Barb, when I lived back East we had quite the Lightening shows and big cracks of thunder, my kids were never afraid of the storms. We watched the lightening a safe distance away from the windows. In Southern Ontario we had a lot of Summer Storms and in the Winter we had the freezing temps with high winds blowing the snow all around. A lot of snow and ice. One good thing there was lots of outdoor skating my kids loved. Also tobogganing down the steep hills. We sure had fun in all the storms that came our way! Glad you are enjoying the Devotions I share each day. I will keep Harry3 in much prayer. I didn’t realize he was graduating. Hope you can keep up with taking Harry3’s out walking so his balance improves hopefully he can find some things around the house to help HH and the girls with keeping up with his walking. And your dear Mom who is in pain, I am so sorry she is going through so much plain. It’s good that her injections will start on November 17th. I really hope they work and your Mom gets some relief from the pain! Thank you for sharing the good feedback you got back after you had the tests and they are seeing improvements in your eyes, this is good news!

Susan, it nice you enjoyed watching your parents curl. So nice it was the Mine Owners who provided the Trophies. And here we are talking about curling and this has made me Lol. I can’t believe I forgot to say my Mom curled when as a child I moved with my family to Quebec when Mom was transferred with her Work from Hamilton, Ontario. Quebec’s winters are very cold and much more snow and ice than Southern Ontario had, The workers at mom’s place of work all curled so she decided to try it out. She loved the sport. I would go with her and watch while eating dinner at the Curling Rink’s Diner… it was fun…so here is another thing we have common in. Wonder if we have any curlers amongst our Team? Thanks for answering my question I had about the Storms our News here spoke about. I was wondering if you had some new storms? Glad you didn’t have any new storms, I knew about the Hail storm but our news didn’t say anything about hail that’s what made me ask. Just glad you and the family are all safe. It’s coming up mid week so I guess Shaun is on his way back to your home. Hope he enjoyed his time away.

Linda, I thought you were busy, but didn’t realize how busy until I read about you having the meetings with one of them 2.5 hours long on Zoom. Wow, that would be so tiring. No wonder you were heading to bed. But I also read you had cut up more apples enough for 6 more pies. I can almost smell your home with freshly cooling pies on your counter tops. Yum yum 😋 How I wish I lived nearby as I’d be finding myself hopping on over. I am sure you make the best pies.

It’s late so calling it a night, Good Night All. Be back in the morning. 🙏🤗

Susan, I do hope Shaun is able to find a house to rent in the area they are moving to so they can get settled when they move there in January. I am so sorry that Inara is having such a hard time adjusting to these changes. It’s hard for a young one. Praying things get easier for her. We all enjoyed winter sports. As a young girl I loved ice skating, I lived near a pond that froze over every winter and the City would send the area engineers out to the site and test the depth of the ice making sure it was safe for us to skate on. Since Shaun and the family has been living at the house have you been leading any card making classes? I was thinking about that the other day so thought I would ask. How does Jasper and Oscar feel about extra people living in the house? Does Inara love playing with the dogs? Praying for you all.

Barb, love the pictures of Mariposa going down the slide. Looks like she was enjoying her time at the park. Thank you for your prayers for my upcoming appointments. Glad you enjoyed reading about my winter activities. My Mom and her 3+Sisters growing up skied, it was her favorite Sport. My Dad skied also so it was a nice activity for them to do as young adults. You mentioned you went snow showing when you lived in Wyoming 8 years ago. I’m sure it was fun. I tried it once with my Youth group but it wasn’t what I liked so did cross country skiing and ice skating with my friends who liked those sports. I continue to keep Harry3’s in prayer that he will improve with his balance. I am hoping the Scope will bring back a good report regarding his vocal cords How is Harry3’s speech? I know you have said he coughs a lot which made me think to ask about his speech. I am praying for your beloved Mom, so sorry to hear she is screaming out in pain, that breaks my heart. I hope they can get her pain under control. Hope you are enjoying your new phone & got the new phones changed over and was able to access your e-mail. Glad you got some yard work done. I was thankful I got the rest of mine done yesterday as today thru to Thursday night we are under a Severe Weather Alert. You can read about it on our Weather Thread. We had heavy rainfall pretty much all day. And our temps are getting colder. We had high Gusts 💨 of wind also which made it colder, 49 degrees daytime, we are in low 30’s tonight, saw the forecast after I posted earlier today.

