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The tea tour was fun watching all the machines doing what they do to get the tea packaged and on to the shelves. They had six different teas we could taste before the tour. Some were cold tea and some were hot and there was a good variety. After the tour, we went to the gift shop and they had a bargain basket of damaged packages that sold for $1.57. I got some peppermint and also a full price Apple Spice tea which I am looking forward to drinking as the weather gets colder. After the tour we went to our daughter's friends house and had quiche, vegetable salad, cheese cake and grapes. We spent about an hour in the hot tub as the meal was being prepared and had a great talk about some issues she is having with child custody and keeping faith that things will work out. After dinner we played Yahtzee and then came home. Glenn is supposed to get into the airport at about 10:30pm and should be home my midnight. It will be good to have him back but he is going to be very tired I think.
Judith - I am glad that you were able to get back into MFP. I am so sorry that I did not get your message in time to help but am glad that Susan was able to do it. Sometimes I feel that MFP is our "thorn in the flesh" that Paul talked about. I realize that his was much more severe but the problems we have have been very frustrating for all! It is good to have you posting again.
Susan - I am sorry that you are seeing more damage from the hail on other plants. I hope they are not too damaged and will grow back for you to enjoy this Summer. I am glad that Eileen has her son to come be with her for the memorial. There will be a lot of memories and grief that she will go through as she emotionally heals.
Barb - Did the hospital feel that your mother did not have a heart attack so they canceled the echocardiogram? It sounds good that she is getting some relief from pain and I hope that they can find the cause of her enzymes being abnormal. How is Elizabeth's sty? Update - I just heard from my daughter and her M-I-L lives in Gooddard which is a suburb of Wichita.
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I will be back have to get meds and tend to face, will finish my post off site and come back
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Good Evening All
Linda, please don’t give it another thought that you missed my post, just appreciate your support and your prayers. You made me chuckle 🤭 when you said: that sometimes you feel that MFP is our "thorn in the flesh" that Paul talked about. But as you said we all know Paul’s Thorn was much more severe than us being put off MFP. But the first part you said did make me chuckle 🤭 I think God knew I needed a little chuckle. Sounds like a lovely day for you. The Tea Tour sounded so nice and to go to the gift shop after and get some great bargains. Hope you like the Apple Spice Tea. I have the same tea here and really enjoy it. It was nice to go to your daughter’s friend’s house. I am sure you enjoyed the hot tub and the scrumptious luncheon. Quiche and salad were always my favorite. I often made it for my cousins who came to visit from Newfoundland! Something more we have in common is the game Yahtzee, I played the game with my kids and we always had fun. You said Glenn is to get into the airport at 10:30, it will be nice having him home. Hope he gets a good rest with getting home so late.
Barb, thank you for your kindness comments , and yes it’s good to be back. sorry about the walkers that were not suitable for Harry3. You said you would take the chair back Thursday when you take him to therapy. Thank you for telling me what type of macular degeneration, and you have the Adult form of Vitelliform dystrophy. You said you would have the Low Light Laser Therapy 2x’s a week. I really hope this treatment is successful and it helps you. You said the tests you had were good which I am happy to hear. Now that I know the type of macular degeneration you have it helps me to know how to pray. And for sure you will be held in much prayer.
Susan, Thank you for your kindness and words about my dilemma. It is nice to be back. Thank you. So glad to hear that Eileen is feeling relieved that her so is coming in from Europe arriving today and will be with her until after the Memorial service. It’s not going to be easy for her. She is grieving the husband she was with for 66 years and apart of ministry for many years. It will take time, with her faith in God she will get through this. One thing we know Eileen has the hope that she will be reunited with her beloved husband one day when God calls her home. Then they will never be separated again. I will continue to keep Greg in prayer as he grieves his brother’s passing.
It’s late now so I am heading to bed. Good Night 😴 and God Bless! 🙏🤗
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Glad you decided to type your post in another program first, Judith. You'll beat the problems with MFP that way for sure! I hope you feel alright today. You must have more medical appointments coming up. Yes, it will be a total life change for Eileen. And Greg has a long road in front of him. His brother's house is going to take a long time to sort out as it is in a very bad state. Thank you for praying for them both.
Linda, it sounds like you had such a nice day with the tea factory visit and then the nice time with your daughter's friend. It would have made your wait time for Glenn's return seem to pass a lot quicker. I hope he arrives safely and can get some good rest. Yes, my plants will recover. I'll work on them over time.
Barb, so you have lots of medical appointments ahead of you too with your eyes and the other issues. I hope you continue to have good results from your treatments. It does sound like your Mom may not have had a heart attack? I hope she didn't. It will also be good for 3 to find a better walker for home use. Lots to pray about!
Colin saw his shoulder surgeon yesterday. He needs complicated tendon repair surgery. He will go on a waiting list for that. We won't hear about how long the waiting list is for about 3 weeks but it is likely to be many months before he has surgery. In the meantime he has been told to 'be careful'.
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Congrats to Judith for gaining an ounce. Good job!! Praying for you as you will be seen by your surgeon. I hope he can remove some dead skin plus see some new growth. Prayers you get the meds that work for you.
