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Susan I love the picture of Inara plrayong with a toy village. I hooe you can borrow it for sometime or some other toy. It’s nice you got a schedule figured out too. It’s nice borrowing your yoga mat worked out well for you all.
Prayers as you & Colin can get all the papers sorted out with the legal aid solicitor goes ok.Judith. Yes, reminding us, we are princess is nice as I sometimes I get very frustrated as it will be 7 months, for 3 tomorrow since his surgery. We are so blessed which we all need to be reminded of.
We plan on walking with him in the morning. I hope we can get a schedule and help him maybe doing some kitchen chores eve if it’s only his lunch too. I did t get the child seat, as the couple did t make it to church. Maybe later I the week.
Praying for you and hoping the dr visits go swell. God is a healer and He loves helping us too.Linda. So you were busy. We had lunch mat our church today, as we had a business meeting wi5 budget and such. We had a nice thanksgiving meal on Thursday , with joy group. I ade my cranberry salad with pineapples and fresh cranberries. It’s nice yiu help out those college students. When I was a student at Moody, didn’t go home for thanksgiving so that is neat of you. We had prows also once last night at the buffet with New theater. I hope it turned out tasty. I try to walk every day & try to end up with 70,000 steps or more for the week. Prayers yiur weight lost continues.
We plan on walking with 3 in the morning. I hope we get schedule, plus prayong we keep 3 busy so he keeps improving not regressing. Keep praying for HH it’s got to be stressful for her.
sure be nice if he could see the Neuro drs sooner than waiting so long months.
Sounds like my mom is doing ok, I have not had time to call her I hope,I can tomorrow. The raking, & new theater took lots of yesterday, then today, the business meeting at church was long, & I didn’t get home until a bit after 2. So I hope I have more time tomorrow as my last Bible study on Tuesday and my macular therapy, and Wednesday I have shoebox collection I am helping with. Plus help 3. too.1 -
The potluck was a success with many visitors attending. I did have a full plate but there were no large survings just bites of things so I think I did pretty well. The smoked turkey was delightful in taste as well as moistness because they had soaked it in turkey broth. They also had regular turkey but it was a bit dry. We had picked up some food from a friend who could not make it to church for medical reasons and when we got ready to go home, with her dishes and mine too, I forgot to bring my grean beans back with us. Another person found them and said she would bring it to me at the bridal shower that was happening at 2 this afternoon. I went to the shower and got my dish then left my purse on the back of the chair I was sitting on when we left. We called a friend to bring it home to me on her way home but she had already left so we made a trip back to the building to pick up my purse. We hurried home for a zoom meeting we had a 4 and a half hour after we started our electricity went off so that was the end of the meeting. It came back after about an hour. It was raining but not windy so I don't know why it went off. The rain was gentle but did not last long.
Judith - that is nice that your leaves are removed every week with leaf blowers. With the rain that we had, the leaves are really falling fast in our back yard. The company that does our lawn sucks the leaves up with their lawn mower. They come on Thursdays so I hope the leaves are dry enough to suck up. The dinner rolls were all eaten but three. 4 dozen does not last long when there are a lot of people eating them. I will be praying for your appointment for tomorrow that is a continuation of treatment for you.
Susan - Our women in the Bible study group are also planning a Christmas get together. It will be a small group so we are just having snacks and an ornament exchange and games. We have not made plans for the whole Bible study group yet. Last year we did a "nice/useful" white elephant gift exchange. If we do it again, I have things in mind to get rid of again. AI is amazing that it can make papers sound more progessional. Glenn is looking into it to see if it can help him write the book he is working on which is a devotional book that he wrote as well as a book that will be life as a sheepherder and how it applies to the church as God's sheep. I am glad that things are settling down in your household. Having toys to play with does help engage a child's attention. I hope the dogs do not try to "play" with it too. Do they like to chew on things?
Barb - I agree with Susan that is sounds like maybe the tension about your Mom is lifting a bit with rehab being involved. I hope that you get more rain than we did today but any little bit helps. I read in Caring Bridge that HH hurt her wrist when helping transfer 3. She seemed quite discouraged about it. I hope it heals quickly and they can figure out a better way to transfer.
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Susan, love the picture of Inara playing with the Village set. I could see she was so interested setting things up. That was so nice the family dropped it off for her. So glad things are settling down and you are getting into a good routine. It’s exciting planing for Church Christmas banquets and what food you are going to bring. I found some of my recipes last night as I was going through a Cookbook my Mom made with her recipes and mine. We combined all our recipes we used for Family dinners and Church gatherings! I might post some in our Recipe thread. It sounds like you are getting everything ready for the Tribunal meeting next week. Trust all goes well.
Linda, so nice your Potluck went well. I thought you would enjoy the smoked turkey. I was sorry you had forgotten your Green Bean didh, guess with all the rush of picking up another friends dish who couldn’t attend the potluck but nice someone saw you dish and brought it to you. Glad you were able to get back to retrieve your purse you left behind. Good you got home for your Zoom Meeting. I was sorry your power went off soon after you began your meeting. You had quite a day of things left behind. Guess so much to do and hurrying to get here and there it didn’t help with leaving things behind. It’s great they use the leaf blowers and then once leaves are in big piles, they rake them up to pick up in bunches and fill big leave bags and fill their truck and take them away. They keep our common grounds clean and tidy. We are responsible for our own yards. I keep it up as best as I can.
Barb, so glad you had a nice Thanksgiving meal on Thursday! Happy you were encouraged with what I shared about us all being God’s Children we are chosen and Loved by the Lord! Yes we all need those reminders, especially with all the things we are all going through. It’s always a blessing when we are reminded on how Much God Cares and Loves us! I am praying for your Mom that she will do well at the rehab and that her pain gets under control. I hope Harry3 does well with his walking the days you take him out. Praying you treatment that you see more improvement with your eyes.
