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That's true, Marilyn, and changing habits can take a lot of maintenance.
Linda and Judith, now that is COLD WEATHER you are having. 🥶 Please stay safe and warm! I know you know how to cope with it, but still. It's extreme. Meanwhile, summer is just getting warmed up over here.
Colin heard from his Dr about the CT scan today. They showed nothing much. There is some compression of the vertebrae joints. They didn't have the ultrasound results so we wait till Wednesday next week to hear about that.
Carols last night were lovy. Today was a cooking day. I made pumpkin pie, Wombok salad, green beans with bacon, cut up chicken and ham, made a fridge platter, sorted out a cheese platter, all in preparation for a family lunch tomorrow.1 -
Good Morning All
Linda, your weather is much the same as ours except we have mega snow here and cold temps, so happy you and your family are safe in the Denver area. Reading your accounts I have learned how much BC is a lot like Denver as far as weather is described. Hadn’t realized that before. Here in BC our temps have ranged from minus 12 to minus 8 degrees Fahrenheit daily with much colder temps with the wind chill. We got snow last night and are expected more thru to Christmas Day then our weather is expected to change for the better, here’s hoping it does. I agree with you Linda, praying for everyone’s safety here in Canada and in the USA. 🙏❤️
Susan, I continue to keep Colin in my prayers, sorry about the compression in the shoulder joints, yes a painful condition, trusting the report that comes back from the ultrasound will bring some answers to help this and more important that pain will be reduced or even better gone altogether. Praying for Colin’s healing to the Glory of God! So glad your Carol sing last night was “so lovey” as you said! Your cooking makes my mouth water, pumpkin pie was always one of my favorites, your salads and platters sound so delicious. Your family will so enjoy. 😋❤️
Marilyn, please let us know how your appointment goes regarding your kidneys. My prayers continue for you. Thank you for sharing todays quote. Especially todays which Ibb NBC so BC agree with, yes one needs to change their daily lifestyle habits by creating a permanent lifestyle shift if change is going to happen!
In this winter stormy conditions please be safe and stay warm my friends! My prayers are with you all. 🙏🤗0 -
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Susan- knowing you have opened up a whole new world to me. I had never heard of Womboc Salad. I looked it up and it is a national favorite for Summer B-B-Q in Australia. It sounds delicious as well as all the other things you are making. Since we are alone we are having a simple meal of roasted vegetables, baked potatoes and steak. We have left a message for our homeless friend but he has not gotten back to us if he could come.
The virus has hit our house. My husband (and his family) still have intestinal issues and I have a upper respiratory virus. So far I am not coughing but am congested with some nasal drainage. Three of the grandkids also have it so I am in good company. Mine seems to be less severe because some of them are also running fevers which I am not.
Judith - the yogurt tastes fine but has a more grainy texture. I think that is from the lactose free milk I used by mistake. I am still eating it and enjoying it with fruit and nuts for breakfast.
After living here part time for the last five years we are finally getting my husband's study finished. We put up the metal strips for the book shelves last night. We moved the desk to another location so we could put up the strips and I was amazed how clean the carpet was where the desk was sitting compared to where he put his feet under the desk and where his chair was. I was glad no one outside the house could see it and think I was a bad housekeeper. I did scrub it with a foam carpet cleaner and it looks better but we will need to bring our carpet shampooer over to really get it clean.1 -
Judith, knowing you have a snug house and supplies is easing my mind a little bit you must feel like you are in deep freeze! May the extreme weather pass soon. Thank you for your prayers for Colin. He is finding it hard to stand for too long and is still in pain. He is excited today though as our son and his wife and daughter are on the road to our house for our Christmas Eve meal.
Linda, glad you looked up Wombok Salad! Do you have Wombok there? It is also called Chinese Cabbage. The dressing recipe is on the fried noodle package so if you want to try it and need the dressing recipe, let me know.
Marilyn, have a great day, hon.
I need to go get dressed and finish prepping for our meal! Have a lovely, lovey (lol!) Christmas week day. ⛪🎄🎁💕🙏1 -
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I am moving slowly today - not much energy. I slept poorly with having to blow my nose frequently and try to breathe with my CPAP on. I am very congested but no fever and only one sneeze today. My husband is also struggling with his intestinal issues. We would appreciate prayers that we feel better soon. We will not be having company tomorrow for sure and will watch the Christmas Eve service from our comfy recliners on TV tonight.
