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I did not get any apples done today due to having two Bible studies and a meeting. The apples that I did dehydrate came out really nice. We will be doing more tomorrow. It is supposed to be warmer tomorrow so hopefully I can get the windows finished. Since my computer was fixed I am having problems with being able to use Google Drive. I wish for the old days of just word and being able to save my own documents when I want. I am missing the old days today.
Barb - I had not thought about the girls still being on the old time. They do not know how to tell time yet. I know when I worked at night in a nursing time, it was hard with the dementia patients too. It was hard to know when to give medications also since I had either less time or more time to work with. I ended up giving medicaitons on the 1/2 hour not full hour sometimes. I am so glad that your treatments are showing some improvment in your macula. That is so encouraging that Glenn might have some treatment available for his eyes some time.
Susan - It was interesting to hear about your parents involvement in curling. I have watched it on TV and always wondered why they were sweeping ahead of the kettle. How does that help to keep it going where they want it? Does it make the ice smoother? You said that the lemon trees produce 9 months a year. Are they constantly blooming and in different stages of ripening?
Judith - You are correct that Barb and I look alike with our haircuts and color. I think you said one time that you still have dark hair. How long is your hair? Being able to pull my hair back into a ponytail like Susan said was convenient but I wanted a change. It will grow longer soon.
It is almost midnight so I need to go to bed. Pleasant dreams!
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Barb, when I lived back East we had quite the Lightening shows and big cracks of thunder, my kids were never afraid of the storms. We watched the lightening a safe distance away from the windows. In Southern Ontario we had a lot of Summer Storms and in the Winter we had the freezing temps with high winds blowing the snow all around. A lot of snow and ice. One good thing there was lots of outdoor skating my kids loved. Also tobogganing down the steep hills. We sure had fun in all the storms that came our way! Glad you are enjoying the Devotions I share each day. I will keep Harry3 in much prayer. I didn’t realize he was graduating. Hope you can keep up with taking Harry3’s out walking so his balance improves hopefully he can find some things around the house to help HH and the girls with keeping up with his walking. And your dear Mom who is in pain, I am so sorry she is going through so much plain. It’s good that her injections will start on November 17th. I really hope they work and your Mom gets some relief from the pain! Thank you for sharing the good feedback you got back after you had the tests and they are seeing improvements in your eyes, this is good news!
Susan, it nice you enjoyed watching your parents curl. So nice it was the Mine Owners who provided the Trophies. And here we are talking about curling and this has made me Lol. I can’t believe I forgot to say my Mom curled when as a child I moved with my family to Quebec when Mom was transferred with her Work from Hamilton, Ontario. Quebec’s winters are very cold and much more snow and ice than Southern Ontario had, The workers at mom’s place of work all curled so she decided to try it out. She loved the sport. I would go with her and watch while eating dinner at the Curling Rink’s Diner… it was fun…so here is another thing we have common in. Wonder if we have any curlers amongst our Team? Thanks for answering my question I had about the Storms our News here spoke about. I was wondering if you had some new storms? Glad you didn’t have any new storms, I knew about the Hail storm but our news didn’t say anything about hail that’s what made me ask. Just glad you and the family are all safe. It’s coming up mid week so I guess Shaun is on his way back to your home. Hope he enjoyed his time away.
Linda, I thought you were busy, but didn’t realize how busy until I read about you having the meetings with one of them 2.5 hours long on Zoom. Wow, that would be so tiring. No wonder you were heading to bed. But I also read you had cut up more apples enough for 6 more pies. I can almost smell your home with freshly cooling pies on your counter tops. Yum yum 😋 How I wish I lived nearby as I’d be finding myself hopping on over. I am sure you make the best pies.
It’s late so calling it a night, Good Night All. Be back in the morning. 🙏🤗
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Good Morning. Shaun and his family were here last night and have driven to their new town today. They are looking for a house to rent. They will stay there overnight at a Motel. With all the moving around, Inara is very unsettled and is having a lot of tantrums. They will be so relieved to resettle in January. They return to us tomorrow night.
Judith, glad you remembered about your folks curling! No, there have been no more storms or us since a couple of days ago. I watered my pot plants last night as they were needing it.
Linda, my Mother once told me they sweep to remove little imperfections and friction on the ice that would slow the stone down. It also helped guide the stone to the place they wanted it to go. They would stop sweeping just before the place they wanted it to stop. I never curled myself. The 40lb stones were a bit heavy for me when I was aged 11 - 13. I tried picking one up once. It was too heavy for me to swing and throw. Yes, lemon trees keep flowering and fruits most of the year then they have a few months of rest from that. I guess they concentrate on roots, leaves and bark when not fruiting.
