I really do love the rain

It is hard to describe how much I have enjoyed the last couple of days... of rain... I live in the country, so I get the 'country' look of scenery, storms, nature, you name it. To sit here on my couch and look out my living room windows into my fenced front yard and see the colors changing, the leaves falling, the dogs coming in and out of view, all between the slats of my Venetian blinds that run vertically.

And then, the rain comes. Every leaf looks shiny from being wet, and they dance from the light caresses of drops. There's no Sun, so everything is the same tone, no shadows, again, hard to explain. The wind picks up and all of the sudden, there's a few less leaves on the tree in the front yard, my big Royal Empress tree with these leaves the size of, the size of what... the size of, oh, two dinner plates side by side, I guess... (Oh, and btw... I just did a Google search for the royal empress tree , and, awesome pics, especially of the leaves. Some of the photos show the leaves much much bigger that what my girl out front is currently producing.) IJS

Anyway, back to the rain, (it's a wonder I get anything done, I am so easily distracted) anyway, back to the rain, I love the overcast, grey sky that comes with it, such a pretty color. And dude, don't even get me started on dark and gloomy storm clouds... awesomeness... twice...

Help at Just the Right Time

How many times have I heard that expression, "Jehovah helped me at just the right time?" Many of Jehovah's people have expressed that same sentiment, and today, I express it along with them.

Just this morning, while enjoying my coffee, snuggling with my critters, and checking posts, one of my Facebook friends re-posted from 'an enemy of mine.' The post was an expression designed to elicit deep thought, which is certainly did with me!!!

As your life changes so will your circle

My enemy resurfaced briefly, like an inhalation and exhalation...

The text I sent to my husband, who gets my deepest, darkest thoughts was, "And so do the people in it." First thing I thought, not the first thing I said. Actually I didn't say anything at all to the post itself, trying to keep it positive. Besides, my FB friend has NO IDEA about the wounds that run deep from my enemy.

But Satan does. It was like, STAB STAB STAB

Then, I put my electronic device down, picked up my Daily Bible reading, and Bamm, just what I needed, Psalm 37. Have you ever read Psalm 37... I mean really read it? Allowing it to comfort you when you have troubles? Troubles with troublesome people? GREAT COMFORT, I TELL YA!!!

I miss my pills

As some of you may know, I sure didn't, an anti inflammatory pill can sometimes cause bleeding. Having said that, my doctor took me off of mine after I was diagnosed Anemic and when I had my blood tested and my hemoglobin was at 5, which is not good; normal being between 12-14, and I ended up being hospitalized for 5 days. Testing yielded no results as to where I might be bleeding from. Mind you, there is still one more test the doc wants to run, but he wants my hemoglobin level up more first. BTW, it's up to 7.7 as of last doctor visit.

Having said all that, I miss my pills. I have a degenerative spine disease and the last two vertebra in my spine are almost touching, hence the pain. The pills took the pain away. I had been in so much pain 2 years prior, that it was sooooo nice to be without the pain. I was actually a nicer person. Now, I am have more pain day by day, its harder to be nice, and Tylenol does't really help, maybe take the edge off.

I sure do miss my pills...

Tuesday night, meeting at the Kingdom Hall, and I had to leave early because of the pain. It's a pain that starts in my buttocks, shoots up my back, runs up both sides of my neck, and causes me to become sensitive to light, and makes me dizzy and nauseated.

Did I mention that I miss my pills?...

Wow, So much has changed.

It always does... So much changes, and sometimes in a short period of time. As I look back over my posts on Facebook and Instagram and Google+, I am reminded of those changes. I reflect on how it was a good idea that I had taken photos because some of the memories had been forgotten by my ever failing memory.

If I were to pin down the biggest change, it would be my rapidly failing health. It is the biggest change because it literally changes how I do things, from how I sleep at night to how I function throughout the day, to how I go to bed at night.

Honourable mentions are to include: the death of one of our customers and close neighbour who's children gave us a lot of the farm equipment to include a pretty spiffy Kabota tractor, our 1999 GMC Suburban being rolled 2 1/2 times with 2 of the 3 occupants being life-flighted up to U of L Hospital, my son getting married, finally getting a 1 Ton Pick-up truck (Big Girl) to replace the Suburban, which then left us a vehicle short, getting a Chevy Travers (Scooter) to replace our Mini Van we had loaned to our son who became transportation-less when the Suburban was rolled, 7 months later trading Scooter in on a newer model (Scooter2) on account of it being a lemon, having a rear blow-out on the 1 Ton truck and using the insurance money to put a flat bed on it, getting an older 10 Ton dump-truck, (no name yet).

My current hobbies include collecting Tarantulas, of which I now have 6: 3 RoseHair's, 1 Skeleton, 1 Mexican Redrump, and 1 Pinktoe. Way cool, especially at feeding time. I also like very much the Jamberry Nail products. I love picking out patters and getting my nails all dolled up.

Thanks for letting me blog. I was nice to sit and reflect. No regrets.

My new mower!!!

I finally, finally, finally got my new mower!!! I and didn't need 'anyone's' permission. No one poo pooing the ideas.

Got my Zero Turn, 54" cut Bad Boy at TSC. Signed up for the 18 mo 0% financing.

My husband and son spent a day getting my mowing trailer ready. It needed a ramp. They also installed a 15 gallon fuel tank that has a gas handle nozzle on it that doubles as a pump to get the fuel running so that it can siphon.

So far, I have made close to $1000.00 in two weeks. I JUST LOVE TO MOW.