I am closing now as I have an early morning. Will try and be back tomorrow night. The surgeon has a fair amount to do as he is following directions from my Oral Oncologist that she left for him Wednesday!
Thanks for your prayers! Love and Hugs! 🙏🤗
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Good Morning. It must be the time of year for church business meetings. We had one on Sunday too. It didn't last but 25 minutes as there was so little to discuss this time. We reviewed the finances and had a vote on a couple of other matters and that was that.
Judith, I do hope your meeting with your Surgeon went well and was more of a discussion than a physical ordeal. Glad you enjoyed Inara's picture. She didn't play with the Village today as she was going to see other family. Oh, it would be lovely to see your church recipes! When you feel up to it, that is. Yes, I am working on those papers. I will do some more today as Inara is gone for a few hours.
Linda, you must have been chuckling at yourself about the green beans and bag, but also feeling a little frustrated! I'm glad all was well and your friends got a chance to help. That's a blessing for them! Now that would be so interesting if AI could help Glenn with his writing. Like him, I would write everything first so my own ideas would come through. (So many young students just get AI to write their papers for them, just giving AI the topic or question 🙄). You always have the power to edit. I believe AI can even recognise a person's style of writing so as not to change his voice. Neat!
Barb, glad to hear your Mom might be doing okay. I know it will be a long road for her in recovery, like it has been for 3. Our bodies need a lot of time to heal, right? Especially from such serious surgeries that they have had. Glad to hear about all the lovely things happening at church with preparing shoe boxes for the children and having some lovely meals planned out. You sure need those sweet breaks from concern and care! I like the idea of a Christmas decoration exchange. It would be fun to do that. One year our ladies bought Christmas socks and stuffed them with goodies for each other. We have had lots of regular gift exchanges, but I think instead of gifts, they are concentrating more on having fun with games this year. There will probably be little prizes for the winners and losers. We'll see what happens soon.
I better go finish posting on other threads and use my few hours of calm wisely. Have a good day, all of you. Look for God's blessings. He showers us with them! 😄💕
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Judith I hope you had some good news with your surgeon. Also praying you won’t be in much if any pain. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 trust you sleep well tonight too as sleep is when we heal too
My mom had her infusion shot today. So we are praying for some relief in the sciatica area. Maybe with her back too. She had a care meeting today, but I’ve not heard anything in that today. She seems to be doing good so that is good. Prayers. The eating didn’t happen, as they had to leave for the infusion shot, the meeting ahead of my mom went over so no time for my moms. Cher will call tomorrow.
I have 2 more macula therapies. One this week, tomorrow and next Tuesday is my last macula therapy, then testing & see eye Dr first week of December.Susan. It’s good you had some time without Inara, to start looking at the papers. You have more time and can get it done. Also keep the papers together so none get lost. Yes, with God healing he takes His time. 3 was also told that he has not plateau in everything so that was encouraging to him. I will say AI I don’t understand but glad that you guys and Glenn can use it. I wonder if teachers can tell the difference in papers kids turn in if they wrote it or AI.
Bad enough that kids with texting do not use their English right, their spelling is bad too due to texting.Linda glad you had someone bring your green beans and then your purse. So glad you didn’t lose your power long. We got a few drops today so the drought rain continues. The drought is BAD. We might get more rain Thursday- Friday. So we hope so. I Hioe that AI can help Glenn write his book I do not understand AI. Life has sure changed a lot since we all were in school and even when I raised my 4 kids. HH wrist is pretty much back to normal. Today, after we did some PT, with 3 and OT too in getting 3 to the couch he w eat fast and took me with him. I told him I’m almost 71 and he needs to remember his parents are I their 70’s. It happens when 3 goes fast in sitting, instead of slow.
We had him walk the halls 2 times that’s with a walker, and he cut with scissors a circle, did great, put stickers on a paper then practiced cursive ie signature. I guess I therapy they had him printing instead of using cursive. He doesn’t print and needs to get his signature down. So we will continue with that.
Tomorrow is my last Bible study so we will skip tomorrow and have therapy Wednesday and Thursday. It’s nice not having to get up before 6 3 days a week. We will pick 3 up at 9:30 so we are giving a bit of time off for HH. She was going to have 3 stand with laundry today. I need to ask how that went. I hooe it went well.
I sometimes wish HH would think how 3 feels, it’s 7 months today since his surgery, he is not the bread earner or sleeping on the same floor as his family, he has double vision and a paralyzed vocal cord. God is healing in His time. There is many things he can do, but lots he’s working on.
Oh at the therapy, one of the therapist told 3 he has not plateaued and that meant a lot to him. In Gods’s time.
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Today was a better day. I did not forget and leave anything at any place I went. LOL We went to exercise today and I have been trying different machines to see if I can strengthen my muscles. I have been trying the one where you sit and push with your feet to work on thigh muscles. I may have to stop that one because it does put pressure on my knees and my lower back is hurting tonight. I do not want to get a compression fracture from doing any exercises. My bone scan tells the doctor that I do not have osteoporosis so that is good.
Judith - I prayed today for your apointment. You said that he had a "fair amount" of things the surgeon needed to do. I hope it was not as painful as it has been in the past. I would love it if you put your family cookbook recipies on the recipe thread. I am sure that the recipies are tried and true unlike some of the new ones I try from the internet. Sometimes they do not turn out as successful as they sound. I try to read the comments of those who made the recipe but it still might not fit what we like to eat.
Susan - I am glad that you had some quiet times today with Inara gone to visit family. Just having extra noise in the house can distract me from focusing on things I need to do.
