met, and some up’s from Hong Kong My mom’s mom died when she was 2 and i have her middle name, Barbara so my mom had a step mom guess in heaven I’ll meet my other grandmother & name sake. I hope any way how is yiur daughter now from her surgery and have you adjusted to, the time one ok ?
Judith prayers for you thank you for explaining it ll to us sure wish you had more lifting or up beat news from the drs prayers we know God can he. Praying so anywy.Today 3 took a sick day to, help with his cough I sure hope it does and with the weekend helps him. It sure was nice to wake up with no alarm.
Im still coughing and forget to, use my inhaler so, I don’t get bronchitis. I’m trying I have taken some naps so that should helpYes, I to loved the picture of Harry 3 and Annabella I their walkers. Wonder who, will walk first?
I did go to craft having missed it 3 weeks I’m working on a scarf as we are making scarfs and hats for, kids who, may need them with winter comingSo, today was 89* and hot again, may have been 90* We should see the 70’s on Tuesday a small chance of rain maybe it’s very dry and I’m, tired of watering I, love to put my fall clothes out, oh well we will see Blake tomorrow playing a soccer game. It’s in the morning so it will be a bit cooler then our usual high is 73* and in the 59’s for lows maybe some day.
1 -
Susan, so sorry to hear that Pastor Joe had a fall. Hope Colin can convince him to go to the hospital for X-rays. I sure hope there are no broken bones. Trusting they will keep in comfortable with good pain control. Keeping Pastor Joe and his wife and family in much prayer. It has to be so hard for them. Thanks for reading my update on our prayer thread and for praying for me!
Barb, so sorry you are still coughing, hope you get better really soon. It’s good that Harry3 took a sick day from rehab, hope he can rest and get better soon. Praying for you both. Thanks for your prayers and support. So sorry you are still dealing with the moles on your property! You have quite hot temperatures in your part of the world. Hope it cools down for you. Loved the picture of Harry3 and Annabella using their walkers. So cute!
Linda, It’s nice they separated the men and women in your group, always nice when you can learn from fellow women! Nice you had a BBQ dinner together. I can understand you say it will be late for a bonfire with s’mores, with the time change it takes time to get used to it, a good night sleep will likely do you better than being up late.
I got in to MFP tonight but later than expected. My friend came for a visit and wanted to give me my Birthday gift, we had a lovely visit, I gave her the Anniversary gift I’ve had here since middle of September when they celebrated their 23rd Wedding Anniversary. She had extra shifts and couldn’t come and her husband’s work signed on with another organization and he was working 12 hour shifts. He is a Commissionaire! The building where they moved to is under construction so that is why he has the added hours to work.
It’s my bedtime now. So it’s Good Night 😴 and God Bless…🙏😇🤗
0 -
Judith, how nice to have a visit from a friend and a birthday present too. Happy Birthday!
Colin was able to get Pastor Joe to agree to a bone check and thankfully he had not broken anything. If there is internal damage, I guess time will tell. Joe was in slightly better spirits after Colin's visit. Today we have church so he won't get to go up and see Joe today.
Linda, the session yesterday sounded so good. Like you I would have opted for bed too, after so much travel and the time zone change. 😴 I hope you feel more rested for the next session.
Barb, we don't have moles or deer here but we do have voracious grasshoppers that are huge. And possums like fresh green shoots too. I can't seem to get tomatoes to grow in my back yard and there's no room for a cucumber vine. The only things I do grow other than citrus are green onions. Remember my back yard is narrow, just over 2 yards wide and the width of our house. On the sides of the house there is only 1 yard of space and I showed you a picture of the narrow street in the front of the house. It's a gated retirement village. They have helped us by not giving us much land to take care of! Yes, in heaven we'll have many surprises. One of my grandfathers died before I was born. Maybe I'll meet him!
I need to get ready for church so will go post in a few more threads now. Have good days, everyone.