There are so many blessing that we have, I should not complain. The weather is turning warmer, we have a warm house and plenty of food, I have faithful friends who will listen to me whine (LOL) and Jesus was born to take away our sins and to give us a home in heaven. That is the best Christmas gift of all.2 -
Oh Linda, so sorry about you both feeling poorly. Do you have a full CPAP face mask somewhere? I keep meaning to get one for those congested times. It would be hard for you to sleep right now from r sure, which makes healing slower. It's a viscious circle. 🙏💕
Marilyn, to everything there is a season...
It's Christmas Day here and we had a lovely church service this morning. The gospel was clearly preached and we sang some traditional Christmas carols - Once in Royal David's City, Joy to the World, I Come All Ye Faithful to mention some. Then we went to friends' for lunch, each of us contributing part of our meal. We were in phone contact with all the kids too. It's been a lovely day.
Thinking of you all and wishing you a Merry Christmas. Stay safe and warm.1 -
Today is a much better day health wise I told my daughter who has the same thing along with my two grandchildren, that I feel more human than slug. I no longer have the severe headache and the tiredness. I am not 100% but thanks to your prayers, I am improving.
I am making granola today. My husband likes to eat it for a snack while watching TV. I make it with honey which he can eat. Almost all the granola's I see in the store has sugar or syrup of some sort.
We had a pre-recorded service for church with beautiful Christmas songs and an inspiring sermon. This afternoon we are going to zoom celebrate with the rest of the family.
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I am so glad to hear you are feeling better, Linda. Funny about the honey granola. I look for no sweetener or Stevia as a sweetener now as honey is almost pure fructose! Glad you can make something hubby can have. Does he feel any better? 🙏
We're having a relaxing day after the busyness of getting ready for Christmas. It feels good.
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Susan - yes it is a little odd that my husband can tolerate honey. He has hypoglycemia which is the opposite of diabetes. When he eats sugar, his body produces too much insulin and he gets weak, angry and can't think. Fruit sugar (fructose) does not seem to bother him as he eats lots of apples for snacks. Honey does not seem to bother him as long as it is not in huge amounts.
I have my list made of what needs to be done before we leave in Thursday. Since a family is coming to stay in our house while we are gone, I also need to make sure it is clean and supplies are available for them. Today I made up a bed in the study, reorganizing the laundry room, washed sheets, and washed the shower glass door. I did not have time to do the inside of the shower because we needed to be gone part of the day so I will get to that tomorrow. If I do a little bit each day is does not seem overwhelming. I am feeling much better today. We got a decongestant at the store today so I am hopeful that the headache from the sinus pressure will be gone. My husband has not complained of abdominal pain so I am hopeful that he is done with his issues.0 -
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Marilyn, thank you for your lovely words. 💖
Linda, I am glad to hear you are feeling better. I hope you improve a little bit more each day from here on. Thank you for explaining about the honey, sugar and fructose reactions hubby has. It's interesting and amazing to me that we're all so different! I hope your travels go well and you have enough time to prepare the house.
Judith, thinking of you. 🙏💗
We're travelling out west for a bit over an hour so we can meet up with some family for lunch. It's a half way point for all of us and I get to meet my nine month old great niece for the first time today. I sure am looking forward to that!
Take care, everyone.
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Susan - it is so great you will be missing your grand niece today. They are so cute at that age!
We finally got our door bell fixed today. It was such a sad noise the old one was making. It sounded like someone throwing a rock at a metal door. Now we have pretty chimes to alert us to visitors.
Another cold front is coming through our state in the next few days. They are expecting 2 foot of snow in the mountains. We will need to pick a good time to travel on Thursday so we do not get caught in the storm. There is a small window where it will not be snowing and we are hoping the roads will be clear so we aiming for that time.
Since we are traveling, I took a co-vid test to make sure I just have a bad cold. It was negative so I am happy about that!0 -
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Linda, so sorry to hear you were so sick with other members of your family but glad things are turning around and you are less congested and feeling better. My prayers continue for you and your family!
Susan, yes our weather for 2 weeks was extreme with freezing cold snow storms and gusty winds, we changed our plans from having our usual Family Christmas dinner gathering and gift exchange from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day. It was my first gathering in o on Edson in 2 years but even though it was good to be with family it proved to be too much for my body, I had severe pain and nausea which kk sated from Boxing Day evening overnight and pretty much all yesterday. I am feeling stronger and better this morning. It’s good to be back. Will take things slow. Continue
my prayers for you both.
