Over at Karen's !!

Hi Again!! Here it is Friday evening and I am over at Karen's and we are going to grill out tonight! It is so much cooler at her house then at mine. I haven't turned on our AC yet....It is suppose to get cooler this coming week so I am trying to hold off.
I have some good news about baby Katie! She was moved from Intensive Care Unit to the regular nursery! Isn't that wonderful!! Please keep your prayers going for her. Thanks so much!!

Tomorrow is garage sale Saturday for the entire town. I don't need anything!! I can remember when I had to go out and find clothes for Kelly and all kinds of stuff to make it through but I am so blessed now not to have to do this!! It helped us a lot and I loved to go out and find bargains.

I am really enjoying our Monday night Bible study! I sure didn't know the book of Esther was so full of wonderful verses that Beth Moore brings to life for right now!! We have home work and I have fell down on keeping up! Kelly does better then I do at this! I have met so many nice ladies in the short time I have been going! We also have a great teacher, Joan!

Hello on Saturday Afternoon!!

Hello Hello!!!
I am over at Karen's house for the first time for a long time!! My computer geek daughter, Karen said that Kelly's computer is fried! It will be cheaper to buy a new one! Some time in May I hope to get a new one for me!!
I am missing everyone and our daily chats! They seems like real live chats!!

Since I have been gone I have started going to a Monday night Bible study with Kelly. The study in on Esther, It's tough being a woman. The study is taught by Beth Moore on DVD. Our leader is Joan and she is one of Kelly's co-workers at the library. There are around 45 to 50 women in the group! I have enjoyed every minute of this.

Baby Katie is still in the hospital,she is hanging in there but still needs your prayers.

Nancy and me were able to go to church on Easter Sunday!! This was so neat to get out and visit with every one!! We went out to dinner after church and it was so delicious!! We then went on a ride over at Lake Jacomo and looked at the Buffalo. Nancy loves to do this. Well I must stop this post and keep going. I sure hope to get back to a computer sooner then this last time!!!

Update on Baby Katie

Hi, It is Friday night and Kelly, Nancy, and me are over at Karen's house. Of course I came right in to her room with the computer the minute we got here!! Karen has a wii as you know but she got a new deal for it and it is a Wii fitness. Nancy did pretty good on it tonight! The girls have more fun on this new fitness deal!!

Here is a update on baby Katie P. She came through the surgery. The Doctors are now trying to wean her off of the oxygen. This is all we have heard so far but she did make it through the surgery. Praise God for this!! Karen will hear more on Monday when she is at work with Katie's Uncle. Thank you so much for praying for her.
I have no idea when we can get the computer fixed or a different one. I will either post every now and then from Karen's house or out at the library! Inside of me I am going Ugh!! I don't like this being without a computer!! But there are to many things that could be worse! Thanks for visiting me and leaving all the sweet comments for me and about baby Katie!!

Ugh! Computer problems again!

This is Kelly writing to everyone out here is blogdom. The computer is down again and Karen is going to work on it this weekend. So, Grams sent me to find a computer and let all her blogging buddies know that she misses you and will hopefully be back online soon.

We have a prayer request. Our friend's niece is less than a week old and, right now, is undergoing major heart surgery. The ventricles (and other possible veins) to her heart are backwards. The doctors are going in to fix the problem. Please pray for this precious little girl and her family. Her name is Katie Payne. The surgery ends at one O'clock. Thank you so much.

The Truffle Shuffle

Karen and Kelly were up at the crack of dawn this morning to be in a 5K race which is 3.1 miles.

Karen Kelly and Debbie.

This is what Karen had to say about the race,
"Picture right after the race. It was a very hilly course...that I was not ready for. I still finished in 46:01 which was a minute more than I wanted to finish in, my goal was to finish in 45 by doing 15 min miles but did 15:20 sec miles, both of which is slow, but since I haven't done a 5K in 19 years, I am happy to have finished and to have not quit. I had to walk at the top of a couple of the hills. "

"The race was called the Truffle Shuffle and there was the promise of Andre's chocolate when you finish. Uhhhm I was highly disappointed when picking up my bib number to find out it was one nickle sized truffle... bummer. "

"Although as I was finishing, Kelly and a friend of hers came running back to me, they had stolen 2 more truffles and bribed me with chocolate to finish strong... go chocolate!!! "

Here's what Kelly had to say, "When Karen and I got our packets and our itsy-bitsy truffles, I said, 'wow, you get a tiny truffle and then shuffle out to go race!' This must be how they came up with the name. I hadn't been training like I should of, actually, I hadn't even run at all this week....I know....slacker.