Barb - You said your mom had an infusion shot today. I hope this has a good effect on her. It will be interesting to see what Cher finds when she call tomorrow and gets a report on how your mom is doing. Will they reschedule the care conference? Your last macula therapy is next week and I am praying that they will be seeing the success that they are wanting. Can you tell a difference? I also do not know a lot of the new programs on the computer that they have to help make our lives easier. My job was all computer related so I do know some things but there are also some things I have to ask my grandson about. Of course, he just pushes a few buttons and things magically appear since he grew up using computers. I am glad that HH wrist is feeling better. It is so true that as we reach our 70's and beyond, we can not do as much as we used to do. I don't think I could do as much as you do with 3 but of course we do what we have to do to help our children.
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I’m sorry all I Can’t text now I had a difficult day, will catch up tomorrow, heading to bed now! Good Night, thanks for thinking of me and praying! 🙏 ♥️1 -
Judith. I was hoping you had a good day Monday & not painful. Praying for you sister. I hope your Tuesday wasn’t painful for you. Praying lots for healing. Sleep & rest all you need for healing. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Linda Somglad you didn’t forget anything today. I hope you can do it again. Prayers. Maybe it become a habit, but then we are human & forgetful creatures.
Cher went to a Bible study but some how got in with my mom’s care team meeting. I guess with zoom. The place she’s at got her on the nasal spray to help her with her pain. My mom found out the painful way don’t skip a pain pill. We are all praying the infusion shot helps with her Linda I was a para professional with the public school for 23-24 years so I’ve used wheelchairs, help with PT, put students in a stand & use a lift. Then my first job was helping a Christian home for restarted and special kids. That was inthe 70’s so,I know how to,use a wheelchair when we did not have ramps. I know how to do it but rather help one as I’m not a teenager or in my 20’s I may be helping to get 3 in jeans house on thanksgiving she has 2 steps a distance apart. I’m sure her husband, Tim,, can do it within or without my help.
I know some on computers but still learning, yet some days I want the old typewriters, as life sure was simpler back then.Susan. I hope you had a good day and hope and pray as you go pver the papers and all plus all that is going on at your house, with family. Many prayers.
We got rain in the forecast Thursday- Friday please pray we get some as it’s so DRY here.
I will be helping getting the shoe boxes tomorrow after we walk with 3 and his walker. I hope he did some word search or sudoku or something I know he was outside with Mariposa maybe with a ball I hope. He needs to Keep his brain active. Yet nap too.1 -
I did not have the morning Bible study group so I had extra time to catch up on things I did not get done in prior days. We also had a new student from India put his application in so I worked on that. Our Bible study at 3pm was really good. We talked about I Thessalonians 3 and the love Paul had for this church. It is such a good chapter to talk about how we need to be connected with our brothers and sisters as well as be strong through persecution. We broke up into small groups to discuss the scripture. Some of our members are older and intimidated about speaking in a large group. These small groups give them a chance to discuss their thoughts which adds a lot to the scripture.
Barb - Thanks for letting me know about all the experience you have had with disabled children. That is impressive that you worked in that area for 23-24 years. Many times this population is neglected because people do not know how to interact with them but they have facinating stories of resilience and a desire to be included in things. We have a family with two autistic boys in our church. One is nonverbal but the other one can converse fairly well. He has a part time job that he is really proud of and loves to talk about it. Yes, it is a good thing to be sure your mom takes her pain medication when she is supposed to. If the pain gets too bad, it is hard to get it under control but if her pain medication is taken on a regular basis, the pain can be managaable. I also hope that the infusion and the nasal spray can help relieve her pain.
Judith - I am sorry to hear that your medication is not working and the cancer is contuing to grow and some more serious surgery may be needed. As I process it, I realize that since the current treatment is making things worse, the surgery they are talking about may be drastic enough to get rid of the cancer alltogether. I am praying that with three physicians working and discussing, that the best treatment will be found and you can be on the road to recovery. I will be praying for the upcoming appointments with the other specialists and the surgeon in the next few weeks.
Susan - I hope you are doing well with all your paperwork that needs to be organized and presented. I was reading in the weather thread where you had a link to describe what happens with the earth is bombarded with the sun's power. It is amazing that God created the earth so it can protect itself from this kind of danger. Are your Southern lights similar to our Northern lights?
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Barb I hear you, about life being simpler back in the 70’s or even earlier, I remember Mom who worked as Medical Staff at our 2 major Hospitals in Hamilton, she worked for the Head Doctor and was in charge of all the Residents and Interns making sure they had their assignments and knew what Wards they were working on and who the Professor was who was teaching them. She started on the job with using the old Underwood Typewriters, and taking Minutes of all the meetings with all the Top Doctors of each Department. Then the Hospital said we are going to use computers; poor Mom, she didn’t think she’d ever learn but she did. She loved her work! But yes, back in the 60’s when Mom was working life was simpler.
I am impressed you worked with Special Needs Chidren for all those years, not everyone is able to do that kind of work. I am sure you were a Blessing to the young people and children. Part of my Nursing was Paediatrics and part of my training was working with Critically sick Special Needs children. I had opportunity to leave the Hospital I trained in and work in a New Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Dr Rygiel’s Home for Children. It was a Hospital that a husband and wife Doctors from Germany opened for Children, Infant to aged 18 years. It was a Nursing Career of a lifetime to have the privilege to work in! I was so thankful! You are special Barb as you are so good with Harry3, with your training and background you are well able to help Harry3 and your Mom! My prayers are with you all. Thank you for your kindness and for your prayers. I posted an update on our Prayer thread to give you a better idea of what is going on.Linda, the Bible Study on 1 Thessalonians chapter 3 would be an awesome study to have. It’s nice you break up into smaller groups for discussion, it give the older folks opportunity to speak up and share. They have so much to give so it’s wonderful the group gives them opportunity to share. Thank you for your kindness about my situation, I trust the Lord and know He will guide my Specialists to know how to treat the disease. God has brought me this far and I know He will take me the rest of the way. God is Good! Sounds exciting getting International students enrolling at the college, I am sure it’s so interesting as you are helping with getting them enrolled hearing their stories. Do the Students live on campus or do they live in a Home Stay with a family?