1 -
2nd time
Susan, So glad to hear that Colin got Pastor Joe to, have an X-ray and that his bones are fine. Glad he was in better spirits too prayers for him. Plus God’s will be done. Trust yiur service church went well.
I forgot your yard is small. You wouldn’t want or have time to take care of a large yard. Your lemon and lime trees sound cool. My grandmother and I would plant a grapefruit tree and had a small tree I wonder what happened to that plant.
Your cards are so cool thank you for sharing them with us. Oh we have deer but not bothering us PTLJudith when I your bday? Sorry if I missed it. I’m sure your friend enjoyed the anniversary card you gave her. Sure hope you had a nice day.
Linda. Hope you had a nice day. It was sunny and warm here again.
I think it maybe cooler on Tuesday & maybe rain but then rain mostly north of us. Time will tell.
We went to see Blake play soccer I will send picture should hve gotten closer but they move so fast he is #3. Green shirt. It’s a bunch of 5 year olds running the coach gives all the team chance to play so, it’s nice.
Our white lilac is blooming So I’ll send that picture too.
My I’m still has pain I guess from surgery and her age. Plus trying to,figure out what he neat or not eat with no gallbladder. Her food goes straight to her liver. In time I’m sure he’ll be ok but it takes time. Healing does take time.
it’s so dry you came some brown on my lilac plus leaves on the grass that have fallen.
1 -
Barb, that is so nice your white Lilac is blooming. Yes the ground is dry it’s showing on the leaves. Thank you for the picture of Blakes Soccer Team! So nice your white Lilac can go to the games and watch Blake. I am sure he is happy with you there. So sorry your Mom is still in pain, my prayers are with her. Hope she feels better soon. How are you and Harry3 with your colds and coughing? Hope you both are feeling better? You asked about my Birthday 🎂 it’s October 5, tomorrow. My friends came to visit and gave me an early Birthday gift as my friend works on the weekends. Tomorrow I am with my family.
Susan, thank you for the lovely card Thinking of me on my Birthday! 🎂 So glad Colin was able to encourage Pastor Jo to get a X-ray and no bones were broken. Good news. Glad his spirits were uplifted with Colin’s Visit. Have a blessed Sunday and enjoy your Church Services.
Linda, hope you have a Blessed Sunday and enjoy the Church Services at Conference. Praying you sleep better and the Time Zones are getting easier for you!
Good Night all, Have a blessed Sunday. ✝️🙏😇
0 -
Happiest of birthdays to you Judith! I hope your birthday is as special to you as you are to us! My phone does not pull up the emojis but imagine a birthday cake, balloons and hearts.
1 -
We are at the airport waiting for our plane to go back to Denver. We were able to go to church with our friends but left early so we could get to the airport. Yesterday was busy spent driving 5 hours from Michigan to Wisconsin. If we could have driven in a straight line it would have been a lot shorter but since Michigan is a peninsula into Lake Michigan there is a lot of shoreline to drive around. With our trusty GPS we made it safely but I had to lay down at the hotel a while to straighten out my back from sitting so long. There was a reception from 3-6 to talk, sing and share a slide show of the 40 year history of the church. After that 16 of us went out to eat but the service was very slow - we waited over an hour for our meal. We went to bed exhausted but happy to have good fellowship with old friends and meet new ones. Tonight we will go straight from the Denver Airport to my son's house to celebrate his (43 years old) and my granddaughter's (5 years old ) birthdays. Their birthdays are two weeks apart and today was the day that worked out for all of us to get together.
Barb - I am surprised that your lilac is in bloom again. Did it also bloom in the Spring? Thanks for sharing the soccer picture of Blake. It is good that the coach is letting them all get a chance to play. I pray you and 3 are feeling better.
Judith - you have a busy schedule of appointments. I am especially glad that the surgeon's office is open again. We are in Central time zone today so we are only one hour different. I will be so happy when we get back to our "normal" time tonight. We managed the time zones alright but the first 24 hours were the worst.
