Reflecting - 3 More Changes in the Family

Welcome back. I am so glad you took the time to share a moment of your day with me. It means a lot to me that you are here... so to my beautiful readers I say 'welcome back!'

My favorite pic from the light covering
of snow as promised my WAVE3
#myfrontyard

Just as promised from the WAVE 3 weather app on my phone, I went to bed seeing it snowing, and this morning, as I sit in my favorite chair, (my blog corner is behind me) three fur-babies in my lap... studying my Watchtower lesson: 'Trust in Jehovah and do what is good' looking out the living room window I see snow on the ground (that makes snow twice this year) and the sun is coming up over the trees. The house is quite save the Chihuahua, Amigo, with breathing problems (he is a BIG FAT DOG, but Mark ain't hearing it.)

Choc, Chloe, Barkley, aka Happy Pants

I've got a busy day today. As I stated in my last blog, I am heading back to Weight Watchers. Apparently, I am unwilling to do what is right with my eating habits, and as a result, the weight is out of control. Now worries, mate... I've done it before (loose weight) I can do it again... and I will. I will. I will...

Hey, I'm back. Change #1 I attended my first Weight Watchers meeting. I had forgotten how much I missed the meetings and helping people. First, I need to help myself. How can I speak with freeness of speech on helping others to loose weight when I can not help myself. 1st, help yourself, 2nd, help others. My group leader at the meetings, Angela F. mentioned to me: "You took the hardest step today!" My response: "Actually, it was hard. Hard 2admit what I already knew, '2spineless2 go it alone.' No worries. Looking 4ward, cuz that's the direction I'm heading."

After lunch with Papa and killing it at the mall walking, I was unwilling to stress my back out more, so I sought out the comforts of home. Quick question, am I the only one that has a pile of clean laundry on the coffee table staring at them, practically blocking the view of the TV? I really need to fold 'em. Let me just sit for a few minutes and think about it....... never mind, I'm good. I think I will just turn the TV on, smash the pile down a bit, and watch my fav's: Right This Minute, people doing people wrong... Crime Watch Daily, Local WAVE3 news, Dateline with Lester Holt. Oh, and don't forget popcorn. Night all.

Sorry for the blurred pic, the lighting was
poor and she was moving to much.

Well, well, well... guess what we, Papa and I, did on our usual Saturday morning Ministry day? Yep, we rescued another dog! Change #2 As I type, she is resting. She's been doing a lot of that since we brought her home. (We haven't named her yet.) She was down at the end of our road. I was driving so papa could move more stuff on my phone over to the SD card, (I know nothing of how to do that sort of stuff) and I see something in the middle of the lane. As I get closer, I see that it's a dog. My first though was, 'That's the neighbors dog! Weird that it's loose. She (the neighbor) always walks her dog on a leash even though she lives in the country.' I expressed my concerns. "Oh no," Papa corrects my thinking, "that dog was there the other day. I saw it on my way to therapy. (for his knee. ;-) ) I couldn't stop." As I got close, I had to stop because the dog was barely moving out of the way. We both got outta Scooter2 to have a look see. She had tail tucked up tight. Very scared. Sniff, Sniff. Scared. Cold. Shaking. We tried to pick her up but she yipped in great pain from her left side. So I grabbed my jacket outta the car, covered her, and kinda scooped her up into my arms, trying to avoid touching her left side. She still yelped. Papa drove us back to the house and we put her in the house, in a private kennel with access to an outside area, free of Min Pin Harassment. Then back out the door. Do over. Ministry bound.

Hunter is watching Papa put up the fence.

As always, it is good to spend time out in the Ministry, sharing the Good News About God's Kingdom, but all good things must come to an end. We must head home and check on 'new dog' and there is some work to be done. We are getting ready to get some new livestock in. It just so happens that, yet again, we are gunna dabble in chickens... again... and again... and again... wait, I've lots count. Every time we get rid of them, we swear 'Never again' cuz chickens, any animals for that matter, are a lot of work! However, apparently time heals all wounds and softens the memory, cuz we're getting ready for them.

My mom and daughter.