Susan, thank you for thinking of me regarding my appointments. I posted an update on our Prayer Thread for you to read. Yes I did enjoy Inara’s picture. I will post some of my Church Recipes, some are mine and some my Mom and Grandma’s. I will get some ready to post but may take a picture of the recipe cards my Mom typed her recipe on and she typed some of mine out to help me. I then submitted them to the Church recipe book they were making. You said you were working on the papers that are going to the Tribunal for Review. I am trusting the meeting you have will be a good report with Colin receiving the help he needs.
Thanks for all of your prayers and concerns that you have expressed. You all are so kind and supportive!
I thank God for your friendship! My prayers are with you all. ♥️🙏
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Judith, I have not read the prayer thread yet but from what Linda said, it sounds quite serious. You are definitely facing challenges and it would be natural to be a bit nervous about things, (I would be) but maybe your nursing background makes it feel less daunting. I will be thinking of you and praying for you, dear friend. Yes, the paperwork is as ready as I can get it for now. We talk to the solicitor tomorrow morning to see what else we might need to do.
Linda, I think the southern lights are similar to the northern lights but we are too far north to see them here (near Brisbane). When we were in Tasmania I did see reddish glows and took a few photos that I shared here. The ones I saw many years ago in northern Canada were green curtains of dancing movement, accompanied by faint crackle sounds. I would think they would be similar in Antarctica but will have to research it. The world sure is an amazing place. About family recipes, most of ours were taken from the.old Betty Crocker cookbook. I made some spiced almond cookies from one recipe from there yesterday as I have some craft ladies coming over for lunch today. They are called Mandel Kager cookies.
Barb, that's good about them managing your Mom's pain. I hope they find a way to look after her bowels too as problems in that area will not help. Glad you see HH's wrist is OK and 3 is able to do a bit more. Every step forward is a plus! I am also wondering how your eyes are doing?
Rehearsal yesterday was tiring but fun. I have 6 costume changes in a short period of time so found it physically demanding. No pictures of yesterday as I was far too busy getting things to work but Colin looked great in his dinosaur costume and got a good response with his walk on part.
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Judith. So sorry thaat the drs that your cancer is still growing and the drs could not really take any bad skin away. Also that you may need to have surgery. Please keep,us posted I saw that you see a dr on Friday and then again another one next week I think it was Wednesday so next week. Prayers as each Dr needs wisdom with you too. Also,continue prayers for healing and you able to sleep each night.
Thank you for sharing about your mom and all you did quite impressive !Susan I hope seeing the solicitor, goes well, it will probably be while we sleep so many prayers. So 6 costume changes your hands got to,be fast. Colin in a dinosaur costume sounds cool I hope you get a picture of Colin in a dinosaur costume & maybe one or 2 of you in your 6. When is your show.
Linda. Your Thessalonians study sounds neat. I have worked with cautistic who are verbal,or not verbal. Usually the ones who cannot have a board witch Velcro stickers to let them know what or where they are to be or some tablet that helps them communicate with others.
My sister will meet with my mom care tomorrow, and I’m a trying to get my moms statement as I am on my moms checks, so Mike, Cher’s, husband, can figure out where my mom can go after rehab. I got my moms statements being mailed but I hope I can get an email or such so I can send them to Cher. Trying not get a year worth of statements without my mom knowing. That’s why it’s a it more challenging.
We had one church drop off 123 shoeboxes for us. We then box them into a box hat holds 16 of them. Next time I’m help is Friday before going to Andover to see daughter and grand daughter run a 5K. The run is on Saturday AM.
Harry 3 walked with us, and did some OT too. He needs to remember to get his bearings from standing man’s sitting. I think that when his double vision can bother him.
My mom seems to be ok as long as she gets her meds when she need them.
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Today was cool - high of 55 F (12.7C) and low of 40F (4.4C) with partly cloudy sky. Rain is supposed to start during the night and continue on and off for tomorrow.
Judith - Our school is all online so the students do not need to leave their towns. Many of our students are ministers full time and it is so much easier for them to do the classes online. They watch the lecture then are involved in discussions with other students on the topic and have papers to write.
Susan - I am glad that you have all the papers together for the solicitor to look at tomorrow. I don't know about how you feel but I am relieved that it will be over soon. I am afraid that I have internalized all your problems you have had and feel what I think you might feel. I could be totally wrong. I have a Betty Crocker recipe book that I got as a newly wed so it is 52 years old. Some of the pages are so old the corners are breaking when I turn the pages and there are srains all over the pages of my favorite recipies. Describing the Northern lights are curtains of light is a good description. They were usually green when I saw them. The Northern lights we had last week were less defined and mostly just green and red colored from the pictures I have seen. 6 costume changes is a lot in a short time. Maybe with practice it will be easier to make those changes. I am sure that Colin looks quite dapper in his dinosaur suit. I would love a picture of your costumes and his also.
Barb - Do you have any idea how many Christmas shoeboxes you will have in total when the collection is done? They will be so encouraging when the children open them and see new items they can use. I did not have any problems with my Dad not wanting me to know his financial banking statements. My Mom did the finances so he said he would gladly give me that job to do. I did have to keep very strict account of his money since it was from the Department of Veterans Affairs that gave it to him. It really helped pay his rent on his assisted living apartment. I am glad that your mom is having her pain under control. How is she doing with therapy? I hope she is getting stronger each day.