My mom didn’t have the echo due to intestines not empty. They want good clear images. Today they got it but have no results yet. My mom is going with enemas. She has a lot of pain & can’t find out why. So her sleep isn’t good orayers
Susan. Let us know when Colin will have his shoulder surgeon. Will you have to waiting long for it? So glad their son is with her to help her in this time & she him. Yes our blessed hope,is so nice and a great hope in dethroned. Plus every day is getting us closer to God’s coming back for us. Prayers for Greg’s family too. Having 2 death so close together is bed too.Linda the tea sounds so cool and getting some to take home at discount sounds like a win, win situation. Nice! The quiche sounds very tasty too I enjoy them. I make them too t times, but i cheat, with a is Bisquick as my crust.
So your daughter lives in Goddard, a suburb of Wichita. That must be on the west side of Wichita as our daughter Elisabeth, lives in east side of Wichita, Butler county, Andover is her town, and her brother in law lives in Augusta, plus we drive by Eldorado, getting there. I’m not sure about her sty so no news is probably good news I believe it was getting better this past weekend She gets them every change of season spring and fall I think.
Hope Glenn isn’t to, tired when home and he had a good trip.So my 2nd treatment was today then Monday and Wednesday, is my next 2 therapies next week. You keep your eyes closed and I pray, rest, sing etc. one can sleep,if you like,too. 3 bday is next week and he did t want us to help him renew his drivers lisence so he will have to re do it when he can. He did get his reader glssses so,that should help,him in OT. I wish the double vision would go away so that might help, his balance.in God’s time. Plus his paralyzed vocal cord. God know. In November he will have the camera go, down his nose I think not fun.
Our church has a fall fest Saturday afternoon Jean and family will come and we hope we can get Mariposa to come too. It’s a family day bouncy houses, paint pumpkins eat hotdogs and s’mores, trunk and treat so lots of candy. Fun.
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Susan, so sorry to hear about Colin’s Shoulder and needing to have complicated Tendon Repair surgery. It not good he has to go on a long wait list. I am hoping he doesn’t need to be on the wait list too long. Lots to pray about for Colin. I am sure Collin will be careful as the Surgeon instructed him to be. You mentioned about my medical appointments coming up; as a matter of fact I posted a prayer request earlier. I see my Surgeon tomorrow morning. My prayers continue for Eileen and for Greg.
Barb, thank you for you cheering me on and your congrats on gaining 1 ounce going from 94.1 pound to 94.2 pounds. Happy about that. Just to clarify the procedures my Surgeon does, he is removing diseased cancerous skin growth and tissue on the lips. And what he has removed we want that area to heal not grow new skin as right now it’s all disease that’s growing but we all know in God’s time I will be healed in Jesus name! Harry3’s Birthday seems to have arrived so quickly as it seems just yesterday he celebrated his Birthday and next week he is celebrating. Please remind us so we can wish him a Happy Birthday! I am praying for his balance and that the double vision will right itself. Hope his new glasses will help Harry3 Praying for Harry3 and your dear Mom hoping the doctors can figure out why she is in so much pain. Sorry she is suffering so much. Will keep you in prayer regarding your treatment for your eyes. I am sure you are happy you have completed your 1st week of treatment. Thank you for explaining how the treatment is done and trusting these treatments are successful and you have healing. Your churches Fall Fest they are putting on Saturday afternoon sounds like a lot of fun! hope Mariposa will go with you. The kids will love the bouncy houses, painting pumpkins eating hot dogs,s’mores and of course eating all the candy. The kids will be wound up for sure. 😆I have an early morning at VGH so going to sign off for now. Will be back tomorrow evening providing I am feeling well enough. God Bless! 🙏🤗
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Glenn got home at 11:20pm last night. He said the flight was good and he was able to find the car without problems in the long term parking. I have a tracker on my phone for the family to see where they are. Glenn's tracker evidently was not working because it still had him in Chicago as he was walking in the door. I thought he had missed his plane but it was just the tracker that was not syncing with his position. Today we took all the school files to the church so they can be locked up in a secure room. It is a shared room but it feels so nice to have a desk and area to lay my papers on as I work. Here at the house I have no place to lay things out. We brought some of the files back to look at but unfortunately everyone forgot to close the back of the truck and at least one piece of paper blew out. I found a piece of paper on the road that was lost so I hope that is all that was blown out.
Judith I will be praying early morning for your appointment with the surgeon and also the clinic will change the medications. Take all the time you need if it is a hard apointment.
Susan - I pray that Colin will not be on the wait list very long for his shoulder surgery. Greg and Eileen are on my prayer list also.
Barb - I am curious about the echogram results. Your mom needs to be able to have good sleep so I hope they can find the cause. Using Bisquick for the crust of the quiche sounds interesting. Can you give us the recipe? It is my daughter's M-I-L that lives in Goodard. The Fall fest sounds fun. I do hope Mariposa can come. Can 3 get a drivers license if he is having double vision?