Do to separate agendas Sunday, Papa and I took separate vehicles to the meeting. I NEEDED to head down to Greensburg to see mum, Papa had to head home to meet a Realtor who is bringing people out to our 80 acres that we have for sale on the market. My daughter said she would go with me. Yeah!!!

Bekah put together a pretty container
to hold all.that.candy!

I had a very enjoyable visit/trip with my daughter as we headed to Greensburg to have a visit with mum. Papa had to head home as a realtor had some people coming out to the property to look at. I've never minded the drive to go see mum, and yes, it takes over an hour to get there from town, add a half hour from our house. Scooter2 has a rocking system after all, and drives like a dream. This trip, though, the radio wasn't on once, as we just... um... talked... weird hu? It was nice though. I am so glad she was able to make the trip with me. She even came in handy when I stopped at the IGA Grocery story to get mum some Pepsi and candy.

When we got back into town, Bekah saw what it's like to pick up groceries at Kroger using the on-line ordering system. Kool...  Then after a quick stop for alcoholic beverages, I took her home. I though my day was done. But noooooo, Scooter2 needs gas, and I've already headed outta town, dropping Bekah at home. REALLY!?!?!? No problem, I'll just use the 'Gas Buddy' app on my phone to check prices. What's the price in Rineyville please. What? NO! I am not driving back into town. Rineyville it is, even it it's 0.06 cents more!!! I draw the line and chasing down cheap prices! Besides, my back is sore and I'm tired and I want to see how 'new dog' (I really need to name her) is doing.

Ah... it's good to be home!
"What do you mean, I have to go with you? Tonight?"
Yep, folks, my day is not done yet. Now that the fence is done, we have ta go get the chickens. And somebody took a pill and can't drive.
"Well, let me put the groceries away. Oh, and can you make me a bag of popcorn to munch on on the way? Thanks."
So at 8:30, I grab the keys to Big Girl, and hit the open road. Half way there "Where's my popcorn?"
Silence, then "Um... it's still in the Microwave."
Right!!! "Dude, you had one job!" but he says he's sorry. (You just can't make this stuff up!)

At any rate, with help from a friend and the seller, we got the birds loaded up into the crate and headed home. That crate is heavy full of birds. It did take a bit of time, but we were able to introduce them to their new home. 'Now can I go to bed?' I tried, I really tried to stay up and be sociable, but I was just to Tired Grouchy for that.

Here are my birds!

This morning found me up before I really wanted to. Why? Well....... something my daughter said yesterday motivated me to get up and get going. As some of you know, she has been challenging me with the 'S Health' app, along with other people, and she gets up early and gets her walk in before work because she is to tired after work to do it. Well that got me to thinking, 'I am freshest in the morning... and she did beat me this last challenge... and Change #3 we've got new chickens... and how's the new dog (Really, Deb, you ain't named her yet?) ... and it's raining which makes for awesome 'rain kissed' pix... sooooooo, I got up and made my rounds around the fenced 5 acres.

And there they were, just chickening along... I even captured video (not included) of the Rooster doing his thang...

There's my birds.

Yep, that's our coop!

I love the pattern of the feathers
of these girls!

Aaawww!!! My first dozen.

And later, when I went to cook up breakfast after getting my morning walk in, I wanted, and had, fresh eggs to use for my Zucchini Pancakes, which I total tanked them, but they still tasted good. It was at that moment that I was really thankful to Jehovah God for the loving gift he has given us in the way of creation. I loved having the fresh eggs! As many of you know, because of the cruelty of factory farming, I will not purchase eggs, milk, or meat from the grocery. I just can't make myself do it!

Hey, wanna see a pic of new dog (I promise, I will have a name for her by tomorrow) on our last walk of the evening? Now mind you, it was getting on 'hard to see' dark, she was moving just enough to blur most of my pix, and it's hard to get a good one using my phone anyway, but here she is:

I think she has had a hard life. 
It ends here. Only happiness
from here on out. 

Well, I'm off to bed for a bit. It's after midnight, between Papa and the fur-babies, I'm gunna be up before I want ta. However, I am on a 'get-the-new-dog-a-name' mission. Night all. I'll be back in the morning.

