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Susan, good to hear from you, sounds like things are getting organized and falling into place. Great Shaun got a storage unit to store the furniture while they are with you. Yes I can understand that Colin would find it hard to drive straight through. So staying over night would break up the trip for you both. At least for now you don’t need to think about that for a while. Take care my friend. We are here for you with a listening ear! Love and Hugs
Linda, you mentioning Apple Crisp was what both my Grandmother and Mom made a lot but I sure loved the Brown Betty, yum yum 😋 It will take some time to adjust to changing the times for the Bible Studies but the older people will appreciate that as driving at night is harder for seniors. I have couple of older friends who limit their driving at night as they say the glare from oncoming cars distorts their eyesight. You asked about my procedures, yes they do cause a lot of soreness on the lips especially. I don’t know if it’s any worse it’s just tiring as it’s gone on for such a long time. Good News, one of my appointments I have been trying to get in to see my Oncologist I got through today and got an appointment with my Oral oncologist for November 12th at 2:15pm. Praise God! Now I need to work on getting into see my Dermatology Oncologist! This one is needed as it’s his med he prescribed that needs changing. I love your pictures of the Pumpkins that were carved. The top row is quite detailed. My visit with Gayle was really good. At the end of our time together I could see she was feeling better. She said she would love to visit regularly, I said I would send her some days I’m free in November for us to work out on a day that works for us both! I look forward to seeing her more often in the near future.
Thanks for everyone’s prayers and words of kindness! it’s late now so I’m off to bed! See you all tomorrow! Good Night 😴0 -
Linda. Great pumpkins. The carvers are good.
We were cold, today and are in a freeze watch tonight and for next couple nights. I put our hoses away and we turned off the outside water today. We have not been in the 20’s just mid 30’s as lows, so only a frost advisory. No freeze. It is to warm up again by weekend. Yes I am also looking forward to Indian summer too, usually it’s around now as it is 3 bday today. We took him to vote and he got a few feee foods for his bday.
we still have a glider to put away too.Susan. Thank you for checking in. I’m sure it’s quite busy. Prayers as you adjust in small place that be my place too though a large yard, with more people. Praying. Also, if you would travel to Dalby, it be rough. Prayers. Makes me wonder if 3 family have tomadjustmtomhim being in a wheelchair for life please pray.
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I make an apple crisp and grew up with it, though Harry doesn’t eat it nd with just 2 of us i don’t make it much my more if at all. I can’t remember the last time i made itJudith. Hooe you enjoyed Gayle. It is nice that you could get together. I’m sure it was fun. Praying you get sleep and for healing. God can heal you and get Harry 3 walking though it’s his balance he needs which I wonder if it’s his double vision. He doesn’t see the Neuro ophthalmologist until April. God knows and He heals. The song “ Don’t stop Praying.”
We will be getting cold tonight but in frost advisory. So pray as Mariposa is shy in going out I wonder if we can take 3 with Mariposa to,our church and have 3 practice walking in our gym. Just a crazy idea but I wonder. Prayers for all.
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Good Morning. I'm on my fourth load of clothes in the washer and just changed our sheets. We offered to wash for everyone today as the kids are moving all their furniture to the storage unit. Our other son, Nathan, and his family are helping with the move. We are exempted from lifting due to age and disability. Yesterday Inara got a pretty good report at the Paediatrician's. Her speech and maturity have been affected by her lack of hearing from day 1. With some speech therapy and time, she will catch up. We're very thankful for the fact that there was no other diagnosis (ADHD, Autism etc). Everyone was very relieved about that. Inara is slowly adjusting to staying with us, and the dogs are getting better daily too.
Thank you all for understanding about how much busier our lives will be for awhile. We'll miss them when they go, too.
Barb, glad you were able to bake an old favourite (Apple Crisp). I have never had that. I think asking if 3 can use the church gym would be great! Not crazy at all. Mariposa is shy? That surprises me, but maybe she will get more confident as she grows up. I hope so. 🙏
Judith, I was delighted to see you had a good visit with your friend and are planning more regular get togethers. It will be lovely for you both! Thankful for your appointment c9ming up and praying it will help.
Linda, those pumpkins are amazing. No one carves pumpkins much here but we have plenty of hollow plastic ones popping up in people's gardens. For our Halloween here in Australia people seem to focus more on horror. They favour more skeletons, cobwebs, giant spiders, and witches. We never have trick or treaters here at the Village. So I don't decorate. Inara has a costume to wear at kindy. I'm not sure what it will look like yet. Glad Glenn is feeling up to helping around the house. His life sure will change with his eyesight changes. Maybe he could get some technology that can read aloud to him and he could write by speaking inyo the program? My legally blind sis has some amazing tools to help her read and work. She is currently writing children's books and short stories and does create Bible studies too for the ladies group she belongs to. The Blind Society, who improve the vision impaired quality of life, has some amazing helps for her around the house and with technology. I hope he finds some ways that suit him so he can still study and write.
I better go hang sheets on the line. It's going to rain later and I want things to dry in the sun before then.