Barb, I do hope 3 continues to improve. I remember you saying it might take 12 months to heal? The brain is a miraculous organ that can still surprise stroke patients years down the track. Keep hoping and praying. I also hope there is good news about your Mom soon.
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Linda. I thought our hair dos are alike, so that was a reason to send my picture. I Hioe your apples got done today. That’s neat that you would give the meds1/2 hour earlier when we switched time zones. I hope they are sleeping longer for HH in the morning. Did you get the windows done? I have a few I like to wash curtains of but it may have to wait till spring and thats ok. I’m still like to get our glider away but busy days we have.
Judith thank you for giving us your schedules. Praying We did a bit ok ice skating growing up and sledding. I know there epwere tobaggins, but I don’t think I’ve ever done that. I did do,so,e snow shoeing in Wyoming 8 years ago that was fun. Neat hearing all celebrated snow and cold. Now I enjoy just walking and seeing God’s beauty. It’s so pretty, espresso it’s dirty or walked on. Yes, he is graduating bit still not walking without support. We did get to walk with him. He needs his balance and hopefully in Gods time. Will practice with him 3-4 times a week even without therapy. Louise, stil, is a retired OT so who knows. Hoping to,go,to,shopping with him too.
Susan. Prayers that Shaun, can find a place to live for he family. Yes, maybe a year. Some days I get discouraged naps when he’s hime he enjoys just sitting HH says, she can do,it in 5-10 minutes and 3 takes longer and she needs to make sure he does t fall asleep keep,prayong I would think while Annabella sleeps maybe but who knows.
We did walk with 3. He did good.So today most of the day was spent changing our phones I still cannot access my email on,y new phone. So maybe another trip Harry had to go to work so his is not done. I still have Medicare and get the glider away and get my email on cell phone I also need to pull up a few plants I got some pulled up but still have celery to pull up.
I’ll send pics of Mariposa on slide and my mom who is still is in pain will tomorrow with Cher, be seeing about with Medicare what’s available.
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I did get to work on the apples again today. My dehydrater only has enough room for about 8 sliced apples so it is a slow process but we will enjoy the dried apples during the winter. Today we spent time getting things done on the vehicles. We changed the oil in my car and rotated and balanced the tires on the truck. While we were waiting for the truck to finish, we went to Walmart and got our COVID and flu shots. My arms are getting sore now but I feel fine. When I got home I made stuffed acorn squash then had my first class for the Pre-diabetes. We have 6 in our class and we made goals of how much weight we want to loose, how much exercising and how to set up the food journal. It looks like we will have a bit of accountablilty as well as homework.
Barb - I did not get the windows done today because of all the activity we were doing with the vehicles and getting our shots.It was too cold to do this this morning but when it got warmer, we were not available. The windows are facing the back yard so if I do not get it done for a while, no one will see it but us. I certainly hope that the injections for sciatica will help your mom. Hearing that she screams in pain is heartbreaking to hear. I pray that the scope on Friday will show some healing for 3's vocal cords. Does it affect his talking still and does he still have a lot of coughing?
Susan - Praying for Shaun to find a rental house to live in. Are they planning to be in this new city for a long time? How is the housing situation to buy a house? I am so sorry that Inara is having tantrums. It is understandable that she would be unsettled with all the changes she is having. I remember my granddaughter was 2 1/2 when my daughter moved in with us and my granddaughter had problems adjusting. One thing that really bothered her was that she wanted her old bathtub. Evidently the tub they had in the prior house was special to her.
Judith - thanks for telling us stories of the fun your family had in the winter. I am glad for the memories I have of our kids in the snow but am glad that we do not live in an area that has snow now. It looks like you were very busy getting apointments scheduled. I will be praying for your change in medication.
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Susan, I do hope Shaun is able to find a house to rent in the area they are moving to so they can get settled when they move there in January. I am so sorry that Inara is having such a hard time adjusting to these changes. It’s hard for a young one. Praying things get easier for her. We all enjoyed winter sports. As a young girl I loved ice skating, I lived near a pond that froze over every winter and the City would send the area engineers out to the site and test the depth of the ice making sure it was safe for us to skate on. Since Shaun and the family has been living at the house have you been leading any card making classes? I was thinking about that the other day so thought I would ask. How does Jasper and Oscar feel about extra people living in the house? Does Inara love playing with the dogs? Praying for you all.