"Well, during the last part of the race I was pretty much toast too, but my friend came up and ran along side me cheering and encouraging me to go faster. She had snatched some extra chocolate for me, also. She really helped me to finish strong!"

Here's the long sleeved shirt the girls got for running in the race.

The girls have me all excited about this and I would like to go along some time. Kelly could push me in the wheelchair and Karen could push Nancy. I am not able to walk very far at all. Nancy can walk but she can't breathe good for very long. We could do the lupus race. Just a thought!

A Little Of This and That Today!!

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Praise God! Kelly's SUV has license plates!! She was able to get her plates yesterday. It ended up with a little red tape because who ever filled out the title before spelled the names wrong on the title and the people who owned it before were told they had to spell it just like the title said. BUT they wouldn't! SO some one had to get them to do it the right way and they did!! Every thing is fine now!! She is really enjoying her car!! In fact so am I!!

Yesterday was our pay day! Nancy had saved up her money and it was her Big outing to the Dollar General store. She has talked of nothing else for over a month. Things like, "I can hardly wait until the 3rd". This is what she said many times a day "It is almost here"!! You may wonder why we wait to take her.... well, she was making Easter Eggs deals with stickers the day after Christmas. Ready to give them out!!

She was getting toys for our neighbor boy's Birthday which isn't until the middle of March. When she gets them she is ready to give them away! So I have to hold her back a little. She had a blast buying the dog a bag of the chewy bones, Easter stuff(it is only 6 weeks away)! Birthday cards for Karen who's Birthday is the last March. She had three bags of all kind of things she was able to get at the Dollar store.

Today is Glo's Birthday!! Glo's blog is over at Young at Heart.She has had a bunch of health issues and trying so hard to get better!! I know she would love to hear from you all!! Happy Happy Birthday dear Glo!

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Update on Jay our friend who had the stroke.

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We got 6 inches of snow in the night and this morning! This is the most snow we have had so far this year. Our next door neighbor and his brothers came over and shoveled our steps while my neighbor brought over his snow blower to use on the drive way. This was a blessing.

I have an update on Jay who I asked for prayer not to long ago. He had a massive stroke about two weeks ago. Even the first of this week he had some issue that were making everyone think things were not going well. I think on Wednesday or Thursday they moved him to the Physical Therapy hospital and he was able to walk around the room with a walker and do some other things that made the physical therapist pleased. When Jay's wife Brenda came to see him that night he said, "I am going home in two days!" All of his family caution him and said don't get ahead of your self. The Doctors have said you will probably be in this place for about 3 months and won't be able to work for a year. He said "No, I will be able to go home in a couple of days!! When the neurolist came in to see him later, He said, "Jay, if you can walk with out a cane, walker, or crutches and take a shower or bath all by your self you can go home tomorrow."

Well the next morning the family got a phone call from the hospital and they said " He DID it"!! The Doctor said he can go home! He can return several times a week for therapy!! WOW! Thanks for your prayers!! He says he won't be off work for a year either!!

When I opened my E-mail this morning I had this beautiful button/icon from Denise!! Isn't it pretty!!! Thanks Denise!! I have a small one on my side bar. Mary taught me how to make them smaller!! Thanks Mary!! So if you would like this,Please feel!!

Thankful Thursday!!

This is Thankful Thursday and I haven't done one of these forever!! But I think it is time to write down all of the Blessing from God! Go here to join in with a Thankful heart.

I am so thankful that Nancy and I are feeling so much better!!

I am so Thankful for losing weight!! Yes! I have lost weight!!! I have lost 25 pounds since November when I had the stents put in my kidneys. Really it is 15 pounds since 10 of it was fluid.I lost 10 pounds in two or three days the first week.I have not counted calories but eating smaller portions and and watching my salt intake like a hawk!!

When snacking I eat fruits and veggies.