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Susan, I am rejoicing that Inara got a fantastic report from the Paediatrician! God is Good. No ADHD or Autism. Praise God! I do believe even with her slow start due to hearing and speech she will catch up and do very well. My granddaughter was born prematurely and had a slow start, She was tube fed, walked late and her speech was later but by the time she was 3 she was caught up and today you’d never know she was behind. I remember when I had the Baby Shower for Lynn when Nyla was almost 3 months old weighing 7 pounds couple of the people asked Lynn if Nyla was a Newborn! So yes I believe Inara will do well and you all will be amazed as we all were with Nyla. That’s a lot of laundry you are doing today. So nice your Son Nathan is helping Shaun with the moving and putting furniture in storage. It sounds like you are getting some things organized but so understand it’s not easy. Thank you for your kind words regarding my medical appointments coming up and my visit with Gayle. It was a good visit and so glad she wants to visit more. Its first visit she wasn’t saying she didn’t want to live long and told me at one time she was asking God to take her home. Yesterday she said she was enjoying her music again. She sings and has been Worship Leader! So overall the Visit was good. She welcomed and asked me to keep praying for her! Thank you Jesus!
Barb, I think that’s an excellent idea to have Harry3 go to your Church and use the Gym to practice his walking and balance! Hope you can encourage him to go. It would be great for Mariposa also to walk with her Daddy in the Gym. I continue to keep Harry3 in prayer for God’s healing. Trusting day by day he will improve and everyone will see the difference. Trusting his eyesight gets better so he won’t have the issues with the double vision. You are getting some cold weather, we had cold couple days ago 33 degrees but your temps are way colder. Hope it does warm up by the weekend like you said.
Linda, I replied to your posts earlier but not at 8:00pm as you post at that time but I have to sign off now. I am sleepy from my both vaccines I had at 12 Noon today!
I had my yearly Covid and Flu shots! No problems not even sore just very sleepy.
Will say Good Night 😴 God Bless! 🙏🤗
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We had our soup exchange and women's devotional tonight. I took Zuppa Toscana and exchanged it for Ham and beans and Minestrone. We had to take 4 cups for people to taste and then two gallon bags full of soup to give away. It was only 8 of us but it was a fun time and now I have a variety of soups to eat. I was glad that I could ride with a friend to the house where the exchange took place. My eyesight at night is not good. I think it is my cataracts that causes the headlights to distort and my depth perception to be not as good as during the daylight.
Susan - thanks for the ideas about what to do when Glenn needs help reading. Right now, the books he likes to read are not available because they are very scholarly and there is not much demand for them as audio books. Maybe AI could read the books for him if there were a reader he could use. AI is amazing and they are coming up with new things all the time. I still feel people might get lazy brains if they depend on AI for everything. That is a lot of laundry that you did today. I am glad that Shaun did not expect you or Colin to help with moving things into storage. We are also excepted from lifting heavy things by our children. What a good report for Inara. How much does she hear? When our grandson was having absent seizures he also got way behind in school because he was missing a lot of what the teacher was saying. Once they got the seizures under control and he could hear the complete lesson, he caught up quickly. I am sure Inara will do the same.
Judith - I am so glad that you were able to get an appointment with the Oral Oncologist. Now if you can get with the Dermatology Oncologist that would be great. The visit with Gayle sounds nice and I am hoping that you can see each other more often. It sounds like her grief is still with her but she is able to enjoy some things which is good. I hope that your tiredness will get over quickly from your vaccines. We till need to get them but it is hard to find the time especially if we have to go to our doctor who is in Westminster. We may just do it at Walmart the next time we go there.
Barb - I am realy praying hard that 3 is able to continue to improve so he can stay in therapy. I also think that walking in the gym with Mariposa is a good idea for 3. The floor is nice and flat and it is not as cold as it is outside. I hope that his double vision clears which will make walking safer. You said that you were wishing Jesus would come back soon. I agree especially when our president is talking about working on nuclear weapons again. I know he wants to not let other nations get ahead of us and attack us when we are not ready but still can't we all be friends? Obviously that is not going to happen as long as Satan has his way here on his turf.
Here is my new haircut I got two weeks ago. Glenn does not like the natural waves as well as when I blow dry it and curl it with a curling iron. It is more work but I want him to like it so I do it that way when we go places and leave it alone when I am at home so we can compromise.
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Oh, The picture didn't show for me, Linda. I hope Glenn gets used to your new hairstyle in time. Yes, having the diagnosis be much more positive for Inara was a blessing. I hope Glenn does find a way to read even if it is with AI. He would not do so well with nothing to think about! The laundry turned into 5 loads yesterday with our sheets. The kids appreciated having theirs done. It's something that will be on repeat, of course.
Judith, that's encouraging about Nyla. I know Inara will improve. I'm not sure how bad her hearing loss was or how much she can hear now but she doesn't seem to miss much when she pays attention. She will be alright. I hope you feel more rested today.
Barb, I hope all is going well and was praying for you all just before.
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Susan, that is a lot of wash! Trust your washing machine lasts well. I always enjoyed hanging out as they smelled msomgood, especially in the spring! That was until our neighbor’s tree took our laundry ntree. We’ve never replaced it, with 2, I can use chairs or such. Mainly use the drier. Somglad yiungot help, with a Nathan I bet all re sleeping well tonight. Or did aleep, well.as morning now. So glad you didn’t help lift heavy thing. Good choice!
So glad that Inara had a good report from the dr pediatrician. Not being on the spectrum autism, ADHD is wonderful, God is good!, So glad that Inara seems to hear well as not to miss anything I assume you mean in school. Prayers for your sister and her issues with seeing tooLinda. I could not pull up your picture either. Sorry I’m sure it looks good. We got another cool morning then it will warm up next week. Tuesday it may be 70* that will feel nice we still need to get our glider and rug off the porch maybe then. ? I also,don’t lie, driving t ight I remember my dad saying watch the white line I’m,so get anti glare on y glasses I hoping that with my LLLT I will have better eyesight. I have noticed a bit I think better and my bags under my eyes are GONE. My eye Dr told me that. My skin there is so smooth after only 4 treatments,.
