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And wish you a Blessed Thanksgiving weekend
Here in Canada 🇨🇦 Monday is Thanksgiving Day. My family are with me to Celebrate my Birthday 🥳 and Thanksgiving! 🍂🍁
Thank you for the Birthday Greetings, God Blessed me with so many texts and E-mails, phone calls from family and friends, I also received gifts via mail with many cards. My friend came here on Wednesday my Birthday and brought me some lovely gifts. I have been spoiled. And because Thanksgiving is this weekend my family are coming with dinner and will bring gifts to celebrate my birthday too. 🥳🎂
I had my appointment which was intense, he spoke about treatment, injections to treat areas that are not responding. All I can do is leave it with God and let Him complete the healing. Thanks for your prayers, the treatment I had 10 days ago when at cancer clinic really didn’t do much, the skin is reacting to the flaps and graphs. I believe even though it’s at its worst God is getting ready to move the mountains. Praise His Mighty name.
Know I hold you all in my heart and keep you all in my prayers. God Bless you ❤️🙏🤗1 -
We had a lovely time at our Bible Study group potato bar. I had made enough potatoes to have leftovers for today which was nice. I made hash browns for my husband for breakfast and we will use the potatoes tonight with dinner.
Susan - I am sure your dogs appreciate you grooming them for the burs. If they are left in the hair they can get tighter imbeded and become painful. We had a cocker spaniel that were get burs easily and her curly hair held on to them until we had to cut them out of her hair. Her ears would also get so dirty because they drug into her food bowl and got food in them. I do miss her a lot!
Judith - We are holding you up in prayer for your situation. I am sorry that the treatment 10 days ago was not as effective as you had wished. I am so glad that you can have your family close to celebrate your birthday and Thanksgiving. Thanks for the recipe to use left over turkey. We we have our thanksgiving I will try to remember to use it. I may have to change it a bit since I am trying to stay away from flour but it sounds delicious.2 -
Judith, happy birthday and happy Thanksgiving again. How special to have loving company for both occasions! Oh, I am so sorry the last treatment didn't work too well. You are right, God can and does move mountains. You have my prayers and hope. 💕🙏
Linda, glad you had a good time with your church group. There's nothing like fellowship with believers. What a blessing. Yes, you are so right about the need for grooming the burrs and prickles out of our dogs. There's also a weed called Spear Grass here. When I was 15 I had a little Maltese dog and knew nothing of the dangers of those spears. My poor little dog had them in her coat and they work in one direction to pierce the skin. I had to get out a sterilised needle to remove them from her skin. She was a sweet natured thing who never complainsed about that, so I have since then guarded my dogs from noxious weeds and pests. We also have little balls called Sticky Weed here. They gum up the fur. So my poor boys don't look forward to their grooms even though they are a lot happier and not in pain afterwards! I have to search them for paralysis ticks and cattle ticks each day as well. Paralysis ticks can kill them....
I am sitting here under my awning hearing a Kookaburra grumble, the calls of other birds back and forth to each other, doves cooing low, crows with their harsh cries, and a few minutes ago a wild Bush Turkey ambled through our site! You may not have seen one before so here he is:
I had no trouble getting a picture. He practically posed for me!!1 -
Susan - Wild turkeys are not as fat as the ones that are raised for Thanksgiving dinner! You certainly have a lot to watch for with your dogs. We had wood ticks that would fill up and then fall off on our floor if we did not watch for them. I have also been bitten by this tick when I was walking in the woods. Our dogs were not long haired so it was easier to see them on their skin. The paralysis tick sound very dangerous. We have a plant that gets in the fur of dogs called '"foxtail". I read that spear grass is a generic group of grasses with barbed seeds that also covers foxtail so I am aware of the problems with this.
Last night a group of campus students and a few of us older people watched a movie called "Finding Guy". It is a very interesting story by a man who was formerly gay but accepted Jesus and has not practiced the gay life for I think for several decades. He married a woman and has 4 children. He called himself same-sex-attracted rather than gay. It was a very informative movie about how we need to keep the communication going between those who do not have the same moral standing as we might have. It is important to keep a relational connection with them which may attract them to Jesus who can change their behavior.1 -
Linda, yes, there are a lot of hazards for dogs in the bush and for people too. It's warming up so snakes will be coming out and most of them are highly toxic. Then there are toxic spiders in the grass, centipedes, and the beach has hazards like cone shellfish, stone fish, blue ringed octopus, crocodiles, sea snakes, sharks and jellyfish stingers. It can sound terrible but the beasties can be few and far between! We just watch out for a laundry list of them. We have very few large predators - no bears or wolves for example - but wild dingoes can and will lure domestic dogs away to kill them in their packs. I know coyotes do the same. You just have to know the country. Paralysis ticks are tiny. That's what makes them hard to find even on a short haired dog. With my two hairy ones I have to feel them all over every day, check their ears, lips, between their toes...ticks like to hide in little spaces. I do give them tick preventative treatments and that keeps the fleas away as well.
