Saturday, December 25
Luke 2:10-1210 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”Fiona, is showing her bear cousins (there ornaments for the tree) how to write a letter to her Grandparents and Gary in Heaven for Christmas. She told them she is magical so the letter will get to them.
Come home today and found Fiona admiring Gary Alexander's memorial flag.
always love reading this story
Friday, December 17Micah 5:22 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
hope everybody is having a great December so far. Here, Fiona, Sarah and their cousins are contempt and happy. (I sure am enjoying them all being here) apologies for not posting pics of their adventures, there hasn't been any. I have my yearly bronchitis weather is hot one day cold the next so have been staying indoors as much as possible. It is supposed to warm up this week so we can do some adventures. I have a 3 1/2-month post- surgery appointment, please keep me in your prayers with that. Maybe I should let Fiona and Sarah go to the appointment for me? I am sure that the staff will get a big kick out of them.
Sunday, December 12
Isaiah 7:1414 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Fiona, you silly elf, the tiny Christmas tree isn't a place for you to play. Thankfully she didn't knock it over.
Fiona meets her cousins, there is nothing like a cousins love.
Finally finished moving. What an adventure that turned out to be. Almost 2 months after I bought my new travel trailer.
The GOOD thing there will be no NASTY/MEAN/GRINCH of a landlord. I am in a safe, warm place with no worries of no heat, and the floors falling thru, OH did I mention black mold? the house was full of that as well.
I am now able to rest peacefully knowing that I am safe, health-wise I am already feeling better. My shoulder has its days, I take it one day at a time (all we can do right). The animals have settled very nicely, they know mom isn't super stressed, their human uncle made Mr. Fiesty *the goat* a very nice house its 4x4x4 (he and Ms. Harley Dog snuggle up together, they have always slept together so nothing new there.
Hope everybody has a great/blessed week
Look who is ready to start her elfin adventures. Fiona is ready to begin oh what should we do?
Friday, November 191 Thessalonians 5:1818 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
found this old rail bridge just as the sun started going down
I have been slowly packing as I am still only allowed to pick up a glass. with my right arm ( the one I had surgery on)
hope everybody has a super great/blessed week
They are not only cute but just as sweet. I get mommy snuggles/love/kneading daily.
Millie is very shy while Tillie is more out going.
I will be posting pics of my travel trailer tomorrow.
PT starts for my shoulder tomorrow. Please pray that I get thru the first time.
Monday, October 18Psalm 42:1111 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
Monday, October 11Zechariah 7:9-109 “This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’
Hi everybody :) we are 6 weeks post surgery go for follow up on the 13th. Sorry I have not been able to do the daily blog post. Still in the sling makes it hard for typing.
I still have some things that are very hard to do one handed (like a darn itch on my right thigh, had to use a back scratcher as there was no way in heck I could reach with left hand no matter what I tried. Found out Saturday another thing...putting on socks (lordy what a fiasco)
I FOUND AN RV that I was able to purchase so now I have a home ;) It will be delivered on Saturday I am so excited to be getting out of this rat hole. Thank you for the prayers, and please continue as the hard part is finishing packing (one handed) I have a lady who said she will help me, then the actual move. My Goal is to be out of here by Oct 31 ;)
Have a blessed day and week
Hi all first of all thank you for the comments on the last post!!! Sorry I didn't get them answered.
my animals have sure loved having mom with them all the time.
Please keep praying over me finding a place to move to, before winter time, I CAN"T Stay in this rat hole another winter. Had another dr appt per ss today, please keep praying about that they just keep dragging their feet.
on a bright note* I have had no post surgery pain, other than the normal.
I hope yall have a blessed Tuesday
had follow up appt with ortho this am. Got to take the pillow part off yay!!! that thing is hot and very uncomfortable, at night almost suffocating feeling.
we will not know for 3 months if the surgery was a success, however I am believing thru faith that everything is going to be fine. PT will not start until then, as the dr. said if they get too aggressive it will be to late, for my shoulder. As you may recall we are avoiding replacement. He did a lot of reconstructive surgery as I told prior didn't know the extent until today, he took some bone spurs off my collar bone, the shoulder head, cleaned out the marrow (it was severely inflamed) then attached the 3 tendons with screws, and 3 different sets of stitches all trying to keep it stabilized so that it can heal properly
thank you in advance for the prayers and please keep them coming as I have a long road ahead
My preacher is picking up my online grocery order (Ive never done this so a little nervous) and my rx's.