Barb, love the pictures of Mariposa going down the slide. Looks like she was enjoying her time at the park. Thank you for your prayers for my upcoming appointments. Glad you enjoyed reading about my winter activities. My Mom and her 3+Sisters growing up skied, it was her favorite Sport. My Dad skied also so it was a nice activity for them to do as young adults. You mentioned you went snow showing when you lived in Wyoming 8 years ago. I’m sure it was fun. I tried it once with my Youth group but it wasn’t what I liked so did cross country skiing and ice skating with my friends who liked those sports. I continue to keep Harry3’s in prayer that he will improve with his balance. I am hoping the Scope will bring back a good report regarding his vocal cords How is Harry3’s speech? I know you have said he coughs a lot which made me think to ask about his speech. I am praying for your beloved Mom, so sorry to hear she is screaming out in pain, that breaks my heart. I hope they can get her pain under control. Hope you are enjoying your new phone & got the new phones changed over and was able to access your e-mail. Glad you got some yard work done. I was thankful I got the rest of mine done yesterday as today thru to Thursday night we are under a Severe Weather Alert. You can read about it on our Weather Thread. We had heavy rainfall pretty much all day. And our temps are getting colder. We had high Gusts 💨 of wind also which made it colder, 49 degrees daytime, we are in low 30’s tonight, saw the forecast after I posted earlier today.
Linda, You are getting a lot of apples done these days. It’s nice you have a dehydrator which will give you some nice dried apples over the winter. I always enjoyed dried mangoes and prunes. Never had dried apples. Do you eat them as a snap or do you add them to any of your recipes? Yes it’s that time of the year for changing oil and getting winter tires on your vehicles and putting the summer tires away. Do you have a garage to store tires and park your cars in during the winter? Glad you got your COVID and Flu shots. Sorry your arms are sore. This is the first year mine haven’t had any soreness, well, guess I should say just couple days my left arm was tender when I was putting on under garments but my right arm I had the Covid hardly bothered me, just couple of twinges but no soreness. You are making me hungry talking about acorn squash. I love all squash. That’s great you are getting settled into your pre-diabetes class. You will have to let us know how it’s going for you. Glad you enjoyed the stories of my winter activities, and I also am glad I am not living in a really cold climate like I did in Eastern Canada.
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Good Morning. We're enjoying a quiet morning. The Kids are staying out west till Sunday so we'll make the most of the quiet. All of us are adjusting to sharing our space, the dogs included. We'll get there.
Judith, I hope the severe weather doesn't cause any damage. Glad you have a safe and snug place to hunker down. Yes, Inara has had her whole world turned upside down. We have to help her even when she is acting out. Archie is protective of me so I have to watch him with Inara. He chases, growls and snaps if she runs. He does the same if she gets in his space while eating. Jasper is loving and sweet all the time and even crowds Archie away from Inara, but she can be rough with his kindness. The dogs jump up on my lap for protection. Then Inara wants up, too. So I put the dogs down and pick her up. You can see it's a battle sometimes! Sometimes all three wind up on my lap. That's interesting!! You are right, I am not holding card classes at home. It is too hard right now as space is limited. I have cancelled all but the one I do at a friend's house till after the Kids move. I am actually doing a class off site tomorrow. I hope I don't forget any essential supplies for it.
Linda, the housing rental and sale market out west is small. The Kids might buy a house out there if they like it. It's a bit of an experiment now, to see if they like living out there. That will determine if they stay a long time or not. There is talk of them buying a caravan instead and going travelling once Inara is school age. Yolanda will home school her if that happens. Everything is in a state of change right now for them. We'll see where the pieces fit. Yes, Inara is confused and doesn't understand why they can't go home to their old place. It's hard on her.
Barb, cute picture of Mariposa but the one of your Mom didn't come through. I hope and pray for your Mom and for 3. You talking of winter activities made me remember I used to ice skate, toboggan and snowshoe. I had a part husky dog who I trained to pull the toboggan with a single harness my Dad got from the Inuit there. We used to pull kids around a lot for fun. It was great exercise for Mukluk the dog! My Mom would hitch him up to pull my littlest brother to the Commissary then get him to pull her groceries home. I had forgotten about all that till I read your stories.