I am so thankful that Nancy's health issues are better. Since June we traveled 20 miles twice a month for her lab work at the KC CancerCenter for her lupus needs up until the last of January!! We still need prayer for her metal health issues.

We now only have to see this specialist every 6 months!!

I am so Thankful that Kelly was able to get herself a used SUV and it runs real good! It is so wonderful to be able to come and go when we want to!! It has room for canes, walkers, or wheel chairs!!

I am so Thankful for Jesus!!! As the old hymn says "With out HIM how lost I would be"

This is so sweet! Denise, Shorty Bear sent this to me and I think it is so neat I wanted to share it with you all!! If you would like this feel free to make a copy. I don't know how to make it smaller to put on my side bar.

Hello on Tuesday!

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I love this little bear and have used it before but since I like him so much I am using him again!!

I had a nice phone call from Glo,who has a blog over at Young At Heart. Glo is feeling so much better that she was able to do a new post. I was so glad to hear from her and she sounds wonderful! She said she hasn't felt this good for a year!! Great news!!

We both are enjoying the beautiful weather in our part of Missouri! Glo lives about 30 miles from me.She is ready to go fishing!! No kidding!! It is 63 degree's!!

Not much going on here today but I wanted to let you know she has a new post so you can read about about her health.

Another Blogthing ! Cozy Mysterys! A lovely Button for You

The Sunset Test

You Crave an Important Life

Your dream is to life a live a life that leaves a mark. You'd like to have a mission or journey to complete, even if it takes years. You want your life to be meaningful, and having a final goal brings you meaning. You'd like to accomplish something big, if only to inspire others to believe it can be done.

The Sunset Test

We are having one day that is so cold and the next day is nice and warm!
Do any of you all love Cozy Mystery's.I have found a web page with listing for all kinds of cozy Mystery's. I like the cozy's because they aren't as gory or horror mystery's. Here is the link Cozy Mysterys List I know my friend Jane over Cozy Reader likes Cozy Mystery's as much as I do!

This sweet button was sent in an E-mail to me from Shorty Bear! Thank you!! I think this is so neat that I want to share it with you! I love my blogging Friends!!

I am so happy to feel a little better and to be able to post a little more often!!

Prayer Request for a Friend

Are you Coffee or Tea

You are Tea

You are mellow and reflective. You don't allow yourself to feel in a rush and frenzied. You're likely to appreciated the ideas or connections that come up over a warm cup of tea. While you do enjoy the energy of a caffeine boost, you love that it allows you to take a break. You're not in a rush to do anything. You're content with your life, and in no rush to change it.

Are You Coffee or Tea?

I saw this and thought this one looks fun!! I love doing these !! It was over fifty degrees yesterday and now it is 27! Brr!!

I have a prayer request for one of my friends. Linda's brother Jay had a stroke last week. He is only 50. This is what his sister Linda wrote to me:

He is a miracle! He was only hours from dying with the amount of fluid that was pooling around his brain when they successfully got the shunt in his head to drain the fluid. He is able to speak, comprehend, moves both arms and legs! With our experience with our dad, this was such a huge relief to all of us.

His stroke is in the back portion of his brain and was very large. That part of his brain controls balance, equilibrium, and vision. Those are the areas he will need therapy to restore. His short term memory is also pretty fuzzy right now.

He did not have a good night last night. As his nurse was taking him down for a CT scan, they ran his bed into a wall and now his head hurts again. The CT scan showed a great improvement in fluid draining, but the doctor is leaving it in for 2-3 more days. They are also concerned that he doesn't have a lot of output from his kidneys.

The doctor took Brenda into the hall to speak to her. He told her Jay will be in ICU through the end of the week and in the hospital/rehab. facility for around 3 months and not back to work for probably a year. Jay and Brenda, like most people, survive on both of their salaries. Finances are a huge concern for them right now.

I know Linda's family would really appreciate your prayers for Jay. I had another update from Karen who talked to Linda and he did really well in Physical therapy today. In fact Karen left on Friday and went down to Texas to be with the family. She is home and very tired!! Their Dad had a stoke 10 years ago this month. Their Dad lived for several years after his stoke but his stroke effected his speech and his movement with is arms and legs. He is with Jesus now. Thanks for your prayers!!