Meet 'Oliana Mirren'
aka
Anna

Ya know... it's hard to get the morning walk in while it's raining!!! The fur-babies tried to go with me, but 'rain walkers' they are NOT!!! Chloe stuck with me one round - but I put her back in the house cuz I'm pretty sure she'd of stayed with me and gotten soaking wet- and snuck out the back door to keep going. Ya wanna know who did go with me all the way to the end of my 6,000 minimum steps? Hunter. I even had to put Anna (told ja I was gunna get new dog a name) back in the house, her pace was glacial.

A screen shot of my phone.
I love the pic of the lightening. 

While I didn't wanna really walk in the rain, I didn't really mind it. It sure does make everything clean and fresh. And it does perk up the plants, well, at least it perks up the plants that are not heavily 'rain kissed.'  Yep, even rain is a blessing from our loving Creator, Jehovah. It was a nice walk, and though the ground was soggy and slippery, I was able to get my minimum 6,000 step in, in the rain, by just walking up and down our gravel driveway that is inside the fenced area. Oh, and I just had to take a screen shot of my cell phone. I thought the weather widget was pretty, showing the temp, the rain, and the lightening! And while I did not personally experience any lightening, I was amazed by the pic on my phone and just had to share it with y'all.

Change can be good. It can be stressful. It can be fun. It can be crazy. Change can be a lotta things, but one thing's for sure, change always comes. We deal with it the best we can. We get through it. It even has the ability to make us stronger.

Thank you, my beautiful readers, for coming on this week's journey with me. Have a super day.

I would love to hear from you. What changes have happened to you? Were they good or bad? How did you cope with them?

What a week I'm having! ;-)

Working hard to get things done. 

Welcome back, my beautiful readers. Step into my office and let me tell you all about my week.
Whew eeeeeee it was productive! I'm happy.









It just so happens that last Friday, I received a favorite quote from an Instagram friend and Blog reader of mine. She sent it to me via picture form via text, and I always enjoy when my readers, friends, and family share with me the different things that encourage them.

She wrote: Good morning. Happy Friday. I love this quote. I have always felt I got the short end of the stick in positive qualities, but maybe I need to look at and appreciate my strengths rather than bemoan my weaknesses. Enjoy your day ❤

Photo from my Instagram follower
and blog reader

As it just so happened, it reminded me of a story, a lesson Jesus taught, so I briefly shared it with her. 

I texted back: Yes. When on Earth, even Jesus pointed out the needy Widow in the temple dropping into the treasury box 2 small coins of very little value. Jesus said her gift was worth more than what the rich dropped in bcuz she gave ALL that she had, out of love, & it was counted by Jesus & his heavenly father, Jehovah, as precious. The lesson for us is to not compare ourselves to others & just do our best.

(For additional reading on the story about the Widow, find it here in the book of Luke 21:1-4)

All to often, I am comparing myself to others, and coming up short. I have health issues that limit so much of what I can do. However... after receiving the above text/motivation, and thinking about how Jesus was telling us to just do our best because our loving heavenly father, Jehovah, appreciates all we can do, even if it's just a tad, I realized that I need to not be so hard on myself. After all, I keep telling my friends "I'm gunna keep going till I can't go no more."

Of course, I had only to take my memories back to the day before to reflect on the day's activities and all that we accomplished. To get the full picture though, go back with me to a text I sent on the 21st to a former employee of mine who I sold my mowing business to last mowing season, Chris S. I sent him that text because I recognize my limitation and know I am not capable of doing the work any more. Chris text me back, from NYC, (I love that place) and said he's be back Wednesday. In the mean time, I told Papa what I had in mind and he went one better with the idea to hire all the boys from Coyote Creek Handyman Service to come out and just tackle it all at once. Great Idea! (Wished I'da thought of it.) And sure enough, they came out Thursday. (The day before the inspiration quote from my Instagram follower.)

Apparently these are termites.

To say we 'Busted it Up!' is an understatement!!! It is amazing what cha can get done when ya have a ton of help! One of the things Papa had done was, he put Felipe to cleaning out the shed, after he put our grill together that we purchased from Sam's Club.  (We all have our priorities, aye?) Time was against us on getting that put together, and Felipe did a great job.