Sounds like an interesting and useful movie you watched. I'll keep it in mind. I always say all sin is equal in God's eyes and we are all sinners. All of us need to come to an understanding of that and repent. We are to love the sinner (even our enemies!) but hate the sin. The Lord is marvelous for wiping those sins out and not bringing them to His mind again, which is worthy of our praise and gratitude every day! I know you think this way too. I just like putting it in words.
I hope everyone is doing well or at least better. Thinking of you all, Judith, Marilyn, Darlene....1 -
My husband and I went up on Grand Mesa to see the Fall colors. Although we were a little late to see some of them, there were still some really pretty trees. I love the ones that are yellow on the bottom but red on the top. I am not sure what makes the colors different than the regular yellow but I do enjoy seeing an occassional two toned tree. It was a lot cooler up at a higher altitude - 46F but it is 73F down at our house. I washed my mattress cover and dried it outside today. It really smelled nice and fresh. I wish I had a clothes line but I had to hang it over several patio chairs to dry. Maybe I should look into getting a dryer like you have on your patio as you travel, Susan. Does it fall over if the clothes are not balanced all the way around? Does it fold up?
We talked to the U-Haul people today to see what it would cost to rent a trailer to put my car on to bring it back to Denver. It is really old but a friend of ours is desperate for a car and said she would pay for the rental and gas if we would bring it back for her - plus pay what we are asking for it. I have had that car for 26 years so it feels like I am getting rid of an old friend. We have my M-I-L's car now that is much easier to get in so we really do not need my little car. It will save us some money to not have to pay insurance on it also. I still need to clean it out so we will probably take it over next week.1 -
Oh it is sad to give up a car you have had that long, Linda, but entirely understandable. I hope it is an easy sale! Yes, the clothes line folds up like an umbrella and breaks in half to fit into a canvas bag. It's easy to store. You can put tent pegs in the bottom to keep it from falling over.
We're out and about today. It's a pretty day though windy. Here's how the ocean looks across from the van park.
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I had a lovely Bible study group meeting via zoom this morning so I am a little late getting started with my usual chores. I need to get outside now and clean the seats of the car we are selling. Who knows what the stains are or how long it has been there so I do not have high hopes of getting it clean. It seems to me it was a crockpot that fell over in the back seat that was not properly supported on the seat. The carpets are pretty bad also but we can get new mats to put over that. I prospective owner is known for driving fast in her other car that no longer works. I hope she can control her free spirit to not hurt this old car!
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Marilyn, good luck with the stains! I hope it all works out for your car sale. Glad you had a good Bible study.
Marilyn, that's a beautiful post today. We all do have lots to be thankful for.
I have nothing much to talk about today. I practiced Uke for awhile and am expecting friends to come by for dinner. Before that I have a routine Telehealth appointment. It's a nice day.1 -
Good Morning
Sorry for being absent the last few days. Thank you all for sharing. And thank you for my Birthday and Thanksgiving wishes and greetings.
Thank you for all your posts you shared.
Susan, thank you for sharing the pictures of wild Turkey and ocean view from your van park. You sure have a variety of poisonous critters in your area but looking past that you have a beautiful country to live in.
Linda, sounds lovely going up to Grand Mesa to see the Fall colors. I’m sure it was a lovely trip. Hope you enjoyed your Bible Study.
Marilyn, thank you for your post on being grateful. Yes indeed, we have much to be thankful and grateful for.
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It is a beautiful day with bright blue sky and plenty of sunshine. I am going to the library to pick up some books on quilting so I can get going on the quilt I will make of the denim squares we found among my M-I-L things after she died. I have asked my friends to save their old denim clothes that are worn out for me to use also. The squares are 6" so it wil take quite a few to make a whole queen size quilt. It should be nice and thick and warm for winter when I get it done.
Beautiful thoughts posted today Marilyn. What more to do we need besides what God has provided. It seems the more we have, the less grateful we become.1 -
Linda, what a great project to start! I love the idea of making a denim quilt and your mil would love that you are sewing up her squares. It will be a special quilt.
Marilyn, sorry you are missing someone. I am sending virtual hugs. 💕
We're planning a social day, going to first my sil's then to my niece's for coffee/tea.1 -
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Marilyn, the last two posts you shared touched my heart. Thank you, Big Hugs to you, thank you all that we can lean on each other and most of all, pray for each other and love with the Love of Jesus! ❤️🙏
Linda, the denim quilt sounds so nice, your MIL would be so proud that you are making a quilt with the denim squares she left behind after she passed. Look forward to seeing a picture when it’s done. Enjoy your sunny day…
Susan, sounds like a lovely Social day spending time and visiting your SIL and your Niece over Coffee/Tea and good conversation..