Harry made Hama d bean soup today so I got a laugh when you mentioned that. Sounds like you had fun.
My sister in law suggested using our community center, as it’s an old elementary school, so has 2 halls and not many people. Great conditions for him so maybe Saturday.
Will you have your cataracts checked as most of those who had the surgery we better prayers. ?Judith. So glad you got the appointment with the oral oncologist’s and now we pray youncan get a dermatologist oncologist. In God’s time. So glad you and Gayle had fun and she wants to continue it you need that Judith.
Prayers for you Judith apthankmyiu for all you do for our group too.If any of you have macular problems I wonder if checking into LLLT might be the answer.
So 3 OT that he had today told 3 that she is seeing a Lot of improvement in him especially his balance! PTL we needed that.
Tomorrow his therapy will have a party for the kids and 3 was asked to read a book to,the kids that come. So HH and the girls will go and see daddy/3, read the book to some kids so neat. Mariposa is excited about it. . She can be shy at times, as she has not been many places since Annabella has been born. I think Annabella won’t be shy and that may help Mariposa. Thank you for the prayers.0 -
I had a good talk with the CEO of group thta does the pre-diabetes classes. She was able to tell me about how effective it has been since they started it during COVID. I told her that I worked with Medicare and Medicaid reinbursement in my old job and she offered me a job working for her or being on the board. Although I know it was in joking, it still made me feel that I still have some wisdom left that I could help. I definately am not looking for a job right now or plan to do so in the future. I also presented the program for the TOPS group talking about cravings and how to work with them. Although I did not loose weight this week, I was not the only one who needs to be more disciplined in my food choices.
Susan - I am sorry that the picture does not show up for you or Barb. When I copy and paste the link in the browser, it shows up for me. Maybe I will take another picture later and put it on with a different method. This was a PDF. file. I am glad that Inara is able to hear when she concentrates. I can get easily distracted with other activity around me and not hear everything I am supposed to either.
Barb - I am glad that the OT is seeing improvement in 3. Does this mean that he will continue with therapy? I also love putting clothes outside to dry. I have a small drying rack outside but it is not big enough to hang sheets. In the cold weather, I mostly use my dryer or if the clothing is delicate I use a little fold up wooden dryer that I put in the bathtub to dry those clothes. I looked at our weather and we are going to be having 70F degrees on Monday before you get it on Tuesday. I look forward to it being a bit warmer. the last time I had my cataracts checked was about a year ago. At that time they said they had not changed from the year before. I have a friend who had cataracts removed and she said it was very simple and that the difference in how she can see if amazing.
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Thank you Barb, I have known Gayle and her late Husband for about 30 years. Their daughter who passed away had such a beautiful smile, she shone for Jesus! Gayle has really withdrawn the past year but when we got together she thanked me for encouraging her! She said she is starting to get back into her music again, singing and Leading Worship, I rejoice and thank God that Gayle is back to Leading Worship again! Praise God! I hope I can be a blessing to her and encourage her to press forward in the things of God. I am rejoicing to read the improvements with Harry3 and that he has been asked to read to some of the children there. Yes Mariposa will be so excited to sit and listen to her Daddy read to the children. It’s wonderful that there are improvements with Harry3’s balance! This is answers to Prayer.
Susan, I thought 4 loads of laundry was a lot but you say it was 5 loads.so glad you bc got help with the heavy n things. It’s bc nice you have a line to hang your clothes on. I had a clothes line when my children were young and hung my clothes out all year long even in the winter. The diapers would come in so white and smell so fresh. All our clothes did. So glad you were encouraged with Nyla’s outcome. I know Inara will do just as well. Nyla is 19 now and in University and doing well academically and in everything else. Take care my friend, feeling more rested tonight. Will keep you posted on my other appointments I am able to secure.
Linda, sorry to say but the link you shared didn’t post correctly so none of us could open your picture. I am sure your hair is lovely. Your soup exchanged sounded wonderful. Our church has done all kinds of exchanges over the years but we have never done a soup exchange. That’s an awesome idea. I am sure you are enjoying the soup you brought home. I am going to suggest that idea with my friend who helps with her Women’s Group. You mentioned you had cataracts, has your Ophthalmologist ever suggested surgery to correct your vision? You asked about my tiredness from the vaccines I had, today was better but good thing is with having a lot of fatigue and being sleepy it’s a good sign that my immune system is responding well to the vaccines. Praise God! I hope to get an appointment with my Dermatology Oncologist tomorrow. Will keep you posted.
It’s getting late so this gal is heading to bed soon! Good Night 😴 and God Bless! 🙏🤗
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Judith, we had to rescue our sheets from the fixed, outside clothes line yesterday as it started to rain! They finished drying in a couple of loads in our little dryer. We rarely use the dryer and there would have been 10 dryer loads if we had used it for everything yesterday. We have a couple of mobile clothes racks so it was relatively easy to pick up the racks and bring those clothes in all together before the rain hit them. We have a mobile rack in the garage and one on the patio. They take up a lot of room but are so handy. Glad you have encouraged Gayle to take up her life again. That's wonderful. And yes, do keep us posted on your medical appointments as you do. I was praying for us all this morning.
