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Yes, attitude determines your altitude, Marilyn. Mindset is very powerful!
Judith, congratulations on your 55 day streak! So glad you enjoyed the caravan pictures. I took them when we were still deciding if we wanted that van, so Colin probably WAS deep in thought. Lol! Your son and his wife are true blessings to their community and to you. 💕 The Lord bless and keep you all.
Linda, enjoy your visitors. Checking in however briefly will maintain your streak, even if you don't post!
Hubby and a neighbour are installing screen doors for us and for some other neighbours today. What kind men! Our screen door is going between the garage and our hallway inside. Particularly useful as we know there are snakes, mice and so on about (as well as flies) so we would never leave that door open. The dogs also would get out through the open door so after today, a few little problems will be solved!1 -
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Today we are dealing with a sick granddaughter. She woke up with a fever of 101.8 and feeling pretty sick. Now she is doing better with the use of medication and wants to play with her friends but we are taking precautions because she probably is feeling better because the medication is keeping her fever down. She is not happy that her monther told her she needs to be fever free for 24 hours.2
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Linda, it's be so tough to get children to understand the need for healing rest. Glad she is feeling a little better, though.
Marilyn, amen!
Feeling a little like I need more sleep today. The day is pretty free so I am going to take it easy. Neither Col not I are getting a lot of sleep due to various painful joints we each have. Such is life. We're still very blessed!1 -
Linda, yes sometimes I log in late so that is how I get the games in and sign in and keep my streak going. I’m on Pacific Time here in British Columbia and am 3 hours ahead of some of my friends. Not sure what Time period you are on?
Sorry about your granddaughters fever but happy the fever has come down with meds and prayer. Yes it’s hard for children to understand about not being able to play with their friends when they are feeling better, we can be thankful for meds that work along with prayer.
Marilyn, like Susan I say Amen for the quote you shared from John Hagee!
Susan, your husband is so kind and the other man who put the screens in for you and other neighbor to keep you and the pets safe from the snakes and mice. Almost makes me shudder when you talk about snakes, I can deal with mice as long as they don’t get too close. This reminds me of my dear grandma and mice. My grandmother was way too funny, they had a cottage in the North part of Ontario and every season when opening up the cottage a couple of mice would run across floor, my grandmother would grab a broom and jump up on a chair screaming and shaking the broom at the mice, a
sight to be seen, still makes me chuckle 🤭 So sorry you are not getting a lot of sleep with sore joints. My prayers will be with you and Colin.
May you all have a great weekend. Thanks for your prayers during our storm. God Bless!0 -
My graddaughter is sleeping in this morning (it's 10am) so I am not sure how she feels but she was better list night with only a small fever. Children seem to recover much faster than we older ones do.
Judith - I am in Mountain time so I am one hour earlier than you.
Susan - I can empathize with sore joints and sleeping poorly some nights. I have to keep turning from side to side to help my hip from hurting too badly. I may have to have my left hip replaced at some time. My right one is so much better since my replacement two year ago. I also have a hard time thinking what I would do if a snake came in my door from the outside. I would be on a chair screeming for help if that happened like your grandma Judith. My SIL said that since my MIL passed away in April, the mice have invaded her house since it is empty. They have made a home in the front closet where the bird seed was kept. I am sure they enjoyed the delicious seeds and felt they were being welcomed into the home. As for me, we are going there to get some things our of her home today, I will be washing my hands frequently and my clothes will come off and put in the laundry when I get home. Mice may be cute but I have not desire to pick one up and make it my friend!!1 -
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Great Quote Marilyn, thank you.
Thank you for letting me know what time zone you are in, that explains how sometimes I get here before you even when it’s pushing midnight.
I will remember now that you are in the Mountain time zone, Marilyn and I are both in Pacific time zones as we both live in Western Canada! So that leaves JC Willow and Susan, when you can please let us know what time zone you are in. Thanks. Linda, happy your granddaughter is sleeping well, and yes they seem to bounce back quicker then we older folks do! I hear you about your achy joints and not sleeping well due to your hip and being so painful, so sorry to hear this, will keep you in prayer. I too have trouble sleeping due to nerve pain and cancer pain. I look forward to the day when Jesus comes back and takes us home and when we are totally free from all pain! Praise God!