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Linda, you are having weather similar to ours here. We had Cloudy skies but no rain. Thank you for sharing how your school operates. Appreciate all your kind comments and all your prayers regarding my health issues. My Surgeon is very positive and feels once he excise’s the disease it will bring me closer to healing and recovery. God has all things under control.
Susan, thank you for your kind comments and all your prayers. Glad you have the papers ready for tomorrow’s meeting.I am praying the meeting goes well and you get some answers of what can be done for Colin. Thank you for keeping us posted!
I know you mentioned that the family were discussing putting up Christmas decorations, I put up some of mine today, with all my appointments I felt I better get started as I am not doing all my decorating like I did in a day and evening. It is taking me a week to get it all done. What I did today it looks good.Barb, you have a lot on your plate with looking after your Mom’s banking. I took over my Mom’s finances and paid the bills and Mom didn’t have any problems with me knowing all her financial banking statements and her savings and investments, she was glad I was willing to look after it all. I am praying that everything will work out in deciding and knowing where your Mom will go after her rehab is completed. That was a nice amount of Shoeboxes collected for the children. Many children will be so blessed. Praying for Harry3 and for you as you continue to help him with his walking and OT.
Off to bed now, Good Night and God Bless…😴❤️🙏
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Good Morning.
Today is the day the solicitor calls us. We have one hour of time with him or her. We'll see what happens. I'll let you know. Thank you all for praying for us.
Judith, taking more time to decorate sounds wise. I'm doing that too. Yesterday at our craft lunch I showed the ladies how to make easy paper trees out of dsp. Here are the ones I made. They are on my glass kitchen splashback.
I also made a tiny paper tree that was too fiddly for them but it sure looks cute. It's about 4" high.
Linda, you are right. I am glad the legal matters are coming to a head. It's a big stress trying to straighten this out and I am thankful for the time I worked with the Courts as it means I understand a lot of the proceedings. It's so messy though and the outcome is important for Colin. Thank you for caring. That's so good about your Betty Crocker cookbook! Mom's fell apart and my sister arranged for it to be copied for each of my 2 brothers and I. Those family days of cooking out of that recipe book were precious. I haven't had a chance to look up differences between the northern and southern lights yet. I'll never forget the northern lights.
Barb, glad your Mom is OK on her meds but I wish they could find a cause for her pain. It sounds like 3 is making progress which is good. I know it is slower than everyone would like and that's understandable. I hope you can work out what you need to with your Mom's finances. Our play is Nov 29th, a matinee and an evening performance. There will be pictures someone will take of us live. As we are in the play and costume changes are fast, we can't take our own photos unless we dress up at home. Taking care of Inara, Shaun and Yolanda, (especially cooking, washing and cleaning every day) doing Colin's appeal and taking care of the dogs while doing rehearsals, Uke practice, church, craft lunches etc is kind of all consuming right now. I'll see if we get a chance to do it. My costumes are all in order of appearance in a garment bag and a carrier bag right now. As well as clothing, there are wigs, head gear, glasses, accessories, shoes, and of course make-up to create each character. I will do make-up at home on the day but can't speed up the changing process by much. I did figure out I need a plastic bag to put over my shoes when trying to get into one of the pantsuits. The shoes are hard to put on so I avoid taking them off and they drag against the costume when I am putting it on which takes time when you're in a hurry. The plastic bag reduces the drag and makes the change faster. Lol! Little tricks like that help!
Have good days, everyone.
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Susan. So glad the solicitor will be behind you prayers it will all will work out for you. Thank you for explaining more about yiur play. I love your paper trees. It’s good that you got Shaun to help with your dogs with your practices ad all. Extra prayers for yiou on the 29. Pray you get food sleep for the show. I know you will collapse afterwards ad sleep well.
That’s neat aboutbbags. The little things you learn to help is cool. 😄
Linda we were in the 50’s too they thought we hit 63* but we had clouds all day. Plus fog. We have rain inthe forecast tonight and tomorrow then maybe on Monday too. We sure do need the rain I’m sure there will be accidents, as people forgot how,to drive in the rain.
I’ll find out how many shoeboxes we have when I’m work tomorrow I work after craft 11-1. Then home and load car and leave. I am bringing a lunch Harry got me some crab salad so I’ll eat that for my lunch. I try to eat more fish since imhad that liver test and showed I have a fatty liver. Yet I hear that lots of people have a fatty liver. I just try to limit my process foods in lunches and eat more fish. I know our old church had over 500 shoe boxes, and we got 123 yesterday from a church. We got several rows of boxes in our chapel, plus running out of boxes to put the 16 boxes in. Everything is done a specific way. God has it I’m sure. We got other church who have done it as support. Plus ment a couple who work are with Samaritan purse shoeboxes and have been at 2 process centers. We got to hear about that it was interesting.
We might have snow wintery is on Thursday - Thanksgiving. We will see.
Judith we also have had clouds and no rain. We hope we get it tonight and tomorrow. We had fog this morning and may have fog in tonight and in the morning.
Prayong for you with all you are going through Judith.
3 walked real well for us today. He is catching himself as he pauses maybe doubl vision. He catches himself and does not fall he also was walking 3-4 steps quickly takes the the corner quick too it was a good walk then he did some OT writing his signature and putting marbles in order of a picture. It was a smooth walk he didCher met with my mom’s dr, and told him we need time to know where mom goes.They finally got my moms medicine under control which is great! Cher says that with the healing maybe mom will not need 24 hour care. One day at a time she keeps saying to me.
I got the statements of my mom’s bank, and will mail them to my sister for them.
We will go and see Elisabeth and grand daughter Addy, run a 5 K Saturday morning then Grayson’s bday party so a full Saturday i hope we come home Saturday but packed in case we stay another night.
