All is well at our home - have had some trouble with my legs and my right foot but with God being the great physician things are starting to heal.

Last weekend we celebrated the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. On Easter Sunday we had 20 people baptised- so great to witness this- and June there will be another Baptism service only it will be in the river - we get a good turn out for that as well (usually at least 10) and then so many non churchgoers get to witness this

This mornin our Pastor told us for the Good Friday Service (there was 2 of them)and Easter Sunday Service (4 services throughout the building) that there was 2,500 in attendance -we are a growing church of people that are living for Christ daily.

Be blessed, take time to listen to what He has to say to you.

Here’s the photos for you to enjoy. Kaelyn had such a big smile on her face! I hated missing church but it was well worth it giving her the gift with such a big smile!!

MFP must have hidden some posts from you again, Judith, as Linda, Barb and Marilyn all posted above you. It's weird how it does that. It's good to hear how you are doing. I'll be thinking of you, Harry3 and Linda at the cancer research fund-raiser, plus about other friends and relatives who have had cancer. One of the sings we will sing is The Rose. I'm playing flute for that. It's an emotional song and will make me think of you.

Barb, those photos tell a beautiful story! How lovely that you could give your granddaughter her lap blanket and give her cuddles too. You are a loving Grandma. Thank you for updating us about Harry3. We're praying for him.

Marilyn, I loved the sound of your Easter services and praise God for allowing some healing for you. May He continue to bless you.

Linda, that poor man and his injury! I hope he doesn't get an infection. Yes, Colin has his own mind set about health and remedies. I have to let him choose what he allows. It's hard as he sort of gets frozen in his pain and won't let me help. I didn't think of anything else I could do for him either.

Today we worked on the raised garden beds and got them ready for plants. A friend is giving us some tomato plants that she started from seeds several months ago. She is giving me some Roma as well as a heirloom called Peron. I have not heard of them but I do think the heirloom tomatoes do have a richer taste. My Columbine plant evidently shed it's seeds into my pot next to it that I had parsley in last year. There are multiple little plants coming up. It is our state flower and Glenn's favorite. Out in the mountains they grow wild but it is against the law to pick them. I do not know how many people are aware of that law. I hope it does not extend to plants on my patio. HaHa We just came from walking a mile round trip to our yearly HOA meeting. They did not talk about much since we did not have a quorum of homeowners. It is good to be able to put faces to who lives in which houses.

Marilyn - It is so good to see your posting. I am glad that your leg and foot are doing better. It sounds like your Good Friday and Easter service were well attended. It is inspiring that so many people were touched by the gospel. How are your kidney blood tests doing?

Judith - I look forward to the update on the prayer thread tomorrow. We continue to pray for the new medication to be approved as well as that it works as they want it to do.

Barb - I am excited that my lilac bush is finally blooming. It smells so sweet. My neighbor has a bush that is a darker purple than mine. I saw in Caring Bridge that HH was able to play her violin for Harry3 as he was eating breakfast. I have heard that music can calm so many things in the body - slow the heart and breathing, help digestion, calm racing minds and anxiety etc. I am praying that the shunt surgery does help Harry3 in his healing. Maybe the double vision will be taken care of with the relief of pressure. It will be wonderful when I hear that he is moved from ICU into a regular room and he can see his precious girls. I am sorry that you were not able to eat lunch with James and family but happy that you were able to give the lap blanket to your granddaughter. The black background really makes the colors stand out in the centers. Kaelyn's smile is so pretty and shows how much she appreciates the blanket.

Susan - I hope Colin's nerve pain is better today. I have not had it, but I have heard that it is more uncomfortable than surgical pain or general pain. I am sure that he appreciates you trying to help.

Good morning, all. It's a lovely day here, not too hot and not too cold, little cloud and plenty of sunshine.

Judith, I'm praying about your next appointments and your healing. I'm sorry MFP keeps blocking you from seeing our posts. I wonder if the page needs to be refreshed each day? We do have the fund-raiser on Monday. There's another rehearsal this afternoon. I also have a Uke practice session this afternoon. We'll be ready for the Greatest Morning Tea on Monday. It has a Mad Hatter's theme so I am going to be Alice in Wonderland again and do some of the MCing. There is a prize for the craziest hat so attendees will all dress up too. We're singing The Rose, Alice Blue Gown, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Little Peter Rabbit/The Battle Hymn of the Republic and The Push-bike Song. The Guitar Gems (nine guitarist Village residents) will play also. We'll take turns singing and them playing. It should be a fun time. We have 150 booked in to attend that I know of.

Linda, yes, I think Colin's nerve pain has eased today. He isn't acting like it hurts yet. I'm sure there is always pain but it is the days he gets acute waves of pain that are the hardest. I actually got up before he did this morning and tried to silently get the dogs out etc without waking him. Sleep is good for his pain. He got an extra half hour of sleep that way. I like the sound of your gardening starting up again. Lol about the law extending to your own plants on your own balcony. I can't imagine that would be the case!