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Good Morning. It might rain this afternoon. We'll see if I need to water my plants or not.
Thank you all for praying for us and for my friends. Colin is likely to have to wait many months for his surgery. I won't have news in a hurry but will keep you up to date when I do.
Linda, welcome home to Glenn! You will feel whole again. That's a worry about the papers blowing out of the car and I hope the one you found is the only one that flew off. Glad you have some office space now.
Judith, praying about your treatment. I am also glad you gained an ounce. Take care today, my friend.
Barb, I sure hope they find out what is causing your Mom's pain and can help her. I think 3 is wise not to want to push to drive yet. He would need a medical clearance for sure before he tried to. I agree, the fall festival sounds like fun!
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My mom’s echo was good. A healthy heart for a 90 year old. Thank you more to come. Big prayer is that the hospital,will not release her too early they have her on muscle relaxer and cream. They think that is what is causing her pain. MiraLAX is working for the bowels. The drs got to remember she is 90. So slower healing for her.
Linda. Glad Glenn got hime sorry it was late but so glad he got home and that you found the paper you lost. I hope the paper is not damaged from being outside. I think Harry 3 may have a special drivers license since he drove for Lyft and uber. He says he is ok and has passport for ID. So not sure why.Judith praying for yiu. Thank you for explaining it to me better. Trust today went well. Harry 3 got, his readers glasses. and I hope with them he has less double vision. In God’s time like you with healing. Prayers you can sleep better after a busy day today. I trust the pain isn’t bad too.
Susan. Prayers for Colin. Sorry that he has to wait so long. With God maybe he can have it sooner. 🙏🏻. Harry 3 is to take driving lessons at his therapy place in January. So in God’s time.
Praying for Eileen and family and Gregg’s. Death is hard.
Yes, it be fun for Mariposa the fall fest we may have rain. But i hope it works out we do, have a gym. We need rain badly, oh well.So after figuring out that my bleeding is from blood inthe urine I saw the dr this afternoon, and I got meds for a UTI. This is my very first UTI so I didn’t know what to expect.
So I will be cancelling the appointment with the gynecologist. They told me if I ever have blood to let them know which I did, but it wasn’t the uterus but urine. So that’s good news and I hope I can sleep better tonight as I was up 7 times last ight.
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I have been busy today cutting up apples. I froze enough to make 10 pies. I hope to do a few more to have enough for one a month. Glenn was working on apples that had fallen in the ground or were chewed on by squirrels. He cored them and cut them up with the skin on for regular applesauce. We had two crock pots going at the same time. When we need to use it we will thaw it and put it in the blender to chop up the skins so we can have the fiber.
Barb - I have never had a UTI either but I do know what to look for. I hope the antibiotics work quickly for you. Keep drinking a lot of water to flush out your bladder. I need to drink more water too. I am glad that your mother's echo was good.
Susan - The paper that blew out was run over by several cars but fortunately we have copies of everything in the Google shared drive. I will be making new copies to put back in the files.
Judith - I hope that your treatment was effective today and it was not too painful.
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Good Morning All, I fell asleep while posting so going back to bed! We got a late night alert for our Local Weather, Storm coming with High Gusts 💨 of Wind 🌬️ and Heavy Rain. 🌧️ we are to keep watch and have flashlights ready as power could be lost! I will try and be back later today to Read and Answer all Your Posts! Good Night All God Bless 😴 🙏
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Good morning. We have Pastor Joe's memorial this morning and church is catering for about 100 attendees. Col and I are making two loaves of sandwiches and I made some lemon bars too. Then I have a rehearsal and a performance this afternoon to do tonight. Must go so we are on time for everything.
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Good Afternoon Susan,
I am praying for Eileen her son in from Europe and the rest of their family, friends and the Members of the Church. Praying the Service will touch the hearts of those who attend and if there are any present who are not believers will come to know Jesus personally as they listen to the testimony’s and messages shared!
You and Colin are so kind in making the loaves of sandwiches and lemon bars. Praying for you as you have a rehearsal and a performance this afternoon after the memorial. Praying for God’s Strength! 🙏❤️
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Susan I hope joes memorial service was more of a great celebration of,his life knowing he is more alive & is now in heaven with our Saviour! Continue prayers for all.
I hope your rehearsal went well. Thats so nice that you all made some loaves of sandwiches and lemon bars. I’m sure it was very much appreciated.Linda what a busy day you had. Lots of pies to make. If only you could share a piece of pie with us. Enjoy them, when you make them.
I am Always drinking water, but today I had a 2 of glasses of cranberry juice and a glass of apple cider too. I slept a lot better last ight and the dr told me that after 2 dowses most already could see some healing. I hope I sleep better tonight.
So glad your paper was good! Thats wonderful .
Sleep well which you should do with all your cooking, 2 crockpots at same time a busy kitchen you had Somglad Glenn was helping too.Judith I heard about the rain from my sister, Sandi, has us praying her basement stays dry. I need to text her how it’s doing. Prayers no one loses their power too.
