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That's true, Marilyn, and confidence in the Lord too.
We're off on a trip 900 metres above sea level to a nice little town called Montville. We're having lunch there so I am getting dressed in warmer clothes.
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I am so sorry that I missed your birthday Susan!🎉🎈Happy belated greetings to you.🎈🎉 I am so glad that you recieved such beautiful gifts and you are able to go on a mystery date with Colin. Let us know all about it next time you post.
We spent the day with my son and his family. My husband went fishing with them earlier in the day as I was getting dinner ready. They said the fish were really small probably because the lake was recently stocked for the summer. My grandson said he caught about 30 sunfish but they are catch and release due to their size. My husband caught a trout and some sun fish too. They came to the house so my husband and my son could work on the study. They put in a ceiling fan and light attached. It will be much cooler in that room this summer. We had brats, beef burgers and chicken burgers on the grill with fruit, fresh vegetables, chips, hummus and corn on the cob. After eating we took a walk to work off the calories we ate. tomorrow we will go out to dinner with them then to the ranch where my husband grew up and his sister still lives to see all or the animals (baby goats and baby pigs, cows, horses, sheep. etc) then fishing at another lake.2 -
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What a great thought, Marilyn. Talk about getting your priorities right!
Thank you for your birthday wishes, Linda. It sounds like you had a very nice time with your son. I like the sound of the renovations for your study as well. And it must have been nice to go out to dinner after a long day!
I did enjoy going out yesterday. We went up to Montville but the tourist prices of the food up there were off-putting. They wanted $40 for a hamburger. So we went back down to sea level to a place called Landsborough and found a nice place they're that did breakfast all day. I had bacon and eggs. Oh and a cup of green tea. The others had what they wanted! Lol! It was good being out with friends for the day. My friend Eileen gave me a throw rug because it looked the same colour as Jasper! She was right!
Talking about animals, here's a picture of a wild black and white Magpie Lark who was taking advantage of a water feature in an outdoor plant store yesterday at Landsborough. When he was still he looked like one of the ornaments!
Have a blessed day.
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Susan, I sent you a Birthday card on FaceBook but think it was late arriving, so sorry, and I didn’t get back here to check in with you, so it’s Happy Happy Belated Birthday to you here, 🥳🎉🎂😁
Your gifts were so lovely, the oil burner scarf and rug throw, so cute with both your “Puppies” enjoying it too! Your Mystery Gift from your Colin sounds interesting, let us know where you went. The hamburger you said was $40 that is shocking, can’t blame you going somewhere else, bacon and eggs is my kind of food! Loved the picture of all your hand made cards friends gave you. And the decorations with the Magpie Lark sitting and looking so “handsome” as he took advantage of the water feature, he did almost look like the other birds in the other decoration!
Marilyn, awesome quotes you shared, about less stress with the great list and preparing for eternity! Amen Praise God.
Linda, glad you enjoyed your visit with your son and his family. I’m sure your grandson enjoyed catching all those Sun Fish. Happy your hubby caught a Trout and Sun Fish too. When you said Trout you reminded me that was the fish I was trying to remember when replying in one of your posts on fishing, my grandfather caught a lot of Trout at their cottage. I so enjoyed Trout, Pike and my other fish I love are Salmon and Halibut. Your Dinner with family sounded so delicious, when I used my grill, I did corn on the cob and all the meat you grilled, almost making me hungry thing about all that yummy food. Hope you enjoyed your walk after dinner.
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Susan - thanks for sharing pictures of you doggies. They are so cute and Jasper does match the rug perfectly. I am shocked that the burgers cost $40 in the restaurant you looked at. What is a normal cost of a burger in restaurants near you? Some of ours can cost $7 for just the burger but then the sides are more so it could get to be around $15. Bacon and eggs sounds like a great meal any time of day.
It is 10pm and we are just getting home from a busy day with family. We had dinner with them at a Mexican restaurant then went to spend time at the ranch with the animals. The kids were able to bottle feed some baby goats which was fun. The goats are so curious and will come up close to check out what is going on. The young ones want to chew on your clothes and if you bend down, they will jump up on your back like goat yoga classes do. We also saw some 1/2 grown lambs and some very small piglets. After that, we went sunset fishing but did not stay long since the misquitoes were getting bad. Here is a picture of the sunset.
It does not show the colors as well as in real life but it was very beautiful.
Marilyn - that is a wonderful and very true quote today! I hope you are feeling better and your lab work was better earlier in the week.
Judith - I hope you have a restful night and wake up refreshed.
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Thanks for another great quote Marilyn.
We had a day of appointments so did not get to see our son and family yet but may try to go there later today. They have had a lot of fun fishing close to their trailer today. They will leave tomorrow to go back to Denver. This week has really gone fast!