Linda, You are getting a lot of apples done these days. It’s nice you have a dehydrator which will give you some nice dried apples over the winter. I always enjoyed dried mangoes and prunes. Never had dried apples. Do you eat them as a snap or do you add them to any of your recipes? Yes it’s that time of the year for changing oil and getting winter tires on your vehicles and putting the summer tires away. Do you have a garage to store tires and park your cars in during the winter? Glad you got your COVID and Flu shots. Sorry your arms are sore. This is the first year mine haven’t had any soreness, well, guess I should say just couple days my left arm was tender when I was putting on under garments but my right arm I had the Covid hardly bothered me, just couple of twinges but no soreness. You are making me hungry talking about acorn squash. I love all squash. That’s great you are getting settled into your pre-diabetes class. You will have to let us know how it’s going for you. Glad you enjoyed the stories of my winter activities, and I also am glad I am not living in a really cold climate like I did in Eastern Canada.

just saw the time and it’s my bedtime…so will say Good Night 😴 God Bless and Sweet Dreams 🛌💤 🙏🤗

Susan, we have more things in common, we already talked about my growing up years with the winter activities and sports. wow, reading all about the stories on Husky and your dog pulling you in the sled and pulling the groceries home for your Mom! Love the name of your Husky, Mukluks, how sweet. I forgot to mention few more things we have in common after reading the story of you having a Husky, Back in Eastern Canada my husband and I had big dogs in our household, we had a Samoyed, a Akita, and a Cross Shepherd and Lab. All the Dogs were Pure Bred except for the Shepherd Lab. We had 3 Males and 1 Female. Of course we had the Dogs at different times but we did have our Pure Bred Samoyed with our Pure Bred Sheltie. I ran “Snowball” (I know) it was my 4 year old son who said we had to name her Snowball as she was a ball of white fur when we brought her home at 7 weeks old. She was a big girl but beautiful but had way too much energy, so with my 16 month old in a carriage I ran snowball while pushing an English pram while Lynn slept and my friend walked Sassie our Sheltie with my son. My husband worked so someone had to run the dogs and I wasn’t able to handle a huge Samoyed without some help as I had 2 kids and 2 dogs and there was only 1 of me. So as our husbands worked we exercised the dogs and the kids got fresh air. The dogs were run twice a day. Now the other news that brings another area we have common in, about our Mothers) being 1 of 4 girls, my Grandparents had 4 girls, Helen, Margaret, Bette-Corrine and Audrey. My Mom Margaret was the second oldest and Aunt Audrey was the youngest. It seems the more we share our stories the more we find out about ourselves and that we have so much in common with each got her. This is so neat. I really hope Shaun finds a house to either buy or rent. I was wondering how the Boys would get along with Inara and having so many extras living in gather house. Is Archie the oldest? I ask as I could see he would be possessive of his space. And of course the Boys would be jealous with having to share you with Inara. This can’t be easy. Will keep this in much prayer. I am not surprised you wouldn’t be holding card classes in your home right now. You said you were at someone’s house tomorrow to lead a class. Hope you don’t forget any of your supplies. Hope it’s a nice break for you to be with the ladies. Blessings and Hugs my friend.

Barb, you mentioned that there was some updates on the Caring Bridges about Harry3’s being home more. I ad mit I haven’t been on the site for a while as I have been reading your updates here. You mentioned on our Prayer Thread that Harry3’s has his ENT tomorrow, hoping there is good reports come back from his appointment. It’s so hard to believe that it’s almost a year since Annabella was born. And next month she turns 1 year. I am sure you all will be having a great Birthday celebration 🎉🥳🎂love the pictures of Mariposa and Annabella. The Video would have been so cute with Mariposa pushing Annabella on the swings. So sorry it didn’t turn out.