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There is something coming down from the sky & is making everything wet. Maybe it’s rain? We are to have rain tonight & tomorrow so maybe more than drought rain? Rain is in the forecast Monday too.
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Barb, I know how much you have been needing rain so reading this last report is awesome, you have rain! 👍 So happy to read these reports on. Harry3 doing so well with walking and his OT, this is wonderful news that he is learning how to catch himself when double vision would make him stumble, it’s awesome that he remains upright. He is progressing forward in a wonderful way. I continue to pray his double vision is resolved and he improves even more for complete healing and recovery. Yes all in God’s Timing, may His Will be done. Glad you got your Mom’s Banking statements mailed off to Cher. Happy that your Mom’s medication is under control.Sounds like a good meeting Cher had with your Mom’s Doctor, it would be wonderful if your Mom didn’t require 24 hour care. God’s Will be Done. Hope you enjoy your Visit with Elisabeth and your granddaughter Addy running in the 5K run. Enjoy your time celebrating Grayson’s Birthday! Say Happy Birthday 🥳 from me please! Safe Travels there and back!
Susan, thanks for sharing about your Play you are in November 28th. You are well organized with your costumes. Love the idea how you change into your costume with putting plastic over your shoes so you don’t have to put them on and take off in between costume changes! I look forward to hearing all about it and seeing pictures. I am trusting your meeting goes well with the call with your Solicitor. Praying all goes well and you find favor and Colin will receive the care he needs! Thank you for sharing your pictures of your Trees you made, I Love them. I am sure everyone enjoyed making them. I am so glad I got a lot of my decorating done so there isn’t so much to do next week especially with all my appointments.
I am posting early as I am in Vancouver tomorrow to see my Oncologist. Hoping for a good report and good plan of action that will get me closer to healing and recovery. Sorry I missed you Linda, think it’s due to me coming on early! See you all tomorrow! 🙏❤️
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We had rain during the night but I don't think it was much. I lost 1 1/2 pounds today at TOPS and came home and ate things I should not have like bread. Usually after I do my weigh-ins for the prediabetes class on Wednesday and TOPS for Thursday, Thursday evening I am not so careful but then by Friday I am back on board with what I should be doing. Tomorrow we are going out to eat with friends which could cause some problems because we are going to an Itallian restaurant and I LOVE pasta. I really do try to stay away from it so I am praying that I will control myself and bring at least half of the meal home for leftovers.
Yes, Judith you got on here three hours before I came here. I am a little late due to working on my class for pre-diabetes homework then exercises and my TOPS meeting. You are way ahead of me getting your decorations for Christmas put up. I still have my Fall things out and will probably not put my Christmas things out until we get back from Thanksgiving in Westminster. We will also decorate the house in Westminster so I will have my plans full of decorations for two weeks in a row. I am glad that your surgeon feels positive about the plan for the excision. It does make sense to remove the tissue that is causing problems and is not responding to treatment. I believe that you said that this cancer is not the same as the original surgery was for. Do they feel that that cancer is totally erradicated? It is amazing to hear and see all the new surgeries that are being done that were not even thought about when I was in school or years after that.
Susan - by the time we hear from you the meeting with the solicitor will be over. How soon after this meeting will the final decision be made? I have good memories cooking with my mother too but we had the Good Housekeeping Recipe book then. As I said I got the Betty Crocker cookbook as a newly wed and liked it so much I bought my mom one and she used it for many years too. Just hearing a run down of all the things you do in a day, makes me tired. I feel pretty lazy as I compare my days with yours. Of course, this busyness is only temporary and then activities will quiet down in the new year for you I hope.
Barb - Yea for the stuff falling out of the sky at your house! Have you had any snow this Fall? We usually have at least one snowfall in October in Westminster but they have not had any yet either. It has been a weird Fall for sure. I am glad that 3 had a good walk and is catching himself when he goes too fast. I had a fall this morning in my kitchen but it was not from loss of balance. I had the cupboard door under my sink open and I turned to go around the island and the edge of the door hit my leg and I lost my balance. I caught my arm in the electric cord of the toaster that was sitting on the island and both the toaster and I fell to the ground with a crash. Nothing was broken on me but the toaster did have a small piece of black plastic come off but I can not figure out where it came from. The toaster works fine so it must not be an essential part that broke. It would be great news if your mom does not need 24 hour care. I will pray for that but we all know the God is in control of what happens. You spoke of a granddaughter named Addie. My five year old granddaughter is named Addie also. It is short for Adalenea.
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Linda, so glad your fall did not hurt you too much! Wow, how easily it can happen. Take care, my friend! Lol about you feeling lazy compared to me. I always think you do so very much with all the travel, teaching/conferencing, admin support, looking after two homes, processing mountains of apples and hosting gatherings plus all the other tasks of daily living and support of family and friends. You are amazing.
Judith, I'll be praying for you all day. You, Barb and Linda (plus Marilyn and JC) have already been in my prayers this morning. Glad you liked my paper trees! I just googled 'easy paper Christmas craft' on YouTube and found quick videos showing how to make them and more. I wanted something quick and easy for my ladies to do. They really are effective though. And I used some 6" x 6" papers to make them which wasn't a lot of supplies! Win, win!
Barb, it's raining here to just now, but I am really glad it is raining for you! I hope you get good rain that helps fill the dams and waters the forests and gardens. I am loving the news about your Mom and about 3. I hope your granddaughter does well in the 5k and you all enjoy Grayson's birthday party.
The Solicitor had some helpful suggestions yesterday and I have altered our paperwork according to what he said. I sent him all the documents we are going to submit. The Tribunal wants those docs by the 25th November. I hope the solicitor can view them and comment in time, but if not we'll submit them and pray.