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Today was a fun day. A friend and I went to a U-pick farm and picked peppers and tomatoes and also bought butternut squash, spaghetti squash and cantelope. Food is always so fresh right out of the field. I also go some exercise getting the produce. I picked parsley yesterday to put in the dehydrater our of our pots on the patio. My house should be smelling really nice with the parsley smell.
We are having our Bible Study group at our house again on Friday. We are having a salad bar and I will be making bread sticks. I found a recipe that is supposed to be like the bread sticks at my favorite Italian restraunt - Olive Garden. I hope they turn out as good as theirs are. They probably will not be as pretty shaped but taste is what is most important.
My grandson was still having abdominal pain on Monday so my daughter took him again to be seen by the doctor. They did an ultrasound and still could not figure out what is causing it. They put him on a medication for nausea thinking that maybe he was having nausea that feels like pain to him. They also want him to go to a GI doctor for a consult. So far he is feeling better so we are very relieved.1 -
Linda, your fun day sounded so enjoyable with picking your own fruits and veggies at the farm. My mouth was watering as you mentioned some of my favorites, I look forward to the day when I can eat those fruits and veggies not pureed like I have to eat them now.
Your Bible Study at your home sounds like a great time of fellowship studying God’s Word and eating scrumptious food; you mentioned the Olive Garden and the Bread Sticks they serve, I had them years back, so good! 😋 The recipe you found, are you able to share the recipe with us? I am sure the bread sticks you make will be a hit with your Group eating them all up. 😋
So sorry about your Grandson still having abdominal pain, my prayers are with him and with the Medical Staff that they have much wisdom and be able to find out what’s causing all the pain. Glad he is being referred to a GI Specialist. Trust the medication they put him on for nausea continues to help him. So glad he is feeling better. Please keep us posted on how your grandson is doing and when he gets the appointment with the GI Specialist and what you all learned from the consult.
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My husband loved the trial breadsticks that I made yesterday. They were not perfectly formed but still were delicious. I am making another batch this morning so I have enough for tonight before my husband eats them all. I will put the recipe on the recipe thread later today. We are getting with another older couple for lunch and I am in a time crunch this morning trying to get the bread sticks done before we meet them.1
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Hi everyone. Sorry, have been slack about posting today. All is well, we're just winding up our visiting as we leave in a few days. Will post more tomorrow.1
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I had a disaster canning tomatoes today that we picked a few days ago. All seemed to be going fine until I put the jiggler on and there was a loud sound and steam came from under the lid in profuse amounts. I'm not sure what happened but I will not be canning for a while. I had some problems getting the lid on in the first place so I think I need to get a new gasket. For now I will be freezing my tomatoes until I get that. (I was able to can the pears earlier with no problem.) It is an old canner tht belonged to my Mom so I guess it is getting tired.
Later - I tried to get the lid off the canner but it would not come off. My husband had to use a rubber hammer to hit the lid to get it off. When we got it off, I thought the cans might have broken from all the movement in the canner but they seem to be fine Actually, they are all sealed but I am not sure I can trust them to keep all winter without actually having pressure to make them seal. We will use them up quickly to make sure they are safe to eat.
On a happier note, we have an application for someone to take over my husband's directorship of the school. The resume looks really good and we are aquainted with this person. He was a minister at our church many years ago. If this works out, our prayers that my husband can retire and live with less responsibility will be answered!
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Wow, Linda, that would have been frustrating and a bit scary about the canning. Glad no one got hurt. I hope you find a good replacement for the faulty appliance. Oh how wonderful that you might have someone to take over for your husband! Retirement will be an amazing change for you both. God bless!
I crafted today as it was the last day I could do that on the road. Tomorrow we'll be packing up ready for the road the next day. Then we'll be travelling for three days. Home on Friday.1 -
I put the bread stick recipe in the recipe thread. Although mine were not as pretty as those in the restaurant, they were very tasty. I put real garlic in the butter rather than garlic powder and put that on 1/2 of them and just melted butter on the rest since we were having children eat also and I did not know if they would like the garlic. As I thought, they ate quite a bit of the regular buttered ones.
I finally finished washing all the windows in the house. We do not have a lot but it required spraying them on the outside to clean the screens and the channels they move on then taking the windows out of the frames to clean both sides. I needed my husband to help me get the windows out. Once I got his help, I just did all of them in case he did not have time to help me later. I can see outside so much better now. ☺ I know that windows are usually done for spring cleaning but at least once a year they need done so I put it with the Fall cleaning.