Linda, you don’t need to apologize for starting later. After my Flu and COVID shots I was so very tired. For about 3 days after having the vaccines I was super tired, kept falling asleep at the table one time I was here typing my post to you all and woke up lifting my head from the dining room table. Dear me it’s no wonder I hadn’t fallen out of my chair, thankfully I didn’t. That is so interesting that you have to take a picture of your feet on the scale, I would think there would be more trust in the class. Anyway hope you find the class helpful. Congratulations on losing 5 pounds and being the Biggest Loser at Tops, awesome good job. You must be proud of yourself. That’s great you don’t pay next week. That’s so nice you have both dried Peaches and Apples for snacks and will use them in recipes for the natural sugar. Would you be able to post some of the recipes in our Recipe thread of the recipes you use the dried fruit in them please? I love dried mangoes and prunes but sure miss them now as I can’t them, I use frozen and fresh mangoes in my smoothies I make. I have used avocado to and in my smoothies I sometimes add a tablespoon of peanut butter for the protein. Your activity with tobogganing down the hills in tires, that would of been so much fun. And I can almost see the two tires tied together and you going even faster down the hill, what fun for you. That’s great you have a 2 car garage, good place for an extra freezer and refrigerator to store extra food. I have a deep freeze and use mine for storing extra soup my friend’s husband makes for me and the soup my DIL makes for me out of the fresh produce from her garden. The carrot soup and butternut soup is so delicious.

It’s bedtime now, so will say Good Night and God Bless.😴🛌🙏🤗

Good Evening Everyone

Tonight here in BC it’s on the chilly side and wet. We had rain but good thing in my area no flooding, so it’s a good thing. Our temps are 41 degrees tonight. Tomorrow night forecast says 39 degrees, and daytime high is in the low 50’s. So we are not getting the warmer weather that some of you are getting in your parts. Today I worked on a Birthday card for my daughter, I got the card completed on the outer part but have the insert to design, I chose my Stamps Dies and paper for inside, my card is done in a 3D style maybe more layers if I really counted them. When the card is completed I will share a picture. Then after I did my daughter’s card I looked at my supplies and chose my cardstock for the Christmas cards I am doing for the family. I had a busy day as I did some Christmas shopping, bought some things my granddaughter likes from the Body Shoppe and then few things from Amazon and the last shopping was at a Christian ministry I receive Devotionals from. It is a hard cover book on the Holy Land, it actually is a Visual Journey through the Book of Acts. This is what it’s about: Transform your understanding of Acts with a fresh perspective on its history geography and culture. Enjoy full color photos reference verses and surprising facts about each location in both the apostles day and the present day. The Book is for a friend and her husband. The Book is made available through Our Daily Bread Ministries! So that was my day.

Susan, so happy Shaun was able to get a house to rent. God is good. Thanks for sharing about you having large dogs too. Very interesting about your one dog who was an assistance dog and her pups also. I am sure the young boy loved the dog. My uncle raised Black Labs so from an early age I was always around large dogs. Thanks for sharing about your parents each coming from families of four. We sure have a lot in common with our families. It’s nice you have the luncheons to look forward to. It probably a good idea to stop your card making classes as with the family staying with you and Christmas coming, it’s always busy with all the special plays and choirs that take place at our Churches. I am sure the groups will miss the classes as you give so much of your time with leading these classes. You do make lovely cards. Speaking of cards just realized this is probably first card I have made for my daughter without a lot of ribbon.

Barb, that’s ok about the video, maybe another time you can find a way to post the video. I see you both were at same hospital today at different areas. That was so nice to take Harry3’s out to have his free Italian Sub he got free for his birthday. I am sure he enjoyed it. So sorry to hear about your BP being high. It’s good you will send the record of your BP so your Doctor can keep track of it. Will continue to keep you in prayer. I hope the Neurologist can help Harry3’s with the spasms, speech and breathing. It is encouraging that Cher has a friend whose husband had a tumor on his vocal cord and is voice and speech is normal. now you never know as his voice is normal. Will pray for Harry3 Cher and you Mom for God’s Will and for His Healing.  