Inara was sweet yesterday. I always wait for the grandkids to come to me, not monster them with unwantwd granny hugs. She climbed up on me and played she was my puppy for over an hour yesterday. Then she became Inara again (she told me when) and continued to play with magnetic blocks with me. She sure touched my heart. The melt downs at bedtime still happen almost nightly, but some of the other asocial behaviours are settling and either we are understanding her better or her talking is improving or both. I think she is getting used to her new 'normal'. That's so good for her. She really has had her young life turned upside down. They have been with us a month now. Doesn't time go fast?
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Sorry is this is short. With visiting family. Dint have time. Should be home tomorrow or Sunday. We had light rain all the way down. So that was nice.my mom’s Thank you all for praying
Praying for Judith. Hope you can sleep to night. My moms package is in them mail. So that’s good.
Susan hope we hear how you made out with a solicitor. Prayers for your plant next week. Linda no to snow we may get some over thanksgiving day.
Sorry again for short post.
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I had one of those nights when I could not get to sleep so I got up to read until 4am. As a result of not getting to bed very early, I got up at 10:30 so my morning was rather "short". Glenn is still not feeling well with his abdominal pain so he did not go to exercise with me. It was nice to be able to exercise and not be concerned that I might take longer than he does and he has to wait. He does not complain but I like to get done the same time as he does. This time I was able to walk on the treadmill as long as I needed to to get to a mile. It takes me 22 minutes to walk a mile.
Susan - it is so nice that Inarra is settling down during the day. I also try not to force myself on the grandchildren but let them come to me. It is so sweet that she likes to sit in your lap and play like she is a puppy then play as herself with you. I pray that the solicitor gets back to you with the updated papers. With his help, it should go well. He knows what they expect and can make things easier for the ones who have the final decision.
Barb - I am glad you had a good drive to visit family. You do not need to apolgize for not posting much with you are with family. You need to spend time with them as much as you can. Do you think that you will stay the extra day (Sunday) How much rain did you get? I hope it has refreshed the ground and trees.
Judith - continuing to pray for you.
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Evening Hello
I loved reading all your posts!
As you know I was at my appointment. I had a swab and Biopsy, the meds I have reacted to has caused a massive infection. My Oncologist is a bit unhappy with so many views on my condition but then on the other hand my Head and Neck oncology surgeon has the best solutions, he did the 3rd surgery and basically saved my life! And my Cranial Facial Surgeon has tried to keep on top with removing the disease. Both oncology surgeons have been working the longest and keeps up with all the latest cancer issues and difficult ones like my complications! So I am staying with my two surgeons and oral oncology. I will still see my Dermatologist Oncology but will lean on the others more.
thank you for praying!Susan, thank you for sharing about Inara, so sweet curling up on your lap playing like she is a puppy then becomes her sweet Inara! Sounds like you both have precious times together. Happy the Solicitor had helpful suggestions for you. I am sure you can get all the papers and reports sorted out so Tribunal can review them and the Solicitor can comment in time the Tribunal wants the documents by the 25th of November. I am praying for God’s Will be done.
Barb safe travels! Enjoy your time with your family! Glad you got your Mom’s papers mailed to your sister!
Linda, so sorry Glen is still not well with abdominal pain. Will keep praying. Sorry about your poor night! Hope you sleep better tonight. You had a great work out today. It great you did a good run/walk on the treadmill. My daughter uses a treadmill also. Thank you for your prayers. I will have results of the Skin Swab and Biopsy from the lips by next Friday. He will call me. Then I see him in 2 weeks like my other specialists! December will be full.
Good Night all! I slept a lot when I got home but my face is so sore I have to take more meds. Then I am in bed! 😴♥️🙏
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It is good to hear from you, Judith. I hope you get some good quality rest and recovery time before your next visit. It's good that you have confidence in your Drs. Praying for you, my friend.
Barb, praying you have good family time and safe travels. I did give an update about the solicitor before your post. I got the date of the deadline for submitting the papers wrong. It is Nov 28th Nov.
Linda, I hope Glenn is feeling better. It's hard with tummy troubles. Thinking of you both. 🙏
It's raining and humid here so our travel to church will be wet.
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Susan. So glad I are is settling down for you. Helps make things run smoothly maybe. Next week is your play, trust all goes well. Praying as the solicitor gave you some advice. Hope he gets what you mailed & has time to look it over
Happy Lords day. Enjoy abs be blessed.
Linda. I’ll read how much rain we got Sunday. We are on our way home. I’ll send some running & Grayson’s bday party. He’ll be 11 next Sunday. A week before mine.
We had a great visit then met up with Jean & family on the way home.
Sure hope Glenn is feeling better asap. You think he’ll be able to go to church with you? Prayers younger more sleep tonight.Judith. Thank younfirvecoksj king about your drs. So glad that your 2 surgeons keep up with the latest in cancer treatments. It can change as more discoveries are made. It’s comes long way since we were young. Prayers for your healing.
Hioevsll have a good Lord’s day & we receive a blessing in Gods word.
Here’s some pics of today.
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Susan, I was reading your Weather report! We have weather like yours, I was thinking our weather was improving but just as I thought we got a Weather Alert Warning come in. You can read it on our Weather Thread. It’s heavy rain all through the night subject to water pooling in low laying areas. Then tomorrow we are supposed to have a cold front. This time tomorrow night the Forecast says low temps of 40 degrees! Hope your weather settles down!
Thank you for your kindness Susan! And yes I do trust the Surgeons that have come along my path. I am believing things will improve. Have a Blessed Sunday Susan!
Barb, love the photo’s of your family. Mother and Daughter looked good on their run! Pictures of all of you at the Birthday Celebration looked so nice. I really liked the cake, was it made at home or store bought? Enjoy your time with the family!
Have a blessed Lord’s day tomorrow Linda and Barb; Susan it’s the Lord’s day there now for you!