Well tomorrow is the fall fest at our church. We have rain in the forecast I hope we can still do bouncy houses, maybe in the gym. Not sure how they can be fastened. Jean and family will come and we hope Mariposa will. I just heard hat James and family are coming up to help with brother 3 and all maybe Kaelyn, 13 and Eli 11 will come and help me watch their younger cousins
Then I hear that my mom maybe released tomorrow poor Cher trying to get help, for her, as she has commitments at church on Sunday God has it, but it’s hard.
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We had a date time today so we went to see the movie "Soul on Fire". It was really good about an9 year old boy that was playing with matches and was burned over 100% of his body - most of it was 3rd degree burns. He was in the hospital for 5 months with times when the staff did not think that he would make it but he was determined to be able to go home. After his experience he became a motivational speaker. It was based on a real story with a few things added. We then went to Olive Garden using some free gift cards that I have earned by donating blood and then to got some sugarless frozen yogurt. After all that fun time, it was time to get back to working on the apples. I made 2 more sacks of pie apples then we have two more crock pots full and cooking applesauce. I also made a Fun-Fetti cake for the birthday party for my two daughters tomorrow. It will also be a time to carve pumpkins. Our daughters had birthdays in the Summer but it was such a busy time we are just now celebrating them. We will be doing two more birthday celebrations at Thanksgiving and then we will be through with all the birthdays in the family. The house next door is a Air B&B so we have new people there often renting it. Tonight they are really loud and our dog is not happy with them. We have to keep her inside so she does not bark at them for invading her space. She thinks she owns a lot more space than in reality.
Susan - How nice of you to provide food for the memorial. I hope it was inspirational and a time of celebration and memories.
Barb - I hope things go better with your mother this time she is discharged from the hospital. Is her pain level better? I also hope that the Fun Fest was a success even if it was supposed to rain.
Judith - Was the your skin healed enough for the surgeon to do debridement successfully? I don't know if you are seeing this difference but the words "save draft" are a different color than it used to be on my computer. I hope it means MFP is making changes and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that it will be better.
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Good Morning All
I am here this morning, fell asleep so finishing here, I posted in all the threads and responded to Susan’s post but will share some more thoughts.
Linda, I see the change, the Draft tab is purple. I hope it means we can safely save our posts. You had a lovely Date time with going to the movie and seeing the true story about the young boy who received 3rd degree burns over his whole body while playing with matches. Amazing for him to push thru when even the nurses thought he wouldn’t make it. It’s wonderful he survived and went home like he was determined to. It’s also wonderful he became a motivational speaker. I am sure he touched a lot of lives with his story. I am sure you enjoyed your dinner at the Olive Garden. You are working hard with all your apple preparations & baking of apple pies and making applesauce. Sure would be nice if we all could sit and enjoy a piece of pie with you. Enjoy your Birthday parties with your two daughters, the cake sounds yummy. You will have fun carving pumpkins together.
Barb,
I am praying for your dear Mom, I read the post in our prayer thread. I do hope help can be found to help your Mom as she is being discharged. Praying her pain will be brought under control. How was your Harvest Fun Fest, hope it was a great day and well attended. Hopefully it didn’t rain. My prayers continue as you completed your LLLT for your first week and trusting the treatment is helping you.
Susan, I left my post earlier today to your post when you were leaving for the Memorial! I hope it was a time of Celebration, a Life well Lived for the Glory of God. I am sure the Message and words of Testimonies touched many lives. The Food you and Colin prepared I am sure everyone enjoys the Sandwich Loaves and Lemon Bars! How was your Rehearsal and the the Production? Look forward to hearing about the Memorial and your Production.I’m off to bed now. It’s after 1:00am. I fell asleep earlier and was awake that’s why I signed in and was able to read the rest of the posts. God Bless you! Be back later today. 🙏🤗
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Good morning all. The memorial was lovely. A family had decorated with fresh flowers and momentos of Pastor Joe's life - his harmonicas, special photos in particular. He had used his harmonicas to reach wild tribes in Papua Niugini as well as many people in western cultures. The slide show showed a life well-lived. The sermon was one he had helped prepare and was very good. We had more than enough food.
I didn't feel great so came home for a nap instead of rehearsal. (Have been having dizzy spells and IBS). Our performance at Oktoberfest in the evening went well. We got lots of nice feedback.
Came back in the evening to Shaun's family. They stayed the night and Inara is definitely needing playful attention this morning. Sorry friends. I need to go for now. Am feeling a little TOO busy....Church day and more rehearsals for the play today.
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Susan. Prayers for you with IBS and dizzy. I sometimes get IBS C. (Constipation.). It can be difficult. Prayers for you. Glad your Octoberfest went well too pastor joes memorial sounds like it was a success You should feel good with the part you had in it Enjoy your church services today and us our sleep I hope your rehearsals go well Plus enjoy Shaun and family
Judith prayers for, you and I hope for more healing with your mouth. Was the Dr able to debridement your mouth prayers
Linda. so more pies were made, very busy you are. The movie “Soul on Fire” movie the base of the movie? It sounds good maybe I need to, check it out Then the Olive a garden sounds like a nice finish so you celebrate bdays by the month we may need to do something like that. Hioe your neighbors with B & B are quieter tonight. Does the noise keep you up at night sometimes? Prayers. I need quiet to sleep.So my mom will come home tomorrow and Cher will stay with her over night. Cheryl, is trying to find out some care and maybe Medicare may help too not all places accept Medicare.