I was talking to a friend today on the phone and she said the southern part of Denver had a tornado that touched down and caused some damage to houses. No one was injured but lots of tree limbs are down. One of our college girls said that their house was damaged only on the porch area and a tree fell on top of her car but all are safe. We have had lots of wind today but we do not get tornados here on this side of the mountains.
Today is my middle daughter's 44th birthday. We are not in Denver to celebrate with her but I sent her a message and will be in Denver in 1 1/2 weeks so maybe we can celebrate then.1 -
Happy birthday to your daughter, Linda. 🎂🎈🎉 That storm sure sounded bad. I loved your sunset picture! How wonderful you have had such a great family time, fishing and relaxing together. I 😘 bed hearing about the goats, too! Hamburgers here are normally around $10 like yours ,(more with extras) so yes, that restaurant was charging way too much.
Marilyn, nice reminder from Winnie the Pooh 🤗
Judith, yes, I received your nice Facebook card. Think you! I remember replying to you there. Our trip to the expensive cafe was my surprise from Colin. He was disappointed that it didn't turn out to be the day he wanted for me. It was also a surprise to have our octagenarian friends come along. So I have been birthdayed. Glad you enjoyed pictures of my dogs and the Magpie Lark.
I have been crafting online at a Stampin' Up! Event today. It was a fun time.1 -
Marilyn, I too enjoyed the quote with Winnie the Pooh picture, yes memories are sweet to cherish!
My prayers continue for you!
Susan, the Stampin-up event online sounded so much fun to be together, did you make any cards or did you just share ideas or maybe did all of the above! 😊 I am still in shock the restaurant was charging $40 for a hamburger. Wow, just to think they were getting away with it! 😳 your prices are like ours here, but a single hamburger is under $10 with a meal of Hamburg fries and salad would be around $18.00 or so. And your choice of bacon and eggs was great, would of been my choice too. So glad you received my card on FaceBook, I will go and check and see what you said, as you said you had replied, thanks Susan.
Linda, the storms sound so scary, we have had tornadoes here but not too many thankfully, last time we had a tornado hydro lines were brought down, and some tree trunks were rooted out of the ground. I’m glad you said you don’t get the tornado’s on your side of the mountain. Loved you sharing about the goats and your granddaughter having the experience of bottle
feeding baby goats. The lambs are always sweet to see, I’m sure you all enjoyed being at the ranch. Mexican food has always been a choice I would pick over many other food choices, My daughter and I would go to our favorite restaurant for a variety of spicy yummy food! Loved the sunset picture, so beautiful, God’s handiwork! Please say Happy 44th birthday to your daughter! Sorry your not there to celebrate but when back home hope you can all get together for a special birthday dinner! Hope all your appointments went well.
Thank you all for your prayers, I missed being here as my face mouth and lips were causing me a lot of discomfort. Today is much better and was able to catch up on some of the threads!
Have a Blessed weekend! God Bless you all!
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We had an inspiring workshop today for church. My husband was talking about having real joy. Not the joy that is bubbly, exciting, and fun but real joy inspite of circumstances. It is shalom - the peace that passes understanding adn a calmness through and in the storm. We also talked about giving joy to others. It is the "I'm glad to be with you" type of joy. Inspite of situations, personalities, or problems, we can be glad to be with someone in their feelings. Grief is one that "glad to be with you" would be just sitting with them or letting they talk. It is not I am here to teach you, to inform you but to be heart -to-heart with you in your grief.
The elm seed beetles are out in full force this weekend. They are little but get everywhere. It is anoying to have to rewash dishes because I find bugs in my glasses that are near the windows. We did have the screen door open for a little while when my son's dog was here so maybe it is my fault that they are inside. What ever the reason, I will be glad when they are gone. The question is how can I find joy in the presence of these bugs? I am glad that I have a house they can invade, I am g;ad they will be gone when the weather gets really hot, I am glad they are not poisonous, I am glad for the elm trees that we have to shade our patio, etc.
My son and family are gone back to Denver today. It does not seem like they were here for a week but looking back, we did have a lot of fun. It is nice to make memories while the kids are young.
Susan - the Stampin' Up time sounds like a fun time of sharing and learning. It is nicee things can be done online so traveling is not a problem. Thanks for the birthday greetings for my daughter.
Judith - thanks for another delicious sounding recipe for roasted corn. I have had that in a restaurant but have never tried making it.1 -
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True, Marilyn. It is always great to find that you can do something you thought you couldn't do.
Linda, that was a great lesson that your husband preached about joy. Our Pastor preach today about focusing on the things of God. By doing that, every day will be a wonderful day. He also preached about Ephesians 6:15, having our feet shod with the gospel. Remembering that as we walk through life helps prioritise our way!
Judith, sorry to hear you have not been feeling well but it is good to know you felt better today. Hoping and praying that you'll keep getting better. I also hope you found my reply to your birthday card on Facebook.