Susan - I am glad that Pastor Joe did not have any fractures and Colin was able to spend time with him. How is Pastor Joe's wife doing? I believe she has cancer.
0 -
Good morning. It's your real birthday today, Judith! I was a bit early for it yesterday. I hope you have lots of nice surprises for your special day. Do you have any plans to celebrate? Glad you liked the card. 🎈🎉🎈
Linda, glad that long trip is behind you but I realise you still have a ways to go before you get home. Glad you have adjusted to being out of your time zone. It is hard on the body in so many ways to be in different time zones so quickly. You asked about Eileen, Joe's wife. She is being strong for him but some days take a toll on her especially when Joe gets so confused and forgets who she is. Her cancer is supposed to be in remission but she might be neglecting to get her regular checks and treatments done right now because all her attention is on Joe.
Barb, I could pick Blake out when I zoomed in on the photo. It must be fun for him being part of a team like that. I do hope your Mom can figure out her diet before she goes home from Rehab and that the pain is manageable then, too. The white lilac should be getting ready for winter, right? It's having one last hurrah before then, I guess. I hope you are all recovering from those colds.
I have Uke practice this morning and choir this afternoon. I'm running a card class tomorrow so will check that everything is ready.
Have good days, everyone.
0 -
Judith. I hope you are having a great bday. Prayers to for yiur health. So glad you had friends who remembered you. It is amazing about the lilac white one. Yes, it bloomed this spring for the first time. It’s 3 or 4 years old. I hope it blooms in spring 2026.
Linda. There is a boat that you can ride with your car across too. It crosses Lake Michigan, the boat is the Badger, a steam boat I believe. It’s pricey but saves so much time. Neat to do it too. Make sure you take something or wear wrist as I got a bit of nausea from it. Lots of people who live in Michigan cross it ll the time.
Hope your flight back to Denver was good bday celebrations went well our on in,as bday as 10/4 so it was yesterday.
I am feeling better and my expectorant is getting clearer. Not sure about 3 as he has not answered my texts. Jean also had a runny nose so we ll got the cold. When she cut 3 hair. They are much better too.Susan.
Prayers for Joe and Eileen. I hope your Uke practice and add went well. Praying.I just think that with my mom surgery it will take time to, heal especially with her age. Her sciatica sometime bothers her but we got to get her healed from her surgery. I’m praying she gets her pain meds early enough and she can get comfortable to sleep well. Then we hope we can find out and get the shot she needs for sciatica, once her gallbladder surgery is healed.
Well another hot day lots of leaves, falling and so dry here we get the wind change to the north so a bit cooler 81* tomorrow and maybe rain whatever that is. Tuesday is the bigger chance of wet stuff as it’s scattered tomorrow.
I bought ore mulch cedar and got it around the house today.
I hope to wash our king quilt that is on our couch tomorrow plus I have a MRI on my thyroid nodule. I’ve had it for over a year no symptoms and only found out with then recover program I was in studying CovidHere is the Badger info, Linda. Harry, husband, crossed it when young with his folks that’s how he knew about it. It’s cool.
0 -
Thank you Barb for sharing about the Coal Gas Steam Ship out of Michigan! I am familiar with Coal Gas Ships as my Great Grandfather William Dawe was a Fisherman and sailed on the SS Coban Coal Gas Ship out of Newfoundland and sailed along the Coasts of New Brunswick! A longline of Fishermen and Captains too. William Dawe great-grandfather to Judith Arlene Scott, According to my mother she told me my great-grandfather fished the seas off the coasts of Newfoundland and New Brunswick for most of his life. My great- grandfather William Dawe was on the ship when the Coal Gas explosion happened, my great-grandfather William Dawe and 2 other men William Morgan they were related. All three men and the ship were lost at sea and never recovered. Here is an exert from the Newfoundland paper and some history from my Family Tree. William Dawe was my grandfather, Stanley Dawe, he and my Grandmother helped raise as a young girl, it was my dear Grandfathers dear Father who perished at sea. He was 5 years old. Below is the Article my 3rd cousin Grenfell Morgan found for me to include on my Family Tree History.