The fall fest was inside we ended up having light rain again. Any rain we get seems to be always light or scattered since August, crazy .So we had the fest inside which was nice the cars had a box with a game and their decorations and the kids got candy on ha hallway the gym had the chili contest and hotdogs No s’mores it was fun for the kids.
James and family came up from Branson so that was a nice treat James and Harry 3 are close so his wife, Kim, and their 2 kids, Kaelyn and Eli came & brought Mariposa to church and fall fest. Blake and Evan were so happy to see their cousins! I will post a few pics of them.
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Susan, so happy to hear that the Memorial was so special with all the momento’s of Pastor Joe’s life in Ministry, slide show, photo’s, Harmonica and sermon notes that he helped prepare the service. It’s wonderful how he used his Harmonica’s to reach the Wild Tribes in Papua New Guinea! His Life was Well Lived. I am so sorry you have been dealing with IBS and having Dizzy Spells as you said in the Prayer Thread. So sorry you missed the Rehearsal but glad you were able to be in the Production. So glad you had some time with Shaun and family, nice to spend time with Inara. Hope you get some rest after Church. I am praying for you my friend! Feel Better Soon! 🙏
Barb, love the pictures of the Fall Fest. So nice hour grandchildren were there. Was happy that Kaelyn and Eli brought Mariposa to Church and the Fall Fest. Evan and Blake looked so happy in the pictures. In spite of the rain and having to have the Harvest Fall Frst indoors looks like everyone had fun. I saw some holding their pails for the candy they would receive. I am sure they enjoyed painting and carving the pumpkins. Chilli hot dogs and s’mores are always so yummy for everyone, the kids always love s’mores! You said your Mom comes home tomorrow and your sister will stay with her over night. Here’s hoping you can find some Home Care to come in the home to help your Mom! Praying the whole situation.
I don’t see Linda on here, so hoping I just missed her due to me posting early tonight, although I replied a long post from Linda’s post this morning around 1:00am! Remember I fell a sleep and was wide awake so finished my post this morning with reading Linda’s Post about the Movie they saw and Linda’s Pies and Applesause. Birthday Parties she was attending for her Daughters. Linda scroll up and you will see my post from 1:00am!
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Two more crockpots full of applesauce and we have only 1/2 box of apples yet to do. We are taking a file cabinent to Grand Junction for my office so we spent time trying to decide how two old people (Glenn and I) could carry it out to the truck and get it in there. With a few tweaks and a moving dolly we were successful! The birthday party was fun. Some of the pumpkin cravings were really detailed. They had some patterns to follow.
Judith - You posted a delicious looking recipe in the thread. I will have to try it when I get the ingredients. Is the sauce to use from the store or do I need to do it myself? I don't think I have ever made Bechemel sauce but I can learn. I did post early yesterday and tonight I am posting late. I should try to post at the same time each day.
Susan - The memorial sounded so beautiful with fresh flowers and momentos of things that he used. It is nice that he was able to help prepare the sermon so he said what was really important to him. I am sorry that you are having dizzy spells and IBS. I hope you feel better soon.
Barb - It is quiet tonight so it will be easier to sleep. There have been times that people stay next door and have very loud music until 3 in the morning. At least we know since it is a rental, the loud people do not stay long. The children were so cute at the fest. I'm glad things worked out even if it had to be done indoors.
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Life is taking a turn. Shaun's family will move out of their house for unfortunate reasons to do with Yolanda's family and stay with us till sometime around Christmas/New Year. It will require much good will for us all to live together in our little house but we will do it. They will move out west in the New Year. Yolanda has a transfer. She has just had major surgery so is on sick leave for a few weeks. Meanwhile, mornings will no longer be peaceful times to chat and play games here but will involve Inara coming in to chat, play, need attention etc. My posting habits might change!
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Susan prayers as you and Colin adapt to Shaun and family living with you. Will you be able to, have the card making you do, at your house? Prayers it all works out.
You stil dizzy. How is the IBS doing. Do you have the constipation kind? I have it and my usual meds of fixing it are not working. I guess with my mom home with care needs. ad 3 I am stressed.Yes,, my mom is home and in pain, Cher will stay there tonight & we are praying we can get the care she needs, it be nice if Medicare will pay for it and not us girls
Linda. Yes the fall fest may have been a first inside & it worked out well. We in the hall we had the car trunk treat. It was fun the grand kids enjoyed it. Did you get the rest of the apples done or another day maybe? Sure is a lot of apples you have done, pies and pole sauce. Tires me out just thinking of it. So glad the party was fun too.
