I have been a "big spender" today. I went to a garage sale and an estate sale this morning. The estate sale was for a friend of mine who recently got married and her new husband had a whole house of furniture and so did she so they needed to get rid of things. I spent $3.50 on my treasures. I got a travel sewing kit with needles, scissors, ruler, quilt binding, magnets, etc in it, a friendship cross to hang on the wall and two clipboards. I got quite a few steps in too so all in all a good morning.

Yesterday we washed our area rug outside and hung it over our patio chairs to dry. Unfortunately, we have huge elm trees in the back yard that is dropping seeds that now are getting on my rug. They are like green snow in the backyard. They are easy to pick off once the run is dry but we still have an area that is wet that was hanging down and the water pooled in the crease.

Today we have some college boys coming to help put our hide-a-bed couch in the living room. It is the couch that we brought over the mountain the first of the week. I am making them pizza to thank them for their help. They are not aware that it is not just a regular couch so it wil be pretty heavy for them to work with.

Judith - It sounds like Miss Sunshine is a wonderful companion for you. I assume having to get up early to feed her is worth the cuddles she gives you. I am glad that you can go back to bed to sleep more if you need to.

Susan - I am so glad that you are taking so many pictures for us to see. I have wanted to visit Australia but the flying time is very long and I do not know if my hip could stand to sit so long. Watching your picutres makes me feel like I am traveling and I do not feel sad anymore that I might not get to see Australia with my own eyes.

Have a great weekend!

Marilyn - this is so true. I have not always been able to to this and worries have caused me to have restless nights. God stays awake during the night so I can sleep. He keeps things going, keeps me safe, and my body doing it's involuntary things that keep me alive (breathing, heart beating, brain working, etc). Great reminder for me today.

Susan - I hope you got your spot at the first come, first served site. Glenn likes to get up early but if it were me and I had a trailer following beind as we traveled, I would say "go ahead and get up early and drive and I will just stay in bed for a while. I will get up when it is time for me to get your lunch." I know that is illegal to occupy a trailer that is being pulled behind a vehicle in the States so I could not do that but it definitely would be in my mind.

Judith - I am so sorry you had a difficult, painful Saturday. I pray that today is better and when you go in for your appointment you are able to find some answers for your relief. Do you have prescription medication you take for pain? Are you able to use heat or cold to help? The college boys did enjoy the pizza, chips and salsa and dessert but I enjoyed it also and unfortunately I gained weight from all the salt that was in the food. I am drinking a lot of water to try to get the sodium out of my body.

Hi all. We're at the Murray Bridge Showgrounds and got one of the few remaining powered sites. There is only power and water offered along the fenceline. Everyone else is off grid. Here is the line of vans we are parked among:



Judith, no, Pastor wasn't able to get his Livestream to work so we missed out Thursday night. He should have recorded the two sermons on Sunday (yesterday) so maybe we can watch them eventually. We still have limited data so can't watch videos right now. Starlink is still not fixed where we have unlimited data. We're hoping to get a replacement set of hardware for our Starlink soon (Starlink is mobile satellite Internet). So sorry to hear that your pain relief sometimes doesn't work. Hugs.

Linda, you are right, travelling in a towed van is illegal. Sometimes I feel like getting in the car with my pjs still on though (but I don't). Lol! Having IBS makes early morning starts hardfor me. I often have to get Col to pull over for me and at least we have our own bathroom to walk back to! 🙃 I hope the sodium is washed out soon along with all the extra fluid it is making you retain. Glad you got your sofa bed moved OK.

Marilyn, that is wisdom. I try to practice it. My mind often hangs on to things and brings up old stuff endlessly when I try to sleep. Praying about those things helps.

Marilyn - This information is very helpful to understand what you are doing to keep your kidneys stable or reverse the failure. There seems to be a lot more to avoid than you can eat. It probably would be helpful for us all to not eat large quanities of the "avoid" group to keep our kidneys healthy. I have had part of one of my kidneys removed due to cancer so I have less kidney tissue to use than is normal. I need to drink more water to keep the toxins, expecially sodium, moving out of my body. Our kidneys are miraculous organs that do their job silently. We need to treat them with the respect they deserve.

Susan - having IBS while traveling is not a good thing. At least you do have your own bathroom to use. I have had several times while traveling that my IBS decided to make it's self known and that can be very difficult when there are not many rest stops in the mountain areas. I have all ways made it to the closest one but it is miserable having to wait to get to a rest stop.

Judith - I hope you are feeling better today. I am praying for your pain to ease. I wish I could take on your pain for a few hours to let you get some rest. I can't imagine what you are going through. I pray that you feel Jesus always at your side encouraging you and wrapping his arms around you.

Susan - My IBS has slowed down some so I do not have it as often as I did. I found that the stress of my job was causing a lot of the problems. Different foods can also trigger it so I am careful to avoid those foods. My cancer surgery was in 2020. The doctor said he got it all and I did not have to have any radiation or chemo. It was hanging on the bottom of the kidney, (he said "like grapes"), so I am so glad we caught it early. I had CT scans and chest x-rays for 5 years but I am now declaired cancer free and do not need to go back to the kidney doctor unless I have a problem.

Judith - I am praying for your doctors apointments tomorrow. I forgot to thank you for your recipe you posted several days ago. I believe I have had that dish and it was delicious.

Marilyn - I am glad that you are doing better. I assume you were able to reschedule your fistula for later since you were so sick for so long with the cold. Thanks for the reminder that we are not doing things on our own but it is Christ who gives us strength to be strong in our trials.

We had a good Bible study this morning. We were discussing I Corinthians 13 among other scriptures. When I exchange the word "love" for my name (ie Linda is patient, Linda is kind, etc) I can see that I have a ways to go before I can exemplify pure and unconditional love. I praise God that I am growing in this and hopefully people can tell this as they see me.

I am not going to be on here very long today. We are going to our property in the mountains to check on the snow level and check our trailor before we move it for the Summer. I have had a good birthday so far and it will only get better! I love to go up in the mountains where it is peaceful.