Linda, I tried copying and pasting the photo link into my browser and got no results just now. Clicking on it does nothing either. Not sure why I cannot see it. Did you upload it with the paper clip icon, since it a pdf file? Yes, that is true about Inara getting distracted, but I think she also chooses not to hear at times! Lol! I guess we all do that, too. She will need to be a little tamer when she goes to school. Fortunately that is almost 2 years away. Children start school at age 5 here. She will be in kindergarten from the end of January 2026 which is pretty soon.
Barb, what a relief that Harry3 shows improvement so he should keep getting rehabilitation. That's great about the church gym. I love that he is reading to the children at school. What a blessing! Thank you for praying for my sister. She has been legally blind since birth due to a lot of rods and cones from her retina detaching. She has 'bald spots' on her retina so gets no information for the brain there. That is what Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) does to a person. No one has figured out how to restore sight in the bald patches. One day she will be healed in heaven. Meanwhile she does a lot with what she has! She has lost nearly all her peripheral vision and sees about half a paper punch hole wide centrally. To see all of a person's face, she has to scan it in sections. She's amazing.
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Mariposa is throwing up all day. HH made congee which Mariposa kept,down for a bit then threw it up she’s, acting like herself with no fever pray please. So she didn’t get to see her dad and he had no kids to read too 😟 I brought over 7 up, its got too much sugar yet apple slices at Mc Donald’s doesn’t have sugar? Don’t go there Barb.
She’s not taken a nap either. Maybe urgent care in AM ? Pray please.Susan. I have a folding rack too I usually use the porch and chairs on deck. We use the dryer a lot more now sometimes I’ll use by the heater on the floor.
I’ll keep praying for your sister as Cher, my sister, has eye issues due to when she was born too.
Hope your sheets didn’t get to wet with the rain I guess they got an extra rinse. Prayers as you live being or feeling like you are working at a laundry place and it’s your home. Prayers
Linda. I will try again to get your picture after I send this. Sorry.
Nice you get the 70 * a day before me. That neat other they wanted you wanted to,work,with yiur knowledge of Medicare and such. You know anything about Medico? My insurance man says it cheaper than Aflac that I’m on with supplement now? Thank you
Judith. So glad to is hear that Gayle is back leading worship again I bet that feels good and what a joy to serve the Lord that way. I do wish that Mariposa made it to,her dad’s therapy but I guess God had other plans. Just got a note that Mariposa is acting like herself so maybe a day with I food is ok. Which I know it is. She has peed so that’s good.
Praying all get sleep. Though HH goes to bed at 4 AM for some reason. We like to walk with 3 at 10 at a community center, as not crowded.
I hooe all sleep well especially 3 house and Mariposa is herself too.
Im stressed out with Mariposa, 3 and such plus my mom. Her X-ray showed no more compressed disks PTL, but the nurse heard a bit I her lungs when listening today. It’s always something. So much fun getting older.
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We are back to doing apples. We went to my SIL's house today and picked three big boxes full. These are in better shape than the ones from our trees so at least we do not have to cut a lot out of these. I do not like the texture of these but they are free so we are using them. We have two crockpots full of apples for applesauce so we will see how it works.
Susan - l am glad that you were able to get your clothes in before they got soaked with the rain. Having racks to put them on does help a lot. I will try to dowload the picture again but if it does not work, you have not missed a lot.
Judith - I am glad that Gayle is getting involved in the music leading again. Music can calm the soul. My eye doctor has not has not said that I need surgery yet. I don't know what is the criteria for needing surgery. I can still see well in the daytime but night time is hard for me.
Barb - I am sorry that Mariposa has not been feeling well. I am glad that she is feeling better now. Children can get over illnesses quicker than us older people can. I do not know anything about Medico insurance. It seems that all the insurances are getting more expensive all the time.
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Linda, I clicked on the link and right away I saw your picture, I love your new hair style and the colour of your hair. You take a lovely picture! You are Beautiful inside and out! Wow, you said you brought 3 Large boxes home of apples you got from your SIL; I sure feel for you back doing the apples. At least you don’t have as much to cut away as you did with your own apples. I hope you get some nice applesauce from these apples. Let us know how it turns out for you. Thanks for your comments on Gayle, I have been trying to encourage her and when she said she was getting back into music it blessed my soul. I am equally glad she wants to visit more often. So I am seeing the Healing Hand of God upon her life! Praise God! You said you didn’t know what the criteria was for when one needed surgery for cataracts. I have wondered that myself as I heard friends say their Doctor said the cataracts were not serious enough for surgery! “Right” how serious must one be? Maybe it’s worth a search on the internet, not that it’s the most reliable health source but maybe I’d get a baseline!
Barb, so sorry Harry3 didn’t have any children to read to, and sorry Mariposa was sick and couldn’t attend either! Glad she is feeling much better tonight and being more herself. So happy Harry3 is showing improvement so his therapy will continue. Glad you are taking Harry3 to the Community Centre where he can practice his walking and hopefully see his balance improve. Good to go to a place less crowded. I wish I could help you with your questions on healthcare but for sure healthcare is so expensive no matter where you live. I am praying for your Mom. Hope she improves in her mobility and has less pain, no pain would be even better.
Susan, so glad you got the racks of clothes indoors before everything got soaked. Having the dryer racks sure has helped you with drying all the clothes. You said it would have been 10 dryer loads if it were not for you having the dryer racks, they sure come in handy. I have the odd time washed a light blouse by hand and hung it on padded hanger and hung it on my shower rod, by morning it was dry. I had 4 portable lines you pulled across your shower wall, one end was secured to the wall and the panel where lines were attached permanently to the other side. You pulled the pulley across to secure 4 lines to hang clothes on. I used that for years then it broke so now it’s a dryer but mostly for past year a friend said no more laundry for you and does my laundry for me. So thankful for that. How has Shaun and family settled in? My prayers are with you and Colin and family.