Judith. I will have to check out the new recipe you posted. With the fall fest inside we did not have s’mores yiu need to use a fire outside. So I missed them maybe next year? The s’mores were hardly missed, though I did miss them when I thought of it. The kids painted the pumpkins and they all had fun with that. Carving pumpkins is a hard thing to do, as kids did the activities, and there were no knives, it was for all children ages. Carving pumpkins is a fun thing to do but usually most parents do it. I’ll send a pic of the painting. Is carving pumpkins a tradition in Canada and Australia maybe too?
So with my son and son, I am constipated ad now my bp,is high too I see my cardiologist. Ext Friday. I keep hoping it will become normal like it was. Thursday when i went to, the drs for my UTI my bp was normal. Praying it will at least I see my cardiologist 11/7.
Hioe all had a good day. Prayers.
if you look at this is the painting and sticker station for the pumpkins. Pumpkins are on the floor behind Eli.
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I finished all the apples!! Yea! When we go back tomorrow, Glenn's sister says her tree is full of apples and wants us to come get some of hers. I am ready to take a vacation from apples but I do not want to waste food either. We have yellow delicious apples that are so good for pies and applesauce. I am not sure what her apples are but they are red and more of an eating apple. I hope she has friends who will take some apples from her too. I just found out that my aunt passed away last night. She was the last of my parent's generation to pass. She would have been 104 in 6 weeks. This now makes my generation the oldest generation which is a little scary. We are the "wise" ones now and carry the responsibilities of the family.
Susan - living with family can have it's challenges. Our middle daughter, husband and two toddlers moved in with us when they sold their house and were waiting on closing on their new house so they were here for three month. After that our oldest daughter, husband and 2 year old moved in with us and they are still here. The husband is no longer with us but their 2 year old is now 18 and in college. It takes a lot of patience on everyone's part because we do things differently. It does not mean the other person is doing it wrong but it can feel like it. I will pray for peace to reign in your house as you love them through this difficut time for them. It will have an end date when you can have your quiet mornings posting as you have up to this time. Where in the "out west" will they be moving? We will be glad to hear from you as you can post for this little while.
Barb - painting pumpkins for the kids was a good idea as well as the stickers. Last night my S-I-L had a styrofoam pumpkin he was trying to carve. It was a very thin shell and it was more difficult than a regular pumpkin. He likes to make elaborate designs on his pumpkin so I think if he had just done triangle eyes and a toothy grin it might have been easier.
Judith - I hope I have gotten on here before you so we do not duplicate answers on the threads. It is a little strange how we both have the same answers sometimes. Has MFP been better for you with not loosing your posts or timing you out. I have had a better time lately.
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Linda, yes I have had a better experience lately, no timing out and no loss of posts, this is good news for me. Yes it’s interesting that we post the same words in some of our threads, we sure think a lot a like. Wonder if it is our Medical background? Not sure why I said that but it seemed to come to mind! 😀You have done a lot of prep with your apples, pies applesauce: can’t imagine you taking more apples to bake and cook! You said you thought the other apples were Red not like your yellow delicious apples that are perfect for baking and cooking preparing applesauce. I could check to see what one can do with Red apples and see if I can find recipes for you. There is only so many apples one can eat, I’m like you, don’t like to waste food. I posted the homemade sauce you were asking me about. It’s from Bea! My condolences to you Linda on the recent passing of your dear Aunt, my prayers are with you and the family. Wow, just shy of turning 104! Your Aunt lived a long life. ♥️🙏
Susan, I hear you, it will take a lot of patience and adjusting to a new way of life. You are very organized and I am sure you will be able to work out a plan that works for everyone. Would you be able to have Shaun and Family be able to use your Caravan for sleeping purposes and maybe for quiet times for everyone. Just a thought, it may not be possible but it came to my mind after you said it will be an adjustment living under one roof in a small house. It’s good you and Colin can be there for your family during this difficult time they are going through. You said Yolanda has a work transfer and they will move out West around Christmas New Year time. It will be a huge move. Know I will be praying for you that God will guide your steps and give you Peace as you navigate the new ways of life you will experience with your Family Life, Card Making Business and Church responsibilities. Know we are all here for you, post & let us know how you are doing as you are able. ♥️🙏
Barb, I totally understand about no knives for carving pumpkins. I was thinking it was families sitting at the tables working together. We often did that at my daughter’s I sat beside Nyla and helped her with using the children’s carving set with safety blunt knives, if we needed a sharper knife we the adults did the cutting. We did the same at our Church years ago when they did Harvest Fests to offer the Kids an alternative to not participating in Halloween activities. We always had a good turn out with large groups. Lots of games, contests, face painting, sing a longs, the kids dressed in Bible Character costumes like Moses, Ruth, Naomi and some animals too. I was so glad Mariposa went with her cousins. Your pictures were great. My prayers continue for your Mom and for Harry3!
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Judith I loved reading about your harvest fest sounded neat. I know in Awana my grandkids have dressed up as Bible characters. Prayers for you. So glad MFP working better.
Linda so glad you are done with your apples only to have more maybe, from Glenn’s sister. Maybe people from church or neighbors take some I know I’ve even veggies and fruit in a box for others to take from, prayers. You will have to give us a picture of dil pumpkin he carves. Cutting a styrofoam sounds like a good practice.
so sorry to, hear about your aunt 104 wow. She lived a good life I’m sure. Prayers for you all. I assume she has a large family living so long.