Thank you Marilyn for all your great quotes you have shared. All so good and encouraging.
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Welcome back, Judith. So sorry for the setback but that's good news that you feel stronger today. How good it must have been to get together with family! Yes, take it slow now. 🙏💕
Linda, your poor old doorbell! How uplifting to have the new chimes! Yes, my grand niece is on my mind today. She really was cute. Hey, I am really glad your cold is a cold instead of the.other and hope you get enough rest to really feel well. Another cold front will be hard. Stay warm and safe.
I have a card class to teach today. One of the cards involves stamping on foiled cardstock. It's an encouraging card so I shall post it for you all to see.
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Hello Everyone,
Attention All: I just want to let you know as some including me have had and continue to have issues accessing our groups,
One way to get around this problem I clicked on Bookmarks and or Recent Discussions, if I click on My Groups; Access is Denied: sure frustrating!
Been like this all day! Hope this helps you if you have same issue you will now know how to gain access to our group! I gained access to post on Chat at 8:00am when I clicked on “Bookmarks”
Susan, love your Card you posted here; Good Job! 👍🤗1 -
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It is good to be able to get back on. We had 4 inches of snow last night and the snow covered trees are so beautiful. The kids had 9 inches is Denver. We are on our way there now. The roads so far are just slushy or wet. Higher on the mountains may be worse traveling. Our houseguests are traveling from Texas today and this snow will be quite different than they are used to! They will be traveling on the same road we are in the opposite direction so we are keeping them
informed about the weather.
Judith - I'm sorry you were not feeling
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Yes, I having continuing problems accessing and posting in forums, Judith. I went through my profile to get a working Community link. Today, MFP is stopping me from typing at some stage and not letting me finish posts. I guess they will sort out the bugs eventually. Hope you have more energy today.
Marilyn, I always say you don't need WIll power to stick to good habits
You need WON'T power. Lol!
Linda, travel safely! I hope the weather holds for you.
I had a Domestic day today - washing, cooking, changing beds but also creating a 1yo's birthday card.
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We made it over the mountain safely but took a lot longer than usual. The roads were either wet or dry for 3/4 of the trip but as we got closer to Denver they were icy/snowy and we were traveling at no higher than 25 mph. Our GPS told us it would be faster to take a side road than the interstate was but they did not mention that it was a two lane road that was not plowed well. It was faster because there was less traffic. We have our family Chritmas party so today I am getting groceries, wrapping presents and enjoying being with family.1
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Good Morning All, Happy New Years Eve! It’s hard to believe that we are coming to the end of another year, I am excited about what the New Year of 2023 will bring. For me I am hopeful that this new year will see me recovering completely from my last surgeries and see the new treatment complete the work and see me totally healed from all cancer, this is my prayer and this is what I am believing for! God is Good and I know He will see me through to Complete Healing! Hallelujah! 🙏✝️😇0
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Good New Year morning, everyone!
We're off to church now so I will check back in again later 😊1 -
We were finally able to get together as our whole family today to celebrate Christmas. We had so much fun eating, laughing, opening gifts, etc. I was careful to not put too much on my plate but when dessert came around I did have a partial serving of blueberry coffee cake we had been given from a friend who works in our school. I am now able to tell her it was delicious but feel I did not overdo on the carbs. I will not be doing that again in the new year. I have a 6 month check up with my doctor in two weeks and I want to have lost a few more pounds before then. I also need to keep my blood sugars stable.
I pray that you all have a blessed new year with peace, joy and spiritual growth.1 -
Very wise, Linda. I am sure you will hit your goals with that healthy attitude. 😃
We had friends here last night for nibbles and a word game they brought. It was fun. I was able to ensure I had the kind of snacks I can eat out! He he! I put plenty of variety on the table for everyone but just personally ate my snacks. Except for one Ferrero Rocher. I ate it then remembered there is gluten in them, but it was too late. Not a disaster but am paying for it a bit today!
I trust you are all enjoying your day and wish all of you God's grace and favour in the coming year.1 -
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My prayer for you this New Year 2023 that it will be a fruitful year as you grow in God’s Word, May you be filled with God’s Wisdom Knowledge and Understanding as you spend time in the Word and be filled with God’s Grace Peace and Love. God’s Blessings upon your Day! 🙏1
