Feline Friday and More II

 

 

Feline Friday

This C A T ! He is my constant shadow. My companion, he never leaves me alone.

Sleepy C A T .

Humor is always good for the soul. Laugh a little when you think of me making these Twin XL Beds with fitted sheets, a person needs an oxygen tank and a nap! Ha Ha Ha ...

"Useless laws weaken the necessary laws."Montesquieu

"Love itself starts with the desire for something good. " Fulton J. Sheen

"Look to the Lord and His strength. Seek His face always." 1 Chronicles 16:11

Prayers for Roger, we hope  he will be able to come home tomorrow. Thank you.

FELINE FRIDAY AND MORE

 Feline Friday

A sweet group of well behaved kitten. 

Friendly Fill In's

 Ellen and Lorianne share making up these four sentences.

My answers are here today:

1. The grossest food I ever ate  was anchovies on a pizza.

2. The best tasting food I ever had was steak at the 4th Story restaurant in downtown Cherry Creek. Sadly the building it was in is no longer standing.

3. I probablyt should clean the bathroom but I won't. Maybe tomorrow.

4. If I could have an unlimited supply of one  item, I would pick toilet paper. 2020 made many see the light.

"The very word mercy is derived from the Latin miserum cor, a sorrowful heart. Mercy is, therefore, a compassionate understanding of another's unhappiness." Fulton J. Sheen

"Open your mouth for the people who can not speak. For the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously." Proverbs 31:8-9

Photo memories from baseball games...

Always good times at the ballpark. Hannah wants to go to a game. I am hoping we can go, maybe during the week when the crowds are lighter, a day game and it is not 100 degrees! Pray for safe travels as the head west  to Colorado from Western NY.

"Sometimes the only way the Good ord can into some hearts is to break them." Fulton J. Sheen

 

 

THANKFUL THURSDAY

 Thankful Thursday

My post today is simple. I am thankful Roger survived the brain surgery. Now he has more battles to fight but I will be confident in the Lord.

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I bought this cute photo box to store photos in. It reminded me of Dr. T's dog Lily the beagle. She told me today that Lily passed away. She was with her phamily for 14.5 years. Run free Lily, you were such a dog girl Thankful they gave her such a nice life, running on their farm enjoying farm animals and lots of delicious garden foods.

I found this photo of auntie Ang and myself from the 1970's. We were visiitng the son and his wife of my mom's cousin at their Westcliff, Colorado ranch. They brought their prize winning bull up on the lawn so we could all geta closer look at him. Let me tell you, he had the absolutel life of riley. He lived in a huge comfortable heated and a/c barn and had his pick of hundreds of lovely ladies and spent his days mating. What a crazy life. I once had a boss who said if reincarnation exists he wanted to come back as his prize race horse "Rocky Wins-A-Lot".  What sillness! Apparently rocky was living the high life like that big ole bull too. Auntie Ang liked being away from the crowd of people so we hung out in their family room for a spell. Thankful for my memories. 

Mr. Moon was up there in the sky at 5:30 this morning when I rose from my slumber. It looked so pretty with the red and orange skies. THANKFUL

Now I am thankful for a good night's rest. Sweet dreams everyone. 

PRAYERS FOR ROGER

 I have many drafts sitting in my blogs here but no need to post them currently. Instead I will post a few random thoughts. Many of you know our son-in-law Roger is in a fight for his life. Today at 7:30 A.M. they are going to do surgery to remove the mass on his brain. He has more ahead of him in treatment so pray as you would be so greatly appreciated. It is funny how God works. In 1984 as a new bride I was struck with my first neurosurgery. Then after the birth of our first son in 1985 another surgery and finally a third one in November 1985. My original neurosurgeon quipped, if the darn thing was made in Japan it might have worked better but they make these parts right here in the USA! But let's not talk about me. The neurosurgeon who followed this gal after all that trauma is the surgeon who will do the surgery for Roger this morning.  He is a godly man, giving all the glory to Jesus Christ and His Father God. It is the one calm and peace I do have waiting for this surgery and hopefully some answers. The doctor is humble and very brilliant although he would look you straight in the eye and say his talent comes from God, he is just the instrument God uses to help people.  It helps keep my heart quiet while we sit and wait.

Anyone who knows me well knows that I love laughter. It is good for the soul. It helps heal. So pray if you would here too. Our little grandson has double pink eye in both of his eyes. They were here SONday for Father's Day. Last night lucky me, hahaha, saw pink eye in my right eye. Oh joy of joy! I left an email message for my doctor and pray he will call in a prescription when he arrives today.  The good news in all of this is, I just finished all the bedding in Hannah's old room as she and Jake will be here this weekend. The boys were watching TV in there and so now I have to redo all that laundry! But I am the person, who as a young mother, learned to love laundry. I prayed as I sorted, washed, folded and put it all away. I still do it today so it is not a being deal for me. Just a little extra work. There is the cutest book I found. It is titled "The Clothesline". Sheer joy.

It is a very sweet little book. Hanging bedding on the clothesline is a favorite of mine. In this warm and sunny weather I enjoy hanging the sheets out to dry and retrieving them because they smell sweet and fresh and clean once again! I enjoyed this book but I love all the simplicities in life anyway.

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and  my portion forever. "Psalm 73:26

Yet we still have those 70's babies still walking on this earth!

You will find me posting quotes from three of my  favorite people from my Catholic school days ....Fulton J Sheen, words he spoke in the 1930's are ringing still true today. He was a light of widsom for me as a young lady. He passed from this life in 1979. He was a true man of God and a speaker of truth.