Susan. Prayers as you adjust to,Shaun. So glad that Linda gave you some encouragement having had it. Just vet it out here if you need to we are here and will be encouragement to you. Yes, it will be a lot of patience. Praying. God will help you. Remember we are all sinners living under one roof. I pray your IBS is better. I’m constipated. Maybe due to my UTI meds. One more day to go, I stewed prunes to help.Well imhad another light lazier therapy. I think I need to wait after lights a bit, so my eyes adjust. Cher is on her way home & my mom maybe by herself. Not sure. I know with long nights it won’t help her. That all changes Saturday night with no more daylight savings time so it gets dark so early. By January we will start seeing more light.
Pictures of 3 outside with Mariposa and her ball we went for a walk to see the roosters too.
Enjoy all the extra hour sleep, Saturday, but Susan, as we go back to standard time. Praying for Jamaica too
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Just lost my post.
It's it more chaotic here and noisy, but we will adapt. I have looked after family many times in my life so just have to polish those skills up again. My folks lived with me for 9 years, my brother for 7 years, plus he lived with me on other occasions for significant periods. This time it will be only a month or two. Yesterday Colin and I cleared the guest room for them and reorganised their bathroom and some of the kitchen and garage. We're tireder with all the activity and mental gymnastics. It will be ok.
Don't worry about the IBS. It has settled down. Barb, my kind is opposite to yours. Loved the pumpkin picture and stories! I hope things work out for your dear Mom. Hugs. Shaun and family are moving several hour's drive west, to a place called Dalby.
Linda, that's wonderful about the apples being processed now. That was a big job. So sorry about the loss of your Aunt. I get it about being the last generation. That is rapidly happening for me, too. Hugs.
Judith, thank you for your lovely messages and encouragement. I hope you are feeling alright after your last medical appointments. Hugs to you as well.
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We had rain, wind and snow during this trip over the mountain. It had snowed earlier and we could see the snow under the trees where the sun had not melted it yet but the roads were dry. The rain and snow was very light but the wind was strong that brought in a cold front. It is good to be back home again! Our green tomatoes that we picked before we left are beginning to turn red and are ready to eat. I will use some of the green ones that do not turn red to make green tomato relish that has green tomatoes, onions, peppers and a variety of spices in it. We brought over the file cabinent that the school records were in so I can use it in my office here. It does not have a lock on it which is required for records in an accredited school so we had to buy a new one with a lock and to put in the church building in a locked room. Accreditation has a lot of rules we are finding we need to follow.
Judith - Yes my family has people who live long lives. My mother died at 91, my Dad at 96, another aunt at 97 and this one that was close to 104. Member on my Dad's side other than him lived into the late 80's. I will ask my S-I-L what the name of her apples are. She said if the frost holds off, they will be ready by this weekend. I will offer the apples to all of my friends also. We have house church this weekend at our house. If we can get to my S-I-L's house by Saturday, we can offer them to the church on Sunday. She lives about 30 miles from us so it is not too far. It just depends on how busy we are on the weekend.
Barb - Great pictures of Mariposa and 3. It looks like they are having fun with the ball. Someday he will be up walking independently and can be more involved in playing with Mariposa. Glenn took some pictures of the pumpkins that were carved on Saturday so I will have him send them to me and I will post them. I also finally got my hair cut so I will post that also probably tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder of the time change. I will change my clocks back when I go back to bed although supposedly it changes at 2AM. Keep us updated about your mom and how things are going. I know it is hard for you being so far away and not being able to help but your hands are full with 3 and his family.
Susan - I understand being tired "with all the activity and mental gymnastics" of having family living with you. I was glad to get back to GJ after just a week in Westminster. I am sorry that you lost your post. I was in hopes that it had been fixed by MFP. Has Shaun completely moved out of their home where they were living? I was wondering if they brought a lot of furnature with them. We built a huge storage shed to put duplicates in when our daughter moved in. When we moved out to come here, it worked out well since we had two set of a lot of things she had brought and now uses.
I need to get things unpacked and unwrinkled before I go to bed.
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It’s almost 12 Midnight now I fell asleep woke freezing as I had no blankets covering me to keep warm so I am finishing chat cafe on Tuesday wee hours of morning and my other posts were finished proper time Monday. I have a friend visiting this afternoon, haven’t seen her for months. So it will be nice. This past year has been tough as her believed husband passed a little over a year. What has been hard is their daughter passed about 6 months before Joel passed. It’s been so hard on Gayle. I hope Zi can be an encouragement to her when she comes.