A fatal Accident:
The explosion on board the "Coban" while on her way from St. John's to Montreal on Saturday week last, resulted in the death of three persons, two of them Newfoundlanders. One of them was a William Dawe of Cupids, who left there for Montreal on the steamer. His sudden death is felt at Cupids keenly, where he leaves a wife and two children and especially so, as the body of the unfortunate man was not recovered, it being hurled into the sea by the force of the explosion.
Source of article was taken from the "Vindicator" believed to be a Newfoundland paper.
Barb you asked about my Birthday, it was a beautiful weekend with friends stopping by passing through my yard and passing gifts and cards to me. I was so spoiled. Received cheque clothes and a lovely Thanksgiving Birthday Planter in a ceramic pot. Such a beautiful plant. I bought a new iPhone as a Gift to me. It was badly needed as my old phone just about finished. Telus had their Apple iPhones on for a special price no upfront charges and great monthly plans. They took more expenses off as well. The Lord truly blessed and opened the right door. Continue my prayers for your Mom, you for your MRI today, Monday, praying for Harry3 and the family.
Susan, please thank you for your Birthday greetings to me, you asked if there were any surprises, yes there were, received a cheque in my birthday card from my friend who lives quite a ways away, her husband drove her to my place to come and wish me a Happy Birthday and wanted me to have a cheque to bless me, Yes a surprise with a $50 cheque tucked inside the card. Then my other friend came with some lovely gifts, travel purse good when I am at hospital a ornament from Starbucks with a recipe card for a Pumpkin Spice Latte so easy to make, than Autumn napkins large pkg a Starbucks Cup stopper, such nice gifts. Then my late Dad’s wife called and said she had a card with a cheque which will come as soon as mail strike is over.another surprise My kids went together and spoiled me so much with giving me a Thanksgiving Birthday Planter in a ceramic pot. 2 Sweaters, one Brown and 1 Burgundy and a pair of black dress pants. And a Starbucks Birthday Free Drink from them and I got a London Fog Tea Latte! Lots of online cards this year due to Mail Strike. I continue to keep Pastor Joe in prayer. Hope your Ukulele practice went well.
Linda, Hope your flight back to Denver was a smooth flight. Please wish your son a Happy 43rd Birthday 🥳 🎂and your Grandson a Happy 5th Birthday 🥳🎂from me. How was the party? Thank you for your Birthday greetings. And yes, as you said a lot of appointments for me. The time you had in Michigan sounds like such a blessing to meet up with old friends and meet new, the reception was so nice that was provided for you all a time of prayer sing share, Inam sure there were a lot of Blessings for you and Glenn. I look forward to when you are back and can all the things you did and learned at the Conference and the beautiful country as you did a little sightseeing travelling from place to place. Have you heard any news on how your dear friend is with all the issues with his hip? Hope they got his pain under control.
As you can see I am burning the midnight oil again, got over tired and couldn’t sleep. I feel sleepy 🥱 😴 now. Will be back later today…
Thanks again for the Birthday wishes and greetings you sent me, you all have blessed me indeed! 🙏🥳🎂
0 -
Time for me to say hi again
Am doing so much better at home - but have a long way to go. So grateful to a faithful husband who is now my caregiver - he does so much for me that I worry that he is doing to much. He says he isn't that he does what he does because he loves me and wants me to be home. I am improving with my standing and walking
I am using the busy system called handy dart to get back and forth from dialysis and am going to set it up for going to church - need it until I am at the point where I can go by car.