Have a blessed weekend and enjoy your Sunday services. ✝️🙏📖⛪️1 -
I had a nice reply all typed up but MyFitnessPal lost it before I could post it.
It is already Sunday afternoon here and we are in the Australian eastern time zone. I think it is 14 hours ahead of Pacific Time.
I'm sorry for not staying longer today but I need to get a couple of things done. I will try to spend more time here tomorrow. I just wanted you all to know I am thinking of you, 🙏1 -
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It has been a very long day so I will not be here long. The morning was spent watching the Denver zoom church then getting ready for a superbowl party/church service in the evening. We stayed to watch the superbowl then came home to a mountain of dishes I had made getting ready to take the food to our friends house. We are also washing clothes since my daughter will be leaving tomorrow morning. I am so sad that they did not get to do the things they had planned because of my granddaughter's illness but at least they got to go the my husband's familys cattle ranch to see the cows and other animals. I will be able to stay on here longer tomorrow.0
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That's ok, Linda. We all have days like that. I had planned to spend more time here today also but didn't.
Marilyn, lovely picture quote 🤗
I skipped Uke this morning due to my sore wrist. I am wearing a wrist support and compression gloves for a bit. Instead I got to visit a friend by who was feeling low as it was the first anniversary of her husband's death, but she had bought a new puppy who is gorgeous. We focused on the puppy.
I secretly made a Valentine's Day card for Col and made some craft videos about it, then went to Starlight Singers. Tonight we have dog training classes so we're still not done for the day.
Next month it is our church's 15th anniversary. Pastor says we'll mark it in some nice way 🤗
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My company just left so it is very quiet in the house. The wheel chair and wheeled walker are put away (they racee them down the hall), sheets are washing, dinner is planned from the leftovers we have in the refrigerator and my husband is sleeping in the recliner.
My hand is feeling better but I am still keeping a pressure bandage on it to keep it from breaking open and bleeding again. I was putting some glass cups up in a high cupboard yesterday and one fell down and hit the side of my hand and somehow broke. The broken glass cut a two inch wound on my hand that was very difficut to stop bleeding. I had stopped it but then moved my hand during my shower (I had taped a glove on my hand to keep it from getting wet) so we had to put pressure on it again and redress it. If it had not stopped, I was considering going to urgent care to get stitches. We had some butterfly bandages so I was able to get the edges together to get the bleeding stopped so that was not necessary. I apologize it that was too much medical language for those of you that have not dealt with things like this.
Today is cloudy and a good day for my daughter to travel over the mountain to Denver. The forcast for there on Wednesday is 6-10 inches of snow. I am glad we do not get that much snow here in Grand Junction.0 -
Beautiful words and sentiment, Marilyn.
Linda, I could follow what happened to your hand. That sounded pretty serious. I do hope the butterfly strips hold it well and there is no more bleeding. Our hands are so important for just about everything we do. Heal well, my friend.
I caught up with my oldest friend today. We met in 3rd grade 62 years ago. She lives in Canberra, 1233 KMs (766 miles) from here. She comes up here to see her mother who is now 97 but always makes time for a couple of hours with me.0 -
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Hope you all have a great day! My son and Daughter-in-law are coming for a nice visit this afternoon. Looking forward to our time. Have some Valentine treats for them.
Susan, thank you for letting me know that you are about 14 hours ahead of me in your 🇦🇺 Australian Eastern Time Zone. Hope you got all the things planned for today and in spite of your busy day it was all good!
Marilyn, great quote today!
Linda, know you have family with you, hope you are enjoying your time with them!
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💕❣💖Happy Valentines Day to everyone. You are all very special to me. 💘💝💟
Susan - I am glad you got to spend time with your friend from 3rd grade. I have lost track of many of my friends since we have moved so much. I do watch the Facebook group of the people who graduated with me but there are not many active on there They get together for lunch every month for the ones who are still living in Ohio.