Susan, you are welcome, glad I was an encouragement to you. My heart does reach out to you as you have Shaun and family living with you for next 2 months. It is a huge adjustment. That was a big job getting guest room ready, organizing the bathroom kitchen and garage for them. I am sure you have made it very comfortable for them. It will be extra special for you and Colin to have those times of Bonding with Inara. She will love being close to you both. So sorry you lost your post, I was hoping things got better for everyone. Here’s hoping this is the last of losing posts for you. You said your son is moving West few hours away to a place called Dalby, this is new to me so will look it up on a map. You said few hours away so it sounds like visiting would work out for you and Colin to visit the family. Thanks for your prayers, I find the procedures with the Surgeon have made me tired lately. There is more diseased skin and tissue growing up to surface of upper and lower lips including lower face. It is causing bleed outs in some of the procedures I have. Still trying to get appointment with my Oncologist for a change in both topical and oral meds. Will keep you posted.
Barb, you said you had your LLLT today, how are you feeling with these treatments, are they tiring you? Thanks for the reminder about changing my clocks back on Saturday, I had forgotten that it was this weekend. The good thing is I get an extra hour of sleep! Yay 😀 I continue to keep your dear Mom in prayer. Loved the pictures of Mariposa and her Dad playing Ball. So nice Harry3 can be out in the wheelchair and be with Mariposa. I am sure it makes Mariposa so happy to have times of play with her Daddy! Sounds like fun going for a walk to see the Roosters 🐔 Does Harry3 and family live in the country? Thank you for your comments about our Harvest Fest and that your Awana group dressed up in Bible Costumes like our Kids did. Some of the Churches back East in Ontario have Awana groups. Here in BC we had a Missionette Girls Group, I was a Leader for a few Years. The Boys had another group but the name has slipped my mind.
Linda, your family has lived long lives like ours have. My paternal and Maternal lines all have lived to be well into their 90’s. I have researched Family lines back to the 1500’s to present day and it was common to see members passing from their mid 80’s upwards to late 90’s. My Mom was considered to pass at 79 as being young, she passed away from Colin Cancer. I have one Great -Great Grandmother on my Maternal Grandmothers side who died of Malignant Melanoma which cost her an eye. It was her Left Eye that had to be removed. She lived for many years with Melanoma. She was up in her 90’s when she passed. You had quite the weather in your travels with rain snow and wind as you travelled over the Mountain. I am happy you are safely back home. You said you are using the green tomatoes to make green relish. I lost my Mom’s relish recipe. Could you post the recipe on our recipe thread please. Hope you are able to give some of the apples you are getting from your SIL to your House Church you are having this weekend. I’m sure they will be happy to receive some. You sure have a lot of apples you have cooked and prepared for pies. Do you use some of your apples to make an Apple Betty?
Have a Blessed Weekend all. Will be back later today! 🙏🤗
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Hello all. Life is very busy here but I wanted to check in.
Shaun and family have a storage unit for all their furniture. We don't need any of it here and they have what personal items they need with them.
As for driving out to Dalby to visit them, it will be hard on Colin to do it in one day. His driving limit per day is around 2 hours. We'll need to stay overnight if we visit as it is around a 2 1/2 hour drive one way.
Must go for now. Thinking of you all.
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With the time change, we decided in our evening Bible study that we will start meeting earlier so the older people do not have to drive in the dark. We will now be starting at 3pm. My morning Bible study goes from 11:30am to 1:30pm so it will be a rush to get ready for the second one but I can work on it on Monday. Today I got behind by oversleeping so Glenn was wonderful to help me sweep the floor and vaccum the rug. Since his sight has been changing and his eyes get so tired sitting in front of the computer, he has become more helpful to work around the house cleaning, doing dishes, etc which I do appreciate. It has been really chilly lately and I have needed to have my space heater on in the office. I am looking forward to some warmer weather during Indian Summer so I can get the rest of my windows washed before the holidays.
Judith - I hope you had an encouraging visit with your friend, Gayle. It sounds like she could use a listening ear and loving words after the grief she has had. I am sure that you are the perfect person to give her what she needs. You said that the proceedures with the surgeon were making you tired. Is it as painful as it was in the past? I do pray that you will get an appointment with the oncologist to get your medication changed. My mom used to make what she called Apple Brown Betty but I don't think I have ever made one. We have to be careful about sugar for Glenn but I do have some sweetner that is specifically for baking that I might use to made one. I think apple crisp was more popular when I was growing up because I remember Mom making it more often than Brown Betty.
Susan - It is good to hear from you and the clarification on Shaun's furniture being in storage. From what you have said, I think you do not have a lot of room to store anything at your house. I am sorry that Colin can not drive for long distances. You did so much traveling when you went on your last adventure that we lived vicariously with you through your posts.
Barb - have you been having really cold weather? Glenn's sister said that it was 27F this morning at 4am and was afraid that the apples on the trees would be frozen. Later she said that it was not that low for very long during the night so the apples seem to be OK. We will go to her house either on Friday or Saturday and help her pick them all off her tree. She is pretty overwhelmed with trying to pick them in the few hours she has after work until it gets too dark to see. I asked what type of apples she has and she is not sure. She said the tree is over 100 years old and it may be a Jonathan. I will try to dry quite a few apple slices to eat during the winter.
Here are a picture of the pumpkins that were carved. The simple ones are on the bottom.
Talk to you all later! 🥰
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