Linda, I saw the Diabetic cookies on our Recipe Thread, they look delicious. Thanks for posting. I am back, been very tired tonight and with all the dampness and cooler temps my body is sore but all ok now. You said Glenn is tired from his shots, it will hopefully pass and he will be less tired. Thanks for sharing about your Grandmother being an insulin dependant diabetic. My Dad was also an insulin dependent diabetic for many years but did manage the disease. Yes I can imagine you would be fascinated with seeing a glass syringe, wow, medical technology has sure come a long ways to everything being disposable. Makes life so much easier. Hindsight, I can’t imagine giving an injection with a glass syringe! You said about your days of sliding down the snowy hills using 5 tires tied together, I can almost see each tire hitting the bumps which pulled you all in different directions, you sure would be zig zagging down the hill which I can see you would fall out of it at the end of your ride. And I am sure it was a forceful fall with coming to an abrupt stop, you would have been literally thrown out, and I’m sure you were Lol and would scramble up the hill to do it all over again. And yes, I so remember those days when falling was Fun and not dangerous! Those were the days…

it’s bedtime now, I began all my posts and now finishing at 12;20am Saturday morning. Be back later today! 🙏🤗

Susan, I hear you and feel for you with the early mornings with Inara and keeping Archie and Jasper happy also. I remember when Logan was 1 year and before he could be in daycare I had him weekdays from early morning about 7:30am to 4:30/5:00pm when my SIL dropped him off and picked him up. I had him until he was almost 3. The mornings were a little easier as he would have an hour long nap and slept 1.5 hours in the afternoon. But Logan did go home at night and home on weekends but you have the whole family 24/7. I am hoping the mornings will get easier for you. And your cuddle time will be so precious I can see you getting up earlier to get ready when Inara wakes and looks for Grandma’s cuddles. I am praying extra for you my friend. Hope you were blessed in Church today.

Barb, so sorry your BP is up but understand with all the stress you are under with Harry3 with all that he is going through and your dear Mom being back in the hospital again. I do hope her Doctors can find a solution for getting her pain under control. I’m as we all are praying for her. So glad you were able to get your phone connected to your e-mail, that’s great you were able to figure it out. It’s good you got your heater fixed to keep warm. I heard on our news about Florida being hit with a cold wave. I hope they don’t lose too many oranges and other crops. Praying for the safety of the people. That is great your sister is going to ask her friend how long her husband’s spasms lasted. You mentioned she had remembered he had them and it was part of the healing process. She just remembered he had them and it’s part of the healing process. I continue to pray for healing for Harry3.

Linda, you sharing about baking days, remembered my baking days and as a child would help my grandma, we would spend the day baking up a storm. We baked pies cakes loaves, cookies, squares and bread, fruit bread, white and whole wheat bread. You said you made Communion bread for the Church, that is so kind of you, that is one bread my grandma never made. Perhaps you could share the recipe on our Thread, thinking of anyone who might have Home Church or a Home smaller group Bible Study. It would be so special to Break Bread that has been home made. I am sure the Diabetic cookies are so enjoyed. I am going to share the recipe with a friend who is diabetic. Hope you don’t mind. You and others mentioned and were asking about the card I am making. It’s not finished yet, I have the design to figure out and what word stamp I will use inside the card. I chose the inside cardstock insert but have the next steps to complete it. Once it’s done will share a picture!

Off to bed now, Good night 😴 and God Bless! Have a Blessed Lord’s Day…🙏🎚️📖

Linda, Thank you for sharing about the Government lock down could be coming to an end tomorrow with Congress voting on it. This is good news. It’s gone on way too long. That’s great that you got some more recipes. You mentioned about your church did a Cookbook together and have lots iof good recipes that you know are good. Our Church did the same thing, I have all my loaves in the cookbook as over the years I made a lot of fruit loaves and the ladies always asked if I would make one for our luncheons we had. I got some great recipes from the ladies and other members of the church. Please put the Green Tomato Relish, sounds so yummy.

Susan, hope your Ukulele practice went well. It’s going to be exciting for the family to see you and Colin in the play. You mentioned Yolanda had a big shopping trip planned for Inara and Colin, any special place they were going? I am sire they all will enjoy. You said there was some talk about decorating for Christmas. I decorate right after my daughter’s Birthday, it’s been a tradition that all my decorations are up by December 1st, last year I had the decorations up by last day of November.