Tomorrow is November 1st! I will post all our threads first thing in the morning.
Let’s Keep the Sparkle ❇️ & Shine On 💖
Friendly reminder: for our Team Monthly Challenges (Goals) Saturday November 1st is being included for (Week 1) it will run from Saturday Nov 1st to Saturday November 8th. instead of Sunday to Saturday! Please don’t include Saturday with Octobers Calendar. Thank you!
It’s Bedtime now! Will say Good Night 😴 and God Bless! 🙏🤗
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Hello Everyone, my November Message to you! Please scroll above to find my post I left to reply back to you Linda Barb and Susan last night! God Bless you! ♥️🤗🙏
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Thank you for the nice November wishes and for all your work on the threads, Judith. Happy November to you, too. I have seen those hower clotheslines in motels. Glad you don't have to do laundry any more though. What a lovely friend you have! Shaun's family is at Yolanda's sister's place till mid week. It's nice to have a little break for us and for them. They feel guilty invading our space, but they are family and we want to help them. It will be a strain for them because of their consciences till the New Year when they move to Dalby. I wish they could relax a bit.
Linda, I could see your lovely face! Thank you so much for posting your photo again. I hope your efforts with the apples are rewarded. That's a lot of applesauce! You'll have plenty over winter.
Barb, glad to hear Mariposa is getting better. I hope 3 gets another chance to read on a day there are a few children around. Sorry to hear your Mom has more health issues. What a concern. Praying for you all. Yes. That was some laundry day. I imagine it will happen again a few more times before January.
It's Sunday so we're off to church. Take care, all of you.
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Happy November all hard to believe 2025 almost pver.
Linda I love your picture. I got a hair trim and we might have the same length in our hair dos.
So glad it was easy to pull up thank you, for sharing it with us.
So more apples. Wonder if you do apples in the night when you sleep. All the great foods you made so nice for you and your family I’m sure. Enjoy all,the apple sauce did you freeze any.
Did you hit 70* or will it be Sunday? We are to get it Tuesday. Tonight frost freeze 32*. So I plan on wearing a sweater dress tomorrow. Got to stay warm. I’ll be a the Samaritan purse table if anyone wants boxes or the flyers so they can put the age and sex of the shoebox down.
Judith I loved the November greeting thank you for sharing it with us. Sorry I already put down my weight in October thread, when done this I’ll try to change it. My weight changes all the time by 4 lbs when I move the scale so who knows what I weigh. So glad you kept the 2 ounces on. Now to pray for 3 ounces.
So Mariposa is better we didn’t get to walk 3 today as with Mariposa so sick he wanted to wait we hope to on Monday morning. Maybe take Mariposa for a walk too. We may walk with him at the community center or on his street as he does have friend coming over for lunch with him. I keep praying 3 would or could do more at his home to help HH. He did so much before the surgery all in Gods time.
I get my macula therapy on Tuesday and Thursday this week instead of Monday Wednesday.
Susan. Enjoy your break from Shaun. At least you have the warmer weather so you can hang out. I remember as a kid bringing I wash that felt like cardboard in the winter. That I never liked s it’s so!cold. I’m urge you will make many memories with them living with your
Do you change your clocks like we do here in Australia? Tonight we go back to Standard time so our sun will set at 5:15 tomorrow i hate that, oh well. I believe Canada does it too as I know my sister is only 2 hours different than me.So my iPhone speaker it’s hard to hear people talking on it, so I am getting a new phone iPhone 12 Pro at a reasonable price. I have a iPhone 12. The iPhones new are so expensive. Harry got a iPhone 12 pro too he has iPhone 8, so they do not even support it. We are to get the phones them on Monday or Tuesday. We will mail the phones we have back. So I ordered new covers and screen savers when I got home.
My cover might work but the lady said no. So I ordered 2 iPhone 12pro cases, and screen covers. Guess I’ll know soon enough. She also made our bill a bit cheaper so that is good too.
Harry 3 sees his ENT on Friday to check his vocal cord please pray for some healing and that we can get him to walk more than 100’. Thank you We might even use their street as they live on a cul de sacMy mom will see about care on Tuesday and Thursday her pain is sometimes is still bad.
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Evening Hello Everyone,
Barb, I hear you about the iPhones and iPads, I have both. My iPhone is iPhone 14. I am quite happy with it. A great price also. Yes, they are expensive but I needed new phone, My daughter took me to the Telus Apple Store in a small town near her, I don’t go into the Malls or big stores, trying to keep myself safe. Sounds like you like the Apple products like I do as they sure work the best. You will enjoy your phones when you get them. Happy Mariposa is getting better. It will be nice to go for a walk on Monday with Harry3 and hopefully Mariposa can go along with you also. Good to hear about your Mom seeing about Care Tuesday and Thursday. You said your treatment is Tuesday and Thursday this week. Will keep you in prayer. I will also pray for Harry3 as he sees his ENT on Friday. Praying for healing and for God’s Will be done! Please keep us posted.