Susan, I pray for safe travels for you. I like to travel but sometimes, after a while I just want to go home and have some routines to do. We will be leaving from Grand Junction on Tuesday going to Denver to deliver my car and coming back Saturday this week. The car really looks nice inside although we still have to work on the hole in the carpet on the driver's side. There is a lot of foot movement since it is not an automatic car so the friction of our feel has worn out the carpet. I certainly got my exercise scrubbing the seats to get rid of old stains. It seemed the more I cleaned off, the more I could see. Oh well, she knows she is getting a very old car so some stains will just be there for the rest of it's life.
I hope all of you are having a blessed weekend. Prayers for all of you! 🙏🧡1 -
Linda, sorry about the canning but glad you found the tomatoes ok with containers not broken, good idea to eat them up quickly just in case the sealing wasn’t secure. Too bad the canner is tired but sounds like you have had a lot of good use with it. So glad your breadsticks were yummy! Thanks for posting the recipe on the recipe thread. You have been busy with canning and cleaning windows and cleaning the inside of car ready to give to new owner and getting ready for travelling home. So happy to hear you likely have someone to take over your Husbands Directorship at the school, retirement will be a change but a nice one for you both.
Susan, glad you were able to have another day of crafting before you head home. Glad you have been able to get in your visiting with those you hoped before heading back on the road for home. My prayers are with you for a safe journey.
Marilyn, thank you for sharing the quotes.
Our weather here has been so summer like with warm temps which is so nice for my garden, still picking tomatoes off my vines and my garden is thriving. It’s hard to believe we are in the Autumn season. I enjoyed sunny skies and enjoyed my Church’s Live Stream service. Blessings on your week ahead! ❤️🙏🤗0 -
Linda, I am at the point where being home would be wonderful. It is supposed to rain a lot over the next few days and may even turn into flooding rain. I would rather be home before the rains but it looks like we will be travelling through them instead. Glad we can go slowly. It would be better for the dogs if we were home, too. The puppy especially gets very antsy at times, not being free to run and play when he wants to. All the best with the car! I agree, no one should expect perfection in this case. I am sure you made it as clean as it can be.
Judith, the time of year where you are sounds so lovely. It's nice that you are still getting ripe tomatoes from your garden! I hope you make some tomato soup with some. Blessings to you also for the coming week.
We're leaving in the morning so I should be getting some sleep now. Take care, all of you.1 -
The evenings are getting cooler so we may be needed to light up the fire pit so we can be comfortable on the patio in the evening. In Denver, they are having frost warnings so my daughter will need to be gathering the vegetables from the garden soon. We will be there tomorrow so we can help her. The vegetables in the ground will be OK but the tomatoes are very fragile when it comes to frost. The leaves are beginning to fall off the trees but fortunately our lawn service takes care of removing the leaves for us.
I am going to a canning class tonight that a friend invited me to. We will be making sauerkraut and tomatillo salsa. I have not made this type of salsa so it should be interesting to see how it is done. We get to take home some of the items we make which is nice.
I'm off to the library to get a book I had on hold that just came in on quilting.1 -
Today reality has set in regarding our weather, I looked out my patio door and the leaves on. Some of the trees are partly turned red, and some have orange leaves. We have had such hot sunny weather all October and no rain; the temps have dropped over 10 degrees just from the past 2 days, so fast, I will have to pick the green tomatoes off the vine so I don’t lose them. Will freeze the ripe tomatoes and green ones so I can use them in recipes when I can eat them.
Thanks Susan, good idea to make some tomato soup. A good plan, so sorry about the rains coming and possibly turning into flooding rain. That’s tough especially with you heading out with travelling home in the Van and having your dogs that can’t roam freely outside. I feel for you. Please be careful, safe travels my friend. My prayers go with you.
Linda, your recipe for sauerkraut and tomatillo salsa, yummy, would love the recipe. Your canning class sounds like you will do enjoy, a great plus with you able to take home what you make. Look forward hearing all about the items you make. Yes we too here in the evenings and mornings are having cooler weather. I agree with picking the tomatoes off the vines quickly as the frost will not be good for them. Sounds so cozy lighting up the fire pit to keep warm as you sit out on your deck in the evenings. Sounds like it’s getting quite chilly in Denver especially with frost warnings. Do you have a lot of vegetables in your garden that you will now need to harvest? Sounds great you getting the book from your library on quilting. Enjoy getting more ideas for your future quilting projects. Safe travels as you head out to Denver tomorrow. My prayers go with
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Just a quick check in when I have signal. We are travelling today. All is well! 💕🙏1
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