Happy Birthday to my Grandson and other news on Monday

Happy 30th Birthday to my dear Grandson Brandon!! We just got this new photo of his wife Ale' and their only child, my great- grand son Mathias. He is 7 years old.They live in Guadalajara, MEX.They are missionaries. I haven't seen Mathias or Ale' for a couple of years. I would dearly love to see all of them again soon.

I had a wonderful phone call on Friday from my friend Mary from Mary's Writing Nook I really do enjoy hearing from her. She is so easy to visit with you would think we have known each other for years!!

Kelly is enjoying her SUV! She wrote someone an e-mail today telling them this car is up to date!! She told them this vehicle had wind shield wipers, the passenger side, door opens from the inside, it has heat and an AC and it doesn't leak oil and other fluids!!! This is what the car we had was like!!! She was being funny!! But it was true about our old Car!!

Nancy received a lot of Valentines and she loved them all! Some of her Dr's took the time to send her a Valentine!! She sent out Valentine also!! If she has said Hello to you, she says what ever Holiday is next, I will send you a card. Of course I have to filter though this or we would go broke sending out cards!!! If you sent her a card, Thanks!!

Amost time for Valentines!!

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Just in case I don't get to post on Saturday, Happy Valentine's Day to every one!!! Speaking of Valentine's Day when I was a little girl growing up on a farm in Iowa, my folks decided to sell the farm and go west for my Mother's and my health. We ended up in Hot Springs, New Mexico. The town changed it's name a few years later to Truth or Consequences for the radio program named that, with Ralph Edwards. But I digress! Which is not hard for me to do!!

When we moved there in February of 1946 I was in the second grade. On Valentine's Day I remember I got one Valentine from a little girl named Bonnie. We were so new that I wasn't on the list the teacher handed out for the parents. I remember that my Mother got me a huge Valentine with a fuzzy material all over it. I think I still have it somewhere in the house put away in a box.Many Valentines Days have come and gone since that one and I have received a ton of Valentines since then!!! It is the one that comes to mind!

On Sunday Kelly came home from church and said, "Mom" would you and Nancy like to go down and see Sarah. I said,"Yes"!!! Sarah is my son Bill's daughter who is teaching in her first school. She lives about 30 minutes from her parents! It was farther then I thought!!It is an hour and a half from our house to hers!! When we were almost there I looked up at the road sign and it said 85 miles to Springfield MO and I about flipped out!! But we turned off and drove 12 more miles West and we were at her home! She has an adorable apartment!! It is so nice and roomy and brand new almost!! It was so much fun to see her and how she has decorated her apt.

Nancy loved going along too, she likes to watch for deer, (bobcats! Yes, once Karen saw one!)turkeys,geese,groundhogs, raccoons, and hawks!! We saw geese flying, many hawks in the trees, even one flying down to get a field mouse. This was a nice outing for us!! It was a beautiful day on Sunday! Our weather is changing with wintry mix forecasted for Saturday.

The weather South of us was terrible yesterday with tornadoes in Oklahoma and TX. Several people lost there lives in this storm. My heart goes out to these folks who are left to pick up the pieces and who have lost loved ones.

Thursday!!

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This is how I'm feeling today!! Give me the chocolate and no one will get hurt!! I can't have sugar or salt so I am starting to crave both!!!

Our big news is Kelly has found the SUV that she was looking for these past few weeks. We have been with out a car for about 3 weeks!! It is not a brand new SUV just new to us!! Everybody has been so kind and given Kelly rides to and from work! My friends Jackie and Lilly have taken us to Doctors appointments!

Boy, do we appreciate their kindness!!!Wow!

Thanks so much!! She is getting a SUV because she can put wheel chairs and walkers into the back. She works in our home town, so she will have good gas mileage and her insurance won't be as expensive as if she worked in Kansas City. It is black and very pretty.

They brought it down today with the owner to see if I can get in and out of it with out a lot of trouble! I could get into it fine, but will need a small step stool to get out of it. I am used to getting out of Karen's truck which is a girly truck and easy to get in and out of it!

I will be so Thankful to have a way to get around in again and not have to bother our friends!! It is a beautiful day today with the temperature near 55 degrees!!