Barb, I'll post about Harry3's next surgery on our prayer group. I sure hope the shunt improves his quality of life. It should stop him needing to have tubes and external help with draining the fluids, right? Oh, that would be so lovely if he could be moved out of ICU and get to see his girls again! Will pray. It sounds like you have a musical family too. Ours sure is involved in the arts. My 10yo granddaughter just took up the flute. We have dancers, actors, musicians and writers in our family, as well as clever ones who have trades in things other than the arts, but we are no strangers to music, dance and theatre here! It's nice to know you also have musicians in your family.

It was our usual busy Tuesday with a 2 hour Bible study on zoom with my Denver friends and then our study at our house with our Grand Junction friends that lasted 1 1/2 hour. My friend who brought me the Roma tomatoes brought the two heirloom tomatoes tonight. They are quite a bit bigger than the Romas. We will harden them off for a few days then plant them Friday or this weekend.

Susan - It is good that Colin's nerve pain seems to be less today and he was able to sleep a bit longer. All the songs your are singing on Monday sound so fun and and the costumes will make it even better. Do you expect more people to sign up in the next few days? 150 that are certain sounds like a nice sized group. A while ago you were having problems with your hand and had to stop playing the Uke. I am glad that you are able to do it again.

Judith - It is nice that we have the raised beds ready for planting but it will be a few days before we can get to the greenhouse to get more plants. We usually do mostly tomatoes but we may try zucchini this year. Last year we tried beets and carrots but we were not home enough to keep them watered and they died. I do have parsley, mint and dill that come up every year and some perennial flowers like the Columbine, geranium, morning glories, mums, and one that I do not know the name of but found it growing when we dug out the old patio to put in new edging.

Barb - I am so glad that the surgery is over! HH said that Harry3 seems to be more alert today after the surgery. Hopefully he can participate in this therapies with more wakefulness and maybe better vision. I'm sorry that your Harry could not be with you at the bedside as you waited for the surgery to be over. It will be so nice when Harry3 can be in a regular room with more privacy and more visitors. I updated my Bible study group this morning and they were so glad to hear he is doing so well.

Hello everyone.

Judith, I remember you telling us about your musical Dad and your own accomplishments before. Yes, it seems we all have music, dance and drama in our lives! As for Monday, I will ask Colin to take some photos. I will be dressed as Alice in Wonderland again so won't be in the fancy hat parade. I will be keeping the program moving by introducing various people and activities. There's a lot of other things happening before Monday. For example, today 350 of us are booked in to go to the meet and greet with the new owners of our Village. (Remember there are around 500 people who live in our Village). The Village was sold before Christmas and we haven't seen the new owner group yet. They have been way more elusive than our first owners, to put it kindly, and impressions of their management style have not been good, so I hope we get a better impression today.

Linda, sounds like you had a good Bible study for sure. And the garden is going to be wonderful. Yes, I did have trouble with my wrist and hand for over a year but the De Quervain's in my wrist seems to have almost settled (I still have to be careful with it and there is mild pain always) and the Arthritis I have learned to live with. I didn't want to stop playing Ukelele and flute.

Barb, that is good news about Harry3's surgery. I hope he can get out of ICU soon too. Sorry you had to be alone while waiting for him to come through the surgery. I know what that feels like having been through many such occasions with Colin. Colin's pain is unlikely to go away but he has good days and bad days. Yesterday his Dr told him the nerve pain was likely to be damage from having Diabetes for 30+ years. We were sad about that but we'll soldier on.

Judith. In forgot to answer a question. Intookabynyearsvifboiabon& never good like it. I have as sister who can play piano & sing with perfect pitch. Another sister plays the flute. All my sisters can sing I got my dad’s genes. My mom & grandmother can play piano too.

Tonight we had a women's devotional at my friend's house. We discussed the scripture in Isaiah 35 that talks about how "the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing" - parts of verses 1 and 2. After that we had the opportunity to get a lesson from a girl that works in a floral shop. We had pint mason jars and flowers supplied so we could make and take home our own bouquet. They had some really pretty tulips, Gerber daisies, carnations, asters, baby's breath, greenery and some flowers I did not recognize. We had a lot of fun creating together. I love hearing about your musical families. I play the piano and Glenn played the Saxophone. I spend several years in college with a traveling choir as well as a traveling trio. Both girls took piano lessons and sang in the choir at school. Two grandchildren play the piano, one plays the clarinet and one other one plays the trombone.