It did not rain yesterday as we had been predicted. My granddaughter had drawn a picture for me that was an interactive ttrail on the patio with colored chalk. She was very proud of it and asked that I not sweep it off the cement. I assured her that it would stay a long time but about 2 hours after they left to go back to Denver, we had a snow shower that got rid of all the chalk. I was very sad that I did not have it to look at. It snowed again this morning with huge flakes and now is starting to snow again with little flakes. It is supposed to do this all afternoon but not any accumultation.
Judith I hope you ahve a wonderful time with your family. I am sure they will like the Valentine treats you have for them.
I will be taking the pressure bandage off my hand today. I hope that it will have had enough time to stick the edges of the wound together and I can leave it out to dry and heal. I will also put some antibiotic ointment on it. Thanks for your prayers for healing.1 -
Linda, I sure hope and pray your hand heals quickly and well. Aww, that's so sweet about the chalk drawing and I understand why it would be sad to lose it after only a day. I hear you on our dwindling school friends. I lost one of my high school friends not long ago, and he was the organiser of our reunions.
Linda, lol! Yes, getting up off the floor is a challenge! I try to deliberately practise getting down on the floor and up again a few times a week!
Judith, you are welcome for the time zone information. Thank you for your Valentine's Day wishes. I wish you lots of love!1 -
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During the day yesterday we had snow showers but last night it startedd with little flakes and continues through the day today. The temperature will not get above freezine today. Since it is small flakes, it is not accumulating to a deep amount. We have about 3-4 inches so far. I definatey will not be taking a walk outside today.
My hand is healing nicely but is still bruised and sore. I need to mop my floors today so I will be using gloves so I do not get dirty water on this healing wound. It is amazing to watch how God has created our bodies to know what to do to heal. Judith - I pray that your body will reorganize it'self and heal as God intended it to do.2 -
Thank you Susan and Linda for your prayers and encouragement. You are so appreciated. You are a rich blessing in which I thank God!
Linda, so glad your hand is starting to heal, this is good news! Please be so careful when mopping the floors today. You are sure getting some cold snowy weather but glad it’s not accumulating on the ground. Wise decision to not head out for a walk today. Be safe my friend.
Marilyn, thank you for last 2 quotes you shared, both are so good.haven’t heard much about how your kidney function is, hope you are doing well my friend.
Susan, yes, I too hear you and Linda about dwindling school friends, I have very few left. Sad, when you think of all the precious times we all had together. As you sent me love I send love and hugs to you too.
It seems that we all had a nice Valentine’s Day. My daughter and family couldn’t join us yesterday so they are coming tonight after work. They will get their Valentine treats tonight.
Have a great day! Love and Hugs ❤️🤗
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Just a fly by hello today as we have friends coming by for breakfast!
Thinking of you all! 🙏🤗1 -
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Thank you Marilyn and my reply to you is that you are beautiful, needed and you are strong, yes you are special! 😊
Susan, hope you enjoy your breakfast and have a great time with your friends!
Today is a quiet day for me! Have an awesome day everyone! Big Hugs! 🤗1 -
We just picked up our new caravan and are on our way home.
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Susan, your caravan looks so nice, I really like it, so modern and brand new. Love the Bow of Welcome on the Door! You will so enjoy your new caravan, I’m sure it will give you many years of enjoyment! 😊
Marilyn, thank you for todays inspiration from AW Tozer, one of my favorite authors and Bible Teacher. I have several of his books and am so blessed with each one.
Hope you all have a great and blessed day and weekend ahead. Thinking of you Linda Lori and JC Willow and of course my prayers are with you three gals and all the Team. 🙏🤗1 -
Susan - the caravan is beautiful and I also love the bow. When is your next scheduled trip?
Marilyn I do love Tozers wisdom and he writings. Thanks for sharing.
The snow is melted off the roads and our driveway which is facing toward the sun but still is on the grass and driveways of our neighbors accross the street where the sun does not shine.
I know we all pray for each other and I do really appreciate it. I wish there was a way we could talk to each other and pray with each other over the phone or on zoom sometime. If any of you would be interested in doing this private message me. No problem if you like it like it is now just with MFP. God hears all our prayers no matter how they are presented.2 -
I think it would be nice if we had a weekly zoom call. We would need to find out the time zones of everyone and decide on a day - who would like to set this up
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Time zone is Pacific
I could pretty much work it out at any time
Who would like to set it up1