Susan, you are welcome, the November message I posted a friend sent me it this morning, she said I could pass it along to my friends which I have done today. Yes, the shower clotheslines are great, I was first introduced to one by my dear late Mom, she had one and I tried it out one day at her place. I ended up by getting one and used it for a long time. But thanks to the Blessing of my friend offering to do the laundry I haven’t had to hang clothes anymore. God is good. It is nice you and Colin have a break until mid week with Shaun is spending time at Yolanda’s Sisters place. So sorry they are feeling guilty being there with you both. I hear you, we do want to help our families when we can. I will keep Shaun and family in prayer. They also probably have emotions running high with the impending job change and moving away to a new location. A lot of changes.
Our Clocks change back one hour at 2am Sunday morning, yay we get an extra hours sleep! I will come back later as I am posting and leaving early so will watch for Linda’s post to come in. God Bless you all! 🙏🤗
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I got my dinning room, living room and sliding glass door washed today. Yea me!! It helps me to have a motivation to do this cleaning when I have people coming over to the house tomorrow. Actually it was also that the weather was much warmer. It did not get to 70 degrees but we were close to it. We just finished watching the world series baseball game. I am glad that it is over because the series has taken over some of my favorite shows spots. Not everyone has the same opinion though - especially Glenn. I did not watch all of it because I was making Herby Cheese Rolls for our brunch tomorrow. I also found some of my MIL recipies that she saved so I have been trying some of the ones that she wrote "good" next to. We did enjoy the Swiss Steak she liked tonight.
Judith - thank-you for the kind words about my picture. The texture of the new apples is mushy when cooked so we do need to blenderize them to make them smooth and creamy. There are apples from another smaller tree that are more tart that I will cut up for pies.
Susan - I am glad that you are able to take a break from your guests. When we were in a similar situation, Glenn and I did a lot of walking and talking when we got overwhelmed with to many people making noise in the house.
Barb - as I said earlier, we have not reached 70 degrees yet. I hope that you will be able to walk with Mariposa and 3 next week. Any place that is flat should be good even if it is in the cul-d-sac near their home. I am glad that you are getting new phones. So far the iPhones are too expensive for us so we are sticking with our old androids. It seems more and more people are getting iPhones now and we are getting old fashioned and out of date.
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Good morning. It's another hot, humid day with rain at the end of it today. Yesterday was extra muggy and hot. We get a lot of spectacular lightning with the afternoon storms. What a show! It's typical weather for us in spring. I now have one little lemon on my tree outside. The others all got knocked off in heavy rain and hail. Oh well.
Linda, yes, taking little breaks from each other will keep us all sane. It's nice to have a couple more days to ourselves and I hope the kids are enjoying Yolanda's sister's place. I hope Y is resting. Somehow I doubt she will let herself rest. Glad you got some cleaning and cooking done.
Judith, I remember clothes freezing on the line in Canada and the US! That never happens here where we live now. Maybe it does further south towards Antarctica. We're closer to the Equator than the Antarctic Circle, I think. Must check that! Lol! Thank you for praying for Shaun's family. ❤️
Barb, we do have daylight savings in other states, but Queensland (our state) voted against it so our time stays the same all year round. Our daylight periods stay pretty similar all year round so Queensland saw no need for daylight saving changes. Enjoy your new phones!
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Susan,We have a few states that do not change their clocks Arizona is one state, and their maybe one more. That’s nice that you don’t get the cardboard clothes. I kind of laugh at it as it brings back memories.
Congratulations on your first lemon I pray you get more.
so sorry that you are getting the heat & humidity already is it early? We don’t get those temps till summer July- August are our worse months for the heat and humidity. Of course southern states like in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida and parts of California are very hot. The. Arizona can be hot but not humid as it’s so dry.
our world that God made is an such an amazing planet
Prayers for you and Shaun and family.
Judith. Yes,we ch be all the clocks too at 2 AM. So I hope you enjoyed that extra hour sleep. There is talk of not changing clocks next year. I also change our smoke detectors on the nights we change our times.
I also had a clothes tree it was great till neighbors tree branch fell on it broke & bent it.
So you like the iPhones too, and have a iPhone 14. That’s neat. I’m glad Harry is getting an iPhone since his iPhone is a iPhone 8 and there is no support on it so that is good. The iPhone 12 is 5 years old but will new to,us. The iPhone 12 Pro has a better camera so that be nice with grandkid pictures and traveling pictures.
I did get one more screen protector, as I had one already & ordered the new covers for the. We phones. That should come in tomorrow and iPhones Tuesday.Linda. We got the iPhones very cheap less than $200 so that made it nice,and of course we send I our phones. My phone I cannot always we hear with it so we used insurance on it. So how did the brunch turn out and the Herby cheese ball? The cheese roll sounds interesting. I meant to take a picture of me in a sweater dress as it was so cold this morning, so I’ll try to remember to tomorrow.
We will be warmer but Tuesday is to be our warmest. So glad you got the cleaning done that you wanted to.
We plan I walking with 3 at 9:30 and then take Mariposa to a ner by norm so she can swing maybe n bell too if she is up. The I need to be home by 12:30 for a phone call on Medicare.switching my G plan to Medico can save a bit of money. So that is good. I found another lady at church who is 10:years older than me switching to Medico too.
We will need to sign for our new phones so ima hoping we are home Tuesday as I have my macula therapy, and Harry will be at work, at least the macula therapy isn’t long. I will have a. neighbor watching too. I. Praying God work it out.1 -
Yes Barb I really like the iPhones. When I got my iPhone 14 I tried for a 15 as the same price deal was on it too. But guess others jumped on it to buy brand new iPhones with no up front costs and awesome plans. They were sold out of 15’s so I grabbed the iPhone 14, as it turned out I bought the last one. So happy you are getting yours soon and Harry3 too. Hope your treatment goes well my friend! How’s your Mom? Trust she is improving. Hope you find your Medico Insurance working out for you with better prices and coverage. Are your premiums a good price?