Judith - growing mint is very easy! I have some lemon mint someone gave me a sprig of years ago and I can not kill it. It has taken over my flower bed and grows out into the yard. I do not like the taste of it because it tastes like furniture polish smells (lemon Pledge spray). In our house here in GJ, we have regular mint that I keep in a flower pot so it does not spread and take over the yard here. It is a peppermint so it is stronger than the spearmint. There is also a chocolate mint that does has some flavor of chocolate but I prefer the straight mint. Praying for your regular Thursday visit at the Cancer Clinic.

Susan - It is a bit strange to hear that your new owners are not more present with you. Do they live in the complex? I hope you can have a good discussion with them and be able to express what you like and do not like.

Barb - I am so glad that Harry3 is not considered ICU and can have longer therapy sessions. Since they can focus longer on his strengthening and mobility, I would hope that you will be seeing a lot more progress. It may not be easy work but it is rewarding.

Well, yesterday went better than expected but still left questions in the air. The company that bought our Village is a big one and they already own 7 Villages. They are building 6 more right now. So we shall be only one of 13. One of the Villages they are building has 5000 housing blocks!!! Our Village with only 300+ houses feels small now! Management style will inevitably be less personal with these guys. They brought a team of 10 with them and tried to make it friendly but didn't allow questions this time. In a few months we'll get a Q&A session but the questions have to be pre-submitted. We kind of felt controlled, but we'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now. They are addressing some of the issues we have like leaks in the Clubhouse roof and upgrades to the pool pump house. They are supposed to employ another gardener and an after hours caretaker and fix our entry gate to a new system. At the moment we have an intercom gate system and it fails regularly. It will become a mobile phone one in the future sometime, with visitors for each house linking to that houses' residents' phones. We're not sure if they will make us pay for that change or not.

We got hit with changes to Colin's medical/support package yesterday too. They are withdrawing funding for his physio sessions, home care support and reducing budgets for hardware and technology he might need. He is appealing their decision but it will be a long, drawn our process involving re-assessment by physios, ots and drs. Not nice at all, and quite stressful when he already doesn't feel good!

I have an old school friend coming for lunch today so must go and start that getting ready process. I'm making Caesar salad.

Judith.
Prayers as you had your cancer treatment, today. Do hope all went well plus that you can sleep well. Your drs need wisdom we all are praying for that too.

Susan your place sound nice and active bowling, musicals, library, music rooms, craft room, community gardens etc. wow!, Prayers for Colin and the bill younjust got too.

Linda. My nose got scrunch with your lemon pledge. Kind of nasty I got some kind of mint and it can take over a garden for sure. The making of a bouquet sound nice. Gerber daisy is my daughter Elisabeth’s favorite. Maybe take a picture of yours.
Jean, our other daughter played the alto sax in high school. A bit in band at college too.

Harry 3 got moved to a regular room after I got home so around supper time. Yeah! He also walked some in his 2 PT. The first had him sitting. I think his eyes were a bit open more today so that is good. His pastor finally came by today he prayed with him. I try to read verses and read with him.
So he is healing. He will go to rehab that is where he will, have PT 3 hours a day. Pray he can do that once he is moved to Rehab. I don’t know when that will be.
I made some cookies spice with molasses in them for my mom so I’ll mail them for her for Mother’s Day. My sister is,getting some slippers she needs and I’ll send her the money. That way I’m not mailing them as it can be so, slow. Praying she won’t have to wait to, long for the package.
our irises are starting to bloom so, glad as last year we got cheated out of them. Hardly had any

Stay well prayers for all

Judith, holding you in prayer today as yesterday was likely quite stressful for you.

Linda, yes, we got a phone call then an email saying Colin had to stop his physio etc. They are saying his only disability is hearing loss. They have lost 5 years of supplemental reports, decisions etc so we have to get Colin re-assessed and lodge an appeal. It is all so unnecessary 🙄. I think the government is ruining our health system. It used to work so much better than it does now. I'm glad they sorted out your issues with paying for the liver tests.

Barb, that's so good about Harry3 being moved out of ICU! I hope he goes from strength to strength now. 💪 I am glad his pastor came by. Wow, what a nice thing to do for your Mom! You're a good daughter.

I groomed Archie yesterday. He hates being groomed so I had to be firm with him, but he looks to happy in his after photos. His tail is a blur from wagging. Jasper didn't need to be clipped yet but he will need it in a couple of weeks.

Another early day today with one in person and one zoom meeting before noon then lunch with a friend. There was no nap in the schedule today but I am not as tired as I was yesterday. While I was at lunch with my friend, Glenn was at lunch with two of his students from Korea that are visiting Colorado. Once he got home we had shopping, exercise, going to the library to pick up some books on beginners embroidery then finally home for dinner and a quiet evening. It has been a long week and this weekend does not look less busy. I guess it keeps us moving which is important for our joints and brains. I have been doing some brain exercise by putting together jigsaw puzzles on the internet. The one I am doing now has a lot of sky that will take a while. I have a choice as to how many pieces I want the puzzle to have. So far I am not doing the largest number of pieces. It is actually easier than a puzzle on a table because all the pieces are in the proper position that would fit the puzzle. I do not have to be concerned about whether it is upside down or right side up or horizontally correct.