Augustine of Hippo was another favorite. I share a quote by him here today. 

Blaise Paschal, the guy just amazed me as Math & Science were not my strong suits! Today I am truly thankful for having the life I had as a child. I would run away scared from the world today. I can not imagine parenting in these dark times. ...And so I pray...

My girl Hannah wrote these words from my mother on this sweet frame for me. It hangs above my side of the bed. 

I hope you visit Sandee for me today. I miss blogging regularly, it is just these health glitches have wrecked havoc. Although I remember the words of my dear sweet friend Chris from our working days at the University Hospital, "do you know that in all the years I have worked with you ladies I never spent one dime on mental health care. You were my sounding boards, my lift when I was down." Aw..... I feel the same way about all of them. Thanks Chris and Jean and Lorna for still being in my life today. I often wake up and say, let me call Sharon....and then I remember the Good Lord took her home last May 2021. She was a medical walking encyclopedia. I hope you are rooting for Roger up there my friend!

Wordless Wednesday

Birthday Wishes and Father's Day Kisses

 

In celebration of the month of June I present a birthday girl. Jacey. Love of Colton's life and mom to Harrison, Angel Baby Alastor Avery. and Shea Avery Marie. Born on the 19th of June this mom is a busy gal. They just bought a house so packing for the move while working a full time job too. Happy Birthday Jacey.

 

Colton Edward as a small baby back in 1996. He was born June 7th and I am combining all the wishes for birthdays and Father's Day. I will be posting lots of love in photos at my blogs all weekend. He and Jacey are parents to Harrison James, Angel Baby Alastor Avery and Miss Shea Avery Marie. He is a truck driver and he drives the open roads as well as locally. Happy Birthday to our grandson. !You are such a hard working dad . You put Jacey and the kids first and we love you bunches.

He was the best earthly dad a girl could ever have. I miss you on these celebration days dad. See you in heaven one of these days. 

Noelle spent Father's Day with their children and Roger at the ICU. Roger is in for the fight of his life. Please pray. Wishing him a Happy Father's Day week and praying some answers will be provide soon.

Aw...Mondays and Birthday WIshes

 

Aw...Mondays

Although this meme photo is not Rebekah Michelle #34 but rather an experience I had with her when she was born. Not wanting to make up her mind to be born or not to be born! That was the question!  I am sure grateful she decided she wanted to be part of our phamily. She loved Shakepeare and studied him intensely in college. So I borrowed the expressions 'To be or not to be'... It is from Hamlet. 

Happy Birthday to our beautiful daughter on her 34th trip around the sun!

Oneof my favorite things about Rebekah is that she was able to speak to my dear friend Sharon in the summer of 2018. Sharon passed away in 2019 and Rebekah likes to honor her at summer holidays by creating Sharon's Trifle" The first one she made was perfect and it is a phamily tradition. 

Photo memories always make me smile. I hope you will continue to visit here. It has been a rough few months with Nick and his health ordeal. Now that his hemogloblin numbers are up and praying they will continue to shoot upward, I have some relief and can breathe again! Thank you all for your support.

That's our girl, the dancing queen. Love is...always knows exactly what I Need to say.

Rebekah wishing you many more beautiful birthdays with your sweetheart at your side... Zach!

"I have leaned on you since my birth; You who took me from my mother's womb; my praise in continually of You." Psalm 71:6

HOLIDAY WEEKS

 

The holidays always mess up my thinking and I have look at my calendar so I know where I am and what day it is! It was nice having Hannah and Jake out here for a visit although they came to attend a celebration of life for their friend Ryan who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at age 33.  They brought the rain and cooler temps with them. We enjoyed our time with them and they will be back for Hannah's birthday in a few short weeks. Oh how time flies away.

So much sadness in our world yet I have taken the 30 Day Challenge with my friend Marsha to find joy in each day. Today I find joy in knowing Beverly, a blogging friend. She is always the first person to say she will pray and always follows up and is filled with joy. She is one person who has prayed for Nick since the start of this journey of unknowns started nearly one month ago. She is a joy in my life.

Yesterday I found joy in the rain. Oh it rained and rained and rained. I thought we might need a row boat. But joyful for the simple pleasure of  seeing the grass grow greener and greener with each day. 

Nick had his appointment with his specialist today. It appears that things are looking up for him. His hemoglobin numbers are up and they are attributing his anemia to an infection. If there is something weird to be found, Nick will be that patient.  He is doing much better and we pray it continues.

God really does listen to prayer.  He answers in His own time sometime quickly, other times not so much. 

I was talking with a former blogger. She did beautiful photography work. I wish she would return to her blog. We talked about the wonderful friendships formed here and a few bloggers agreed. It is a wonderful place. 

Thankful Thursday

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Mister Kitty was unhappy while Franklin was visiting. So this would be me, him and our conversation.  - still thankful for the furball keeping my feet warm at night while the rain was pouring down. He is ornery but he knows I already have a dog! hahaha

We invested in a flat top grill with Zach and Rebekah. Jake came to town and put it together. we have had a barbeque with it and a terrific breakfast. It was heavenly.  Thankful. Jake will be back. He and Avery took the front porch bench apart. They sanded and redid the wooden bench but when they return in a few weeks they will clean up the wrought iron arms and back and repaint it. It was lots of hard work but that bench will be like brand new.  I will send a photo when the finish is completed.

Thank you for prayers for Nick and for being here. I am going to get back into this blog because my mind is clear with this latest appointment with Nick's specialist. I was walking on a tightrope and my brain was in a fog these past 5 weeks.