Susan, you are getting some really hot muggy days, stay safe and cool as you can. Awesome you got a lemon on your tree. That’s great, felt so bad when you lost the last ones on your Storm. I had to smile as you remember the clothes coming in frozen off the line in the winter months. Now that I live out here Western Canada we don’t as much of the frigid 🥶temps we had in Eastern Canada. I lived in Ontario and our winters were so very cold. But the kids loved winter sports. Skating Skiing Tobogganing. My son played Hockey. He was on a team and won one of the championships. Pee Wee’s 1981-1982 he played for the Pee Wee Legions! This is his Trophy! He loved Hockey! Hope you and Colin are enjoying your break while Shaun and family are away for afew days. Will continue to keep everyone in my prayers.
Linda, that’s great you got your Dining-room living room and sliding door all washed today! It’s great you have saved your MIL recipes and been making some. Swiss Steak was always a favorite. The Herby Cheese Rolls sound yummy. The pies you are cutting up apples for, Will you put some of the pies in your freezer? Sorry the apples that you got from the smaller tree has mushy apples. You said you would put them through the blender, what can you make with those types of apples? You are welcome Your picture was lovely!
It’s late now so this gal is heading to bed! Sleep well everyone!
Good Night God Bless. 😴🛌🙏🤗
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Good morning here. Off to walk with 3?soon
Here is my picture. I’ll be back tonight so short now sorry my new haircut too
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Well, hello Barb! It nice to see you! Yes, you and Linda now have similar length hair! Mine is long enough to have a pony tail now, which I often do in the heat. Yes, our heat is a bit early this year. Summer officially starts Dec 1st. I imagine we'll have a long, hot summer ahead. I remember four seasons in the US from when I lived in Ca and Washington state.
Judith, that's a nice trophy and memories! I have a silver jug that my parents won in a curling competition in Pine Point, NWT. I use it all the time. It was won in the 1960s so it has a few signs of wear now! I only inherited it a few years ago. My Mom had used it as a flower vase so I scrubbed it out and polished it up to make it usable for drinking water again. Silver does good things to water. I'll get a photo for you soon.
Linda, I hope your apple processing is almost complete. I know it's a big job for you every year. Yes, it's a shame I lost almost all my lemons. The Village has many lemon trees though and I will get some of those when they ate ready. I love having the juice frozen in ice cube trays that I then store in plastic zip lock bags. I keep the zest in the freezer too. So handy for lemon drinks and cooking.
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Here is my silver water jug, Judith 😃
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Judith. I love your son’s trophy. I know hockey is a big sport in Canada. It’s getting more popular here is USA.
That is neat how you ended up with a iPhone 14. So glad you like it.
My mom as far as I know she’s in pain. For she reason she is giving us girls, her daughters, the silent treatment. Something over what my, Victoria sister said to her about her meeting with her financial advisor today. Not sure if all the details. I just know to pray. God knows more than me.Susan. I love your cup. So neat that you & Judith have these trophies.
So sorry that you are having yourvhearvearky. Will you have the heat & humidity or will you get some cooler temps or it be a long spring summer. Do you get to feel the ocean breeze maybe & that is makes it cooler?
prayers. Are you getting mosquitoes too?
I don’t like mosquito bites.
Linda. I assume you worked in your apples if so did you finish with them? Did you make apple sauce or something else.
we went to Cracker Barrel & I took a piece of apple streusel pie home for tomorrow.
We walked 3 in the stretches did very well with the 3 of us. He walked quite a bit. Mariposa played outside with us during the walk on their street with her Dad. They live in a cul de sac. So that’s nice, in not much traffic. We had none today.
So Harry 3 told us that he is mainly uses a cane at his therapy. He’s walked with a cane 100’. So I’m praying he walks more.
We will try and walk with 3 at these hook on Wednesday.
I trust all had a good day.
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I am so sorry I was not here last night. There is a lot of posting that I missed. Yesterday was a very busy day and by the end of the day I just did not have the energy to post. We had 20 people at our house for house church with a brunch. An hour after everyone left, we had a 2 1/2 hour zoom meeting with the elders from the Denver church to discuss some really emotional issues. 30 minutes after that we had an hour meeting with a friend doing an emotional intelligence class. I then took a 2 hour nap then worked cutting up apples for pies. I did enough for 6 more pies. By that time I just needed to go to bed. Today I spent time cutting up apples to dry in my dehydrater. They are wonderful for snacks when out of the house and needing some food for energy to eat.
Susan - I am glad that you have other sources for lemon juice and zest since you have lost all but one on your tree. I do miss seeing lightening storms. We had lots of them in Ohio but not here in Grand Junction very often. I wish we no longer changed our clocks twice a year. I heard on the news today that this week there are a lot more traffic accidents due to the changes in light when traveling back and forth to work. We did vote to not change it but it did not pass in Congress. The silver pitcher is beautiful and has a wonderful history from your mother.