(Note to self: if you have to store it for more than 6 months, ya don't need it.) Most everything in that shed was thrown out, and all the aluminum cans I gave to my son just for hauling it off, along with some patio furniture I wasn't using and was taking up way to much space in the shed. IJS!!! We found a lotta interesting stuff in 'that there' shed, to include termites munching away on a cardboard box... 'Get the Camera!' I didn't wanna hurt them, so I left them to tend to their box, Queen termite lady and all.

Wasp nest found inside
a bird feeder.

I even found a wasp nest inside a bird feeder. No surprise there, them wasps can build anywhere.

Of course, it didn't take me long to realize that the crew would be working all day, and we had some friends stopping by to drop off their dog so they could go on a vacation trip, and I had text them with our plans saying "It's desperate spring cleaning outside, out here. I need help physically," so they stopped at Taco Bell and bought 3 of the $5 deal box thingies. I can tell you right now, feeding 4 working boys and 3 guests, that was not enough food. We feed the works first, and us onlookers ate what they left behind.

We had the upper driveway gate that needed a post replaced, and our son Mike got to it. Little did we know that it was an all day project. Posts had to be replaced and relocated, ditches dug to run wire, and Mike only knows what all else was done. Yep... all day on that pesty gate. But hey, I'm happy. The gate is working again so I can take the fur-babies for a walk with me out the back door and I don't have to worry about them running off into the woods and not coming back, which has happened in the past a time or two, hence all the fences.

That Chris supplementing his sugar intake
with a banana from my kitchen table.

Oh, and did I mention they had a fire going in the woods! I was freaking out cuz I didn't want to have to call the Fire Department for an out-of-control fire, (did that once before on our property and burn about 10 acres) but I had to admit, it did and does look much better now.

Chris, Mike, Papa, and Felipe moving
the really heavy deck.

Can you tell which side received sun
and which side did not?

The heaviest project was the front porch. It needed to be moved from one point of the yard to the front door. And you know me, I had to take pictures as proof they were able to git' er dun...

I was even able to see the power of sunlight once they moved the deck and exposed the growing grass underneath. (You know me, get the camera again!) I have since then been enjoying my new deck. Just the other night, I was able to step out and observe a clear sky... I was able to see stars, y'all!!! I even seen a constellation, hint: it has the name 'dipper' in it.


The project that weighed heaviest on my mind was my very over-grown flower garden in my front yard. Years and years ago, I planted Kiwi plants, from little babies. After all these years, not one bit of fruit. Later research informed me that ya need a male and female plant. Well guess what? I don't know how to tell the difference. That, and I should have done further research on how they grow and how big they would get. They're not exactly a flower garden plant. They need ROOM to grow. As of last summer, they had vine-ed their way to killing everything else planted in the area, save the perennial flowers. I wanted the Kiwi's dug up, outta there. Chris took a pix-ax and dug them up. I was so happy to have them outta there that I even took a picture of the sight the next day and sent it to Chris.

I text Chris:
"I can see my pretty Daffodil Flowers"
In reality, I was pointing out that
he left the pix-axe in the yard.
I'm weird like that.

Chloe is standing where a Kiwi plant
used to be. I'm happy!

A screen shot of the
end of my day!

By the end of the day, my back was really protesting all the walking around I had done, all up hill, both ways, supervising the work. After all, Papa said they the boys were there for me, and make sure I got all the work done that I needed. I got to the point that I was caring around my fold-up lawn chair, and I could walk if I had a shoulder to rest my hand on to help support my core. When I finally got to sit down in my favorite recliner and check my 'S Health Challenge' on my phone, I couldn't believe the steps I'd put in! I really hadn't done that in a looong time!

So yeah, even though I didn't feel like I could do much but supervise (be bossy) i actually accomplished more than I though I could. Hey, things could be looking up... who knows!

On Saturday, Papa and I dressed up in our 'Sunday Best' to head out into the ministry with friends. For you local folks, you'll know what I mean when I say this next, on 'Dixie Dieway' on Hwy 31W between Elizabethtown and Radcliff there was an 2 car accident. WDRB News later reported 2 people died. It was a sad thing to think about the surviving family members. So so sad.

"Excuse me sir, your truck is awesome,
my I take a picture of it?"