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We had a counseling appointment scheduled this afternoon but it got cancelled so I have a few minutes extra to jump on here to chat. Having church at 4pm does allow us time to do extra work inthe morning as well as watch the Denver church service via Utube so we see what our children are seeing in person.
Last night we had a leaders meeting that was just for "fun". Usually we have an adjenda to talk about but since we were busy with the workshop all morning, we did not have any business to discuss. We had a healthy menu of grilled chicken, corn on the cob and salad and then just talked about life and things in general.
Judith - I hope your discomfort in your lip and mouth are getting better. I am so sorry you are going through this! Prayers continue for your health issues.
Susan - thanks for sharing your sermon notes. We all need to be aware that as we walk through life, we are affecting others with our actions and words.1 -
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What are pretty poster you found today, Marilyn. I like that thought of striving but not expecting Perfection. After all, only Jesus was perfect.
Linda, you're welcome for my thoughts on the sermon. It sounds like you had a very nice leaders meeting. And I like the sound of your lunch a lot.
Thinking of you Judith. I also hope that you are feeling a little better. It is very wearying having constant pain. 💕🙏
I went to ukulele this morning and played a couple of songs with my hand still in the brace. I didn't try to play for the full 2 hours. The singing was fun though. We have Starlight Singers this afternoon. I will miss them while we are away for the next month visiting our daughter's family.
There is an offshoot of the church that we first attended where we are going, so I will be able to attend services while we are away for a month. I will also keep in touch with you all. We don't leave till the weekend so all is as usual until then.1 -
Thank you Marilyn for last 2 posters with the quotes. Excellent! 😊
Linda, your husbands sermon on joy was so good and so true in every area. I liked your analogy on finding joy with those testy beetles in the house, glad they don’t bite. But I’m sure it would be annoying finding them in glassware and other places, extra work for you but I’m “Glad” you are able to do the extra’s with catching and chasing them out of the house and still have the (Joy of the Lord) Thank you for your prayers and your kindness in asking after me regarding my lips and mouth, today things are better, Praise God!
Susan, I am so glad and am Praising God that you were able to play your Ukulele with your brace on, wow this is awesome, and it was so nice that you enjoyed the singing and enjoyed the Starlight singers who were with you this
afternoon. Yes I can imagine you will miss your Church and the singers but it’s great you can attend the Church that was an off shoot of your church, great to catch up with friends while you are there. Enjoy your travelling, Happy Camping; it’s great you have your new Caravan. Enjoy the Camp Fires in the evening! Maybe some Roasted Marshmallows? Oops, sorry Susan, not
sure if you can eat those?
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Today I donated blood but unlike usuall, I am feeling tired after the proceedure. I usally feel energetic knowing I am giving health to others so I dont know what is different other than the snacks they had had some sugar in them. I usually take the nuts for protein but this time they had yogurt balls in there and I should not have eaten them.
I am working on my homework for tonight's class on hearing God in our lives. One quote that I found interesting was "Unbelief is not a lack of belief; it is belief in the wrong things. Belief in the wrong things leads us to failure. That is why the whole area of belief and unbelief is such a major theme in Scripure, and why it is so closely tied to the issues of truth and deception." I have not thought of it this way.
Judith - it is good to see you posting again. I hope you are feeling better.
Susan - I am glad that you were able to play your ukulele for a littled while. Your wrist must be getting stonger. I also am glad you did not overwork it and choose to only play a portion of the time. I pray that you have a wonderful trip visiting family for a month.
Marilyn - another excellent thought. Our focus is so inportant in our journey.
Tomorrow we will be going up to our mountain property to move the trailer into it's proper position and then staying for two nights. I am hoping that the internet works well and will try to at least say Hi! while we are there. II do't want to loose my day count after I have worked so hard to keep it going.1 -
Susan, hope you are enjoying your camping and being with family. Keep you in my prayers as always. Safe travels and safe camping! ❤️
Marilyn, yes I agree with your quote, to stay focused on our destination even if is stormy! We’ve all been there with rough and stormy situations in our lives but one thing for sure, God brings us through to His Glory. ✝️
Linda, thank you for your encouragement and kindness, I enjoyed you sharing your lesson on belief and unbelief. That is so awesome that you can give blood, but sorry you had such tiredness after, you said it was likely due to the snack of yogurt balls, I hope you feel better soon. It’s such a good feeling to donate blood knowing that you are helping someone, maybe even saving a life. I gave blood years ago when I lived in the States as a teen, it felt good even as you felt good to donate life giving blood and plasma to someone who needed transfusions. I have never needed one but my daughter and my dear mom were both recipients of someone’s blood. Such a Blessing Linda that you are donating your Blood regularly! ❤️ Safe travels as you go to your Mountain property to place your trailer in permanent spot and stay two nights. I too hope you can drop by to say hi. Your logging in total is awesome, hope your internet is good to continue! 😊
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Judith, thank you for your good wishes. I will save them up for when we leave this coming Sunday. I think I can eat marshmallows but I usually don't! I find sugar makes me hungry and tired. Not sure if we'll be able to have open fires. We usually use the gas BBQ or our full gas oven inside the van for our cooking. We'll see! I was glad to see you are feeling a bit better. I do hope that continues for you.