Barb - I heard on the news that Denver had a high of 83F at the airport this weekend. It was a record high for November. We did not have the temperatures that high here. I hope that Medco will work for you. We will make an appointment to talk to an insurance advisor that we have worked with before to see if we can get a better costing supplemental. I think we will stay with regular Medicare for part A. I hope that you were able to be home to get your new phones. You got a great deal for the two phones. I will pray for your Mom's pain and that she will start talking to you and your family again. She needs to see that you do care for her. 3 sounds like he is doing better with walking with a cane. How is his vision? Seeing double would be hard to see and keep up his balance.
Judith - we are just cutting up the apples for pies later. We do not freeze the whole pies. The blenderized applesauce is used by Glenn in the eveing when he has a snack before bed. Glenn has his protein bars, oatmilk, yogurt or ice cream and applesauce as a snack. It is like a fruit parfait. The Pee Wee hocky trophy is very elaborate. I am sure your son was very proud when he won it.
Good night and pleasant dreams everyone.
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Barb, Love your new hairstyle, you and Linda have such similar styles and hair color! You look lovely in your shorter and new hairstyle! Thanks for sharing! Sorry your Mom is giving you and your sister the silent treatment. Hope that whatever triggered that response will be resolved soon. And hope the pain hour Mom is in will be looked at by her Doctors so it can be addressed properly. That’s great Harry3 is doing so well with his walking. I am thrilled to hear that Harry3 is using a Cane in his therapy sessions! Good News. It is nice that you take Harry3 to the place where it’s quieter and flatter to make for safer walking for him! I liked your comment on my Son’s trophy and Susan’s Silver Water Jug, it is nice we both have these trophies. Brings back such happy memories which I’m sure Susan has also.
Susan, love your Silver Water Jug! I am sure you have a host of sweet memories of your Parents Curling 🥌 days and when they won the trophy. You polished it up so nicely. Thanks for sharing. I heard on the news that Australia was having some wild storms, hope they are not near your community! Prayers! 🙏
See you all in the morning when I post the Bible Reading and Daily Devotion! Hope you are enjoying them?
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Yes. I do remember my parents curling at a rink indoors in Pine Point. It was a fun game for them. It was fun watching them each sweep in front of the kettle to make it go where they wanted it to. 😀 Their neighbours were the competition. The town was small, similar to the 500 members of our gated community now. Everyone knew each other and the curling competitions were a winter highlight. The mine owners provided the trophies.
Judith, yes, there have been bad storms here but the only locally dangerous one we had with hail happened a few weeks ago. We're fine. Like Linda, I enjoy thunder and lightning and know how to watch it from the safety of our house. Not near a window. Lol!
Linda, the lemon trees here produce 9 months of the year so I am usually fine for lemons, which I love. It's the off season now so I am missing them. I used up all my stores in the freezer except for a little zest. I am with you on daylight savings. When light changes happen gradually the way nature intended, everyone can adjust naturally. I always found daylight savings changes stressful.
Barb, we'll have to wait and see what happens for our summer. Often a hot spring heralds a long, hot summer, not a shorter one. We don't get mamy mosquitoes where I live, thankfully. I was really glad to hear 3 is walking a lot with a cane now! It will be lovely got him to get rid of that wheelchair one day. I'm so sorry your Mom is feeling so bad and now isn't talking to family. I hope she changes that very soon.
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2md time & I was almost done only a bit more then gone. So it my be shorter sorry bout that.
Susan that neat about the lemon tree, and how many lemons you get a year. Do you ever make Lemonade or is that a USA drink. It does help cool one in the hot humid days. Or maybe you make ice tea? I always tried to have my grand kids watching the thunderstorms with me, so they don’t grow up scared of them though some can be scary. We didn’t have my this past summer we didn’t have my as we had 3-4 months with hardly my rain. Even now it’s dry and I’m a severe drought here.
My mom is in a lot of pain texted my one sister and asked for us to pray I guess the helper tonight doesn’t like, her screaming when she’s I pain. . We do have her starting shots for her sciatica pain. That starts 11/17. Prayers still maybe healing from gallbladder surgery too,as she’s 90 years old.Judith, I am reading your devotions thank you for taking the time to post them. Harry uses the cane only at the therapy. We are to use the walker. They will graduate him next week, and 3 realizes we need to practice him walking 3 maybe 4 times a week. We do not want him to regress like he did after Neuro. I keep praying he could do more to help HH.
The girls are still on day,ight savings as they are waking up an hour earlier. Switching between the 2 times is hard on the young and older folks. HH is not an early riser. .Linda. U ve not heard of any accidents caused by the change of time bit not saying it didn’t happen. We did not 74* today so that was nice and Thursday and Friday mits to be 68*. Then Sunday the high is 43*. That will be cold.
I knew with no posting you were busy. I assumed with apples but you were very busy I hope you slept well I find when I am busy I sleep better less times getting up to go potty.Today was my 5 therapy macula and I was tested and they are seeing improvements PTL. I did notice that I. The car at night I was seeing 2 lights of oncoming cars instead of one. So PTL
HARRY 3 has been at Ability his therapy place, now for over 3 months the so he’s to graduate next week. He won’t have it this Friday due to ENT, and scope. Pray he has some healing with that vocal,cord paralyzed. Pray he finds more he can do to help HH. I wish he could babysit but not yet as he can’t take care or change Annabella’s diaper. The girls wake up early so pray for that adjustments too.
Prayers for all.
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I can’t find the prayer post section as I was going to post to pray for. my mom with healing and I guess us girls to know what to do I don’t think she want assisted living, either pray the. 3 with graduating next week. More work I’m sure for HH with him hime pray he might be able to work/ help more around the house, plus his walking. Thank you.
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