Susan - Archie is looking like a movie star after his grooming. I am so glad that you can do it yourself and save money. I know that I am not supposed to speak badly of my profession but the medical staff needs to find the lost 5 years of reports and realize that hearing loss is not Colin's most pressing health problem. I don't know of a good outcome of this but maybe having to do all the tests and procedures over again will give them a current update since some of the things were done several years ago. They might show more what they need to concentrate on. Of course I hope that it does not come to that but that the appeal will be swift and positive in your favor. As I have said so many times, God is in control and he has a reason.

Judith - I read what you said on the prayer thread and I am so sorry. What helps in one way seems to be not working other ways with your nerve pain. We will not give up on being your cheerleaders and voice our prayers daily on your behalf to God. Since you have not started your second medication, do you need to have that doctor appointment that was to evaluate the new med?

Barb - what a great idea that HH got dolls for Mariposa and Harry3 to have near them. It sounds like their church and friends are helping as much as they can so HH can be with Harry3 but the girls have not gotten to see him. I hope you are getting your rest trying to work at your house and help with HH and the girls.

Pleasant dreams to us all.

Harry 3 is in rehab. 3 hours of it 5 days a week. Prayers he won’t be tied and keep his eyes open. I believe it’s his focusing that causes him problems. His double vision has left. I remembered about our eyes as we see upside down & brain changes it right for us then the color every color but the color we see. Brain is amazing and eyes well very special. In God’s time. His room is big and the staff seems nice.
Today a nurse at the hospital talked to,3 in Spanish & he answered him in Spanish. He can’t remember last time he used Spanish he is bilingual. That is amazing he also used his glass to drink water with a straw that they had for him.

Judith prayers for you and all you are going through. It’s got to be hard. Prayers. It’s ok to be frustrated to God too. Plus cry your eyes out. I have. It’s good to get it off one’s chest. Prayong.

Susan. Praying for you and Colin with his problems and not hearing. Hooe you can find the files too. Hope your services went well Sunday that is.

Linda. Hooe you had a good day. We finally had some sunshine here.

I got some more raking done and it’s getting done. I have a few more places to rake. Then maybe I will wash some windows. Time will tell.
Hipe all are having a good weekend. Lords day tomorrow for western hemisphere.
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Glenn went to bed at 9:30 tonight so I am up by myself which is fine. I am not tired at all. Tomorrow we have church at our house so I will try to get some things done tonight so I do not have lots to do in the morning. We are having a taco/breakfast burrito bar and most of the food is coming from others this time. I am doing the scrambled eggs, hash browns, tortillas and onions for the breakfast part plus drinks. Today we got all the vegetables in the raised gardens. We were in a hurry when buying plants and today I noticed we got the wrong squash and cucumbers. They must have been mixed in with the ones we thought we were buying. We wanted zucchini and regular cucumbers but ended up with pickling cucumbers and yellow crookneck squash. We like these too but was not what we intended. We may go back and get the zucchini plants and find a place to put them. Our grape vines we planted are not all growing. I think we have about 1/2 that are viable which is pretty good for just putting the pieces of vines in the ground without rooting which is what we were told to do.

Judith - That is a lot of money to pay for a grooming and the vet appointment! How often do you get Miss Sunshine groomed? Of course you want to keep her healthy with regular shots and good nutritious food. Was "Lynn's lunch" for your daughter that took you to the veterinarian? I do appreciate your statement of faith in spite of your circumstances. It is so true that with God holding our hand, we can go through very difficult situations.

Susan - continuing to pray for Colin's records and the pain that he is having. I hope that if that happened under my watch, I would have done my best to preserve his records. With the use of digital records I would think they would be in the "cloud". My company had a virus when I was still working that shut down all of our computers and the person who did it, asked for a ransom to get our records back. We had good backup files and excellent computer specialists working on it and in a week we were back to normal. The week that we had to put all our records on paper was a long one. My job was to transmit the records to the government for payment of Medicare and Medicaid. After it all came back up, I had to recreate the records to be able to transmit. I did not want to have to do that again!

Barb - Whoo Hoo!!! Harry3 is at a rehab facility. Will the girls get to see him more often? Seeing them might give him some motivation to work harder. I am glad that he is not having double vision but having problems focusing needs to go next. Several hours of therapy each day is a lot but will help him get stronger faster. On our rehab wing, I did see a lot of people who took frequent naps to keep up their stamina to do the long days of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. I also need to wash my windows but I have not gotten to that yet. I usually spray them first with water to get the main dirt off and it has not been warm enough to go out to do it. Hopefully it will be warmer this week and I can do some of that type of Spring cleaning.