I applied for federal money to help with rent, and utilities, I got approved for all Will pay my rent thru April this is truly a blessing since most of you know how my landlord is.
will pay my electric and internet for the same time period
Now, please pray my SS gets handled properly1 my case manager is giving me the run around
Happy Weekend, be safe and enjoy the long weekend
Still no pain!!PTL drove to bible study last night was almost to much! not having pillows to prop on. please pray I can get somebody to come take me to the grocery store
Thank you all for continued prayers. ill get back soon
no after surgery pain only an ache. 4 days post surgery only 5 pain pills.
thank you for the prayers. Sling/pillow is my new friend possibly 6 weeks
they put 4 screws into the tendons to hold into place. let the total complete healing begin
this is the old Elks Building in Joplin MO EST 1901 there is a lot of OLD history in JOPLIN
Wordless Wednesday
Surgery is scheduled for 8am Thursday August 26 I may be offline for a few days will try to catch up again
middle pic is my moms siblings and cousins taken in the late 30's to early 40's
bottom row (l) is moms grandparents with her dad and his sisters, this one was taken in the late 20's her dad was born in 1913
Bottom R is dads great parents taken in 1919 (this is the readable date on the pic) Dad's dad was born in 1881 his mom 1890
Saturday, August 21
John 8:1212 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Friday, August 20Revelation 3:2121 To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Wednesday, August 18James 1:2727 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Monday, August 16
James 1:2-42 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Thursday, August 12
Habakkuk 3:17-1817 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, 18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
We always have so much to be thankful for every day not just Thursday.
I am very thankful for my Salvation
For a/c in this above normal heat
food in the cabinets
friends I have made at church
God, leading me on the path he desires
my animals always being faithful
PRAYER REQUESTS
our country
my mother in law still recovering from hip surgery
upcoming shoulder surgery for me (Aug 26th) pray this relieves the pain
brother who is facing another back surgery
my in-laws are making it to where I can't even talk to my Mother in law (she has been in my family 39 and treats me like her own daughter) this is hurting me so bad since I just lost my mom.
Relief from the heat
Hope every one has a blessed day
Monday, August 09
Proverbs 19:1111 A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
Hey all hope everybody is having a GREAT week so far, here in the SW it has been so hot, under EXTREME HEAT ADVISORY until 9p, Wed night.
Got the MRI results from my fall in JUNE FINALLY
Complete shoulder repair. Not what I wanted to hear, although something had told me about 2 days before that was what was needed. HOWEVER, due to my age the ortho doesn't want to do this surgery just yet so not have to go thru again in 15 yrs. The 26th of this month going in for Orthoscopic, he is going to clean some of the old damage off the bones, and try to repair one tendon, one is attached the other 2 are not fixable The one may not be repairable. The down time will be 1 to 2 weeks depending on if the 1 tendon can be fixed. Prognosis is with this type of surgery 1 to 5 yrs I feel like if I get even 3 months being pain free then it will be worth it.
My fall finished it off, this has been going on since a very bad car wreck in 2009 and at that time DR wouldn't order an MRI .
I will still try to do some blogs, this is the reason I haven't done too many lately 5 minutes on my laptop and my arm feels like its about to fall off.
Please say some prayers for all involved
My landlord has been having a field day this week already and its only Tuesday.
Monday August 2 he verbally threatened he was going to tear down my fence, ok I have a pygmy goat who enjoys eating weeds and such. I also have a German shepherd she knows where she can and can't go however the chihuahua doesn't know those out of fence boundaries. This was at 830 in the morning . Had some errands to do, came home landlord still here he then gets a rifle/shotgun I wasn't looking at the difference, and started waving it around (most states call this branishing a firearm and stated he was ready to take me out anytime
I didn't sleep hardly any last night. Today Tuesday August 3 I get up and the fence is gone before I realize and let the animals out what a fiasco with my goat. I went to try to talk to landlord, he stated " I have never hit a woman and your going to be my first," MY response if your going to hit me I may be the first but guarantee I will be the last woman you ever lay a hand on or verbally/mentally abuse. I asked him "does this make you feel like a manly man going around abusing women" Now he is a piece of cake.
I have told him what is going on, with SS and he calls me a liar.
I need out of this rathole before something serious happens. I have no income, I set up a go fund me account then I become a scammer, How am I spose to move with no income? I am to the point of just getting out of here. It will be hard but my life is more important. Called county Sheriff and they never showed up.
Please say some prayers and hope that they are answered ASAP I have called every agency around for resources to help me pay my rent. The county I live in in KS has very little resources for outside finaning.
Thank you in advance
Wednesday, July 28
Jeremiah 17:1414 Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.
These pics are only 2 days apart
Thank you is never enough
Also, enjoy your angel food cake and your tacos as this was your traditional dinner and fav cake. Oh how I miss making homemade tacos for you today.
It has been so hot its unreal, were under heat advisory had July and Aug temps in June and still getting hotter. I love you to the moon and back always have and always will.
RIP my love till we meet again.
This is that last decent pic, Gator was a bit of a humorist, so him sticking his tongue out at me was just his humor.
Happy Saturday, hope your staying cool its a scorcher here in SE KS heat advisory until 8pm
Thankful Thursday we all have so much to be thankful for every day of the week not just on Thursday
I am ever so thankful for friends who have checked on me this week.
the cooler temps we had earlier in the week
unconditional love of my pets
cell phones to make sending photos to the funeral home easier
family
my salvation
the church family I have
PLEASE PRAY for
my family as we lay mom to rest tomorrow *Friday*
family members who are traveling today and tomorrow
mil who is recovering from surgery
covid being on the rise again
my shoulder MRI looks like a possible shoulder replacement vs a rotator cuff tear
that I can get packed and get out of this place I live....its not fit hardly for the animals too live in much less humans
Thursday, July 22Psalm 27:11 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