Praying you are all well
1 -
Marilyn, we appreciate it when you check in and let us know how things are going. Praise God for your sweet husband turned caregiver. It's good to hear you are standing and walking better. With all the weight you have lost, it must help so very much with mobility issues. The Handy Dart sounds great. 👌
Judith, thank you for telling us about your lovely birthday surprises! I am so glad you had such a good day and your birthday will continue to bless you when you are able to receive all your cards and gifts. You made memories that will sustain you in times of trouble. Speaking of memories, the stories of your ancestors are fascinating. I'm glad you have taken the time to preserve them. Have a beautiful day, my friend. I am praying about your health. 🙏
Barb, it was Jean's birthday, right? We didn't miss your birthday? Glad you were able to spend precious time with family. Oh wow, I didn't realise it was the first time your lilac had bloomed. I hope it grows and blooms more for next year too. It's good to hear that a lot of the family colds are settling down except for Jean's. Maybe you will be able to resist it and stay healthy. I hope so. Yes, Uke practice was good and choir practice was too. At choir we learned some basic moves for performing "Back In Time" for act one and also for the second act song for the play at the end of November. The second act opening song is a song you won't know as the writers of the play made the lyrics up, but it is sung to John Denver's "Country Boy" song. We practiced many other songs too. I got home around 6pm just in time for dinner. I had made some of our vegetable dishes earlier in the afternoon and Colin cooked the meat so we could eat right after practice.
Linda, I am hoping you have had the energy to enjoy and benefit from today's conference presentations and studies. Thinking of you as you travel. That ferry ride across the Lake that Barb mentioned sounded wonderful. 👌
I have a card class to teach this afternoon. Stay safe and well, everyone.
1 -
Judith. That is neat about the SS Conan Gas ship. Such a neat history of it and yiur family. So cool. Prayers for you and this week.
Linda. So hope you are back home after a successful weekend. Trust the conference and meetings went well.
Marilyn. Prayers for you and So glad your husband is able to you. Prayers Continue.
Susan. So, glad that your uke practice went well. “Back in time.” Sounds neat enjoy performing it olus all the practices.
Well my nodule is it big enough for. Biopsy. Som one back in time year. 3 thinks he heard that his last day is 10/17. I wonder if due to insurance so please pray, maybe we need to, help pay for him?
We got Joy club is this Thursday & will i decorating for fall for the tables.
We got a bit of rain and cooler temps we may get more rain tonight and this morning.
Prayers for all.1 -
PS. My bday is in December, the day of Infamy, or Pearl Harbor. Jeans bday is August. 10/4, is our son-in-law, Elisabeth’s hubby, Jeremiah’s bday. I remember it by, over and out, or 10/4. .
Hioe this clears it all I probably have the last bday in the group as it’s a December bday.1 -
Barb, I have made a note that your Birthday is December 7th the day as you said is the same day (USA remembers the attack on Pearl Harbor) So sad, and such a terrible thing to happen. Hard to believe it was December 7, 1941. Way Before I was born. I think you are right, my Birthday is October 5th, you are December 7th, Jean is August 10th, and December 4th is your son-in-law’s birthday. Susan your Birthday is? Linda your Birthday is? Marilyn your Birthday is? JC your Birthday is? Praying about your Biopsy, do you know when it will be? Hope you enjoy Joy Club, I am sure you will decorate your tables lovely. Nice you are getting cooler temps now. Praying about the possible last day Harry3 told you that will be his last for his rehab. I am hoping his Insurance will cover him longer. Keep us posted please. Thank you for your kind comments about the SS Coban I shared on my Family History and Prayers for my upcoming appointments! So appreciated!
Susan, Thank you for your kind comments about preserving my Family history. Glad you enjoyed hearing all about my Birthday and the surprises I received. Today another surprise, another friend came by today and gave me a lovely Birthday card and a $50 Gift Card. Such a surprise and a blessing. Thank you for praying for me. Hope your card class goes well. I enjoyed hearing about your choir practice and the moves you are learning for your next play you are performing. It sounds like fun. It’s good to be organized in your meal planning especially when you have your Ukulele practices and now your Choir and Play practices. Nice that Colin looked after the meat and you had the other dishes ready to go. Makes your life simpler. I continue to keep you both in prayer as you wait on the decisions for Colin’s care. Hope either NDIS or the other organization gets in touch with you soon.