Of course, Saturday wasn't all that bad. After all, what day wouldn't be complete without me walking up to a complete stranger in my Sunday best and ask 'Dude' if I can take a picture of his totally
awesome looking truck (check out dem tires!) while Papa is getting gas in Scooter2. See, I can accomplish stuff!!!

On this same Saturday, I get a text from my Instagram follower and Blog reader that sent me a text explaining why she sent me a 70,000 step 'S Health Challenge!' 70,000? In one week? 70,000!?!?!? There just ain't no way!!! Even Papa said that I would have to get 10,000 steps a day to get the 70,000. But hey, the things I will do for a friend. 10,000 a day!?!?!? 'I...I don't think I can,' I was thinking, right up until Deb whispers in my ear, 'Well, Saturday, you did get over 12,000 steps. But wait, it gets better, I except the challenge, meanwhile, I am running another 'S Health Challenge' with my daughter, which I've managed to beat 4-5 times already, (hee hee hee) and what? She's got over 10,000 steps, in one day! AAAHHH!!! She's gunna beat me!!! So I had to step it up a bit and keep going, trying to get 10,000 steps a day in, just so Bekah don't beat me at the challenge, and I tell ya, she's gunna be the death of me. So far, I've gotten 3 days in of over 10,000, but... but... I'm.not.sure.I.can.keep.it.up! Thanks, Bekah!!! ;-) But now, I gotta text my Instagram friend not to freak out at seeing me up over 10,000! She text me back and said she's OK. She is proud of the steps she's getting in, as she should be.

The screen shot from my phone.

And of course, what Tuesday morning would not be complete with out heavy rain coming in at 3 a.m., then a massive, and I do mean massive, thunderstorm coming right over the house, packing

Our valley flows with a lotta water
after a massive storm.

wind, rain, and lighting, waking every one up and piling all the fur-babies into my bed. I text Papa this: "Apparently there's no mo sleeping in dis house w a storm passing over,"followed up by 'Flash Flood Warnings' in our area until sometime tomorrow. I have lived in Kentucky long enough to witness flash flooding, flooding, and it is not something you wanna trifle with. p.s. I didn't find this part out till later, but Papa knew the storm was coming in, and instead of heading out to work right away, he stayed with the fur-babies cuz he knew they'd be scared... AAAWWW!!!

Beauty and the beast growing together.
Daffodils and Blackberry plants.

One of the trees that we leave standing
just because of it's curve.

    From our valley looking up the hill.

Wednesday was 'stay at home and get nothing done' day. Yeah, I got my walk in, but ooopppsss, laundry needed laundering! I am a bad wife! It was cold Wednesday, but who can resist taking some awesome pix... not me. So I bundled up, and froze, (yeah, what happened to that T-Shirt weather we were having?) and snapped some shots, and got back to the house freezing and my fingers were tingling... 'is this what the onset of frostbite feels like?'

Samantha Jane is starting to bud.

Weathering out the cold wind.

A close-up view of Samantha Jane's buds at Sunset.

To round out the week, because of new insurance, we have new health care providers, which means, new doctors. So today, Thursday, Papa and I headed over to Hardinsburg to meet our new doctor. That and Barkley, aka Happy Pants, my chihuahua, was weazing and caring on and needed to see his doctor as well. So while Barkley was getting a looking-at and Choc was getting his nails trimmed, us hoomans headed to our doctors for a meet-and-greet. Bad Bad Bad news, my weight continues to increase. It is so upsetting as back in 2009, I joined Weight Watchers and lost 123.4 pounds. Now, I am pert near back there. A sedentary lifestyle topped with a sprinkling of bad back and a taste for all that naught food has lead me to the decision to join Weight Watchers again. I need to change my DMA (dominant mental attitude.) So, barring any unforeseen occurrences or a mental breakdown, I will be back at Weight Watchers Friday morning. The lesson for the day: I did it once, I can do it again!

And as always, I welcome your thoughts.......

Sometimes you need a... other times, a nudge in the...

Welcome back!

Hello my dear readers, I am glad you could join me.