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Susan enjoy the break now to Sunday. Praying they find a places and for Inaraadjusting olus Jasper. I hope your card class goes well I was wondering about that so glad you mentioned it.
I always like the husky dogs that must have been riding a toboggan pulled by your dog so neat. Plus I’m sure pulling with the kids was fun, & I’m sure it was good exercises for your dog & slept well too maybe at night.
Do many school out in Australia? Jean is doing it and in a co op, so she has help, which is good.
Prayers for you and Colin especially and with company, even if family, this weekend for a while. Adjustments when older is sometimes hard.Judith. Enjoyed your devotions thank you. Maybe sometime I’ll check the weather post out but with getting up before 6 it takes a lot out of me, today I picked him up too at 3 after my 6 th eye treatment. So I’m tired by 9:30.
I got my flu shot and said no to Covid imdidnt get a Covid shot last year too I was fine. My arm was sore with the flu shot so I sure Linda’s is with 2.
Harry got his phone down too, but so far, I do not have access to my email on my phone AT & T couldn’t help a server not help with programs.
I found out my password but Google wants 2 id and something about a Q R code to access it. Crazy.
i still red to pull up the celery plant, a i hope I can tomorrow, but each day gets busy and I should probably walk again with Mariposa as last warm ,day Sunday a cold front comes and really drop the temps. Oh well it shouldn’t take long to pull up bit so dry here. In a severe drought here.
Harry still coughs some but i think it is less his voice is a it different it is softer as only one vocal cord.
Your mom is one of 4 girls like me and my mom was one of 4 girls too I believe.
My mom is on oxycon every 6 hours,hoping it helps her. 🙏🏻(There were no mom pics as I don’t see her. I live in Kansas & she live in Pennsylvania.)
Linda, my arm was sore after the flu shot imdidnt take the covid shot. Imdidnt have one last year either. Glad you got the apples done. Are you finished with them? I’m sure you will enjoy them for some time.
I figure there is always later to wash or clean windows curtains etc.We maybe busier with Harry 3 being home more after next week it’s all in the caring bridge. 3 put in a post and it’s very good. Today Annabella is 11 months old.
Stay well all.
Pic of the girls playing at the park by their house.
There was a video of Mariposa pushing Annabella, but since video it would not work. It was cute.
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I am a little slow today from the shots yesterday. I was still able to wash the final windows as well as go to Planet Fitness for exercise. Last night was the first pre-diaabetes class which was mostly infomrational. We have a lot of homework and things to keep accountable. I thought it was interesting that for our weight we have to take a picure of our scales showing our feet. I guess that is a way to tell if we are using someone elses weight but still how does he know if it is my feet? I could use a skinny person every time to weight for me so the toes match. There has to be some trust in the class and since it is for our own good, it is best if we do as we are told. Tonight was the weigh in at TOPS. I lost .5 pounds and was the biggest looser so the next month's dues are paid for me as a prize. There are just a few apples left to do but they are getting old and some are bruised. Glenn is still working on applesauce. He was blenderizing it before we freeze it and I notice the smell of hot plastic because the applesauce is so thick so I told him to give it a rest.
Judith - your snow adventures are fun to hear. I have never skied although we have some famous ski areas here is Colorado. There were no mountains to ski on in Ohio where I grew up so I did not have the chance. If I would try to do it now, my bones would not appreciate the workout I am sure. We did slide down hills in innertubes from tires. Sometimes we tied them together and we would really go fast. I have dried peaches and now dried apples to use this winter. We do use them for snacks but we also use them in recipies that uses the fruit to sweeten it naturally. We have a two car garage but only the truck fits inside of the garage. We also have a lot of storage area in there because our house is pretty little too. We also have a freezer and a refrigerator that takes up room. We do not need to store any tires in there. We have "all weather tires". Because we do not get much snow, we do not need special tires for traction.
Barb - Cute picture of Anabella and Mariposa. Anabella is growing so fast. It does not seem possible that next month she will be one year old. I read on caring bridge that HH is still not getting much sleep and is thinking about getting a caregiver for 3. That would be very helpful for her since he is not going to be going to therapy much longer. She did not say how many hours a day she would have help. It seems 3 can have falls even during the night.
Susan - I hope you can get some rest while Shaun and his family are gone until Sunday. I did not think about your dogs having problems with your temporary extra family staying with you. It is true that they are definitely effected by the changes also. How big is the city that they are looking to rent a house. What kind of jobs do each of them do? Can Inara's Mom (sorry I have forgotten her name) work from home if she does homeschool her. The story of Mukluk pulling the toboggan sounds very fun. I am sure he enjoyed the activity as well as his riders. They are so strong and love the cold weather.