Marilyn, so good to hear from you, glad you are home and your dear husband is helping with your care. Good to hear you are standing and walking better. You mentioned that Handy Dart picks you up for Dialysis . They are a great service. It’s great you can use them for Church also until you can be in a car again. I use Handy Dart and they are so good. The drivers are so kind. My prayers are with you my friend. God Bless you!
Linda, my prayers continue for you as you are travelling to the various places enjoying the conferences and meeting up with old and new friends. Stay safe my friend.
Good Night all 😴 be back tomorrow! 🙏😇
0 -
We made it safely back to Denver last night but there was a lot of wind so there was some turbulence as we came into the airport. After we got our luggage we drove to our son's home for the birthday party. We had baked white potatoes as well as Japanese sweet potatoes. The Japanese sweet potatoes are sweeter than the ones in the states, they have purple skin and white interior. They are a bit more starchy also. With the potatoes we had chili, chips, sour cream and cheese. The left over potatoes were sent home with us and we had potatoes and scrambled eggs for breakfast. Last night as we were driving it started getting colder and rainy. It rained for several hours and made it hard to see the road with all the lights reflecting off the pavement. I watched the line on my side of the lane and Glenn watched the lines on his side. Some of the lines were pretty faded with the snow plows scraping off the paint every winter. It was a bit anxiety producing but we did make it home. Today it was dreary, gray, cold and high humidity. I am glad to get to go back to Grand Junction where the weather is still in the 80's and the sky is clear. My arthritis does not like rainy and cold weather. Today I did school work admitting a new student and did all the laundry so we can repack tomorrow. While we were here last week, our daughter found out that the garbage disposal was not working correctly and the area under the sink was flooded. Today the plumber came and replaced the disposal and replaced the drain pipe under our bedroom sink that was leaking also. It was an expensive day with costs of almost $500 to get the repairs done.
Barb - Someone else told us about the boat across Lake Michigan but they said it was very expensive so we did not look into it. I am sure that it would have been interesting although it was raining there on Saturday so it might not have been as nice. I am glad that you are feeling better although with Jean now having a cold, the virus still remains in the family. Does 3 still feel bad? When will you get the biopsy on your thyroid nodule? HH said on Caring bridge that they have been getting outside and taking walks. That is good to have some family time.
Marilyn - Great to hear from you. Norman is a good man who loves you very much, Being a caregiver is hard but when you love someone, it is not a a burden. I hope you will continue to get your strength and mobility back with exercise. I am glad that you have transportation to go to dialysis. Is it getting any easier?
Judith - it sounds like you had a wonderful birthday with friends who visited and brought you presents. Even with the mail strike, you were able to be blessed. You asked about my friend Ken. He is home now and his wife said he is doing so much better than he was with the first surgery. The second surgery was done in a different hospital with a different surgeon so they must have had different technique for him to feel so much better.
Susan - Thanks for the update on Eileen. I do hope that she does take care of herself in spite of the time she wants to spend with her husband. Your choir music sounds interesting. What kind of movement do you do with the song "Back in Time" - like a sway or a full dance? There would have to be a lot of room between singers to do much movement. That was nice that Colin was able to do the meat so you could eat when you got home after your practice. My son was talking yesterday about being on the low-FODMAP diet. I believe you are on that also. My daughter-in-law said it is not only hard on him but on the rest of the family because they can not go out to eat and there is such a limited amount of food he can eat when he is home. He says that when he goes out to eat, he can not trust that the cooks have used separate utensils to stir the food and may have contaminated what they are preparing for him. You mention going out to eat with friends. How do you manage your diet when you go out to eat?