I have been gone for far to long... again! I really miss writing, and as my fingers tap away at the keyboard, I ask myself why I have been gone for so long. Oh, I have many reasons, some good, some bad, but in the end, I have the encouragement of a recent friend (I'll explain that in a minute) that brought me back to my dear friend 'my laptop,' my sometimes complicated thoughts rolling around inside my head, and you, my dear readers. Welcome back!

I first started to drift away because a follower of this blog was giving me grief and I just didn't wanna mess with it anymore. Have you ever just felt so hassled that you felt it was just easy to walk away? Well, that was me. I guess sometimes I let others bother me to much. I need nerves of steel.

Another thing that kept me from my keyboard was the emotional baggage that comes with trying to deal with the troubles that certain family members are going through. Anyone every felt helpless? Yeah, well, for the last year, I have had family dealing with problems that can be so overwhelming, and while they are still dealing with them, I have to say, they are learning to keep a good attitude about it, and if I didn't know any better, they are learning to rely on Jehovah, the God of Comfort, (2 Cor. 1:3) to help them get through it. Actually, Jehovah has been helping me get through it too.

3  Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,+ 

the Father of tender mercies+ and the God of all comfort,+

Then there was my laptop! Yep, my main writing tool. She's old, and starting to wear down. And a while back, the internal WIFI thingie (yep, I think that's the technical term) quit working and I could no longer get online to do my work. Like, how frustrating is that? Of course, there is the 'old fashioned' way, a cord, and so Papa got me a 50' cord to plug in for Internet. I would get the cord out, put the cord up, get the cord out, put the... well, you get the picture. However, for those of you who know me well, that was way to much fuss, so there sat my laptop, collecting dust. "Well why didn't you say so?" asks Papa when I told him the cord was "just to much trouble" and he goes to Best Buy (my favorite electronic store!) and gets me a WIFI thingie that plugs into the USB slot. Sorry to say, that lasted less time then the cord, looonnnggg story. (I am HIGH maintenance!) So I was less interested in blogging.

#JehovahsCreationIsAwesome
Photo Credit: skeeze via: Pixabay

Of course, Papa wanted us to have new tables as our current ones were getting 'old and grey,' so last Black Friday, we both got new ones. LOVE MINE TO PIECES! Yet, enough time had passed by that I literally lost interest in my Laptop. (Yep, I'm like that!) So days turned into weeks, into months. Life moved on, and so did I. And while I am not sure how or when it happened, I really started to get into Instagram. I mean REALLY! getting into it. I started posting more pics there, and started getting more followers, and started looking at their posts, and following them, and just enjoying to pieces the fantastic artists that are out there, especially those pix of the Milky Way!!!, and look, even Facebook was being left further and further behind. (Yep, I'm like that!) It didn't help that I couldn't find out how to post picks from my laptop to Instagram when I did turn it on, so my tablet and my phone, mostly my phone, became my main tools.

Happy I was, just Instagram-ing along, when one day, I posted a photo of an 'S Challenge' result from my daughter and I, (I'm trying not to let my bad back get me down, and trying to loose extra pounds while messing with my bad back!) when one of my IG followers (I follow them as well, awesome California pix) asked me about it. Upon explaining the 'S challenge,' they were interested in doing the it as they have the same app on their phone as well. Phone numbers were exchanged, a challenge was started, and wal-la, we are chatting and texting and encouraging each other. I was even encouraged, unbeknownst to them, not to stop at Krispy Kream, which is right across the street from Harbor Freight Tools.

This is my blog corner,
simple, but I really like it!

The next thing I know, I get a text that they enjoyed reading my blogs! "Aaawww!" I admitted not writing in a while, and I was asked why, and I gave the above mentioned reasons. Then... then, it was suggested I make myself a 'blog corner.' I immediately knew what that meant as we had been exchanging text photos of our little comfort spots in the house. Sooo, I put my mind to making some changes.

Yep, I started working on a 'blog corner' where I can just leave my laptop hooked to the cable for internet, have my fur-babies around me, (yes, they are curled up beside me as I type) and just blog away... which leads us to where we are 'right here, right now!' And to be clear, the 'kids' have taught me that no matter what I am doing in this house, seated or otherwise, I had best make sure there is a spot for them.

I have an awesome view
 of the front yard.