Marilyn, good analogy. Today we had glorious skies which helped our mood a lot!
Linda, sorry you felt so drained of energy after your blood donation. You are so wonderful to do that. I hope tomorrow is a better day for you. The study on belief and wrong beliefs sounds like a good one. Enjoy your time setting up the trailer for the season. I will try to remember to show you our setup once we get to where we are going. It will take us about a week to get there.
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Yes, I feel more energy today. We will be needing my energy as we set up the trailer. I am almost packed but need to get the food ready for the trip. Since it is just today, tomorrow and Thursday, it is not too much to do. It is when the whole family (8 of us) goes to the property for a week that it take a lot of planning of menus and preparing the food. We try to freeze as much as we can to things stay cold.
It is another hot day here in Grand Jucntion - in the 90's but it will be cooler in the mountains. We usually keep flannel sheets on the beds and take our winter pajamas. It can get cold at night but does warm up to the 70's in the daytime.
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Marilyn, this last quote is so good, good reminder for us to take that extra pause, and Breathe, as it will all work out in the end, my Grandma always said don’t worry it will all come out in the wash… hehe, always made me chuckle 🤭 when she said that!
Thank you Susan, some days my pain meds work better than other days, thanks for sharing about your upcoming trip, hadn’t thought about you having “Ban’s” on open fires, and yes we get them here in BC. Glad you have the gas BBQ in your van, will you try some roasted marshmallows on your gas BBQ, would be interesting how they would turn out. Love your picture of the beautiful Blue sky! Safe travels Susan! Enjoy your time with your family.
Linda, so happy your are feeling better today especially with you leaving for your trip to take your trailer to the land you are placing it in. Indeed, you are sure getting some very hot temps with being at 90. Please stay safe and well hydrated. It sounds like such a contrast of where you are going with the temps up there, I can identify with you with the cooler temps especially overnight, it’s good you are taking flannel sheets and warm pj’s as you might find you will need them. Hope you have a wonderful 2 days on the land. It should be a nice break for you.
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Judith yes, we do have high fire risk here, just as you all do. Not sure if we'll go with the marshmallows! Will think about it if the granddaughters come over to us. Glad you enjoyed our blue sky. Only three more sleeps till we're on the road.
Marilyn, that was a very timely reminder. I feel stressed when I have too much to do and that's true, you don't have to do everything at once.
Linda, glad you feel better today. I hope your prep goes smoothly and you have a really nice time away.
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Marilyn, I say a hearty Amen to this last poster quote, yes We have God’s Strength for today who gives us abBright Hope for Tomorrow, Praise God, He is so Good, all the time.
Susan, yes I guess we all have high fire risk with the Dry Seasons we get which causes Wildfires, they are so destructive; which brings me to this comment, our news the other day I heard that in spite of dry conditions of fires starting people are being careless with throwing smouldering cigarettes out on the ground. And even with bans on open fires it’s amazing to see so many disregarding the orders. Right now we have a number of active fires in our Province.
I am sure you are excited in just 3 more “sleeps” then you are on the road. You made me smile as that last comment I could see the Mom and Grandma coming out! I am sure you will enjoy your grandchildren and family time.
Thinking of you Linda as you are enjoying your trailer the past 2 days. Have a great time.
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Judith, we have similar careless smokers over here too but it is often lightning that causes our fires to start. Stay safe. Yes, we're down to two sleeps now!
Marilyn, a lovely reminder you found today.
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I tried to get on yesterday but I could not get past the "community" page. Things did not go as smoothy as we had wanted. My battery would not work for my CPAP so we had to go back to what we did years ago and use the generator with a converter so I could use the battery from the trailer. While we were there my husband either missed the step going out of the trailer or stepped on his shoelaces but fell really hard on his left shoulder. The road in front of the trailer is closed overnight for construction so we could not take him to the ER so we put ice on it and gave him Advil for pain for the night. He got up in the morning and was feeling better as long as he did not move his arm. It was hard for him to get things done with only one hand so I helped hin as much as I could. He has an appointment with Urgent Care this afternoon. We are hoping that nothing is broken just really strained. A good thing about being in the mountians was that it was much cooler for sure. It was in the 70's and really cold at night. We needed a blanket and a comforter plus the flannel sheets and our flannel pajamas to stay warm.
I have laundry to get done, unpacking, and a graduation party to go to if my husband feels like it so I will not be staying on here long. It is good to be back in "civilization"again. LOL0