Good-night everyone! Pleasant dreams. 😴🥱
1 -
Linda. So glad you made it home safely after such a harrowing last leg of the journey. That was nice to go straight yo a family dinner though. Sorry about the plumbing costs. What a roller coaster that last 2 days have been! Yes, I try to follow FODMAPS eating. I restrict myself to plain foods when I go out and ask for things without onion or garlic or sauces. I much prefer to bring my own food to friend's houses so they don't have to try and remember how to cook for me. And they are free to cook the way they want to with no additional expense. I choose salad with no dressing, pick out what I can't eat, ask for gluten free breads, lactose free dairy, or I just have black coffee or tea. Instead of concentrating on what I can't have, I search for what I can have and what I can reasonably ask to be modified. Restaurants can leave sauces off of meats, vegetables and salads, for example. The triggers for me are often in the sauces. Mexican restaurants are the hardest as I can't have beans, I limit corn their sour cream isn't lactose free, and they use onion in their meat, so I ask if we can go somewhere with salads and plain meats instead. A buffet is good because I can pick and choose without anyone commenting. I try to downplay discussion about my diet as it is my responsibility to decide what I eat and doesn't need to be the topic of table discussion. How boring for others if I make it a 'thing'. If I cannot find much I can eat. I just wait till I am home again to top up. It's a learning curve. I am not coeliac so if I accidentally have something not on my list, I may have a few days of feeling sick but I won't die.
Judith, card class went well. I had just two friends here so it was relaxed and easy. We made Christmas tree shaker cards ith dimes and gold sequins after we stamped on the bavk grounds and more bauble cards.
The play choreography is not too difficult. We are using our arms to count the time down as though we are each a clock. If someone has shoulder problems they do pendulum movements. We're gesturing to emphasise meaning. We're OK with letting our outstretched arms go in front of the person beside us. We're swaying or doing simple back and forth movements. Not dancing 😄 It's important to be in synch thoughand have a plan. As for my birthday, it is around your summer solstice, June 21st.
Barb, thanks for explaining all the birthdays. It's hard gor me to keep yjem all straight! I'm still learning about your family members too. Yes, I think yours will be the last birthday of the year in our group here. I do hope and pray your thyroid nodule is benign and that 3 will have enough rehab time. Oh, uke and choir go on every week all year except for a break in the summer. We're always working in a show to perform at. I hope your fall tables turn out nice.
Better be off. Have good days, everyone.
0 -
Judith. So neat about the bday we need to find out when ll the bday are and I’m sure I’m the last one. December bdays stink & poor, Annabella’s, birthdyni one day before mine. People forget December bdays due to Christmas and holiday parties. It is a pretty time of the year with the lights.
3 wonders if he will go to 3 days a week as 40 hours a week can’t go,on forever. He is signed up for driving lessons or help, in January s that was the soonest he could get.
Linda, yes, the purple, swest potatoes HH introduced me too. I don’t think she called them home. Those sweet potatoes have so many vitamins minerals too kind of like blueberries.We had a bit of rain today not measurable and cooler. It’s to be cooler tomorrow. So, sorry about your arthritis. I call it Mr Arthur, uninvited guest who parks in my body.
So did your plumber fix your problem. I sure hope so $500 what a bite.Susan. Nice pics of your cards again thank you. Letting us know bout all yiur practices was net but then with the dances and steps one need to practice lot. Many oractices can make. Better performance I’m sure.
Harry made beans and ham soup for us since it was. So I guess you & Judith can’t eat it.
With buffet foods do you hve Golden Corral. as that is big buffet returns put here. I have a cousin that love to eat there. That way all are happy.So, glad Norman helps, you I didn’t know your hubby’s name. Prayers for you.
Here are some firemen pics & Blake & Evan saw them. October of fire safety month. So the firemen with trucks like to, visit to schools. So, Jean’s co-op with home school had the fire truck with little jackets Evan has a big smile we will watch the boys tomorrow as Cody has his 6 month visit.
Blake has a green hoodie under his fire man’s jacket. It took me awhile to find Blake. Got to love Evan’s smile!!
0