Barb, I am still working on my card but did get a lot more done today. I have medical appointments this week and the following week so will aim my card getting done by the weekend. I just got Timed out and what Instarted on my post for you Barb I lost, I had saved the part about my card making and was texting and just as I thought I better save what I had shared, the site closed down….so frustrating. I am glad the hospital is working at controlling your mom’s pain. Hope the nasal spay helps. Hope it does work out that your Mom can be seen by a Neurologist. It would be good to see if he has some suggestions that would help your Mom. As you said Barb, I too am hoping the hospital doesn’t send your Mom home too soon. I am praying for your Mom and for Cher as she is trying to navigate through what is best for your Mom. The time has gone by so quickly and realize it’s Harry3’s last week for Therapy. Happy you will help Harry3’s with his therapy, it’s good the Therapist is giving Hatty3 some exercises to do while he is home for now. I will pray for Happy3 that no plateaus and for more healing.

Off to bed now, Good Night 😴 God Bless! 🙏

Today for me started off with an hour long Bible Study I do via Video. We finished up our Study on the Characteristics of a Christian. Our next several studies are on the Women of the Bible. We are studying the Life of Miriam. We break for Christmas on December 8th as it gets really busy with family and Church activities so we break early. We are back in New Year, date is yet to be determined. This afternoon it was a sorting out of Christmas gifts already bought and sorting out of Christmas Gift Bags, what bows, tags are needed. I was pleasantly surprised how organized I was with having as much as I do.I have my Cardstock for my Christmas cards I make for family, the Dies, Stamps, markers, embossing folders and embossing powder. I have my design already decided on. I’m way ahead of what I was doing for my daughter’s Birthday card! I have a list that again was so pleased as I ticked off things I had done. The weekend I am excited to finish Lynn’s card, I did a little work on it today.

Susan, you have quite a talented group of Villagers with a group writing the script, directing and then there are the costumes having 100 in the play is both awesome and impressive with pulling it all together as they are doing. Do you have a speaking part? I know you are 0laying your Ukulele, you mentioned a Choir, are singing in the choir?sorry to ask but I have lost my train of thought in how much you do besides playing your instrument. Your play sounds like it will be so much fun, I look forward to hearing all about it. So sorry you were dealing with such a chaotic household this morning. It sounds like Inara haas too much energy and doesn’t know what to do with it all. . I hear you when you say you love Inara so much but when Inara gets in these boisterous episodes it is so hard. I am praying for you for a calmness to come in your home and for Inara to be calmer and quieter. Hope your morning practice went well. I hope things quiet down so Yolanda and Inara can come to the play, it would be good for them all. Hope Yolanda can take Inara outside to play, perhaps a visit to a local park, where she could be on climbing equipment, swinging on the swings and playing on a teeter totter.it would be great fun, and she would get the added fresh air which would give her a good night sleep. I ohften took my grandkids out to the park, I took sidewalk chalk and big bottle of bubbles. The kids had such fun. This helped avoid bursts of energies and even screaming. I wonder if this would help Inara?

Linda, you had a full day with getting your laundry done, that is a clever idea of using an old towel as the heads of your mops. That’s a great idea. This is so nice of you to go with your friend to sit with her while her husband has reconstruction surgery on his Shouler. I am sure she will so appreciate you being these with her. Sitting in a surgery waiting area is not fun. At least she will have someone to talk to. Thank you for the heads up regarding the Government Shut down. Hope the Senate passes it and President Trump signs it before it’s officially over. Hope it happens soon. You asked about our Postal Strike. Thankfully they settled and are back on the job however the mail is really slow. I am getting mail but it’s really behind. I am going to write out my Christmas cards and get them all mailed out by the end of November. I am hoping all my family and friends who live out of the Province will receive their cards. I worked on my Birthday card for my daughter again today. Hoping I will have the card done by the weekend.