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Susan, we have more things in common, we already talked about my growing up years with the winter activities and sports. wow, reading all about the stories on Husky and your dog pulling you in the sled and pulling the groceries home for your Mom! Love the name of your Husky, Mukluks, how sweet. I forgot to mention few more things we have in common after reading the story of you having a Husky, Back in Eastern Canada my husband and I had big dogs in our household, we had a Samoyed, a Akita, and a Cross Shepherd and Lab. All the Dogs were Pure Bred except for the Shepherd Lab. We had 3 Males and 1 Female. Of course we had the Dogs at different times but we did have our Pure Bred Samoyed with our Pure Bred Sheltie. I ran “Snowball” (I know) it was my 4 year old son who said we had to name her Snowball as she was a ball of white fur when we brought her home at 7 weeks old. She was a big girl but beautiful but had way too much energy, so with my 16 month old in a carriage I ran snowball while pushing an English pram while Lynn slept and my friend walked Sassie our Sheltie with my son. My husband worked so someone had to run the dogs and I wasn’t able to handle a huge Samoyed without some help as I had 2 kids and 2 dogs and there was only 1 of me. So as our husbands worked we exercised the dogs and the kids got fresh air. The dogs were run twice a day. Now the other news that brings another area we have common in, about our Mothers) being 1 of 4 girls, my Grandparents had 4 girls, Helen, Margaret, Bette-Corrine and Audrey. My Mom Margaret was the second oldest and Aunt Audrey was the youngest. It seems the more we share our stories the more we find out about ourselves and that we have so much in common with each got her. This is so neat. I really hope Shaun finds a house to either buy or rent. I was wondering how the Boys would get along with Inara and having so many extras living in gather house. Is Archie the oldest? I ask as I could see he would be possessive of his space. And of course the Boys would be jealous with having to share you with Inara. This can’t be easy. Will keep this in much prayer. I am not surprised you wouldn’t be holding card classes in your home right now. You said you were at someone’s house tomorrow to lead a class. Hope you don’t forget any of your supplies. Hope it’s a nice break for you to be with the ladies. Blessings and Hugs my friend.
Barb, you mentioned that there was some updates on the Caring Bridges about Harry3’s being home more. I ad mit I haven’t been on the site for a while as I have been reading your updates here. You mentioned on our Prayer Thread that Harry3’s has his ENT tomorrow, hoping there is good reports come back from his appointment. It’s so hard to believe that it’s almost a year since Annabella was born. And next month she turns 1 year. I am sure you all will be having a great Birthday celebration 🎉🥳🎂love the pictures of Mariposa and Annabella. The Video would have been so cute with Mariposa pushing Annabella on the swings. So sorry it didn’t turn out.Linda, you don’t need to apologize for starting later. After my Flu and COVID shots I was so very tired. For about 3 days after having the vaccines I was super tired, kept falling asleep at the table one time I was here typing my post to you all and woke up lifting my head from the dining room table. Dear me it’s no wonder I hadn’t fallen out of my chair, thankfully I didn’t. That is so interesting that you have to take a picture of your feet on the scale, I would think there would be more trust in the class. Anyway hope you find the class helpful. Congratulations on losing 5 pounds and being the Biggest Loser at Tops, awesome good job. You must be proud of yourself. That’s great you don’t pay next week. That’s so nice you have both dried Peaches and Apples for snacks and will use them in recipes for the natural sugar. Would you be able to post some of the recipes in our Recipe thread of the recipes you use the dried fruit in them please? I love dried mangoes and prunes but sure miss them now as I can’t them, I use frozen and fresh mangoes in my smoothies I make. I have used avocado to and in my smoothies I sometimes add a tablespoon of peanut butter for the protein. Your activity with tobogganing down the hills in tires, that would of been so much fun. And I can almost see the two tires tied together and you going even faster down the hill, what fun for you. That’s great you have a 2 car garage, good place for an extra freezer and refrigerator to store extra food. I have a deep freeze and use mine for storing extra soup my friend’s husband makes for me and the soup my DIL makes for me out of the fresh produce from her garden. The carrot soup and butternut soup is so delicious.
It’s bedtime now, so will say Good Night and God Bless.😴🛌🙏🤗
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