Linda I am praying for Glen hoping he feels better soon. Have a blessed Lord’s Day! Hope Glenn is well enough to attend Church with you.
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I did a lot of cleaning today since our house church will be meeting at our house next week while we are gone. We are leaving on Monday so today was the best time to get the sweeping and mopping done. I am also making communion bread because when I made it for the regular church service, I forgot to take some out for us when we have house church. It freezes well so it is not a problem. Now I will have plenty for church too. When I made rolls for the potluck last week, I saw my friend later in the week, and he mentioned how good my rolls were. I told him that we had a few left after church and he said "If I had known, I would have taken them." I am making some more rolls today and will give him a dozen to enjoy. His wife if not here in Grand Junction so he does not need to share with anyone. Glenn says the pain feels worse today than yesterday. I don't know if he will make it to church tomorrow but I certainly hope that we can make the trip over the mountains on Monday because we both have doctor appointments next week.
Susan - I am glad that the date for the papers to be completed is later than you thought so you do not have to be in such a hurry. Is this about getting Colin's diagnosis reinstated so he can have therapy or are you doing something else? I know that this has been a very detailed process and I have gotten lost in the trail.
Judith - good to hear from you. I agree that you need to do what the surgeons that you trust want you to do. It's like the old saying "too many cooks spoil the broth". In my experience, the more opinions I hear, the more I get confused if they do not agree. I am praying for discernment and wisdom as time goes on. I am sorry that the infection and the biopsy are making your lips so sore. I hope there is improvement in your infection quickly with the antibiotics. I hope that the heavy rain that was predicted does not cause flooding. You mentioned some "pooling" was possible.
Barb - I hope you had a safe trip home. Thanks for the pictures of the run and Grayson's birthday cake. What are the names of Elizabeth's children besides Addy that was doing the running? I am glad that you got to see Jean and family too on the way home.
Update @ 11:30pm - Glenn said as he was going to bed that this evening he is feeling better so we are hopeful that he can go to church. We will have to see how he feels in the morning. My SIL said that her husband is having the same stomach pains so it must be just a virus that is going around. I hope that I do not get it because I am scheduled to donate blood on Tuesday and have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday for my yearly Medicare physical.
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Linda, glad to hear Glenn is starting to feel better and I sure hope you don't get it. How kind of you to do all that baking for others! ❤️ Yes, the Tribunal is reviewing the decision the NDIS made to take away Colin's physio and other physical supports. It's a long, involved process for sure.
Judith, I see how much rain is predicted for you. Stay warm and dry! Meanwhile we have heat wave conditions predicted for all of this week. I hope the Clubhouse air conditioning comes with next Saturday as we have hundreds coming to our play.
Barb, what cute pictures! Glad you had a good time! You needed a break!
Busy day today with everyone going in lots of different directions. Take care, all.
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Linda. So how is Glenn feeling? Prayers Did you both make it to church & the trip over the mountain. Prayers you don’t get it too. I hope the good feeling Glenn had late last night, lasted all day today as you have traveling to do too. I have my Medicare Dr. visit 12/2, so your visit is a week before one. Trust all is good with your visit.
We got 1.5” of rain whike we were gone Friday. So that is good and first since July. We get the cold weather . Wednesday and next week it’s to be quite cold. Maybe some snow too. Though I hope not.Susan. Hope all your practices go well as this weekend coming you have your play. I hope the Tribunal review goes well for you guys. Plus your a/c works well, especially with a heat wave. You get a heat wave and we get a cold front.
So glad you are getting a review. 🙏🏻
Judith. I am praying that your lips won’t be as sore and that you can sleep & for healing too. Prayers that yiur antibiotics will work for you. So glad yiu have been maintaining your weight. So prayers for that and maybe gain another ounce.So we did get 1.5” of rain, which we needed so badly. With the cold coming I did some raking. Though after the rain we have a carpet of leaves on our lawn. Oh well.
We plan on walking withn3, Monday - Wednesday. Then in Saturday’s the. The following week he has a dentist and dr appointment. I have a dr visit, eye Dr visits and my Prolia shot. So a busy week I told 3 we would work,it put. I’ll also want to bake cookies and bread. Plus start Christmas cards. With Gods help I’ll get it done.
I have the cranberry salad to make for our Thanksgiving and I signed up to make the Lottie Moon cookies for Sunday. She was a missionary on chi and all southern baptist churches, who support her mission once a year. Being new I don’t know much about her, thought I can make cookies.1 -
Glenn got up and took a shower but was too tired to go to church. He is feeling much better and eating a lot now but is just needing some more rest. After church I went to see a performance of the Messiah put on by the Grand Junction symphnony and choir. It was beautiful to listen to. I like to sing so if I have time later on, I might check in to see if I can join them for a performance. I decided to make the rolls for Thanksgiving here instead of having to make them when we get to Westminster and have all the other things I need to do. The problem is that I do not remember if I put salt in it or not because I was so busy trying to multitask. I will be able to tell once they are baked. Glenn said he will eat them no matter what so they will not be wasted if unsalted.
Susan - with the heat wave coming, I hope that the air conditioning does work when you perform the play. It would be extra hard to do quick changes if you are perspiring and trying to hurry. This month has really gone by quickly with Shaun and his family living with you. It may not seem as quick as I think it was since I was not living your life.
Barb - Glenn thinks that he will feel strong enough to drive tomorrow when we leave for Westminster. The weather on the mountains is supposed to be good and we are going earlier than most will who are traveling for Thanksgiving. I am so glad that you got 1 1/2 inches of rain. It has been a long time coming. I looked for more history on Lottie Moon and I found that she was very dedicated to God and advocated for girls in China. Thanks for talking about her and helping educate us.
Judith - praying for you to get rest and less pain.
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