Awards and a new update on Glo!

I have been given so many awards while I have been ill. One problem with this is that I can't remember who gave them to me except for this first one!! I am so embarrassed!! I should have written the name in the script when I copied and pasted these!! The first one was given to me from Nancy over at Nancy's Nonsense Thank you so much for thinking of me!!!
If you gave me any of the other ones please let me know and I will put your names on them!! I think I thanked you for them, I HOPE!!! Be sure and take any one of these awards if you would like one!!!

I am going to call Glo today and see how she is doing. She came home one day this week. So that is good news!!OK, I have given her a call this afternoon and she is still weak. She still has her sense of humor!! She said she is still kicking!! She is waiting on her lab report about her blood work. She said to tell all her blogging friends "Thanks" for their many prayers and Please pray for her sister who slipped in the water and they think she may have broken her knee again!!

I am so sorry to hear about all the people down south of me who are iced in with out heat. My son-in law's sister lives in Mountain View AR and she will not have power until Sunday or Monday!



From Nancy

Sunday Night!

We are to get snow tomorrow and the next day. It has been so cold!! It was 21 degrees today but felt like 6 degrees!! Brr!! But it is winter and January!!

I talked on the phone to Glo last night and she is still in the North Kansas City hospital. Her heart rate the first of the week was 122 but now it is 46 so the Doctors are still watching her and she still is getting a IV. Thanks for your prayers for her! She sure does appreciate you all.

She was watching the Miss America Pageant last night and she told me Miss Missouri was from her home town! She didn't make the cut but I thought she was pretty. Glo said she watched her grow up. I lived in Glo's home town from June of 1953 to December of 1954. We move there on Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Day. I listened to it on the radio.

My Daddy didn't get us a TV until 1955!! I went next door and watched TV with our neighbors from time to time. I was so happy to get a TV when we did, and my Dad just loved it, I don't remember when Gunsmoke first came on but he loved that show. I was to old for the old Mickey Mouse show but I watched it any way!!!I remember watching Dick Clark and American Bandstand when it was new!!

Update on Glo!

I just got off the phone with Glo and she had her procedure yesterday. The surgeon took out a 10 millimeter stone. It was dark black. She said she is not in pain now and feels so much better!! Now they are working on getting her heart adjusted and the correct medicines. She said to tell everyone "Thanks" for your prayers!!!

It is a beautiful day and the temperature is 60 degrees!! It is suppose to cool off by tomorrow and have snow by the week end!! Boy, oh Boy, I am ready for some warmer weather!!

Nancy and I got out this morning to go to the Dr's office. She had a shot and I had lab work for my kidneys. I see the kidney specialist next week. I am hoping for a good report!! We both are feeling much better!

Please Pray for our dear blogger, Glo

I just had a phone call from Glo. Glo has a blog at Young at Heart. She is in the North Kansas City hospital.Over the week end she became ill and started vomiting up blood. The Dr. said she has a gall stone stuck in her bile duct by her liver. She had her gall bladder taken out 30 years ago. They were going to try to get rid of the gall stone today but her pulse went up to 122 and they weren't able to get it down so she had to go back to her room. She asked me to asked you all to pray for her recovery. I know how much I appreciated your prayers this fall and winter for me!! Thanks already, for praying for Glo!!

Saturday!

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This is how I felt this afternoon while trying to get to a bunch of your blogs to say Thanks!! I just didn't make it around to all of them today but I am going to try again tomorrow!!

Since I have not been able to get out and about Wow!!! You all have spruced up your blogs!! Every body's looks so nice!!

The weather is beautiful today, it is 45 degrees here !!! I love it!!

Monday Morning!!

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Thank you all so much for your prayers!! My hand is much better! I am able to use it again!! Praise God!

It is time to get out all the yearly receipts for my missionary daughters mission organization! For a while a I wondered how that was going to go!! But I am able to use the computer better and I can do this!!

I had a checkup last week and my stents were all opened and working! My kidneys are still needing baby-ed and so I am trying to eat right and drink plenty of fluids! I just wish I like water better!!

Thank you for all your kind comments!!They mean so much when you are feeling not up to what you would like to be feeling!! But Praise God Iam so much better then I was!!!