Barb, I didn’t realize you Mom had 8 vertebrae fractures. Such a painful condition for your Mom. You mentioned about assisted living, how does your Mom feel about it? It’s hard to have to think about giving up the things she would be attached to. I have known people who do very well. It’s a very tough decision to make. It takes time. Will keep this in much prayer. You and Cher have a lot on your plate. You are so involved with helping Harry3 and helping HH with the girls, and your involvement with Harry3’s therapy with walking and all that you do, especially now after this week he is at home, and now the added responsibilities with Tim and Jean who have his Mother living with them. So much is going on for you, you are still having your macular treatment, all I can say is my heart goes out to you my friend…You said in one of your comments that Tim’s Mom was suicidal. Will they get some counselling for her. There is much to pray for. Thank you for your prayers regarding my medical appointments. So appreciated.

It’s a little late and this gal is tired. Off to bed. Good Night all…😴💤🙏🤗

Today for me started off with an hour long Bible Study I do via Video. We finished up our Study on the Characteristics of a Christian. Our next several studies are on the Women of the Bible. We are studying the Life of Miriam. We break for Christmas on December 8th as it gets really busy with family and Church activities so we break early. We are back in New Year, date is yet to be determined. This afternoon it was a sorting out of Christmas gifts already bought and sorting out of Christmas Gift Bags, what bows, tags are needed. I was pleasantly surprised how organized I was with having as much as I do.I have my Cardstock for my Christmas cards I make for family, the Dies, Stamps, markers, embossing folders and embossing powder. I have my design already decided on. I’m way ahead of what I was doing for my daughter’s Birthday card! I have a list that again was so pleased as I ticked off things I had done. The weekend I am excited to finish Lynn’s card, I did a little work on it today. 

Susan, you have quite a talented group of Villagers with a group writing the script, directing and then there are the costumes having 100 in the play is both awesome and impressive with pulling it all together as they are doing. Do you have a speaking part? I know you are 0laying your Ukulele, you mentioned a Choir, are singing in the choir?sorry to ask but I have lost my train of thought in how much you do besides playing your instrument. Your play sounds like it will be so much fun, I look forward to hearing all about it. So sorry you were dealing with such a chaotic household this morning. It sounds like Inara haas too much energy and doesn’t know what to do with it all. . I hear you when you say you love Inara so much but when Inara gets in these boisterous episodes it is so hard. I am praying for you for a calmness to come in your home and for Inara to be calmer and quieter. Hope your morning practice went well. I hope things quiet down so Yolanda and Inara can come to the play, it would be good for them all. Hope Yolanda can take Inara outside to play, perhaps a visit to a local park, where she could be on climbing equipment, swinging on the swings and playing on a teeter totter.it would be great fun, and she would get the added fresh air which would give her a good night sleep. I ohften took my grandkids out to the park, I took sidewalk chalk and big bottle of bubbles. The kids had such fun. This helped avoid bursts of energies and even screaming. I wonder if this would help Inara?

Linda, you had a full day with getting your laundry done, that is a clever idea of using an old towel as the heads of your mops. That’s a great idea. This is so nice of you to go with your friend to sit with her while her husband has reconstruction surgery on his Shouler. I am sure she will so appreciate you being these with her. Sitting in a surgery waiting area is not fun. At least she will have someone to talk to. Thank you for the heads up regarding the Government Shut down. Hope the Senate passes it and President Trump signs it before it’s officially over. Hope it happens soon. You asked about our Postal Strike. Thankfully they settled and are back on the job however the mail is really slow. I am getting mail but it’s really behind. I am going to write out my Christmas cards and get them all mailed out by the end of November. I am hoping all my family and friends who live out of the Province will receive their cards. I worked on my Birthday card for my daughter again today. Hoping I will have the card done by the weekend. 

Barb, I didn’t realize you Mom had 8 vertebrae fractures. Such a painful condition for your Mom. You mentioned about assisted living, how does your Mom feel about it? It’s hard to have to think about giving up the things she would be attached to. I have known people who do very well. It’s a very tough decision to make. It takes time. Will keep this in much prayer. You and Cher have a lot on your plate. You are so involved with helping Harry and helping HH with the girls, now Tim and Jean have his Mother living with them. So much is going on for you, my heart goes out for you my friend…You said in one of your comments that Tim’s Mom was suicidal. Will they get some counselling for her. 

I I am so upset with MFP, lost my text to all 3 of you 4 times. I saved a small portion and will go and try and sort it out and post it again. 🙁