I guess the point I've learned from all of this, it is that when I start handing out excuses why I can't, someone comes along and without even realizing it, well... encourages. Never underestimate the power of a well worded suggestion. BAMM... And as I like to say when posting pix of a recent activity accomplishment:

  #noexcuses #giterdun

That's it for now. I am gunna turn on the TV, settle into the recliner, and watch: RTM (Right This Minute) followed up by 'people doing people wrong' i.e. Crime Watch Daily, then the local news. Since this is Tuesday, we also have our Christian Meeting tonight at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

I hope this blog made you smile, made you examine your reasons to either 'do or not to do' and made you realize just how nuts I am. Have a great day everyone!

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It's been a while (update in my life)

Hello, my dear, beautiful readers. Welcome back.

It has been like, forever, since I last put fingers to keyboard. To say I've been busy is a bit of an understatement. So many changes have been happening in my life. I'm still alive, so they haven't killed me yet, these changes.

The biggest problem I have had in continuing to share my life and stories is my laptop. It doesn't go wireless anymore. So I can't sit all comfie in my living room chair, type, ponder as I look out the front window at the driveway and yard, drinking coffee that is on the hot plate, with my legs curled up to keep my back from hurting. Too late. Just this short time and my back hurts and my neck is now killing me. Papa has a 50' cord he's bringing home... so I am gunna... have ta, stop for now. This chair is just not comfie. Stay tuned!


Well, I am back, cord attached to laptop, me curled up on my favorite chair, surrounded by my Min Pins, coffee on the hot plate, the view of the front yard and driveway to my left, and me, contemplating the universe... Miss me???

The biggest thing I think I would like to be thankful for is my health. Now mind you, it isn't the best, and I have experienced a weight gain due to lack of activity, but since my doctor put me back on my anti inflammatory pills, NO BACK PAIN!!! YEAH!!!

My grandson Henry's new 'Dude' outfit.

There have been some changes too. The biggest is the grandma thing. Yep, gunna be a grandma again. A little dude. He's due in like 4 weeks, but who's counting, certainly not my daughter, (wink). Six years ago, I was not ready to be a grandma when Aba came around, (I felt I was to young) but now, Henry on the way, I am ready. I feel I am old enough.

Yep, fired up the wood stove.

My front yard

And while we still have our 80 acres up for sale, I still enjoy walking around and taking pictures. Jehovah God certainly has blessed us with #earthart. And the people I follow on Instagram and my friends on Facebook post some of the most beautiful pictures from around the world. Truly, beautiful. Every where we go, every where we turn, there is some type of earth art worthy of capture from a lens. That is our gift from Jehovah.




Another gift from Jehovah is the spiritual food given us. Just recently, we attend the 'Increase Your Faith in Jehovah!" convention is Frankfort, Kentucky. We learned from the scriptures:

Getting ready for our Spiritual Food

• 1) Why is it necessary in all circumstances to have faith? (Mark 11:22) 
• 2) What Benefits come from meditating on word pictures about Jehovah? (Ps. 28:7; Luke 11:11-13; Deut. 32:4; Ps. 23:1)
• 3) How can we increase our faith? (Mark 9:24)
• 4) What is "the sin that easily entangles us," and how can we avoid it? (Heb 12:1)
• 5) What gives us confidence that those with genuine faith will be rewarded? (Heb. 11:6)

My sistas!

The thing that most stuck with me is 'digging.' We have to dig for spiritual gems. Oh yes, it is good to read God's word, the Bible, but it is better to dig, to really find out, what Jehovah is trying to tell us. Always, there is the learning of more information, and the drawing closer to our creator. Do we dig? Do I? Not like I should. I have been know to rush through a lesson. Digging is required. Must dig more.

My new brother in Christ!

And of course, like I have been proud to mention, I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and I have the biggest, most loving family, evah! 8 million and growing. And of course, from our evah?!
local congregation, we have a newly baptized brother! I love my brothers and sisters. We all have trials, tribulations, but most of all, we have love. I have the bestest family, did I mention,

Jehovah provided the scenery!

I could go on, and on, and on, but I feel I should stop now. I am happy. I am content. It could be better, but... it could be worse.

Thanks, guys, for reading, and allowing me to share a bit of my life with you. I hope to talk again with y'all real soon.

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